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Monthly Archives: July 2012
Mammal Monday 29: another rodent
Admittedly, I showed this pic before, albeit with a different focus. Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus), albeit a white, laboratory one. scroll down for the picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … Continue reading
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they caved – victory is mine!
Remember the rental car company trying to screw me? Part 1, part 2. Today I received the letter in which they folded and slunk back into their dirty hole! How did I achieve this? First of all, by being right … Continue reading
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The Ozeaneum in Stralsund part 4
Yes, you’ve suffered through enough of this – but don’t get your hopes up, I have some more photos for a final part. And 200+ photos more of the old Meeresmuseum to post 😀 Here’s the link list for the … Continue reading
Botany photo break
Summer finally arrived in Germany, and I used yesterday’s sunny weather to take some photos of plants and insects in our garden. Mainly because I wanted to see if the many hints and tips on photographing these things I found … Continue reading
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Theropod Thursday 27: The Food Thief – an avian drama in two acts
Cast thief Corvus cornix aggrieved owner Tachyeres pteneres Location: Tierpark Friedrichsfelde, Berlin, enclosure for Spheniscus humboldti and Tachyeres pteneres. Act 1 T: quack! hiss. (Yo, punk! That’s my bowl, git off it!) C: [gulps down more food] T: QUACK! Hiss … Continue reading
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Pigeon sex – more than one male wants a go
When I arrived at the meeting point in Teruel for the bus departure to the EAVP 2012 field trip I witnessed this: pretty rough! Theropods are not really kind to each other.
Posted in Aves, Dinopics, Dinosauria, Maniraptora, Theropoda
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Tortoise sex – she wants no part of it
or why you should not have food hanging out of your mouth when hitting on a girl. so here he’s making good progress….. but:
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Mammal Monday 28: zoos have more animals than they think!
and here is one of them: I bet the Striped field mouse (Apodemus agrarius) is not on the list of animals kept at the Tierpark Friedrichsfelde in Berlin. It does, however, inhabit the sally gate into the wallaby enclosure. in … Continue reading
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Berlin Archaeopteryx
Dave Hone posted a link list to his own posts with Archaeopteryx in them. A very handy thing to have, as Dave has the best archive of online photos of the beast. What he doesn’t have is close-ups of the … Continue reading
Posted in Aves, Dinopics, Dinosauria, Maniraptora, MfN Berlin, Theropoda
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The Ozeaneum in Stralsund part 3
After two posts of architecture, whale skeletons, plastic models and stuffed animals, it’s finally time for some live animals! The Ozeaneum has plenty of aquaria, but I only have a handful of OK pictures, mainly because I was pushing a … Continue reading
Theropod Thursday 26: more raven
Just now I posted my recent shots of a wild raven, in Berlin of all places. Just for fun, here are my until-then only wild raven photos from Rügen.
Posted in Aves, Dinopics, Dinosauria, landscapes, Maniraptora, non-palaeo, plants, Theropoda
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Theropod Thursday 25: Nevermore!
Wild ravens! In Berlin! Makes me very glad 🙂 I took this photo in the Tierpark Friedrichsfelde, but the bird is not a zoo animal. A lucky shot at the Bharal (Pseudois nayaur) enclosure. I was still a good distance … Continue reading
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STUDENTS!!!!!!!! sometimes they can drive you nuts
I won’t go into the details of how and why I ended up asking such a ridiculously easy and pointless exam question. I’ll spare you the utter dejection and desperation. Suffice to say that I ended up asking it. In … Continue reading
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The Ozeaneum in Stralsund part 2
Enough whales for now in this series of posts. Once you get up t the top level of the museum there is an exhibit on “The World Ocean – Diversity of life”. Sadly, as all exhibits in the Ozeanuem, it … Continue reading
stuff you need to read
just a not-quite-random selection – in fact, not random at all, just without any pretence to be anything like complete: blog posts of the last few weeks that I found to be especially important, interesting, or informative. First of all … Continue reading
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