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Josh at work Joshua Rosenau spends his days defending the teaching of evolution at the National Center for Science Education. He is also a graduate student at the University of Kansas, completing a doctorate in the department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. When not modeling species distributions or battling creationists, he writes about developments in progressive politics and the sciences.

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Bipedal alligators

Category: Biology
Posted on: April 7, 2008 7:44 PM, by Josh Rosenau

Daigoro, the bipedal alligatorDaigoro is a bipedal alligator, and according to the Mainichi (Japan) Daily News, has "walk[ed] into the hearts of aquarium visitors" at the Marine Plaza Miyajima in Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture. The dwarf caiman alligator has been standing on its hind legs occasionally for a couple of years.

Daigoro is, presumably, planning to follow the course of all bipedal reptiles, to either be killed by a giant meteorite, or go to law school. It is left as an exercise for the reader to determine which outcome would be worse for the rest of us.

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#1

"Daigoro is, presumably, planning to follow the course of all bipedal reptiles, to either be killed by a giant meteorite, or go to law school." Why can't he do both, like the late Earl Warren?

Posted by: Glenn Branch | April 7, 2008 11:23 PM

#2

No, No, No! It's obvious that an atomic blast, or maybe just gas, will cause him to grow to 60 feet tall and destroy Tokyo. Have they learned nothing from Toho?

Seriously, this is cool.

Posted by: Badger3k | April 8, 2008 11:24 PM

#3

It is only but a step in Sleestak evolution.

Posted by: dmarks | April 12, 2008 6:40 AM

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