by Anthony | Jan 10, 2017 | Biobullets
African elephant (Loxodonta africana) © Muhammad Mahdi Karim Animals too can be meristematic Meristematic tissues are best-known in plants and currently defined as restricted to plants. Similar tissues occur, however, in many animals, the clearest example being the...
by Anthony | Jan 8, 2017 | Biobullets
Heterohyrax brucei photo © Vladislav Jirousek Rock hyraxes know no way to gnaw Rock cavy (Kerodon rupestris) photo in the Public Domain The yellow-spotted rock hyrax of Africa is in many ways convergent with the rock cavy of South...
by Anthony | Jan 8, 2017 | Biobullets
Petrogale xanthopus photo © Peripitus Rock-wallaby is no marsupial klipspringer Oreotragus oreotragus photo © Neil Strickland The yellow-footed rock-wallaby and the Cape klipspringer are herbivores of similar body mass in habitats...
by Anthony | Jan 8, 2017 | Biobullets
Equus caballus photo in the Public Domain The improbable complexity of equid dentition Equus caballus skull photo © PD-self The teeth of the domestic horse are well-documented but poorly interpreted biologically. Instead of simply...
by Anthony | Jan 8, 2017 | Biobullets
Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris photo © Dario Sanchez Capybara: more than a giant guinea-pig The capybara is extreme in being the largest living rodent, but is even more extreme in its efficiency of food-processing. What is not generally...
