Friday, August 28, 2009

Oakley, Tree, Rayban, Tree...



Did you know:

In the riverine environment, there are good shades.

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

I can just imagine a leopard-crawling moss...

... But then I have a rather good imagination.

"When mosses crept on land they had to fight (ferns) for sunlight..."

Monday, August 24, 2009

Sex on the brain...

Did you know:

Ferns have "sexbags" called sori.

Friday, August 21, 2009

Secrete-ing a vote...

This was in an email sent to the entire university... Scary!

So on the 25th and 26th of August 2009, take a few minutes of your time to exercise your democratic right to choose your student representatives without fear and in secrete.

Thursday, August 20, 2009

mmmm... I just love that tree smell!

Flowers are fragranted of trees to attract birds for seed dispersal

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

I neva new plants spoke Rasta?

An advantage of a plant developing a seed as opposed to a spore:

"The embryo become protected."

I half wanted to write "Mon" after it...

Monday, August 17, 2009

Excuse me while I cry about global warming...

"A spore is highly sensitive to environmental issues."

Friday, August 14, 2009

Maybe I just can't read...

Either that, or the student's handwriting is really really bad...

Did you know:
Marigold and Plumbago flowers are small in sice.

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Apples and Oranges

  • Oranges are "citral" fruits
  • Bananas are formed by the "herb" floral structure
  • Apples are "pomme" fruits

  • Oranges, bananas and apples are all dispersed by Agriculturals.

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Wow! I knew my heart was racing!

Stimulation of the sinoatrial node causes the heart to beat 70 times every 0.8 seconds!

Sunday, August 9, 2009

I always knew I should eat more mushrooms...

Q: What is the biological function of a mushroom?

A: Mushroom has vitamin D so it prevents bone fractures. They break down organic material and recycle nutrients.

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Lets hope swine flu doesn't get like this...

"You get antibiotic resistance in drugs and drugs become resistant."

Saturday, August 1, 2009

Duck tails! WOOhoo!

When quizzing a student about duckweed selection criteria for population growth experiments:

EEbEE: How did you standardize plant selection?

Student: We chose duckweed with equal sized tails...

(got this answer from TWO students!)

Three cheers for the beginning of a new semester!!!