And don't you forget it!

if only the packaging was like this in Canada...

awwwwwwwwwwwwwww!

Neuroethology Class at FHL 2007!

what happened to the fire trail?

2 words: WINTER STORMS

not another one!

Another damn deer! These things are EVERYWHERE. At every turn, in every nook and cranny... not one stone unturned.

working hard

sea trays

Here is our lab and some of our students. We work in here from the very early hours of the morning until the late hours of the evening. You see, I have the hardest job... taking pictures of everyone.


view out of the window


microscopy!


pulling electrodes


trouble shooting


action!

the new member

My new mug fits nicely in the neuro lab environment. Here are a few snaps.

slugs galore

Melibe leonina


Armina california


Tritonia diomedea

These are some of the animals who live in our sea trays and who serve as our assortment of available animals for research purposes. These are who we admire and observe, and design projects around when deciding what part of the nervous system to investigate next. It's hard to believe that decent people can make a conscious decision to cut open these very beautiful creatures for a living, especially considering how incredibly unusual these animals are and how rare they are normally seen by the average person in nature. It's also true that when other scientists come into our lab, many of them grimace when they learn that our animals are destined to die under our microscopes. But in our defense and in the slugs honour, it's also true that practically everything that people understand about neurobiology and nervous systems, has to do with the research that is performed on these invertebrate animals. I think it's something to consider.


Triopha catalinae and Doris montereyensis


Janolus fucus


Dendronotus dalli


Triopha catalinae and Dendronotus dalli

Raccoon Blues

This baby raccoon suddenly appeared on the path up to J's duplex one morning and after some thought, we figured it must of fallen out a tree or something. (We think that raccoons leave their young up in trees.) With no mommy in sight, hawks in flight over head, foxes all around, and a great chance of having rabies, this little one had to be left on his own to meet his unknown fate. Sadly, we tried to feed him strawberries and apple (with no success), and then unhappily we left him to nature.

What is that???

I walk out my back door (or is the front door?) and what do I see?



What is it?



Hmmmmm?



OH!! It's a deer!

(Like this happens every day, all day long in Victoria... ya, uh-huh.)

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