Spiteful Science (aka a Scorpio Researchs Due to Imagined Slight)

[lydamorehouse]

 Yesterday,  when I was out driving around, I came across our neighborhood gang of wild turkeys. I sent a video to rachelmanija who failed to be suitably impressed with Minnesota's mega fauna (because APPARENTLY California *has* wild turkeys, because California has everything as it is nearly the length of the entire United States and has like a zillion biomes in it,) I started to think, okay, does Minnesota have something that is so truly unique that a jaded, world-traveling Californian* would be impressed?  

Do you know what I found?

The grey tree frog, whose salient feature is that it can survive being PARTIALLY FROZEN.

OMG, Minnesota. You're a walking stereotype!!










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*I don't actually think of Rachel this way, I was just very grumpy that Minnesota doesn't appear to be as inherently (and easily photographed) unique the way that California certainly seems to be. 

Comments

[dreamshark]

That's good to know. Filing it away for the type of party conversation that a beer or two tends to bring out in geeks.

If your main concern is competing with your California friend (and what Minnesotan does not suffer from that urge) - what about moose? They aren't unique to Minnesota, but I don't think they live in California. And wild rice, if you're not restricting this event just to biological forms that can walk around and obstruct traffic.

[lydamorehouse]

Wild rice, for sure. Alas, my friend has seen moose as she recently went to Alaska.

[dreamshark]

You never know what will impress people. I still remember walking around with some visitors from Australia umpteen years ago and being startled by how delighted they were every time they caught sight of a SQUIRREL.

[rachelmanija]

Squirrel!