Friday, February 6, 2009

A Perfectly Good Bag O' Poo


Who could blame the cleaning lady at Leeds University in London when she threw away a bag of lizard feces? How could she know it represented seven years of research by Ph.D. student Daniel Bennett?

The bag of dung was part of Bennett's doctoral research. It was collected during a trip to the Philippines where he studied the butaan lizard, a rare family member of the komodo dragon.

After being offered the equivalent of $500 US dollars for his loss and a formal apology by the University, Bennett has decided to settle his case in the British legal system.

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