The final plan for managing protected grey wolves that migrate into Oregon will prohibit ranchers from killing wolves that attack livestock and will not include compensation for losses to wolf attacks — via Tidepool
The beasties at my friends’ place in Gilgai.
Amber is a small, fluffy, fast-moving missile of excitable Akita puppy goodness
The FBI and New Jersey officials have started a hushed but intensive search for three missing lab mice reportedly infected with deadly strains of plague. The incident has been cited as not that big a deal
, but it’s a little disturbing Richard Ebright, a Rutgers University microbiologist, comments about certain federal bio-terrorism labs: You have more security at a McDonald’s than at some of these facilities
A flying reptile that lived 100 million years ago and had an 18m wingspan has entered the record books as the largest-known animal to have taken to the air. Scientists discovered the fossilised bones of the dinosaur-like creature at a site in Mexico and have calculated that its wingspan was nearly twice the length of a Spitfire’s
The beasties at my friends’ place in Inverell.
Miss Lily and Pepe giving the evil eye
The beasties at my friends’ place in Inverell.
Pepe is distracted by one of the other cats while preening
Infecting allergy sufferers with the humble hookworm could be used to treat asthma — providing more support for the idea too much hygiene is responsible for rising rates of the disease. The idea is the parasitic bugs that suck blood from people’s guts will prime their immune systems so they no longer react to grass pollen, cat dander and dust mites
The beasties at my friends’ place in Inverell.
Kaja smiled nicely for the camera
The beasties at my friends’ place in Inverell.
Solomon does not like to be photographed
When Carl the labrador chased a squirrel into the woods, his owners’ only concern was for his quarry. But they should have worried about their dog. Because seconds later Carl re-emerged with the grey squirrel firmly clamped to his neck. The squirrel launched itself at the dog and sank its teeth and claws into his neck. The attack continued until a passer-by intervened. Carl, who is two, was taken to a vet and needed surgery to stitch up his wounds — via Warren Ellis
A pale yellow grevillea in a neighbour’s garden
An orange grevillea in a neighbour’s garden
Australian scientists have created mice which can regenerate absolutely any tissue except for the tissues of the brain. Heart, lungs, entire limbs, you name it. This is the first time this has been seen in mammals
One of the world’s largest and highly venomous centipedes has been found crawling up a living room wall in north London. The scolopendra gigantea, nine inches long and an inch wide, a native of Central and South America, was identified by the Natural History Museum. Experts believe that it could have found its way to Britain as a stowaway in electrical equipment or a large import of fruit
Owner Mike Taitt lost sight of Archie at Inverurie Station near Aberdeen in eastern Scotland and was hoping someone would spot the dog’s tag and return the much-loved mutt. He is a very intelligent dog,
Mr Taitt said. When he could not find me, he simply took the right train home. He’s been on that train before. I am convinced he knew it was the right one. But who knows?
Closed-circuit television footage shows the dog waiting for his master at the station before watching the Aberdeen to Inverness train pull in. Unable to find his owner, the black labrador decided to avoid a long walk home by nipping aboard the 20:38
16-year-old Peter Ash, of Lawford, Somerset, attached a generator to his hamster’s exercise wheel and connected it to his phone charger. He came up with the idea after his sister Sarah complained that Elvis was keeping her awake at night by playing for hours on his exercise wheel.
I thought the wheel could be made to do something useful so I connected a system of gears and a turbine,
he said.
Every two minutes Elvis spends on his wheel gives me about thirty minutes talk time on my phone
— via boingboing
A crafty killer whale has devised a new way to catch a tasty bite. The orca spits regurgitated fish onto the surface of the water — and then waits. When a passing gull dives for the bait, the whale lunges at the feathery treat with open jaws. What’s more, the trick was picked up by other family members. And it’s not just whales that exhibit cultural learning, there is mounting evidence that the trait is widespread in animals, including chimps
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