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Happy Birthday Linnaeus 2007-05-21 23:33:00 Carl Linnaeus was born 300 years ago, so happy birthday! His lifetime's work discussing and categorising all known plants and animals in the eighteenth century Western world were published in two volumes Species Plantarum (1753) and Natura Systema (1758). He described the binomial nomenclatural system of naming living things in a taxonomic hierarchy which is still in use all these years later. Many creatures described by him still retain their original names, Mus musculus, the common house mouse for instance. The genus name of some have since been changed, as in the Eurasian jays which feature in today's posting. Linneaus called jays Corvus glandarius thus showing their affinity with other corvids like crows, rooks and ravens. Today though they are known as Garrulus glandarius w Read more:Happy
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Feisty Fruit Flies 2007-05-14 21:44:00 On the continental island of New Guinea, there has evolved a quite extraordinary version of fruit flies that over millions of years have colonised the world.A fruit fly with antlers. Only the males have them and the size of these strange extensions of the insect's cuticle has a significant effect on their mating success. Just like a rutting moose or deer this antlered fruit fly must fight with other males for the privilege of mating.It's a pushing contest to decide ownership of a select spot on this fallen mahogany tree. A battle royal over a site where there is a fungus in the wood that will be ideal food for their larvae. One of these males has claimed such a fungus patch, and is determined to win the right to mate here.Even when he's proved his strength and is exercising Read more:Feisty
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This Stockshot Footage Blog Has Moved 2008-04-02 17:34:00 The NHNZ Moving Images stockshot footage blog has now been consolidated with the NHNZ Moving Images News blog. All the wonderful stories behind the intriguing, arresting and inspiring footage available from Moving Images can now be found at nhnzimages-news.blogspot.com. The News Blog also has valuable articles about the stockshot footage industry, so be sure to pay it a visit!If you have any queries about stockshot footage be sure to contact Olly or Jamie at library@nhnz.tv. Read more:Footage
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