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Tanystrophic Theatrics
…with apologies to the Theatrical Tanystropheus. Lots of “work” to keep me “busy” and away from “blogging” this “summer.” But I did return from Europe with a steamer trunk of full of chocolate, some...
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A Tenrec in My Pants
I owe you a T-shirt. I’m sorry. It’s tough being both a perfectionist and a procrastinator, terribly difficult to get things done. Anyway tenrecs get all over the internet now and then, lately...
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Marine reptiles take wing.
Consider the albatross. Rather, consider the word albatross. OED informs us that albatross probably comes by way of alcatras an obsolete word used variably for frigate birds, gannets and/or pelicans...
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Brotastic
Normal fautling. Dolomite rising. Some plants get old. Plenty old, but not so old really. Large ooids. Treeline ebbs and grows. Jays about. Dust blows up. A helicopter, a dusty Oregon van. Mount...
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Dude. Seriously?
Phoebis sennae metamorphosis video produced by timelapse videographer extraordinaire JCMegabyte. In a dream last night, I sprinkled water on a dried out, old mantis ootheca which I had given up as...
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Top 5 Amazing Animal Stories
Amidst neglecting this blog I managed to put together a post on the some of the crazier zoological news of the summer. Go check it out over at Paw-talk.net !
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Tattered-upon-Avon
Last Sunday I woke up in Bristol, England and went to bed in California. What happened in between is not that interesting — basically I woke up late, missed my bus, had a panic attack, wound up...
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Dood Have U Seen Avatar Yet?
- An excerpt from T. C. Chamberlin‘s outgoing presidential address to the American Association for the Advancement of Science published one century ago today. Enjoy 2010. T. C. Chamberlin “A Geologic...
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Ours is not to look back. Ours is to continue the crack.
Our traditionalist is now beginning to worry, but he will grant this one last point pour mieux sauter. OK, the very first Cambrian fauna included a plethora of alternative possibilities, all equally...
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