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Of Dragons and Diminutive Elephants
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| Date: | 2012-08-21 02:04:38 |
| Blog: | Laelaps  |
| URL: | http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/08/of-dragon-diets-and-diminutive-elephants/ |
Summary:
Did Komodo dragons evolve to eat pygmy elephants? When Jared Diamond posed this question in a 1987 Nature article, he answered in the affirmative. The ten-foot lizards owed their origin to a diet of diminutive elephants isolated on Indonesian islands. But, thanks to research that will no doubt disappoint fans of sensational prehistoric vignettes, Diamond’s [...]Content analysis:
Geographic context:
| Location | Country | Latitude | Longitude |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | ID | 0.10974 | 113.917 |
Keywords:
Diamond, diminutive elephants, disappoint fans, Indonesian islands, Komodo dragons, Laelaps, Nature article, pygmy elephants, sensational prehistoric vignettes, ten-foot lizards
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