tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33046156.post7320297137376281536..comments2023-10-25T11:54:40.893+02:00Comments on christie at the cape: A word about ecotones in the Klein KarooChristie Rowehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17131186132737346311noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33046156.post-86761336731419735012008-09-11T05:25:00.000+02:002008-09-11T05:25:00.000+02:00Your succulent looks like Aloe striata, or Coral A...Your succulent looks like Aloe striata, or Coral Aloe to me. It sure is beautiful.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04402220963886597754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33046156.post-43989011171341972682008-09-10T00:52:00.000+02:002008-09-10T00:52:00.000+02:00Have you read "The Beak of the Finch" by Jonathan ...Have you read "The Beak of the Finch" by Jonathan Weiner? It's a non-technical (I understood everything in it and I'm an engineer) but very interesting look at how living things can evolve in response to surprisingly small or fast changes in their environment. And it's not just handwaving either; it's all backed up by actual measurements and observations.Erikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02726208307206140170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33046156.post-39608989950698769812008-09-10T00:49:00.000+02:002008-09-10T00:49:00.000+02:00I dunno, instead of following the edge of the Josh...I dunno, instead of following the edge of the Joshua Tree range have you considered that the aliens only own one side of the road, and harvest only the trees growing on their side? It's a neat highway for the fact that Rachel is the only settlement on the entire route. I drove it all late one night and Rachel looked like a metropolis in the darkness. No UFO's though, I was kinda disappointed.Garry Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00531226195147986457noreply@blogger.com