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Alarming animal news about certain bat penises
From Harper’s February Findings: [M]ale serotine bats who mated in the attic of a Dutch church were found to have enormous penises that they used not for penetration but for manipulation. So many questions here. Is the church attic integral … Continue reading
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Tagged bats penises, Darwin, Dutch church attic, evolution, Harper's, how bats mate, serotine bats, sex lives of bats
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Speaking of ancient times…
…which we were doing with news about Ur and urban sprawl (did the word “urban” come from “Ur”?)*, another Harper’s Finding presents this: Mummified mice discovered atop desolate, high-altitude Andean volcanoes were found to have traveled there on their own, … Continue reading
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Tagged Andes, Harper's Findings, Inca, Incan child sacrifice, mummified mice, OED, urban, urbanus
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Do you hold a hero dear? Some ruminations on The Hero
How many times lately have I heard individuals express gratitude for a hero? I’m sort of glad some contemporary heroes are women, and quite appropriately: the original Hero was a priestess of Aphrodite, whose lover, Leander, lived across the Hellespont … Continue reading
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Tagged Hellespont, heretics, hero, Leander, Liz Cheney
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