First up, in Concept of the Week, we have “There’s a Monster Under the Bed of the Monster Under My Bed,” which is pretty self-explanatory, and could also be titled “Monsters All the Way Down”, which is somewhat less self-explanatory, but much easier to fit in the meta data containers.
Some interesting facts uncovered during a research trip to Woodland Park Zoo with Artie and Inky, and confirmed by Google over beers at The Duchess. Inky says next time we can skip the zoo & go straight to the “research” at The Duchess. Anyway, here are the findings: lions, the #1 predator for zebras, are color blind. They have terrific night vision, but don’t see colors particularly well. (The eye has two types of cells, rods & cones. Rods are for night vision, cones for color. Unlike most humans, lions are heavy on rods and light on cones.) So in theory, a zebra can change the color of its stripes without consequence, but wearing paisley & plaid is a dangerous fashion statement, when stepping out for a night on the savanna…