Tuesday, November 16, 2010

African Palm Oil Fruit



I'm always pleased when I can post some tropical fruit along with my compadres. This photo is from here.

3 comments:

Phila said...

Have you seen this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U8CZAKSsNA&feature=player_embedded#at=226

Cheryl Rofer said...

Ah Phila, great minds run in the same channels. I was just watching that again yesterday as I was writing up a paper that may appear here or somewhere else at some time. I like the beeps and boops, and particularly the way they slow down toward the end.

I think I may have posted it when it first showed up on the intertubes, but it's always worth watching or just having on as background sound.

Cheryl Rofer said...

BTW, here's some Friday hope for you!

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