Stone Cold Dis

Photo of Keith Parkins by Keith Parkins 2006.

Hey, the Neurophilosopher has compiled a list of natural history weblogs. Notice any glaring omissions. Like, um, somewhere near the middle of this list?

Bah, well it’s a good list anyway packed with a lot of personal favorites and some new gems. Any of which might be the next Gilbert White or whatever.

cheers.

Snatch Bat

Habilidades Força: +7; Combate: +3; Esquiva: 2½; Salto: +11; Natação: +3; Furtividade: +5; Corrida: +12; Preparo Físico: +5; Caça: +3.

Sorry about that title, I couldn’t resist. Given the popularity of a previous microecos post about a Mesoamerican deity, I feel compelled to engage in a bit of rampant parablogging and direct my loyal readers toward Darren Naish’s recent post about extinct giant vampire bats and the vampire headed mayan ‘demon’ Camazotz. It’s part of a larger series about sanguivory.

Sweet dreams, don’t let the Desmodontids bite!

Postscript:

It was when they were sentenced to the Bat House, they made their first mistake, in accordance with their destiny. Hunahpu decided to peek outside the blowgun and see if it was morning yet. When he did so, a bat sliced off his head and it went rolling out onto the ballcourt of Xibalba. His brother called all the animals together, asking each to bring its favorite food. The coati brought a squash, and with the help of the gods this became a new head for Hunahpu. Meanwhile the Twins told a rabbit to hide outside the ballcourt. (source: mythweb.com)

Were first nation Americans carving squash-heads long before the import of European Samhain traditions?

Blasé Feathered Tyro

 

Photo: J & S S INTERNATIONAL, INC., DBA Kokoro Dinosaurs Copyright 2006

Microecos is nothing if not loose with the English language. Even so “feathered dinosaurs are relatively blasé” seems an especially exapt case of modifier mis-use.

For those awaiting the follow-up phugoid post: if you think I’m stalling… well, you’re right. But as we’re soon to see, stalling well is a very important skill.

Kokoro persists while Dinamation goes extinct. Selection or stochasm?