This year’s Canadian Society of Zoology conference was in Ottawa. James Hanlon presented his honours research, which was an analysis of lobster aggresssion and whether it was modulated by the quality of bait used to attract the lobster. Answer: apparently not. Lauren Pictou presented a poster showcasing her honours project describing the cholinergic neuroanatomy of pond snails. Answer: hundreds of cells in the snail’s brain use acetylcholine as their neurotransmitter. And Russell presented the work that Aidan McGowan has spent a bunch of time on, suggesting the lobster behaviors are relatively unaffected by the few other species that are attracted to the bait used to catch lobsters. Oh, and the band at the end-of-conference banquet was awesome.