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December 28, 2021
photographer: Michelle Lynn Fritz
photographer: Hope Carter
photographer: Hope Carter
photographer: Hope Carter
photographer: Hope Carter
PIC BY Don Komarechka / Caters news
PIC BY Don Komarechka / Caters news
Dry ice freezes soap bubbles, forming frost patterns. (photo: Julian Schmuckli)
Photos: Ice Crystals Form on Frozen Bubbles
photographer: Michelle Lynn Fritz
photographer: Hope Carter
photographer: Hope Carter
photographer: Hope Carter
photographer: Hope Carter
PIC BY Don Komarechka / Caters news
PIC BY Don Komarechka / Caters news
Dry ice freezes soap bubbles, forming frost patterns. (photo: Julian Schmuckli)
December 24, 2021
Dec 22, 2021
Animated life reconstruction of a close-to-hatching oviraptorosaur dinosaur embryo, based on the new specimen Baby Yingliang.
Video Credit: Lida Xing
Excerpt:
A 72 to 66-million-year-old embryo found inside a fossilised dinosaur egg sheds new light on the link between the behaviour of modern birds and dinosaurs, according to a new study.
The embryo, dubbed Baby Yingliang, was discovered in the Late Cretaceous rocks of Ganzhou, southern China and belongs to a toothless theropod dinosaur, or oviraptorosaur. Among the most complete dinosaur embryos ever found, the fossil suggests that these dinosaurs developed bird-like postures close to hatching.
Scientists found the posture of Baby Yingliang unique among known dinosaur embryos its head lies below the body, with the feet on either side and the back curled along the blunt end of the egg. Previously unrecognised in dinosaurs, this posture is similar to that of modern bird embryos.
In modern birds, such postures are related to tucking a behaviour controlled by the central nervous system and critical for hatching success. After studying egg and embryo, researchers believe that such pre-hatching behaviour, previously considered unique to birds, may have originated among non-avian theropods.
https://www.geologypage.com/2021/12/exquisitely-preserved-embryo-found-inside-fossilized-dinosaur-egg.html
Preserved embryo found inside fossilized dinosaur egg - 'Baby Yingliang' animated reconstruction
Dec 22, 2021
Animated life reconstruction of a close-to-hatching oviraptorosaur dinosaur embryo, based on the new specimen Baby Yingliang.
Video Credit: Lida Xing
Excerpt:
A 72 to 66-million-year-old embryo found inside a fossilised dinosaur egg sheds new light on the link between the behaviour of modern birds and dinosaurs, according to a new study.
The embryo, dubbed Baby Yingliang, was discovered in the Late Cretaceous rocks of Ganzhou, southern China and belongs to a toothless theropod dinosaur, or oviraptorosaur. Among the most complete dinosaur embryos ever found, the fossil suggests that these dinosaurs developed bird-like postures close to hatching.
Scientists found the posture of Baby Yingliang unique among known dinosaur embryos its head lies below the body, with the feet on either side and the back curled along the blunt end of the egg. Previously unrecognised in dinosaurs, this posture is similar to that of modern bird embryos.
In modern birds, such postures are related to tucking a behaviour controlled by the central nervous system and critical for hatching success. After studying egg and embryo, researchers believe that such pre-hatching behaviour, previously considered unique to birds, may have originated among non-avian theropods.
https://www.geologypage.com/2021/12/exquisitely-preserved-embryo-found-inside-fossilized-dinosaur-egg.html
December 18, 2021
Photos: Michigan Doctor: 'Bernie, what are you doing here?!'
@fshakir
We were driving around Michigan yesterday and Bernie Sanders saw a community health center Cherry Health MI and wanted to pop in.
Doctor: Bernie, what are you doing here?!
Just wanted to thank you for the work youre doing and hear from you"
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@fshakir
Bernie Sanders standing with the striking Kellogg's workers in Michigan and going to the picket lines
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