Archiv des Autors: Markus Bühler

Photo of the Day: Sri Lankan Spotted Chevrotain

Publiziert am 24. Oktober 2017 von Markus Bühler

Today´s photo fo the day features one of the smallest extant artiodactyls, the tiny Sri Lankan Spotted Chevrotain (Moschiola meminna) from the South Asia animal section of Haus der Natur, Salzburg:

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Curiosity of the Day: Whale bone chairs

Publiziert am 15. Oktober 2017 von Markus Bühler

Today´s curiosity of the day are chairs made of whale bones. The first one is constructed of two large cervical vertebrae and apparantly pieces of ribs for the chair legs. It is exhibited in the Zoological Museum at Copenhagen, Denmark. … Weiterlesen →

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Photo of the Day: A frizzy-haired freak roe deer

Publiziert am 9. Oktober 2017 von Markus Bühler

Here is a pretty unusual specimen of a Western roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) with frizzy-haired fur. This was apparantly the result of an unusually strong production of cutaneous sebum. Detail of the fur:

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Photo of the Day: Sumatran Rat

Publiziert am 5. Oktober 2017 von Markus Bühler

The Sumatran porcupine and the moonrat are now in good company with another little-known critter from the same part of the world, the Sumatran rat (Rhizomys sumatrensis). Photo taken at Haus der Natur, Salzburg: As in the Sumatran porcupine, this … Weiterlesen →

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Photo of the Day: Moonrat

Publiziert am 4. Oktober 2017 von Markus Bühler

It´s again obscure mammal day, so here´s a moonrat (Echinosorex gymnura), a long-tailed oppossum-lookalike related to hedgehogs. This specimen is again from Haus der Natur, Salzburg: Another photo to show its size: .

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Photo of the Day: Sumatran porcupine

Publiziert am 3. Oktober 2017 von Markus Bühler

Writing blogposts, even quite short ones, often requires a substantial amount of time. Finding topics to write about is not the problem, and I already have more photos for potential blogposts in my archives, than I could ever write. So … Weiterlesen →

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No, there was no gorilla arm found on an Irish beach (Spoiler: it´s from a seal)

Publiziert am 29. September 2017 von Markus Bühler

At the moment there is a strange story in the news, about an alleged gorilla arm which was found on a beach in Kilkee, Ireland. You can read the original story here. The photo in the article shows the grisly-looking, … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Anatomie, Populäre Irrtümer, Säugetiere | 2 Kommentare

Out-of-place flamingos at Bavaria

Publiziert am 24. September 2017 von Markus Bühler

During my recent visit to the Chiemgau Alps, I made also a day trip to Chiemsee, one of the largest Bavarian lakes. I made a slight detour to a nature reserve around the area where the river Großache issues into … Weiterlesen →

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The Monster Trout of Königssee

Publiziert am 5. August 2017 von Markus Bühler

I recently visited Königssee, an alpine lake which is part of Berchtesgaden National Park. This area is without a doubt one of the most striking landscapes of Germany. It is located in the very southeast of the country, quite close … Weiterlesen →

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Curiosity of the Day: Inuit tools made from Greenland shark teeth

Publiziert am 22. Juni 2017 von Markus Bühler

As I have a longlasting interest in ethnology and indigenous cultures, I decided to feature here some interesting man-made artifacts. Since this blog is mainly about animals, those objects will be of course zoology-themed. When I recently visited once again … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Anatomie, Curiosity of the Day, Ethnology, Fische, Haie und andere Knorpelfische | 4 Kommentare