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Red pandas? Done. Quokkas? Yawn. Pikas? Boooring. Here are six reasons why you need to know about the olinguito.
Smithsonian / Via insider.si.edu
1. The discovery of the olinguito was only just announced in 2013, meaning this cutie is ready to take over the internet!
Smithsonian / Via insider.si.edu
2. It looks like a cross between a cat and a teddy bear. ‘Nuff said.
CNN / Via cnn.com
3. It is an adept jumper that can leap from tree to tree in the forest canopy. Skillzzz!
Smithsonian Magazine / Via smithsonianmag.com
4. Scientists hope that the olinguito might serve as a charismatic ambassador for the conservation of dwindling Andean cloud forest habitats. How can anyone say no to that face?
Apex Expeditions / Via apex-expeditions.com
5. As Kristofer Helgen, curator of mammals at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, says, “The discovery of the olinguito shows us that the world is not yet completely explored, its most basic secrets not yet revealed. If new carnivores can still be found, what other surprises await us? So many of the world’s species are not yet known to science. Documenting them is the first step toward understanding the full richness and diversity of life on Earth.”
LEE & LOW BOOKS, illus. by Lulu Delacre / Via leeandlow.com
Award-winning author and illustrator Lulu Delacre uses lyrical text in both Spanish and English to take readers to the magical world of a cloud forest in the Andes of Ecuador. Discover the bounty of plants, animals, and other organisms that live there, and of course help a zoologist look for the elusive olinguito!
When I was 5 years old, my father took me to the American Museum of Natural History in New York and I saw elephants close up for the first time. I had never seen anything more beautiful in my whole 5-year life! I even told my grandmother I couldn’t wait until I had elephant skin like hers. (I thought that was the nicest compliment, but she thought it was hilariously funny. Go figure!)
Ever since then, elephants have been my favorite wild animal, so I know my pick for today’s Who Would Win. How about you? Which animal do you think would win the unbearable cuteness contest: baby elephant or baby panda?
David Domke is Professor of Communication and Head of Journalism at the University of Washington. Kevin Coe is a doctoral candidate in Speech Communication at the University of Illinois. They are authors of the The God Strategy: How Religion Became a Political Weapon in America. To learn more about the book check out their handy website here, to read more posts by them click here. In the post below they bid farewell to Mike Huckabee.
(Please note: I know Romney well, having worked in his gubernatorial campaign and later joining him frequently at Republican fundraising events in Massachusetts. I know McCain, too, having served with him in Congress. I have not, however, endorsed any candidate in this year’s presidential primaries.)
With Mitt Romney out of the race for President, the narrow circle of self-designated “spokesmen” for conservatism will find themselves growing ever more frantic in their desperate search for a candidate who can somehow stop John McCain’s march to the Republican presidential nomination. Mr. McCain’s apostasy, they contend, is that he is not a conservative and, in the words of Mr. Romney, “outside the Republican mainstream.” (more…)
Not sure why, but I have been in to watching the Primary these days. I think it's wonderful that so many more people are coming out to vote.
Been up to my usual fare. E-mailing, phoning, subbing. In fact, most of our clients are in the waiting game right now. Have edits to do on a couple projects and a few new projects coming our way soon.
Some of you beasties are still submitting even though we're closed. We were sending everyone away until March sight unseen, but I've started peeking ( I love to peek). One thing that gets me every time is a writer who doesn't properly address the query (I am so not "Dear Sir or Madame," have never been addressed thus in my entire life).
Jury's still out on a few potential clients. 6 manuscripts, 2 slots, you do the math;)
Not too long, then I can submit a sale to Publisher's Lunch (yay!) and tell everyone a bit more about the project.
David Domke is Professor of Communication and Head of Journalism at the University of Washington. Kevin Coe is a doctoral candidate in Speech Communication at the University of Illinois. They are authors of the The God Strategy: How Religion Became a Political Weapon in America. To learn more about the book check out their handy website here. In the article below Domke and Coe reflect on presidential religious politics.
Mike Huckabee feels our pain.
In his new campaign ad, Huckabee assures us that he too is tired of all the no-holds-barred politicking. He’d rather relax, don his red sweater, carefully position himself in front of a bookshelf that bears an uncanny resemblance to a glowing white cross, and focus on the real meaning of the holiday season: “the celebration of the birth of Christ.” No politics here, just old time religion. (more…)
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