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I am the Online Community Manager at PLoS-ONE (Public Library of Science). My job is to try to motivate you to comment on the papers there. My scientific specialty is chronobiology (circadian rhythms and photoperiodism), with additional interests in comparative physiology, animal behavior and evolution. You can contact me at: Coturnix@gmail.com

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A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words:

Is there a herpetologist in the house?

My kum Miroslav (see previous posts just below) has taken a picture of this lizard, which is quite common in Nigeria. This is a male (females are more drab and single-colored) and it is about 0.5 meters long (20 inches)....

EuroTrip '08 - the Cromer menagerie

The weekend at La Maison de Girrafes was absolutely brilliant. Henry and I could not stop talking for two straight days. We tried to elicit the End Of The Universe by starting a cycle of infinite regress by repeatedly linking...

EuroTrip '08 - Sid

Another member of the Gee menagerie:...

EuroTrip '08 - Cromer: Heidi the dog

Yes, it is possible to get non-blurry pictures of Henry's lovely dog:...

Mixed cats

More under the fold.......

Orange Julius

More under the fold......

Marbles

More under the fold.......

Biscuit

Happy New Year!

Marbles in the sink

Orange Julius

And here is the little orange prince: More pictures under the fold.......

Biscuit

It's been ages since I posted a picture of my oldest cat, the Queen of our household:...

Let the sleeping cats lie

Marbles and Orange Julius (under the fold):...

Nesting

Biscuit and Marbles:...

Sea Cucumber - the Ultimate Phallic Symbol!

Why is it that there is no way to even mention anything about sea cucumbers without giggling and the thinly-veiled sexual innuendo? Seeing them, as a kid, on the floor of the crystal-clear waters of the Adriatic sea, my thoughts...

How could I resist....

...taking pictures of Marbles and Orange Julius a minute ago - aren't they sweet?...

Marbles and Orange Julius

These were taken the day after the pseudo-move, as soon as the cats came back from a weekend at the vet. Biscuit was hiding, but the other two explored the new environs:...

Leave No Rock Unturned

On September 2nd this year go out somewhere: into your backyard, or the woods, or the bottom of the sea, and turn a rock or two or three. Take pictures of what you find underneath. Perhaps you'll find earthworms, or...

Frogs

Here (under the fold) are some pictures of the frogs from the American Museum of Natural History...

Building with flimsy materials....

...in an earthquake zone, is bad policy, I think, but Janet did it nonetheless:...

Tiger coprolites

...are a great teaching tool for Janet....

Coprolites

One can tell a lot about an animal from what comes out the other end...of a giraffe, in this case....

Thinking outside the box

That's what philosophers do....

Brain

Observed...

Sometimes Gravity Wins...

Janet, here......

Philosophy is a Balancing Act

...and Janet is good at it:...

Reptiles above Berkeley

In the biology room......

Philosopher, above us mere mortals

Janet, an adult primate observed in juvenile behavior....

Now I'm a Believer!

After all, it was exhibited at a science museum......

Climb on a short snippet of Alpha-Amylase

Here...

The Philosopher Does Not Like Getting Harnessed

Janet, hoping to join the circus (outside of Academia)....

Human Primate Juvenile Behavior

The evolutionary relationship is apparent....

A Mastodon

Greeting the visitors....

Axolotl

One of my favourite animals, seen here....

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