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A mixed veterinary practice in 1965 made its living from farm animals, saw pets in a brief evening surgery, and was run by one or two men who…
It does not care about cheese, cannot be sick, and navigates by urine. Here are ten.
1. It Is Not Especially Interested in Cheese
Offered a choice, a mouse will…
Hotter than a bath, saltier than the sea, and out of oxygen by teatime. Here are seventeen.
1. It Is the Most Hostile Habitat on the Shore
The instinctive reading…
It is not lost and it did not come in from the fields. Here are fifteen.
1. It Did Not Come In From the Countryside
The standing assumption is that…
They ignore you all summer, then the colony finishes and they are out of work. Here are fifteen.
1. They Spend the Summer Hunting, Not Scavenging
For most of the…
The spots are the species, not the age, and it bleeds from its knees on purpose. Here are twelve.
1. The Spots Are the Species, Not the Age
This is…