Friday, February 22, 2008

Scientific Confirmation!

Gotta love a news story (SF Chronicle) that contains a line like this:
As for other potential prey, human beings - like rodents, beavers and deer - are mammals, government scientists confirmed.
Now there's a reporter who doesn't skimp on fact-checking.
And note the plural: he didn't just take the first government scientist's word for it! (I wonder how many he called before he was satisfied?)

1 comment:

Scotte Hodel said...

It's a treasure trove of wisdom!

The natural enemies of the python are lions, tigers and other large cats. There are few free-roaming African lions and tigers between Florida and San Francisco, the geological survey said.
...
"A large alligator will eat a small python," Rodda said. "But we are not recommending you import alligators into California. That would not be a good idea."