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Subscriber CaaC (John)+ 5,363 Posted October 7, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted October 7, 2022 That's our daughter over the moon, she goes to Gorgie Animal Farm regularly and takes wee Kaiden with her and she has applied for a job there helping out for nothing like mucking out, grooming, feeding etc and she has been accepted. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Tommy 12,622 Posted October 7, 2022 Moderator Share Posted October 7, 2022 1 hour ago, CaaC (John) said: Aw, so nice that you could be there for her on this occasion. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beelzebub 2,508 Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 !!!??? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beelzebub 2,508 Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 Nano chameleon, world's smallest reptile discovered just last year. 1 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ 5,363 Posted October 12, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted October 12, 2022 (edited) Our daughter's first-day voluntary work at I Love Gorgy animal farm and she is loving it, she just posted this... Edited October 12, 2022 by CaaC (John) Spacing correction 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beelzebub 2,508 Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 Viper dogfish, rare specie found in deep oceans. They eject their jaws out of their mouth. Looks like How to Train your Dragon. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ 15,329 Posted October 13, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted October 13, 2022 36 minutes ago, Beelzebub said: Viper dogfish, rare specie found in deep oceans. They eject their jaws out of their mouth. Looks like How to Train your Dragon. Looks like this thing is possessed by the Xenomorph. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beelzebub 2,508 Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 I would still fall in the water Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluewolf 7,161 Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 Do not fuck with Honey Badger or Honey Badger will fuck you up... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Tommy 12,622 Posted October 17, 2022 Moderator Share Posted October 17, 2022 40 minutes ago, Bluewolf said: Do not fuck with Honey Badger or Honey Badger will fuck you up... Unless he drives for McLaren. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ 5,363 Posted October 18, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted October 18, 2022 (edited) Quote What is a coelacanth? This denizen of the deep has been here since the time of the dinosaurs. For years, scientists thought it died out with the dinosaurs. The only known coelacanths were fossils. Then in 1938, a South African museum curator found a dead one in a fisherman’s catch. Live specimens were later caught, proving that this curious fish was never actually extinct. The well-preserved Coelacanth fossil displayed on a limestone slab © Alamy Living deep in the waters around Africa’s Comoro Islands and Indonesia’s Sulawesi, this big, bottom-dweller is unlike any other living fish. Weird True Fact 1: it has eight fins, including two pairs which stick out from the body like legs. It doesn’t use them for walking though. They’re more like the stabilisers you get on kids’ bikes. WTF 2: instead of a bony backbone, coelacanths have a hollow, oil-filled tube called a notochord. WTF 3: they are fatheads. The brain occupies just 1.5 per cent of its braincase and the rest is filled with fat. It also has thick scales, a unique jaw joint, a huge gape, and an organ in the snout for electroreception. By detecting electrostatic fields, they can use this intel to avoid obstacles and detect prey. https://www.sciencefocus.com/nature/what-is-a-coelacanth/ Edited October 18, 2022 by CaaC (John) Spacing correction Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Tommy 12,622 Posted October 21, 2022 Moderator Share Posted October 21, 2022 "An owl decided to steal a kids stick horse and 'rides' it around the local neighborhood." 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Subscriber CaaC (John)+ 5,363 Posted October 26, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted October 26, 2022 Our daughter's day helping out at Gorgy Farm. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Subscriber CaaC (John)+ 5,363 Posted November 7, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted November 7, 2022 Our daughter was doing her voluntary work at Gorgy Animal Farm this morning, feeding, grooming etc. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ 5,363 Posted November 7, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted November 7, 2022 Quote LOVE Gorgie Farm Urban farm in Gorgie, south-west Edinburgh History It was established in the late 1970s by a community group that worked in clearing the derelict site and wanted to use the site as a green space for the community. The farm officially opened in 1982 as a working farm, selling lambs, pigs and was home of other animals, including cows, sheep and goats. The farm also has a small play park encouraging imagination led play. Since the farm opened, entry remained free but the organisation relied on donations to maintain the site and a grant by the City of Edinburgh Council which funded most staff wages. The farm went to tender by the council and the funding was put on hold. Following a competitive tender process, LOVE Learning, an education and social care charity supporting vulnerable children and young people across Scotland were awarded the lease to run the farm. The farm reopened on the 29th of February 2020 under the new name of LOVE Gorgie Farm. The funding raised by the community was given to LOVE Learning to continue the farm's work and to invest it into new projects like community support groups, education workshops and mental health programmes. The farm also had a food bank and reopened its social enterprise café. LOVE Gorgie Farm provides a range of professional apprenticeships and Scottish Qualifications Authority accredited programmes within its skills academy. In March 2020, due to the COVID-19 outbreak and following the announcement that all sites had to close amid lockdown, LOVE Gorgie Farm closed temporarily. During lockdown, the farm acted as a focal point for the community by operating as a food bank and delivering free breakfast for children amid school closures. It also provided free pet boarding to those who were unwell or had to be temporarily admitted into hospital. After being closed for four months, LOVE Gorgie Farm announced it would reopen on the 29th of June 2020 following the Scottish Government's guidance for zoos and animal parks to reopen. https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Gorgie_City_Farm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Subscriber CaaC (John)+ 5,363 Posted November 11, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted November 11, 2022 and meanwhile, on the home front, a certain Banana Bobbie loves shoes 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Subscriber CaaC (John)+ 5,363 Posted November 16, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted November 16, 2022 (edited) Quote Animal architects: Meet the most incredible engineers in the animal kingdom We think we’re pretty clever by building the Gherkin and the Shard, but these enterprising animals can create some smart structures of their own... some of which even have built-in air conditioning. Living bridges Army ants in huge raiding columns will deploy their own bodies to form living bridges so fellow workers can cross gaps quickly. A bridge consists of up to 50 ants and a colony may have 40 or 50 bridges in use at any time. Myrmecologists (people who study ants) at the New Jersey Institute of Technology’s Swarm Lab have worked out a simple rule governing this behaviour. Ants only stay in a bridge if they feel sufficient numbers of other ants scurrying over their backs. To justify investing that much labour, the shortcut has to be popular. If fewer ants cross, forming a bridge isn’t worth the effort – it’s better for the colony if these ants go around the obstacle the long way. Above photo 1 of 8 Edited November 16, 2022 by CaaC (John) Spacing correction Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Subscriber CaaC (John)+ 5,363 Posted November 20, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted November 20, 2022 Quote Black-naped pheasant-pigeon sighted in PNG for first time in 140 years Some 140 years after the black-naped pheasant-pigeon was last sighted by scientists, researchers have "rediscovered" the rare bird. After a month of searching, a team in September captured footage of the species deep in the forest of a tiny island off Papua New Guinea. It was a mammoth effort that involved countless interviews with locals, 20 camera traps and a run-in with pirates. It felt like "finding a unicorn", said expedition co-lead John Mittermeier. Researchers hope the discovery will help save the species from extinction. Members of the team had attempted to find the large, ground-dwelling pigeon before. Three searched Fergusson Island - its only habitat - in 2019 but didn't find any trace of the bird. The 2022 expedition appeared to be going similarly, until the team reached villages on the western slope of Mount Kilkerran - the island's highest peak. "[There] we started meeting hunters who had seen and heard the pheasant-pigeon," said conservation biologist and expedition co-lead Jason Gregg. One local in particular offered a promising lead. He reported seeing the pheasant-pigeon several times in an area with steep ridges and valleys and described hearing the bird's distinctive calls. The researchers set up cameras in the area and eventually captured the bird just days before the team was due to leave the island. "As I was scrolling through the photos, I was stunned by this photo of this bird walking right past our camera," Cornell University researcher Jordan Boersma said. The images they captured are the first time the long-lost bird has been documented by scientists since 1882. "It is the kind of moment you dream about your entire life as a conservationist and birdwatcher," Mr Mittermeier said. Very little is known about the species but scientists believe that the population on Fergusson Island is very small and decreasing. But the team hopes the information they have gathered can be used to help protect the birds that remain. On their way back from Fergusson to Normanby the researchers' boat also had to outrun pirates, which are common in the area, a spokesperson for the Rewild project said. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-63672501 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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