Alien para-tetrapods of Snaiad
Back in June 2008, Nemo Ramjet launched the official website on Snaiad, one of humanity’s first off-world colonies. Snaiad’s spectacular wildlife has to be seen to be believed: I’ve been meaning to...
View ArticleThe ‘Birds Come First’ hypothesis of dinosaur evolution
A substantial amount of evidence demonstrates that birds are theropod dinosaurs, and that birds evolved during the Jurassic from small, feathered maniraptoran theropods closely related to...
View ArticleBirds Come First – oh no they don’t!
In the previous article we looked at the Birds Come First, or BCF, hypothesis. It goes without saying that BCF has not won acceptance in the community, nor – in fact – is it even familiar to the...
View ArticleRichard Dawkins and the crappy ‘humanoid dinosaurs’ that just won’t die
Regular readers will know that I’m not exactly a fan of the idea – discussed here and there in the technical (Russell & Séguin 1982, Russell 1987), popular (Hecht 2007, Socha 2008, Naish 2008) and...
View ArticleThe Tet Zoo guide to the creatures of Avatar
Tone and I recently went to see Avatar. I’ve been reading up on the movie for months and was really looking forward to seeing it. I mostly liked it, though did think it was a bit clichéd and...
View ArticleSquamozoic sneak-peek
Like it says. One day all will be revealed. Not yet. Thanks to Tim Morris
View ArticleThe science of Godzilla, 2010
The time has come to recycle this Tet Zoo classic, dating to February 2007 (it’s actually one of the oldest of Tet Zoo ver 2 articles). I’ve updated it a bit and have included new pics – enjoy! [image...
View ArticleThe anatomy of Zilla, the TriStar ‘Godzilla’
I recently posted an updated version of the ‘Science of Godzilla’ article, and what a great success it was. But I’m kicking myself, because I totally forgot something else I should have mentioned:...
View ArticleDixonian future animals of Brussels
I’ve just spent a few days at the Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique in Brussels, for theropod-related reasons. A great museum, with tons of excellent material on display. I just want...
View ArticleSquamozoic sneak-peek # 2
When unable to find time to do anything else, resort to posting Squamozoic sneak-peeks (previous example here)… This scene – ‘Riverbank ambush’ – features a giant macro-predatory amphisbaenian and some...
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