In the act of the hot canary a cigarette lighter or any flaming implement is placed under the recipient male's testicles, whilst a blowjob is administered by the opposite party. The recipient flaps his arms imitating a bird throughout. This act has resulted in many sexual accidents, including in one case, baldness.

The safeguarding of Earth and other worlds from biological cross-contamination (i.e. billionaires with too much time on their hands).

Also known as “planetary protection.” Planetary protection / quarantine “reflects both the unknown nature of the space environment and the desire of the scientific community to preserve the pristine nature of celestial bodies until they can be studied in detail.”

There are two types of interplanetary contamination. Forward contamination is the transfer of viable organisms from Earth to another celestial body. Back contamination is the transfer of extraterrestrial organisms, if such exist, back to the Earth's biosphere.