Comments for Endless Forms Most Beautiful http://kimberlygerson.com Naturalist (and other) ramblings by Kimberly Gerson Fri, 18 May 2012 15:51:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Decay Fungi: Eaters of Forests, Painters of Wood by Bill Swan http://kimberlygerson.com/2012/05/decay-fungi-eaters-of-forests-painters-of-wood/#comment-1696 Bill Swan Fri, 18 May 2012 15:51:45 +0000 http://kimberlygerson.com/?p=1954#comment-1696 Kim: And I thought I knew what spalted was. Thanks, from a sometime woodworker. Bill Kim:
And I thought I knew what spalted was. Thanks, from a sometime woodworker.
Bill

]]> Comment on Friday Fiction Facts: Things That Glow Bright in the Night by Kim http://kimberlygerson.com/2012/05/friday-fiction-facts-things-that-glow-bright-in-the-night/#comment-1611 Kim Mon, 14 May 2012 02:09:15 +0000 http://kimberlygerson.com/?p=1926#comment-1611 Thanks Jocelyne. Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks Jocelyne. Glad you enjoyed it!

]]> Comment on Friday Fiction Facts: Things That Glow Bright in the Night by Jocelyne http://kimberlygerson.com/2012/05/friday-fiction-facts-things-that-glow-bright-in-the-night/#comment-1594 Jocelyne Sat, 12 May 2012 17:34:31 +0000 http://kimberlygerson.com/?p=1926#comment-1594 Super cool. Thanks Kim. I can't wait to watch the Ted talk when I have a bit more time. Super cool. Thanks Kim. I can’t wait to watch the Ted talk when I have a bit more time.

]]> Comment on Friday Fiction Facts: I Speak for the Trees by Kim http://kimberlygerson.com/2012/05/friday-fiction-facts-i-speak-for-the-trees/#comment-1507 Kim Sun, 06 May 2012 02:04:34 +0000 http://kimberlygerson.com/?p=1898#comment-1507 Thanks Heather! I plan to go out tomorrow and measure a tree. There is a huge maple near us that must be ancient. As I recall, there is a place to register ancient trees in Ontario. Will have to look that up. Thanks Heather! I plan to go out tomorrow and measure a tree. There is a huge maple near us that must be ancient. As I recall, there is a place to register ancient trees in Ontario. Will have to look that up.

]]> Comment on Friday Fiction Facts: I Speak for the Trees by Heather M. O'Connor http://kimberlygerson.com/2012/05/friday-fiction-facts-i-speak-for-the-trees/#comment-1491 Heather M. O'Connor Sat, 05 May 2012 11:22:12 +0000 http://kimberlygerson.com/?p=1898#comment-1491 Kim, I love your Friday Fiction Facts. Chock-full of handy information. Bits from last week's piece on horses and this post on trees will be finding a place in my novel. Thanks for filling in the blanks in my knowledge that I didn't know existed. You are my new research assistant. Kim, I love your Friday Fiction Facts. Chock-full of handy information. Bits from last week’s piece on horses and this post on trees will be finding a place in my novel.

Thanks for filling in the blanks in my knowledge that I didn’t know existed. You are my new research assistant.

]]> Comment on Friday Fiction Facts: Avoid Hoof in Mouth by Kim http://kimberlygerson.com/2012/04/friday-fiction-facts-avoid-hoof-in-mouth/#comment-1480 Kim Fri, 04 May 2012 16:29:56 +0000 http://kimberlygerson.com/?p=1861#comment-1480 As some of you know, I used to work for Google Answers. I was recently going through my old answers looking for fodder for the Friday Fiction Facts series and came across this comment on a post about animal communication: <blockquote>I was in a field once, near a horse. Another horse was in the diagonally-opposite corner of the field. Someone fed the nearby horse a carrot. After eating it, the horse lifted its head, looked across to the other horse, and gave a distinctive "neigh". The other horse came over to us, clearly expecting to be fed. There's no doubt in my mind that the neighing horse was communicating "hey, there's food over here". " </blockquote> So there you have it ... .talking horses... ;-) Google Answers Post is here: http://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=105532 As some of you know, I used to work for Google Answers. I was recently going through my old answers looking for fodder for the Friday Fiction Facts series and came across this comment on a post about animal communication:

I was in a field once, near a horse. Another horse was in the
diagonally-opposite corner of the field. Someone fed the nearby horse a carrot.
After eating it, the horse lifted its head, looked across to the other horse, and gave a
distinctive “neigh”. The other horse came over to us, clearly expecting to be fed.
There’s no doubt in my mind that the neighing horse was communicating
“hey, there’s food over here”. ”

So there you have it … .talking horses… ;-)

Google Answers Post is here:
http://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=105532

]]> Comment on Friday Fiction Facts: Avoid Hoof in Mouth by Kim http://kimberlygerson.com/2012/04/friday-fiction-facts-avoid-hoof-in-mouth/#comment-1479 Kim Fri, 04 May 2012 16:23:31 +0000 http://kimberlygerson.com/?p=1861#comment-1479 Ha! That's a great point Jennifer! And Bill, the cars .. I hadn't ever thought about that. I guess Foley artists need something to do .. Ha! That’s a great point Jennifer! And Bill, the cars .. I hadn’t ever thought about that. I guess Foley artists need something to do ..

]]> Comment on Friday Fiction Facts: Avoid Hoof in Mouth by Bill Swan http://kimberlygerson.com/2012/04/friday-fiction-facts-avoid-hoof-in-mouth/#comment-1478 Bill Swan Fri, 04 May 2012 16:03:11 +0000 http://kimberlygerson.com/?p=1861#comment-1478 Horses whinnying while jumping: this ranks right up there with the cars that squeal tires while on a dirt road. Horses whinnying while jumping: this ranks right up there with the cars that squeal tires while on a dirt road.

]]> Comment on Friday Fiction Facts: Avoid Hoof in Mouth by Jennifer Landels http://kimberlygerson.com/2012/04/friday-fiction-facts-avoid-hoof-in-mouth/#comment-1476 Jennifer Landels Fri, 04 May 2012 15:32:52 +0000 http://kimberlygerson.com/?p=1861#comment-1476 Yeah, the whinnying is dreadful. Don't those movie horses ever shut up? If real horses made that much noise their ancestors would have been meat in minutes. The best is when movie horses whinny while they jump -- a good trick considering horses hold their breaths while jumping! Yeah, the whinnying is dreadful. Don’t those movie horses ever shut up? If real horses made that much noise their ancestors would have been meat in minutes. The best is when movie horses whinny while they jump — a good trick considering horses hold their breaths while jumping!

]]> Comment on Friday Fiction Facts: Avoid Hoof in Mouth by Sarah http://kimberlygerson.com/2012/04/friday-fiction-facts-avoid-hoof-in-mouth/#comment-1434 Sarah Wed, 02 May 2012 14:31:12 +0000 http://kimberlygerson.com/?p=1861#comment-1434 I've seen the lapping water thing in at least one book and an animated movie. The movie, Spirit, particularly sticks in my mind because the animators kept a Kiger Mustang outside their studio as reference material and still got that detail wrong. They also earned my ire for the fact that their entire plot hinged on a horse seeing a fire and hearing a strange noise and going toward it to investigate. I'm sure there was some good unnecessary whinnying in there as well. I’ve seen the lapping water thing in at least one book and an animated movie. The movie, Spirit, particularly sticks in my mind because the animators kept a Kiger Mustang outside their studio as reference material and still got that detail wrong. They also earned my ire for the fact that their entire plot hinged on a horse seeing a fire and hearing a strange noise and going toward it to investigate. I’m sure there was some good unnecessary whinnying in there as well.

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