“This is such a beautiful lizard. But no one realizes the ability it has to tear off your cat’s head with one twist.”
Herpetologist Kenneth Krysko of the University of Florida, Gainesville, on the trend for releasing unwanted exotic pets such as monitor lizards in the Everglades (The New York Times, 1 March)
“It’s amazing. I have rain inside the helmet. I have water on the visor.”
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Cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri whose spacesuit malfunctioned during a space walk last week (CNN.com, 27 February)
“Maybe women in higher grades are operating in a bit of a man’s world, and perhaps feel they need to adopt some male roles.”
Jenny Head of University College London on her finding that women in senior positions are more likely to have a drink problem than less successful women (The Guardian, London, 1 March)
“You can imagine your brain being augmented by Google. For example, you think about something and your cellphone could whisper the answer into your ear.”
Larry Page, co-founder of Google, has grand ambitions for the future of his search engine (Reuters, 27 February)
“The bloody things hoover up everything off the bottom of the sea and all the fish are disappearing.”
Norwegian fisherman Elvis Jenssen on the continuing invasion of huge red king crabs from Russia (The Daily Telegraph, London, 28 February)
“It’s like leaving a mortgage for others to pay off.”
Space policy analyst Radford Byerly on the cost of George Bush’s plans for missions to the moon and Mars (Houston Chronicle, 29 February)
