The World Cup started with vuvuzelas and ended with Paul the octopus. The world’s most famous cephalopod grabbed headlines by correctly predicting the winners of eight straight World Cup matches, including today’s victory by Spain over the Netherlands. I’ve enjoyed Paul’s exploits, but his success got me wondering: just how many animals are out there [...]
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The Hot Tentacle
Posted in Behavioral Economics, Finance, Nature, tagged Humor, Nature, Octopus on July 11, 2010 | 3 Comments »
How to Defeat the Lionfish? Use Your Knife and Fork
Posted in Life, Microeconomics, Nature, tagged Nature, Property, Tragedy of the Commons on July 8, 2010 | 1 Comment »
As regular readers know, I am intrigued by animals in weird places (voles in the Rose Garden, grey whales in the Mediterranean) and quirky discussions of property rights (guacamole, overhead bins, snow shoveling, office lunches). So imagine my delight when I opened the Food section of the Washington Post to discover an issue that brings [...]
The First Vole of the United States (FVOTUS)
Posted in Life, Nature, tagged Humor on May 21, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I’ve enjoyed the hullabaloo over the rodent that upstaged President Obama during his remarks on financial reform on Thursday. As an animal aficionado, however, I’ve been disheartened by the number of people who believe the critter was a rat or mouse. As the photos show, that just isn’t so: That, dear friends, is a vole. [...]
A Gray Whale Goes Really Off Course
Posted in Nature, tagged Nature on May 12, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Gray whales usually live along the eastern and western edges of the northern Pacific. Except for the lone individual who somehow turned up on Israel’s Mediterranean coast. As reported by AFP: The appearance of a grey whale off the coast of Israel has stunned scientists, in what was thought to be the first time the [...]
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