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Susan Elaine Jones
- Mar 16, 2019
- 3 min
Unlikely flights
This week I went to a talk at Zoology on Palaeognaths. (I spent much of the week guessing what Palaeognaths were... I knew I'd seen the...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Oct 11, 2018
- 2 min
Art still isn't easy
Today I am happy to share some animals from Conrad Gesner's "Icones Animalium". This delight from 1553 (reprinted in 1560 by popular...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- May 25, 2018
- 3 min
Bulletproof Armadillo?
Having spent a lot of time in the newly re-opened Zoology Museum, I have recently been looking at Armadillos. Googling them, I see one of...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Feb 7, 2018
- 1 min
Frog pants
Just a quick one today as a bit under the weather. Radio Four (or "the wireless" to many of us who never tune in to any other channel)...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Sep 19, 2017
- 2 min
An Atlantis for Octopuses
Blog been slow as I've been ill, and I've still got the wonders of the Open Cambridge display at the Whipple to share. But not today....
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Oct 27, 2016
- 3 min
No boner jokes please
This week, I have mostly been pondering the baculum. A wonderful friend, "glidergoth", brought me one as a present from her trip to the...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Aug 19, 2016
- 1 min
Getting wet at OUMNH
After many hours scouring the databases and determining what was special about this museum's stores, I spent a wonderful morning...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Jul 12, 2016
- 1 min
Spin the skull game
D'Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum in Dundee is one of many museums on my bucket list to visit. It's not the best, or the most comprehensive...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Nov 20, 2015
- 1 min
Skulls with soul
Some bones just give you a look. It is often the primates, but some skulls seemespecially expressive, and just catch your attention. This...
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