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While following a troop of sooty mangabeys, monkeys found in the forests of Ivory Coast, Boston University primatologist [and MeFi’s own] Erin Kane walked face-first into a tree. Almost instantly, her eye became red, itchy and watery, but she went on following her monkeys. After about half an hour more of discomfort, she got nervous and asked her field assistant to take a look.

He found a tick embedded on the inside of Kane's eyelid.

"Poor Richard," Kane said of the assistant on that 2012 expedition. "He was also the person who squeezed botflies out of my armpit for me because I couldn't get the leverage quite right."

This, ladies and gentlemen, is a day in the life of a wildlife biologist.

posted by Johnny Wallflower on Sep 22, 2017 - 54 comments

Could we try to avoid linking to Washington Post articles? [more inside]
posted by Chocolate Pickle on Jan 21, 2016 - 104 comments

So I'm reading Inside Higher Ed, this morning, as I'm wont to do, and I come across this article about a New York Times Magazine essay that seemed like BS to the IHE author. The reasons he questions the veracity of the events described are: this AskMe question, this blog piece also citing the AskMe question, and this Washington Post humor column also citing said AskMe question. It was odd to see AskMetaFilter three times before lunch. Congratulations, Junior Detectives, you may have caught a aviation bloviator.
posted by Toekneesan on Jun 4, 2013 - 87 comments

The Washington Post has turned this anonymous AskMe question into an online poll.
posted by chrisulonic on May 28, 2012 - 235 comments

Paralegal by day, Pirate by night.
posted by and hosted from Uranus on Aug 12, 2007 - 50 comments

Our own Mr. Haughey quoted in the Washington Post.
posted by blue_beetle on Sep 22, 2005 - 24 comments

Sources for posts Sept. 8: WaPo, WaPo, WaPo, WaPo. Four out of 20 posts yesterday cited the Washington Post. Was it just that good of an issue, or are we relying too heavily on the same old media for our newsfilter posts? [more inside]
posted by me3dia on Sep 9, 2003 - 43 comments

Metafilter makes Page 1 of the Washington Post. (Food section, that is.) The author quotes comments in this April 30 thread about a Washington chef fed up with her customers' special orders.
posted by PrinceValium on Jun 4, 2003 - 10 comments

The Washington Post quotes MeFi on the Google-Pyra deal.
posted by liam on Feb 18, 2003 - 17 comments

I wonder ... should Matt just put a quick link to the Washington Post and the Guardian on top MetaFilter, and suggest that their discussion boards be used to discuss their articles?
posted by MidasMulligan on Mar 23, 2002 - 29 comments