One of the primary projects that I am going to initiate during my papacy is
to begin the Seti II Project: A project designed to look for intelligent
spiritual life on this planet--past and present. I have just discovered that
there is already present day research into this project, and I wish to
co-explore with others already in this field. We will be also looking into a
cure for the death star virus, AIDS. I am sure we can cork it in the butt,
so it can't excrete waste product. If it can't shit, the shit will kill the
virus.

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Founded by the Natural History Museum in London, Las Cuevas is a field
research station in the Central American country of Belize. The station is
tucked away in a remote part of Belize, in the largest remaining rainforest
in Central America. The jungle surrounding Las Cuevas is home to scarlet
macaws, jaguars, pumas, tarantulas, bats, leaf-cutter ants, and a host of
other creatures and plants.
The Natural History Museum in London has 70 million specimens, from plants
and rocks to bugs and boas. This "library of life" houses not just vast
collections of organisms, but also an international community of scientists
dedicated to studying them. Many specimens collected at Las Cuevas are sent
to the Natural History Museum for further study using state-of-the-art
equipment. Some of these specimens eventually become part of the National
History Museum's permanent collection, while others are sent to museums
worldwide.

As different as these two places are, they are connected by the research
they support, which explores the nature and diversity of life.

      "The Natural History Museum works in something like sixty countries
all over the world. But Belize is specifically important because it still
retains an awful lot of its natural forest cover, unlike many other
countries in Central America that have cleared the forest for agricultural
and building purposes." -Chris Minty, Manager, Las Cuevas Research Station