Wild Things:
Life as We Know It
Octopuses, Dinosaurs, Pandas and More...
- By Abby Callard, T.A. Frail, Megain Gambino, Abigail Tucker, Sarah Zielinski
- Smithsonian magazine, February 2010
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Additional Sources
“Female giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) chirps advertise the caller’s fertile phase,” Benjamin D. Charlton et al., Proceedings of the Royal Society B, December 2, 2009.
“Kin recognition: Competition and cooperation in Impatiens (Balsaminaceae), Guillermo P. Murphy and Susan A. Dudley, American Journal of Botany, October 23, 2009.
“A Complete Skeleton of a Late Triassic Saurischian and the Early Evolution of Dinosaurs,” Sterling J. Nesbitt et al., Science, December 11, 2009.
“Contemporary Evolution of Reproductive Isolation and Phenotypic Divergence in Sympatry along a Migratory Divide,” Gregor Rolshausen et al., Current Biology, December 29, 2009.
“Defensive tool use in a coconut-carrying octopus,” Julian K. Finn et al., Current Biology, December 15, 2009.
Giant pandas photo gallery at the Smithsonian National Zoological Park Web site.
Comments (2)
Not only is the Impatiens pallida known to show kinship with its siblings, White Pines grown on a hillside will alter their height so that the lower pines will grow larger than the pines on the up side of the hill but will reach the same height as those on the top of the hill. Either to ensure reproduction or to provide protection from strong wind gusts which could damage them.
Mown grasses wild or other wise including corn have also been known to also grow in a similar manner. The flowering grasses which have been mown will only reach a minimal height but will come to bloom at that level presumably to ensure pollination. Corn will follow the growth pattern shown above with the pines.
I have a feeling that the above ground conspirancies are not limited to the Impatiens p.seallida
Posted by Harry Rehberg on March 31,2010 | 10:56 AM
My favorit animal is pandas I've liked them since I was 3 I love them
Posted by brandon on March 23,2010 | 09:03 PM