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Laelaps is the blog of freelance science writer Brian Switek. This blog frequently features his musings on paleontology, evolution, and the history of science. Switek also blogs for Smithsonian magazine's Dinosaur Tracking, and he is a research associate at the New Jersey State Museum.
Category: Mammals
A McDonald's ad from the Netherlands envisions what might have happened if Pleistocene humans had the option of visiting the drive-thru instead of going after fresh mammoth steak....
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Category: Behavior
Animal Planet's "The Secret Life of Elephants" is a little stale, but still tells an important story of ongoing conservation.
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Category: Mammals
In a clip from "Museum of Life", Visitors to London's Natural History Museum try to identify what kind of animal Megatherium was.
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Category: Mammals
What kind of social-insect-eating mammal is stranger than a numbat? Well, a pangolin, for one. From The Life of Mammals. For more on the pangolin's prey, check out one of the newest additions to the ScienceBlogs family, Myrmecos....
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Category: Mammals
If you're going to have termites for lunch, you'll need the right kind of equipment. From The Life of Mammals....
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Category: History of Science
In 1980 the world was introduced to the largest spider that had ever lived, Megarachne, but a discovery made over two decades later showed it to be a very different creature, indeed.
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Category: Reptiles
The Brazilian pygmy gecko is mind-bogglingly small. As this clip from the recent BBC documentary Life illustrates, it is so minuscule that it is effectively watertight and can rest effortlessly on the surface of the water. It still amazes...
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Category: Mammals
A clip from the BBC's Yellowstone: Battle for Life shows how a fox catches dinner in the middle of winter.
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Category: Mammals
Here's another sneak-peek at Life (this time with David Attenborough's narration) featuring one of my most favorite canids, the Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis). Enjoy!...
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Category: Behavior
In a clip from the BBC series "Life" a Komodo dragon attacks a water buffalo, marking the beginning of the end of the buffalo's life.
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