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Saturday, 27 July 2013
Dolphin Snouts: The Long and the Short of It
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A franciscana On the whole, you would probably expect to find dolphins in the sea. This is, indeed, where the vast majority of them are,...
Sunday, 21 July 2013
Caprines: Goats Among the Volcanoes
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Japanese serow While most goat-like animals today are grazers, subsisting on relatively large quantities of low-quality forage, it's...
Sunday, 14 July 2013
Is a Platypus a Mammal?
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Yes. Oh, you wanted more than that? Well, let's see what I can do. I've been asked this question a couple of times recently, a...
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Sunday, 7 July 2013
Giving Birth While You're Asleep
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A number of mammals living in temperate environments hibernate during the winter, or when food is otherwise scarce. The great majority of ...
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Sunday, 30 June 2013
Bats in a Changing World
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Daubenton's bat is doing fine, thank you After rodents, bats are the second largest order of mammals, in terms of number of species....
Sunday, 23 June 2013
Caprines: Browsing Goats of the Western Mountains
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Alpine chamois The caprines as a whole can be divided into two groups, depending on which of two different lifestyles they happen to f...
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Sunday, 16 June 2013
Pleistocene (Pt 9): Before the Bison
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Megatherium The Pleistocene in North America can be divided into three 'land mammal stages', defined by the kinds of animal tha...
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