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Barrow, Alaska: Ground Zero for Climate Change [from the Smithsonian]
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Photo courtesy of: Denis Scott / Corbis 'Bowhead' whales are named for the massive bony skulls that enable them to break through ice to breathe. They can live up to 200 years; adults weigh up to 100 tons. Their biannual migrations between the Bering Sea and the Eastern Beaufort Sea carry them past Barrow each fall and spring. “The whale is central to our culture,” Mayor Itta had told me. “The warmer ocean and currents will markedly shorten our spring whaling season.” He was concerned about possible changes in whale migration patterns and sea ice conditions; hunters must travel over ice to reach whales. “The impacts are around us already. We need more baseline science so we can measure these impacts over time.” Bowhead whales are a major source of food for Native Alaskans. Scientists in Barrow are studying the whales' migration patterns as well as the abundance of the krill that feeds bowheads off Barrow each year. [article.] |
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A Siberian Husky rests in the pit during a sled dog sprint at the European championship in central Slovakia’s resort of Donovaly. -- (Photo: Joe Klamar / AFP-Getty via the San Francisco Chronicle) |
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The Atlantic Sailfish (Istiophorus albicans) hunt sardines in Isla Mujeres, Mexico. -- captured by Eric Cheng [gallery.] |
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Budapest Zoo’s newborn giraffe calf rests on hay while its mother Santana walks by in Budapest, Hungary, Friday, March 5, 2010. The 170 cm (67 inch) tall baby was born on Wednesday, and its gender is still not known. The zoo plans to show the calf to the public next week. -- (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky) |
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Is today Saturday? I had almost forgotten it in passing, so as a remembrance, and perhaps the final instance in which I will indulge in this practice,
I now commerate 'Caturday'. http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kx...xyf0o1_500.jpg http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kx...pgvlo1_500.jpg http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ky...htgdo1_500.jpg http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ky...udxto1_500.jpg http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ku...j66do1_500.jpg |
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A mahout feeds elephants at the state zoological park in Gauhati, India, Thursday, March 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath) |
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Fareham, Hampshire resident Jane has found a nutty way of getting her lolz on: She suspends two coconuts in mid-air from her clothes line once a week, and watches as local squirrels dive face-first into a pre-cut hole in the fruit’s hard husk. “The first time I saw them feeding I nearly died laughing,” Jane tells The Sun. “They looked like a pair of astronauts.” |
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Visitors look at the American-born panda Tai Shan at the Ya’an Bifeng Gorge Breeding Base in Sichuan province, China, Tuesday, March 9, 2010. Freed from quarantine, Tai Shan paced around his new home in southwest China as he was put on public display Tuesday for the first time since his much-anticipated arrival in the country. (AP Photo) |
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SPEAKING TO THE MEDIA: SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment President Jim Atchison gave a news conference in Orlando, Fla., Friday. Mr. Atchison said the whale that killed a trainer will continue to perform, but no one will be allowed in the water with any of the killer whales until an investigation is finished. -- (Red Huber/Orlando Sentinel via Associated Press) |
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Jet, a while back while hiking with my two boys we found a large snake and I was not afraid to pick it up only because its mouth was stuffed full of a large toad. After we carried the snake around for a while he spit out the toad and except for two small puncture marks it seemed OK, so we let them both go.
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when proving the adage wrong is likely to get you into deep water.
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Four-month-old Sun Bear cub plays with a bamboo at Ueno Zoological Gardens in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, March 17, 2010. -- (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye) |
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Elephants with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus walked past the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 16, 2010. The circus will perform in Washington from March 18 through March 21, 2010. -- (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) |
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this one actually kinda correlates to the above:
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just an awesome pic, seamaiden......:thumbsup:
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Nope, We're dogless, but we have three cats. Found that pic on the net.
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I just noticed that there is a succession of a few photos in album with a common theme: it's time to eat.
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Thanks for displaying post #390; I found all three images quite fetching and funny.
My turn: I absolutely love this image. (though "animal-lovers" may not be of the same mind) http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l0...6y3go1_500.jpg Ozaka -fotolog- - 2010-04-10 |
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by Edwin Rosskam, 1937
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