The Short List (29 Sept 2012)

Ed Yong's "Missing Links" list this week was short (nearer 60 than 100+), because he was traveling. My favorites from his list are all photos or short videos.

Ed Yong at Not Exactly Rocket Science

Some videos and photos (with and without text)

WOW! Watch from INSIDE a mussel’s shell, as a starfish shoves its stomach in and starts digesting [Rusten: fascinating in spite of the hyperdramatic Peter Coyote voice-over]

Hummingbirds are just as efficient when flying backwards or hovering forward. [Rusten: not exciting video, but amazing how utterly stable their flying is in different wind conditions]

A hummingbird skeleton  next to an elephant bird femur [Rusten: Wikipedia for elephant bird]

Drones. Crap. [Rusten: I liked the third video on tiny bot swarms. Hadn't seen the toy, armed drone helicopter.]