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Linnaeus’ Legacy #12 – As Much Blog As A Koala Can Bear

by podblack on October 6, 2008

Being Australian, it’s wonderful to have bloggers reflect the diversity of species that I am fortunate enough to observe around me. I hope you enjoy the range available in these posts for the Linnaeus’ Legacy Blog Carnival! Do you relate to a story all about trying to find records on a particular Lycopersicon species… in [...]

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Movin’!

by podblack on July 12, 2008

Yes, I’m finally taking the plunge and moving the blog! But it’s all a bit of a higgledy at the moment and might be for a bit, so until then, you can entertain yourself with some David Attenborough on why he is an atheist. This is with big thanks to Protium the Heathen and the [...]

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Love With A Bouquet Of Cabbages

by podblack on February 14, 2008

The time has come, the cuttlefish said To post on many topics, On cats, and rats, and cabbages Of polar zones and tropics And why a website downloads fast When sent through fiber oppics. Okay, maybe not quite! But my friend Digital Cuttlefish writes of love on his blog site in celebration of not only [...]

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Linnaeus’ Legacy – Check it Out!

by podblack on January 7, 2008

Linnaeus’ Legacy # 3! Linnaeus’ Legacy is a monthly carnival celebrating the diversity of life on this planet, and the methods we use to understand it. Today it is hosted by Greg Laden and the home page for this carnival is here. Great reading! moar funny pictures

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The Specialness Of Species

by podblack on January 2, 2008

Nearly fifteen years ago, I began my first degree… in Agriculture. This always astonishes students, who expect their English teacher wouldn’t be able to give advice on Biology homework nor be able to rattle off the taxonomic ranks of ‘Kingdom-Phylum-Division-Class-Order-Family-Genus-Species’ on command. I changed my major for several reasons but did continue my interest in [...]

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