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Banned! Too political, they said.

Banned! Too political, they said.

The Artdog Image of Interest Normally when we think of a banned book or other communication, we assume it’s considered pornographic or inflammatory. And of course we immediately become curious, if we’re most people. But . . . they banned a supermarket chain’s Christmas ad, designed for children, as “too political” to broadcast in the UK. Say what? This week’s Image of Interest is a video whose story kind of begs for me to pass it on. Yes, it’s designed for kids, and yes, it does make a strong point. Whether…

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Pongo faces

Pongo faces

Last year I had occasion to look more closely than I ever had before, at orangutans (Why? Long story). I’m not generally much focused on ape species–there’s a touch of the uncanny valley in my initial response. I’m more of a “dog person,” in general. But on closer examination I found fascinating beauty and diversity. Baby and mother, of the newly-identified species, Pongo tapanuliensis. More recently, I read about the discovery of an entirely new orangutan species, Pongo tapanuliensis. It was announced in the online journal Current Biology last November. If you…

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