Tag Archives: William Boyd Dawkins

A Very English Panda

I was always rather glad that the delightful cartoon Kung Fu Panda gave suitable publicity to the Red Panda. Veteran actor Dustin Hoffman voiced the feisty little martial arts maestro of the film and I know from my own daughter … Continue reading

Posted in Red Panda | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 7 Comments

The forgotten sabretooth

If the Pleistocene megafauna held a popularity contest then I’m certain that some species would pop up more than others. The woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius), the giant ground sloth (Megatherium americanum) and sabretooth cat (Smilodon fatalis) are probably the gold, silver, … Continue reading

Posted in Sabre tooth Cat | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 21 Comments