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Etymologies, puns and funny sounds, wordplay, and more in taxonomy.
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Curiosities of Biological Nomenclature Scientific names of organisms are not usually known for their entertainment value. They are indispensable for clarity in communication, but most people skip over them with barely a glance. Here I collect those names that are worth a second look....Probably the only museum in the world to contain a collection of phallic specimens belonging to all the various types of mammal found in a single country. Multilingual.
http://www.phallus.is/
A long list of links to biology songs and jokes, with some other science humor as well.
http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/6174/h--scien.html
Brain and neuroscience songs set to familiar tunes.
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/songs.html
A sizzling biochemical romance.
http://www.magpage.com/~deltufjp/deltufo/X0020_hot_date.html
The various dangers of eating bread.
http://www.geocities.com/College...jokes/dangers-of-bread-panic.htm
The two wildlife adventurists race against each other to be the first to discover Life on Mars.
http://www.grudge-match.com/History/perkins-cousteau.shtml
A site set up to inform more people about doohickys.
http://www.angelfire.com/home/doohickys/
Effect of ale, garlic, and soured cream on the appetite of leeches.
http://www.uib.no/isf/surprise.htm
Hear an audio file of a parrot having a conversation about believing in God and the afterlife.
http://www.victorsarchives.homestead.com/birdgod.html
A humorous look at the endeavor of cloning.
http://users.rcn.com/tdiann/dolly.htm
A parody about evolution and the facts it claims, this short story may open your eyes a bit wider to evolution. This story claims that planes evolved from cars.
http://informationcentre.tripod.com/carevolution.html
Membership (minionship), celebrities, news, sports, sheepcentric website links, sheepocracy project, and a "sheepish" language version of the page.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7191/index.html
A story about the relationship between Patrick Henry's historic speech and the fate of the sheep.
http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Lot/6593/conspiracy.html
Academy for the scientific study of zombies (necroambulates). Includes papers, faculty, thesis, and questions answered.
http://zombiealert.tripod.com
Biology-related tunes set to pop music.
http://users.rcn.com/fvirzi/kar.shtml
Jokes about biologists and biology (part of the Profession Jokes site).
http://www.workjoke.com/projoke37.htm
A theory as to why Earth is populated by so many idiots.
http://www.angelfire.com/weird2/thestupidgene
Devoted to discourse and research on the egg and chicken controversy, that most basic of conundrums.
http://www.ovaprima.org/
Contains rhymes with the focus on biology. Is open to submissions of poetry and rhymes about biology and other sciences.
http://www.livingpictures.org/biology.htm
Matthew DeGennaro's humorous weblog on biology and cooking.
http://cookingscientist.blogspot.com/
Wildlife, biology, science, and environmental jokes and humor.
http://home.comcast.net/~wildlifebio/Jokes.htm
Includes the mRNA, genome, and histone song, a two-act parody of My Fair Lady, and the denial of Thomas Jefferson's grant request.
http://www.devbio.com/keyword.php?kw=humor
A humorous look at the invasion of periodical cicadas in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
http://www.cicadaville.com/