Nature is wild
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I am staying away from Komodo dragons this week.
Also, while more about people than nature, I still think this (screenshot of a) tweet fits in here:
So true!
So true!
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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.
Who is Matt? He seems so unvenomous.
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.
That's incredible.
That's surreal.
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 hotsprings
Amazing creatures...
That new Björk album cover is really something else.
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.
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.'
Sounds fun. I think I'm happy not seeing them around here.
Epic once in a lifetime stuff here.
Amazing to think that just one half-hearted swipe from one of those paws could rip your head off.
Starring george clooney on the sequel
Yep. Good trivia question.
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.
Speaking of trivia, tumbleweed is an invasive species introduced in the 1870's and thus often period inappropriate for the Western films they were made famous in stateside. Though they were remarkably successful and spread rapidly...
Kamen Rider
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:
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.
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.
Props to the person who isn't totally freaked out about a spider crawling up their forearm...
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.
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.
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.
In this case the birth is a sensation and a small glimmer of hope. Let's just hope more news like this follow.
Stunning. I saw these on a BBC David Attenborough programme years ago about camouflage in nature and it never ceases to amaze me.
Dumb question. Im a huge Sir David Attenborough fan and love presenters like him and Brian Cox but because im at the arse end of the world Im only now starting to hear about a guy on BBC called Chris Packham. Is he any any good?
Yeah, he's very good, although he is more famous as being a presenter for kids nature programmes like The Really Wild Show, and more famous over the last decade or so for doing British based programmes about each season such as Springwatch etc. He's an avid campaigner for animal rights too. Although he caused some controversy by saying that Panda's were too expensive to save as it's fighting a losing battle and he would eat the last one on the planet so money could go towards saving other animals instead. He also regularly upsets hunters and posh twats that like hunting foxes whilst on horseback with a pack of dogs.
Cheers
Pandas are worth saving because they are such stupid bastards we would lose their comedic value if they ever disappeared.