Skip to content

Rikomatic

Musings on Dance, Food, Geek Stuff

Menu
  • Follow Me on Instagram
  • My Professional Site RangerRik.com
  • Yehoodi.com Archive
  • Every Roller Rink in California (Map)
Menu

Why is the Cal Academy Putting Baby Ostriches in an Earthquake Exhibit?

Posted on May 22, 2012 by

Hint: It's not just because they are super cute!

ABC news has a sweet story about one of the California Academy of Science's newest additions to the public floor: baby ostriches.  The cute little guys are there to help illustrate a story about the earth's evolution, and how tectonic movement has contributed to biodiversity over the eons.

OstrichchicksOstriches are part of a group of birds called ratites, which includes other flightless fowl including emu, kiwi, the rhea and the moa. Millenia ago, an ancient ancestor of all ratites lived on the earth when it was one giant super-continent.

As tectonic movement spread apart the continents to the form they are today, the ancient bird evolved into the different species of ratites we know today. By studying ratites, both living and extinct, we learn more about the story of our own earth and how it has changed over time.

Which is why ostriches are one of the featured stars in our new exhibit on earthquakes, opening this weekend.

Head over to the Cal Academy website for more information and tickets. I recommend either the Nightlife Party on May 31 or the gala premiere party on Friday May 25.

1 thought on “Why is the Cal Academy Putting Baby Ostriches in an Earthquake Exhibit?”

  1. Joyce Bettencourt says:
    May 22, 2012 at 2:29 pm

    totally super cute!

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

A History of the Jazz Split

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlfLr9YmMJU

Recent Posts

  • RIP Rob Reich
  • A Magical Visit to the Snoopy Home Ice Rink and the Charles M. Shultz Museum!
  • Thoughts on Learning and Skating
  • The Voice (poem)
  • Toy Train in a Tin

Categories

  • Books
  • Cats
  • Civil Society
  • Creative Writing
  • Dancing / Music
  • Education
  • Family
  • Film
  • Food and Drink
  • General
  • Health
  • Information Society
  • Machinima
  • Media Reform
  • Music
  • New York
  • Politics
  • quotation
  • Real World Places in SL
  • Science
  • SF Bay Area
  • Television
  • The Spirit
  • Travel
  • Uncategorized
  • United Nations
  • Virtual Worlds
  • Web/Tech

Tags

b-boy (76) breakdance (51) breaking (26) brooklyn (36) charleston (11) competition (11) dance (17) dancing (30) documentary (15) education (21) festival (12) frankie95 (16) frankie manning (52) frim fram (10) fundraiser (10) global kids (70) hip-hop (31) human rights (11) inaug09 (11) jazz (12) ken swift (10) lindy hop (144) lindyhop (23) lowcarb (18) lxd (11) macarthur foundation (12) machinima (22) memorial (14) mermaidparade (22) mtv (13) performance (16) poetry (11) popping (11) quaker (27) recipe (38) rockclimbing (16) second life (81) shim sham (15) skating (70) soul music (14) swing (52) swing dance (45) virtual world (19) virtual worlds (29) yehoodi (46)
© 2025 Rikomatic | Powered by Superbs Personal Blog theme