EXCELLENT post on what happens when you put out rat killer. Hint: it doesn't stop with the rats.
http://natureofaman.blogspot.com/2013/09/death-by-1000-cuts.html?showComment=1379420380877#c5846191979597326973
Cool story of the moving rat corpse. Is it a zombie? Check out the link to find out!
http://www.livingalongsidewildlife.com/2013/09/readers-write-in-are-endangered-insects.html
On the theme of overuse - overuse of antibiotics could lead to some major problems in the not-to-distant future. Do you really need that medication?
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/09/cdc-amr-rpt1/
And now on to skipping vaccines. Why, as a society, do we take antibiotics every time we get the sniffles but we skip potentially life-saving vaccinations? Reality doesn't care about your personal beliefs.
http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/i-refute-it-thus/
For our gross out of the week - a look at everything you can learn from the earwax of a blue whale. Yes, earwax. Be sure to read to the bottom for fun facts about the blue whale ;)
http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2013/09/16/biography-of-a-blue-whale-told-through-ear-wax/
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