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Friday Cephalopod: A good glower
By PZ Myers Monterey Bay Aquarium Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Pharyngula
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Aegirocassis benmoulae
By PZ Myers Anomalocaris has always been one of my favorite Cambrian animals — it was so weird, and it was also the top predator of the age, making it the equivalent of T. rex. The anomalocarids were also a diverse and successful group, so wouldn’t you know it…it also had a Read Full Article…
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Junk DNA must be…fractal ballast!
By PZ Myers I’ve now read two novel attempts to explain the existence of junk DNA. To a lot of people, the very idea of junk DNA is offensive: whatever process built us, whether divine fiat or the razor-sharp honing of natural selection, must be powerful, omnipotent or nearly so, and incapable of Read Full…
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Mary’s Monday Metazoan: Birthin’
By PZ Myers This skink looks like it just burst out of someone’s chest, and in addition, it’s full of little baby skinks. NatGeo Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Pharyngula
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Friday Cephalopod: Seachild
By PZ Myers Fred Tsang Then he waited, marshaling his thoughts and brooding over his still untested powers. For though he was master of the world, he was not quite sure what to do next. But he would think of something. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Pharyngula
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Botanical Wednesday: It’s been a long time if I’m missing Oplopanax horridus
By PZ Myers We had a blizzard this week. It’s bitterly cold right now. I was trying hard to think of good reasons to have left the Pacific Northwest, and this is about the only thing I came up with: Devil’s Club. They’re big. They’re prickly-spiky-thorny. They’re evil. You did not go blindly Read Full…
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Friday Cephalopod: Cephalove
By PZ Myers Now you can learn everything you need to know about octopus sex. It’s a bit tangly: But just in case you got lost in all the tentacles, here’s a diagram to help you out. By the way, in case you’ve ever wondered where an octopus keeps its nads, they’re maybe Read Full…
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Friday Cephalopod: Cephalove
By PZ Myers Now you can learn everything you need to know about octopus sex. It’s a bit tangly: But just in case you got lost in all the tentacles, here’s a diagram to help you out. By the way, in case you’ve ever wondered where an octopus keeps its nads, they’re maybe Read Full…
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Mary’s Monday Metazoan: Poop propellors
By PZ Myers That’s all I’ve got to say. Hippos are really into scat. Yeah, I’d hide too. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Pharyngula
Mary’s Monday Metazoan: Jewelry I could get into
Article Abstract: I’d wear it on my lapel, with the nice pocket watch on my vest and my jeweled monocle. I know. I’m a slob. But I could change! I’ve been reading fantasy regency novels, and could get into the style. Carriger has even posted suggestions for improving the stylishness of us uncaring nerds. Also,…