Skippy, the bush kangaroo, yesterday jumped for joy after announcing that he had successfully extended Einstein’s theory of general relativity to include the quantum world. Commenting on the resolution of a problem that has stumped physicists for decades, Stephen Hawkings, Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, Cambridge University, said that it was a monumental day for not just science and humanity, but also for marsupials.
Skippy, whose early promise was evident from the 1960s when he conversed with young Australians and saved numerous lives, was typically modest about his historic achievements “I just tinkered with Einstein’s tensors and the solution just popped out at me”. Using the time since his days as a TV star to study physics at the University of Queensland, the talented kangaroo completed his impressive education with a post-doc at the world famous Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge.
Singapore Zoo said it was delighted to have such an eminent scientist as a guest.
2 comments:
Aidan,
have you considered staying in out of the sun for a while? Whilst we all applaude the imaginative quality of your writing, it appears to have taken a slightly "looney" turn.
Be Well...
You don't have to be crazy to live here, but....
You've never read The Onion, I take it?! Those zoo stories are a homage to that satirical news site.
I go to the trouble of making up stories to jazz up some pictures and what do I get? We're always misunderstood, us artists!!!!
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