Herold, a widow whose daughter was killed in a car accident several years ago, told the Today Show that the incident was “a freak thing.” She said Travis “couldn’t have been more my son than if I gave birth to him,” and rejected criticism that chimpanzees are inappropriate pets. “It’s a horrible thing, but I’m […]
Oldest Animal Fossils Discovered | Wired Science from Wired.com
The animals’ remains don’t look like traditional fossils. They’re more like fossil echoes: chemical traces of a compound only produced — at least in modern times — by demosponges, descendants of what some scientists consider to be the last common ancestor of all animals. “It is, definitively, the earliest evidence for animals,” said geochemist Gordon […]
obama is the man we need: he likes big dogs
“It’s like a little yappy dog?†Obama asked Walters, foolishly ignoring his wife’s advice not to criticize. “It, like, sits in your lap and things?†queried the skeptical president-elect. Michelle, still trying to save her husband from himself, pronounced the dog “cute.†Barack wasn’t buying it. “It sounds kind of like a…a girly dog,†he […]
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amazing undersea creatures
watch this amazing TED talk on sea creatures — and be sure to stay to the end (about 3 minutes?) for an octopus that can perfectly camouflage himself.
Strange seven-colored snake found in Nepal
Thousands of people have been thronging Chapaghar area of Tanahu district in western Nepal to see a strange seven-colored snake found in a well there, the National News Agency RSS reported on Saturday.    According to the RSS, the snake was first seen by a local people. Since then thousands of people have seen the snake. A […]
nature’s unicorn
one of my coolest christmas gifts is the avenging narwhal from the back of the box: For centuries, the Narwhal was the great mystery of the sea. With the body of a whale and the horn of a Unicorn, many people believed that these fascinating creatures were harmless inhabitants of the icy waters of the […]
Laika, first dog in orbit – Yahoo! News
Just nine days before the launch, Doctor Vladimir Yazdovsky chose one of them — 2-year-old Laika — for the mission. Stories about how she was chosen vary. Some say Laika was chosen for her good looks — a Soviet space pioneer had to be photogenic. Others say space doctors simply had a soft spot for […]
humans finally off 115 year old whale
The bomb lance fragment, lodged a bone between the whale’s neck and shoulder blade, was likely manufactured in New Bedford, on the southeast coast of Massachusetts, a major whaling center at that time, Bockstoce said. It was probably shot at the whale from a heavy shoulder gun around 1890. The small metal cylinder was filled […]