The man has been in France with a lady who makes enormous dinners and keeps dozens of dogs and who first noticed the luminous earthworms 3 years ago. Thinking this to be interesting, she told some French scientists - boy did they laugh.
Madame you 'ave no penis - it is not possible that you make observations - go back to your kitchen
and drink less absynthe
The luminous-worm story was repeated among the scientists to illustrate the stupidity of women until it filtered through to someone who did go and visit the lady and the worms who then set about finding someone with a luminosity-filming camera ...
this is just the beginning of a story
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Sir David Attenborough was so excited by this and other intriguing bioluminescence stories that he agreed to present the Man's film which is called David Attenborough's Life that Glows in the UK and David Attenborough's Light on Earth elsewhere
The programme started airing in May 2016 Here's a link to a site with a trailer
Shuntaro Tanikawa.
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I look forward to the documentary :-)
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so do we :0
DeleteForwarding this to an aspiring woman scientists.
ReplyDeleteHave to appreciate how forthcoming they were on where they thought human brains are located.
ReplyDeletenice to see you Jacob - I'm hoping the end of the story might be more inspiring
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