Several, actually. After my recent visit to Amsterdam, I travelled on to Zwolle, where I’m still studying biology too. One of the teachers was clearing out a cupboard this Saturday afternoon and he found a couple of bugs. Collected by a student back in the nineties (according to her notes – I think it was a ‘her’). The teacher wanted to get rid of the bodies and my study-buddy Ed and I were both keen on adopting them. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not starting yet another hobby and I’d certainly never put a needle through a live creature, but they’re beautiful and I figured I could use them in my classes.
So we divided the not so creepy crawlers (as if we were playing quartet) and we went for a drink. In a lovely hotel/restaurant. We had to bring the bugs along and to my surprise this led to at least four different people coming round to our table to have a look. Like moths to flames, sort of. I also ended up giving a lecture on bugs on the platform. And in the cramped train home, as I was sitting on the stairs, a nice guy asked if he could see the other box too. People like biology. This pleases me. So I figured I’d show them here as well. Before I get back to my study books and birthday party and….
