Prompted by a set of questions I found on Facebook, I queried ChatGPT: The next question is obvious: why the difference? I asked it and the bot simply regurgitated the last paragraph. I tried again: I gave it one more try: Okay, you tell me the difference! I asked instead for jokes about “Jews” and … Continue reading Happy New Year from a woke and hypocritical ChatGPT
Well, a few readers sent photos in, so thanks to them. Please send in yours if you have them. Today is Sunday, and so we join biologist John Avise in his worldwide odyssey of bird photos, this time from South Africa. John’s captions and IDs are indented, and you can enlarge his photos by clicking … Continue reading Readers’ wildlife photos
Myt favorite wild cat is the Pallas’s Cat, (Otocolobus manul) also known as the manul. It happens to be the fluffiest cat in the world, but with short ears that are also adaptive in its chilly habitat. There are sixty zoos that keep them for captive breeding programs, and on manul, in Poland, has been … Continue reading Caturday felid trifecta: Polish wildcat nabs Manul World Cup; cats in nativity scenes; a trio of frozen kittens rescued; and lagniappe
Today we have another photo-and-text lesson from Athayde Tonhasca Júnior. Athayde’s text is indented, and you can enlarge the photos by clicking on them. Enormous armies with countless skills As natural history narratives go, the 1954 ant-inspired motion picture Them! was not up to David Attenborough’s standards because giant, deranged, radioactive ants don’t exist. Despite … Continue reading Readers’ wildlife photos (and story)