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An Overview of Snakes

Snakes. Some find them cool, others creepy. Some snakes are venomous, some will squish you to death. Snakes are pretty much scaly lizards without legs that make hissing noises, right? Well, not completely. Here’s what most people actually don’t know about snakes and what makes them different from actual “legless lizards”. First of all, snakesContinue reading “An Overview of Snakes”

Magyarosaurus: Micro Dino

One of the weirdest dinosaurs ever discovered is Magyarosaurus. Magyarosaurus was a sauropod (a long-necked herbivore) from the titanosaur branch, the largest of all. Magyarosaurus actually didn’t have weird features or unrecognizable bones; it looked like a perfectly normal sauropod. That is, until you realized that it was only 6 feet tall and 6 metersContinue reading “Magyarosaurus: Micro Dino”

History of Weapons: Hand Cannons to Guns

In the modern world, which has changed rapidly in the past 50 years or so, your computer is a weapon. Yes, that’s right, your computer. When we think of weapons, we think of AK-47s and nukes, or even swords and bows if you’re an ancient guy, but no one suspects, say, a common household itemContinue reading “History of Weapons: Hand Cannons to Guns”

History of Weapons: Stone Age to Firearms

Well, the title explains it: this article’s gonna be talking about weapons. (NOTE: NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART, because we’re gonna be explicitly talking about the usages of said weapons) All disclaimers aside, humans started using weapons as soon as we were able to walk on two legs. Around 3 million years ago, inContinue reading “History of Weapons: Stone Age to Firearms”

Dangerous Dinos: Dilophosaurus

Dilophosaurus is one the most well-known yet misrepresented dinosaurs out there. It was made famous in Jurassic Park where it was shown as the size of a man, with neck frills and poisonous spit. However, this was incorrect. and our view of Dilophosaurus has changed a lot. Dilophosaurus was an early theropod, or carnivorous dinosaur,Continue reading “Dangerous Dinos: Dilophosaurus”

Terrifying Tales: The Wendigo

The Wendigo is one of most fearsome and well-known monsters from the myths of the Algonquian tribes around the Great Lakes. Yet, many people have misunderstood and formed a completely different creature when they think of a Wendigo. The Wendigo is widespread; it is found in Anishinaabe, Cree, Innu, Saulteaux, Naskapi, and Nakota folklore, amongContinue reading “Terrifying Tales: The Wendigo”

A Successful Jurassic Park Part II:

Dr. Grant, my dear Dr. Sattler, welcome to Jurassic Park! John Hammond, Jurassic Park As you wake up, you find yourself in a comfy hotel room. Yesterday’s events come back to you: You had seen real dinosaurs in the lagoon and even saw terrestrial crocs hunt your ancestors in the Triassic Safari. Time to seeContinue reading “A Successful Jurassic Park Part II:”

– What a successful, scientific Jurassic Park would have looked like – Part I

“Life, uh, finds a way.” Ian Malcolm, Jurassic Park, 1993 One of the blockbusters of hard sci-fi is Jurassic Park. Released in 1993, it captivated audiences young and old and formed many people’s interests in paleontology and dinosaurs. The famed novel by Michael Crichton attracted a lot of attention and was the pinnacle of geneticContinue reading “– What a successful, scientific Jurassic Park would have looked like – Part I”