Star Wars: Retold (by someone who hasn’t seen it) from Joe Nicolosi on Vimeo.

Thanks to the J-Ho for this one

I think my favourite binomial names fall into one of two groups: those where the genus name and the species name are the same, and those where it’s name has old school Roman or Greek origins, more specifically where it’s name is a combination of two other animals.

As such I like:

• Rattus rattus
• The Camel Leopard
• Bison bison (especially Bison bison bison)
• The Sparrow Camel
• Gorilla gorilla gorilla (for Final Fling fans see also…)
• and Basilicus basilicus
  

Leopard itself gets an honourable mention for being the offspring of a Lion and a Pard.

Additional:

Although I don’t like the idea of the group’s membership requirements, I think there’s a good pub quiz question to be had out of the Barbary Lion, Pere David’s Deer and the Hawaiian Crow

I’d kind of hoped my binomial name list would be more extensive but as I can hear birdsong I think I should retire – hopefully I’ll add to my list over the next few days.

Watched this on Channel 4 last night, I think I…

Could eat: Snake, Rat, Jewel Beetle (as long as it was in the paste they had it in) and I’ve already eaten Horse

Wouldn’t want to eat but could if I had to: Blackbirds (not too sure on crunching the brains, but fine with the rest of it) and maybe Elephant

Couldn’t eat: Maggot Cheese, Dog

I’m still undecided on Monkeys – until i saw the programme I thought I’d've been ok with them but they did look a bit too much like skinned babies for my liking – maybe if they were bigger?

A list of superuseless superpowers – I think my favourite of which might be the complementary chameleon – though as John said, as useless superpowers go being able to turn invisible but only when no-one can see you takes some beating.

The tuna auctions at Tsukiji Fish Market are now back open to the public, and it’s an experience I heartily recommend everyone tries.

That said I’m not sure this is quite the way to do it:

Some tourists had been caught hugging, licking and even riding the huge frozen tuna that are Tsukiji’s most arresting sight, an official said.