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		<title>The dangers of documentaries.</title>
		<link>http://reptilis.net/2009/12/16/the-dangers-of-documentaries/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:44:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just had to post a link to the current discussion on the treatment of science in current documentaries. SVPOW&#8217;s Matt Wedel was on the recent Discovery Channel docu-travesty: Clash of the Dinosaurs. While scientists who work with the media, have gotten used to having their data distorted a bit and hyperbolized for the alleged [...]
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		<title>New paper says dinosaurs were endomorphs.</title>
		<link>http://reptilis.net/2009/07/14/new-paper-says-dinosaurs-were-endomorphs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:59:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Endo-what now? Allow me to explain. If one studies physical fitness (academically, or practically), then one is bound to come across the three main human body types. The endomorph, mesomorph and ectomorph. Endomorphs are characterized by their ability to easily gain weight (be it fat, or muscle). Ectomorphs are characterized by their ability to easily [...]
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		<title>A critical evalution of Tianyulong confiusci &#8211; part 3: Plucking at the idea of feathered dinosaurs</title>
		<link>http://reptilis.net/2009/04/13/a-critical-evalution-of-tianyulong-confiusci-part-3-plucking-at-the-idea-of-feathered-dinosaurs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 02:14:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post took a little longer to get together than I expected. Much like the first installment of this series, I found myself writing more and more. This time, though, rather than bother with breaking the post up into a bunch of smaller sections, I&#8217;ve decided to just dump the whole thing online at once. [...]
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		<title>A critical evaluation of Tianyulong confiusci &#8211; part 2</title>
		<link>http://reptilis.net/2009/04/06/a-critical-evaluation-of-tianyulong-confiusci-part-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 05:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Continuing from yesterday, the following is what I garnered from the Tianyulong confiusci specimen announced last week. When looking at the fossil, a couple preliminary questions came to mind. Is the fossil real? Is the integument real feathers/protofeathers? Is the fossil real? The initial paper gives no mention of how the fossil was collected (i.e. [...]
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		<title>A critical evaluation of Tianyulong confiusci &#8211; part 1</title>
		<link>http://reptilis.net/2009/04/05/a-critical-evaluation-of-tianyulong-confiusci-part-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2009 20:15:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apologies to all for the delay between blog posts. It seems I really should avoid putting deadlines on these things, as every time I do so, something in real life pops up to divert my attention. I have since had the chance to examine the Tianyulong confiusci paper thoroughly.  My initial trepidations about the fossil [...]
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		<title>Feathers in ornithischians? Probably not.</title>
		<link>http://reptilis.net/2009/03/18/feathers-in-ornithischians-probably-not/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 02:16:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Easily the biggest news of the day is the finding of alleged &#8220;proto feathers&#8221; or &#8220;dino fuzz&#8221; in an ornithischian dinosaur. For the most part this quick post is just going to add to the echo chamber of Tianyulong confuciusi posts and link redirects that are currently popping up around the web. The news comes [...]
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		<title>Arctic dinosaurs special on NOVA</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 05:50:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Given all the recent stink over a certain other documentary, I&#8217;m not exactly itching to jump back into dino docs. Oh well. The Public Broadcasting Service&#8217;s long running series NOVA, has a new episode out, entitled Arctic Dinosaurs. The episode is about a particularly exciting find in Alaska, and its implications for our view on [...]
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		<title>JFC lockjaw</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 19:14:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jura</dc:creator>
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		<title>Jurassic (Bites) Club</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:03:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jura</dc:creator>
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		<title>The old grey sauropod just ain&#8217;t what she used to be.</title>
		<link>http://reptilis.net/2008/06/30/the-old-grey-sauropod-just-aint-what-she-used-to-be/</link>
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		<dc:creator>Jura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Actually, I&#8217;ve never thought that sauropods were grey. Mammals in general tend to be rather bland in their colour schemes. Reptiles don&#8217;t have that problem. With xanthaphores (yellow pigmented cells), erythrophores (red pigmented cells) iridophores (iridescent cells) and melanophores (dark pigmented cells), the range of colour available to reptiles, and by extension &#8211; dinosaurs, is [...]
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