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Tetrapod Zoology

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Naish_profile_70_px.jpg With six years of phd work on theropod dinosaurs behind him, Darren Naish mostly spends long hours in the library, hunched over his laptop. But he gets out sometimes, and picks up litter and pursues exotic lizards across the British countryside, aiming all the while to publish his technical work on obscure Cretaceous dinosaurs. He also messes around with pterosaurs, swimming giraffes, British big cats and stuff like that. He has given up on the stupid idea of being a dedicated academic and ekes out a living as a technical consultant, editor and author. He can be contacted intermittently at eotyrannus (at) gmail dot com. For more biographical info go here.

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February 28, 2007

Feathers and filaments of non-avian dinosaurs, part I

Category: Mesozoic dinosaurs

By now most people know that feathers are no longer unique to birds. Thanks mostly to a series of wonderful fossils from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Liaoning Province, China, we now know that feathers first appeared in...

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February 25, 2007

A 3-m tooth that can bend 30 cm in any direction and is hypersentitive to salinity, temperature and pressure... and the sonic lance hypothesis

Category: mammalogy

One of the most remarkable organs in nature might have one of the most remarkable functions, if the results of a recent study are to be accepted......

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February 24, 2007

The sonic lance hypothesis

Category: preemptive

It's funny what you can find kicking around in the corner of a friend's flat. Full post to follow soon......

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February 22, 2007

Chimpanzees make and use spears

Category: mammalogy

By now you've probably heard the news: chimpanzees have been reported manufacturing, and using, spears (Gibbons 2007, Pruetz & Bertolani 2007). I'll say that again. Chimps Pan troglodytes make and use spears.......

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February 21, 2007

Therizinosauroids and Altangerel Perle

Category: Mesozoic dinosaurs

A story of cheeks, beaks, feathers, bizarre theropod dinosaurs, and truly, truly amazing fossils.......

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February 19, 2007

Britain's lost tree frogs: sigh, not another 'neglected native'

Category: herpetology

If you like amphibians and non-avian reptiles, Britain is a crappy place to live: we have just three native lizard species, three snakes, three newts, two toads and two frogs. But do we have a few more: are various...

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February 18, 2007

In the week to come...

Category: preemptive

Sorry, another one of those really annoying teasers. But, come on, you love it really. Coming later this week... ... at long long last, those lost tree frogs... ... proto-narwhals and the case of the beluwhals... ... the amazing social...

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February 17, 2007

A new hypothesis on the evolution of blood-feeding: food source duality involving nectarivory. Catchy, no?

Category: mammalogy

So in the previous post - required reading before you get through this one, sorry - we looked at the various hypotheses that have been published on the origin of sanguivory (blood feeding) in vampire bats. We saw that...

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February 16, 2007

Dark origins: the mysterious evolution of blood-feeding in bats

Category: mammalogy

Continuing the vampire theme, I here want to discuss another of those really, really interesting things about vampire bats: namely, how did their blood-feeding behaviour evolve in the first place?...

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February 15, 2007

The Godzilla Effect

Category: speculative zoology

Look what happens when you blog about Godzilla. Huh. Back to normality soon......

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