Dino Peep

[MKIRKALDY <MKIRKALDY@aol.com>]

There was an amusing article in the Atlanta Journal Constitution (by 
Sophia Dembling) about scientists from Emory University (Atlanta) 
who conducted fiendish experiments on these little Easter marshmallow
chicks, who are well known to be the progeny of Godzilla and Big Bird. 

Gary Falcon and James Zimring were the mad scientists, who are
following in the paths of others who microwave the little critters just to
see them puff up and then collapse.  Some pseudo scientists/future
soldiers put toothpicks under the Peeps' little proto wings to see them 
joust. The predator's toothpick pierces the prey's little sugar dermis 
and deflates it.

The scientists' plan was to see how Peeps survived under a variety
of adverse conditions, including boiling water, acetone, sodium hydroxide, 
sulfuric acid and phenol.  Phenol finally did them in, except for the eyes,
which are made of carnauba wax.  So, if you find just eyes in a dig, it
is a possible Peep site.  They nest 5 to a box. 

There are a couple of Peeps web addresses for those who wish to 
explore the connection between Peeps and dinosaur extinction 
theories.  One is the Emory study at:
http://www.learnlink.emory.edu/peep

and the other is for those who turn into marshmallows when they think
of Peeps:
http://www.wam.umd.edu/~ejack/peep/

Mary
mkirkaldy@aol.com