Kees Moeliker reminds us that Dead Duck Day is coming: Wednesday June 5th it is Dead Duck Day again. At exactly 17:55h we will honor the mallard duck that became known to science as the first (documented) ‘victim’ of homosexual necrophilia in that species. Please join for this short open-air ceremony next to the new wing of the Natural History […]
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The ubiquity of dead mules in Southern literature
Jerry Leath Mills [pictured here] reigns as the unchallenged authority on the subject of dead mules in 20th-century American southern literature. Professor Mills established his reputation – almost instantly – in 1996, with the publication of a long essay called “Equine Gothic: The Dead Mule as Generic Signifier in Southern Literature of the Twentieth Century”. […]
Dead Duck Day – June 5
Tomorrow, June 5, is Dead Duck Day. On June 5, 1995, a mallard duck slammed into the window of the Natural History Museum in Rotterdam, the first big step on its journey into history. Kees Moeliker, the museum’s curator, subsequently published the first scientifically recorded description of homosexual necrophilia in the mallard duck (click here […]
Legal Lesson: A limitation on dead people
Investigator William J. Maloney unearthed a neglected January 4, 2002 report about a legal lesson: DEAD PEOPLE CAN’T ADOPT, JUDGE RULES IN LOCAL CASE by Melissa E. Holsman staff writer STUART – Ruling that dead people can’t adopt, a Martin County judge on Thursday overturned the adoption of a Jensen Beach woman by her 89-year-old […]