Tag Archives: whales
Introducing Indohyus
The land-based ancestor of whales : Nature News The teeth hint that the wading creature still preferred terrestrial plants over fish, indicating that it probably took to water to get away from predators rather than in search of food. (via … more…
Jeremy Harding: Call me Ahab
I’d intended to blog this a few days ago, but I must have been distracted by shiny things. Anyway – Jeremy Harding (not the comedian and Guardian columnist, another one) does an overview of current Melville commentary, featuring surrealistic descriptions … more…