http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/08/26/what-tennis-rackets-tell-us-about-giant-extinct-armadillos/ Mon, 26 Nov 2012 12:00:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/08/26/what-tennis-rackets-tell-us-about-giant-extinct-armadillos/#comment-4626 Zach Miller Thu, 27 Aug 2009 23:58:46 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/08/26/what-tennis-rackets-tell-us-about-giant-extinct-armadillos/#comment-4626 Hey, <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0006738" rel="nofollow">speak o' the devil</a>! Hey, speak o’ the devil!

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/08/26/what-tennis-rackets-tell-us-about-giant-extinct-armadillos/#comment-4625 Darren Naish Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:25:28 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/08/26/what-tennis-rackets-tell-us-about-giant-extinct-armadillos/#comment-4625 Very cool stuff. But... someone had to say it (sorry): glyptodonts are not armadillos, though they do seem to be member of the same major xenarthran clade (Cingulata). Very cool stuff. But… someone had to say it (sorry): glyptodonts are not armadillos, though they do seem to be member of the same major xenarthran clade (Cingulata).

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/08/26/what-tennis-rackets-tell-us-about-giant-extinct-armadillos/#comment-4624 Arti Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:24:46 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/08/26/what-tennis-rackets-tell-us-about-giant-extinct-armadillos/#comment-4624 I don't think it's correct to say that the mantis shrimp's forearm 'hits' with a force strong enough to break aquarium glass. Rather, it snaps it so fast that it creates a tiny, but powerful shockwave in the water - it's the water movement that does the breaking. I don’t think it’s correct to say that the mantis shrimp’s forearm ‘hits’ with a force strong enough to break aquarium glass. Rather, it snaps it so fast that it creates a tiny, but powerful shockwave in the water – it’s the water movement that does the breaking.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/08/26/what-tennis-rackets-tell-us-about-giant-extinct-armadillos/#comment-4623 Zach Miller Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:37:23 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/08/26/what-tennis-rackets-tell-us-about-giant-extinct-armadillos/#comment-4623 I didn't realize glyptodonts had fused caudal vertebrae leading up to the club. That's another similarity to ankylosaurs--the distal third (sometimes more) of many ankylosaur tails are fused into a solid pole. I didn’t realize glyptodonts had fused caudal vertebrae leading up to the club. That’s another similarity to ankylosaurs–the distal third (sometimes more) of many ankylosaur tails are fused into a solid pole.

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