Eight Weird and Wonderful Things Eaten On My Travels “Get your pliers out of my pig’s head soup.” My grandmother’s request still rings in my ears today, and that was fifty years ago! The other day, while cleaning, I found my old Uni assignment. We needed to provide the
Scientists do some weird things in the name of science. Crazy or what? Many scientists have experimented on themselves in the name of science. It’s risky business, though, especially when it goes wrong. German surgeon August Bier pioneered experimentation with spinal anesthesia. It eventually took its toll on
Essential Ingredients for Survival Everyone poops! There is that old saying: “If you don’t poop, you die!” Poop is usually excreted as a waste, but some animals actively re-ingest their poo in a practice called coprophagy. In this respect, the koala is in a league of their
And will suck the daylights out of you! Are you one of those people, like me, who hates anything that crawls, creeps, or slides? If so, this article is for you. What if you combined your phobia with a creature that has 32 brains, 300 teeth, 10 stomachs,
What Can They Teach Us About Life? “What happened to my blue socks?” the husband asked his wife angrily. “I put the blue socks in the wash, and now there is only one. I need to wear my blue socks with my blue suit, and now you have lost
What a Tragedy – Koalas Extinct Within Thirty Years? Koalas are a unique Australian asset. Their restricted lifestyle in trees (arboreal), dependence on specific Eucalyptus leaves, and complementary digestive processes not seen in any other animal, reinforce their value to the animal kingdom as a biological anomaly. In
Hello, and welcome back to part IV of “My Life with Koalas”. If you have just tuned in to this series, here is a brief recap: To date, we marvelled at the life of Koalas, one of the most, if not the most, unique Australian animals. From the restricted lifestyle
It is hard to believe their caecum is longer than most people can jump; 2 meters. But what does it do? That was the question. The Early years I had spent just over a year looking at koala poo samples, trying to develop reliable methods for growing the bacteria
Ever thought about how you get poo from a Koala ten meters up a tree? This is the second of my five-part series about my life with Koalas. In Part I –“Let the Science Begin,” I talked about what makes koalas so unique and the challenge I took on