All from Harper’s — either Findings or Index:<\/p>\n
…the Centers for Disease Control warned Americans of the health risks involved with kissing and snuggling chickens.<\/em><\/p>\n My comment: ??????<\/p>\n A new study found that a Texas hospital\u2019s efforts to discourage the gathering of birds in nearby trees by installing netting gave rise to a surge in the population of the most venomous caterpillar in North America, the puss moth…<\/em><\/p>\n A group of researchers studying the Loch Ness Monster did not rule out the possibility of its existence, but speculated that it is possibly a giant eel…<\/em><\/p>\n More about Russian spies:<\/p>\n The Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries intercepted a trained beluga whale suspected of working for the Russian military. After the whale retrieved an iPhone that fell from a woman’s pocket into the sea, officials proposed sending it to a sanctuary in Iceland.<\/em><\/p>\n Comment: if the Norwegians can’t turn the beluga, they’d better take that phone away from him when they give him sanctuary.<\/p>\n …British hedgehogs are in decline, possibly owing to a loss of hedges.<\/em><\/p>\n Percentage of veterinarians who have been asked by patients about cannabis products for pets: 92. Who say they are asked about them weekly:29.<\/em><\/p>\n Comment: not entirely clear whether it was the pets themselves who asked about cannabis.<\/p>\n Wallace’s giant bee, unencountered since the early 1980s, was found. Foreign bees are stealing prime resources from native bees in San Diego.<\/em><\/p>\n Comment: Glad for Wallace and glad it was him<\/em> who found his bee. And in San Diego another instance of foreigners stealing something from us, like elections.<\/p>\n Marmosets track melodies, and pilot whales have group dialects.<\/em><\/p>\n Cocaine is ubiquitous, and ketamine widespread, among Suffolk river shrimp.<\/em><\/p>\n Comment: Who’s their dealer?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" All from Harper’s — either Findings or Index: …the Centers for Disease Control warned Americans of the health risks involved with kissing and snuggling chickens. My comment: ?????? A new study found that a Texas hospital\u2019s efforts to discourage the … Continue reading