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Post by Ceratodromeus on Aug 16, 2016 7:42:41 GMT 5
Tales of giant snakes:A Historical Natural History of Anacondas and Pythonslink
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Post by Ceratodromeus on Sept 8, 2016 7:07:33 GMT 5
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Post by Ceratodromeus on Oct 2, 2016 6:18:31 GMT 5
My parents bought Bakker's the dinosaur heresies at a yard sale for me today, and before i get too far into it i was wondering what people's thoughts are on it.
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Post by Infinity Blade on Oct 2, 2016 6:48:05 GMT 5
Ummm.......here's my personal opinion.
I have it on my iPad, and while I haven't read the full book yet, there's obviously some stuff that's clearly wrong or outdated (e.g. Ceratosaurus being able to open its mouth like a snake or something along those lines). However, there are some things that I can't name issues with (e.g. much of what Bakker said about dinosaur speed).
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Post by theropod on Apr 4, 2017 18:10:19 GMT 5
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Post by Infinity Blade on May 16, 2017 6:53:30 GMT 5
A sixth mass extinction was proposed a few years back. No, not the shit we're doing to our planet right now, but one that occurred before the end Permian mass extinction (c. 262 mya; if true, this suggests that it should be the "Big Six" and that what we're going through may be the seventh mass extinction). gsabulletin.gsapubs.org/content/early/2015/04/15/B31216.1.abstract |
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Post by Infinity Blade on May 26, 2017 6:10:46 GMT 5
Here's an interesting read. Fight or flight: Antipredator strategies of baleen whales (Ford & Reeves, 2008; click here). Some baleen whales choose to fight back against orcas with tough, callous skin encrusted with barnacles, pectoral fins, and tails. Others swim away. Also, it gives some interesting speed figures for whale species. |
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Post by Infinity Blade on Jul 2, 2017 7:41:17 GMT 5
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Post by Infinity Blade on Jul 9, 2017 1:35:06 GMT 5
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Post by Grey on Jul 19, 2017 6:14:56 GMT 5
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Post by Infinity Blade on Jul 24, 2017 5:30:46 GMT 5
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Post by Infinity Blade on Jul 31, 2017 0:04:00 GMT 5
A new family of pycnodont fish, the Serrasalmimidae (" Serrasalmus mimics") from the Late Cretaceous and Paleogene. As the name suggests, they are interpreted as piranha analogues. www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-06792-x |
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Post by Infinity Blade on Aug 14, 2017 7:12:51 GMT 5
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Post by Infinity Blade on Sept 19, 2017 6:38:39 GMT 5
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Post by Infinity Blade on Sept 30, 2017 19:51:43 GMT 5
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