Dragon’s Den!
Our new friend. A rescued Bearded Dragon from the vet’s where Susan is working. He’s very happy in his new home and, should no owner come forward, he can stay as long as he likes!
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Bulletproof Boars
Wild boars invade New York state; kill pets, chase people By Ray Sanchez NEW YORK | Fri Jul 29, 2011 9:51am EDT (Reuters) – Wild boar are invading the farms of central New York state, attacking livestock, killing family pets, chasing people and posing “devastating consequences” for the area, federal officials warn. The feral swine are a…
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Walmart Wonder
Jacob Simmons and Gentry Lee Sutherland, an engaged couple from Anderson County, South Carolina were shocked to see the face of Jesus looking out at them from a Walmart receipt. They had bought some pictures from the store on June 12th and left the receipt in Sutherland’s apartment. Three days later, Simmons was leaving the kitchen…
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Asymmetric quarks defy standard model of physics
http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110723/full/news.2011.436.html?s=news_rss
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RSPB response to badger cull
Environment secretary Caroline Spelman today (July 19) outlined the Government’s plans for tackling bovine TB through a cull of badgers in the south-west of England. RSPB conservation director Martin Harper said: ‘Bovine TB is a very real and devastating issue for many farmers and it is vital we find an effective long term measure to…
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10 Questions MPs will not ask Murdoch
Attempting to read the 10 Questions post, I noticed that the page was no longer available, obviously through some genuine problem with the web- why on earth would I suspect anything else? Luckily there is a cached version available so, in order to assist with this genuine problem, I am publishing the article written by…
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Snow Leopards on camera
By Danielle Venton http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/07/snow-leopards-on-camera/ A surprisingly healthy population of rare snow leopards has been caught on camera in the wilds of Afghanistan. Researchers spotted 30 snow leopards in 16 different locations by placing camera traps in the mountains of northeastern Afghanistan’s Wakhan Corridor. Snow leopards are threatened by poaching for their fur, the illegal pet trade…
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Blubber dinghy
River cruise … seal enjoys a pleasure ride By JO SAYER Published: 15 Jul 2011 Sailors on this river got a shock when they spotted a wild grey seal sunbathing on a rubber dinghy. The animal had clambered aboard the raft on the River Orwell, near Woolverstone, Suffolk. And it looked ship shape as it…