The lobster 祖綜 that you found

that, my gentle reader, is my mother's succint summary of the news article that mentioned her offspring's name. I bet she wished I struck the lottery (for real) instead of finding this though. Heh.

P.S. No Ivan, you may not eat this. How about drooling over this nice picture of some boiled Heterocarpus sibogae and giant Galatheids? They were great!



The squat lobster was even the size of a dinner plate!

Speaking of lobsters and plates, heres another crustacean that was in the news recently.

Kiwa hirsuta..it is quite interesting to see how the news has evolved.. from when it was first described and published in a scientific journal, followed by the media picking it up (note the silky blonde hair bit), and finally, the man in the street talking about it (salad plate sized!).

But hey.. when it comes to our brand of science, like they say in Hollywood, there is no such thing as bad publicity. :D

thanks to Fatfreddy for the newspaper cutting :)