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As you know, we just spent a few days at Itasca (see this for the meaning of the word "Itasca") where we saw some interesting wildlife. I thought I 'd share a few photos of the trip.
We were at Itasca because Amanda volunteered to help out with the orientation for new biology grad students, by…
Erik Deighton’s work-related death could have been prevented. That’s how I see the findings of Michigan OSHA (MIOSHA) in the agency’s citations against his employer, Colonial Plastics (here, here). The 23-year-old was working at the firm’s Shelby Township, Michigan location in March 2014 when he…
"The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white, or women created for men." -Alice Walker
This weekend -- perhaps inspired by the growing friendship between our new dog and our old one -- I've got a surprising find…
One of the great things about my interests overlapping computer science is that computer scientists believe in self archiving and making their work freely available on the web. The scientometric parts of IS are that way, too, but the L of the LIS... well, that's just sad (except for Dorothea, her…
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?