John, this was a great post!

Yes, I would walk on that. I would also wear a kilt while doing so ... just because.

"Given the size of the area, it is likely that more discoveries will be made as the excavation continues."

Isn't that how most vampire horror stories start. Just saying.

It could have been a lot worse! Notice that the charge is for the return baggage check-in, and that it is PER ITEM.

One of my favorite books as a kid was "The Mystery of the Laughing Shadow," a Three Investigators Mystery that prominently featured a kookabura. Ahh, nostalgia! I may have to pull that out some time soon and spend a few hours reading it again.

Darn, now I want soup.

Unquestionably cute eh? I think I'll pass.

As a kid, Riki-tiki-tavi was always on my top ten list of stories. Now I remember why.

Poor snake. All he wanted was to lay there and digest the last guy who grabbed his tail.

That is easily the happiest stingray I've ever seen.

Sophie: Excellent Twitch ... eeeeexcellent.
Twitch: What are we going to do today Sophie!
Sophie: Same thing we do every day Twitch ... try to take over the world.
(camera zooms on Sophie)
Sophie: Mua mua mua ha ha ha ha ha ha!

I wholeheartedly deplore this image. It has done more damage to the public's understanding of, and feelings towards, evolution than most proponents of intelligent design could ever hope to accomplish.

Nikola Rahme is my favorite insect macro-photographer. Most of his subjects are alive when he photographs them.