by Anthony | Jun 15, 2020 | Countering Mumblebard
Common frog (Rana temporaria) © Jörg Hempel, via Wikimedia Commons A mutilator of more than just bamboos. Prof. Mumblebard claims: “Any species of mammal, bird, reptile or amphibian that eats mainly ants and termites deserves to be called myrmecophagous – a technical...
by Anthony | Jun 15, 2020 | Countering Mumblebard
Mitchell grass down, Wilson River Catchment © John Robert McPherson A mutilator of more than just bamboos. Prof. Mumblebard claims: “Mitchell grassland, the most extensive treeless grassland in Australia, is surprisingly poor in indigenous grazers. It is safe to...
by Anthony | Jun 15, 2020 | Countering Mumblebard
How to stay out of focus by gnu-immersion Photo by Uli Sauer Prof. Mumblebard claims: “As this photo in Ngorongoro Caldera shows, the plains zebra is attracted to gnus. The reason is that there is safety in numbers, the particular benefit being the vigilance of the...
by Anthony | Jan 5, 2020 | Biobullets
Nyamithi Hide, Ndumo Game Reserve, Maputaland, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa photo by Bernard Dupont An experiment in a tropical ecosystem Location: Ndumo Game Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa Ecosystems in Ndumo Game Reserve have been greatly distorted by humans,...
by Anthony | May 1, 2017 | Blog
If you haven’t found something strange during the day, it hasn’t been much of a day. ― John A. Wheeler …there’s no reason why scholarship can’t be as seriously playful as bubble-blowing. — Jonathon Keats A scientific training is a...
