https://bjdeming.net/2025/02/08/vesuvius-dv-post-cleaned-up/2025-02-09T07:40:16+00:00monthlyhttps://bjdeming.net/2025/02/08/yet-another-writing-update/2025-02-09T02:41:49+00:00monthlyhttps://bjdeming.net/2025/02/08/writing-update-decade-volcano-book-subscriptions/2025-02-08T12:02:18+00:00monthlyhttps://bjdeming.net/subscriptions/2025-02-07T10:18:12+00:00weekly0.6https://bjdeming.net/2023/03/19/lagniappe-for-askja-post/https://bjdeming.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/shutterstock_1224589741-e1679172833518.jpgHiker,On,The,Summit,Of,Askja,Crater,Where,A,BeautifulLeonardo Antonio Avezzano/Shutterstock2023-03-18T23:13:55+00:00monthlyhttps://bjdeming.net/2022/08/24/a-personal-note-stalking/2022-08-25T18:36:16+00:00monthlyhttps://bjdeming.net/2022/03/09/where-cats-come-from-draft/https://bjdeming.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/drink-g9d5538768_1280.jpgdrink-g9d5538768_1280Picjumbo.com/Pixabay, public domain.2022-05-10T16:56:11+00:00monthlyhttps://bjdeming.net/2022/05/06/precambrian-source-list/2022-05-09T22:27:16+00:00monthlyhttps://bjdeming.net/2021/08/14/main-character-plate-tectonics/https://bjdeming.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/m-1.jpgM (1)View through Kilauea <a href="https://www.usgs.gov/volcanoes/kilauea/summit-webcams" target="_blank">summit webcam</a> B1, August 14, 2021.https://bjdeming.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/imgonline-com-ua-collage-xmoaslnpzcv9mg.jpgimgonline-com-ua-collage-xMOasLnPZcV9mgRuby, by Stranger Than Kindness via <a href="https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ruby_-_Winza,_Tanzania.jpg#mw-jump-to-license" target="_blank">Wikimedia</a>, CC BY-SA 3.O; Uncut diamond, by USGS via <a href="https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rough_diamond.jpg#mw-jump-to-license" target="_blank">Wikimedia</a>,public domain; Mayan jadeite amulet, by Metropolitan Museum of Art via <a href="https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MET_h1_02.18.309.jpg#mw-jump-to-license" target="_blank">Wikimedia</a>, public domain.https://bjdeming.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/1039_io_erupts.jpg1039_io_eruptsAn eruption on Io, while the Galileo spacecraft was passing by. (Image: <a href="https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/1039/galileo-sees-io-erupt/?category=moons/jupiter-moons_io" target="_blank">NASA</a>)https://bjdeming.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/earthxsection.jpgearthxsection<a href="https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/earth-cross-section" target="_blank">US Geological Survey</a>https://bjdeming.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/thermal_4-months.gifthermal_4-months<a href="https://www.usgs.gov/center-news/photo-and-video-chronology-k-lauea-april-23-2021" target="_blank">USGS</a>https://bjdeming.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/49062918518_1433bfae15_c.jpg49062918518_1433bfae15_cThis fossil life grew on a bush- to tree-sized fern in Antarctica during the Permian. (Image: <a href="https://bit.ly/3iSqaoh" target="_blank">James St. John</a>, CC BY 2.0)https://bjdeming.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/imgonline-com-ua-collage-juzu42trdbbtg.jpgimgonline-com-ua-collage-JUZu42TRdbBTGVenus, top, by <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-selects-2-missions-to-study-lost-habitable-world-of-venus" target="_blank">NASA/JPL-CalTech</a>: Saturn's ice moon Enceladus, bottom, by <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/cassini-sees-heat-below-the-icy-surface-of-enceladus" target="_blank">NASA</a>.https://bjdeming.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/iss058e013234.jpgiss058e013234An ever-changing "blue-and-white marble" -- complicated almost beyond human comprehension? Who would have expected that! (Image: <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/lake-superior-and-lake-michigan" target="_blank">NASA</a>) https://bjdeming.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/791385144_508cd30933_c.jpg791385144_508cd30933_cThey really are adorable. (Image: <a href="https://bit.ly/3xRrvQe" target="_blank">Márcio Motta</a>, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)https://bjdeming.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/15484364679_bfcb119186_o.jpg15484364679_bfcb119186_oThe difference between that world and our own is distinctive. (Image: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/3swwnstj" target="_blank">Bureau of Land Management</a>, CC BY 2.0)2021-09-26T19:35:20+00:00monthlyhttps://bjdeming.net/2021/08/22/volcanism-a-main-character/https://bjdeming.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/389px-maya_ixbalanque_and_hunahpu.jpg389px-Maya_Ixbalanqué_and_HunahpúOf course, something <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popol_Vuh" target="_blank">metaphysical</a> can neither be proven nor ruled out. (Image: mayavase via <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maya_Ixbalanqué_and_Hunahpú.jpg" target="_blank">Wikimedia</a>)https://bjdeming.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/hydrothermal-critters-e1629660841641.jpgHydrothermal crittershttps://bjdeming.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/f1.large_.jpgF1.largeWarned you about that hard hat! But remember -- the first precellular life was a thermophile survivalist, and this sort of thing was its battlefield. According to these researchers, that "vapor dominated zone" is where the slimy goo could evolve. "Meteoric water" is just rain and ground water; "exhalations" are surface fumaroles; and "thermal waters" are hot springs. (Image: Figure 1, <a href="https://www.pnas.org/content/109/14/E821.long" target="_blank">Mulkidjanian et al</a>., PNAS Open Access)https://bjdeming.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/ganymede-by-perry.jpgGanymede by Perryhttps://bjdeming.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/15533100975_40b0974e43_c.jpg15533100975_40b0974e43_cStill at Santorini, but the cat might be a different individual. (Image: <a href="https://bit.ly/3gm8Gif" target="_blank">Kathryn Burrington</a>, CC BY-NC 2.0)2021-09-26T19:33:43+00:00monthlyhttps://bjdeming.net/2021/07/30/main-character-earth/https://bjdeming.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/768px-aitken_kagu_big.jpg768px-Aitken_Kagu_bigAitken crater at the lunar South Pole via <a href="https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aitken_Kagu_big.jpg" target="_blank">Wikimedia</a>, CC BY-SA 3.0.https://bjdeming.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/4605930508_4cd5ce6d53_o.jpg4605930508_4cd5ce6d53_oHere is another Saturn moon photobombing Cassini's image of Titan. (Image: <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_2174.html" target="_blank">NASA/JPL-California Institute of Technology</a>; processing <a href="https://tinyurl.com/yajc5afz" target="_blank">2di7 & titanio44</a>, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)https://bjdeming.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/venera-1538615_1280.jpgvenera-1538615_1280Artist's impression of a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venera" target="_blank">Venera</a> lander on the high-pressure, high-temperature surface of modern Venus. (Image: Coffee/Pixabay)https://bjdeming.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/shutterstock_1718232061.jpgEarth,In,The,Space.,Blue,Planet,For,Wallpaper.,Green,Planet Earth in space: One of the biggest mysteries in the Universe. (Image: 19 Studio/Shutterstock)https://bjdeming.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/50772502208_aae7ef2402_c.jpg50772502208_aae7ef2402_cSpacecraft get spectacular closeups, but there's a special thrill to standing your back yard, looking into an eyepiece, and seeing our neighbors in real time, just hanging out. This was taken during the Great Conjunction of December 2020, by <a href="https://tinyurl.com/hea57paf" target="_blank">Steve Fung</a>, CC BY-SA 2.0. https://bjdeming.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/50867554858_6cfea689e6_c.jpg50867554858_6cfea689e6_cChondrites sometimes also contain carbon. Check out the photographer link for lots more information. (<a href="https://flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/50867554858/in/photolist-2kuZvRU-oeCGRx-ovQZXD-2jAt1rh-9EC4qx-9RLMpL-9pXxoB-RYks4u-2jR6bh9-oeC4S3-ow6t6j-oeCDKb-dVTHka-oeCi42-bf1j8H-2kv4GQP-a5NXPX-2hzVCy8-2kuXRXE-2jgCe7p-ofhgTR-owyV8h-9VoQkZ-2kFHWmG-2iSmcYS-2jgaZsH-2jgfMAB-9PNKfC-2jAEnMS-oWs54t-2iScQnc-oWsqzj-2kuZweN-su85y4-2jR9KHV-ofWDqx-rxiVZg-2jR6aVH-2jR9KQ8-65McTq-2jR9Kim-rxiVEP-2kFyekG-bpTZbv-2jAoGVQ-2kFTZ21-bts1Wk-a5RNnC-9L44fr-2hFwgM" target="_blank">Steve Jurvetson</a>, CC BY 2.0) https://bjdeming.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/f1.large_.jpgF1.largeThe Galileo probe could never make such a spectacular find: possible traces of 4.1-billion-year-old life, preserved in an Australian zircon crystal. (Image: Figure 1, in Bell et al., <a href="https://www.pnas.org/content/112/47/14518?utm_medium=syndication&utm_source=scribd" target="_blank">PNAS</a>, open access)https://bjdeming.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/shutterstock_1649825362.jpgSnow,Leopard,Or,Ounce,,Uncia,Uncia,,Portrait,Running,On,Snow2021-07-30T16:13:14+00:00monthlyhttps://bjdeming.net/2021/07/17/does-life-exist-elsewhere/https://bjdeming.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/pia23791_fig2.jpgPIA23791_fig2<a href="https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/2524/newly-processed-views-of-venus-from-mariner-10/" target="_blank">NASA/JPL-Caltech</a>https://bjdeming.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/a2017u1_5gsmoothwht1024.jpgA2017U1_5gsmoothWHT1024NASA; Alan Fitzsimmons (ARC, Queen's University Belfast), Isaac Newton GroupDerivative: nagualdesign; via <a href="https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap171103.html" target="_blank">Astronomy Picture of the Day</a>https://bjdeming.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/88257100_8dce9e25ab_c.jpg88257100_8dce9e25ab_cSize comparisons of various Solar System worlds, including some that might host life and the one world that we know is inhabited. (<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/bluedharma/88257100" target="_blank">Bluedharma</a>, CC BY-SA-ND 2.0)/p>https://bjdeming.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/shutterstock_1922200055.jpgModern,Medicine,Research,Laboratory:,Diverse,Team,Of,Multi-ethnic,Young,ScientistsGorodenkoff/Shutterstockhttps://bjdeming.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/8312101691_1bba454c78_c.jpg8312101691_1bba454c78_c<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevecorey/8312101691" target="_blank">Steve Corey</a>, CC BY-ND 2.0https://bjdeming.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/shutterstock_1471207379.jpgWoman,Walking,On,Wooden,Jetty,Of,The,Stromatolites,Hamelin,Pool.Today, tourists in Australia can visit a stromatolite pool. (Image: Benny Marty/Shutterstock)https://bjdeming.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/shutterstock_1844097127-e1626519711873.jpgThe,Earth's,History,Compressed,In,12,HoursThis graphic is unofficial and oversimplified. Here's an <a href="https://stratigraphy.org/timescale/" target="_blank">interactive version</a> of the real geologic time scale, if you like extreme precision and have the time/mental energy to check out details. (Image: Dimitrios Karamitros/Shutterstockhttps://bjdeming.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/shutterstock_1165775236.jpgshutterstock_1165775236 Pick-up or delivery? (Image: BolshieBufera/Shutterstock)https://bjdeming.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/nwa869meteorite.jpgNWA869MeteoriteA meteorite found in Algeria. (Image: H. Raab via <a href="https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NWA869Meteorite.jpg#mw-jump-to-license" target="_blank">Wikimedia</a> https://bjdeming.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/768px-the_sounds_of_earth_-_gpn-2000-001976.jpg768px-The_Sounds_of_Earth_-_GPN-2000-001976"...the launching of this 'bottle' into the cosmic 'ocean' says something very hopeful about life on this planet." -- Carl Sagan via <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_Golden_Record" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>.2021-07-21T08:59:54+00:00monthlyhttps://bjdeming.net/2021/06/22/what-is-life/https://bjdeming.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/26482016837_05106aa74f_c.jpg26482016837_05106aa74f_c<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/exit78/26482016837" target="_blank">Mike Goad</a>, public domain.https://bjdeming.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/st-dna-e1624399121870.jpgST-DNAValentina Kru/Shutterstockhttps://bjdeming.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/7887319298_e8b1e1e235_o.jpg7887319298_e8b1e1e235_o<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/44919417@N04/7887319298" target="_blank">EOL</a>, CC 2.0.https://bjdeming.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/staring-jaguar-1.jpgJaguar,In,The,Amazon,Junglehttps://bjdeming.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/staring-jaguar.jpgJagAdalbert Dragon/Shutterstock2021-07-17T13:23:44+00:00monthlyhttps://bjdeming.net/2021/06/09/time-human-vs-geological/https://bjdeming.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/shutterstock_294325193-e1623280694522.jpgshutterstock_294325193optimistic view/Shutterstockhttps://bjdeming.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/shutterstock_1739442890.jpgshutterstock_1739442890Hey, the rules have a lot to cover! (Image:erebor mountain/Shutterstock)https://bjdeming.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/948px-male_machairodus_giganteus_and_felis_catus.png948px-Male_machairodus_giganteus_and_felis_catus"Uh, parlay?" (Image: coluberssymbol, via <a href="https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Male_machairodus_giganteus_and_felis_catus.png" target="_blank">Wikimedia</a>, CC BY-SA 3.0)https://bjdeming.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/encrinite_crinoidal_limestone_ky.jpgEncrinite_(crinoidal_limestone)_KY Crinoid fossils in Kentucky. (I mage: James St. John, via <a href="https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Encrinite_(crinoidal_limestone)_KY.jpg" target="_blank">Wikimedia</a>, CC BY-SA 2.0)https://bjdeming.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/576px-crinoid_on_the_reef_of_batu_moncho_island.jpeg576px-Crinoid_on_the_reef_of_Batu_Moncho_IslandCrinoids are still around todat. (Imafe: Alexander Vasenin, via <a href="https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Crinoid_on_the_reef_of_Batu_Moncho_Island.JPG" target="_blank">Wikimedia</a>, CC BY-SA 3.0)https://bjdeming.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/20210609_135503.png20210609_135503Ordovician worm trails and other on a slice of mudstone are used to decorate retaining walls at the New York State Museum. https://bjdeming.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/5036959239_9c1f55330c_c-e1623271667961.jpg5036959239_9c1f55330c_c(No, we weren't at the cliff section, but the hill we worked on was about as steep as this lower section. Image: "https://www.flickr.com/photos/dougtone/5036959239" target="_blank">Doug Kerr, CC BY 2.0)https://bjdeming.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/453594481_25b5a45ef4_c.jpg453594481_25b5a45ef4_c<a href="https://www.bushheritage.org.au/species/stromatolites" target="_blank">Stromatolites</a> worked it out a long time ago and have stayed with success ever since. (Image: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/squage/453594481/in/photolist-22GXtwm-G5MQv-G5MiF-2d1fn9j-uVt23-4Bdrjm-bkt6dS-j8L96E-dcvPrp-nYraYo-ofCR26-2h2dLjk-ofViFv-nYrtXC-e6hsT1-ofKnky-nYqTmd-ofSqib-ofCMgF-6rs4ZD-ohGvpH-ofUPhg-73CHBT-ofSbJC-ofCt8g-ofCgMv-ofJz3y-nYqWY5-5p8ac4-ofDkiM-nYqWGc-ca6cjd-9q1Bej-9pXAZM-22Z9r5j-5FyZQT-7ZiaUd-2bynF-6EG7t5-eBjivB-HB9r27-HB9q57-deHuhg-22Z95Qm-2bynB-2bynE-22Z9rj7-22Z9vnY-25K9Y82-HB9qFY" target="_blank">Pat Scullion</a>, CC BY-ND-NC 2.0)https://bjdeming.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/shutterstock_395701438.jpgOld,Monk,Teaches,BoyMore beautiful than any rock. (Image: SantiPhotoSS/Shutterstock)https://bjdeming.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/48674315157_881b2a5db2_c.jpg48674315157_881b2a5db2_cAbout <a href="http://jersey.uoregon.edu/~mstrick/AskGeoMan/geoQuerry27.html" target="_blank">75% of the Earth's outer crust, where we live, is composed of rock similar to this. (Image: </a><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/jsjgeology/48674315157" target="_blank">James St. John</a>, CC BY 2.0) 2021-06-23T01:17:24+00:00monthlyhttps://bjdeming.net/2021/06/05/to-make-a-cat/https://bjdeming.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/chptr-2-feature-1.jpgGinger,Tabby,Cat,Running,Across,Red,Sand,In,Full,Speedhttps://bjdeming.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/8452224764_c22c51f06b_k.jpg8452224764_c22c51f06b_kWhee! (Image: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/grand_canyon_nps/8452224764" target="_blank">M. Lellouch/NPS</a>, CC BY 2.0)https://bjdeming.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/dog-skeleton.jpgDog skeletonNote the longer muzzle and thinner leg bones, compared to cats, but how similar dog skeletons otherwise are to cat skeletons, overall. Of course: they're carnivorans (part of the order Carnivora). Our own Primate ancestors took a different path, and that really shows up in our bones. (Image: Bianca Van Dijk/Pixabay)https://bjdeming.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/w-and-w-diagram-e1622935932463.jpgW and W diagramWe've gotten down on the floor to play with Fluffy lots of times, but who would have thought that we could learn more about our pet in that position? (Image: The graphic is from one of my references; I'm reproducing it here because everyone who is curious about house cats should know about "The Book of The Cat," edited by Michael Wright and Sally Walters, even though it's more than forty years old. In many ways, it's a timeless resource.)https://bjdeming.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/8106111842_9d781a0494_c.jpg8106111842_9d781a0494_cNot shown: a wolf-like muzzle. Yet dogs, cats, and all other members of the order Carnivora have the same meat-processing <a href="http://museum2.utep.edu/archive/mammals/DDcarnassials.htm" target="_blank">cheek teeth</a>, called carnassials. (Image: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/4xkz8fhn" target="_blank">Jaroslaw Pocztarski</a>, CC BY 2.0.https://bjdeming.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cat_claws_149400819-e1622935641265.jpegCat_Claws_(149400819)The claws spring out of their protective sheaths like switchblades when a cat reaches out, spreading its digits. (Image: Fabian via <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cat_Claws_(149400819).jpeg" target="_blank">Wikimedia</a>, CC BY-SA 3.0) https://bjdeming.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/76002873_1e895c1cd5_c.jpg76002873_1e895c1cd5_cThe essence of Cat is not so easy to describe. (Image: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/r4jd68r7" target="_blank">Olas</a>, CC BY-SA 2.0)https://bjdeming.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/chptr-2-feature-e1622937079905.jpgGinger,Tabby,Cat,Running,Across,Red,Sand,In,Full,Speed2021-06-10T00:06:46+00:00monthlyhttps://bjdeming.net/2021/05/13/introduction/https://bjdeming.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/1024px-dinictis.jpg1024px-DinictisThis 30-million-year-old nimravid skull is a priceless treasure to those who can imagine the North American cat-like animal that once used it. (Image: Claire H. via <a href="https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dinictis.jpg" target="_blank">Wikimedia</a>, CC BY-SA 2.0)https://bjdeming.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/imgonline-com-ua-collage-1e9mmesms22zvspd.jpgimgonline-com-ua-collage-1e9mMEsms22zVSpDCheetah, by <a href="https://flickr.com/photos/12587661@N06/8455886239/in/photolist-9A6C9Z-9A6CN2-dTdCo4-MbrL9w-8PuJy2-iN9Jf6-cAK4uU-cAK5yE-cAK537-cAKG3U-cAK4LU-cAK6aj-aHakcH-6ra2C8-8ouk6r-Mv41wx-nAGd52-88HcPZ-7AttNd-nhqCXn-Mv4fG6-9AEp2E-41mXki-7Atwej-o7eNvs-7AtxAW-8UE14R-MCogUv-iHqupw-7bGoMv-p8tcDD-br3DZf-dwepQj-MsjrKh-6vCDDA-ihfwBe-62oABH-bxLbfY-bLESNK-qJuYbs-hRzAjg-nhqNg5-bLES6n-cAJmUu-PDqPE-cAK5iL-un2Z64-8oK6Cb-3hR3Ec-67zmc5" target="_blank">Michael Gwyther-Jones</a>, CC BY 2.0; Puma, by <a href="https://flickr.com/photos/californiadfg/22503397296/in/photolist-DHS24A-255fRGF-AhxN1y-e6XjGH-oD3UH8-i2KLwU-i2KQ9m-ocAcSy-i2Kwk6-5mBbUc-i3iMVm-i31Aco-5permP-8x9mtK-6kaVEA-6zfxgr-53fPyt-i3iCur-2BiTL6-i3iDxZ-i2KHFU-i2Lwhg-i3iQQ9-i3iM7s-i3jtjP-w3Z4jQ-i8kC1r-i31sfd-i8kSQL-wjW1Pm-wihgPC-i8kSdU-w3Z475-i4hLhY-i4hLZN-i3iTKA-i31xQj-i3fJjQ-29dn7Tt-i8mgwX-i3iP5W-2BjAsp-2BiT7X-i3fv1K-i3jpXD-i4hMGj-i4hJD5-MdLAo-i2Luc4-ceVJ1h" target="_blank">California Fish & Wildlife, CC BY 2.0</a>https://bjdeming.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/shutterstock_1453046891.jpgshutterstock_1453046891local_doctor/Shutterstockhttps://bjdeming.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/5748757258_0ea4539132_k.jpg5748757258_0ea4539132_kMammals like Gobiconodon were small, tough and pretty weird when dinosaurs ruled during Jurassic and Cretaceous times. (Image: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/31867959@N04/5748757258" target="_blank">Dallas Krentzel</a>, CC BY 2.0)https://bjdeming.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/90718825_d76a523b33_o.jpg90718825_d76a523b33_o<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/shacharabiry/90718825" target="_blank">TLVshac</a>, CC BY-NC 2.0https://bjdeming.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/8642072609_b7d39854bf_k.jpg8642072609_b7d39854bf_kSabercats cannot be ignored. 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