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Showing posts with label Animals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Animals. Show all posts
Bigger-than-man Sea Scorpion Discovered
Giant Sea Scorpion Picture Illusion by Simon Powell
The fossilised remains of a giant claw that once belonged to a sea scorpion roughly 2.5 metres long have been found in Germany.
Researchers say the monstrous creature is the largest arthropod ever known – over 30 centimetres bigger than the previous largest specimen of the same species.
Markus Poschmann with the giant sea scorpion fossil via
Simon Braddy at the University of Bristol, UK, Markus Poschmann in German Archeology Directorate, O. Erik Tetlie at Yale University, examined the 46-centimetre-long claw, found in a quarry near Prüm, western Germany, and believe it belonged to a sea scorpion species called Jaekelopterus rhenaniae that roamed the ocean floors between 460 and 255 million years ago.
Link to Biology Letters' article Link to the Press Release of University of Bristol Link to NewScientists report Tags:
White Shark Jumps out of Water to Swallow Seal
Click here for a serial photos of a giant white shark jumping out of water to swallow a seal. Awesome!
Extinct Wild South China Tiger Is a Calender Tiger?
Zhou Zhenglong, 52, a farmer and former hunter in Chengguan Township of Shaanxi's Zhenping County, was reported to have taken 71 (40 digital and 31 film) pictures on a rare wild South China Tiger on 2/3 Oct. 2007 (a date even himself got confused. link ). Those pictures have been confirmed genuine and the film has kept in the State Forestry Administration, but the genuinity of that "rare wild South China tiger" was suspected by many, including a scientist from the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
From Times Online
Fu Dezhi, a botanist from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, voiced doubts about the vegetation in the photograph, saying that it would be unusual to find a leaf of a size similar to the one that obscured much of the tiger’s head. “I have never discussed whether this is a real tiger because that issue is not my specialty,” he wrote in a blog. “But based on my botanical expertise . . . this is just a ‘paper tiger’.”
Mr Zhou and provincial authorities travelled to Beijing last week for meetings at the state forestry administration.
Officials declined to comment on whether they had reached a decision on the authenticity of the photograph.
Mr Zhou told The Times: “I spent more than a month in the mountains to take these pictures. They are 100 per cent real. No matter who says they are fake, they cannot change the facts.” He said that he planned to set out again into the mountains. “I can’t promise to take more pictures, but there’s hope. The wild tigers are in the mountains.”
From Xinhua
[...] But dozens of netizens expressed doubts about the authenticity of the digital picture -- the only one of the 71 taken to be released at the news conference -- after it had been posted on the Internet, especially in on-line forums discussing Photoshop (PS) technologies.
Netizens suspected that the picture had been processed with PS technologies before release, citing the irregular effects of illumination and focus, and the unreal fur color of the tiger.
Some doubted whether the tiger is a wild one because its eyes look mild and dull, not frightening.
While others said that the tiger's skin and hair seem too shiny, without three-dimensional effect, and speculated that the digital picture might be taken from another picture featuring a South China tiger, or even that a tiger picture was enlarged, made into cardboard cut-out and placed in bushes before being photographed.
But Mr. Zhou has viciously denied the tiger is a paper tiger and the local officials also heavily defended him:
The owner of the disputed photo, Zhou, from Wencai Village in Chengguan Township, was angered by the suspicious remarks.
"It's beyond doubt that I really took the photos of a South China tiger. If they (netizens) have doubts about the photo provided by the forestry department, they can go and ask the officials," he said.
"Zhou Zhenglong risked his life in taking these photos, so they are very precious. We are being cautious and responsible in releasing one of the photos," said Zhu Julong, deputy head of the Provincial Forestry Department.
What's the real interest behind 'this rare South China Tiger'?
"We will take this opportunity to draw up an overall protection plan and apply for establishing a nature reserve for the South China tiger in areas around the mountain [to attract more investment and tourists to the area?]." Zhu said.
If interested, click here to see more Zhou Zhenglong's (un)authentic wild South China tiger.
Click here to read a Google Translation on how contradictory Zhou Zhenglong's claims.
Update: Some a Chinese netizen in Sichuan Province claimed Zhou Zhenlong's extinct South China Tiger is same as a calender tigher hanged on his wall.
The controversy over the authenticity of photographs of the believed-to-be-extinct wild South China tiger seemed to have come to an end on Friday when a netizen posted online what he claimed was a "convincing proof" that the pictures are fakes - a New Year picture of a tiger that hangs on the wall of his home.
The man, named "panzhihua-xydz", said: "It's the same picture. Even the stripes are identical".
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Video: Changing Horseshoe for Horse
This is the first time I saw the horse gets its new 'shoe'! I am sure there are alot of you guys who are curious on why the horse just stands still (shows no any signs of pains) while farriers are changing the horseshoe for it? LUCCHINA & Doug D's comments on the video can answer your curiosity:
Tags:the horses feet is very 'fragile'... They can have dramatic pains on feet... We always say : 'No feet, No Horse'... The shoe is to prevent that.
But the'Hoof', farriers are cutting, is like your nail. No sensibility at the extremities. But, only at the extremities...! Thats why they work with such precision... Bad horseShoing would cause bad effects !!!
[it] is the horse's nail, which the horse runs on. The metal horseshose is to prevent the horse's nail being worn out, which can cause a lot of pain for the horse. But trimming, cutting, burning on a horse nail, well there is no pain at all.
Video: Rabbit Being Chased by Hawk
Has the rabbit been the easy prey of that carnivorou hawk? Click the play button to check out, :-) Tags:
Texan Chupacabra Is a Coyote
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Prince Harry Questioned Over Shooting of 2 Protected Birds, Hen Harriers at Sandringham
The killing of a hen harrier is punishable with a six month jail sentence or a £5,000 fine, because the creatures are a protected species under British law.
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The Mysterious "Mass Suicide" Of 152 Dolphins In Iran
The mysterious "mass suicide" of 152 dolphins washed up on Iran's coast over the last month has alarmed environmentalists, with the blame pointed at regional fishing practices. Link
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Parrot 'Peanut' Saves Family From Blaze by Imitating Fire Alarm
Parrot "Peanut" is a hero after saving a 33-year-old man and his 9-year-old son from a blaze by mimicking the sound of a fire alarm.
The bird's owner Shannon Conwell (below, right) said he and his son (below, left) fell asleep on the couch while watching a movie one day. They awoke about 3 a.m. to find their home on fire after hearing the family's Amazon parrot, Peanut, imitating a fire alarm.
The smoke alarm had activated, but it was the bird's call that caught Conwell's attention. Then he grabbed his son and his bird, rushed out the house.
Though the fire destroyed the home's dining room, kitchen and bedroom, they are safe.
Source:Parrot saves child from blaze by mimicking fire alarm@DM
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Video: Ellen DeGeneres Crying for Dog to be Returned
We hope Ellen DeGeneres and her hairdresser could get back the pooch taken away the pet rescue agency Mutts and Moms.
Ellen DeGeneres is hoping the power of television and celebrity will give a little dog some special treatment. During today's show, DeGeneres breaks down and sobs as she tells the audience about her effort to find a good home for a dog she adopted.
Last month, Ellen and her partner, Portia de Rossi, adopted a Brussels Griffon mix called Iggy. But Iggy didn't get along with the cats, so Ellen gave him to her hairdresser. It turns out, she violated the rescue/adoption agreement with Mutts and Moms, which promptly took Iggy away from the hairdresser. On today's show, Ellen pleads with the agency to return the dog to the hairdresser whose two daughters had become attached to Iggy.
Source: Ellen DeGeneres sobs over a dog - VIDEO @ TV Squad
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DogsInDanger.com Saves Death Row Dogs
Hoping to decrease the number of dogs euthanized in shelters each year in the United States, a new web site called Dogs In Danger (dogsindanger.com) working with shelters across the country is posting pictures of adoptable dogs-along with a countdown clock for each dog showing the days and hours until that dog is destroyed.Dogs in Danger (DogsInDanger.com), is a free service both for participating shelters and people looking for pets, allowing users to search for dogs slated for euthanasia by location, breed, or time until death.
The site is operated by The Buddy Fund, Inc., a non-profit organization founded by dog lover and pet adoption advocate Alex Aliksanyan.
The DogsInDanger.com site has been designed to provide maximum help to shelters with little effort by already overburdened shelter staff. Once registered, shelters will be given any software they need to upload pictures and other information to the site. Shelters that do not own a digital camera will be furnished one at no cost. In addition, The Buddy Fund will allow shelters to decide how they wish to be contacted by people seeking to adopt a dog.
Source: Dogs In Danger Web Site Takes 'In-Your-Face' Approach @ emaxhealth Picture via ABC
844-pound Mako Shark Hauled by Angler Adless Bruner Off Florida Panhandle
When Adlee Bruner and his five friends headed out Saturday morning on a charter boat 'Twilight' , they just hoped to catch some grouper to enter in the annual Destin Fishing Rodeo, but the trip ended with a huge surprise. Adlee Bruner landed a gargantuan 844.4-pound mako shark, setting a new record for the decades-old tournament.
The mako mark hauled by Adless Bruner is the heaviest fish at the Destin Fishing Rodeo in the past 10 years. The 11-foot mako shark first weighed in at 844.4 pounds. After being gutted, the fish tipped the scales at 638 pounds, shattering an earlier shark division record of 338 pounds.
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