Reddit Animals

MARCH 3, 2024

"The Lazy Naturalist" is a game about identifying animals whose common names reference other animals. Points are awarded as follows: +1 point for each animal in the name that does NOT describe the one to which it refers. +1 1 bonus point if NONE of the words comprising the animal describe the one to which it refers.

Game 40

Game Salamander Guinea Pigs Sharks 40

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

Dale studied scarlet macaws, and worked in their conservation, for three years in southern Costa Rica, followed by a year in the Caribbean working on Whale Sharks. Might I assume that women typically bear fewer children, or fewer survive? Do you know of any references for this? In this case, they would be exhibiting polyandry.

2011 221

2011 Breeders Breeding Deer 221

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

In contemplating a title for this blog post, I vacillated between historical and geological references. Chacachacare was also the site of a US Army base, a leper colony, and before that, a whaling station. Tobago of course bears a closer geological relation to the aforementioned Netherlands Antilles than it does to Trinidad.

Trinidad 185

Trinidad Netherlands Columbus Whales 185