I'm going to post-pone part II of the Great Barrier Reef for a week to take a bit of break for Hallowe'en. Below the fold are a bunch of scary looking critters. A lot of biologists and environmental types attempt to de-scarify snakes, spiders, etc. This is a valuable thing to do - it saddens me to see people so cut off from the natural world that their response to any organism is (unjustified) fear, horror, or disgust.
And yet...
continued at Daily Kos....
