Remember this?
I knew I took the wrong turn...
This beautiful photo of a mummified seal, which was taken by my dear husband in the Dry Valleys of Antarctica, was seen by Andy Foote, a marine mammal researcher who for some reason happened to read my blog over at the place we don’t talk about. Andy used the shot to illustrate a soon-to-be-published paper.
He recently sent my husband a pre-print, saying that many people had already complimented him on the picture.
Just goes to show: pretty faces are always appreciated.
aww, great photo! As for the idea, that’s good news. Now, I just need to get myself mumified….oh wait….
Was this seal naturally mummified or through human agency? The photo is great, especially since the arrangement of the teeth has given it a mischievous smile…
Asa: yeah, let’s draw the line there, maybe
Kausik: that is 100% nature at work. Nobody knows why those stupid buggers go up there into the valleys…
I’m strangely reminded of snake-cult wizard Thulsa Doom (memorably played by James Earl Jones) mid-transformation in the movie version of Conan the Barbarian.
I’m sure the manuscript’s reviewers loved the photo, too.
In fact, I bet it sealed the deal.
Or, you could say, it deal-ed the seal.
You folks are being so SEELY…