The influence of Kees Moeliker‘s Ig Nobel Prize-winning study “The First Case of Homosexual Necrophilia in the Mallard Anas platyrhynchos (Aves: Anatidae)”spreads and spreads. This past March saw the premiere, in London, of “The Homosexual Necrophiliac Duck Opera.” More recently, the world was treated to the video called “Scientifically Accurate Duck Tales“, which is based both on […]
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Knitting Mathematics
The recent Improbable article : ‘Welcome to My Brain‘ profiled the work of Dr. Anne Beate Reinertsen PhD, whose paper ‘Welcome to My Brain’ explained the process of ‘Neuroknitting’ – in particular the knitting of Möbius Bands. In this respect the paper cites the work of Dr. Sarah-marie Belcastro (Research Associate at Smith College and a […]
A detective on the twisted trail of a famous dead duck or ducks
Carly Carioli made himself into a detective/ornithologist to track down the strange tale of what happened to the dead duck and its confreres years after the famous incident that is known to science and history as the first reported case of homesexual necrophilia in the mallard duck. Carioli writes, on Boston.com: Happy dead duck day: […]
A reminder: Dead Duck Day is June 5
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 […]