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November 2007 - Posts

• "Active Camouflage In A Snail"

  Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 28, 2007 4:51 PM by N. Sivasothi | 0 Comments [Edit] [Edit Tags]

• Giant Sea Scorpion Discovered; Was Bigger Than a Man

  Giant Sea Scorpion Discovered; Was Bigger Than a Man : " The 8-foot (2.5-meter) prehistoric predator is the biggest bug ever found, says a study of the beast's huge fossil claw. " (Via National Geographic News .) Read More... Posted Friday, November 23, 2007 3:04 PM by N. Sivasothi | 0 Comments [Edit] [Edit Tags]

• Evolution of beer

  Hmm..Abigayle has posted an "evolution of beer-drinkers" video over at the Biodiversity blog for the first years. Since I think I saw gliding mammals, I am posting it here! Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 13, 2007 1:26 PM by N. Sivasothi | 0 Comments [Edit] [Edit Tags]

• Wallace's "Flying" Frog

  Click to read more about Wallace's Flying Frog on Nick Baker's Ecology Asia. Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 13, 2007 11:22 AM by N. Sivasothi | 0 Comments [Edit] Filed under: glider [Edit Tags]

• "Easy Glider"

  Here is an easy read - an article on research on gliding animals, see: "Easy glider," by Adrienne Davich, ?2006. Berkeley Science Review, 11: 41-43. This was first reported in Berkeley Science Review in 2005 . Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 07, 2007 2:07 AM by N. Sivasothi | 0 Comments [Edit] Filed under: glider [Edit Tags]

• Jake Socha's "Flying" Snake webpage

  "...they're able to take to the air by jumping from the tree, flattening the entire body, and gliding or parachuting to the ground or another tree." Check out his webpage and the videos there which were shot in Faculty of Science, NUS. Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 07, 2007 2:04 AM by N. Sivasothi | 0 Comments [Edit] Filed under: gider [Edit Tags]

• NatGeo (12 Jun 2007) - "Prehistoric Gliding Lizard Discovered in U.S."

  Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 07, 2007 1:25 AM by N. Sivasothi | 0 Comments [Edit] Filed under: glider [Edit Tags]

• New York Times on Gliding ants!

  "Wingless Gliders May Reveal the Origins of Insect Flight," by Elizabeth Svoboda. New York Times, 04 Apr 2006. [ link ] More information and videos at Steve Yanoviak's Gliding Ants webpage. Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 07, 2007 1:05 AM by N. Sivasothi | 0 Comments [Edit] Filed under: glider [Edit Tags]

• Appearances

  Dove's advertisement from 2006 is an interesting video in light of the symmetry tutorial you all did at the zoo. See "Dove ad viewed more than 3 million times on YouTube." Wikinews, 04 Nov 2006. The original video can be viewed and downloaded at Dove's Read More... Posted Monday, November 05, 2007 11:07 PM by N. Sivasothi | 0 Comments [Edit] Filed under: symmetry [Edit Tags]