Is it chilly where you are? This week’s Open Thread is hosted by a snowy little otter from Wildpark Pforzheim. [Image by Cloudtail on Flickr.] Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Is… Read More ›
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Otterday, and Open Thread
Today’s outrageously cute baby otter was snapped by cb1979 at the Cotswold Wildlife Park. Do check out hir lemur photos, too. Lemurs are almost as awesome as otters, and it’s an odds-on bet that when I run out of otter… Read More ›
Ladies’ Handbook: On quacks, hormones, abstinence, and the sexual double standard
Another instalment in the Ladies’ Handbook series! The initial post is here. This instalment is part three of Chapter IV, “Sex Physiology and Hygiene”. (Part One, Part Two, and Part Three.) But, again, in youth as in childhood; and, indeed,… Read More ›
Otterday! And Open Thread
Today’s otter is from the Monterey Bay Aquarium, via Cute Otters. They have a new African Spotted-Necked otter baby named Ziwa, after the Swahili word for “lake” or “pond”. Ziwa will be three months old tomorrow, which is getting close… Read More ›
Otterday! And Weekend Open Thread
Today’s happy sea otter comes from sgrace on flickr. Please feel free to use this thread as an open thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Is there anything great happening in your life? Anything you want to get… Read More ›