Fiann On Instagram: “Here Is A Shot Along The Vertebral Column Of My Smallest Ichthyosaur Called Bella.

Helioceras Heteromorph Ammonite

Sittin at the desk

Zany zebra facts: 1) Each zebra has a unique stripe pattern—no two are alike. 2) A zebra’s eyesight at night is thought to be about as good as that of an owl. 3) Zebras have a pad of fat under their mane that keeps it standing straight up.

Thanks to Todd Lahman for the stunning shot of Zari the zebra.

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WHAT A JERK

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Ticks in amber that fed on dino blood

The 99 million year old fossilised tree sap from Burma has brought us several significant finds of late including a baby bird (see http://bit.ly/2C8DsW1) and some early avian wings (see http://bit.ly/2hpvCQK). Now some preserved remnants from a feathered dinosaur nest has revealed several parasitic ticks (a type of arachnid, related so spiders and scorpions) alongside a dinosaur feather (one clinging to it for dear life) and nest dwelling beetles, and several other fossilised ticks have appeared in material from the same location. The feather clinger was seemingly filled with dinosaur blood and swollen to 8 times its normal size after its final and fatal feast (named by the team Deinocroton draculi aka Dracula’s terrible tick). For those fans of Jurassic Park amongst our readers, I’ll just remind you of the unfortunate scientific fact that DNA simply does not survive that long except in the tiniest and hard to read dribs and drabs (at the very best, and even these prove highly contentious).

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