SEEN 5.7

Lucy Innes says “I’ve just read an article called  ‘Scars reveal ageing whales’ secrets’ from BBC’s science and environment section; and thought you might like to include it in the next Issue of SEEN, as  I thought it had some interesting ideas of individual identification.” (thank you Lucy!) http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-30993208 the original article is here http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mms.12204/abstract

Seb Shepherd found thought you might all be interested to hear that even cockroaches have personalities (thank you Seb!) http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/feb/04/even-cockroaches-have-different-personalities-scientists-find the original article is here http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/282/1802/20142515

13 facts about Friday the 13^th http://www.livescience.com/3317-13-facts-friday-13th.html

Lepidoptera love http://butterfly-conservation.org/3114-7911/lepidoptera-love-.html

But, artificial light at night inhibits mating in a Geometrid moth http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/icad.12116/abstract

Celebrate Valentine’s day by sending an anonymous Somerset wildlife trust e-card to someone special (then perhaps drop into a conversation with them how much you like owls) http://www.somersetwildlife.org/valentine

Ok, this one’s in Cosmopolitan but I hope you’ll forgive me – the mathematics of love http://www.cosmopolitan.co.uk/love-sex/news/a33356/love-equation-maths/