"The models are dressed just like high society women of the pre-Civil War South — if you replaced every one of their items of clothing with a different item of clothing."

Those are so great. I used to get such a kick out of watching the popcorn come out as a kid.

I can't live without a citrus zester. I recently lost mine so I had to try to zest a lemon with the fine grating side of a cheese grater and it just wasn't as nice of an outcome.

"Is this the only dog in the world with the Ebola?"

I am not saying that it would constitute a "science experiment". I am saying that the findings of this observation could help inform researchers who are interested in the human/animal transmission process when it comes to this virus on whether or how they choose to conduct future experiments with larger sample sizes.…

You know that there are "scientists" that run around in the jungle trying to catch infected bats, primates and rodents with butterfly nets, right? And that these samples are sometimes taken alive to undergo observation in laboratories? If you can prove that this dog is infected with the Ebola virus (which you can do…

I'm getting rather tired of arguing about this because it seems like I'm talking to a lot of people who are not very familiar with the subject matter. I guess I should have anticipated that when I started the discussion. However, yes, these labs are set up with the entire purpose of keeping different sample groups…

You are incorrect. A valid statistical sample never comes from an individual subject, but you can glean "insight" from damn near anything. Do you think that all scientific research starts with group studies or something? What do you think leads researchers to organize mass studies? Typically it's hypotheses drawn from…

Thank you. I am amazed that there are people unaware that these facilities exist an are relatively common.

Oh for Christ's sake. Go read about biological testing on animals and get back to me. This is like trying to have a discussion with a brick wall. Research on virulently infectious animals happens in laboratories EVERY DAY, ACROSS THE GLOBE. Animals are safely put under sedation EVERY DAY, ACROSS THE GLOBE. There is…

Dude, look at the Level 4 testing and research facilities at the CDC, just down the road from Emory University - a zillion levels of security, purpose-built to house animals who are purposely infected with dangerous diseases. These kinds of laboratories exist in cities across America and in the major cities of most of…

Why wouldn't there be anyone around to give him supportive care? Animals are tranquilized all the time without severe medical consequences. Sometimes they are tranquilized repeatedly if they are being moved from facilities or undergoing major medical procedures. If you have trained lab/veterinary staff on hand dealing…

Scientists do this with test animals all the time. These are fairly routine lab concerns that don't often lead to major catastrophes. Monkeys fling their spit and poop at each other and infect their lab mates in settings like this with some frequency. This doesn't tend to happen with dogs. I'm sure that there is a…

Well, I don't know for sure but I would bet that there are labs that handle zoological testing in cities all over Spain. Most of their major hospitals and universities could probably handle cases like this if additional safety precautions were put into place. I know that virulent biological entities are tested in all…

That's why I was saying that they could keep the dog quarantined and blood test him. I'm sure that different animals can display symptoms of illness in different ways. It just seems to me that there must be a way to keep this dog (who, in all likelihood, is not infected with the virus) alive and garner valuable…

Perhaps this is a dumb question, but couldn't they just quarantine the dog and run blood tests on in periodically to see if it is actually infected? Surely a vet would be able to determine if this dog is any sort of threat, doctors work on test animals with Ebola all the time. This seems like it could even be…

I agree, I think the dress is super adorable (but then I do spend a lot of time on my crochet habit, so...) and very happy looking and age appropriate. I think that she has a great sense of style and always looks fresh, interesting and amazing.

Haha, that would be great!

No. And I'm not a cultural appropriation crusader, so you might want to save that for someone else.

Gorgeousssss.