Sheep from Space!

Go check out this article from an Australian science news website about satellites being used to track sheep in Ireland. Then come back when you're done. You back? OK, now, did you notice anything about the picture? Like the credit next to the caption? Yup, that's right, said picture was snapped by none other than yours truly! Much to my surprise, when I got back from work today, there was a message in my inbox from an Aussie journalist saying he'd desperately needed a picture of some Irish sheep and he'd used one he found on my website, but he could take it down and find another one if I minded. I wrote back and told him it probably would have been slightly better etiquette if he'd asked first, but as it happens, I think it's pretty cool. It's kind of an interesting article, too, as I have now learned interesting new facts about sheep... Mainly that they're fashion snobs:

Dummy collars have had to be fitted to some sheep, after researchers found those wearing the real satellite collars were treated as outcasts by other members of the flock. "The sheep wearing the collars became persona non grata," Scully quipped.

Oh, and while there I also learned that teenagers suck at using the web. But I probably could have guessed that.