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This module explores the basic relationships between life form and function of animals and plants.
October 2007 - Posts
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Watch the graviportal gait of the rhinoceros as she charges to chase off the land rover that has strayed too close to her young. Read More...
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PZ Myers who blogs at Pharyngula, wrote an amusing take on the Indo-Malayan mimic octopus in 2004 and included lots of photos and the lovely video footage I showed you in class. The interesting behaviour was reported by Mark Norman and colleagues in Norman, Read More...
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Chua Shuyi shares some excellent photos of her encounter with a Green Crested Lizard ( Bronchocela cristatella ). These phottos were taken just after the recent lecture on "Protection in Animals." She spotted the lizard on a grass patch along Kent Ridge Read More...
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Something else I mentioned today in the "Protection" lecture that I will talk about in detail during "Feeding": Schenk, S. C. & P. C. Wainwright, 2001. Dimorphism and the functional basis of claw strength in six brachyuran crabs. J. Zoology , 255 (1): Read More...
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Dramatic footage of seven lions attacking an elephant. Elephant VS 7 Lions - More amazing video clips are a click away "Lions and elephants generally keep their distance from each other. But in the dry season, roughly April through October, water becomes Read More...
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"A battle between a pride of lions, a herd of buffalo, and 2 crocodiles at a watering hole in South Africa's Kruger National Park while on safari." I had to post this up after finding out less than 10% the class has sen this. It has an excited commentary Read More...
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Shuhama et al., review Blanchard, D. C. & R. J. Blanchard, 1988. Ethoexperimental approaches to the biology of emotion. Annu Rev Psychol 39: 43-68. Its an interesting paper on applications to psychiatry. "The concept of levels of defense was originally Read More...
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I liked this succinct description so much I'm posting it here: "The metameric body plan observed in annelids, where the coelom is divided into similar parts or segments, was a major evolutionary advance. Components of all the major body systems, excretory, Read More...
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Janine Benyus on "12 sustainable design ideas from nature," TED Talks, Feb 2005. Posted Apr 2007. TED Talks describes Janine Benyus, author of the author of "Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature" as a science writer, innovation consultant and conservationist. Read More...
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When we talked about shapes in nature yesterday, the hexagon was a favourite, as the story of the bees honeycomb was fascinating. I was thus tickled to see this article in Science Daily earlier this year that described an "odd, six-sided, honeycomb-shaped Read More...
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"Pengujian Buluh Perindu." Uploaded by manigajah, 12 Sep 2006. Dear Students: A Shinmin Daily reporter visited me yesterday to interview me about buluh perindu ("bamboo of yearning"). This video from YouTube shows a thin piece of bamboo (probably lamina) Read More...
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