Random thoughts

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Why did the stranded baby dolphin have to die?
The decision to euthanase a baby dolphin found in an estuary south of Perth sparked a flurry of questions - but veteran dolphin rescuer Sally Kirby says the baby could not have survived without its mother.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-04-...ie/8431254?WT.mc_id=newsmail&WT.tsrc=Newsmail

this is a definte real mystery,experienced it myself on island

Why are women more likely to be terrified of spiders?
Some studies suggest as many as 90 per cent of arachnophobes are women and researchers at the University of NSW think the female sex hormones could be behind that imbalance.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-04-...ia/8430566?WT.mc_id=newsmail&WT.tsrc=Newsmail

 

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There’s a strange tree-killer on the loose in the Amazon: logjams

By Katherine KorneiApr. 7, 2017 , 2:45 PM

The Amazon rainforest is a hotbed of biodiversity and a major absorber of the world’s carbon dioxide. But large swaths of this jungle are dying every year, more than can be explained by the traditional culprits of deforestation, logging, and farming. Now, one researcher has used more than 30 years of satellite images to show that flooding caused by logjams—large pieces of timber partially or completely obstructing river channels—may be the missing factor. Naturally occurring logjams in the Bolivian Amazonkill off almost as much rainforest as human activity—just under 1000 hectares per year in one part of Bolivia—the scientist reports in a forthcoming issue of Earth Systems Dynamics. To find out how and where logjams did their dirty work, the researcher looked at images of rainforest in western Bolivia from 1984 to 2016, searching for areas that reflected colors of infrared light that typically signify bare soil and sand. He found that 22 rivers showed repetitive flooding caused by logjams. The sometimes-massive pileups reroute water flow, erode riverbanks, and transport massive amounts of sand, eventually killing nearby trees. Each flood can destroy thousands of trees, which die after the soil surrounding their roots is washed away. Logjams can also change the balance of plant species in the Amazon: After trees die, some of the flooded areas turn into savanna, and the uptick in sunlight hitting the ground can favor quick-growing trees like mahogany, at the expense of slower-growing species like Brazil nuts. The die-offs are also bad news for the rest of us—more savanna means fewer trees are absorbing carbon dioxide, one of the major greenhouse gases responsible for global warming.

• http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017...ly_2017-04-07&et_rid=286772041&et_cid=1262010

 

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Ice-addicted python just one of hundreds of animals in prison rehabilitation

A python with a methamphetamine addiction is just one of hundreds of animals being rehabilitated at a prison in New South Wales, and it is also helping to rehabilitate some minimum-security prisoners.

Turtles, wallabies, possums, kookaburras, emus, cockatoos and wombats are also among the about 250 animals housed in the prison at any one time.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-04-...ab/8435364?WT.mc_id=newsmail&WT.tsrc=Newsmail

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[MickeyLee]

never had i ever, until just now, seen a fat snek

 

[rbkwp]

good move,no where else to put this but very important methinks ha

Queensland gropers sent to south-east to help prawn farmers battling white spot disease
By Casey Briggs and Renee Cluff

great if it works
a natural occurence rather than an introduced/unknown species

Prawn farms on the Logan River are about to receive 2,500 Queensland groper fingerlings. (ABC News: Casey Briggs)

An aquaculture hatchery in far north Queensland has sent 2,500 free fish to farms affected by the outbreak of white spot disease, in what has been described as a "small ray of sunshine" for prawn farmers.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-04-...ns/8435360?WT.mc_id=newsmail&WT.tsrc=Newsmail

 

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long time no see to all the 2010-2015 peeps. seems everyone who use to be on here is gone.

 

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100 million years in the making: Open-air dinosaur museum opens in outback Queensland
A permanent open-air dinosaur exhibit built over boulders and a gorge in outback Queensland should boost tourism to Winton, in the state's central west.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-04-...on/8441488?WT.mc_id=newsmail&WT.tsrc=Newsmail

education time ha'

How lizards get their spots
Each scale on an ocellated lizard coordinates its colour with its neighbours.

The way ocellated lizards develop scale patterns follows a set of mathematical equations. (Loic Poidevin/NPL)
Lizard scales follow mathematical rules

As they mature, ocellated lizards develop complex patterns of black and green scales, and it seems their appearances emerge as a result of an unusual and highly coordinated effort between skin cells. Their scales can be described as ‘decision-making units’ that obey a set of mathematical rules called Turing equations, researchers say.

http://www.nature.com/news/how-lizards-get-their-spots-1.21817?WT.ec_id=NEWSDAILY-20170413

 

[rbkwp]

bit of info we all need to know ha
Earthquake detectors can pick up helicopters, too

Earthquake detectors can pick up helicopters, too

how incredible

The Missouri Orchid Farmer Who Ditched His Greenhouse for a Cave

Underground Orchids
An orchid farmer in Missouri explains why he ditched his greenhouse for a cave.
LEARN MORE »
http://www.atlasobscura.com/article..._13_2017)&mc_cid=66f536b4cd&mc_eid=d67b59bc0e

 

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loving spiders more and more huh'

Spider photographer documents discovery of 56 new species
Getting up close with a huntsman the size of a small dinner plate and a scuba-diving tarantula — it's all in a day's work for citizen scientist Robert Whyte.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-04-...nd/8443024?WT.mc_id=newsmail&WT.tsrc=Newsmail

 

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HAPPY EASTER CHRISTIANS!!!

While geladas may look like baboons, they are actually members of their own genus, Theropithecus. Distantly related to baboons, geladas are the world’s only remaining grass-eating monkeys. In the wild, they are now found only in a small area of mountainous plateaus in eastern Africa, a habitat that would be unsuitable for other primate species. Poor climbers, geladas spend almost all their time on the ground. This particular gelada, named Dominick, was born at the Bronx Zoo in New York, but traveled to Germany to become part of a breeding program supporting the genetic diversity of the zoo population of geladas, where he had several offspring.

Dominick now lives at the Parco Natura Viva in Italy with five of his sons—Demay, Degust, Doctober, Dovem, and Dember—four of which are pictured above. Social groups of gelada usually have one dominant male and up to 12 females. Despite his age, Dominick is still able to lead and manage his group. All his sons follow him and his teachings. Staff at Parco Natura Viva are doing their best to give him and his sons very good lives.

Learn more about the species in the Ark.

 

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HAPPY EASTER 2

well
better behave happy easter weekend all,non christians alike
bet you welcome the compulsory break anyway huh ha

promise no wars/no killings
dont think its in our nature to be promising such huh duh

'PEEPs'

Spring PEEPs!
We have several varieties of chicks and ducks this week. Although some were pre-sold, we have PLENTY of birds to choose from if you have a last minute whim to start a flock or increase your current numbers!

uuhmm wish i wss reincarnatyed as that dog ??

Scientists know when you're dreaming, thanks to a newly discovered brain wave signal

 

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Baby koalas stolen from Brisbane home
Three baby koalas that require feeding and medication to survive have been taken from a Brisbane home, police say.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-04-...ay/8445386?WT.mc_id=newsmail&WT.tsrc=Newsmail

 

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F'n AUSSIES have lost the plot
not only run out of space,insensitive

Up to 120 pig corpses will be used as human substitutes and have individual plots at the same sacred site where more than a million people are buried. There the pig corpses will be exposed to compounds, additives and "a lot of different variables" that are designed to "speed up" the natural process below ground.

http://www.smh.com.au/national/rookwood-cemetery-to-conduct-pig-experiment-on-same-sacred-site-as-jewish-and-muslim-graves-20170413-gvkmmn.html?promote_channel=edmail&mbnr=MTE3MjM0NTc&eid=email:nnn-13omn654-ret_newsl-membereng:nnn-04/11/2013-news_am-dom-news-nnn-age-u&campaign_code=13INO010&et_bid=29074398&name=40_smh_newsalert&instance=2017-04-15--18-58--UTC

 

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education time damn interesting ha'LIZARDS

Life, death and a sleepy lizard: One researcher's remarkable work on a monogamous blue-tongue

Life, death and a sleepy lizard: One researcher's remarkable work
We know the sleepy lizard can love and grieve and is a special part of Australia's ecology. But we only know that thanks to the work of a couple of researchers, who have both just died.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-04-...rd/8442252?WT.mc_id=newsmail&WT.tsrc=Newsmail

 

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feral cats are a pain in the ase in NZ as well, but dont think this is a/the solution!

How a simple implant could make native animals toxic to feral cats

Making native animals toxic to feral cats
In a lab at the University of South Australia, researchers create a rice-sized implant that can be injected into native animals, making them toxic when eaten by feral cats.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-04-...ts/8438954?WT.mc_id=newsmail&WT.tsrc=Newsmail

We Can’t Stop Watching This Cute Octopus Latch onto a Diver’s Arm

Off the coast of Spain’s Canary Islands, this diver made an unusual friend: a little octopus that latched onto her hand, as if alternating between fear and curiosity.

 

[rbkwp]

who would kill majestic animals like this for there ivory, or kidnap others for trade
damn poachers would,and bugger them if they cry
'we want to feed our children'
BS feed themselves by other means like millions of others do

 

[MickeyLee]

color me terrified and aroused

 

[rbkwp]

i would just spray the F'n thig 3 times a year
even if i dident use organic spray

still doeset get around yet another F,n money grabbing corporate trying to make dollars off citizens
'annual charge of 350/ plus a 2pc increase annual increase the Fuckers

the sort of thing TRUMP would do / is doing to the American citizen, treat them like ...

'We won't pay KiwiRail'
KiwiRail says they've encroached. The Hopes say they've maintained the land and won't fork out for it on principle.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/914...or?cid=edm:stuff:dailyheadlines&bid=169268056

'i had a cat named Dorothy'
got hit by a truck

actually teen angst movie
funny


i hate cats

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[rbkwp]

holiday beach resort so speatacle for those on hollidays i geuss
similar happened in Australia several months ago,also atter rains as i recaall

According to the Otago Daily Times, the 66-foot web is located in Papamoa, about 140 southeast of Auckland, New Zealand.

Giant ‘Spider Bum Parachutes’ Cover New Zealand Field
It was beautiful, if creepy.

Giant Spider Web

This New Zealand field was covered in a 66-foot web built by thousands of spiders.

http://www.atlasobscura.com/article..._4_19_17)&mc_cid=6f7a1fb93d&mc_eid=d67b59bc0e

 

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Two six-week-old tiger cubs wait to be vaccinated at the zoo in Leipzig, eastern Germany, on Tuesday.