Weird Science: "nature's version of the inflatable love doll"

[bruorton]

Michael Pollan has a new article in National Geographic on orchids with the ultimate in pollination strategies: their flowers mimic female bees and wasps to get male bees to "pseudo-copulate" with them.    If you prefer a written abstract or an audio version, he was also interviewed on NPR over the weekend (leading him to opine on the male advantages of having sex with anything that moves), and the Geographic has kindly put online the entire gorgeous (and apparently erotic) photo gallery for the story.

Comments

[kaph.livejournal.com]

Nice icon, love! Where'd you get it?

BTW, the chickens are clucking madly. I wish you could hear them. :)

[bruorton.livejournal.com]

Ooh, they might be hungry, I didn't think to check last night. You may want to check...

[bruorton.livejournal.com]

Oh, and I stole the userpic from florafloraflora. I needed a dedicated "weird science" pic, since I use the galaxy one more and more just for creative and spiritual things.