Animal Science Nerd Mugs

'Eggs did come before chickens!'

Striving to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels, scientists attempt to harness the energy of a toddler's tantrum.

Ascent of Machine.

"First date hairball... awkward."

"With less ice these days this provides better camouflage."

A day at the transgenic races

Conflating Science and Grammar. The boy threw the ball. What grammatical role does "ball" play in this sentence? An object in motion!

"What the heck? The humans are washing in our waterhole with soap!"

The Age of Reptiles. . .

"I'm an evolution denier. There's no way those people come from us."

Save the whales. . . Save the pandas. . . Save the planet.

Neil Armstrong Outtakes

'...so if we can save enough maybe, just maybe, next year we'll be migrating courtesy of British Airways.'

Vaccine

The real reason why flamingos are pink

'If only Darwin could have seen this.'

"I'm afraid you need knee surgery."

Pregnant Panda at Edinburgh Zoo: 'Congratulations, Wilkinshaw...'

Naked Mole Rat

"She's a dachshund-lemming mix."

The Z Chromosome: Zebratic engineering with questionable results.

"That, believe it or not, is also a mammal."

'I would love to be more energetic, but there is nothing I can do: It's a genetic condition...'

'We call these supernumerary teats!'

Cliff Notes

'Okay, I see it now...lame in the third hind leg on the left side!'

"No son of mine is going into entomology."

Worries of the first single cell organism. Should I divide? Maybe I won't like my other self! Maybe it won't like me! Two might be nice company. Three, though, that could be crowded.

"You looked a lot bigger on your dating profile."

Why giraffes hate winter

"I get the strange feeling this has happened before."

"Nasty sunburn."

"I'd love to go out with you. Do I have to have time to change."

They still don't get it, do they? They can't see we're aping them!