the earth: November 2005 Archives

Now, this must have been a really cool way to learn about and/or experiment with biology: . It was hosted for awhile by the Ars Electronica, which is by far and away the niftiest website I've come across to date. It doesn't seem like one can get in as a guest anymore, but maybe that's just my bad luck today.

Don sent me news of this baby hippotamus who seems to have been adopted by an ancient male tortoise.

Pictures.

The original news story seems to have vanished ... or one needs a subscription to get it. The next post, "confessions", includes the text of a Reuter's release, and Urban Legends reports the status of this story as "true". Imagine!