National Geographic posted a video of a new request from Australian scientists to control the cane toad issue by introducing meat ants.

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Ahhhh what could go wrong?

the can toad was introduced to Australia to control beetle populations but then the toad grew rampant and became an issue. apparently having not learned from mistakes, they want to do the same thing again.

I already have a sculpture series I'm working on directly inspired by  Australia and the cane toad, this is just more fodder. when, when will researchers learn...

introducing a carnivorous insect that multiplies at an alarming rate 'hoping' that it will go after the toads, and not EVERYTHING else is ridiculous... I love it. I truly do.

No, this is not science fiction. I was so engrossed last year with Genpets I missed this completely.

Chinese scientists at the Shanghai Second Medical University in 2003 successfully fused human cells with rabbit eggs. The embryos were reportedly the first human-animal chimeras successfully created.

And at Stanford University in California an experiment might be done later this year to create mice with human brains.

The opening went great and thank you for coming out for all those that did! I touched you in special ways as I promised. I could not be more happy, it was what… at least 300 people? Great people, great turnout, and beer. I don’t do the shindig thing well though. I just make things. So I spent a lot of time outside getting air, but I hear people loved the work or something. (And NO, I don’t think my unwillingness to sip drinks and chat it up will make me non-art worthy. I prefer to talk about programming, electronics, SFX stuff, sculpture, not the post modern human condition. I talk about those sorts of issues visually, hence being an artist, not a writer. The gallery is great, but I can push my art further than a white wall box. The gallery just doesn't seem to be about art anymore, it's about ego's, and I'm here to make things, not dress up and pretend to be important. I don't need a car, or a gallery to do that.)