Friday, June 13, 2008

Dolphin mass suicide

26 dolphins were found beached on the Cornwall coast. Because their lungs and stomachs were filled with mud and debris, some scientists are thinking it may have been a mass suicide. This Guardian article, despite its headline, leaves the issue pretty open-ended.

Dolphins are one of the animals believed to be most similar to humans emotionally. They exhibit complex communication strategies with each other and with humans, and are able to negotiate situations that require a good deal of higher order thinking.

I'm not quite sure what to make of this idea of dolphins committing suicide en masse, especially in such a brutal way.

Apparently it's popular in Texas...

Drank is the new "anti-energy drink" designed specifically for the hip hop community. It's grape flavored, it's spiked with a bunch of herbs and compounds to mellow you out...it's actually called Drank! On the can (see here in this Village Voice article...thanks Syd!) is something that looks like a cough syrup bottle...or as we here on the 3rd coast like to call it, a sizzurp bottle. There is no attempt to obfuscate what's going on with this product;
and that makes me appreciate it even more.