Monthly Archives: June 2013

Theropod Thursday 49: Zoo Berlin’s Africa part 1

Posted on June 28, 2013 by Heinrich Mallison

Dieser Beitrag auf Deutsch. Do I have a nice collections of extant theropods for you this Thursday! I’ll simply cover the new bird house of Zoo Berlin’s Africa part, minus the walk-through aviary that is worth a post of its … Continue reading →

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Zoo Berlin’s new bird house part 2

Posted on June 26, 2013 by Heinrich Mallison

Dieser Beitrag auf Deutsch. Continuing with the new bird house, here’s now a quick look at the “treetop path” and the walk-through aviaries. (click to embiggen) This is a 360° panorama taken from the “treetop path” – quick&dirty both in … Continue reading →

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Zoo Berlin’s new bird house

Posted on June 23, 2013 by Heinrich Mallison

Dieser Beitrag auf Deutsch. Yesterday I spent a few hours at the Zoo Berlin, some of the time inspecting the new aviary. I had both my sons with me, which made it impossible to spend any serious time checking out … Continue reading →

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Theropod Thursday 48: OUCH!

Posted on June 20, 2013 by Heinrich Mallison

Dieser Beitrag auf Deutsch. I recently went to Bird World in Surrey (wikipedia). A great visit, and I will be posting a lot of the photos in future posts. For now, I will focus on three inhabitants with a big … Continue reading →

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Mammal Monday 49: upside down

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Heinrich Mallison

Dieser Beitrag auf Deutsch. Ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) finding out that the branch it intended to sit on was softer than expected. Let’s see what brought it into this predicament. up – all fine! Out on the branch – OK … Continue reading →

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the science behind the sneak previews part 2

Posted on June 12, 2013 by Heinrich Mallison

Dieser Beitrag auf Deutsch. Last time, I got as far as explaining what a segment and a joint do in a SIMM model, and how you can create them in the JNT file. That’s the only way you can set … Continue reading →

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Giraffe dissection 2013

Posted on June 11, 2013 by Heinrich Mallison

Someone asked for it, so you get it: photos from the giraffe limb dissection I just completed with John of the Freezers and Daniela Schwarz-Wings at the Royal Veterinary College London. I put them is as link because they are … Continue reading →

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Mammal Monday 48: baby takin

Posted on June 10, 2013 by Heinrich Mallison

Dieser Beitrag auf Deutsch. The Mishmi Takins (Budorcas taxicolor taxicolor) in the Tierpark Berlin had two babies this winter. For almost-goats, they are rather cute. As I mentioned before, the Tierpark shows what they claim are all subspecies of takins. … Continue reading →

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