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Laelaps

  1. Andrewsarchus always reminded me of Gmork youtu.be/VmqQc-QOfTc RT @SFriedScientist I like to pretend that Andrewsarchus was named after me. about 1 hour ago via web in reply to SFriedScientist
  2. Cracked picks 8 nightmarish prehistoric predators bit.ly/KZgNtr (Though, sadly, no Amphicyon or Andrewsarchus.) about 1 hour ago via web
  3. What did Stegosaurus dream of? Flying bit.ly/M77MUv about 2 hours ago via web
  4. What really formed dinosaur bonebeds bit.ly/Lg8fi7 about 2 hours ago via web
  5. As @traceyswit said when she handed me the bag, "I don't know why, but they're dinosaur cherries." twitter.com/Laelaps/status… about 3 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone
  6. .@DrHanneke Haha. Well, I will soon enough. As soon as I wrap this one up, it will be time to start pitching the next one :) about 4 hours ago via web in reply to DrHanneke
  7. .@DrMRFrancis Yeah. Hard to tell how it will all end up. 'Written in Stone' also had a different original title, iirc about 4 hours ago via web in reply to DrMRFrancis
  8. .@DrMRFrancis Titles are tough. I went through over 100 different candidates for this one! about 4 hours ago via web in reply to DrMRFrancis
  9. .@DrMRFrancis Yup. I liked 'A Date With a Dinosaur',but not everyone was as happy with it. Settled on 'My Beloved Brontosaurus' as new title about 4 hours ago via web in reply to DrMRFrancis
  10. .@Ichnologist @VaranusSalvator Good idea. While we're it it, might as well run Stegosaurus wind tunnel tests like they did for Microraptor about 4 hours ago via web in reply to Ichnologist
  11. One week left to finish writing draft two of 'My Beloved Brontosaurus.' Eep. about 4 hours ago via web
  12. Weirdest dinosaur restoration, ever - The gliding Stegosaurus blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2012/… @smithsonianmag about 7 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone
  13. .@David_Dobbs I have to be nice to the cats. They outnumber me four to one. about 19 hours ago via web in reply to David_Dobbs
  14. By this measure, my cats are extremely well-behaved - A quick guide to cat etiquette bit.ly/JNxloy about 19 hours ago via web
  15. Arrested development - birds have juvenile dinosaur skulls bit.ly/N55Mcm @SmithsonianMag 11:09 AM May 29th via web
  16. Paleontologists ready to excavate juvenile Pentaceratops. Dinosaur will help answer questions about ceratopsid growth bit.ly/LEkl3d 9:17 AM May 29th via web
  17. Twitchy whiskers help dormice navigate what they climb bbc.in/M0KCzb ht @AnnFinkbeiner 8:02 AM May 29th via web
  18. .@edyong209 @AnnFinkbeiner Nor I. Very straightforward story. Not "Adorable whisking mice with save the world with cutez! Awww" 7:59 AM May 29th via web in reply to edyong209
  19. .@AnnFinkbeiner @edyong209 Only debunking never seems to get the same attention as the OMGOMG part... 7:54 AM May 29th via web in reply to AnnFinkbeiner
  • Name Brian Switek
  • Location Salt Lake City, Utah
  • Web http://brianswite...
  • Bio Distant cousin of T. rex, freelance science writer, author of 'Written in Stone' and 'My Beloved Brontosaurus' (due 2013 SciAm/FSG)
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