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Smilodon: The Iconic Sabertooth
Smilodon: The Iconic Sabertooth I recently bought this book (with my own money, this is an impartial review: I can’t be bought, man!). “Smilodon” is somewhat of a companion volume to another recent-ish release, namely “The Other Saber-tooths: Scimitar-tooth Cats … Continue reading
A whorl of difference
C’mon. Hop on into the Beastmobile. Have you been to the loo? Have you charged your phone ok? I’ve got snacks, we can have lunch in this utterly gorgeous wee pub I know. Right then, off we go. I’m taking … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Holocene, Ireland, Mesolithic, Mollusca, Neolithic, Pleistocene, snail
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Impressions
[The following autobiographical short was my submission to the Hugh Miller writing competition 2017-2018 for which I received runner-up prize in prose.] I was about six years old when I first tried to listen to the past. Holding a fossil … Continue reading
Sabertooth
[This review was written in 2014, when the book first came out] I recently read “Sabertooth” by Mauricio Anton. Obviously given my interests, this was one book I had to treat myself to. Anton and Turner’s “Big cats and their … Continue reading
Lost Animals
[This book review was written when the book was first published] I’ve been a big fan of Errol Fuller’s thoughtful prose for about 13 years. When I was finishing my undergraduate degree I had my imagination fired by reading some … Continue reading
Posted in Extinction, Uncategorized
Tagged Dodo, Extinction, great auk, Huia, moa, Quagga, Solitaire bird, Steller's sea cow, Thylacine, Thylacinus cynocephalus
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Island hopping hippos
My mum passed away suddenly at the beginning of January. It was a huge shock. It still is a huge shock. It still doesn’t seem real that I will never see her again. Life is so fragile. I wish there … Continue reading
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Tagged Choeropsis liberiensis, Cretan Dwarf Hippopotamus, Cretan Dwarf Mammoth, European Hippopotamus, Giant Maltese Dormouse, Hippo, Hippopotamus, Hippopotamus amphibius, Hippopotamus antiquus, Hippopotamus Creutzurgi, Hippopotamus laloumerna, Hippopotamus lemerlei, Hippopotamus madagascariensis, Hippopotamus melitensis, Hippopotamus minor, Hippotamus Polka, Homo floresiensis, Mammoth, Pygmy Hippopotamus, Sardinian Dwarf Mammoth, Taweret
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“Nice Beaver!” (redux)
Beavers! Majestic dam makers of Canada. Living on a diet of maple syrup and poutine. Probably. I don’t know. Much bigger in the past, North America had Castoroides ohioensis, the giant beaver. As big as a bear. With its razor … Continue reading
Posted in Giant Beaver, Uncategorized
Tagged Castor, Castoroides ohioensis, Europe, Giant Beaver, Pleistocene, Pliocene, teeth, Trogontherium, UK
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