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A Rare Yellow Lobster Joins a Boston Aquarium’s Lobster Rainbow

Lobster Rainbow

A rare bright yellow lobster was donated to the New England Aquarium in Boston, where it will join other unusually colored crustaceans.

http://www.atlasobscura.com/article...9_6_2017)&mc_cid=ba0206a09d&mc_eid=d67b59bc0e


Warm Your Heart With Videos of ‘Echidna Love Trains’
For the enigmatic mammal, mating season is trailing season.

A Train of Echidnas

There is one fact that you should never forget about these odd spiny mammals: when they mate, they form processions called "love trains."

http://www.atlasobscura.com/article...9_6_2017)&mc_cid=ba0206a09d&mc_eid=d67b59bc0e


certainly no complaints about that magnanimus gesture of humanity
unlike the pseudo grandsyanding milion Trump mentions fr flood victims
realise they ae suspect in there payments to ordinary cocao workers etc but/and
still a positive gesture

Mars wants big companies around the world to follow its lead.

'We're trying to go all in': Chocolate giant Mars pledges $1 billion to fight climate change

Read more at https://www.businessinsider.com/mar...greenhouse-gas-2017-9#ysMpxEWa3c7efWkV.99IR=T

 

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I'm thinking about how nice it would be to sit down for coffee with some of the women from lpsg , just coffee and talk about stuff . I think that would be a delightful experience .

It might be quite the amusing experience, depending which women it was (obviously I don't know all the women, or all of anyone on here)

 

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How Irma Became Irma: A Monster Storm Six Months in the Making
By
Brian K Sullivan

The first seed for Irma’s monster size and force was planted on the other side of the world more than six months ago. A widely anticipated El Nino failed to materialize over the Pacific Ocean. In time, that cleared a path for a hurricane to form in the Atlantic that grew to the size of New York, with winds topping 185 miles per hour.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...r&utm_term=170907&utm_campaign=bloombergdaily

 

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They say life is tough. The world is tough.... I reckon I could live a pretty good life if dipshits kept their dipshitedness to themselves.

 

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smile
learnt to ignore many of the dipshit sayings like that v
think as much as anything some folk have lost there indivduality/originality/personality even etc
aka 'follow the/a leader,false prophet,easier for them
think religion

New They say life is tough. The world is tough....

 

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lets not try to withold beauty
have your wars, suffer the wrath of Mother Nature

Let's Go to Madagascar!
Lemurs and Landscapes of Madagascar
In spring 2018, travel with Atlas Obscura from the savannah to the canyons and meet a diverse array of Malagasy wildlife.

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http://www.atlasobscura.com/unusual...9_8_2017)&mc_cid=698b133393&mc_eid=d67b59bc0e

 

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knew youd be interested why you clicked on him??
dident work tho ha
so heres the link below??

http://www.newsweek.com/syrian-rebels-return-eagle-israel-after-it-flew-isis-badlands-661619

 

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Saving Canada’s Wild Salmon Policy

Canada already has a forward-thinking salmon management plan on the books. Now it just needs to implement it.

https://www.hakaimagazine.com/artic...il&utm_term=0_0fc1967411-b527d4f1ce-121602357

The Path of the Unseen Whale

Just as a hunter leaves a trail in the snow, a whale forms prints on the water’s surface.

https://www.hakaimagazine.com/article-short/path-unseen-whale

 

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Video: 'I cried, laughed, yelled, screamed'

Spectacular Aurora display not over yet
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/329351/spectacular-aurora-display-not-over-yet

http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/339076/video-i-cried-laughed-yelled-screamed

 

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yes,we do tend to forget we are responsuble for them

Hurricane Irma: Zoo Miami animals take refuge from wild weather as storm eye approaches Florida

Miami zoo animals ready to ride out Irma
Not all Florida residents are making an exodus ahead of Hurricane Irma, the animal inhabitants of Zoo Miami will stay put and are well prepared to ride out the storm.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-09-...er/8889672?WT.mc_id=newsmail&WT.tsrc=Newsmail

 

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bummer
NATURE a weinner Y/N

The Gorillas Dian Fossey Saved Are Facing New Challenges

Three decades after the groundbreaking researcher was killed in Rwanda, the ape population is growing—but is under rising pressure.

Dian Fossey’s unwavering passion for saving Rwanda’s mountain gorillas made her a hero in conservation circles and a source of consternation for locals relying on the forest to survive. Thirty years after she was killed by an unknown assailant in her research cabin, her efforts continue to bear fruit, even as the gorilla population is still under threat.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/m...0910&utm_campaign=engagement&utm_rd=597718735

 

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i am sure you want/need to know?
well, now you know anyway!!!

Where Do Fish Go in a Storm?
Pounding rain and whipping winds affect fish, too.

Where Do Fish Go in a Storm?

https://www.hakaimagazine.com/artic...il&utm_term=0_0fc1967411-b527d4f1ce-121602357

 

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COOL German innovation
DW'


A new way to see the news

dw_stories A new way to see the news, featuring exceptional Instagrammers from around the world. #dw_stories dw.com

DW is introducing a different style of storytelling, featuring Instagrammers from around the world. Check out @dw_stories on Instagram to see the news from a unique perspective.

https://www.instagram.com/dw_stories/?maca=en-newsletter_en_bulletin-2097-html-newsletter

 

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Tasmanian devil shows its teeth

 

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LPSG EXCLUSIVE

DONT KNOW if this supposed selfie image thats gone viral in the last few days is a truth,as in the monkee picked up the camera and took a selfie

mebeeee its a truth, if tghe backghrounds digfferent !

as i recall posting that samne image/or one similar, on here,about a WEEK ago

not bothering to look it up,as @ 3am NZT and i am not a perfectionist ha

What Happens When a Monkey Takes an Awesome Picture of Itself?

Pictured above is a monkey. Specifically, it's a macaque, and one that is smiling-- grinning, really -- in a way that makes for a simply fantastic picture. Maybe not a Pulitzer winning one, but certainly one which is so good that the photographer is probably making a bunch of money from it.

He isn't. In fact, he hasn't seen a dime, at least not as of a few days ago. And the reason why? It boils down to one simple sentence: The monkey took the picture of itself. Yes, that picture is a monkey selfie.

And wow, did that cause some legal troubles.

The story starts in 2008, on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. A photographer named David Slater set up camp in the forest, hoping to capture some of the indigenous wildlife on film. He befriended some wild macaques, shot some pictures, but was having difficulty getting close-ups of their faces; there were limits to how much the monkeys trusted him. That's when he came up with an idea: what if he let the monkeys take the pictures, with him nowhere to be seen? He set up his equipment and, he'd later claim, he strategically placed the remote camera trigger in a place where the macaques could examine it and, hopefully, accidentally trigger it. And what we ended up with is the image above -- taken by a macaque while it or a friend inspected the camera lens.

But: who owned that photo? Your first instinct may be to conclude that Slater holds the copyright to the photo; it was taken with his camera, according to his plan, and, in any event, he was the only person around. But fast forward to 2014, when the image made its way to Wikipedia. The Wikimedia Foundation -- the organization behind Wikipedia -- saw it differently, allowing the photo to be used on its sites without Slater's permission. Here's how Wikipedia itself summarizes their take: "The Wikimedia Foundation's 2014 refusal to remove the pictures from its Wikimedia Commons image library was based on the understanding that copyright is held by the creator, that a non-human creator (not being a legal person) cannot hold copyright, and that the images are thus in the public domain."

Slater disagreed, of course, but the US Copyright Office sided with Wikimedia. Slater told the BBC that the ruling and Wikimedia's decision cost him "£10,000 or more in income" -- he made about £2,000 before the public hit Wikipedia, and virtually nothing afterward. And his troubles were about to get worse.

In September of 2015, PETA -- the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals -- filed a lawsuit against Slater on behalf of the macaque who took the picture. They argued that Naruto -- that's the name PETA gave the monkey -- having taken the picture, owned the copyright. The court sided with Slater but PETA appealed, and recently, the two sides settled. Of whatever (likely meager) amounts Slater earns from the photo going forward, 25% will be donated to organizations which protect the macaques' habitat.

Naruto was unavailable for comment.

 

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The Case Against Civilization
Did our hunter-gatherer ancestors have it better?
By John Lanchester

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/09/18/the-case-against-civilization

 

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take that humanity
knew about it,but shocked/intriged
when came upon it ha,serves two purpopses

GERMANY,its a protected species
- he said

Return of the Plagues - Locusts (FULL DOCUMENTARY)

Published on Mar 29, 2016
Return of the Plagues - Locusts

Swarms of locusts are still a very real plague today. They afflict drought areas, especially after a rare rainfall, leaving a trail of destruction behind. In Africa, this regularly leads to disastrous famines. Fighting the locusts with crop dusters is too costly for many of the poorer countries, and classic insecticides take an extremely high toll on the environment and the remaining plants.
Researchers all over the world are looking for new, more effective ways to combat the invaders. Scientists at the University of Halle in Germany are experimenting with pheromones that might upset the insects’ mating behavior.
In Australia, where swarms of locusts have recently been destroying crops in parts of the country that never had this problem before, the locusts are being attacked with crop-dusting helicopters that apply pesticides in minimum dosage. But an aerial application is extremely sensitive to the wind, and the deadly mist might easily miss its target.

 

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Repopulating Wildlife Parks in Mozambique

A real-life Noah's ark - minus the rain
How do you go about reintroducing wildlife to national parks all but wiped out by decades of civil war? Mozambique has a (biblical) answer.

http://www.dw.com/en/a-real-life-noahs-ark-minus-the-rain/a-40461137

EAUTIFUL/UNUSUAL

Video shows 'extremely rare' mother and baby white giraffes in Kenya

'Extremely rare' mother and baby white giraffes spotted
Two "extremely rare" white giraffes — a mother and baby — are filmed in Kenya by conservationists.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-09-...ya/8948854?WT.mc_id=newsmail&WT.tsrc=Newsmail

 

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Harry Dean Stanton, Repo Man, Twin Peaks star, dies aged 91

Harry Dean Stanton, cult American actor, dies aged 91
Harry Dean Stanton, whose scruffy looks and off-beat demeanour made him a favourite of directors seeking a character actor to add eccentricity or melancholy to the screen dies of natural causes, aged 91.

one of the betters R.I.P. Harry
known by his face/naturtal genune acting ability alone nothing else required

Harry Dean Stanton, whose scruffy looks and off-beat demeanour made him a favourite of directors seeking a character actor to add eccentricity or melancholy to the screen, has died from natural causes, his agent said. He was 91.


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In a career spanning 60 years, Stanton's roles were not always big but were meaningful and could add a special quirk or flavour to a film.

Sometimes he said very little in his roles, but with a long, craggy face highlighted by unkempt hair and sad, droopy eyes, Stanton had a strong physical presence and made a point of not over-acting.

"He's one of those actors who knows that his face is the story," his friend Sam Shepard, the playwright and actor, said in the 2012 documentary Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction.


http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-09-...91/8952142?WT.mc_id=newsmail&WT.tsrc=Newsmail

 

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TOUGH Bastards those Aussies !!
but
sorry Joey?

Koala survives bumpy ride clinging to 4WD suspension
A koala is released back into the wild after enduring a 16-kilometre nightmare holding onto the axle of a four-wheel drive in the Adelaide Hills.

Koala survives 16km Adelaide Hills journey trapped behind 4WD wheel, but joey missing

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-09-...ey/8952428?WT.mc_id=newsmail&WT.tsrc=Newsmail