A few bits and pieces from my past week or so holidaying in Queensland’s “far north”….
This advertising image reminded me of my old posts on intertextuality and literary imitation….
… which of course brings to mind…
I suppose for most of us moderns the visual and musical imitations and blendings are more instantly recognizable than the literary … One of my favourites from Lombok….
Cassowaries have been around 350 million years, I’m told, and in that time they’ve acquired the ability to safely eat what anything other species find poisonous. That crown is supposed to detect mating noises from far distant potential mates.
check out those dinosaur feet…
Beaches might look sandy from a distance but they may take some getting used to walking on … sometimes they are all coral:
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratite#Evolution
Late Cretaceous at best.
Sorry, but if Ratites were around in the Carboniferous era, that would be a bit like saying the Old Testament dates back to the time of Moses 🙂