Biblical Rubber Ducks
Cute article about religion-themed games and toys:
The "crazy, crazy Jewish fun" of KosherLand looks a lot like the board game Candy Land, except gefilte fishing substitutes for visits to the Ice Cream Sea.I guess the explanation behind the game being carried by such a mainstream yet edgy(ish) purveyor is that it falls into the category of some of the other kitschy religious items that the store stocks. These seemingly niche playthings are apparently all the rage among the hipster denizens of Urban Outfitters - like the Moses Rubber Duckie at left (also comes in Buddha, Jesus, and Mother Superior versions!), or the Buddha Piggy Bank.
...And playtime can get pretty realistic with the Biblical Action Figure of Job, which comes complete with boils.
The market for religious board games and toys like these is tiny and a bit quirky. But sales numbers indicate that demand is growing as families seek wholesome entertainment, selections expand and the Internet gives greater access to retailers.
Abe Blumberger of Jewish Educational Toys says people are much more willing to buy religious toys since he helped create KosherLand in 1985. His game is now offered on UrbanOutfitters.com.
As amusing as I find this trend, I don't see myself buying my kids the Job Biblical Action Figure any time soon.
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Nor, I should hope, the Batsheva bath time figure or the Absalom tree-hanging figure.
Is there a place to see a list of these products online?
I would LOVE the rubber Moses.
Batsheva bath time figure
Link, please.
Pretty please?
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[url=http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-12/yu-yrr121809.php]yale[/url] researchers have found that some female duck genitalia is evolving, forming clockwise spirals, to avoid impregnation from undesirable yet aggressive males.
The study builds upon a finding by Yale in 2007 that first noted how duck's sexual organs had been morphing. While most birds are phallus-free, ducks are oddly endowed--up to 8 inches. Using high-speed video they found that ducks could go from zero to happy in less than half a second.
That endowment should give the males an advantage during forced mating but these [url=http://rx1-onlinepharmacy.com/buy_viagra.html]Viagra[/url] free males aren't out of the woods yet.
Want to know what duck endowment looks like? Check out this video over at [url=http://www.boingboing.net/2009/12/23/duck-sex-competition.html]Boing Boing[/url].There is something very [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fqncj3G6tg]Bloodhoud Gang[/url] about all of this.
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"In species where forced copulation is common, males have evolved longer penises, but females have coevolved convoluted vaginas with dead-end cul-de-sacs and spirals in the opposite direction of the male penis," said Patricia L.R. Brennan, a researcher in the Yale Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.
Yale researchers tested the theory by examining duck penis eversion in a series of glass tubes. As expected, a straight tube or one that has counter-clockwise spiraling doesn't slow down the process. The tubes that mimicked the clockwise spiral completely halted the eversion.
"This coevolution results from conflict between the sexes over who is going to control fertilization," Brennan added.
"Although we predict that sexual conflict should be ubiquitous, finding a system where the 'arms race' between the sexes is so dramatic is exceedingly rare. Ducks are providing us with an incredible opportunity to understand the evolutionary consequences of conflict," said Brennan.
Why Yale decided to study duck penises in the first place I will never know.
Source:[url=http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-12/yu-yrr121809.php]EurekAlert[/url]
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