The human body. What
a marvel of biological form and function.
It fascinates me that human beings basically consist of a consciousness
housed in a biological machine that is used for transport and sensory input.
Each of the senses of the body: sight, hearing, touch, taste
and smell bring information to the brain so it can process and analyze the environment
about it. The human body and its senses
are like the hardware and software of a computer-albeit biological one.
Safari Ltd. has a new poster: The Five Senses that uses
colorful illustrations accompanied by concise text and labeling that explains
the five senses. I know biology teachers
that going to want this poster. Too
bad! This baby is mine!
Dragons-I love dragons, those mythological flying lizards
that belch fire. Safari Ltd. has two
more reptilian beasties added to its collection.
They include the Swamp Dragon : a long and lean the green,
brown and red reptile has two pairs of long brown horns, aquatic like red fins
on its back and front legs and a long scaled tail. I especially like its pivot shaped head and
deep set eyes.
The Cloud Dragon is (in my option) the most elaborate dragon
Safari Ltd. has ever produced.
Consisting of a semi-translucent dull purple body, legs, wing membranes,
tail, neck and head, the heavy body lizard is decorated with iridescent body
fins colored blue and magenta.
Its multi-horn head features a gaping jaw with sharp rows of
teeth and glowing orange eyes. Its underbelly
is an iridescent pearl white and its teeth, horns and claws. What a beautiful creature!
The twin Dragon Hatchlings are cute little bundles of purple
and silver. With their open maws, sans
teeth, horned heads and cuddly little bodies they sit peacefully in their
broken silver eggs.
Another large lizard that actually exited is the
Vagaceratops. Colored several shades of
brown and tan the parrot billed dinosaur has a large upper head body shield, a
large horn, short stubby legs and a powerful short tail decorated in rings of
tan and brown.
A deadly predator, the Blacktip Reef Shark is a streamline missile
colored a deep brown with black tipped fins.
Who? A Barn Owl, that’s
who. Perched on a tree stump he Barn Owl
is a featured fast of color with its warm brown and tan coloration that accents
its large black eyes and black ringed faced.