animal fact of the week - I want an aardwolf

Good news: aardwolves are like hyenas, but cuter and less dangerous.



They only eat bugs (kind of like aardvarks) and I'm pretty sure they like being petted. As soon as it's legal I'm going to get one for my apartment. I can't wait to take it on walks.

On a related note, today is the first time I don't wish I lived in the 15th century. Hyenas were running rampant in the middle ages. At night they frequently turned into werehyenas, drinking the blood of dying soldiers and feasting upon knights and damsels in their sleep. Check out this artist's depiction. Yikes.

thanks, Meatcat!

I love 30 Rock.

animal fact of the week - I am getting an amazing deal on honey

Today's animal fact is that a bee travels 55,000 miles to make a pound of honey. This is an outrageous distance.

The average bee flies 7.6 miles per hour, so it takes 7,237 hours to make a pound of honey. If I wanted to, I could hire 20 pretty strong bees working 80 hours a week to make me a pound a month. And I guess to start out I would pay them minimum wage with a 15% tip.

A jar of honey would set me back $52,467, which is more than 50,000 times what it costs me now. I would put the honey in chamomile tea and it would be delicious.



80 hours a week would be rough but I think bees really love working.

three cheers for fall

I have been finding a ton of free stuff outside lately.