The Science And Nature Thread #2

[charlie]

Aww, that's amazing, Keys.

The only difference I can see between foals now and then, is the size of the head?

[Keyser]

Aww, that's amazing, Keys.

The only difference I can see between foals now and then, is the size of the head?

Yeah - Siberia is a remarkable place and the permafrost is giving up it's ancient secrets now thanks to climate change.

What I often worry about is they ever found a semi-complete Denisovan or Neanderthal body and tried to clone them.

The moral implications are rather complicated.

[Minime]

What I find fascinating is how small some creatures are.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2 ... 100258.htm

It may be harmless but it still gives me the shivers.


This is gorgeous

https://www.thedodo.com/in-the-wild/bee ... llest-bird


EEK!!!

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/anim ... ison-frog/

Your name is very appropriate for Brookesia micra - world's smallest chameleon, discovered in Madagascar.

It's a cute chameleon but rubbish at changing colour!!

[Keyser]

What I find fascinating is how small some creatures are.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2 ... 100258.htm

It may be harmless but it still gives me the shivers.


This is gorgeous

https://www.thedodo.com/in-the-wild/bee ... llest-bird


EEK!!!

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/anim ... ison-frog/

Your name is very appropriate for Brookesia micra - world's smallest chameleon, discovered in Madagascar.

It's a cute chameleon but rubbish at changing colour!!

Poor little bugger is shitting himself - that's why he's brown!

Three recent stories on animal cognition.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science- ... 180970122/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science- ... 180970124/

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/anim ... m-animals/

[Keyser]

Another biomechanical study of Rexy's bone shattering bite force.

https://livevomorphbiomech.wordpress.co ... aurus-rex/

[Keyser]

Nature red in tooth and claw.

An example of Alligator cannibalism.

https://www.livescience.com/63413-gator ... texas.html

[Keyser]

Nice skeletal of 'Scotty'.

https://pre00.deviantart.net/8c5a/th/pr ... ck627r.png

[Keyser]

Just speculating - it seems some dinosaurs reached the terrestrial biomechanical size/mass limits for both herbivores and predators - I wonder in the 100's of millions of years to come that evolution will ever come up with a group of animals to match them?

Personally I highly doubt it.

[Minime]

What I find fascinating is how small some creatures are.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2 ... 100258.htm

It may be harmless but it still gives me the shivers.


This is gorgeous

https://www.thedodo.com/in-the-wild/bee ... llest-bird


EEK!!!

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/anim ... ison-frog/

Your name is very appropriate for Brookesia micra - world's smallest chameleon, discovered in Madagascar.

It's a cute chameleon but rubbish at changing colour!!

Poor little bugger is shitting himself - that's why he's brown!

Do you have to be so puerile?

Really, there's no need.

[Text]

Hi Keyser!

Relative motion of the planets prettily illustrated and animated, and you can click on any planet to get instant info. >

https://www.bing.com/search?q=solar+system&form=EDGRBP

Cool - well done, Bing!

[Keyser]

Hi Keyser!

Relative motion of the planets prettily illustrated and animated, and you can click on any planet to get instant info. >

https://www.bing.com/search?q=solar+system&form=EDGRBP

Cool - well done, Bing!

H!!

All those posters children have on their wall are incredibly misleading - here is an accurate scale model of the Solar system.

http://joshworth.com/dev/pixelspace/pix ... ystem.html

One for the arachnophobes.

https://www.livescience.com/63428-taran ... video.html

Diving in Antarctica.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/maga ... -penguins/

[Ray of Sunshine]

All those posters children have on their wall are incredibly misleading - here is an accurate scale model of the Solar system.

http://joshworth.com/dev/pixelspace/pix ... ystem.html

Yes but that wouldn't even fit on the wall would it?

[Keyser]

All those posters children have on their wall are incredibly misleading - here is an accurate scale model of the Solar system.

http://joshworth.com/dev/pixelspace/pix ... ystem.html

Yes but that wouldn't even fit on the wall would it?

Well yeah - the great Wall of china maybe.

[LordRaven]

All those posters children have on their wall are incredibly misleading - here is an accurate scale model of the Solar system.

http://joshworth.com/dev/pixelspace/pix ... ystem.html

Yes but that wouldn't even fit on the wall would it?

Well yeah - the great Wall of china maybe.

Amazing space! We really do need to crack FTL if we want to get anywhere out there fast

[Keyser]

All those posters children have on their wall are incredibly misleading - here is an accurate scale model of the Solar system.

http://joshworth.com/dev/pixelspace/pix ... ystem.html

Yes but that wouldn't even fit on the wall would it?

Well yeah - the great Wall of china maybe.

Amazing space! We really do need to crack FTL if we want to get anywhere out there fast

To be honest I don't think the human race will ever make it to the Oort cloud - it's just too far - never mind the stars.

You might find this story interesting. - 15 years of Spitzer.

https://phys.org/news/2018-08-spitzer-g ... space.html