Monthly Archives: December 2009
Merry Christmas!
Time to get drunk and say inappropriate things to each other! Running Ponies might have the most patient readers ever, so thanks for sticking with us. The more you tell us, “Dude, I saw that story on National Geographic like … Continue reading
Filed under Uncategorized
Lose the Coconut Shells, Veined Octopus. You’re Holding Everyone Up!
Researchers from the Museum of Victoria have stumbled across a rare case of invertebrate tool manipulation in Indonesian waters. While studying the delightful mimic octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus), biologists Dr Julian Finn and Dr Mark Norman observed the peculiar and complex … Continue reading
Filed under Science, Sea Creatures, Video
Wandering Ponies #2
While my brain eases itself out of the haze of Christmas madness, here are some things that have amused me of late: It’s no secret that I’m a massive fan of Alex Wild’s photography, so I thought I should mention … Continue reading
Filed under Animals, Archosaurs, Insects, Science, Video
That’s No Way To Get A Girl, Brawny Dawson’s Bee.
Topping my list of things that stick in my craw about Australian TV right now is that we don’t get BBC’s new documentary series, Life. If we did, we’d know all about the unusual courtship behaviour of one of the … Continue reading
