themanfromnantucket

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themanfromnantucket

9 years ago

The Art of Calligraphy

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i love this book a whole lot fun fact - i downloaded the entire thing if i recall correctly it was not difficult to find yup - just checked; it's the second hit on google if you just search the title calligraphy book david harris

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themanfromnantucket

9 years ago

As per tradition, I share this song on the first day of spring, and I shall, always.

ALWAYS.

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i can't -not- reblog this when it comes up on my dash... to clarify: i actually love pigeons but i also love morbid humor So Tom Lehrer poisoning pigeons in the park music

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themanfromnantucket

8 years ago

Reblog if you want a pun in your inbox

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yes always Pun inbox

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themanfromnantucket

9 years ago

Giant tegu lizard is warm-blooded, researchers discover

The animal's body temperature remains several degrees above burrow temperature during the reproductive season.

Salvator merianae, the black and white tegu, also called the Argentine giant tegu, is the largest species of tegu lizard and one of the largest lizards found in the Americas, measuring as much as 2 m in length. Moreover, at the time of writing, it is the only warm-blooded lizard known to science. The discovery of its enhanced capacity for heat production and conservation is an important contribution to our understanding of how endothermy may have evolved in the ancestors of mammals and birds (and dinosaurs).

This is the conclusion of a study conducted by Brazilian and Canadian biologists at São Paulo State University’s Bioscience Institute in Rio Claro, Brazil (IBRC-UNESP), with support from FAPESP, and published in Science Advances.

The study initially involved four tegus, two males and two females. They were kept in captivity, and their body temperatures and heart rates were continuously monitored for a year.

In fairness, this is a small sample size in term of individual animals

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what? tegu argentine tegu argentine black and white tegu Biology physiology science

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themanfromnantucket

9 years ago

When you neglect your emotions because you’re too busy with science.

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science is a cruel mistress why a mistress? i dont know who am i cheating on with science? am i married to some other discipline? how have i become trapped in such a pointless marriage? no wonder i'm having an affair with science and no wonder science is cruel; i won't (for whatever reason) divorce my other discipline despite the lack of passion what have i gotten myself into.... anyway science Pun sorta whatever

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