CFZ PEOPLE: Happy Birthday to Karl's Mum

Karl writes

Happy Birthday to Karl Shuker's mum. The indefatigable Mrs Shuker is 90 Today! Love Jon and Corinna and all at the CFZ

NAMING SPECIES THROUGH DNA

Chad Arment posted this on the `Strange Ark` email group:


A couple of recent papers have relevance to the debate over the use of DNA to describe species:


Researchers register new species using DNA-based description
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-01/uog-rrn012511.php


Myth of the molecule: DNA barcodes for species cannot replace morphology for identification and classification
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1096-0031.2003.00008.x/full

DAVY CURTIS: Stand up you big gorilla.

Dear Jon,

I hope you are feeling a bit better. Have you seen the footage on Sky News of Ambam, the gorilla who walks upright? Apparently he learnt this behaviour from his father Bitam. They are kept at Port Lympne Wild Animal Park, Kent.

If this behaviour has been learnt from an older generation could it carry on until all future gorillas at this park start walking upright?

Anybody know if this could be the case?

Regards Davy C



And there is only one song we could possibly play now:

ADAM DAVIES MEETS TIM BINNALL

Adam writes: I did an interview with Tim Binnall just before Xmas, and it is available for download, if you have the opportunity.


http://www.binnallofamerica.com/boaa012110.html

WHO IS WRECKLESS ERIC?

As regular readers will know, Glen Vaudrey is currently presenting a series called I'd go the whole wide world. Further to that, I have been intoducing this series with the occasional comment about 'Wreckless Eric.' "Who is Wreckless Eric?" asked a CFZ Family member who is old enough to know better.

Bloody Hell!

NICK REDFERN: Timeslips

Richard Holland was the editor of Britain's Paranormal magazine, which unfortunately recently closed down. However, Richard also runs an excellent website of his own called Uncanny UK, for which I have just started writing.

Here's my first post, on UK time-slips:

http://www.uncannyuk.com/2011/01/19/time-slips-in-rural-england/

You have to register to read the article, but there's no fee.

OLL LEWIS: Yesterday's News Today

http://cryptozoologynews.blogspot.com/

On this day in 1845 The Raven by Edger Allan Poe was first published.
The Raven
And now, the news:

Rare Moth Thrives in "Last Refuge" on the Island
'Large cat fight' sound heard before savaged lamb ...
US fugitive 'planned suicide by bear'
Bigfoot is real, Idaho researcher to tell IUS audi...
Egyptian jackal is actually ancient wolf
'Best-ever' big cat sighting reported in Wales

Shouldn't be too hard to guess what sort of thing I'll be posting for today's vid (this one's for Gavin Wilson, the top bloke who posts the stories on out news blog most days):
http://www.simonscat.com/catchat.html

KARL SHUKER GOES IN SEARCH OF THE PICHICIEGO - ARGENTINA'S ARMOURED FAIRY

http://karlshuker.blogspot.com/2011/01/pichiciego-argentinas-armoured-fairy.html

CORINNA KNOWS WHAT YOU SHOULD BE DOING THIS WEEKEND

http://cryptochick.blogspot.com/2011/01/rspb-big-garden-birdwatch.html