It looks much like my Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo-M except for the alien ribs on the lid

For that idea of using real animals:
In WW2 the Russians, inspired by the experiments of Igor Pavlov (the psychologist who discovered the nature of conditioned responses: a.k.a. Pavlov's Dogs) decided to train dogs to fight the oncoming menace of German Panzers. So they set out to condition their dogs to find food under tanks, planning to strap anti-tank mines on their backs and set them loose on the advancing german columns as live guided anti tank weapons(how cruel can you get?). And so they did when the Germans finally showed up. But SURPRISE!! The dogs were actually smart enough to tell a German panzer from a Russian tank, and guess what, they were trained to find food under RUSSIAN tanks!!! So, they quickly turned back and blew out a sizable chunk out of the defending Russian tank batallion, under the shocked eyes of their trainers (serves them right I'd say) The project was quickly scrapped the next day.
The idea is: You should be very careful about who you include in your dirty war :)

At least it's an attempt to put the beetle engine back where it belongs.. :P

I guess you would have to be pretty ignorant about photography if you say Rollei has "no-name shit optics" wihout a very good explanation behind it. But still, you're right that MP's aren't the only thing to be considered. Response time, low light performance and battery life are more important than 8MP. Anybody comment about those?