I might be less skeptical about the Obama Rhetoric below were it not for developments in the real world. This article from the San Francisco Chronicle may be the most horrifying yet: despite the so- called “Green” attitudes of California voters, apparently perceptions of what is “sanitary” trumps all sense of what is good for …
Author: Steve Bodio
Lane Batot on Trailhounds
Part 1, Trailhound tales In relating some of my experiences with my canine family members, I will start with my two trailhounds, as mention of them has been made on comments in past discussionsons this blog. I prefer the term “trailhounds” to “coonhounds”, which is how most people identify these scent hounds, if they can …
Why I have Been Busy
(In addition to paying (I hope) work:) Growing a bird from a fuzzball to an almost real bird: Growing a pup: Teaching the pup about birds: The bird (female3/4 Barb 1/4 Taita) is a natural chatterbox; not a food screamer– just vocal. Names have been selected by friends from all along the Barbary’s vast range; …
Caddis Art
Really! The French artist Hubert Duprat gave gold, turquoise, and other precious metals and stones, to caddis larvae to build their “houses. The results are astonishing. The article gets a bit into “artspeak” but it is worth a look. HT Malinda Chouinard.
The Mighty Tranter
While browsing at The Suburban Bushwacker I was introduced to a new blog With the unlikely name of Lone Star Parson. It seems SB and LSP were partners in a punk band years go before LSP became an Anglican priest and moved to Texas. Whether he was a gun nut in England or not, he …
A Guest Post
Introducing Lane Batot, who often comments, especially on dogs and domestication. I hope we will be seeing him here again! “With a diverse(some would say eccentric)interest and experiences with canines and the outdoors(usually combining the two in some fashion), and as a big fan of this blog, I have been invited to “guest-write”(not to be …
Mammoth Art
An incredible artifact, a piece of bone with an image of a mammoth carved in it, has been found in Vero Beach. It may be as old as 14,000 years. “No similar carved figure has ever been authenticated in the United States, or anywhere in this hemisphere. (Snip) “Etched into the bone by a highly …
Puppy Mills?
Gail Goodman sent this interesting essay from the UKC on “Puppy Mills” What are they? Should we even use the word? “Twenty years ago, animal activists created the phrase “puppy mill”. Back then, it was only applied to commercial breeders, and then only to those who were breaking the law by neglecting their dogs. In …
Early Learning Experiences?
Darren recently sent me a delightful photo of his baby daughter Emma perusing some new work by paleo- artist Luis Rey, a fine scene of a Deinonychus killing a Tenontosaurus (brother Will works on Legos in the background). Will she grow up to be a paleontologist or at least a naturalist? I find it quite …
Who Were the Cannibals?
More and more it has been suggested that we interacted little if at all with our close cousins the Neanderthals. Though there is still some controversy it mostly seems that we did not interbreed, finding each other too strange. Some have wondered, more in literature than in science, if the appearance of our hairier relaatives …