Tag: conservation
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Interview with a dancing scientist
Our interview with Cedric Tan, famous for dancing his PhD thesis topic. We featured Cedric earlier here at the bloog because he made a dance out of his graduate studies on fruit flies and … chickens – also known as ‘red jungle fowl’. And it was excellent! He is currently a PhD student at the…
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The Year of Living… Not Like a Turtle
What do we know about turtles? Hard shell to protect the body. Check. Four legs that don’t move so fast. Check. Able to retreat into the shell for protection from outside forces that wish to do it hard. Check. Un-check?
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Duck Duck Goose | Rabbit Rabbit Turtle.
Bonjour kids! I have a question. What year is this? a) Some people call it 2011. let me guess, 2011 is going to offer a bunch of Happy Meal toys b) But other people call it the Year of the Turtle.
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Contest! You know that turtle you’ve always wanted to draw?
I’m re-posting this so that it stands out on its own. The Department of Environmental Protection in Connecticut is having an art contest for kids! You don’t even have to live in Connecticut to enter the contest! All children from kindergarten through fifth grade are eligible to enter an original drawing, painting, or sketch of…