by Anthony | Jan 15, 2013 | Countering Mumblebard
Dietary specialisation is the clue to why greater kudus – despite exposing themselves in sparse dry vegetation – retain disruptive colouration typical of forest animals. Prof. Mumblebard claims: “Greater kudus are descended from forest-loving ancestors and...
by Anthony | Jan 11, 2013 | Biological Exposition
‘Pinna’ means feather in Latin, and yet it’s mammals, not birds, that have an ear pinna: that auricle projecting from each side of your head. Okay, so no bird has external ears like those of mammals, but is this a biological trivium or a real...
by Anthony | Jan 4, 2013 | Biological Exposition
English denies its prime animal species a name, showing the injustice of the vernacular. Mammalogists have no common or vernacular name for one of the most important animal species on Earth, Bos taurus. Why have we failed to name a species we humans ourselves created...
by Anthony | Dec 21, 2012 | Blog
The Bio-edge starts with the human body. So many enigmatic body parts to choose from: chin, appendix, eye whites, thumb, foot, penis, mammaries, sinuses, kidneys . . . No other species on Earth has a chin such as ours, and biologists can only surmise that this bony...
by Anthony | Nov 8, 2012 | Blog
Is there a reader who hasn’t scratched a head over the role of sodium in the human diet? The behaviour of Na in diet, health and ecology seems illogical. This is partly because sodium has an addictive aspect – and all addiction is paradoxical from an adaptive...
