This one, from today’s Taranaki Daily News, isn’t so much about science as animal welfare and isn’t so much crazy as it is eccentric. But I thought it was fantastic and needed to be shared with Sciblogs readers…
Source: Taranaki Daily News
Crazy science letter of the week part 3 Peter Griffin Apr 19
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