Giant Jim Morrison lizard and climate change

By Ben Brumfield, CNN

To get through the long, tedious hours sitting in the fossil archives at the University of California-Berkeley, Jason Head would listen to the hypnotic sounds of The Doors.

So when he happened upon one of the biggest lizards that ever walked on land, he found it fitting to name it after the band's frontman, Jim Morrison - the original Lizard King.

But that's not what makes this find interesting. It's what the existence of the "Bearded King Morrison" tells us about the effects of climate change that's intriguing.

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August 16, 2013 at 1:14 pm |
RMcL

Good grief, Charlie Brown!

July 12, 2013 at 1:25 pm |
southerntongue

Jim influenced my art my entire life with his macabre and surreal lyrics and poetry. You can see my portrait of the Lizard King I created in memoriam recently on the 40th anniversary of his death. It's on my artist's blog at http://dregstudiosart.blogspot.com/2011/07/celebration-of-lizard-king-jim-morrison.html

June 5, 2013 at 2:47 pm |
Pat

Lizards on the storm, lizards on the storm.

June 5, 2013 at 2:20 pm |
Oat

Lizards on the storm, lizards on the storm...

June 5, 2013 at 2:19 pm |
constantine16621990

"i am the Lizard King, I can do anything" good choice in music man;)

June 5, 2013 at 11:46 am |