Tenure and the Caterpillar

Found this great caterpillar, on the LMM's car.  Note the giant false head, unseeing "eyes," and upright posture.  When threatened, it rears up and tries to look all bad-ass, when in fact it's a soft little useless wimp.

Unfortunately, my good friend Michael Thomas imagined that there is some connection between this beast and the beast called "The Tenured Professor."   Click for an even more tenured image.

Ow.  Problem with the analogy, of course, is that caterpillars pupate and turn into pretty butterflies.  Tenured profs turn into....Keith Poole.  Double ow.

Ant Hill Art

This is great in several ways.  If you have ever dealt with fire ants, you'll immediately recognize the joy of incinerating them.  The art is gravy.


Nod to Angry Alex

Jurassic Nest

A video about a truly gigantic (and very dangerous) yellowjacket nest....hive....metropolis.  Ugh.


More of the story....here.

Nod to Prof. Newmark.

First Owls, Now Mosquitos

Owls are criminal masterminds?  Living in Raleigh, I've been hearing that for years, sure.

But....mosquitos are game theorists?  The Ward Boss wants to know.

Wild, Wild Life

Strange things in the campo. You see Chinese tractors:

Do click for a more fruitful image. (That's el Patron, standing and facing the camera. A very fine gentleman, who moves with the pace of the land. Not fast, but sure.)








Then, the beautiful (but not very dangerous) Chilean rose tarantula.