Massive number of bumblebees due near Target store: t least 25,000 bumblebees were found dead on Monday under linden trees at the Target store in Wilsonville.
“They were literally falling out of the trees,” says Rich Hatfield, who first documented the massive bee kill. Hatfield is a conservation biologist with the Portland-based Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, a world leader in bee conservation research and protection efforts.
“To our knowledge,” Hatfield says, “this is one of the largest documented bumblebee deaths in the Western U.S. It was heartbreaking to watch.”
Xerces has suggested two potential causes of the bee death. One is acute pesticide poisoning of the linden trees. There is also a concern that the trees are a poisonous European species.
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Massive number of bumblebees due near Target store
In the Portland, Oregon area:
Sunday, June 16, 2013
Mystery solved: Not the Jersey Devil, or Chupacabra but a hairless squirrel in Oklahoma | NJ.com
Hairless squirrel in Oklahoma. With link to a frontal image of said squirrel. While it may not be a mini-Jersey Devil or Chupie, it is still very mysterious -- what caused this squirrel to become completely hairless? If a disease, is it an indicator of something larger, a signal that something is very wrong in the environment? Assuming this is a real squirrel of course ;( Mystery solved: Not the Jersey Devil, or Chupacabra but a hairless squirrel in Oklahoma | NJ.com
Friday, June 14, 2013
Saturday, June 1, 2013
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
'Tiny fish that survived tsunami, ocean crossing from Japan makes debut in Seaside'
Why not keep all the fish in the aquarium, instead of killing them save for one?
Tiny fish that survived tsunami, ocean crossing from Japan makes debut in Seaside | OregonLive.com: About five striped beakfish were found on a boat from Japan that washed ashore near Long Beach, Wash., last month. The Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife euthanized most of them, perhaps because of fears that the fish would become an invasive species.
But not before someone spirited away one of the black-and-white striped fish to the Long Beach City Hall.
Employees there in turn called the Seaside Aquarium, which came to the rescue.
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Continuing coverage of the debris washing up on the Oregon and Washington coasts from the Japanese tsunami.
"They didn't want to turn it loose," said Seaside Aquarium curator Keith Chandler. "And they didn't want to let it die."
So Chandler and the aquarium staff rescued the critter they have dubbed the "tsunami fish."
Monday, May 13, 2013
BBC News - UN urges people to eat insects to fight world hunger
Just can't get past my deep deep deep disgust and fear about eating bugs for dinner. I get all the cultural global bigger picture ideals. But as long as I don't have to, I'm not going to.
BBC News - UN urges people to eat insects to fight world hunger: "Insects are regularly eaten by many of the world's population, but the thought may seem shocking to many Westerners.
The report suggests that the food industry could help in "raising the status of insects" by including them in new recipes and adding them to restaurant menus.
It goes on to note that in some places, certain insects are considered delicacies."
Cryptomundo : Coelacanth DNA Does Some Weird Stuff!
At Cryptomundo, this item about the DNA of the Coelacanth:
Cryptomundo Coelacanth DNA Does Some Weird Stuff!: "The genome of a primitive fish that was once thought to have died when the dinosaurs did has now been sequenced by scientists — and when put into mice, some of the fish DNA caused mice to sprout limbs."
Saturday, May 11, 2013
Fla. Mexican Restaurant, Employees Face Threats Over Lion Meat Tacos - Yahoo!
Lion meat tacos, at $34.00 per taco. Just to satisfy the curious-gluttony gene. The owner's disingenuous rationalization is bull. It's like jokes: if you have to explain why this is wrong, there's no hope.Fla. Mexican Restaurant, Employees Face Threats Over Lion Meat Tacos - Yahoo!
Monday, May 6, 2013
Woman eaten by vultures - UPI.com
France has a law that requires farmers to burn the dead bodies of animals, which has left the vulture population without its natural food resource:
Woman eaten by vultures - UPI.com: he body of a tourist was devoured by vultures in a matter of minutes after she fell over a cliff in the Pyrenees in France.
The 52-year-old woman tumbled down a 300-meter drop while taking a shortcut while hiking with friends on Pic de la Pista, in southern France, gendarmerie Major Didier Pericou told The Times of London.
"There were only bones, clothes and shoes left," after the vultures got to her, Pericou said. "They took 45 to 50 minutes to eat the body."
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Trickster's Realm: Anomalous in Art
binnallofamerica.com: Recent Fortean tinged artistic events have been in the anomalous news lately: fairy doors, mermaid tales, and eerie radio sounds among them.
Probably by now you've read more than one article about the fairy door in San Fransico's Golden Gate park. This idea of creating fairy doors as wee public art installations isn't new; here's a link to an article on the fairy doors (courtesy of The Anomalist) from 2009. A recent article on the current Golden Gate Park fairy door -- the Parks department put an end to the citizens and their whimsy. But not quite, thankfully.
Probably by now you've read more than one article about the fairy door in San Fransico's Golden Gate park. This idea of creating fairy doors as wee public art installations isn't new; here's a link to an article on the fairy doors (courtesy of The Anomalist) from 2009. A recent article on the current Golden Gate Park fairy door -- the Parks department put an end to the citizens and their whimsy. But not quite, thankfully.
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology: Puerto Rico: A New Spree of Chupacabras Attacks in Guayama
New sightings of Chupacabras, from Inexplicata:
Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology: Puerto Rico: A New Spree of Chupacabras Attacks in Guayama: They stopped the pickup truck and looking over a small mound of earth, the saw a dark figure resembling a short-statured man who appeared to be crouching. Chaka reached for his flashlight, got out of the vehicle and pointed it at the figure. He was only able to make out the glow of a single eye; we are uncertain if this was due to tis position. It had a yellowish or bright orange color that gradually diminished in brightness. He also noticed the figure had something strange on its head and back, resembling quills.
Sunday, April 14, 2013
Accurate Citation: Christ O'Brien's Stalking the Trickster
Chris O'Brien, in his Stalking the Tricksters: Shapeshifters, Skinwalkers, Dark Adepts and 2012 writes:
Another recent incident of a so-called "man-bat" sighting was e-reported to Tim Binnell (sic) by a witness in Oregon.This is the so-called "e-report" O'Brien writes that Tim received:
The "thing" was about 15 ft. from the witness at about 1:15 A.M. behind his house. He accidentally locked himself out of his house while working in his garage late last night. He went around to the back of his house to climb in through a window. He heard something and used the light from his cell phone, pointing it in the direction of the sound. The thing had a human form only quite large over seven feet with red reflecting eyes and very large wings. It jumped into the air flying off with the sound of massive air displacement with each wing stroke.
Actually, that passage was from my article Sacrificial Lambs Unto the Demon: Batsquatch in Oregon, May 5, 2009 that I wrote for my Trickster's Realm column, which appears on Tim Binnall's site.
Friday, April 12, 2013
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Virginia Proposes Expanding List Of Animals Banned As Pets
Excellent; one day, hopefully, we'll see a national ban on all exotic animals as "pets." But, um, who keeps a rhino in Virginia -- or anywhere else in the U.S. -- as a pet?
Virginia Proposes Expanding List Of Animals Banned As Pets: HENRICO, Va. -- Time could be running out for you to get that special gorilla or rhino for your home.
A state panel on Wednesday proposed expanding the list of animals Virginia doesn't allow as pets.
The list, maintained by the state Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, already includes animals such as big cats and bears.
The panel, which is studying whether to tighten rules on keeping dangerous animals, proposed adding to the list creatures such as chimps, rhinos, orangutans, hippos, baboons, powerful Cape buffaloes and giant lizards called Komodo dragons.
Monday, April 8, 2013
6 states that might criminalize taping animal cruelty - Salon.com
6 states that might criminalize taping animal cruelty - Salon.com: Tennessee is one of six states currently debating legislation that would ban this form of whistle blowing. So-called “ag-gag” bills vary in provisions, but all aim to make it more difficult, or in some cases, criminal, to shoot undercover factory farm footage. Last year, the statehouses of Missouri, Utah and Iowa passed ag-gag bills, bringing the total number of states with such laws to five. As Think Progress’ Katie Valentine notes, many of these laws received backing from the American Legislative Exchange Council.
They’re (almost) here! The cicadas are coming
Every seventeen years, in the east. And now it's time:
They’re (almost) here! The cicadas are coming | The Sideshow - Yahoo! News: "Most people say it is like a science-fiction movie UFO sound,” cicada researcher Dan Mozgai wrote to Yahoo News in an email.
The East Coast, he added, should expect piles of the dead insects around their homes: "They can pile up like dead leaves."
Man buys toy poodles, discovers they’re actually ferrets on steroids | The Sideshow - Yahoo! News
This is both funny, kind of, and sad. Sad for the animals involved:
Man buys toy poodles, discovers they’re actually ferrets on steroids | The Sideshow - Yahoo! News: An Argentine man who thought he bought a pair of poodles at an outdoor market in Buenos Aires brought them home to the vet only to be told they were actually ferrets on steroids, reports the Daily M
Sunday, April 7, 2013
Professional Mermaid Linden Wolbert | I am a mermaid
Professional Mermaid Linden Wolbert | I am a mermaid:" A delicate, ladylike blog for mermaids and the humans who love them"
This is very cool!
This is very cool!
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