Posted on August 17, 2009 by Boulderdash
Locals and tourists in the Israeli town of Kiryat Yam have been flocking to the coast in hopes of glimpsing a creature that most people believe only exist in fairy tales.
An alleged mermaid, said to resemble a cross between a fish and a young girl, only appears at sunset. It performs a few tricks for [...]
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Posted on July 23, 2009 by Boulderdash
Your dog will soon start talking to you, all thanks to Japanese inventors who have come up with a device that can detect a dog’s emotion from its bark and translate it into human words.
The talking gadget called Bowlingual Voice is developed by Japanese toymaker Takara Tomy.
It detects six emotions in total- including sadness, joy [...]
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Posted on May 20, 2009 by Boulderdash
By Murray Wardrop
Charlie the cat can scale the walls of his master’s home in Denny, near Falkirk, Scotland, to sneak indoors via the upstairs balcony door.
The ginger and white tomcat grips onto the sheer pebbledash surface to make his vertical ascent.
His owner Hannah Smith said she discovered her mischievous pet’s talent when she let him [...]
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Posted on May 13, 2009 by Boulderdash
By Hurria
It is not enough for them to destroy homes, and offices, and infrastructure, and to massacre human beings. Their goal is to massacre and destroy joy, pleasure, sense of self. Their goal is to shatter the soul.
“…the Palestinians must be made to understand in the deepest recesses of their consciousness that they are a [...]
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Posted on April 2, 2009 by Boulderdash
By Rosalind Peterson
March 28, 2009
NewsWithViews.com
The United States Navy requests permissions from the United States Department of Commerce (NOAA), to kill thirty two [...]
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Posted on March 10, 2009 by Boulderdash
They’re labeled the smartest mammals on Earth that aren’t human, and at the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies in Mississippi, Kelly the Dolphin is earning her reputation. In fact, it could very well be that she has now got the upper hand on her human trainers… or pets?
All the Dolphins at the center are trained [...]
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Posted on March 4, 2009 by Boulderdash
Charter boat captain Erik Rue, 42, photographed the animal, which is actually an albino, when he began studying it after the mammal first surfaced in Lake Calcasieu, an inland saltwater estuary, north of the Gulf of Mexico in southwestern USA.
Capt Rue originally saw the dolphin, which also has reddish eyes, swimming with a pod of [...]
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Posted on September 10, 2008 by Boulderdash
Posted on September 4, 2008 by Boulderdash
In light of recent European bans of a pesticide linked to Bee Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), at least one key bee expert is calling for a ban of the same pesticide in the United States.
“In the United States, drastic action is needed,” says Canadian geneticist Joe Cummins, explaining that U.S. farmers and beekeepers shouldn’t have [...]
Filed under: Animals, Corporations, Health | Tagged: Bee Colony Collapse Disorder, CCD, clothianidin, GM foods, pesticides | 1 Comment »
Posted on May 9, 2008 by Boulderdash