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Yes this is one of my fav groups of animals!

Herps and Birds (and More) — Eiselt's Caecilian aka "Penis Snake" Caecilian...

Ringed Caecilian (Siphonops annulatus), family Siphonopidae, widely distributed in South America, east of the Andes

Caecilians are amphibians, like frogs and salamanders. (They are not worms, nor are the snakes).

Most species are fossorial (burrowing), but many are also aquatic or semi-aquatic.

photograph by Carlos Jared

Kaup’s Caecilian (Potomotyphlus kaupii), family Typhlonectidae, found in northern South America

This species is aquatic.

photograph by Dante Fenolio

Beddome’s Caecilian (Ichthyophis beddomei), family Ichthyophiidae, western India

photograph by Girish Gowda

Magdalena Valley Caecilian (Caecilia subnigricans), family Caeciliiidae, San Jacinto, Bolivar, Colombia

photograph by José Gabriel Julio Guzmán 

São Tomé Caecilian (Schistometopum thomense), family Dermophiidae, endemic to São Tomé and Ilhéu das Rolas (Africa)

a rare case of two Charaxes jasius on a single leaf, owing more to their lack of awareness than any sort of social tolerance, although a fight would surely break out if they realized one of the siblings is a whole instar ahead of the other. you'll have to excuse the poor lighting as this photo was taken on a beautiful autumn night at the pitch black hour of - let me check - ah yes, five pm

At that exact moment my brothers both came in from playing, and all they saw was our mom unconscious on the floor and our dad slapping her. So, like, without even saying a word to each other they both just INSTANTLY start whaling on him, like, full blown attack mode to defend our mom. Which obviously didn't help the situation, but she did wake up and everything was fine.

So in order to keep getting the full evil karma experience, every time I do something convenient or utilitarian that raises my karma I go back to Moriarty’s Saloon and just open his terminal over and over again.

The one procedure you can use to help reduce your radiation exposure in ANY experiment is to: - evaluate the amount of time you will handle radioactive material by performing a dry run. - whine and complain until someone else does the experiment for you. - control your intake by putting on an air-supplied isolation suit, like astronauts use. - shield yourself by keeping a big, heavy floor-to-ceiling sheet of lead in front of you. - distance yourself by buying multi-million dollar robotically-controlled remote manipulators.

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You are using an open vial of radioactive sample and are leaving the lab for lunch. Before leaving the laboratory, you must: - leave it on any bench unattended. - leave it in the radiation work area with a hand written sign that says, "Don't touch this stuff!" - put in a locked box or locked refrigerator. - shove it in an unlabeled drawer that is not locked. - put is behind a large centrifuge so nobody will see it until you get back.

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To notify Radiation Safety that you have place an order with a vendor, you must: - send a letter to Radiation Safety after you receive your order. - get on the EH&S website and fill out the Radioactive Material Order Notification Form. - email Radiation Safety. - phone Radiation Safety. - do nothing! Radiation Safety personnel are clairvoyant and can read my mind.