Duck Family Tree Shows Hybridisation 9 Feb 2009 I think Disney has a lot to answer for with all this miscegenation. Humor
Ecology and Biodiversity Ten best species for the last year 23 May 2009 It’s fun to read, but what it means I am not sure. A bunch of systematists have devised the Top 10 New Species list for 2008. It’s basically a way to promote the need for more conservation and systematics at the species level, and that can’t be a bad thing:… Read More
Book On rules 1 Jun 2009 My friend and colleague William Grey gave me a copy of F. M. Cornford’s Microcosmographia Academica, in which I read this passage which is so apposite to the modern day: The principle of Discipline (including Religion) is that ‘there must be some rules‘. If you inquire the reason, you will… Read More
Humor This is what happens if you resist a Wilkins 17 Jun 2009 [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ky7g1lgTwc&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1] Hat tip to Chris Elliot, and see Super Punch. Read More
I realize it’s not exactly connected with the search for extra terrestrial intelligence but are we allowed to use the Drake equation? Or is the suggestion daffy?
And there’s no reference to the Egyptian god of frustration. Oops, I see Sigmund (#2) did notice that omission. fusilier James 2:24
And there’s no reference to the Egyptian god of frustration. Oops, I see Sigmund (#2) did notice that omission. fusilier James 2:24
What, am I the only one to notice the rampant inbreeding? Would explain why donald’s such a quack, though..
What inbreeding? It’s true that ducks, coots, and geese have intermarried, but surely that’s not a problem. Merely adventurous. I don’t see the inbreeding.
What inbreeding? It’s true that ducks, coots, and geese have intermarried, but surely that’s not a problem. Merely adventurous. I don’t see the inbreeding.
Some people in US south were against miscegenation and didn’t let their children play “duck, duck, goose”.