For its size, this bug produces the loudest sound of all the animals. And at 99dB this little guy sounds way above his weight (lions and elephants can sound 115dB, and whales 126dB).
How does he do that? - with his penis.
The full story is here.

Lillian Grace has started a Wiki that provides accessible (ie understandable) statistical data about all aspects of New Zealand. Unlike Wikipedia, the information will only be uploaded by experts so that the validity of the website will not be in question.
http://wikinewzealand.org/

What do you get if you mate a Mellotron with a Hurdy 
Gurdy? Why, a Wheelharp, of course. This new instrument is now available from Antiquity Music for around $10,000 US.

I have been tidying up over the break and came across my old M box. I was just about to throw it out, then I thought why not try it out as a stand-alone mic pre? I connected the USB to power it, plugged in a mic, and connected from the line out. It worked, so now I have two extra mic pres. The original M box has pretty good mic pres (Focusrite). Not great, but slightly better than the M box 2, in my opinion.
The specs for he original Mbox can be found here.