More Arizona fauna! 11 Mar 200818 Sep 2017 John Lynch took me to the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum yesterday, and made me walk. Naturally I forgot my camera, so I can’t show you the really cool hummingbirds, or the cougar/puma (it has a split personality) or the bighorn sheep, let alone the amazing diversity of plant life (until I came here I though “cactus” was a single species – just kidding), but you can see all that at the Museum’s website and digital library. I forgive John for making me walk – he was not to know that silverbacks, especially albino silverbacks, are lazy fat buggers. But the provision of ice cream and slushy drinks reduced the core temperature and hypoglycemia, and a fun time was had by all. I can see why the notion of a biome was first developed here. The demarcation is rather dramatic, as you drive through the area. Saguaro cactuses are rather obvious, as is their sudden lack. Tomorrow off to Salt Lake City, where the weather is below freezing at night. This is harsh treatment of your favourite great ape. We are temperate beasts, but the conference, organised by Matt Haber, looks to be a fun one: Edges & Boundaries of Biological Objects. I’m not speaking, but it’ll be fun. By the way: to prove I am actually working over here, here’s a photo of me (I’m not out of focus – I really felt like that), Andrew Hamilton (the workshop organiser) and Charissa Varma, all looking serious. I can look serious for hours without a break. Administrative Ecology and Biodiversity Evolution
Evolution Basic introduction to homology 20 Jan 2009 From Evolution: Education and Outreach comes a nice introduction to the concept of homology. Late note: OK, not so good. I saw only the cute pix, and presumed the author understood paraphyly. But as I didn’t have an entirely functional computer at the time I leapt in too soon. See… Read More
Biology Species: The evolution of the idea 5 Aug 2017 I have completed and submitted the manuscript now for my revision of Species: A history of the idea, now renamed Species: the evolution of the idea. I am publishing it with CRC Press, and it is due out next year. In addition to updating and revising the historical sections of… Read More
Biology On vitalism 2 Dec 2009 I came across this quote: In our recent science the Aristotelian doctrine is not dead. For but little changed, though dressed in new garments, this Aristotelian entelechy, which so fascinated Leibnitz, enters into the Vitalism of Hans Driesch; and of those who believe with him, that far as physical laws… Read More
In SLC at 736 W North Temple there’s a great Mexican restaurant called The Red Iguana. They’ve got some of the best moles (pronounce moe-lay) I’ve ever had. Ask the waitress for some samples; you won’t be sorry.
I imagined you more simian for some reason. What does that say on the white-board? Reciprocal illumination and evidence perhaps….
I imagined you more simian for some reason. What does that say on the white-board? Reciprocal illumination and evidence perhaps….
Did you wear a hat? Real gorillas have built-in hats. I thought that Ozzies wear hats, sunglasses and sunscreen even in the shower.
“Saguaro cactuses are rather obvious, as is their sudden lack.” Those who have not visited Arizona may not take this seriously. When traveling south on I-17 to Phoenix, I often say to a companion, “And… cue the cacti!” as we come around a particular bend in a section of curvy, steeply-descending road. In a matter of seconds, one goes from seeing no saguaros at all to seeing thousands, spread out across the landscape.
Sorry for the production error. The people who made it have been sacked. Yes, that’s what it says on the whiteboard. Something to do with cladistics, I gather. If I go to another Mexican restaurant I may be forced to emigrate there.
Sorry for the production error. The people who made it have been sacked. Yes, that’s what it says on the whiteboard. Something to do with cladistics, I gather. If I go to another Mexican restaurant I may be forced to emigrate there.
Are you going to Tijuana to eat barbecued iguana? Posted by: Zarquon | March 12, 2008 5:56 PM Sounds like a reasonable thing to do! LOL! Dave Briggs :~)
Zarquon: Are you also recommending ‘mucho macho bonito’? Please ignore the spelling and the grammar, my topic is for a gourmet:-)