calodo2003
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Someone needs to photoshop in an épée.I remember when a bunch of baby goats 'attacked' me when I was feeding them at Busch Gardens while tripping my ass off. It was quite the amazing time.
I'd have lost my collective shit if a group of these ambled up to me that night...
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Dinosaurs were killed by volcanoes.Tweet
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Absolutely true. I always get excited when the bullfinches near work show up.Also, while more about people than nature, I still think (screenshot of a) tweet fits in here:
Such truth!
If the earth was cooled by 60 degrees for 15 years, why weren't all amphibians and reptiles wiped out? It's always puzzled me how some survived and others went extinct.Tweet
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Who is Matt? He seems so unvenomous.Tweet
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It looks like there was a kind of "size filter" - essentially everything larger than 1.5m died. Also highly specialised species died as well. Only small generalists survived. Which includes small flying dinosaurs that are still alive today and we usually call birds.If the earth was cooled by 60 degrees for 15 years, why weren't all amphibians and reptiles wiped out? It's always puzzled me how some survived and others went extinct.
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That's incredible.Tweet
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That's surreal.Tweet
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Also tempratures may dropped 60 degrees in average but surely was less close to the equator and more close to the poles. Also microclimas and other anomalies like hotspringsIt looks like there was a kind of "size filter" - essentially everything larger than 1.5m died. Also highly specialised species died as well. Only small generalists survived. Which includes small flying dinosaurs that are still alive today and we usually call birds.
That new Björk album cover is really something else.Tweet
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Is that dangerous? What if it hits your car or a pedestrian? I suppose it can't be very heavy given it's blowing in the wind (even if the wind seems pretty strong), but it's pretty big all the same. Mostly just a nuisance? (and bad for your sight on the road)Tweet
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It might give you some scratches as well as it is a fast moving dry bush.Is that dangerous? What if it hits your car or a pedestrian? I suppose it can't be very heavy given it's blowing in the wind (even if the wind seems pretty strong), but it's pretty big all the same. Mostly just a nuisance? (and bad for your sight on the road)
A car would plow right through it, but it would feck a pedestrian up, especially with the dead cacti fronds / leaves with needles in it (looks like the northern Phoenix / Scottsdale area).Is that dangerous? What if it hits your car or a pedestrian? I suppose it can't be very heavy given it's blowing in the wind (even if the wind seems pretty strong), but it's pretty big all the same. Mostly just a nuisance? (and bad for your sight on the road)
It might give you some scratches as well as it is a fast moving dry bush.
Sounds fun. I think I'm happy not seeing them around here.A car would plow right through it, but it would feck a pedestrian up, especially with the dead cacti fronds / leaves with needles in it (looks like the northern Phoenix / Scottsdale area).
Reminded me instantly of 'Attack of the Killer Tomatoes.'
Starring george clooney on the sequelA car would plow right through it, but it would feck a pedestrian up, especially with the dead cacti fronds / leaves with needles in it (looks like the northern Phoenix / Scottsdale area).
Reminded me instantly of 'Attack of the Killer Tomatoes.'
Yep. Good trivia question.Starring george clooney on the sequel
Like animals - though not a moose - the most dangerous aspect in practice is often the panic it inflicts into drivers to think they need to avoid them. Haven't driven through one that large that I can recall, mind.Is that dangerous? What if it hits your car or a pedestrian? I suppose it can't be very heavy given it's blowing in the wind (even if the wind seems pretty strong), but it's pretty big all the same. Mostly just a nuisance? (and bad for your sight on the road)
There is more in the NY Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/22/science/upside-down-angler-fish.html), but I don't have access there. I can see this photo though:Nature Briefing said:Anglerfish lives life upside down
Several species of whipnose anglerfish (Gigantactis spp.) have been spotted swimming belly-up, suggesting that this is normal behaviour for these deep-sea creatures. “Just when you think they couldn’t get any weirder, anglerfish outdo themselves,” says biologist Pamela Hart. Whipnose anglerfish live in the lightless depths of the ocean. Females use the bioluminescent tip of their long fishing-rod-like nose appendage to lure in prey — apparently while upside down. The researchers suggest that this position allows the fish to take down larger and faster animals without accidentally biting themselves.
I guess those fish are into whorology.There is more in the NY Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/22/science/upside-down-angler-fish.html), but I don't have access there. I can see this photo though:
An upside-down whipnose anglerfish spotted by Japanese researchers in the western North Pacific Ocean in 2011. Credit: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology.
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I love little rhinos, elephants and hippos. They are always so bouncy and active. Which is huge fun because they can't yet control their huge bodies. Love to watch them.Rare Sumatran rhino born in Indonesia - BBC News
A rare Sumatran rhino has been born at a sanctuary in Indonesia.
The calf, which has not yet been named, weighed 25kg (55lb).
Sumatran rhinos are the smallest of all rhinos, and are classed as critically endangered.
Successful births are to be celebrated, as there are only around 40 of the animals left in the world - on the Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Borneo, global conservation charity WWF says.
They used to be found in Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Thailand, and possibly further afield.
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Not sure how to post a video from BBC News but there's a cool video of the little guy chilling out.
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