Marshmallow Peeps: Those Resilient Little Birds

I really should have blogged the Peep Research site last week; got away from me... (Via LI Week)

Humorous "educational tour" that characterizes Marshmallow Peeps by investigating their reactions to cold, heat, solubility testing, and low-pressure environments. Also analyzes the risk of "the effects of smoking and alcohol on Peep health," explains the daring surgery to separate conjoined Peep quintuplets, and investigates Peeps' fear response. Includes a literature review.

Here's a sample conclusion from one of the studies:

We all know that the atmosphere of Venus consists in large part of ammonia. Early unmanned Soviet exploration of Venus failed to uncover signs of Peep presence, despite all speculation to the contrary. We know, however, from our solubility tests that the presence of an ammonia atmosphere alone would not exclude feasible colonization of Venus by ancient space-travelling Peeps.

Posted by Tom on April 15, 2004