Monthly Archives: May 2012

Theropod Thursday 20: taking a stand

Posted on May 31, 2012 by

Sometimes, it is a bit confusing when people use human terms – anatomical but also vernacular – for animals. “dorsally” comes to mind, when people use it interchangeably with “cranially”. In humans it’s the same direction, in most animals it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in anatomy, Aves, Dinopics, Dinosauria, Maniraptora, Theropoda | 4 Comments

Lazing on a sunny afternoon…..

Posted on May 30, 2012 by

I don’t know why – or maybe I do – but I tend to NOT photograph crocodiles in zoos. Here’s one of the rare exceptions. False gharial (Tomistoma schlegeli) lazing in the Tierpark Berlin. I guess crocs rarely trigger my … Continue reading →

Posted in Archosauria (non-dino), Zoos | 1 Comment

Mammal Monday 24: Sir, are you gonna use that bag again?

Posted on May 28, 2012 by

Lesson: Keep your waste to yourself, do not throw it into enclosures! Photographed at Tierpark Berlin.

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Sometimes, science breeds hate relationships

Posted on May 28, 2012 by

Bob Bakker says to be “kind to colleagues, ruthless with theories”. No, I won’t stick my neck into some of the catfights currently going on, or just recently over. It’s enough that I can’t resist sending flippant or sarcastic answers … Continue reading →

Posted in history of science, rants | 11 Comments

Another AMNH panorama

Posted on May 27, 2012 by

When Steve Cohen sent me his Deinonychus panorama shot, he enclosed another panorama. Here it is: This is a typical example how you use panorama photography to get the same field of view as in a normal photograph, but have … Continue reading →

Posted in AMNH, Apatosaurus, Dinopics, Dinosauria, Sauropoda, Sauropodomorpha | 1 Comment

Digitizing lifts off

Posted on May 25, 2012 by

This is not the first or necessarily the best example, but it is cool: researchers at the University of Granada use unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) to photogrammetrize buildings. Or you can put other types of sensors on it…. FUN! At … Continue reading →

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Theropod Thursday 19: the mysterious “Frickopod”

Posted on May 23, 2012 by

The Sauriermuseum Frick in Frick, Switzerland, exists because of the Tongrube Keller in Frick is one of the three localities in Europe yielding large numbers of skeletons of Plateosaurus. I’ll show you some of the finds at the end of … Continue reading →

Posted in "Prosauropoda", Dinopics, Dinosauria, Plateosaurus, Sauropodomorpha, Theropoda | 10 Comments

DigitalFossil 2012 growing like crazy

Posted on May 22, 2012 by

The list of participants with talk titles for DigitalFossil 2012 is now online at the conference website. Obviously, some people who are listed a second, third or fourth (even fifth) authors may not attend, but overall it looks like there … Continue reading →

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Mammal Monday 23: rodent vs. theropod

Posted on May 21, 2012 by

And in this case, as nonchalantly as the theropods peek into the mammals’ dens, they didn’t get any of the food. Feral pigeons (Columba livia) trying to get at the fodder of Black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) in the Tierpark … Continue reading →

Posted in Aves, Dinopics, Dinosauria, Mammal pic, Mammalia, Maniraptora, Theropoda, Zoos | 1 Comment

Overdoing things

Posted on May 19, 2012 by

There’s some great palaeo-related furniture and sanitary installation stuff around, for example an ammonite washbasin. or check out this site. And sometimes, companies try to make their main theme show in the architecture of their buildings, and in all the … Continue reading →

Posted in WTF? | 5 Comments