Random thoughts

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HUGE FIND
Mysterious new orca species likely identified
For the first time, scientists have filmed and studied the elusive “type D” killer whales in the wild.
SEE THE SPECIES

LEMUR TROUBLE
How the sapphire trade is driving lemurs toward extinction

A rush for Madagascar’s gemstones is destroying remaining habitat for imperiled lemurs and other wildlife.

Do Octopuses Dream?
A video of an octopus changing color in its sleep suggests that cephalopods may have a form of REM sleep, and even dream.
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cute
Hungry Otters Are Creating a Unique Archaeological Record

Hungry Otters Are Creating a Unique Archaeological Recor

SMARTNEWS Keeping you current
The Carcasses That Mountain Lions Leave Behind Power Entire Insect Ecosystems
A new study shows 215 species of beetles rely on the big cats’ leftovers

Read more: The Carcasses That Mountain Lions Leave Behind Power Entire Insect Ecosystems | Smart News | Smithsonian

It's autumn and the European wasp begins its game of drones
This pesky insect hitched a ride to Tasmania in the 1950s and unfortunately it's here to stay, going on the move at this time each year.

There's a growing push to give nature legal rights, but what would that mean?
Researchers argue that giving nature human rights could help ward off an impending 'planetary catastrophe'. But others say we aren't enforcing the laws we already have.

 

[516778]

Today is just another day.....just one more day.

 

[Cecil56]

I'm missing someone...that I will most likely never even meet.

 

[rbkwp]

PETS
Your Dog's Personality Can Change Over Time

By Mae Rice

You have a lot to do with that.

cool
wish i had a bed of roses/lavender to lie in yaya

 

[rbkwp]

AIR NEW ZEALAND

had fares to ChCh at 800-00 return from Auckland the money hungry c.....s

a sharehilder 52 pc, intervened/think its the NZ Govt
now 150-00, and free to family of deceased

gee corporates are the worst non compassionate people in the world

 

[LaFemme]

I'm missing someone...that I will most likely never even meet.

Aw, that’s kind of sweet.

 

[Cecil56]

Aw, that’s kind of sweet.

Nice you can think of it that way.

From my prospective, it just verifies that I'm a messed up and lonely individual.

 

[Cecil56]

It's a mess in my area. Missouri River is flooding and levies are giving way. The Missouri River divides Iowa and Nebraska.
I live just a few miles from the river. High and dry here. Now the interstate is shut down and I'll be driving back roads for work next week. (that is if my work place is still there and not flooded.

Many have lost their homes. Some you can barely see the roofs peeking up from the water.
Couple bud's and I took a drive this AM down by the river. That road now has 3 feet of water.

Drank a beer with a county deputy officer this afternoon. He had been on a rescue and a man lost his life.
Send us prayers please!
www.wowt.com/content/news/FLOOD-UPDATE-Evacuations-road-closings-alerts-for-Saturday-March-16-507230201.html

 

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eeeww human criminality towards animals
formerly animal abuse

40,000 vanishing pigeons and the science of poodle haircuts

Our editors scrounged up some truly bizarre facts.

thank you Australia and Paris Fr
on behalf of our Kiwi Muslims

 

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Thieves Steal A Famous Painting From An Italian Church — But Don't Worry, It's Fake

funny

 

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[LaFemme]

Reminds me of high school!

 

[rbkwp]

i hope you werent to obliging to all the boys/my job ha

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Reminds me of high school!

 

[LaFemme]

i hope you werent to obliging to all the boys/my job ha

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Reminds me of high school!

Um, of course not!

 

[rbkwp]

oohhhhhh ...
well,fine days of burgeoning loss of innocence
wonderful days either way

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Reminds me of high school!
Um, of course not!

 

[LaFemme]

My coughing is disturbing my boy and his girlfriend, so much that they made me tea and went out and got me more juice.

Should I get sick more often?

 

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PAID POST
MAMA’S LAST HUG by Frans de Waal

When Mama, a chimpanzee, was dying, biologist Jan van Hoof visited her for a last hug. The results went viral. The insights are profound: we don’t have a single organ that other animals don’t have, and the same is true for emotions.


shes not there to scare the shit out of your coughing LF
promise
was just lined up ready to go ha
ive often thought something harsh or acidic like the common lemon juice hot/cold would do the trick
never needed to use it tho
mind you thats more a sore throat remedy huh
still never annoyed many wth coughing as udsually solo living

got me more juice.

Should I get sick more often?

 

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again
love Au rural
salt of the earth
feeds te people
as well as all farmers WW

we dont need no wars nor wealth !!!
be nice if we got rid of chemicals, but wtf

Toxic mine 'contaminating river system in far north Qld'
Water from a mothballed mine in south-west of Cairns is leaking into waterways after recent heavy rainfall, the State Government says.

Scientists uncover highly infectious bacteria as cause of ugly veins on mangoes
Scientists have worked out what causes ugly veins to appear in mangoes — a breakthrough that could save the industry millions of dollars each year.

Tassie farmers cash in as hemp hits new high
Australia's booming market for hemp seed is spurring a new wave of Tasmanian growers on to cash in on crop.

Hopes that $25 million road upgrade could help revive Menindee, despite water struggles
Locals in drought-stricken Menindee, in NSW, say a $25m plan to seal a key road could save their embattled town.

Can the Darwin Port's 99-year lease to China be reversed? And what role, if any, did Andrew Robb play?
Can the 99-year lease of Darwin Port to China be reversed, and what role — if any — did Andrew Robb have in the deal?

Tasmanian town of Longford on 'pong alert' as sewage-abattoir stench sends locals packing
Tasmanians in a town routinely assaulted by the smell of sewage and an abattoir are thinking of leaving 'Pongford' for good.

Katherine Gorge up in smoke as Top End burning season starts early
A poor wet season sparks an early start to the Top End's prescribed burning season, almost two months ahead of schedule.

What happens to WA EPA's guidelines now they've been withdrawn?
The WA EPA chair and a law professor discuss what just happened to the greenhouse gas emission guidelines that have been withdrawn.

 

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todays FYI
not only guns freely available WW huh
share our plastics

sad about former myspace and the loss of sooth the soul music

Before You Go

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• In the Philippines, a marine biologist discovered 88 pounds of plastic in the belly of a young whale that showed signs of emaciation and dehydration.
• Scientists are about to restart the two giant facilities in the U.S. that register gravitational waves — the ripples in the very fabric of the universe that were predicted by Albert Einstein more than a century ago.
• Japan is betting big on hydrogen fuel cell vehicles.
• Physicist and Dartmouth professor Marcelo Gleiser has won the prestigious Templeton Prizefor his quest to uncover the “mystery of who we are.”
• MySpace — the once-dominant social media platform that was largely subsumed by Facebook — may have lost a decade's worth of music uploaded by users.