Really, Animal Planet?

I was browsing VIN (Veterinary Information Network) and came across this video earlier today:



It bugs me, probably a bit more than it should, when shows on a dedicated network say something wildly inaccurate.

The major offending statement: "Servals are a hybrid of Felis domesticus and this African beast. [cut to video of a serval] The serval -- cousin to the cheetah, directly descended from the lion."

OMG. I stopped the video then and there. I'm sure it was in the script for the sensationalist effect, but I expect some semblance of accuracy from a show that was developed for Animal Planet. Maybe that's too much to expect. But seriously? Directly descended from lions?

It just doesn't compute.

NAVLE

I'm taking the NAVLE on December 6. I'm (more than) slightly terrified.

Bleh

Being on call kind of sucks*. Pro -- I was only on call from 8am to 8pm. Cons -- I was the only one on call (normally 2 of us are), 3 cases came in, and I have paperwork to finish even though I'd rather sleep.

*I don't actually mind being on call. It's mostly the not being able to sleep thing that I don't like.

In the depths of fourth year

It's funny how veterinary school just... eats time and funnels it somewhere. How one day you're studying for your first anatomy exam and the next you're nearing the end of your seventh rotation. How you swear you updated your blog sometime during spring (around break, you think) and are ashamed to see that it was really during fall.

Oops.

In any event -- there's a lot to write about during fourth year so my blogging goals now include regular or semi-regular updates. And adding the rest of my South Africa/Australia journal entries. Stay tuned!