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Dear @count_01 ,
Your nom de Mastodon inspired me to visit the search engines and thence to Wikipedia where today I learned:"The term thagomizer was coined by [cartoonist] Gary Larson in jest. In a 1982 The Far Side comic, a group of cavemen are taught by a caveman lecturer that the spikes on a stegosaur's tail were named "after the late Thag Simmons".[1]
The term was picked up initially by Kenneth Carpenter, then a paleontologist at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, who used the term when describing a fossil at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting in 1993.[2] Thagomizer has since been adopted as an anatomical term[3] and is used by the Smithsonian Institution,[2][4] the Dinosaur National Monument,[2] the book The Complete Dinosaur[5] and the BBC documentary series Planet Dinosaur.[6] The term has also appeared in some scientific papers describing stegosaurs and related dinosaurs.[7][8][9][10][11]"
Among a long list of boyhood dreams that never came to fruition was my desire to grow up to be a paleontologist.
As I enter my dotage it consoles me enormously to know that Gary Larson, whose sense of humor I revere, was responsible for giving some dinosaur tailbones an (informal) scientific name based on one of his cartoons.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thagomizer
#Thagomizer #GaryLarson #Cavemen #Cartoons -
Dear @count_01 ,
Your nom de Mastodon inspired me to visit the search engines and thence to Wikipedia where today I learned:"The term thagomizer was coined by [cartoonist] Gary Larson in jest. In a 1982 The Far Side comic, a group of cavemen are taught by a caveman lecturer that the spikes on a stegosaur's tail were named "after the late Thag Simmons".[1]
The term was picked up initially by Kenneth Carpenter, then a paleontologist at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, who used the term when describing a fossil at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting in 1993.[2] Thagomizer has since been adopted as an anatomical term[3] and is used by the Smithsonian Institution,[2][4] the Dinosaur National Monument,[2] the book The Complete Dinosaur[5] and the BBC documentary series Planet Dinosaur.[6] The term has also appeared in some scientific papers describing stegosaurs and related dinosaurs.[7][8][9][10][11]"
Among a long list of boyhood dreams that never came to fruition was my desire to grow up to be a paleontologist.
As I enter my dotage it consoles me enormously to know that Gary Larson, whose sense of humor I revere, was responsible for giving some dinosaur tailbones an (informal) scientific name based on one of his cartoons.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thagomizer
#Thagomizer #GaryLarson #Cavemen #Cartoons -
À ne pas confondre avec l’anatidaephobie : "peur que quelque part, d'une façon ou d'une autre, un canard vous observe "
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Luposlipaphobie : "peur excessive d’être pourchassé par des loups sur le parquet fraîchement ciré d’une cuisine en ne portant que des chaussettes aux pieds"
https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/luposlipaphobie
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“Larson is something of a cult figure to scientists; Who recognise in his cartoons a voice of a kindred spirit.” — Lynn Sherr, ABC's, 20/20. 1986.
#GaryLarson / #cartoons / #syndication / #humour / #animals / #insects / #absurd / #fear / #science / #FarSide <https://youtu.be/57wcedtGpc8?si=ANYFfn2UtiQOX6tn>
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“Larson is something of a cult figure to scientists; Who recognise in his cartoons a voice of a kindred spirit.” — Lynn Sherr, ABC's, 20/20. 1986.
#GaryLarson / #cartoons / #syndication / #humour / #animals / #insects / #absurd / #fear / #science / #FarSide <https://youtu.be/57wcedtGpc8?si=ANYFfn2UtiQOX6tn>
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Term Adopted by Scientists After First Coined in a 1982 Cartoon
"Thagomizer" has been used to refer to the spiky tails on a stegosaur's tail by the documentary series "Planet Dinosaur" (BBC), the book "The Complete Dinosaur", The Dinosaur National Monument and the #Smithsonian Institution.
Gary Larson showed a cave-man teacher explaining the name as a tribute to Thag Simmons. Link to Wikipedia article.
#late #great #ThagSimmons #Thagomizer #GaryLarson #FarSide #cartoon
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Gary Larson's latest #FarSide cartoon is a touching tribute to #JaneGoodall, recalling his original Goodall cartoon from 1987.
#GaryLarson retired as a syndicated cartoonist in 1995 but 25 years later, he bought himself a digital tablet and publishes the occasional new cartoon on his website, just for fun.
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I think you'll like this @leighelse -- Gary Larson is working again, on a tablet, at his own pace with no deadlines.
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I think you'll like this @leighelse -- Gary Larson is working again, on a tablet, at his own pace with no deadlines.
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🔥 Breaking news: Gary Larson emerges from a time capsule to deliver... not-quite-The Far Side doodles! 🤨 Apparently, "New Stuff" means "Not Exactly New" as we all realize the internet requires that pesky #JavaScript thing. 😅 Enjoy the #nostalgia, but don't hold your breath for a daily cartoon resurrection!
https://www.thefarside.com/new-stuff #GaryLarson #FarSide #TimeCapsule #CartoonNews #HackerNews #ngated -
🔥 Breaking news: Gary Larson emerges from a time capsule to deliver... not-quite-The Far Side doodles! 🤨 Apparently, "New Stuff" means "Not Exactly New" as we all realize the internet requires that pesky #JavaScript thing. 😅 Enjoy the #nostalgia, but don't hold your breath for a daily cartoon resurrection!
https://www.thefarside.com/new-stuff #GaryLarson #FarSide #TimeCapsule #CartoonNews #HackerNews #ngated -
Possibly the greatest honour anyone could have, is to be included in a Gary Larson Far Side cartoon.
The soon to be 'ex' executive director of the foundation wrote to complain about the cartoon.
Jane herself, was out of the country and had neither seen nor authorised the letter.
When she did see the cartoon, she loved it and thought she'd found 'fame at last'.
She later met and apologised to Gary Larson, and would later write the introduction to his Far Side Gallery 5 book in 1995.
I have that issue... and bought the entire box set of his works a few years ago.
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Possibly the greatest honour anyone could have, is to be included in a Gary Larson Far Side cartoon.
The soon to be 'ex' executive director of the foundation wrote to complain about the cartoon.
Jane herself, was out of the country and had neither seen nor authorised the letter.
When she did see the cartoon, she loved it and thought she'd found 'fame at last'.
She later met and apologised to Gary Larson, and would later write the introduction to his Far Side Gallery 5 book in 1995.
I have that issue... and bought the entire box set of his works a few years ago.
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progressive discourse right now #garylarson #trmp #maga
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Minister of War #hegseth #trmp #garylarson
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Must-share by @schulzecharlie2.bsky.social: TY! #ALText that makes text audible: #inclusion is #fairness : ) #Humor a lá #MontyPython and #GaryLarson for the #democracy loving, decent part of the US people and other #democracyDefenders! We are #strongerTogether and #resist to #saveDemocracy.
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:mp35b5lo3hw6vzbrkrzfm6zg/post/3lxn3fll4cc24 -
"What really happened to Tinkerbell"
#Humor #TheFarSide #cartoon #Bullfrogs #Tinkerbell #GaryLarson
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We deserve this.
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On the subject of thorough research.
The Far Side by Gary Larson
#comicbook #thefarside #garylarson #Farsidecomics #farside #research #linguistics
