Category Archives: Mammalia

EAVP 2016 at Haarlem’s Teylers Museum (2)

Posted on April 29, 2017 by Heinrich Mallison

In the first post of this series I gave a short introduction to the town of Haarlem (NL), because although it is not very dinosaurian or otherwise palaeontological, and thus should not get a post of its own, it does … Continue reading →

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EAVP 2016 at Haarlem’s Teylers Museum (1)

Posted on January 30, 2017 by Heinrich Mallison

After all the recent photogrammetry posts it is high time to get away from “stuff that somehow has to do with dinosaurs a little bit” and finally write again about dinosaurs themselves. Which is why I now will write about … Continue reading →

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a selfie (digiS2016)

Posted on March 9, 2016 by Heinrich Mallison

I rarely take selfies. Mostly because I hate being photographed, but also because I do not see the need to show everyone in the world everything I do. Here’s one, though, that I just had to take, mostly in order … Continue reading →

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Theropod Thursday 52: pulling a leg! Erhm….rather: pulling a tail!

Posted on March 19, 2015 by Heinrich Mallison

Hungry I am. An aardwolf (Proteles cristata), too. A hungry aardwolf. Yep, that’s it. A hungry aardwolf. Now get me my food. Now! This is the elusive critter that David Hone, my esteemed colleague with plenty of zoo experience, and … Continue reading →

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Wolves at Wildpark Tambach

Posted on September 28, 2013 by Heinrich Mallison

Dieser Beitrag auf Deutsch. I’ve shown you the lynxes, so now after the felid predator it is time for more of the canid predator: Canis lupus lupus, the Eurasian wolf! Previous pics are here. The pups were just old enough … Continue reading →

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non-raptors at the Wildpark Tambach

Posted on September 22, 2013 by Heinrich Mallison

Dieser Beitrag auf Deutsch. I’ve covered the raptor flight show at the wonderful Wildpark Tambach near Coburg before, as well as the lynxes; now it is time for an overview of what else the place has to offer. As is … Continue reading →

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Today my camera got drunk!

Posted on September 1, 2013 by Heinrich Mallison

Dieser Beitrag auf Deutsch. Here’s a photo I took today that clearly shows my camera must have come into contact with strong liquor. Blurry and double vision, anyone?

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Mammal Monday 50: yummy theropod!

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Heinrich Mallison

Dieser Beitrag auf Deutsch. Aside from some cool theropods small and larger, the Wildpark Tambach has lots of mammals on show. Not on shows, though. Obviously, typical Central European large ruminants, specifically cervids, supplemented by a species originally restricted to … 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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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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Happy birthday Kando!

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Heinrich Mallison

Dieser Beitrag auf Deutsch. At the Tierpark Berlin on Monday I had to go to the elephant and rhino (and siren!) house. My kids love playing in there; they have small wooden elephants you can climb and sit on, and … Continue reading →

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Another science sneak preview update

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Heinrich Mallison

Dieser Beitrag aud Deutsch. It has been deathly quiet here, because I was desperately trying to finish my paper. It was due on April 30, and that deadline wooshed by spectacularly. However, I managed to get the thing into a … Continue reading →

Posted in "Prosauropoda", 3D modeling, Biomechanics, Dinosaur models, Dinosauria, Diplodocus, locomotion, mammal models, Mammalia, Plateosaurus, Sauropoda, Sauropodomorpha, sneak previews | 9 Comments

Pathetic, awesome giraffe necks

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Heinrich Mallison

Dieser Beitrag auf Deutsch. Most of you have probably read the SV-POW! posts on giraffe and sauropods necks (here, here, here, here), including the latest post and the paper it deals with (Taylor & Wedel 2013 – Yay for open … Continue reading →

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What’s doing science like? Laboriosus se alet sciurus!

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Heinrich Mallison

Dieser Beitrag auf deutsch. little by little the squirrel feeds itself. OK, works better in German, where it is a colloquial phrase. The English equivalent is Little by little the bird builds its nest. I translated the phrase into Latin, … Continue reading →

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