Yeah, this is the creepy part. It's not caused by anything that is alive. It's caused by a new kind of protein that corrupts the other proteins. Like that new kind of water in the Vonnegut story that freezes at room temperature, and also transfoms ordinary water into its own form on contact, so if you touch your tongue to it you freeze solid.
Prions or something, right Rick? My cousin's m-i-l died of probable vCJD (I don't think they allowed an autopsy, which is the only way to prove it--by looking at the brain) a few years ago, and I googled a lot, at the time. They didn't know what hit her at first. They thought she had a stroke, and then nothing fit the expected prognosis. It was heartbreaking, because they knew she was dying and in so many ways was already gone.
Tthere's more than one mammal native to Hawaii? I'll never be able to remember two. Oh well.
I might be able to remember that Hawaiian bats exist, though, 'cuz that's just cool.
This USGS paper pretty much covers all the bases on Hawaii's critters.
It's 'mongooses' because the -goose part of the word is from an entirely different root word than goose/geese.
I've learned a startling number of new things in these first few posts.
And, while the you may be tired of hearing it by now, I really LOVE the subscribe/unsubscribe function. It's beautiful.
Bats are native? Okay, weird. Because dood, that's a long way to fly when you're a bat.
Birds I get. Bats, not so much.
I'm left-handed, and I work with a weird tension - most patterns don't work for me until I've either fiddled with them or reworked them completely.
I'm also left-handed, and made this pattern for AnotherAlaskan for Christmas. I used the flat pattern, because my 10.5 circulars are too long, and it came out a little small. I recommend using the larger size. It's so fun to make, though, and I think it went over well as a gift. I need to get more suitably ugly yarn now!
Stumbles into shiny new thread...
Hang on... Who brought the ninjas to Hawaii?
