a travelogue
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05/09/08
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YouTube - Speaking Picture Book
An antique children’s story book with integrated animal sounds — presumably, the sounds accompany the story. The nine available noises are produced by small air bellows and paper cones. Pretty cool.continue reading »
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06/01/07
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Coelacanth Hooked in Indonesia
Coelacanth for dinner. A fisherman in Indonesia reeled in the bizzare coelacanth which scientists believed was exinct until one turned up in 1938. Coelancanth’s are unusual for fish, they give live birth. From National Geographic: “The four-foot, 110-pound specimen lived …continue reading »