Archive for February 20th, 2020

True Facts: the Mating Dance of The Peacock Spider

It appears that Ze Frank read the article Fourteen Fun Facts About Love and Sex in the Animal Kingdom, which we linked here just a couple of days ago. He then ran to get some peacock spider footage from Jürgen Otto...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/02/20/True-Facts-the-Mating-Dance-of-The-Peacock-Spider/

Long Chile, Ohio2, and the Snack Rack

Last week, we shared a map of the Americas by Anna Calcaterra, which made Ohio 2 a viral meme. It turns out that Anna has a long history of spreading chaos. Her father shared some of her earlier projects, including the n...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/02/20/Long-Chile-Ohio2-and-the-Snack-Rack/

Maru Puts on the Box

After ten years of testing every box possible, it looks as if Maru has found the perfect one- a box he can fit into, sort of, and carry around with him. A box he can wear while doing other things. And one he can get out...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/02/20/Maru-Puts-on-the-Box/

How One Man and His Dog Rowed More Than 700 Kākāpōs to Safety

Don Merton with the kakapo named after Richard Henry. The kakapo is native to New Zealand, a flightless and rather friendly bird that smells like papayas. They evolved under no threat from predators until humans...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/02/20/How-One-Man-and-His-Dog-Rowed-More-Than-700-Kkps-to-Safety/

Scientists: Blue Tits Engage in Promiscuous Mating

<p>Do you see the pair of tits in the above photo? Pretty nice, right? Well, they're not Japanese great tits (<em>Parus major</em>), <a href="https://www.neatorama.com/2016/03/15/Great-T...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/02/20/Scientists-Blue-Tits-Engage-in-Promiscuous-Mating/

King Cake Burger

<p>A <a href="https://www.eater.com/2017/1/11/14168802/king-cake-history" target="_blank">King Cake</a> is a cake traditionally eaten by communities in the United States that...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/02/20/King-Cake-Burger-2/

Violinist Performs During Her Own Brain Surgery

<p>Violinist Dagmar Turner needed to have a brain tumor removed. She was very concerned that the surgeons at King's College Hospital in London might accidentally damage the brain tissue which controlled fin...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/02/20/Violinist-Performs-During-Her-Own-Brain-Surgery/

Dr. Nicholas Senn, The Surgeon Who Blew Gas up Patients' Butts

<p>The challenge for Dr. Nicholas Senn, a US Army surgeon during the late 19th Century, was how to quickly assess abdominal gunshot wounds before the invention of x-ray machines. Was the path of a bullet a...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/02/20/Dr-Nicholas-Senn-The-Surgeon-Who-Blew-Gas-up-Patients-Butts/




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