Straight outta Pembroke (Maine).
Red anemone.
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Larval Old OneSea Cucumber and Chiton.
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Large Hermit Crab.
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Dinah gets pinned
From last spring’s Derby – came in the mail today. Good girl!
Three groups of three
Social insects.
- Six Legs Better – a history of myrmecology.
- The Superorganism – group-level evo strategies.
- Slant – social insects, info theory and echoes of Brunner’s great Stand on Zanzibar.
Tepuis.
- Lost Worlds of the Guiana Highlands. Outstanding – geology, history, biology and lots of gorgeous pictures.
- Climb to the Lost World – I need to read this. Among other things, it may stop me from thinking ‘Ben Nevis’ as soon as I hear Dr. MacInnes’ name (it’s a hell of a thing to be type-cast).
- The Lost World – the original trip to Maple White Land.
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The Ottoman Empire (and the world to its west).
- The Snake Stone (or The Janissary Tree or The Bellini Card) – great very-late Ottoman mystery.
- The Siege – on it’s way to me from #amazonfail (current events Twitter-joke).
- The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. Hurray for the Sultan’s cannons – I want one.
Water sounds
Peepers, Red-winged Blackbirds, Canadas, ducks (Mallards, I think – I lost them in the setting sun), Dinah’s bell and, if you listen closely towards the end, Great Blue Herons.
[audio:peepers.mp3]
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Hint for those with dogs – turn the volume down. Dinah is pissed that there are birds and a dog wearing her bell here in the office. Now, if she can just figure out where they are (and why she can’t smell them) there’ll be hell to pay.