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Laelaps is the blog of Brian Switek, a freelance science writer based in New Jersey. This blog frequently features his musings on paleontology, evolution, and the history of science. Switek also blogs for Smithsonian magazine's Dinosaur Tracking.
Switek's first book, Written in Stone, will be published next year by Bellevue Literary Press.
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Beautifully frightening
Category: Art • History of Science
Posted on: October 4, 2008 11:25 AM, by Brian Switek
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Thanks for sharing! I love wolf eels, not sure why. There's something adorable about them, like they're hiding, afraid of being judged by appearances... Anyway, googling around I found this adorable image. Not so scary. :)
Posted by: Felicia Gilljam | October 5, 2008 7:18 PM