Category Archives: Animals
Wandering Ponies #3
The Internet pretty much begins and ends with this. The vacant, cock-eyed horse stare. The tiny moustachioed gentleman with the shrunken, useless legs. The buxom peasant woman with the giant meaty paws. It’s got it all. You’ll probably listen to … Continue reading
Wandering Ponies #2
While my brain eases itself out of the haze of Christmas madness, here are some things that have amused me of late: It’s no secret that I’m a massive fan of Alex Wild’s photography, so I thought I should mention … Continue reading
Filed under Animals, Archosaurs, Insects, Science, Video
Wandering Ponies #1
In an effort to generate more content here while Sara and I are too busy working/raving/generating content elsewhere to write proper posts, we’ve decided to throw up (not literally) a bunch of links to stuff that has amused and/or intrigued … Continue reading
Filed under Animals, Archosaurs, Science, Sea Creatures, Video
Bet You Wish You Hadn’t Leaked That Sex Tape Now, Huh, Short-Nosed Fruit Bats?
A team of (confused? ambitious?) entomologists lead by Min Tan of China’s Guangdong Entomological Institute have just published a paper in PLoS One detailing for the first time the unusual sexual habits of the short-nosed fruit bat, Cynopterus sphinx. Observing … Continue reading
Beware Those Yellow Crazy Ants, Christmas Island White-Eye…
An online report published in last week’s Biology Letters has revealed the damaging effect an invasion of ants (Anoplolepis gracilipes) is having on some of Christmas Island’s native bird and plant species. In this study, led by ecologist, Dennis O’Dowd … Continue reading
Filed under Animals, Insects, Science, Sea Creatures
