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  1. This week's #NewBooks at the library: I bought used copies of Biology and #Evolution of #Crocodylians from Comstock Publishing Associates, and Imperial Nature: #JosephHooker and the Practices of Victorian Science from the University of Chicago Press, both at very sharp prices. I also adopted a damaged copy of @bugmanjones's Shieldbugs from HarperCollins.

    #Reptiles #Herpetology #Crocodiles #HistoryOfScience #ScienceHistory #HistSci #Entomology #Insects #Books #Scicomm #Bookstodon @bookstodon

  2. Ancient #SeaCow that was attacked by both a primeval #crocodile and #shark sheds new light on prehistoric food chains phys.org/news/2024-08-ancient-

    Trophic interactions of #sharks and #crocodylians with a sea cow (Sirenia) from the Miocene of Venezuela tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10

    "the findings mark one of the sole specimen examples of a creature being attacked by two different #predators during the Early to Middle #Miocene epoch (23 million to 11.6 million years ago)."