{"id":7735,"date":"2012-04-23T15:42:50","date_gmt":"2012-04-23T19:42:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/?p=7735"},"modified":"2012-04-23T15:42:50","modified_gmt":"2012-04-23T19:42:50","slug":"back-atcha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2012\/04\/back-atcha\/","title":{"rendered":"Back atcha"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last year, I did a post on macro photography<\/a> that featured some detail pics of a Giant Water Bug, also called an Electric Light Bug but better known by the scientific name Belostoma flumineum<\/em>. This post totally rocked the internet, and by that I mean, was just another post on just another blog, probably read by five people. My definition of “going viral” seems to be, “really really small and not moving.”<\/p>\n

Yet, it garnered the attention of a couple of biology students who were doing a project on the species, and they asked permission to use the images therein. I’m virtually always cool with that, since it wasn’t for profit, was a good cause, and proper attribution was given. I’ve just been notified that their project website is now online, so in return, I’ll send you over there<\/strong><\/a>. It’s a nice collection of information on the species, certainly more than I usually impart, and if most websites were as clean and well-organized as theirs, there would be far less strife in the world. I also want to note that this is a portion of the larger site devoted to student projects from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, known as MultipleOrganisms.net<\/em><\/a> (that’s organisms<\/em>, don’t get excited,) also worth the visit.<\/p>\n

I have to add in a small note:<\/strong> When I remarked about the snail that might have attacked me with acid a few days ago<\/a>, I had spent a fair amount of time doing internet research on snail species, eventually finding the name of someone who seemed to know quite a bit about snails. I set her name aside to contact as a side project, and now realized that she’s a biology professor at the same university, even linked on that MultipleOrganisms site. Small world, but now I’m obligated to follow this up. I’ll let you know what I find.<\/p>\n

And good luck with the project, guys!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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