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MEMernet: Frogs, Oranges, Duck, and the Little Rock La Quinta

This week on the Memphis internet.

Memphis on the internet.

Behind the Curtain

Here’s how it works: Memphis Zoo researchers issue a paper in the journal Conservation Science and Practice titled, “Post-release comparisons of amphibian growth reveal challenges with sperm cryopreservation as a conservation tool.” The zoo issues a press release headlined, “Memphis Zoo Research Team Finds Out How to Build a New Wild Population.” We present it here like, “Heh. Look. Frogs doin’ it.”

Orange ya?

Posted to Nextdoor by Martin Rosenblum

Martin Rosenblum caught this display of mandarin oranges at the Sanderlin Kroger last week.

Well, are you?

Posted to Nextdoor by Diane Martin

“Hi,” Diane Martin said on Nextdoor. “Are you missing this duck?”

Tweet of the Week

“If you think 3 floors of a swinger’s convention at the Little Rock La Quinta is a sight to behold, you, dear sir or madam, have not seen the side show of wonder and grotesquerie that is checkout time at aforementioned La Quinta,” tweeted Cory Branan.