Even National Geographic has figured out an angle to Shakespeare this week.

I'm sort of what Shakespeare meant!

In all the breathless excitement over the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, there's been a huge chasm where reporting is lacking and the masses need an answer.

Such as, what is National Geographic going to do to find an angle on the Bard's death?

Wait no longer, folks. National Geographic, that stalwart that has had its fingers on the pulse of maps  geographic anomalies  space exploration  historical context  weather patterns  animal behaviors  political machinations  16th century English Renaissance literature, has the answer. To commemorate the anniversary of Shakespeare's death, they've created a slideshow of thirteen animals mentioned in his work.

They take some liberties though. Where they quote Shakespeare mentioning an ape from The Taming of the Shrew, National Geographic shows a Pileated Gibbon. Admittedly, that was always Shakespeare's literary Achilles heal: a lack of references to obscure gibbons.

Now, if only the Journal of Opthamology will stop holding out and release their story on eyes in Shakespeare. The people need to know!