http://theartfulamoeba.com/2009/07/12/how-many-salamanders-can-dance-on-the-head-of-a-dime/ A blog about the weird wonderfulness of life on Earth Fri, 07 Mar 2014 01:10:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.31 http://theartfulamoeba.com/2009/07/12/how-many-salamanders-can-dance-on-the-head-of-a-dime/comment-page-1/#comment-75 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:43:50 +0000 http://frazer.northerncoloradogrotto.com/?p=784#comment-75 OK, I grant you that it has puppy-dog-esque qualities. But it just doesn’t have the rag-doll cachet of patch-nosed salamander. And I just can’t feel that the word “sexy” could ever belong in the same sentence with “Ursperlerpes.” : )

]]> http://theartfulamoeba.com/2009/07/12/how-many-salamanders-can-dance-on-the-head-of-a-dime/comment-page-1/#comment-74 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:29:18 +0000 http://frazer.northerncoloradogrotto.com/?p=784#comment-74 You say the name Urspelerpes brucei isn’t adorable? C’mon! It’s practically the Latin version of puppy-dog eyes! At least, the genus name sounds way sexier than you’re giving it credit for.

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