Coffee and Provocation

Camera Trapping the New Guinea Singing Dog

Over at Scientific American, they are hyping an "expedition" to find "the rarest dog in the world."  So rare, in fact, that you can buy one for $500 in the U.S.  True, the dog is inbred from a less than a dozen dogs imported more than 30 years back, but the Singers are hardly Giant Pandas.  As for their "rarity," in the wild, I suspect that too is over-hyped.  New Guinea is steep mountains and thick forest and no one has been hunting Singers, so in all likelihood there is a small but shy, night-time hunting genetically diverse population, same as coyotes and wolves or any top-end predator in the absence of poison, traps and guns.  But we'll see.  One thing for sure; they are out there.

Elana Kagan Goes Deer Hunting with Scalia
They have already been duck hunting a bunch of times.  Now deer.

Sarcoptic Mange Prunes the Yellowstone Wolf Population
Disease sweeps in to hammer down population numbers.  Mother Nature is always a clean-up batter.

Looking for a Full Naked Probe?
I'm not saying this umbrella is guaranteed to get you examined in a rough way, but carrying it into an an airport or trying to get it on to Capitol Hill might make for the start of a Very Bad Day.
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