Showing posts with label National Geographic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label National Geographic. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Food Chain Coming Home

The late, great Smike the Destroyer, one of the nicer cats who ever stalked this Earth ... and stalked his share of prey, has made me think from time to time about the pernicious toll the species has taken in various ecosystems.  Here is the story of a hawk ... and a starling ... oh, and yes.  A cat.

(Cats on Teh Intarwebs.  But not in the usual way!)

Monday, November 19, 2012

Richard's Face

This I look forward to seeing, certainly - they're forensically rebuilding the face of the skeleton from the carpark.

Wikimedia Commons
Portrait circa 1520 (earliest known)


Loved it when they did King Tut.

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