Comments on: Bug Girl will Not Diagnose You

By: Stonehead

Stonehead — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:03:28 +0000

I should have read this earlier and pointed you in the direction of my disclaimer, which I have just made rather more prominent. It makes my position clear…

http://stonehead.wordpress.com/disclaimer/

By: Bug Girl

Bug Girl — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:47:03 +0000

I really like this way of putting it:

“overshares about bodily stowaways”

I may have to steal that, Dharma!

By: Martin

Martin — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:34:26 +0000

@Dharma:

The fish you’re thinking of is actually an eel, called a “Candiru”. I met one while I was in the Amazon last year, but didn’t get a photo myself. However, you can see one post-extraction on my blog here: http://layscience.net/?q=node/128

(P.S., really don’t go to that page if you’re eating, have eaten, or are planning to eat)

By: Ducker

Ducker — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:53:28 +0000

I have a related problem with my Birding Blog…people get the idea I can cure or give a diet for their parrots, canaries, owls, toucans, falcons and all sorts of birds, im a biologist not a vet so hmm its complicated.

By: Bug Girl

Bug Girl — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:49:34 +0000

Old fart–I know, it’s a New Zealand List. I haven’t found a satisfactory US list that isn’t overly commercial.

This is the best one so far: http://www.lni.wa.gov/Safety/Research/Dermatitis/files/phytoderm.pdf

By: Dharma

Dharma — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:18:14 +0000

This post made me feel guilty for all the times I’ve peed in a stream and wondered if that fish that swims up pee streams might have found its way to the Pacific Northwest. I promise not to ask about it.

Apparently the only people more sought after for overshares about bodily stowaways are the SEM people. Our microscopist is plagued by calls about parasites no one has been able to confirm.

/chagrined

It’s sort of sad.

By: Oldfart

Oldfart — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:35:20 +0000

The list of plants that cause skin problems does not include poison ivy, poison oak or poison sumac for some strange reason. And the link to a Canadian site from that link isn’t about any kind of dermatitis.

By: Susannah

Susannah — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 05:30:07 +0000

Thanks, Bug Girl!

By: Bug Girl

Bug Girl — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 02:10:05 +0000

Ha! I will diagnose Ants.

By: Susannah

Susannah — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:26:33 +0000

This is off-topic, but I wasn’t sure where to post it.

I found an ant behaving really oddly, running in a small clock-wise circle. (For at least 20 minutes, probably more.) I was able to video-tape it. If you have a minute, could you look at it and tell me if you have any idea as to why it’s doing this?

The video and explanation is on my blog, at http://wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2008/07/woah-what-is-this-all-about.html

Thanks so much.