Mary’s Monday Metazoan: They don’t look a thing like mommy and daddy

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   A. R

   9 April 2012 at 5:08 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Some crustaceans, they need.

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   The Sailor

   9 April 2012 at 6:26 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Krill, baby krill!

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   feralboy12

   9 April 2012 at 6:33 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Ah, kids today. Their feathers are atrocious, their calls are just noise…what is the world coming to?
   Killed By Fish

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   Trebuchet

   9 April 2012 at 6:34 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Appears to be a flamingo day care. I saw Canada Geese doing that, in Stanley Park in Vancouver, BC. Probably 100 juveniles of all sizes surrounded by 8-12 adults watching them.

   You do have to wonder how the adults find the correct chick(s) when they get back.

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   evilDoug

   9 April 2012 at 10:58 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Stephen Jay Gould did an interesting essay on flamingos’ bills, some years back. I can’t remember if it was in one of his books or in Natural HIstory.

   ~~~
   Some small furry beastie kids (least weasels & their mom), via Mike the Mad Biologist:

   https://birdscalgary.wordpress.com/2011/10/26/weasel-wednesday-2/

   For some strange reason this is a secure site with mixed content. You need to allow all content to see the pictures.
   I’ve seen long tailed weasels and mink in Fish Creek Park, but never least weasels.

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   sawells

   10 April 2012 at 4:11 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Since we found out that birds are dinosaurs, I find herds of them more interesting. I can pretend they’re actually hadrosaurs.

   Yesterday our daughter (not yet two) pointed at a cookie in the shape of a triceratops and said “Dinosaur!” So proud :)

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   KG

   10 April 2012 at 5:08 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Stephen Jay Gould did an interesting essay on flamingos’ bills, some years back. I can’t remember if it was in one of his books or in Natural HIstory. – evilDoug

   Both: most of his books were recycled Natural History essays. The one on the flamingo is, unsurprisingly, in The Flamingo’s Smile.

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   grumpypathdoc

   10 April 2012 at 3:24 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Sir, more crustaceans please.