Finding a couple of mites actually doing the nasty as they get caught in a blob of tree sap is apparently pretty exciting.
http://news.discovery.com/animals/40-million-year-old-sex-act-captured-in-amber.html
it's not every day pop science poop gets to use the word "sex" in their headlines.
oh wait. yes, yes it actually is.
This story really resinates with me for some reason.
:crankey:
I believe this is also a great example of getting caught coming and going.
I know you guys have been pining for this.
We mite have.
:horrormirth:
MUST
STOP
PUNS!
(http://beta.images.theglobeandmail.com/archive/01320/wfeathers1_jpg_1320267cl-8.jpg)
These are apparently Dinosaur feathers, also trapped in amber. Which, I guess, should put that debate to rest.
Moar here. (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/alberta-scientists-strike-evolutionary-gold-with-discovery-of-dinosaur-feathers/article2167320/)
The debate that Dinosaurs liked to look fabulous?
Maybe they wouldn't be extinct if they'd fucked faster and didn't keep gettin' caught up in resin...