Interesting. It's not clear to me why the sediment that eventually fills an abandoned burrow would have a different consistency from the surrounding dirt and thus fossilize differently.
I believe (but don't have a link to confirm) that one way these super-long beards, braids, etc are achieved is not that the hair follicle continues to provide new growth, but that the hairs are interwoven or become matted with body oils and after one hair dies it just stays in the braid/beard supported by the others. Anybody know?
I would suppose the center circle is not a space capable of being occupied by a piece, but rather just a map of pathways to the next "square." Interesting that the pathway for a bishop is a complete circle. And I think the choice of grey for the third color was more artistic than practical for the players involved. But interesting - and way better than the old "3-dimensional chess" fiasco.
I'll start the boring part by suggesting that the body shape and behavior are consistent with a caterpillar of an underwing moth (probably catocala spp.)
Your last sentence is quite insightful. There is a vast difference between having a pleasure available whenever desired with a few clicks, versus having to wait until a certain time and if missed it was apparently gone forever.
Drawing a clock face is still a component of mini-mental-status exams in tests of cognitive impairment such as the Saint Louis University Mental Status Exam. I have wondered whether this component needs to be modified.
If you're going to do this properly, you should wrap just half your teeth and leave the other half untreated as a control for comparison. We'd like to see that followup photo.
I thought the Flag Code prohibits wearing the flag.
http://aging.slu.edu/index.php?page=saint-louis-university-mental-status-slums-exam