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Alien abductions June 15, 2017

Sometimes, when I’m describing my caterpillar-switching experiments to people, I describe them as alien abductions: some unknown being picks up a caterpillar, takes various measurements, and puts it down someplace else for some unknowable reason. Other Palo Verde researchers do the same thing with iguanas, crocodiles, and various other critters.  Therefore, allow me to present…

If you can’t read my crummy handwriting, here’s the dialog:

Caterpillar: And then I saw this bright light and was lifted up into space.

Iguana: Forget about the light. Did you get probed*?

Crocodile: Dude… if you haven’t been probed, there’s no way you were abducted.

Tarantula: Hey now, remember AAA is a no judgement zone!

Okay, back to work. More manuscript writing, less doodling.

*If reptile researchers can’t determine an animal’s sex by secondary characteristics, they have to probe the animal’s cloaca to tell if it’s a male or a female.