She's a cool gal too, I like her.

So tonight's nit count was higher than I'd like. But on the plus side, mostly empty egg sacs, plus three nymphs. Ick! I wish I weren't so well versed in how to take care of lice. Then again, times like these it's useful.

That's how vacations should be, imho, Lee!

Sorry about the nits, Burrell. We're primates, what can you do?

OOH, I have bourbon!

It's not drinking alone if we're together on the 'net. Everyone knows that.

We're primates, what can you do?

Now I'm going to think of the nit comb as a primate grooming ritual.

Now I'm going to think of the nit comb as a primate grooming ritual.

Pretty much is.

great thinkers and great drinkers, no?

(Except not I. Gah--bourbon)

t whispers

I think I finished all my work for the semester.

I don't have any bourbon.

So, I will have list in hand. EXCELLENT ADVICE!!!!!

YAY Debetesse!

Except on the bourbon.

Now I'm going to think of the nit comb as a primate grooming ritual.

Pretty much is.

One interesting exception is the gelada. They're close relatives of baboons, and live in the Ethiopian highlands. They're grazers, the only grazers in the primate family (except possibly my brother at age four). Other grazers tend to look like cows or deer (or geese) and crop grass with their teeth (or bills). But geladas, being monkeys, collect it by scooching around on their butts and grabbing the grass with their hands.

That means, however, that their hands are preoccupied, and so they don't do as much grooming. Instead, they maintain social bonds by chattering to each other.

Their style of locomotion also means that their butts are otherwise occupied. While baboons get that swollen pink butt thing happening, geladas display their sexual readiness with a bare patch of skin on their chests.