DeeKnow’s Grotto

I read a couple of articles tonight that tickled my health and biology fancy. The first is related to a warning issued by authorities in Thailand to steer clear of the public waterways in Bangkok becuase of a possible presence of Piranha. I can tell you however from personal experience that if you were unfortunate enough to fall in one of Bankok's filthy waterways, flesh-eating fish would only be one of many things you'd be worrying about.

After first reading about this I had a poke around for related articles and turned up a horror story about the illegal wildlife trade in Thailand. Check this shit out, in April this year alone, more than 500 people were arrested and nearly 200,000 animals were seized in raids on traders in Thailand. Let's read that again ....

200 THOUSAND animals in ONE MONTH !!!

Jesus H Christ, that makes our occasional MAF interception seem pretty low-scale. Apparently though, although export of our own species may be small-fish (so to speak) New Zealand is actually a commonly used transfer point for dodgy wildlife trade between other countries.

The second item of interest tonight was an article on SpaceDaily.com concerning the volume and handling of human-waste on future inter-planetrary (ie, to Mars) space-flights. The item reads...

On a two-year trip to Mars... a crew of six humans will generate more than six tons of solid organic waste--much of it feces .... Right now, astronaut waste gets shipped back to Earth. But for long-term exploration, you'd want to recycle it, because it holds resources that astronauts will need. It will provide pure drinking water. It will provide fertilizer. And, with the help of a recently discovered microbe, it will also provide electricity.

Fasincating Shit !!!  Literally.  I personally cant wait to taste some of that 'recycled' water.  Mmmmmmm....

9:53:34 PM