Also called pupillary hippus. My African Grey has dramatic hippus when he is excited.
I was in a pet store once with a friend. He stuck out his hand, trying to get a macaw to step onto his arm. I saw the birds pupils oscillating like mad, and told my friend to back off. He ignored me and took a painful bite.
While he was holding pressure on his wound, I walked up to the macaw and asked him to step up. His pupils were static. I held out my arm and he hopped on. My friend accused me of being a witch.
Read about the difference between mammalian pupils and avian pupils. Mammals have smooth muscle cells while birds have a mix of smooth and striated muscle.
When sexually aroused, mammalian pupils dilate, while bird pupils constrict.
When a mammal’s eye is injured, the response to pain causes the pupil to constrict. This is a good thing, as worse case scenario, if the cornea is breached, a constricted pupil means the iris is more likely to “plug” the defect.
29 are intact and contain more cherries as well as berries, likely gooseberries or currants. The bottles are slowly drying in the Mount Vernon archaeology lab and will be sent off-site for conservation.
The cherries are likely candidates for DNA extraction, which could be compared against a database of heirloom varieties to determine the precise species.
The pits are undergoing an examination to determine if any are viable for germination.
This week I learned that the national dish of Lichtenstein is macaroni and cheese and the national dish of Luxemburg is pork and beans. Probably much better than the U.S. versions of these dishes but interesting nonetheless.
The national dish of Liechtenstein is mentioned here:
It’s popular in various German-speaking countries. It’s not clear that it’s the most common dish. It also seems to be a little different from macaroni and cheese as we know it. Macaroni and cheese is most popular in Canada, where it’s frequently called a Kraft dinner.
The national dish there may be Judd mat Gaardebounen, which is pork neck served with broad beans, which I’m not sure if it’s entirely the same as what we call pork and beans.
Depends what sort of beans you use. According to Wikipedia broad beans are also known as fava beans* - they’re quite large, green, with an extra skin on each bean inside the pod. I’m none too keen.
*Not sure if Luxemburgers have a nice chianti to go with them.
Chianti? Don’t think so. Most (>90%) of the wine in Luxemburg is either white wine or sparkling wine. Very underrated, the experts say. That usually means excellent value for money.
Fava beans are very tasty. They are not closely related to ordinary dry or green beans, which are from the Americas, but are a species of vetch. They’ve been in cultivation in Europe since the Bronze Age. I find them tedious to prepare because of the extra skin but I like them.
Sounds like Caswell-Massey’s ad for their #6 cologne (which really was purchased by Washington) – “Smell like George Washington”
I also have to be pedantic and point out that in the story that started the whole myth in Reverend Weems’ book, George didn’t cut down the cherry tree – he only barked it.
