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This little cutie (click for bigger version) is the first Maclaud’s horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus maclaudi) ever photographed and the first seen in the wild in 40 years. The species was rediscovered in the highland forests of Guinea and is one of the approximately seventy species of horseshoe bat…
Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi, a trapdoor spider recently discovered in Alabama and named after Neil Young. Arachnophiles can click to enlarge - arachnophobes probably don’t want to.
Two-month old black Jaguar cub born in captivity at the Huachipa zoo in Lima, Peru. (click for larger version)
photo source: AP Photo/Martin Mejia/Scanpix
hat-tip: Green Expander.
Over at this thread, a reader asked for Behe’s publication record in a similar format to Gonzalez’s. Glad to oblige. (As always, click for a big ’un).
Note how his productivity drops off hugely once he gets publicly involved with ID in 1991. Much like Gonzalez, Behe’s most productive period occurs…
I believe the correct technical term is 'embiggen' -- with an 'm'.
(Snark-snark -- from a long time Simpsons fan.)
Weirdly the article refers to a single offspring while the picture shows three pups ...
A Cerebus perhaps?
It's a file photo, not of the actual pup.
And en- does become em- before labials (embolden, empower). Weird Latinate prefixes ;-)
Just in case anyone's interested, there's a very interesting new paper out on hyena intelligence in the Journal of Mammalogy. I have a discussion of it here.
My gods they are even ugly as newborns! Probably due to their fights in the womb, tough little bastards.
I really admire these tenacious buggers. I once read that they were the only major predator whose population was increasing. Can anyone verify?