Valentine’s Day Gift Idea: Syphilis

February 12, 2008 by myrmecos

Not the real thing of course, but look how cute the plush version is:

The company GiantMicrobes has a delightful line of plush plagues and pestilences. I’ve pasted a few more below, but you really should visit their site.

Posted in fun, Science | Tagged disease, plush | 4 Comments

4 Responses

on February 12, 2008 at 9:18 pm erika

hi there – this is not an on-topic comment.
we are now living (relatively) near your folks. please drop a line if you visit them. hope all is well, best to the partner in crime.
erika
on February 12, 2008 at 11:25 pm calevphoto

I wonder if this is the same company that made a plush woodlouse for Ikea?
on February 13, 2008 at 9:47 am myrmecos

Hi Erika! I’ll do that. We’re moving to Illinois sometime over the summer, and then we’ll be up to visit much more frequently than we do now.
on November 15, 2008 at 9:28 am Myrmecos on the web « Myrmecos Blog

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