I think I’d have a problem with eating half my weight in bugs, but I think I’d be completely ok with eating half my weight in steak and ice cream. Chinny has the right idea! Step 1 to becoming Batman: […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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The milk of human kindness thing comes from a Shakespear quote in Macbeth. It refers to sympathy and kindness toward others. To milk the bull refers to silly and futile efforts for obvious reasons…
The plant the cow is thought to have eaten is called a white snakeroot, which contains a toxin called temetrol. If I go down, I want to go down epically. I’ll be very disappointed if a bowl of cereal gets […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After light goes through the cornea, it goes into the eye through the pupil. The iris is the bouncer of the vision club and controls how much of the light gets in. The light is then refracted by the lens, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
What’s cool is the brain fills it in, so you don’t even realize it’s there. The way I first confirmed that there’s a blind spot was in a pitch black room with one small light. I shut one eye and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I can honestly say I’ve had my cones complimented. It was a good day. Another cool thing about the fovea is that the foveal cones also send more detail to the brain because most of them have their own signal […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Happy New Year, everyone! Forbidden Ferret is trying to get a little more animated, indeed! It’s a work in progress. If you have commentary or issues with the animation playing, feel free to contact me at tyler@forbiddenferret.com!
(Peaceful as opposed to joyous or cheerful, which is how merry is used nowadays) “An ecstatic Christmas to all, and to all a good night! If you can sleep, that is. I’m sure you’re all a little hyper in anticipation […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Luciferin and luciferase are just terms referring to a substrate, or the molecule which an enzyme acts upon, and the enzyme, respectively, which are responsible for the bioluminescent reaction in an organism. The specific luciferins and luciferases vary. The terms’ […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…