Saturday, January 12, 2013

Armpits, Ears and Bum Cheeks

DSC_8702 by Fraser Millar
DSC_8702, a photo by Fraser Millar on Flickr.
One of Holly's Christmas presents was a rather splendid science kit. Two weeks ago, we filled petri dishes with a substrate made from gelatin and sugar, and Holly took swabs from various parts of the family's anatomy. She was very methodical, and recorded the name, age, location and gender of each sample. The results speak for themselves, Louis' ear wins the bacteria competition, closely followed by grandma's armpit, with Holly's bum cheeks bringing up the - ahem - rear.

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