Friday, November 29, 2019

Madd Max Head To The Smithsonian

 The building where Aunt Rachel works.
 The wing where she works.
 The office where she works.
 And finally her work.  One of her students caught a fruit bat to show the kids (Aunt Rachel actually studies frog eating bats, but this guy was super interesting to look at too).  The kids got to feed it in the bat cage with sugar water pipettes.  What really caught their attention was the little parasites that live on the bat, similar to lice on humans.  As it turns out, these parasites have a mold on them - a mold that is named after Aunt Rachel - Gloeandromyces Pageanus.  (Note the Page part of the second word).
Taisie was tasked with holding the bat in the bat bag while the fam drove to release it.
While fireflies twinkled in the dark forest, the bat was returned to where it was found.

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