I wonder if the scientists who suffocate rodents for a living were at the science march or if they're hoping Trump will let them suffocate for things?
2: That's ridiculous. Go big or go home when it comes to mole-puns.
As I'm sure everybody knows, the Lincoln Children's Zoo has a huge naked mole rat display. It's a bunch of clear plastic tubs and bins. It's the most disgusting thing to look at.
What's gross about wiggly scrotums living in a giant robot digestive track?
The link in the OP is fascinating but not as fascinating as the "Thirty Ways Of Looking At A Mole And Making A Pun About It" project. I really want the full list (and to see the paintings).
8: Also at the Lincoln Children's Zoo.
Rumor has it that in 2018, they'll add a Wolfgang Puck restaurant.
Fun fact: If the sun had the same power density as a mole the earth would be uninhabitable due to the excess heat. IOW replace the sun with a giant mole of equivalent mass and we burn to death. Do don't do it, OK?
What about a mole rat, instead of a mole?
I don't know the power density of a mole rat. We'll have to perform the experiment. For science!
Mole rats are great. On top of their other weirdness, they're the only eusocial mammals.
On top of their other weirdness, they're the only eusocial mammals.
The only ones so far. This could be the next lifestyle trend to catch on.
How many mole rate orgasms would a mole of mole rats orgasm if mole rats weren't eusocial?
Since this is the science thread, I offer you another wonderful paragraph from the world of scientific press releases:
After obtaining reproductive tracts from dolphins, porpoises and seals that died naturally, Orbach and her colleagues developed a system to inflate the penises to full erection and simulate copulation with vaginal tissue samples. They then used computed tomography (CT) scans to visualize how deeply the penis penetrates the vagina and which anatomical landmarks are in contact. They also created silicone models of the interior of the dolphin vagina to explore how its shape might have coevolved with the shape of the male penis.
There is a picture, too, of their discoveries. And to think we thought human sex was complicated.
They also created silicone models of the interior of the dolphin vagina to explore how its shape might have coevolved with the shape of the male penis.
That's their story, and they're sticking to it.
I haven't clicked on that link but I will be very disappointed if the Orbach in question isn't Susie.
You'll always know your neighbor, you'll always know your pal,
if you've ever inflated a dolphin birth canal.
Are the mole pun paintings (or reproductions) for sale anywhere?
"De Mer Heebie-Geebies' Mole Pun Period"
That was a serious question. It's actually pretty hard to find quality mole pun paintings.
They just looking for an excuse to get carnies to have sex in an MRI again.
Pinterest and Etsy are your friends.
Most of those are either mole-less puns or punless-moles. It's a market ripe for disruption.
The holy land just keeps on giving. Apparently the Golani mole rat has a cancer resistance mechanism distinct from the african species. Hypothesized to be a byproduct of the terrifying mosters' adaptation to hypoxia. I gotta say, this is some first rate comparative genomics.
Omg, I wonder if my mom still has prints. This would be such a nice thing.
On the veldt, the practitioners of second rate comparative genomics were unable to find mates.
Local man questions quality of mole pun search results.
12. OK, how can you measure or look up the power density of a mole?? ALso, I must be missing something-- wouldn't our (I guess growing speedily from normal size) giant mole be subject to the Eddington limit, applied to its denser-than-a-gas growing mole body causing formation of a plasma in the mole's center long before it reached 0.01 solar masses?
32. Scans to produce giclee prints on canvas are a standard thing-- if they're that small, you can just pass cheapo bar scanner over the image to get a good result and then send the resulting file to a photo printer that offers canvas substrate.
My bar doesn't have a scanner. I guess I haven't been but once this year because of life. I'll have to go next week and see if they have one now.
35: I did the numbers for a physics 110 quiz where the energy intake per day and mass of a mole were given, along with the power density of the sun. We had to calculate the power density of the mole from the info given and compare to the sun. The whole rendering the Earth uninhabitable is my gloss on the result. The prof was great at coming up with engaging questions.
Also, today I think I found the fucking signal I've been hunting for ten fucking years. Five data points so far, hopefully more tomorrow. Fortuitous since our Quarterly Review is Friday.
I'm assuming this means you've talked to aliens.
Next up, drop Jody Foster into a spinning gyroscope-thing.
36: That wouldn't be too hard to get her to do, if someone wanted a print.
In the meantime, my mom intimated that she might try to locate them and send me some photos.
41: To what did you attribute your sudden interest in them? The discussion here?
When your mom paints a pun
And you think "that's...fun"
It's a mole
I would observe, for the benefit of Buttercup really, that Terrifyingmosters belong (and rhyme) with Bertie Wooster
Terrifying mosters infest the life of Woosters
42: I told her I mentioned them to a friend of mine.
She just said that she photographed a few of them. So far I've received a "front cover" of sorts for the body of work. When I get the rest, I'll throw them up on Flickr.
Speaking of, how do Flickr groups work? I think Heebie invited me, but nothing showed up my side.
I just got 11 of them. She said that she didn't include the ones she can't stand.
They all arrived upside down, so I can't directly upload them to Flickr without taking a moment. Which I'll do after I teach.
But just as a teaser, some of the puns include Ther-mole Pajamas, For-mole Dance, and Mole-itov Cocktail.
48: Huh, I'll re-invite you after I return.
All right. Photos are added to the flickr group. Enjoy.
Can I have an invite too? I am curious to see the mole pictures.
OMG so cute. Composition and style of fore-mole dance and mole hole are particularly nice.
Is there a Mardi Gras themed jacko mole feenanay?
Whenever my two-year old sees a picture of naked mole rats she yells "They're naked!" That is all.
She actually has a website with a ton of other, more complete stuff, but I'm vaguely worried about linking to it here. If anyone's curious, email me and I'll send you the link.
52: I sent you an invite. Fair warning: it hasn't gone through to Mossy all day. I'm not sure what's going on, but lmk if you don't get it.
53- Well now we know the location for the next Unfoggedcon.
This conference site has more giant statutes with exposed nipples than any other place I can recall doing science.
Oh good, you're already scouting the site.
There is no place to sit and look busy with a laptop. Also, the buffet has "all you care to drink" for $18 and that would be a mistake for me now.
They have a Henri Bendel, just like Columbus, Ohio used to. I guess stores linger in the periphery even after they close in more fashionable cities.
ALL STATUTES SHOULD HAVE NIPPLES! HUGE CLASSY NIPPLES1 MAGA!
The mole paintings are really good, the puns really bad. (The group invite never materialized, but heebie followed me manually. I understand now the fortunes of Yahoo.)
I uploaded pictures of totalitarian Roc artwork there. The building I'd guess is 30-40 years old.
There's probably a nipple-print kiosk here.
Moby! Don't forget to go to the animatronics show!
OMG the mole paintings are great.
I lost $2 on the slots. That's still better than the $11 Newcastle Brown.
They have a Henri Bendel, just like Columbus, Ohio used to. I guess stores linger in the periphery even after they close in more fashionable cities.
This explains the Bendel store on 5th Avenue on Manhattan Island.
24 ounce cans of Budweiser cost $7. The same amount of Miller Not Lite costs $2.50. Late Capitalism.
79 Or Gulf region. Which is probably much the same thing. Happy hour beers are about $8-9 (no Bud tho, rather fairly good beer: Stella, Hoegaarden, etc.)
I don't drink Stella because Tennessee Williams once shit in my yard.
At least it kind of looked like him.
heebie - invitation has arrived, and works. They're great! The mole-usk one in particular. Very detailed and precise, like something from a 19th century natural history book.
I would certainly buy a print of these, not least because Small God-Daughter (who I suppose should now be Larger God-Daughter because she is now quite tall, certainly taller than Smaller God-Daughter) is referred to as "the mole" by her family.
Has she opted for the Engineers now?
Oh, I see. I was stuck on SF implications and thinking "Moties? Ringworld? Feersum Endjinn?"
It did occur to me belatedly that the British Army probably doesn't call its engineers engineers.
They do, they just pronounce it "ears".
Also, could somebody refresh my memory in terms of what animatronics.
89: no, we do: they're the Royal Engineers, or "sappers" informally.
"No, they're cigarettes, or 'fags' informally."
