Wednesday, July 06, 2011

ODDS AND SODS FROM CHAD ARMENT

Nile monitors have been spotted nesting in south Florida:
http://www.cbs12.com/news/palm-4733422-beach-monitor.html


Disney is making a movie based on their Matterhorn ride, with yetis:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/30/us-matterhorn-idUSTRE75T0A820110630


Another case of a young dinosaur mistakenly identified as a new species:
http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=9961

CFZ vs The Corpse Flower


Following yesterday's story about the titan arum at the Eden Project, here are a few pictures of the CFZ Sumatra Expedition 2004's encounter with the same species of enormous, smelly flower: