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Urban Forest: June 2013
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Saturday, June 8, 2013. The past few days of bad weather has taken its toll on our park trees. I was quite dismayed when I saw several uprooted trees in Punggol Park as I embarked on my weekend plant photography trip. Above is a. Which have been on that spot for many years, till now. This uprooted tree,. Its such a pity that these greenery which have been part of the park landscape for so many years is gone. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Feel free to email me from the address below. Species New to Science.
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Darwinian Left. Of all things evolved: Singpore Biodiversity Zodiac - Year of the Snake
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Friday, February 8, 2013. Singpore Biodiversity Zodiac - Year of the Snake. The Lunar New Year for the year of the snake is approaching, and many people are reading the traditional zodiac predictions on how their fortunes would turn and what lucky colours to wear. That and recent proposed land use plan of Singapore. Much thanks to friends who have given feedback on this. Happy Lunar New Year! Singapore Biodiversity Zodiac. Click for larger version. Rat] - Oriental house rat ( Rattus tanezumi. Singapore's...
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Darwinian Left. Of all things evolved: April 2010
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Wednesday, April 7, 2010. Onch slugs (family Onchidiidae) are a group of shell-less gastropod molluscs in the same class as the more familiar snails and slugs. However, they are mostly found in coastal habitats or in the inter-tidal area. One unique characteristic of onchs is that they breath air using a simple lung, unlike marine slugs such as nudibranchs that get oxygen via feathery gills. Hence, onchs are considered pulmonates (from the Latin word pulmonarius. Coupling in onchs is a strange affair....
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Darwinian Left. Of all things evolved: Life Saving 123: Marine Animal Defenses at Pulau Semakau
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Sunday, January 3, 2010. Life Saving 123: Marine Animal Defenses at Pulau Semakau. The most basic anti-predator defence has got to be fleeing. If you can't catch me, you can't eat me. Those that do that exceedingly well all eluded my capture on camera. The focus today will thus be on those that could not get away fast enough. If you cannot get away fast enough, then better hope that your enemies cannot see you. The hairy crab (. Sp) has a hard shell which it can retract fully into to protect its soft body.
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Darwinian Left. Of all things evolved: September 2013
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Saturday, September 7, 2013. Biogeography in popular culture - Katy Perry's Roar and Transitions Optical TVC. Popular culture usually has an interesting (and often unscientific) depiction of biodiversity. Most of the time, producers tend to take the kitchen-sink approach, where more species or the more iconic species, the better. This post developed from a rather short twitter post and is meant to take a fun, non-critical look at two memorable examples, one old and one current:. Katy Perry - Roar. 1 Tige...
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Darwinian Left. Of all things evolved: Estuarine Crocodile: An Ambush Predator
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Tuesday, February 9, 2010. Estuarine Crocodile: An Ambush Predator. Last month, Peiting of. The Simplicities in Life. Wrote about an estuarine crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) stalking a common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos). Since the crocodile did not end up with the bird in its jaws, it led to some speculation that it could have been just on its way up to its favourite busking spot. It seemed that the crocodile's prediction was right and the sandpiper passed right in front of the crocodile. A few mo...
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Darwinian Left. Of all things evolved: February 2013
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Friday, February 8, 2013. Singpore Biodiversity Zodiac - Year of the Snake. The Lunar New Year for the year of the snake is approaching, and many people are reading the traditional zodiac predictions on how their fortunes would turn and what lucky colours to wear. That and recent proposed land use plan of Singapore. Much thanks to friends who have given feedback on this. Happy Lunar New Year! Singapore Biodiversity Zodiac. Click for larger version. Rat] - Oriental house rat ( Rattus tanezumi. Singapore's...
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Darwinian Left. Of all things evolved: Onch Slugfest
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Wednesday, April 7, 2010. Onch slugs (family Onchidiidae) are a group of shell-less gastropod molluscs in the same class as the more familiar snails and slugs. However, they are mostly found in coastal habitats or in the inter-tidal area. One unique characteristic of onchs is that they breath air using a simple lung, unlike marine slugs such as nudibranchs that get oxygen via feathery gills. Hence, onchs are considered pulmonates (from the Latin word pulmonarius. Coupling in onchs is a strange affair....
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Darwinian Left. Of all things evolved: January 2010
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Friday, January 15, 2010. Mangrove Plants 1: Getting to the root of things. Often, I get besieged by botanists (including closet botanists and ornithologists) due to my botanical inaptitude. So here I am atoning for my zoological bias and aversion to all things from kingdom Plantae. Here, conditions on the ground is mostly muddy and unstable with low oxygen and high salt content from the sea. This poses various challenges to plants - imagine living in salty quick sand! One such group is Rhizophora. The t...
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