tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622772963037648430.post5717052168994483853..comments2023-12-13T11:23:27.848-05:00Comments on Ponderings over the pond: The latest science news - humongous palms, dinosaur killing insects, and google brainsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622772963037648430.post-18922702646717582692008-01-18T16:47:00.000-05:002008-01-18T16:47:00.000-05:00Very funny and so correct, EH!Very funny and so correct, EH!LShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13135583903768049008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622772963037648430.post-53135634998320018462008-01-18T16:42:00.000-05:002008-01-18T16:42:00.000-05:00Thats why the giant mushrooms never has been disco...Thats why the giant mushrooms never has been discovered!EHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00275671822465334645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622772963037648430.post-65959254254221123852008-01-18T16:23:00.000-05:002008-01-18T16:23:00.000-05:00I was just thinking, if you think botanists go wit...I was just thinking, if you think botanists go with there eyes on the ground, then what do mycologists do? They must dig in the ground! And not move at all.LShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13135583903768049008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622772963037648430.post-24757869825728853962008-01-18T14:37:00.000-05:002008-01-18T14:37:00.000-05:00Like naming something after Harry Potters spells I...Like naming something after Harry Potters spells I suppose....<BR/><BR/>I would choose the name for something spiky dangerous after the hippogriffs<BR/><BR/>" Palmus hippogriffus"EHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00275671822465334645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622772963037648430.post-64062284013704253052008-01-18T11:38:00.000-05:002008-01-18T11:38:00.000-05:00"All the botanists go with the eyes to the ground...."All the botanists go with the eyes to the ground.."<BR/><BR/>Exactly. Unless you are a palm specialist, and there are not many of those. Most botanists avoid things that have leaves several meters long, inflorescences ten meters tall, and long sharp spikes and needles on their trunks. Palm botany are not for the faint hearted. <BR/><BR/>In this case I think it is also that there are only 100LShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13135583903768049008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622772963037648430.post-76300580757797736402008-01-17T09:44:00.000-05:002008-01-17T09:44:00.000-05:00I really like the palm tree discovery!It´s so huge...I really like the palm tree discovery!<BR/><BR/>It´s so huge, and all the botanist go with their eyes on the ground, right?<BR/><BR/>No wonder nobody seen it, or as we say in Sweden ...." Jag kunde inte se träden för all skog var i vägen"EHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00275671822465334645noreply@blogger.com