Archive for August 6, 2008

The Irony of the House Lizard

  I’ve interacted with an interesting slew of animals as a naturalist and aquarist.  Giant Pacific octopus?  Check.  Seahorses, seadragons, urchins, horseshoe crabs, cat sharks?  Check.  Stingrays, dolphins, snakes, scorpions, kookaburras, red-tailed hawks?  Check.  Macaws, African gray parrots, eels, venomous fish, and an assortment of turtles?  Check.  A sea turtle?  Check.  Penguins of several species?  [...]