Genius wa vyombo vya habari, sehemu ya II

Published in the Santa Barbara News Press, Winter 2009. Who can tell me what’s wrong with these captions?

Page scan credit: Stuart Wilson.

Butterfly ya wiki

Sio kipepeo wa kawaida – lakini huu ni muundo wa kukunja wa protini kutoka kwa homa ya hemorrhagic ya Amerika Kusini – virusi vya Machupo. The article was found on Science Daily. Kufanana kwa kushangaza na kipepeo, labda hata Hesperiidae (photo from Butterflies of America).

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Asante, I’m not a beetle

Because I would have been subjected to this. Talk about animal cruelty! sawa, just kidding, but this story is a bit ridiculous. The article states that the scientists had used the voice of Limbaugh because it wasreadily available”, not because they hated him. Well that turns out not to be true, they chose Rush . . . → Soma Zaidi: Asante, I’m not a beetle

All my friends are insects

Rivers Cuomo wrote me a song. Not bad, but now I think I want that mantis costume for Halloween. And of course I am obliged to point out that earthworms are not insects

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Fikra za waandishi wa habari

Nilipata nakala hii leo utunzaji wa Doug Yanega huko UC Riverside, jambo ambalo lilichochea utafutaji wa taarifa zaidi. Nani anaweza kuniambia nini hizo “maua” kweli wapo? 10 inaelekeza kwa wa kwanza kukisia kwa usahihi… au labda tuzo ya kushangaza?

asubuhi kidogo muziki

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I’ll give you my Ken Griffey Jr. kwa…

This is something I’ve never seen before. Growing up I have always had someone give me some kitsch object with insects on them, even playing cards. Well even last year I got another insect themed tie. (I don’t have the whimsey of PZ Myers and his awesome tie.) Lakini, they were all printed images of . . . → Soma Zaidi: I’ll give you my Ken Griffey Jr. kwa…

Stupid buttefly of the week

Know this butterfly? It’s OK, no one really does. It is in the genus Apodemia (Riodinidae), but the taxonomy of this group is a disasterand don’t even get me started on the subspecies. This specimen was photographed in September, meaning it is most likely to be Apodemia mormo (mormo) based . . . → Soma Zaidi: Stupid buttefly of the week

Katika uwanja

Moja ya manufaa ya kuwa mtaalamu wa wadudu ni kusafiri na kukusanya. Mimi huweka maili elfu chache kwenye gari kila msimu wa joto na hizi ni sehemu mbili bora zaidi za kukusanya huko Arizona. Picha ya juu ni kutoka Milima ya Baboquivari (Kilele cha Baboquivari katikati), Kituo cha Utafiti cha Brown Canyon. . . . → Soma Zaidi: Katika uwanja

OK butterfly people, who am I?

This is an old image of mine, so it’s not perfect. If you can tell me this butterfly to species you get a high-five. If you know the subspecies, I’ll send you a new pack of #3 stainless steel pins! Only hint: It’s from the western USA.

. . . → Soma Zaidi: OK butterfly people, who am I?