Thursday, May 12, 2005
Wil likes sploid, the new online tabloid from gawker. I haven't formed an opinion yet,
but it seems like the way to go. Zero overhead, lowest common denominator,...profit.
example:
Extinct rodent rediscovered, tasted like chicken.
update from slashdot:
Yes, New Family/Genus/Species, total odd-ball (Score:5, Informative)
by billstewart (78916) Friend on Saturday May 14, @01:15AM (#12527240)
(http://idiom.com/~wcs | Last Journal: Thursday March 03, @12:08AM)
One of the articles quoted the guy saying, "we knew we had a really odd-ball rodent." Wikipedia [wikipedia.org] has already been updated to identify it as Family Laonastidae, Genus/Species "Laonastes aenigmamus". The Wikipedia author identifies the suborder as "Hystricognathi"; one of the news articles suggested that Timmons thinks that Laonstes may be an early ancestor of that suborder, but that's filtered through reporter-speak.
An article predating this discovery lists 29 Families of Rodentia [uvm.edu]. The Old-World Hystricognathi include old-world porcupines, mole rats, cane rats, and Dssie rats; the New World families are a lot broader.
"Rodents of Unusual Size? I don't think they exist!*
Bill Stewart
Bill Stewart has been creating rodents of unusual size since about 1965.
He made a stuffed mouse for my sister that I liked so much, the next year he made twins, one for her, one for me. It was my favorite stuffed animal, up until I met gtbear.
* princess bride quote.
but it seems like the way to go. Zero overhead, lowest common denominator,...profit.
example:
Extinct rodent rediscovered, tasted like chicken.
update from slashdot:
Yes, New Family/Genus/Species, total odd-ball (Score:5, Informative)
by billstewart (78916) Friend on Saturday May 14, @01:15AM (#12527240)
(http://idiom.com/~wcs | Last Journal: Thursday March 03, @12:08AM)
One of the articles quoted the guy saying, "we knew we had a really odd-ball rodent." Wikipedia [wikipedia.org] has already been updated to identify it as Family Laonastidae, Genus/Species "Laonastes aenigmamus". The Wikipedia author identifies the suborder as "Hystricognathi"; one of the news articles suggested that Timmons thinks that Laonstes may be an early ancestor of that suborder, but that's filtered through reporter-speak.
An article predating this discovery lists 29 Families of Rodentia [uvm.edu]. The Old-World Hystricognathi include old-world porcupines, mole rats, cane rats, and Dssie rats; the New World families are a lot broader.
"Rodents of Unusual Size? I don't think they exist!*
Bill Stewart
Bill Stewart has been creating rodents of unusual size since about 1965.
He made a stuffed mouse for my sister that I liked so much, the next year he made twins, one for her, one for me. It was my favorite stuffed animal, up until I met gtbear.
* princess bride quote.
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