Monthly Archives: September 2010
Honey Badger: who you calling honey mister?
Don’t make the mistake, dear reader, of judging a badger by its nomiker: this one’s no honey. Named for their predilection for eating honeycombs pilfered from beehives, Mellivora capensis is also famous as a snake-killer. The honey badger uses its … Continue reading
Chickcharnie
When sightseeing on the Island of Andros, dear readers, keep your eyes peeled for a creature that Bahamian folk tales describe as a three-toed elf, a red-eyed man-beast or a birdlike creature with a lizard’s tail and a fluffy mane, … Continue reading
Filed under academia, extinct species, folklore, human behavior, Phobia-inducing, Uncategorized
This little fishy went to market
Alright, dear readers, okay. the author has a soapbox to stand on and a bone to pick today: it has to do with fishing ethics and sustainability, and is remarkably un-funny (as opposed to the rest of BV’s posts which … Continue reading
Filed under animal imagery, human behavior, marine life, politics, Uncategorized
Lonomia obliqua caterpillar: prickly little beast
In the rainforests of South America lives a fragile and lovely caterpillar–lonomia obliqua– that will kill you if you let it. Be warned, dear readers, that they are often found–or rather, go unnoticed– on the bark of trees, which provides … Continue reading
Roadkillus Commonus: spontaneous spiritual moments for animal lovers
Filed under human behavior, the strange and the beautiful
Tungara frog: foamy little freaks
It is a biological truth that in most cases of human canoodling some modest amount of various and sundry bodily fluids are produced. (Indeed, many female humans in the author’s aquaintence have had occasion to note that some male specimen … Continue reading
California Academy of sciences promises to let you watch
Another link to love, dear readers: California Academy of Sciences promises to let you watch the penguins “swim, flirt, nest, and relax” via its penguin-cam. You can also watch the tuxedoed charmers feed every day at 10:30am and 3:30pm. As … Continue reading
Filed under academia, exceedingly cute, links to love, marine life, Uncategorized
Yoga Bear
The author had not intended to post today, but was utterly undone by the following story and simply had to share: Santra, a female brown bear in Finland’s Ahtari Zoo, is apparently the latest adherent to the yoga craze that … Continue reading
Filed under exceedingly cute, human behavior, Uncategorized
The Borneo frog: it’s itsy bitsy and it crawled up the pitcher’s spout
Apparently, Dear readers, the author of BV is on a tiny animal kick. The newest addition to the list being Microhyla nepenthicola, recently discovered by researchers in Borneo. These little buggers live and breed in the muck that accumulates at … Continue reading
Tiny animals make BV smile
The author has been remiss, and has neglected to deliver promised entries. Well, dear readers, that is changing, starting now, with a new link I love. Hooray, tiny animals has all of the squishy cutsiepoo appeal that the author of … Continue reading
