Spiderbaby's Tunnel of Goats
by Spiderbaby
user profile | dashboard | imagewall
Hello World!
Originally from the UK, I now live in the north of Sweden with Crickson
We are scientists :)
I also knit, bake and play the recorder, but not all at once.
Random Image:
Libel reform campaign petition
Science resources:
Want to find out about proteins? Try this for starters -
RCSB Protein data bank: Molecule of the Month in alphabetical order
Want to find out what is known about any particular gene? Here's a good place to start. -
Entrez Gene This is probably my favourite starting point for finding out about a new gene of interest and has handy links to most of the references and sequence information.
Want to find a piece of peer-reviewed scientific research? Want to check the references from an article, or look up the publication record of an expert quoted in a newspaper or blog piece? Try this database. It will give you the abstract (outline) of every paper and will link to the full thing and tell you which articles are free and open-access. -
NCBI's PubMed All newly published research is quickly added to this site.
Want to be able to decode DNA? This is how DNA codes for protein, and is, to my eyes, a thing of beauty. -
The Genetic Code (presented here as RNA. For DNA, simply replace the U's with T's (Uracil with Thymine)).
And for geeks who need to get out more :) -
The PCR Song and
another PCR song
Good for your brain: - Ben Goldacre's Bad Science blog
It's the little things that keep you going...
Lucia
At last! Welcome home Lucia :)
About Lucia
Lucia a miscarriage of justice. English translation
Lucia. Other relevant links can be found here
Lucia De Berk - Out but not free - update from Dhamaka
English translation of original (Dutch) site here
Buglife: About Buglife
Early Music
Create animated gif
Search this moblog
Recent visitors
life on the bike-path
snake wasn't enjoying too much by the sounds of things. Skillfully aided by
a passing cyclist the snake was persuaded back into the cemetery where it
was much less likely to be run over by bikes or harassed by cats. It looks
like some sort of garter snake.
,ri,snake
Jane Doe says:
Hee! first I thought it was a snake, then I thought don't be silly, it's a rubber-band. NowI realise it was a snake all the time
JokerXL says:
I thought rubber band too, from the thumbnail.
Not poisonous? Could it swallow a cat? Whole? A kitten?
swamprose says:
harmless garter snake, probably trying to warm up on the pavement.
think the only dangerous snakes are out west, rattlers.
s'baby--I am so enjoying your 'discovery' of north american flora and fauna.
Spiderbaby says:
RAB - there's at least one snake in RI based on my observations, though I have heard reports of others from other cycle path users.
Pretty sure it's not poisonous, not very frightening, just another unusual (for me at least) animal for the (photographic) collection. It would have great difficulty swallowing a cat I'm sure, it would have to be seriously determined!
At first it wasn't obvious what the cat was playing with, rubber band looks about right. It curls up very small as it is only a thin snake but can stretch out to a couple of feet long.
Swamprose - you're right. It was probably having a nice little bask in the sun before it was so rudely disturbed. At least it didn't get eaten or run over that time.
FilbertFox says:
bet it could swallow Maya - good job she didn't accompnay Rebus on his sightseeing
