The print edition of The Tangled Bank: Love, Wonder, and Evolution launches in two weeks, on Darwin Day 2011.
To celebrate the launch, Tangled Bank Press is giving away THREE copies of the print edition! To win one, tell us your favourite evolutionary adaptation (real or imagined), in 50 words or less.
The three most interesting entries will win a copy of the print edition.
Post your entry either:
1. In the comments below; or
2. On the Tangled Bank Press Facebook Page under the “Discussions” tab.
The competition closes on 11 February at 5pm Australian EST (UTC+10). Winners will be announced on Darwin Day.
Orgasms, obviously.
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The Why of the Dance (poem by Arn Thoring 2010)
Bees we thank
for sweetness
for work of busy virtue
We suck on the honey
as a dog on a bone
a horse on a cube
and think we know
the tune of the humming
the why of the dance
while their flowering kingdom
they shape
to an alien vision
Bioluminescence. Useful in genetics research. Beautiful in the dank depths of a limestone cave. Mind-blowing on a night dive, where every movement makes dinoflagellates flash blue fire, mirroring the stars.