Maccanello, who is sports director for Don Best Sports in Las Vegas, said his mother never got caught counting cards, probably because her good looks and provocative attire distracted dealers, pit bosses and security.
Most are tiny, and researchers sometimes catch, count and release thousands a day.
His mission when he enters the vampire bat exhibit for the annual census is to catch, count and check the gender of each and every bat in the colony.
Facing this dizzying montage of cartoonish faces loudly repeating increasingly large numbers felt like I'd caught the count from Sesame Street in the middle of a nervous breakdown.
If you caught somebody counting cards you signalled for help.
Accelerators like the LHC smash together particles at extraordinary energies in a bid to create a Higgs, which should exist only for a fleeting fraction of a second before decaying into other particles or flashes of light that can be caught and counted.
Once a month all fish were caught and counted.
As their name implies, capture chips catch and count all the proteins in a sample.
The Countess enters, wondering if the plan to catch the Count will work and recalling sadly the loss of their love ("Dove sono").
Nevada casinos WILL ban you for a year from their casino if they catch you count.
