Re: questions for Witton & Naish: Azhdarchid Pterosaur Functional Morphology

[Colin McHenry <cmchenry@westserv.net.au>]

A Google news search seems to pick up a lot of media. You can also set
up a notification on a specific search.

Mark Witton wrote:
> "I am curious, though, to know which newspaper/websites have picked up
> the story.  I've seen several already, do you have a list?  I'd be
> curious to compare (in part to see how different popular sources portray
> pterosaur research)."
>
> I have considered doing a list, but there's still new reports of it
> coming out so I'll wait for it all to die down. It made the pages of
> several national papers over here (even the biggest selling tabloid in
> the country, which surprised us no end - how does a story about the
> feeding habits of a couple of pterosaurs end up in a newspaper normally
> only worried about topless women and sport?), _loads_ of news/science
> news sites, and a healthy section of the blogsphere picked it up, too.
> Oh, and we did several national and international radio interviews. 
>
>
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> Mark Witton
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