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May 30th 2007 21:39
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The Natural Order - by signals
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New Species Found
May 29th 2007 16:35
New limbless lizard discovered in India. Limbless lizards are common in various parts of the world including here in the USA.
Here's a list of allegedly extinct animals. From the same site we can use this bit of wisdom: Extinction is a natural feature of evolution because for some species to succeed, others must fail.
Here's a list of allegedly extinct animals. From the same site we can use this bit of wisdom: Extinction is a natural feature of evolution because for some species to succeed, others must fail.
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Trusting Nature
May 27th 2007 13:23
Times have changed since I was a Boy Scout. Perhaps a tent isn't the best protection against the fury of nature. Bear attacks are more common and nature seems to carry a wide range of diseases. Forget the diseases that are carried by mosquitoes which keep improving every couple of years. The ticks, the flies and the other creepy crawlies are rather tame nowadays.
Even small gentle creatures seem to carry anything from viruses to plagues. A disease like rabies seems to have spread to species other than the conventional types. At one time if an animal went against it's nature, such as nocturnal creatures out during the day, that pretty much may have been a warning. Now even the diurnal squirrels can have rabies. Even the sweet lovable otters are rabid! Notice that in that area the people were bitten after a countywide alert for the disease was lifted.
Then don't get me started on the idiots who want to keep armadillos as pets! From article:
Armadillos, for example, if not properly quarantined, can transmit plague, tuberculosis and leprosy. If released into the wild, exotic pets can wreak havoc on local plants and animals. Lastly, exotics can sometimes turn on their owners or others, causing serious injury or death.
Wild armadillos I was shocked to learn can carry leprosy! They are also spreading in unlikely places like here. Check out a blast from the past. Although they blame immigrants, leprosy is already an epidemic in certain states in the USA.
If man is at fault, it is because of strict conservation laws. It is also the fact that man continues to reproduce. Spare me the "We are invading their space" issue because animals can adapt and must be controlled. Some think the alligator was never really endangered and thanks to this, you get more of this!
Much of all these problems are also caused by those who observe and feed nature and get too close to animals whose trust you have gained. Animals view you as a food source or enemy and will react accordingly. Commune with nature? Have a beer on the hammock in the backyard and mark your territory!
Even small gentle creatures seem to carry anything from viruses to plagues. A disease like rabies seems to have spread to species other than the conventional types. At one time if an animal went against it's nature, such as nocturnal creatures out during the day, that pretty much may have been a warning. Now even the diurnal squirrels can have rabies. Even the sweet lovable otters are rabid! Notice that in that area the people were bitten after a countywide alert for the disease was lifted.
Then don't get me started on the idiots who want to keep armadillos as pets! From article:
Armadillos, for example, if not properly quarantined, can transmit plague, tuberculosis and leprosy. If released into the wild, exotic pets can wreak havoc on local plants and animals. Lastly, exotics can sometimes turn on their owners or others, causing serious injury or death.
Wild armadillos I was shocked to learn can carry leprosy! They are also spreading in unlikely places like here. Check out a blast from the past. Although they blame immigrants, leprosy is already an epidemic in certain states in the USA.
If man is at fault, it is because of strict conservation laws. It is also the fact that man continues to reproduce. Spare me the "We are invading their space" issue because animals can adapt and must be controlled. Some think the alligator was never really endangered and thanks to this, you get more of this!
Much of all these problems are also caused by those who observe and feed nature and get too close to animals whose trust you have gained. Animals view you as a food source or enemy and will react accordingly. Commune with nature? Have a beer on the hammock in the backyard and mark your territory!
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There Goes The Neighborhood
May 27th 2007 01:34
Paying attention to detail is what I do. Sometimes things that may seem insignificant may be worth checking and researching. We've all heard about the bees and my theory on their decline. Perhaps bees are migrating to diverse places...for now!
Crime statistics are fascinating and amusing. They actually cover-up the facts. An example would be in my city where if crime drops in HIGH crime areas then crime is down. This doesn't consider the fact that crime is rising in areas of low crime. Same principle may apply to honey bees[ Click here to read more ]
Crime statistics are fascinating and amusing. They actually cover-up the facts. An example would be in my city where if crime drops in HIGH crime areas then crime is down. This doesn't consider the fact that crime is rising in areas of low crime. Same principle may apply to honey bees
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Read More An Anonymous Comment
May 25th 2007 21:53
Who cares who they are. The brilliance of this comment makes me wonder if people are reading ALL my posts, or like old people become selective in what they argue.
The comment from my last post and my response in paranthesis:
I always find these climate sceptics fascinating. (I am not a climate skeptic. I believe that we are going through a global warming. My skepticism lies in what some say is MAN'S fault[ Click here to read more ]
The comment from my last post and my response in paranthesis:
I always find these climate sceptics fascinating. (I am not a climate skeptic. I believe that we are going through a global warming. My skepticism lies in what some say is MAN'S fault
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Comments (2) The Millioneth Blame For GW
May 23rd 2007 23:28
Again Global Warming is blamed for more woes. Too many figures are being used to exaggerate a natural phenomenon. Take this UN dribble. Read the first line: Human activities are wiping out three animal or plant species every hour and the world must do more to slow the worst spate of extinctions since the dinosaurs by 2010, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
If we wiped out 3 animal or plant species every hour life on earth would be extinct in a year or so. We tend to overlook this, this, this, and I could go on. Never fear because MAN will be the culprit of species becoming extinct. Again I'm skeptical of the Dodo!
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If we wiped out 3 animal or plant species every hour life on earth would be extinct in a year or so. We tend to overlook this, this, this, and I could go on. Never fear because MAN will be the culprit of species becoming extinct. Again I'm skeptical of the Dodo!
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Mental Notes
May 22nd 2007 22:05
Global Warming threatens peanuts and potatoes. There are better and healthier foods, folks. In the end paragraph: Other studies have found that plants prove more resilient in the face of climate change than anticipated, so further field experiments will be needed to determine if this gloomy prognosis is correct.
This same site can't make up it's mind. Climate change may not benefit crops BUT many plants can adapt!
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This same site can't make up it's mind. Climate change may not benefit crops BUT many plants can adapt!
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Rattlesnake Roundups-Destroying A Superpredator
May 20th 2007 20:25
We often try to preserve and conserve to save the environment for various species that can probably adapt rather well. Yet if it is an ugly and dangerous species we then are allowed to destroy them into extinction. This is the case of the rattlesnake that serves as a big money-drawing tourist trap that entertains while butchering thousands of these rodent hunting predators.
If man was to truly design the perfect mouse trap it would have to take the blueprints from the snake. Snakes are designed to hunt their prey in silence and stealth and are efficient killers. The rattlers' prey is the rodent. Rodents can destroy man's food supply. Without a major predator such as the rattler, rodents can overpopulate and invade man's food chain in the form of crops and grains. They also spread disease[ Click here to read more ]
If man was to truly design the perfect mouse trap it would have to take the blueprints from the snake. Snakes are designed to hunt their prey in silence and stealth and are efficient killers. The rattlers' prey is the rodent. Rodents can destroy man's food supply. Without a major predator such as the rattler, rodents can overpopulate and invade man's food chain in the form of crops and grains. They also spread disease
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Nature Danger
May 20th 2007 19:33
When animals have no real natural enemies, become accustomed to man, and can breed and overpopulate at will, danger comes knocking at our front doors. These may finally become apparent when the cute, furry, cuddly creatures tend to attack us. By doing so they also tend to spread diseases that otherwise would be rare.
Take this odd case of when squirrels attack! Yes folks, squirrels can carry and spread rabies like raccoons and bats. When an animal attacks like this one did, there is truly something that is amiss[ Click here to read more ]
Take this odd case of when squirrels attack! Yes folks, squirrels can carry and spread rabies like raccoons and bats. When an animal attacks like this one did, there is truly something that is amiss
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Animal Invaders
May 15th 2007 18:43
Let me put this in layman's terms...If a species is released in an unnatural environment, it will either be quickly eliminated or propagate and overpopulate. Over the years many unnatural species have been released or escaped in our environments. Why is there an established parrot colony here and here?
Of course it's natural! So is this! Pun intended. This shows how well species are adept to changes.
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Of course it's natural! So is this! Pun intended. This shows how well species are adept to changes.
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I Knew About Global Warming...
May 15th 2007 17:50
People are going to find this hard to believe, but I was aware of Global Warming since the 70s at least. Although I had no name for it and I was just a kid. I lived in climates where lizards and other reptiles were common and back in the 60s in a Peterson Field Guide, I found the closest lizard to my area reached somewhere in Central Pennsylvania. This was the five-lined skink.
Today, although the lizard is still a bit away from my area, it has reached New York and Southern Ontario. The fact that a lizard moved north means that there is a climactic change that effects it's environment. Since lizards need warm weather, it would seem that they are adaptable and can survive where they once couldn't[ Click here to read more ]
Today, although the lizard is still a bit away from my area, it has reached New York and Southern Ontario. The fact that a lizard moved north means that there is a climactic change that effects it's environment. Since lizards need warm weather, it would seem that they are adaptable and can survive where they once couldn't
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Global Warming Exaggeration
May 15th 2007 17:19
I still believe that GW is caused more by the earth than man, but here's another article on the topic.
Note to self:To be used as referance.
Note to self:To be used as referance.
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Food For Thought
May 13th 2007 18:41
Central Park has a Conservacy that manages the park. Turtles are always a common sight in the park, especially near Tutle Pond. Turtle Pond was designed to help turtles lay their eggs complete with an island and sandy spots. Don't you just love Tourist Traps, er, ah, I mean Tourist ATTRACTIONS?!!!
In the world of herpetology, some of us pay close attention to what may be considered odd reptile and amphibian behavior. A turtle who attempts not once, but three times to reach an odd area to lay it's eggs should make one wonder. A 20 lbs. snapping turtle had to be taken back to each time it showed up at the ice rink area[ Click here to read more ]
In the world of herpetology, some of us pay close attention to what may be considered odd reptile and amphibian behavior. A turtle who attempts not once, but three times to reach an odd area to lay it's eggs should make one wonder. A 20 lbs. snapping turtle had to be taken back to each time it showed up at the ice rink area
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Honeybee Update
May 13th 2007 00:58
Nothing is more frustrating than when you write a great blog and it doesn't go through, for whatever reson. Therefore I will give links and arguements.
There is new(or old) information on the honeybee decline. It seems like the study has been going on since 2000. It was started at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. They are perhaps the bee authority[ Click here to read more ]
There is new(or old) information on the honeybee decline. It seems like the study has been going on since 2000. It was started at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. They are perhaps the bee authority
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Bottled Water Is An Environmentalist's Nightmare
May 13th 2007 00:00
Water in plastic bottles will have a heavy impact on the environment by adding plastic to landfills. The bottom line to this article is that eventually you will have to pay a bottle deposit to your bottled water. See in my state we have a deposit on bottles, plastic or otherwise, and poor bums will eventually return them for the money. At worse, the landfill employees will return them. Money is money!
A pet peeve I have is why people pay for our essential water. Dasani was busted for being Municipal tap water. Is tap water so bad that we believe it will kill us? Yet we bathe, brew coffee, make soups, cook pasta, etc., with it[ Click here to read more ]
A pet peeve I have is why people pay for our essential water. Dasani was busted for being Municipal tap water. Is tap water so bad that we believe it will kill us? Yet we bathe, brew coffee, make soups, cook pasta, etc., with it
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Birds-The Disease Transmitters
May 9th 2007 23:11
I learned a lot from the birds. I learned that feeding them to attract them can get rather pricey. I started feeding birds with less than $5 a week, but as the bird population at the feeders grew it got up to over $100 before I was forced to quit. I learned much about bird habits and their unique adaptability and how resourceful birds really are. I read many books and literatures about feeding birds and encountered habits that aren't written anywhere. For instance, while cupping my hands under a fountain to wash my face, a chickadee lands on my palm takes a drink and flies off. All at a lightning speed and even I had no time to react.
When food is abundant, birds become relaxed. Even the natural pecking order is ignored and squirmishes are far and in between among the species. After all there is enough for everybody. Caution is thrown to the wind, even when warning cries are shouted. This allows the equalizer to establish a natural order even if for a short time. The equalizer is the predator[ Click here to read more ]
When food is abundant, birds become relaxed. Even the natural pecking order is ignored and squirmishes are far and in between among the species. After all there is enough for everybody. Caution is thrown to the wind, even when warning cries are shouted. This allows the equalizer to establish a natural order even if for a short time. The equalizer is the predator
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Enter:Global Warming
May 7th 2007 15:39
Man The Savior
May 6th 2007 16:44
I still have a hard time trying to relize why man feels that he must 'save' the animals that lose their way and go astray. Perhaps they have not learned their survival skills well, and therefore are destined for death. We do it with whales, dolphins, etc., and end up making a 'feel-good' movie about it.
Natural selection seems to no longer be an option as far as man is concerned. Here we find a Bearded Seal that strayed from it's artic home and landed in Florida. The article says it is hundreds of miles from home. Actually it is thousands of miles from home[ Click here to read more ]
Natural selection seems to no longer be an option as far as man is concerned. Here we find a Bearded Seal that strayed from it's artic home and landed in Florida. The article says it is hundreds of miles from home. Actually it is thousands of miles from home
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Stupidity Of Man Part 1
May 4th 2007 22:41
If you have any doubt about the stupidity of man, here comes a good one! Regardless of how much it resembles man, IT IS STILL A STUPID ANIMAL!!! Again instincts, emotions and stupidity of man. Read previous posts. Activists should declare their mothers chimps!
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Nature Goes Nuts
May 4th 2007 22:28
Let me be clear...I think the Dodo is a hoax! Instead of thinking about man's impact, we should learn why stupidity will render you extinct. Man may have extincted some stupid looking whatever, but yet it is man's stupidity that will lead to his demise! I don't believe that nature has left a species SO TRUSTING and STUPID that it took an omnipotent man to destroy it. When man killed the first one, it is nature that makes the rest weary of man. Yet they were still trusting. That is pure dribble to anyone who truly understands the natural order of things.
In the 70s I studied about these seal colonies in the Galapagos Islands where on one side they were hunted by man hundreds of years earlier and still FEARED man. On the other side of that same island, where man had never hunted them, they did not fear man. To those who don't understand, instincts are more powerful than emotions. Humans are overpowered by their emotions that they tend to project on animals[ Click here to read more ]
In the 70s I studied about these seal colonies in the Galapagos Islands where on one side they were hunted by man hundreds of years earlier and still FEARED man. On the other side of that same island, where man had never hunted them, they did not fear man. To those who don't understand, instincts are more powerful than emotions. Humans are overpowered by their emotions that they tend to project on animals
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The Honeybee Theory
May 4th 2007 21:48
Have you heard about the mysterious honeybee killer that is declining bee populations WORLDWIDE? Yes, WORLDWIDE! I have read many books in my years on nature, ecology, and various sciences, but have found that some things that occur aren't written in any books.
So what do I think is declining the honeybee population? My THEORY is based on perhaps the widespread of the Killer Bees! I live in a mostly cold, harsh, winter climate and Killer Bees have established a few colonies here. First we must separate facts from fiction about Killer Bees. Some of the things I have heard on nature shows is that Africanized bees tend to raid, kill and takeover the honeybees hives[ Click here to read more ]
So what do I think is declining the honeybee population? My THEORY is based on perhaps the widespread of the Killer Bees! I live in a mostly cold, harsh, winter climate and Killer Bees have established a few colonies here. First we must separate facts from fiction about Killer Bees. Some of the things I have heard on nature shows is that Africanized bees tend to raid, kill and takeover the honeybees hives
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A Personal Post Marker
May 4th 2007 21:12
In this blog I will write THEORIES...T-H-E-O-R-I-E-S...about my thoughts of nature, science, and the environment.
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