Tag Archives: writing
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
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
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
Fried Egg Jellyfish… pass the Tabasco.
Well, this is another post inspired by the Discovery Channel series Life. Unfortunately, Dear Readers, while the Fried Egg jellyfish (Phacellophora camtschatica) is strange and beautiful, it is also singularly boring. Terrible at cocktail parties. Seriously. Even with the author of … Continue reading
Filed under marine life, the strange and the beautiful, Uncategorized
“The Cock is a Bird that Can Tell Time”
You cannot blame the author for the sheer volume of noteworthy cocks in the world. She is perfectly aware that she has already written about the Cock of Dawn, but that was from the Chinese tradition, and the author reserves … Continue reading
Filed under folklore, gender bending, human behavior, medieval, rated NC17
BV-worthy new exhibit
The California Academy of Sciences has long been beloved by the author of BV, figuring in her elementary school field trips, and, more recently, looming large in her consciousness as an example of stunning sustainable architecture. And a friend is … Continue reading
Filed under academia, endangered species, extinct species, human behavior
Red-Letter Day for Captive Dolphins
It is a red-letter day, dear readers. For it was reported today that Chris Porter, infamous dolphin trader working out of the Solomon Islands, plans to release his last 17 captive bottlenose dolphins to the wild. In a recent interview, … Continue reading
Filed under human behavior, marine life
Sometimes you just have one of those days…
…And if you, dear readers, are having one of those days today, I have found a video able to execute, if you will, a kind of Primal scream therapy— you remember primal scream therapy, don’t you? You know, 1970′s pop … Continue reading
Filed under cute/creepy kitty videos
Dissertation Owls Asleep on the Job
Folkes, while the dissertation elves, tiny little owls that creep into grad students’ bedrooms to madly type pages whilst the tortured souls sleep, are on furlough, I have been working furiously on my thesis. The result? A certain lack of Beastliness. And vocabularity. This … Continue reading
Filed under academia, folklore, Uncategorized
Stars of our Stars:
Today, the author of BV would like you to contemplate the fact that there are stars beneath the ocean, glowing in shades of blue and red and green, constellations of… well, of jelly actually. But enough for the waxing poetic: … Continue reading
Filed under marine life, the strange and the beautiful, Uncategorized
Tickle-me Elmo’s friend, the Slow-Loris
The author of BV would like to be clear: wild and exotic animals are not pets. They belong in the fields and forests and streams, making nice with other wild and exotic animals. And the Slow Loris, a south/southeast … Continue reading
Filed under baby animals, endangered species, exceedingly cute, human behavior, Uncategorized
The Guinea Pig Way
Every so often, one discovers something so simultaneously cute and creepy that one is obliged to share it with the world. (for teh author of BV, this is a somewhat more frequent occurance). For once, dear readers, the source of cute and … Continue reading
You’d be Prickly, too
A rare Prickly shark ( Echinorhinus cookei) was recently “found” and displayed at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, quite the coup for the eager grad student type who “found” the shark. The shark was ”collected” in an area where the Monterey Bay Aquarium Supported research, by the unnamed … Continue reading
Filed under human behavior, marine life, the strange and the beautiful, Uncategorized
Petaluma Bird Sanctuary Threatened
There is a new asphalt plant planned for a site along the Petaluma River. GOOD NEWS, right!? Industry, new jobs in a ravaged marketplace… But, in this case, the costs may be too high. Because in this case, the proposed … Continue reading
Filed under backyard fauna, endangered species, human behavior, Uncategorized
Happy Birthday to an Angry Old Canard!
Donald Duck is 75 today! The angry old canard’s full name Donald Fauntleroy Duck, and his official birthady is recognized today to commemorate the release of his debut film, The Wise Little Hen… for which, true to the bad luck for which he is famous, … Continue reading
Filed under exceedingly cute, human behavior
