A new sting.
This is an x-ray of a new stingray that was just discovered in the Amazon rainforest. Dubbed the “pancake” stingray due to it’s resemblance to the breakfast food..
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Top 10 Photos of the Week
The look of innocence is always the calm before the storm
“A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.” – – Sir Winston Churchill
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Wind Turbines Contributing to Decline of Bat Population
Wind turbines are a major threat to bats.
Wind turbines are killing many thousands of bats contributing to a population decline that may be costing farmers millions of pounds, say researchers. Scientists found the blades of wind turbines were a major threat to bats particularly when they are migrating.
Egyptian “Dog Catacomb” Has 8 Million Mummified Dogs
Egyptologist Hendrikje Nouwens examines a dog buried in a special wall niche –
the remains of the wooden coffin can be seen. Many of the dogs
would have been offered to the gods when they were just hours old.
In a labyrinth of tunnels beneath the Egyptian desert lies a truly remarkable catacomb containing the mummified remains of dogs and jackals.
Now, since this is Egypt, mummies aren’t exactly unusual – what made the Dog Catacomb so different is that it contains an immense amount of mummified puppies:
They estimate the catacombs contain the remains of 8 million animals. Given the sheer numbers of animals, it is likely they were bred by the thousands in puppy farms around the ancient Egyptian capital of Memphis, according to the researchers. The Dog Catacombs are located at Saqqara, the burial ground for the ancient capital Memphis…
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Is Your Meat Made With Meat Glue?
If you see “composite meat product” on the label, it might be fish slurry slapped together with an enzyme from cow’s blood.
Almost every country in the EU last week approved the use of Meat Glue in food. Technically called thrombian, or transglutaminase (TG), it is an enzyme that food processors use to hold different kinds of meat together.
Imitation crab meat is one of the more common applications: it’s made from surimi, a “fish-based food product” made by pulverizing white fish like pollock or hake into a paste, which is then mixed with meat glue so that the shreds stick together and hold the shape wanted for it by its creator…
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Builders in Chile Find Mastadon Remains
The remains of a mastodon discovered on the building site of a hydroelectric plant in Chile.
The skull and tusks of a giant primitive elephant that died up to 2million years have been discovered by builders in Chile, it emerged today.
The mastodon, around the same size as modern elephants, is thought to have roamed forests and plains before dying and sinking into a swamp that preserved it.
The find, beside a river, could allow scientists to piece together more information about the DNA they share with their much bigger relative, the woolly mammoth…
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Trees Cocooned in Spiders Webs Reducing Risk of Malaria in Pakistan
Wow. Now that’s a lot of spiders!
Millions of spiders have crawled into trees in Pakistan to escape flood waters, shrouding them with their silky webs. The eye-catching phenomenon is an unexpected side-effect of last year’s flooding which claimed the lives of almost 2,000 people.
However, since the monsoon weather devastated the nation last July, much of the water has still not yet receded. The tiny insects have sought refuge amongst the trees weaving beautifully intricate webs between the leaves. The branches are now so cocooned in spiders webs it gives the appearance of them being shrouded in a large net…
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Welcome to the Wonderful World of Horse Boarding
A new way to enjoy horse play.
If a horse cannot be fed by its owner every day, it is usually kept at a boarding stable, where the staff will care for the horse for a fee. This is called horse boarding. But horse boarding is also a sport where participants are towed behind a horse at 35mph on an off-road skateboard. Adrenaline junkies stand on a mountain board while gripping a rope and attempt to maintain their balance as the horse is spurred into a gallop by its rider…
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Top 10 Photos of the Week
As with all cats, the warm fuzzy exterior is merely window dressing for
the cold-hearted manipulating bastard that lies within
“Not all chemicals are bad. Without chemicals such as hydrogen and oxygen, for example, there would be no way to make water, a vital ingredient in beer.”
Dave Barry
“Not all chemicals are bad. Without chemicals such as hydrogen and oxygen, for example, there would be no way to make water, a vital ingredient in beer.” – – Dave Barry
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New Rodent Discovered in Brazilian Mountains
Drymoreomys albimaculatus.
A new rodent living in treetops was discovered recently in the Atlantic Forest, one of Brazil’s most-ravaged ecosystems, according to a report.
The foot-long creature, referred to as a white-spotted mountain rat or “Drymoreomys albimaculatus,” lives at an altitude of 1,000 meters in mountain ranges in southeast Brazil, biologist Alexandre Percequillo told Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper…
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Low Serotonin Levels Make Mice More Bisexual
Seratonin levels have been found to affect animal’s sexual choices.
There’s a new peer-reviewed research paper out this week that purports to show a link between an animal’s levels of serotonin—a brain chemical probably best known for its association with happy feelings—and who that animal chooses to be its sex partners…
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Half Of All Primates Threatened With Extinction
Not long for this planet?
According to an article on the National Geographic website, nearly half the primate species are in danger of becoming extinct from destruction of tropical forests, illegal wildlife trade and commercial bush-meat hunting.
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