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Where's Waldo?
Posted from Laelaps 5 hours ago
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Just for the hell of it (and because Jennifer did it first) here's a Wordle of my manuscript to date. I'll post new ones periodically to see if any evolution can be spotted as I continue to write. It's too big to fit here but click on through if you want to take a peek. Read the comments on thi... (original story)
A little help with Cope
Posted from Laelaps 5 hours ago
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In working on one of my projects I've run into a little snag; I need to get my hands on three papers by E.D. Cope and Rutgers does no have access to them. They are all in the Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, although the only reference to them I've found is from an old paper by H.F. O... (original story)
A new juvenile Tarbosaurus
Posted from Laelaps 5 hours ago
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The skeleton of a young Tarbosaurus. From the LiveScience article. Poor Tarbosaurus. Even though it was a top predator during the Cretaceous most people have never heard about it, the theropod from Asia being a poor man's Tyrannosaurus. (Some people think that Tarbosaurus = Tyrannosaurus, but I ... (original story)
What I like, not what I should like
Posted from Laelaps 7 hours ago
Dinosaurs! : Dinosaurs
That long list of books is making the rounds again (Jennifer, Chad, Jessica, John, and Bora have already jumped in), yet I can't bring myself to join in the fun. The list reminds me of something one of my high school English teacher once told my class. He was very concerned that we be "cultured" (... (original story)
Zoological Gardens and Curiosity Cabinets
Posted from Laelaps 18 hours ago
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An ebony langur (Trachypithecus auratus), photographed July 23th, 2008 at the Bronx zoo. Of all the animals at the zoo people stop to watch primates more than nearly any other group of animals. The monkeys & apes watch the primates on the other side of the barrier, too. "What's that animal?" "... (original story)
Photo of the Day #318: Tree Kangaroo
Posted from Laelaps 22 hours ago
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A tree kangaroo (Dendrolagus sp.), photographed July 23th, 2008 at the Bronx zoo. Read the comments on this post... (original story)
Surviving the zoo
Posted from Laelaps 1 day 12 hours ago
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Given that today is a weekday and the weather forecast predicted a 90% chance of heavy thunderstorms I thought that the Bronx zoo would be mostly empty. I was way off. At times the crush of the crowds, vacationers and neon-clad elementary school groups, was almost too much to bear and I was actually... (original story)
Guaranteed NOT to give children nightmares
Posted from Laelaps 1 day 22 hours ago
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The first time I cam face-to-face with a dinosaur I was so scared I ran around the corner and hid, peeking out to see my parents try to reassure me that I would not be gobbled up, impaled, trampled, or otherwise harmed by the roaring robots. I had bugged the hell out of them to go see the animatr... (original story)
Photo of the Day #317: Baby Prairie Dog
Posted from Laelaps 1 day 22 hours ago
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A young prairie dog (probably Cynomys ludovicianus), photographed July 15th, 2008 at the Philadelphia zoo. Read the comments on this post... (original story)
A few links from around Sb
Posted from Laelaps 1 day 22 hours ago
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At Zooillogix Benny tells us about cuckoos that can change their cries and frogs that can selectively hear different sounds. John Lynch just co-authored a great paper about the importance of the history of science to education. Head on over to Stranger Fruit to congratulate him and have a look (I'l... (original story)
Book Progress #21
Posted from Laelaps 2 days ago
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Writing a post about feathered dinosaurs yesterday gave me the shot in the arm I needed to jump back into my book project. I've spent so much time reading old papers and concerning myself with the thoughts of Victorian scientists that I had almost forgotten that I needed to bring the chapter up to d... (original story)
In lieu of a rant...
Posted from Laelaps 2 days ago
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... a ring-tailed lemur; I found Chris Mooney's latest piece about Sizzle so aggravatingly condescending that I was set to pen a lengthy, ill-temptered response. I thought better of it, especially since it is clear that any negative comments or criticisms about the film will be ignored. (Instead... (original story)
What are you doing on August 9th?
Posted from Laelaps 2 days ago
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Last year I missed the super-secret ScienceBlogger seance; by the time I found out that some of my favorite bloggers were in the city I already had other plans. Little did I know that just a few months later I'd get assigned my own personal brain slug and be assimilated into the ScienceBorg so I don... (original story)
Photo of the Day #316: Amur leopard
Posted from Laelaps 2 days ago
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A male Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis), photographed July 15th, 2008 at the Philadelphia zoo. Read the comments on this post... (original story)
What have you been reading?
Posted from Laelaps 3 days ago
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John and Chad both have updates about their books, and even though I'm tempted to join the club I figure there's been enough meta on here lately (I wrote two different posts about the current status of my writing but scrapped them both). Instead I thought I would ask what you have been reading latel... (original story)
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