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Living Pterosaurs newsletter 006
July 30, 2007
By Jonathan Whitcomb
To living-pterosaur investigators and to those interested:
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Destination Truth broadcast (ropen episode)
"Searching for Ropens" second edition in print
Other web pages on living pterosaurs
Frigate Birds
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Destination Truth broadcast (ropen episode)
I was delighted with the ropen episode of the Destination Truth series (Sci-Fi Channel). I have not yet obtained a copy of the footage of the ropen-light. Having seen only what everyone else saw of the broadcast, I cannot give a 100% declaration that it was the light from a ropen. I believe that it was a ropen, however. It reminded me of Paul Nation's video footage which was recorded just a few weeks earlier (inland, to the west of the area that was explored by the Destination Truth team).
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"Searching for Ropens" second edition in print
The second edition of my book is now on sale online. Please purchase directly from my publisher, Wingspan Press. (The publisher's name is an interesting coincidence for my book) Purchasing through traditional online suppliers like Amazon.com result in almost no financial support for future editions of the book, let alone future expeditions.
Here is the page for purchasing:
http://www.overlookedbooks.com/atitle.php?id=147
Their image of the front cover of the book on the publishers web page may still be the earlier cover edition; it makes no difference: This is the second edition, although the cover of the book you receive will have a uniform background (blueberry).
Relevant web pages are:
My main page http://www.searchingforropens.com/
Quotations from the second edition http://www.searchingforropens.com/quotations/
Table of Contents http://www.searchingforropens.com/TOC/
Questions and Answers http://www.searchingforropens.com/Q-A/
Enlarged image of the back cover http://www.searchingforropens.com/back-cover/
Comments from readers of the first edition http://www.searchingforropens.com/comments-first-ed/
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Other web pages on living pterosaurs
New or newly presented pages include two more mini-video pages:
Whitcomb's 2004 expedition http://www.ropens.com/2004-video-1/
Short version of Hodgkinson's interview http://www.ropens.com/hodgkinson-video-1/
[Thank you to Garth Guessman for the above]
Another of my replies to Glen Kuban is here: http://www.objectiveness.com/reply_to_Kuban/
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Frigate Birds
I don't think anyone receiving this email newsletter has referred me to any videos, but:
I could become fatigued should more well- meaning individuals send me references to home videos of Frigate birds. I realize that some believers in ropens know little or nothing about Frigate birds. Please note that when something is soaring, in daylight, over a beach or school of fish, and the wings resemble the wings of a Frigate bird, then we need to consider it a Frigate bird, unless there is something noteworthy that makes it differ from ANY kind of Frigate bird. These sea birds, in at least one variety, can have a wingspan as great as eight feet, I believe. They do have long tails and these tails do not always appear forked (It depends on the type and the angle of observation, I think).
In particular, when there is a white or a light coloring on the throat or upper chest, note that this is typical of at least the females of at least some Frigate birds.
Having thus said, should you encounter any video of a night scene with a flying creature that has a head crest, disregard all of the above and contact me. Thank you.
Thank you for your interest in living pterosaurs!
Jonathan Whitcomb |