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Lots of new species have been uncovered in Papua New Guinea
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/sep/07/discovery-species-papua-new-guinea
In his editorial David J. Wingfield expressed his hopes that 'The Initiate' would become a forum to discuss the nature of tradition in a quasi-academic context. Well I think he is on the right path and I certainly found all the articles to be both fascinating and thought provoking.
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The castle, now a romantic ruin, is reputed to be one of the most haunted in the British Isles. It has numerous legends associated with it, and although now only a shell of its former glory, it retains an air of its troubled history.
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The giant rat is particularly cute.
British rats are large enough for me!
Still plenty of species awaiting to be discovered, not to mention the ones whose holotypes have already been found but are waiting for a formal description.
In Distortion We Trust
"Louhi spoke in riddled tones of three things to achieve: find and catch the Devil's Moose and bring it here to me. Seize the Stallion born of Fire, harness the Golden Horse. He captured and bound the Moose, he tamed the Golden Horse. Still there remained one final task: hunt for the Bird from the Stream of Death"
-Kalevala, Rune XIII-