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Excuse Me Sir . . . My Seal Seems to be Possessed by a Roland Synthesizer . . .

November 18, 2009

Taking a break from the heavy taxonomy for a moment, let’s have a quick bit of weird wonderfulness. I could not believe my ears when I viewed this excerpt from Werner Herzog’s recent film about Antarctica courtesy Zooillogix . . .

Wow! Amazing, huh? Though the bit halfway when the researchers listen to the seals under [...]

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Weird + Cute³ + Old Spice = ?

June 10, 2009

Saw this over at Zooillogix and couldn’t resist.  I cannot believe Jim Henson did not design this creature. I also cannot get over the impression that somehow, this thing looks like a cranky old man with his pants hitched up too high.

According to wikipedia, jerboae are “jumping desert rodents” from North Africa and Asia.  Tasty [...]

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Ancient Egypt lives on — thanks to Trixie and Ralph

May 16, 2009

Though cattle wouldn’t ordinarily grace the pages of The Artful Amoeba (vertebrates in general being a bit boring for my taste), I make an exception today. In the Denver Post was an article about the birth of a new ankole calf named Belle at the Denver Zoo to proud parents Trixie and Ralph (yes, of [...]

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