Biology friending meme?

[sciatrix]

It occurs to me that I have an awful lot of subscribers and friends who have varying interests and expertises in biology, psychology, and all sorts of related topics and ideas. 'Related' being read broadly here--if it touches on natural or social sciences and you want to share, please do.

Therefore, I thought I'd spin up a biology friending meme. What kind of background in the subject do you have? What things do you find interesting?

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[rydra_wong]

Tangential, but I think you might appreciate: today I cooked an ox heart (well, half of one) for the first time ever.

That may be one of the meat items I have handled with most respect and awe; you get a very direct, tactile appreciation of exactly the size and muscle power (no nice marbling on the inside, that thing's pure protein) needed to pump blood round a cow.

[sciatrix]

Oh man, yes! I get so much more respect and understanding of inter-specific anatomy from cooking; it's really something to hold the tissues and look at them and see how they go together. I'm a little jealous--I've seen those hearts in the grocery, but not handled one. I should pick one up one of these days and maybe spend some time dissecting it with the spouse. (They're way more of an anatomy nerd than I am and I suspect they'd enjoy the opportunity to play with some more interesting anatomical pieces.)

[rydra_wong]

Lamb hearts are definitely more practical and easier to cook (and delicious sliced and pan-fried with rosemary). But the ox heart was EPIC.