Archive for the 'Nature' Category

Reason 4,867. Why China Is Eating Our Lunch:

Sunday, February 21st, 2010

science + religion today
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Feb 19, 2010
What Texas Thinks of Evolution
According to a poll conducted by the University of Texas and The Texas Tribune, 30 percent of people in the state believe that humans and dinosaurs lived at the same time, and more than half—51 percent—don’t believe that “human beings, as we know them today, developed […]

How will they determine the difference?

Monday, January 25th, 2010

Movie made by chimpanzees to be broadcast on television
By Matt Walker, Editor, Earth News

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There were far worse movies than THE OSCAR, but those films did not require an all-star cast to be horrible. I suggest you rent this epic because it will keep you in stitches.  Certain bad movies transcend their mediocrity to rise to […]

I’m a sucker for Nature stories.

Monday, January 18th, 2010

Mutually-Beneficial Animal Relationships
Huffington Post
First Posted: 01- 4-10 07:48 AM   |   Updated: 01- 4-10 07:52 AM
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Images: Most are via Huffington Post and marked at bottom right.  (Ant suitcase) mcli.dist.maricopa.edu; (barber smock) triangle.kudzu.com (Scope bottle) petrasoap.com;

Buffalo’s Debt Collectors Accused of Bullying–Associated Press headline, January 6, 2010…

Monday, January 11th, 2010

That’s bad, but it could be worse…

“Bull Durham County Debt Collectors Accused of Buffaloing”

Demi Moore: I’m 47, How Am I Supposed To Look?–Huffington Post headline

Saturday, December 19th, 2009

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This is the photograph which accompanied the article.
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Vegetarian Spider Bagheera Kiplingi Found In Central America–The Daily Telegraph headline

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009

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Image: adult female Bagheera kiplingi eats Beltian body harvested from ant-acacia / R. L. Curry
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Image: (macrame) farm4.static.flickr.com; (earth shoes) via unicyclist.com; (headband & tie dye) afunvampire.com via images.buycostumes.com;

Last week, Yahoo placed a story about the burgeoning friendship of a dog and fawn.

Sunday, July 5th, 2009

These stories sometimes prove to be too syrupy for words; so I re-interpreted the photograph.
I had decided that I wouldn’t post it because it was a bit strange.
Then I read  a story which easily trumped my cartoon with a shovel full of reality.
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Euclid woman, 75, charged in fatal beating of fawn
Posted by Jeff Piorkowski […]

New Jersey Man Is Aattacked By Bear Over Salami Sandwich–Yahoo headline, July 4, 2009

Saturday, July 4th, 2009

What I saw…
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Image: (bear) via myopera.com; (paper hat) esnarf.com; (man) 3.bp.blogspot.com via feeathon.com;  (deli) via paulsfinest.com

The story.

Tiny-rannosaurus Rex: Why Dinosaurs May Not Have Been As Big As Hollywood Films Suggest–Daily Mail online headline

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 1:34 AM on 22nd June 2009     
Dinosaurs
may not have been as monstrously big as scientists and Hollywood film directors would have us believe.

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I have included the Daily Mail’s headline because its inventiveness  is worth a […]

The real surprise is that someone found a mailbox.

Sunday, June 21st, 2009

Kitten dropped, discovered in Boston city mailbox
AP

Tue Jun 16, 9:19 pm ET
BOSTON – Officials said a two-pound, eight-week-old kitten was dropped in a public mailbox in Boston and later found unharmed among envelopes and packages. According to the MSPCA Animal Care and Adoption Center, the kitten they’re calling “Postina” likely was stuffed Friday through a […]