I kind of started this blog at an odd time during the year. Winter.
Fort McMurray winter's are a harsh thing. -40 degrees celsius, 4 feet of snow, blistering wind chills. Hardly the appropriate weather for (outdoor) entomology, which is something i'm very interested in currently.
Due to this, I may not post very often until the snow begins to break through.
I have one thing of good news though. I recently found out that Keyano (the College where I am doing my University Studies) is offering an Invertebrate Zoology course (Zoology 250) and that will be taught by my current Biology 108 instructor.
He informed me that we may do some exciting field work, like taking an ice auger onto the Snye and seeing if we can find any over-wintering insects, which I will take pictures of, as well as a possible field trip to the Royal Tyrell museum in Drumheller, Alberta, which I'll also take photos of.
Goodnight.
Science Joke
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Q: What is a homosexual geneticist's favourite thing in the world?
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A: Designer Jeans
Har. Har. Har.
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A: Designer Jeans
Har. Har. Har.
A Nice Find
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Last week in my Biology lab we were doing a dissection on Eumatazoans. My instructor decided to dissect a cat and show us how the lungs work.
The cats are harvested from Mexico City and are strays, which are vastly overrunning the city.
While dissecting, one of my classmates asked him to open the stomach in which he found several dozen worms. Generally they were about half an inch in length with light brownish bodies and a darker brown "head", though the colours may have been a result of the preservation fluid. I'm not sure what species they were though.
It makes me wonder what other parasites could be found in its body. Tapeworms, Spiny-headed worms, Hook Worms, Heart Worms, Flukes? Directly after he found those worms, I started looking for parasites in the intestines of a Dog Shark but to no avail.
Pictures may come later.
The cats are harvested from Mexico City and are strays, which are vastly overrunning the city.
While dissecting, one of my classmates asked him to open the stomach in which he found several dozen worms. Generally they were about half an inch in length with light brownish bodies and a darker brown "head", though the colours may have been a result of the preservation fluid. I'm not sure what species they were though.
It makes me wonder what other parasites could be found in its body. Tapeworms, Spiny-headed worms, Hook Worms, Heart Worms, Flukes? Directly after he found those worms, I started looking for parasites in the intestines of a Dog Shark but to no avail.
Pictures may come later.
Crocodyliforms
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These are some recent prehistoric crocodyliforms that were found in the Sahara and were featured on National Geographic, and the Discovery Channel's "Daily Planet" that I really like the art for:
Araripesuchus rattoides - "Rat Croc"
Anatosuchus minor - "Duck Croc"
Kaprosuchus saharacus - "Boar Croc"
Araripesuchus wegeneri - "Dog Croc"
These four were discovered in the same rock bed as Sarcosuchus imperator ("Super Croc"), as well as a fifth that I don't have art for; Laganosuchus thaumastos ("Pancake Croc"). If you'd like to read more go here, or here. Out of all of them I have to say my favourite is A. minor.
Art by Todd Marshall
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