June 2012
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cobainreincarnated asked: Since, you occasionally have people asking about their own weird medical stuff, what can you tell me about bones popping, or at least seeming to pop, in places that they don't normally? I'm thinking mostly of my ribs, kinda at the halfway point, and my legs. That's the weird one. They've been popping about an inch or two below the patella, and a little to the outer side of each...
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Anonymous asked: What's your favorite class of animal?
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Anonymous asked: do scorpion have wings ?
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Guess what? I'm not dead yet!
Not that random disappearances are uncommon on my part, I just thought I’d mention that I’m still alive, because I like to loudly proclaim “I’M NOT DEAD YET!” to random people.
That said, don’t expect much around here until after the first week of June. I’m working every day until about 2 am, and spending the few days I have off with my friends.
But!...
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greypoppies asked: Got anything on uromastyxes? I met one the other day and I do believe I'm in love.
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irato asked: I know that the liver has the ability to regrow, but does it ever keep growing? And never stop?
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Anonymous asked: I read your FAQ... I think it's really funny. You remind me of my private tutor :D I think it's really crazy how you can have all this informatin... I'm going into the medial field and I wish I could be as enthusiastic as you...
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rumbustious-deactivated20120612 asked: anything about sloths? (i don't mind prehistoric ground sloths/two-toed sloths/three-toed sloths... but what i would *really* like are medieval/renaissance accounts of sloths.)
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mythologyofblue asked: In some countries they eat armadillo, such as Uruguay. I've eaten it (tastes like chicken).
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Anonymous asked: Do you have any armadillos in your natural history yet?
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Taking requests.... →
As careful as I’ve been in making things drafts or queuing them before posting them (I know tumblr’s orneriness all too well), I ignored my thought that “I should draft this before I post it” tonight, and lost a fairly long post on the last 100 or so years of plague epidemics (leading up to the final epidemic in China in the early 20th century).
I’m irked and...
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hammerduke asked: I like the brain--a hunk of electrified ham soaked in NTs, and it's the source of not only our basic functioning but of our thoughts, feelings, and personality. The most interesting thing about the brain to me is how easily it can be fucked with to alter our perception of the world, sometimes drastically. It's either terrifying or awesome to me how lack of sleep, foreign chemicals,...
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miss-givings asked: The skin is my favorite organ because when it's has many purposes,and is against the skin of another, it's one of the finer things in life. Also, it can be tattooed, it's very tough, yet very delicate. It has many personalities, and can smell lovely as well.
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octosquid asked: I can't say it's my favorite, but I feel terrible for the Appendix. I mean, it's expendable and has no clear purpose in life. If I were an appendix, I'd be pretty sad. Obviously self-injury is incredibly prevalent among human appendices. Hasn't anyone ever stopped to, like, talk to them? Maybe they just need their feelings acknowledged and validated. I bet they'd feel...
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taramarkovs asked: That's one of the reasons why I tink the liver is just one of the coolest organs. Metabolizes drugs, helps with digestion, can regrow... the list goes on. I'm probably going to have to go with the typical answer and say the brain. Just thinking about how much it does day and night baffles me. Dreaming, emotions, pain, involuntary muscle actions... just one organ that controls all of...
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So what's YOUR favorite organ, and why? →
I’m a fan of the liver. It is the starfish of organs.
