Archimedes said, “Give me a place to stand, and I will move the Earth.”
The horseshoe crab said, “I brought my own lever, thanks.”
Today, let’s talk about the Burrobrock and Camelocant
This pair makes the same argument for stubbornness from two opposite directions. One needs no water at all. The other needed almost none to begin with. Judge for yourselves which of them made the wiser bargain.
Today, let’s talk about the Aukiris — Aukiris frigidorum. Some centuries ago, a colony of auks looked at the sky, looked at the water, and made a decision the rest of us have been quietly admiring ever since. The wings did not disappear. They simply retired from flying and took up a more practical line of work.
