Okay guys, I am going to break my non-commenting streak to say something about human evolution here. As a student finishing up his studies in ecology and evolutionary biology, and as a person who has a strong passion for science education, I cannot ignore the comments below. Just because the author took designs from…

I actually agree with it being a regular snapper. It definitely has ridges down its shell, and definitely not raised bumps like an alligator snapper.

WHY. WHY?? STOP DOING THAT. oh no I can't look away

Ron Swanson is my hero. I only got into Parks & Recreation last season, and I recall it was one of his quotes that got me interested.

My favorite will always be Metella sedet.

Thanks, science! Now I can finally look forward to my own ability-enhancing Goku Uniforms.

Is that one of the shark's teeth?

Hoatzins are pretty amazing, they're so awesome we don't even know what their closest relatives are! About the claws though, tons of birds (including chickens) have claws on their forearms, so in that respect they're not that unusual.

In high school we had a presenter talk to us about tobacco advertising, and they actually mentioned that aspect of the camel character. So apparently, the experts would say yes.

YES. This was the opening that got me to watch the original series as well as the Railgun spinoff. My favorite characters are split between Mugino and Accelerator though, I absolutely cannot stand Touma or Index.

This would be a great idea to bring to the US, but I can't be the only one who's thought that. My local Chinese buffet once had a turtle pond inside. Are there food health/safety laws in the US that prevent people eating in the same place as animals?

That's right, harvestmen (that's what you can call them) don't have venom. They're deadly if you're an aphid or a baby earthworm.

That's cool! I don't really do gardening but during the summer I'll take walks into the various woods behind my house and around the neighborhood and look for insects, so I understand the "neighborhood suspicions about your spare time" sort of deal.

So is this an actual hobby that people in engage in? Because that is pretty amazing.

From my own experience, I'd guess most people are more likely to encounter spiders in their own homes during the day than other critters (centipedes and such like to hide, while spiders just continue to sit in their webs all day). Also, by going outside and intentionally turning over gross dead objects, you're…

Don't forget the Bronze Age collapse, after which cultures around the Mediterranean and the Near East almost had to reinvent themselves.

They definitely had little toys and things but in fact the Romans not only conceptualized practical uses for steam engines, but actually implemented some of them. True, it didn't have direct applications for most Romans, and it was so expensive that only the emperor could support it, but nonetheless it was pretty…

I'm really surprised no one has mentioned Junji Ito yet. He's one of the preeminent horror manga artists in Japan; earlier this year I would read an entire story and then just not sleep for hours out of sheer terror. His style is based on the horror of the grotesque, and he has a real talent as an artist. As for…

Monarch butterflies are extremely unusual in being a flagship species that is an invertebrate. People either don't care about invertebrate conservation, or at worst, oppose it (e.g. the case of the Delhi Sands flower-loving fly). So perhaps the best thing about this initiative is that it will directly help insects…