Animal Planet

Xjmt · Post by **Xjmt** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 4:29 pm

Deja Vu all over again is definitely over-rated.

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unless, of course, we are speaking of love making. (Sex to you uninitiated).

Henry J · Post by **Henry J** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 6:32 pm

Random critter for the day:

Onychoteuthidae Gray, 1849 - Hooksquids

(seafood?)

Henry

Henry J · Post by **Henry J** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 7:11 am

Rodent's bizarre traits deepen mystery of genetics, evolution

Purdue University research has shown that the vole, a mouselike rodent, is not only the fastest evolving mammal, but also harbors a number of puzzling genetic traits that challenge current scientific understanding.

(And it's cute, too!)

Xjmt · Post by **Xjmt** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 1:26 pm

THEY FOUND TRIBBLES??

Henry J · Post by **Henry J** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 2:06 pm

Yeah, that could be trouble, huh?

Xjmt · Post by **Xjmt** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 3:42 pm

You betchur Bippie!

Henry J · Post by **Henry J** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 12:58 pm

Meet the Earliest Baby Girl ever Discovered!

3.3 million years ago, a three year old girl died in present day Ethiopia, in an area called Dikika. Though a baby, she provides researchers with a unique account of our past, as would a grandmother. Her completeness, antiquity, and age at death combine make this find unprecedented in the history of paleoanthropology and open many new research avenues to investigate into the infancy of early human ancestors.

Xjmt · Post by **Xjmt** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 3:22 pm

Robertson, Falwell, Swaggart, etc must all be turning over in their graves. Oh? They're not? Damn!!

Henry J · Post by **Henry J** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 8:02 pm

Er, aren't those people still alive?

Henry

Xjmt · Post by **Xjmt** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 3:56 pm

Is there an echo in here?

Henry J · Post by **Henry J** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 8:16 am

Ancient birds flew on all-fours

Bird flight evolved from using front and hind limbs as wings, new fossil study argues

The earliest known ancestor of modern-day birds took to the skies by gliding from trees using primitive feathered wings on their arms and legs, according to new research by a University of Calgary paleontologist.

In a paper published in the journal Paleobiology, Department of Biological Sciences PhD student Nick Longrich challenges the idea that birds began flying by taking off from the ground while running and shows that the dinosaur-like bird Archaeopteryx soared using wing-like feathers on all of its limbs.

Henry J · Post by **Henry J** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 8:17 am

Crickets on Hawaiian Island Develop Silent Wings in Response to Parasitic Attack

Male crickets use ingenious means to mate with females after loss of sexual signal, UCR biologists find
(September 22, 2006)
RIVERSIDE, Calif. – In only a few generations, the male cricket on Kauai, one of the Hawaiian Islands, underwent a mutation – a sudden heritable change in its genetic material – that rendered it incapable of using song, its sexual signal, to attract female crickets, according to a new study by UC Riverside evolutionary biologists.

(Jiminy!)

Henry J · Post by **Henry J** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 12:31 pm

Tarantulas produce silk from their feet

Researchers have found for the first time that tarantulas can produce silk from their feet as well as their spinnerets, a discovery with profound implications for why spiders began to spin silk in the first place.

(Does this explain Peter Parker?)

Xjmt · Post by **Xjmt** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 3:05 pm

If I'm not mistaken Peter Parker flashes from his wrists. Maybe if he really was a spider his wrists would be his feet. I don't think we should discuss here P.P.'s spinneret. I don't think Trucker would like us to embarrass the ladies like that.

Henry J · Post by **Henry J** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 7:38 pm

Random critter for the day:

Majangella

Hmm, no pictures on that page, so I'll also link to its containing group:

Liturgusidae
Mantodea - Praying mantids and their relatives

Let us prey...

Henry