If you haven't already checked-in on
Deep-Sea News this week,
click on over to catch their week-long love letter to all things big, oceanic, and backboney (cartilaginous and otherwise). They've been featuring a lot of images of Elephant Seals, and why not... they certainly are big and, like many of us males of our species, go from adorable and cuddly pups to somewhat adorable, fat, grouchy, and prodigiously-nosed adults all too quickly.
I understand the need for science to occasionally inflict what, at least anthropomorphically, seems like indignities on our study subjects–flipper tags, spray-paint or bleached ID numbers on hides, or in this case satellite or radio trackers mounted on heads. But it got me to thinking of some interesting applications for keeping tabs on certain study subjects whose behavior and aggressive habits deserve considerably greater scrutiny.
If you haven't already checked-in on Deep-Sea News this week, click on over to catch their week-long love letter to all things big, oceanic, and backboney (cartilaginous and otherwise). They've been featuring a lot of images of Elephant Seals, and why not... they certainly are big and, like many of us males of our species, go from adorable and cuddly pups to somewhat adorable, fat, grouchy, and prodigiously-nosed adults all too quickly.
I understand the need for science to occasionally inflict what, at least anthropomorphically, seems like indignities on our study subjects–flipper tags, spray-paint or bleached ID numbers on hides, or in this case satellite or radio trackers mounted on heads. But it got me to thinking of some interesting applications for keeping tabs on certain study subjects whose behavior and aggressive habits deserve considerably greater scrutiny.
1 comment:
Don't sweat it. I'm sure the USA security forces keep a detailed log of the USA prez habits. Too bad it's not publicly accessible...
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