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Monday, January 21, 2002

This is a test of the new category feature just added. comment ()  2:29:10 PM  #   A brief look at "sabre-tooth" in google and deja (which is, of course, google) seems to indicate that there were several species of animals that developed sabre-like teeth. But it appears that what people mean by sabre-tooth tiger is really the California sabre-tooth cat, which wasn't a tiger at all. comment ()  10:17:26 AM  #   One thing I saw at La Brea was a skeleton of a Sabre Tooth Cat. I always thought they were tigers, but I guess not. Is there such a thing as a sabre tooth tiger? I'll have to check it out. The sabre tooth cat was big. It didn't kill its prey by biting the neck as that would have broken its long teeth. Instead, it used those teeth like a sabre and cut open the prey's stomach. Pretty clever. The big question is: why did all of these ice-age creatures become extinct. The museum hints that it was because of Man. Figures. comment ()  9:16:13 AM  #   We did go to La Brea and it was pretty cool. Well worth the trip. The best part might have been the visit to the La Brea Bakery. That place is fantastic. I had the feta and sun dried tomato sandwich. But my wife's sandwich was better. It was feta and artichoke and it was absolutely delicious. At the tar pits is a very good museum (the George Page museum) that shows many complete skeletons on display. There is also a look at researchers actually cleaning and categorizing bones. Around the outside are various tar pits that are fenced off. At the front of the museum is a lake of tar that bubble from methane gas. Next door to the George Page museum is the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). We only had a peak inside but it looks very good. I love living in San Diego but compared to LA it is as if we have no culture at all. And we definitely do not have places to eat like those in LA. comment ()  7:17:54 AM  #

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