A recent study calls into question the long-standing assumption that male mammals tend to be larger than females, Jonathan Lambert reported in “Mammal size rule needs rethinking” (SN: 4/6/24, p. 12).
Reader Bernard Larner pointed out that the chart in the story showing rates of sexual size dimorphism in different mammalian orders was not accessible to people who have red-green color blindness.
A gray-scale version of that chart, which is interpretable to those who have red-green
Talk about a captive market.
The Old Forge on the Knoydart peninsula in Scotland enjoys complete dominance of the local pub trade – because it’s the sole boozer in the village of Inverie on the shore of Loch Nevis. And there are no roads in or out.
The pub is the most remote in mainland Britain, with Inverie – population not much more than 100 – accessible only by a 40km (24-mile) hike over notoriously wild, mountainous terrain or a
Cute puppy lying on sofa.
Neon sign reading, “open.”
A firefighter leans on an axe in a burning forest.
As she delivers a bright orange Bahama Mama cocktail that looks like a liquid sunset, the waitress at the Bimini Big Game Club Resort wails: ‘It’s so cold today!’ You could have fooled me.
In the Bahamas any temperature below 75f (24c) is considered freezing, prompting its residents to don woolly hats and order mugs of hot chocolate.
It’s a hilarious sight if you’ve just flown in from grey and chilly Britain, eager to frolic amid the cheerful nation’s abundant
