This is amazing! I want Roast Beef to come visit me. But a little nugget of knowledge: I wanted to let you all know how Roast Beef and Plum Pudding from the New England Aquarium got their names...

I know - I spent $95 a night for a dog hotel in San Francisco...so I'd do it even if I have a lean, mean wiener dog.

I hope I can add perspective because I just picked up my new car today! Woohoo!

I know no one will see this, but for 8 years my lovely family dentist INSISTED I didn't have wisdom teeth. I was beyond excited and mocked this point of evolution to all my friends.

A platypus going grocery shopping or penguins "getting down" at the club.

Those that got infected died. Those that didn't get infections have evidence of healed bone and resorption around the "surgical site." They did it because there was not other options - infection doesn't matter if it works on someone eventually.

As it was a lab/research setting, I got treatment immediately. I wasn't worried as I also had the rabies vaccine, but they always are over-cautious. The point of the story? Handle rabid animals with care and get the rabies vaccine if you're going to a country with high rabies incidence (Brazil, SE Asia, Sub-Saharan…

It's also dependent on the location of the bite - i.e. a lower leg bite may take long to reach the CNS after breaching the blood/brain barrier than a bit on the face, shoulder, or torso. Maximum time after a known bite of an animal with abnormal behavior is 5 days (in terms of effectiveness and survival), but as…