Before the first day of a new year unexpectedly rolls over the horizon I wanted mention 2013 was the year zoosemiotics turned 50 years old. In 1963 TA Sebeok introduced the world to the field of Zoosemiotics with this paragraph: “The term zoosemiotics – constructed in an exchange between Rulon Wells and me – is…
This blog post elicited an absurd number of responses from Behan and each was just as nonsensical as the next. Like I noted in the original, not one of them is sourced. ONE The problem is that these folks think they know what I’m saying because they think they know what they’re saying and they…
I am an occasional visitor to the Natural Dog Training (is there such a thing as Supernatural Dog Training?) blog authored by snake-oil salesman and new-age mystic Kevin Behan. Reading the blog is amusing and infuriating. I find it painful to see him lie to readers and distort the latest science story to support the sales his energy…
“It is ironic to think that man might determine his own future by something so seemingly trivial as the choice of an insect spray.” – Rachel Carson, Silent Spring Now that summer is around the corner, many people will take to working on their gardens and grass lawns in the quest to achieve and maintain…
The Society for General Microbiology (#sgmman) is on for one more day so here is another quick post on viruses. Canine Distemper virus has a wide host range which include lions, tigers, hyenas, wolves, coyotes, raccoons, seals, martens, badger, bears and monkeys. But not humans, not yet Humans get measles, a closely related virus. So…
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