tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post8086521528305699253..comments2024-02-29T03:57:00.088-05:00Comments on The Mermaid's Tale: "Mr Darwin's 'Researches' abound in misstatements"Anne Buchananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09212151396672651221noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-35370824981527317712015-06-26T08:22:18.621-04:002015-06-26T08:22:18.621-04:00He relied so heavily on second-hand knowledge too....He relied so heavily on second-hand knowledge too. But don't we all? Holly Dunsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05260104967932801186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-88590347169161612372015-06-25T17:21:43.673-04:002015-06-25T17:21:43.673-04:00That's a great story! Darwin was so worried ab...That's a great story! Darwin was so worried about someone finding some fact that would prove his theory wrong. He must have gotten tired of having to deal with doubters of the trivial stuff, though, like this. Anne Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212151396672651221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-71282524383841917432015-06-25T15:57:20.695-04:002015-06-25T15:57:20.695-04:00What a fun find, Anne!
Darwin's defensiveness...What a fun find, Anne! <br />Darwin's defensiveness played out in the footnotes of the newer and newer editions is entertaining in a bit of a macabre way I suppose. My favorite bit is in Descent when he was accused of fibbing about a clever baboon that chewed off the annoying sharp claws of a kitten. This was too tall a tale for his detractor so Darwin did the only thing he could. He found a kitten and chewed off its claws to prove that primate incisors could easily do the trick. Holly Dunsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05260104967932801186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-16324620196193860362015-06-24T10:23:24.035-04:002015-06-24T10:23:24.035-04:00Indeed, thank you!Indeed, thank you!Anne Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212151396672651221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-30310823846149538672015-06-24T10:22:25.963-04:002015-06-24T10:22:25.963-04:00Hudson doesn't directly, but Darwin mentions t...Hudson doesn't directly, but Darwin mentions the species, Colaptes campestris, and Wikipedia supports Darwin on the ground living habits of this woodpecker, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campo_flicker Africa Gomezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03501193251810926737noreply@blogger.com