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And then this Bear, Pooh Bear, Winnie-the-Pooh, F.O.P. (Friend of Piglet's), R.C. (Rabbit's Companion), P.D. (Pole Discoverer), E.C. and T.F. (Eeyore's Comforter and Tail-finder)--in fact, Pooh himself--said something so clever that Christopher Robin could only look at him with mouth open and eyes staring, wondering if this was really the Bear of Very Little Brain whom he had know and loved so long.

Thursday, April 06, 2006

"holy cow"

i was speaking tosomeone today who, upon finding out my undergraduate major, reminded me that i ought to be interested in this.

well, i am interested, but i don't have much to say. (actually, i have a lot of not-so-interesting rants about evolution and creationism and whatever, but i try not to talk about it until someone else says something so stupid i can't contain myself...)

nevertheless, the article above suggests the following quiz:

which of the following best describes "Archaeopteryx"?

(a) "the proto-bird Archaeopteryx"... bridged the gap between reptiles (probably dinosaurs) and today's birds.

(b)"We've got Archaeopteryx, an early whale that lived on land"

(hint: both appeared in one article, attributed to different, reputable, scientists, but one is almost certainly a typo by a scientifically-illiterate journalist)

BONUS: I will give a prize to anyone who posts, emails, or snail-mails a drawing of an animal that meets both descriptions.

ciao for now.

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At 8:20 AM, Zev said...: http://www.dinosauria.com/gallery/joe/archaeopteryx.jpg

I knew it was a bird before I Googled it, for the record.
At 8:55 AM, miriam said...: correct. although that's not "a drawing of an animal that meets both descriptions," so no prize, but thanks anyway.
for the record, i probably prefer the less-speculative, and much more famous picture:
http://www.nhm.org/journey/prehist/birds/archaeopteryx.html

google "archaeopteryx" in images (as i imagine you did) to see the variety of reconstructions and you'll see why sometimes the plain rocks are the best... ;)

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"Bother!" said Pooh, as he opened it. "All that wet for nothing. What's that bit of paper doing?" He took it out and looked at it. "It's a Missage," he said to himself, "that's what it is. And that letter is a 'P,' and so is that, and so is that, and 'P' means 'Pooh,' so it's a very important Missage to me, and I can't read it. I must find Christopher Robin or Owl or Piglet, one of those Clever Readers who can read things, and they will tell me what this missage means. Only I can't swim. Bother!" Then he had an idea, and I think that for a Bear of Very Little Brain, it was a good idea. He said to himself: "If a bottle can float, then a jar can float, and if a jar floats, I can sit on the top of it, if it's a very big jar." ... "All boats have to have a name," he said, "so I shall call mine The Floating Bear." And with these words he dropped his boat into the water and jumped in after it. For a little while Pooh and The Floating Bear were uncertain as to which of them was meant to be on the top, but after trying one or two different positions, they settled down with The Floating Bear underneath and Pooh triumphantly astride it, paddling vigorously with his feet.

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Thursday, April 06, 2006

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