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Chub Leuciscus cephalus >>> Grass carp Ctenoharyngodon idelaa

 * Thanks for pointing this out, I'll fix it up —Pengo 23:04, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Chubs and Disambiguation
Greetings. Recently, on Tue 16 Oct, I constructed a disambiguation page for the various fish known as chubs. After having done so, I began to contemplate whether that page and the current Chub page might be better named. I posted a discussion on the Chub page but it's not yet received any comment. I noticed from the article's revision history that you had made one or more contributions to the page. Consequently, I thought I might profit from your advice at Talk:Chub#Page title if you have a moment or two to spare. Thanks. &mdash; Dave (Talk | contribs) 03:38, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

Cooperation - similar perspective
Thanks for your supportive comments. I would absolutely be interested in collaborating on some species articles with you. I have been working on the long-toed salamander, because I know a lot about this species. However, I have lots of background on other species. We should try to pick a few key species that have had received little input and bring the articles up to par. I'll do a bit of research on this and will come up with some suggestions. I've also been putting lots of effort into Conservation Biology if you would like to have a read through. I have a section that might interest you on the priority settings Conservation Biology. It has some great references to follow up on this discussion. An article I'm really interested on working on next is Conservation Genetics. Thompsma (talk) 18:09, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Ok, I will look into it.

As for the long toed salamander I have some preoccupancy with great crested newt and I think preferrably every species article should be written by someone with hands on experience some articles now are for instance excerpts from fishbase. I have however sinned against that writing about Pacific salmonidsViridiflavus (talk) 22:56, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Conservation Genetics
Hi Viridiflavus. Thanks for stopping past my site and putting in your comments about the conservation biology article. It is a field that I have been passionate about since I was young. I have been reading on the subject every day since I was about 15 years old. I have read all the classics and am very concerned about the subject matter. I am an academic type, but I'm not so skilled at publishing my ideas. I tend to overwork myself, get too deeply involved in things - and somehow loose the message along the way. Perhaps it is because I care too much about it. Your questions about conservation genetics are great questions.

Here are two recommended places to learn more:

http://www.eau.ee/~lki/kalakasv/consgen/Frankham_1995.pdf

The following book you can read mostly online - some pages are missing, but there is enough in the first chapter for you to get the information you would need. Also do a search for inbreeding depression and you will see the chapter on big cats: http://books.google.ca/books?hl=en&lr=&id=QsZGzHDP7B8C&oi=fnd&pg=PR13&dq=conservation+genetics&ots=vfot5iLEMW&sig=DyuZCPgQKN410_goGYKgBPZ0IVI

I actually flew down and have met with John Avise a couple of times - he signed his books for me. If you can get this article:

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/119879496/abstract

It is a good intro as well. I have some other writing to do outside of wiki - publication and reports due. I'll be back and will start working on another article - perhaps we can collaborate then.Thompsma (talk) 08:11, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I read the first PDF, Probably I underestimated the deleterious effects of inbreeding, especialy reproduction starts to suffer soon, and that is the only thing that can get a population to recover. I haven't done much on wikipedia too last week, but I want to do some good work on sensory systems on the dutch wiki and then maybe incorporate some in the english/american.::::

Bird vision
Hi Viridiflavus: Saw your tag on the bird vision article, and we'll definitely work to find the relevant citation. I am curious as to why you tagged it with the date July 2011, since you just tagged it last night — i.e. December 2011! MeegsC | Talk 12:16, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

It cant be true, because an 8 fold increase in angular resolution would mean 8^2 (64)times as many cones/mm2 according to my simple reasoning. German wiki gives about twice as many cones per mm2 (144000/mm2) in the central fovea for mammals, which is about the maximum packing density and even the blue receptors are absent to improve acuity in the central fovea (violet text is nearly impossible to read for that reason. Eye and pupil size are similar in eagles and humans. I Dont know what went wrong with the date, could be I have to adjust my system time. Leaving this will in the article will spread "urban" legend.Viridiflavus (talk) 22:04, 5 December 2011 (UTC)


 * All I want to know is why did you tag it with a date of July, when you clearly didn't tag it until December?! I have no problem with you questioning the information, just tagging it as having been questioned six months ago! MeegsC | Talk 18:40, 6 December 2011 (UTC)
 * I thought it was autotagged with 4 tildes, so no intent, just some computer system issue that I don't consider very important. I logged in from a university computer I think.

User Viridiflavus passed away
My friend Piet Spaans a.k.a. User:Viridiflavus passed away on August 16, 2014. -- George Chernilevsky  talk 16:52, 18 August 2014 (UTC)