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Pliosaurus kevani - Business in the Front, Party in the Back
So a recent paper on the biting and feeding mechanics of Pliosaurus kevani has been published, Funtional anatomy and feeding biomechanics of a giant Upper Jurassic pliosaur from Weymouth Bay, Dorset,...
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Scrummy for Scromboids: How Do Great White Sharks Catch Tuna Anyways?
Well all righty then todays post might seem a bit all over the place but bear with me there is a valuable point to be made out of all of it.Monterey Bay Aquarium. tuna & great whiteI have had a bit...
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Did Bakker Get Spinosaurus Right After All?
We all know and love the new Spinosaurus aegyptiacus reconstruction right? "Disenchanting" is how Douglas Henderson described it on facebook. And it does fall a little bit shy of the impressive dual...
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A Very Dated Picture of Baronyx from Way Back in the late 90's
I never date or sign my pictures - that way  I can create havoc for art dealers of the future when I am a bright shiny star worth gabillions - so you just have to take my word for it that I drew this...
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Surf OR Turf: Can A Terrestrial/Aquatic Switchitter Really Exist?
Following on the heels of my Spinosaurus post I have been thinking about the aquatic/amphibious thing a lot lately and looking at the various levels of engagement in either realm animals partake in and...
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Stranded On A Hot, Briny Desert Isle With Stem Birds... I'm In!!! Beasts Of...
Well hey now.... today I have a book review for ya'all. Well kind of. The book as it stands now Beasts of Antiquity: Stem-birds in the Solnhofen Limestone (available here for $12.99 only on kindle...
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Adding Some Context to the Middle Eastern Attack Today
Video Large Crocodile Sliding Down Mud BankYou might want to turn down the music on this one but note how comfortable, agile, and at home tapirs are underwater and how quick they are with leg...
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"Last Man Standing... El Ultimo Hombre" - As the Dust Settles on the...
One of my favorite (among many) scenes in No County For Old Men is when Moss (Josh Brolin) first comes across the scene of the drug deal gone bad while hunting in the desert scrub.Upon further...
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Spinosaurus: The Tidal Rover (aka How I Interpret the Sail)
*My thoughts on how I think the sail was used keep changing and evolving. I am going to leave the post the way I originally wrote it but if you go to the '*' at the end you will see my view has changed...
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Green is Good: Slaying the Uber Mega-Sauropod
So I noticed I have not written much about plants lately but have been instead looking at marine reptiles and of course Spinosaurus in recent months - and thats ok (its my blog after all and expect...
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Thus Spoke Zarafasaura
Seriously I need to start a plesiosaur legal defense fund. What other group of Mesozoic beasties has suffered such a profound and jarring hit to their reputation? Once depicted as worthy and regal...
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Deinocheirus mirificus: Mad Dabbler of the Nemegt
In quick succession we now have the reveal of another enigmatic mega-theropod of far ranging lore and speculation: Deinocheirus mirificus (Lee et al. 2014). What strange and wonderful times in...
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Time For the Giant Heron Spinosaurid Analogy to Bite the Dust Part 1
More to come for sure in many future posts but I just wanted to leave this here: an abstract for the Berlin SVP meeting looking at Spinosaurid behavioral ecology through the lens of extant fish eating...
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Time For the Giant Heron Spinosaurid Analogy to Bite the Dust Part 2: Getting...
Now first things first I want to clarify why I am writing these posts and how dealing with spinosaurid paleobiology is a veritable land mine. In my last post I echoed the sentiment of a poster for...
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Redwood Grove Along the Big Sur Coast: Southern Limits
The magnificent coastal redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) - tallest organism in the world - is most closely associated with inhabiting a narrow coastal strip in northern California, the redwood belt. This...
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Calm Down, Breathe, ... OK Repeat: It Is Only a Movie, It Is Only A Movie.....
I really did not want to write about the movie which, I mean you know what movie I am talking about, had a very early debut commercial this weekend. The fourth installment in a certain iconic...
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Plesiosaur Machinations I: Introducing the Plesiosaur Phalanx Attack
Machination: a scheming or crafty action or artful design intended to accomplish some usually evil end.Ok no talk of that movie, or Spinosaurus cuz it gets everyone including myself into a tizzy - no...
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