Re: Blair Witch papers

[B tH <soylentgreenistrex@yahoo.com>]

Blair witch?  Eh?


--- On Mon, 9/7/09, Heinrich Mallison <heinrich.mallison@mfn-berlin.de> wrote:
 
> Feeding in Sphenodon, the tuatara of New Zealand, is of
> interest for several reasons. First, the modern animal is
> threatened by extinction, and some populations are in
> competition for food with Pacific rats. 

THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR AT LEAST TWO
DECADES NOW, CORRECT?  HAS ANY AGENCY 
TAKEN STEPS TO ENSURE THAT WE WON'T LOSE
THIS VITAL LINK TO THE DISTANT PAST? THE
LOSS OF ANY SPECIES IS TRAGIC (ALTHOUGH
EXTINCTION IS A PART OF THE HISTORY OF
THIS PLANET) - BUT CREATURES SUCH AS THIS
ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE DISAPPEARANCE
OF, SAY, A SPECIES OF RAT.  I'VE NEVER SEEN
ONE OF THESE IN A ZOO HERE.  LIKE THE MARINE
IGUANA, THIS IS ANOTHER FAVE RAVE.

 
> the technical stuff:
> 
> REMOTE SENSING APPLIED TO PALEONTOLOGY: EXPLORATION OF
> UPPER CRETACEOUS SEDIMENTS IN KAZAKHSTAN FOR POTENTIAL
> FOSSIL SITES

Another area of potentially untapped discovery
that due to the political situation, makes it 
very hazardous to work in the field.  If I were
a scientist I'd be loathe to work there without 
a platoon of armed guards around (hopefully
not walking over and destroying the fossils.)