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bamboovandiemen · 4 months

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The Green Revolution: How Bamboo is Changing the Game

THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE IS BY AN UNNAMED USA RESIDENT. Bamboo is an amazingly versatile plant with many uses. Plants are found all over the world and are highly resistant to heat, drought, UV light, insects, pollution, and more. They are also durable and can withstand some of the world’s harshest climates. Bamboo is often used to make paper, food, clothes, and even building materials. Bamboo can be…

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bambooplantsforsale · 11 months

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beastspiders · 1 year

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Centruroides gracilis by Beast Spiders on YouTube . . #centruroidesgracilis #centruroides #gracilis #highvenom #danger #deadlyscorpion #scorpiones #skorpion #scorpio #scorpion #arthrosects #BeastSpiders (w: Kraków, Poland) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqAWBoFMWY6/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#centruroidesgracilis #centruroides #gracilis #highvenom #danger #deadlyscorpion #scorpiones #skorpion #scorpio #scorpion #arthrosects #beastspiders

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unofficial-sean · 10 months

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making merriment from misery

#red rock crab #cancer productus #graceful crab #metacarcinus gracilis #MaST Center aquarium #shitpost #meme #marine biology

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bloomsandfoliage · 9 days

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Mammillaria gracilis

#Mammillaria gracilis #cactus #foliage #chelsea physic garden

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birdblues · 2 years

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Western Spotted Skunk

#western spotted skunk #skunk #spotted skunk #Spilogale gracilis #upl #Carnivora #Mephitidae #Spilogale

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arminreindl · 7 months

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Paludirex: Life of the Swamp King

Having gotten the long taxonomic history of Pallimnarchus and Paludirex out of the way (see here), lets talk more about the animal itself.

As far as we know at this point in time, Paludirex was the last of the large semi-aquatic mekosuchines and the largest members of this group had ever gotten. Whereas the cleaver-headed Baru dominated the waterways of the Oligocene and Miocene, Paludirex lived from the Pliocene and Pleistocene. There is some division between the species tho as it appears. Given the ambiguity around the origin of some Paludirex vincenti specimens, this species is currently only known from the Pliocene, whereas Paludirex gracilis is currently only known from the Pleistocene. There may also be a third species from the same region as Paludirex vincenti.

Comparisson between Paludirex gracilis (left) and Paludirex vincenti (right)

Anatomically, Paludirex has a pretty easily recognizable animal. Unlike Baru, with its short, triangular skull, Paludirex had a head that was almost rectangular when viewed from above, about half as wide as long and comparably flat. Mind you the skull can still be pretty deep, especially in Paludirex vincenti, but the proportions still highlight how wide it is most of all. In both robustness and skull width, Paludirex far exceeds what is known in modern saltwater crocodiles, which likely fill a similar niche.

Left: Skull reconstruction of Paludirex vincenti. Right: Life reconstruction of Paludirex (Nellie Pease)

As said before, Paludirex represents the biggest mekosuchine. At a minimum length of 4 meters, it already rivals many of today's crocodiles and Baru, and that's just the smaller ones. Large individuals of Paludirex vincenti probably got much larger, 5 meters and more further drawing parallels to todays salties.

A size comparisson between Steve Irwin and both species of Paludirex

Now while the description is pretty sound on account of recent work by Ristevski and co., the ecology is a different matter. A lot of work was published back when Pallimnarchus was still a thing, so trying to separate what and what isn't applicable these days is a bit of a challenge.

On the most simple level, Paludirex was a generalist semi-aquatic ambush hunter. It's skull, tho incredibly robust and wide, shows no peculiar adaptations like long slender jaws so its obviously not a specialist. It's semi-aquatic because the nostrils and eyes face up so that they would peer out from the water while the rest of the body remained submerged. And these last two together basically suggest ambush-hunting.

Willis and Molnar also made comparissons between Paludirex skulls (or rather skulls now recognized as such) and Mugger crocodiles. All in all this suggests that its diet could have ranged from turtles to aquatic birds to large mammals (so the typical croc range really). They also infer that it may have had similar habitat preferences, being found in marshes, swamps, rivers, lakes, anywhere theres freshwater really. One exception may be that some researchers have argued that Paludirex was avoiding saltwater and brackish water, which eventually could have factored into its extinction once inland waterways in Queensland dissappeared.

Top: Eastern Sahul megafauna, the foreground features Paludirex about to ambush a giant kangaroo (Ryan Bargiel, Vlad Konstantinov, Andrey Atuchin & Scott Hocknull) Bottom left: Paludirex vincenti (Diego Ortega Anatol) Bottom right: An unforunate Paludirex being attacked by a marsupial lion (Joschua Knüppe)

As with many crocs, its pretty likely that individuals were hostile towards each other at certain times, perhaps during territorial disputes or in the mating season. Now this one's a bit of a more ambiguous one regarding the assignment of the fossils. Fossils of leg material show clear bite marks, HOWEVER, the fossils were assigned to Pallimnarchus purely on the basis that they don't appear to have belonged to a terrestrial animal (as often inferred for Quinkana) nor to a modern croc. Based on this, the material was assumed to have been that of Pallimnarchus without much else to back it up. Now that Pallimnarchus is no more, it is reasonable to assume that it may be Paludirex but then again, it could also be an entirely different animal. Only way to tell would be to find Paludirex fossils with leg fossils attached.

This does bring up the interesting discussion, what crocs did coexist with Paludirex? Well there's a couple. As just mentioned, there's Quinkana, which I'll research more in depth later, but for now it's commonly assumed to be more terrestrial than other mekosuchines. There's the Darling Downs form, which lived around the same time as Paludirex vincenti in Queensland and may be a third species of this taxon. Gunggamarandu is another animal from this region, tho much as with Paludirex its not entirely clear if its Pliocene or Pleistocene. More certain is the fact that during the Pleiostocene, Paludirex gracilis coexisted with freshwater crocodiles in the Riversleigh WHA. Finally, there's indetermined species of crocodiles that date as far back as the Pliocene. Historically, they've been regarded as salties, but more recently it's though that they were a different species entirely and that salties only moved in recently, possibly after Paludirex went extinct and the niche of large semi-aquatic predator was free.

Top left: Quinkana faces off against Megalania (Hodari Nundu) Top right: A freshwater crocodile running (Brandon Sideleau) Bottom: Gunggamarandu, a relative of today's gharials (Eleanor Pease)

By this point I've basically already given away the reason why Paludirex is no more. With mekosuchines already taking a massive hit during the late Miocene, the group was not at its peak when Paludirex came around. And things were not getting any better as Australia grew more and more arid, river systems disappearing, freshwater drying up and the habitat of these animals shrinking bit by bit. Paludirex, presumably staying clear of coastal waters, was hit hard by these events and eventually it was just too much. And once it was out, saltwater crocodiles moved in, leading into the modern day.

#paludirex #pallimnarchus #palaeoblr #pliocene #pleistocene #australia #paleontology #prehistory #crocodile #croc #crocodilia #mekosuchinae #gunggamarandu #paludirex vincenti #paludirex gracilis #quinkana

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sitting-on-me-bum · 2 months

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This super-rare giant glider has a voice like a lawnmower

A mahogany glider (Petaurus gracilis).

Image credit: Minden Pictures/Alamy Stock Photo

#minden pictures #photographer #alamy stock photo #mahogany glider #glide #petaurus gracilis #animal #mammal #wildlife #nature

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crevicedwelling · 1 year

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got Graciela (right) a mate (left)! raised her from a tiny pup and now she’s a fairly old girl, hope she gets along with him

#Centruroides gracilis #bark scorpion #scorpion #arachnid #bugs #cw bugs

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chi-va-piano-arriva-dopo · 3 months

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“[…] Guardo fuori dalla finestra vedo la sera tramutarsi in mattino vedo l’aurora boreale tramutarsi in alba guardo fuori e spero di essere esaudito da chi attraversa attento la strada con il futuro sulle gracili spalle”.

― Jón Kalman Stefánsson, “Quando i diavoli si svegliano dèi”

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bamboovandiemen · 5 months

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Beyond Green: The Striking Aesthetics of Alphonse Karr Bamboo

introduction to Bambusa multiplex Alphonse Karr Welcome to the world of Bambusa multiplex Alphonse Karr, a stunning and versatile bamboo variety that is sure to capture your attention and transform your landscape. In this blog, we will explore the various facets of this remarkable plant, from its care and maintenance to its use in landscaping, privacy screens, container gardening, indoor growing,…