Category Archives: A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words

Ferns

Posted on June 19, 2008 by Bora Zivkovic | 2 comments

Five species of ferns, happily cohabitating in a single large flowerpot on my porch – I have four other species, but those appear to be happier when kept seperately, one in each pot:

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LOL PLoS

Posted on June 2, 2008 by Bora Zivkovic | 1 comment

First LOL PLoS images are now on Flickr and Facebook. If you use the correct tag in Flickr, yours will be added to the set. Please link to the original paper when you do this.

Posted in A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words, Fun, Humor, PLoS

Is there a herpetologist in the house?

Posted on April 27, 2008 by Bora Zivkovic | 2 comments

My kum Miroslav (see previous posts just below) has taken a picture of this lizard, which is quite common in Nigeria. This is a male (females are more drab and single-colored) and it is about 0.5 meters long (20 inches). What is the common name and the Latin name of this lizard? Please tell me in the comments:

EuroTrip ’08 – the Cromer menagerie

Posted on April 14, 2008 by Bora Zivkovic | 2 comments

The weekend at La Maison de Girrafes was absolutely brilliant. Henry and I could not stop talking for two straight days. We tried to elicit the End Of The Universe by starting a cycle of infinite regress by repeatedly linking to each other’s blog posts, but something went wrong with our plan and, voila, you are all still alive and well, I see.
Every time we walked out, the Sun started shining. As soon as we would go back inside, it would get dark and start storming, raining and hailing. Thus, the opportunities to take pictures of the entire menagerie were rare and brief, and I missed them of course. But, let it be in the domain of orally-transmitted legends that, yes, there are four chickens there, and four Guinea pigs, two fresh clutches of frog eggs in the pond, two elegant yet elusive cats, the famous Beelzebun Demon Bunny of *DOOM*, Heidi the digginest dog and Sid the about-to-shed-his-skin snake. I saw them all with my own lying eyes. And in the end, I managed to take the pictures of the two hamsters – I think Nippy is the one who is sleeping:

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EuroTrip ’08 – Sid

Posted on April 13, 2008 by Bora Zivkovic | Comments Off

Another member of the Gee menagerie:

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EuroTrip ’08 – Cromer: Heidi the dog

Posted on April 12, 2008 by Bora Zivkovic | 3 comments

Yes, it is possible to get non-blurry pictures of Henry’s lovely dog:

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Mixed cats

Posted on March 6, 2008 by Bora Zivkovic | Comments Off

More under the fold….

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Orange Julius

Posted on March 6, 2008 by Bora Zivkovic | 1 comment

More under the fold…

Marbles

Posted on March 6, 2008 by Bora Zivkovic | Comments Off

More under the fold….

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Biscuit

Posted on March 6, 2008 by Bora Zivkovic | 4 comments

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Happy New Year!

Posted on December 31, 2007 by Bora Zivkovic | 2 comments

Marbles in the sink

Posted on December 30, 2007 by Bora Zivkovic | 2 comments

Orange Julius

Posted on December 13, 2007 by Bora Zivkovic | 5 comments

And here is the little orange prince:

More pictures under the fold….

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Biscuit

Posted on December 13, 2007 by Bora Zivkovic | 2 comments

It’s been ages since I posted a picture of my oldest cat, the Queen of our household:

Let the sleeping cats lie

Posted on November 3, 2007 by Bora Zivkovic | 4 comments

Marbles and Orange Julius (under the fold):

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Nesting

Posted on October 25, 2007 by Bora Zivkovic | 1 comment

Biscuit and Marbles:

Posted in A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words, Personal

Sea Cucumber – the Ultimate Phallic Symbol!

Posted on October 22, 2007 by Bora Zivkovic | 6 comments

Why is it that there is no way to even mention anything about sea cucumbers without giggling and the thinly-veiled sexual innuendo? Seeing them, as a kid, on the floor of the crystal-clear waters of the Adriatic sea, my thoughts mainly went toward scatological…

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How could I resist….

Posted on September 27, 2007 by Bora Zivkovic | 7 comments

…taking pictures of Marbles and Orange Julius a minute ago – aren’t they sweet?

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Marbles and Orange Julius

Posted on September 25, 2007 by Bora Zivkovic | 4 comments

These were taken the day after the pseudo-move, as soon as the cats came back from a weekend at the vet. Biscuit was hiding, but the other two explored the new environs:

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Leave No Rock Unturned

Posted on August 23, 2007 by Bora Zivkovic | 2 comments

On September 2nd this year go out somewhere: into your backyard, or the woods, or the bottom of the sea, and turn a rock or two or three. Take pictures of what you find underneath. Perhaps you’ll find earthworms, or pillbugs, or beetles. Or a starfish. Maybe even a snake. Perhaps even a snake guarding the entrance to Dick Cheney’s Undisclosed Location. If you turn a rock in Iraq and find WMDs please let us all know as that would be the biggest scoop in the history of the blogosphere (good luck with that one, though).
The idea was hatched by Dave Bonta, Fred Garber and Bev Wigney. Dave explains in detail.
Post your pictures on your blog and send Bev the URL, or post them on this Flickr tag, or send them to Bev at bev (at) magickcanoe (dot) com (with “Rock Flipping” in the subject line). Then sit back and watch the collection grow. See what others find under the rocks on that day. Post a link on your blog as well.

Posted in A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words, Blogging, Environment

Frogs

Posted on August 20, 2007 by Bora Zivkovic | 1 comment

Here (under the fold) are some pictures of the frogs from the American Museum of Natural History

Building with flimsy materials….

Posted on July 15, 2007 by Bora Zivkovic | 1 comment

…in an earthquake zone, is bad policy, I think, but Janet did it nonetheless:

Tiger coprolites

Posted on July 15, 2007 by Bora Zivkovic | 1 comment

…are a great teaching tool for Janet.

Coprolites

Posted on July 15, 2007 by Bora Zivkovic | 1 comment

One can tell a lot about an animal from what comes out the other end…of a giraffe, in this case.

Thinking outside the box

Posted on July 15, 2007 by Bora Zivkovic | Comments Off

That’s what philosophers do.

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Brain

Posted on July 15, 2007 by Bora Zivkovic | Comments Off

Observed

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Sometimes Gravity Wins…

Posted on July 15, 2007 by Bora Zivkovic | 1 comment

Janet, here…

Philosophy is a Balancing Act

Posted on July 15, 2007 by Bora Zivkovic | 3 comments

…and Janet is good at it:

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Reptiles above Berkeley

Posted on July 15, 2007 by Bora Zivkovic | 3 comments

In the biology room…

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Philosopher, above us mere mortals

Posted on July 15, 2007 by Bora Zivkovic | Comments Off

Janet, an adult primate observed in juvenile behavior.

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Now I’m a Believer!

Posted on July 15, 2007 by Bora Zivkovic | 2 comments

After all, it was exhibited at a science museum…

Climb on a short snippet of Alpha-Amylase

Posted on July 15, 2007 by Bora Zivkovic | Comments Off

Here

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The Philosopher Does Not Like Getting Harnessed

Posted on July 15, 2007 by Bora Zivkovic | 1 comment

Janet, hoping to join the circus (outside of Academia).

Human Primate Juvenile Behavior

Posted on July 15, 2007 by Bora Zivkovic | Comments Off

The evolutionary relationship is apparent.

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A Mastodon

Posted on July 15, 2007 by Bora Zivkovic | 1 comment

Greeting the visitors.

Posted in A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words, Paleontology, Science Education

Axolotl

Posted on July 15, 2007 by Bora Zivkovic | 1 comment

One of my favourite animals, seen here.