Friday, September 20, 2013

Weekend Reading Sept. 20, 2013

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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