Sunday, 28 June 2026

What -on Earth- is this?

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A week ago Jean-Sébastien Steyer, a French palaeontologiost and author of various books on speculative biology ( here , here and here ), ale...
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Monday, 22 June 2026

The 'spietskip', or 'impaler poultry' (Tabulae mortuae VIII, Archives XVIII)

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 The ‘spietskip’ is mentioned in the Furaha book ; the book contains a short section about the prehistory of the Furaha project, showing ol...
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Thursday, 4 June 2026

Why I dislike AI in speculative biology and palaeoart

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This post departs from my usual posts in that it is not directly about speculative biology but about a tool. Let me be clear: I dislike AI a...
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Tuesday, 28 April 2026

Eighteen years on (also: US availability of The Furaha Book, and Furaha at DinoCon 2026)

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 This blog started with the post Why are there humans on Furaha? on 22 April, 2008. That is 18 years ago, suggesting that the blog has now ...
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Friday, 17 April 2026

Do energy costs affect the size of colour-changing animals? (Shadeshifting II)

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This post is not the second post about shadeshifters that I mentioned in the first post on that subject . In case you missed that first one...
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Monday, 6 April 2026

Shadeshifters: colour-changing animals for speculative biology

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This video shows an ocopus changing colour;  I recommend its author's Youtube channel   Not many animal behaviours on Earth attract more...
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Tuesday, 31 March 2026

'Wildlife on the planet Furaha' book: restocked next week, plus a TetZoo review!

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 Just a quick newsflash this time. As you may know, the Furaha book sold out within three months of appearing on the market. Luckily, Crow...
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