June 2023
Today I Learned – Tolkien and languages
I already knew Tolkien was insane about languages. We all did. Well today I wanted to do a simple decoration for my Rohan MTG deck and it sent me down a fascinating rabbit hole. First of, what little is written in the language of Rohan (I will call Rohirric because I like it better) is
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Today I learned— tortoise relationships.
A kid asked me the other day what tortoises were the closest relatives of the Sulcata Tortoise (Centrochelys sulcata). I told him I did not know but that I would get back to him tomorrow. Well I looked into it and it was harder than a quick google search. They’re in testunidae of course, they
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Species Profile – Mbenga
Despite its fearsome behaviour and appearance this fish is actually a TETRA (an African tetra to be more precise). They are members of Alestidae, a family of small insectivorous fish that are commonly kept in aquariums5. The Congo tetra, a fellow member of Alestidae Range map, ICUN Red list, 2010
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