Remember Obama's War on Hunting and Fishing?
No? Me either, but as I have noted in the past, you may still hear idiots and liars trying to suggest there such a thing. Will these... pathetic tea-baggers .. ever mention that Obama's EPA has chosen not to ban lead shotgun pellets and fishing weights? No, probably not. Will they mention that the States are moving ahead on that front (i.e. it's a states rights issue as most hunting and fishing decisions are)? No, probably not.
A Tasmanian Tiger Pelt at a Garage Sale?
A fellow foraging for bargains at a garage sale in Rainbow, California says he bought a Tasmanian Tiger skin for $5. The skin was acquired at another garage sale in Boston 30 years earlier. It's authenticity is now being verified. The last Tasmanian Tiger (actually a kind of wolf-like marsupial) went extinct in 1936.
A Roman Swiss Army Knife?
Yep, apparently the Romans had multi-tools too. Check out this neat little folding gizmo from AD 200-300, which comes with knife blade, three-pronged fork, spatula, pick, and spike. Sorry, no toothpick!
Glow in the Dark Bunny?
First it was radioactive boar in Germany. Now it's radioactive rabbits in Washington State. Authorities at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation have captured a rabbit that drank from an open pool of water contaminated by radioactive cesium. No word yet on why there was an open pool of water contaminated by cesium. Maybe someone should look into that?
A Bird That Cries Wolf?
It turns out that a bird has learned to mimic the alarm calls of other animals in order to steal its lunch from small predators. Nice work Charles Darwin!
When You Have Broken Eggs, Make Omelettes!
Remember the sand berms that were being made off the coast of Louisiana to prevent the BP oil spill from reaching shore-nesting locations? The state of Louisiana is now turning 10 miles of those berms into islands for nesting birds.
Five More Captive-bred Condors to the Wild:
Three California condors hatched and raised at the Oregon Zoo have been released to the wild in Arizona and California, and two more are expected to follow. Of the three just released, two were released in California, and one in Arizona near the Grand Canyon. There are now 185 condors flying free in the wild.
Ted Nugent is About to Be Banned in 36 States:
Ted Nugent is one of those preening fakes that dodged the draft and now wraps himself in the flag while pounding on his chest and proclaiming his patriotism. He's also a fake hunter, who shoots farm-raised goats and tame bison, and hunts high-fence game ranches where animals have been baited for weeks to show up at specific locations. Last year Nugent was nailed for actually hunting deer over bait in California (he also illegally shot an immature spike buck at the same location) and he pleaded no-contest. Now 36 states are about to ban him from hunting under the Interstate Wildlife Violators Compact. The first two states to ban him, after California, are Ohio and Kansas. Only 33 more states to go.
Pet Insurance Made Simple?
Over at Pet Connection,
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Ted Nugent, once an a-hole always an a-hole ... just sayin'
This isn't the first suspected Tasmanian Tiger pelt to have been bought in recent months; another was seen at a cryptozoology meeting in Devon (UK) this year. The one in Devon was somewhat suspect as this new pelt is, by being rather dark and not particularly Tassie tiger-shaped. Testing of hair from the Devon one firmly placed it as a species of African deer called a Zebra Duiker; there is apparently a very marked difference between the hair of placental mammals and that of marsupials so on that basis alone the pelt could be classified as "Not Marsupial".
This new pelt is similarly suspect and ought to be considered as a duiker until proven not to be; the Zebra Duiker is after all somewhat more common than the Tassie tiger.
I agree with you Dan. While a Tasmanian Tiger skin is not outside the bounds of possible, it is on the very thin edge of probable. More likely it's a Zebra Duiker. Darren Naish had a little fun with a picture back in 2008 (see http://scienceblogs.com/tetrapodzoology/2008/08/mysterious_striped_mammal.php) whch underscores how easy it is to jump to wrong conclusion. As a general rule, if you hear hoof beats, think horses not Zebra!
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"But of course, stable hybrids are found in the wild, no matter how distressing that idea is to armchair theorists. For example, DNA research has proven what has always been suspected -- that the Eastern Red Wolf in the U.S. is nothing more than a stable hybrid of a Grey Wolf and a Coyote."
Can you point me to this info online?
THANKS!
Sure megangiselle. I live to help people who do not know how to use Google.
Try >> http://tinyurl.com/352z5um
I dunno, I'm thinking that neat Roman do-hickey looks to have a toothpick component.
The terrier swirl-art is boss.
Seahorse :)
I can't get that link to the Fitzwilliam Museum to work, and I have tried in two different browsers.
What are the search terms?
I hope I just fixed it at the link. In case I didn't, the description is:
Category: tool/implement
Name: compound utensil
Description: eating implement, folding, with three-pronged fork, spatula, pick, spike and knife.
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I don't doubt the report from Bath at all—I've seen young peregrines hunting bats after dark at the Nebraska state capitol building. Brief mention near the end of this article: http://home.earthlink.net/~nebraskafalconers/id30.html
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