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A Botfly is Born (Not Safe for Lunch)

Mark Moffet explains how a botfly came to parasitize his skin�and how it escaped�illustrating in the process the extent of his commitment to the cause of biodiversity. Video (not for the squeamish) after the jump.

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Cloverfield Action Figure Revealed: Albinos Everywhere Applaud

The elusive Cloverfield monster was the talk of the town over the last few months thanks to J.J. Abrams’ elusive viral marketing scheme. When we received a leaked clip of the Cloverfield monster a few days before the movie was released, we didn’t see anything that indicated that the monster was an albino. Though according to the design of the ...

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