Friday, September 23, 2011

The forager Evan Strusinski

Check out this article about Evan Strusinski, a wild food forager in the U.S.

This guy makes a living by foraging for wild food, apparently top Manhattan chefs love this shit. I need to get into that business! I've been foraging all year, I will need to get some of my finds up on this blog, watch this space!

Monday, September 19, 2011

...symphony of science...

"We are a way for the cosmos to know itself" - Carl Sagan

What a thought!

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Friday, September 2, 2011

Thursday, September 1, 2011

75 years without the Thylacine...


"Thursday marks the 75th anniversary of the death of what is believed to have been the last remaining thylacine, named Ben. The animal was kept at Hobart Zoo in Tasmania."

I just came across
a BBC article reporting findings from a scientific investigation into the jaw-strength of the extinct Tasmanian Tiger which found the carnivorous marsupial's jaws to be too weak to have killed sheep (Europeans' fears over losing their livestock to the Thylacine was the main reason behind the extermination of the animal). It's a sad finding, but I still like to believe that a small but sustainable Tassie Tiger population still exists in the remote wilderness of Tasmania, far away from us terrible humans.

"The terrible loss of the thylacine signifies unjustified, negligent destruction of our native flora and fauna. It is a cautionary reminder of what we have lost, and that without urgent intervention other species will suffer the same fate."