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"The tale of the clown is not a wild dream. His name is Cho-Cho, and he knows what he is talking about... By his antics and games he impresses on the children the proper things to eat and drink, and how often to bathe, sleep, and play"
Cho-Cho knows.
Do as Cho-Cho says.
He is the health clown. Ĥė ïŝ ťĥĕ ĥėåļťĥ ĉŀõŵñ
Safety First!…or maybe second. Or maybe never.
Safety is over-rated. Let's just put that halfback in with a splint. I'm sure he'll be fine. What do you need neck vertebra for, anyhow?
Hi Emily! This is Arallyn from Biomedical Ephemera.
I was reading old issues of Popular Science and came across this photo of Carl Akeley making the finishing touches on a guar before putting it on display at AMNH. The outline of his taxidermy process (linked on the photo) is fascinating, but familiar (I have two taxidermist friends ^_^), which struck me as odd for something that seems so old, until I remembered you mentioning Akeley being basically the father of modern taxidermy.
This is also actually one of the last specimens he prepared, sadly. Still, I felt this photo really captured the combination of art and science that was put into all of his creatures.
Keep on being your inspiringly enthusiastic self and DFTBA!
Don’t mind me while I paint my bison
Rock Scorpion - Hadogenes troglodytes
This scorpion has the longest recorded body length of all known scorpions. It hasn't been extensively researched, but is known to cause more inflammation than pain at sting sites, and there have been no known fatalities from it. It lives in Southern Africa.
Popular Science Monthly: Volume 51. 1897.
1897 rock scorpion popular science monthly volume 51
