Bat, Natural History, Photography, Toad
Not really a new species, this is merely a cane toad trying to eat a bat. He is destined to fail as the LA Times reports.
Archive for September, 2013
27 Sep 2013
Bat, Natural History, Photography, ToadNot really a new species, this is merely a cane toad trying to eat a bat. He is destined to fail as the LA Times reports. 26 Sep 2013
Harry Potter Wedding FailBarn Owl, Falconry, Wedding, WeddingsThe Telegraph reports on problems with delivery via owl.
Hat tip to Karen L. Myers. 26 Sep 2013
Rand Paul: Why Doesn’t The President Take Obamacare?Barack Obama, Obamacare, Rand PaulHat tip to Sarah Jenislawski. 26 Sep 2013
Noam Chomsky Says Sarah Palin Was Right About Obama2008 Election, Barack Obama, Noam Chomsky, Sarah Palin“When she was making fun of that whole hopey-changey stuff… she was right!†Hat tip to Monica Showalter. 25 Sep 2013
Movie: the MovieFilm, Hollywood, Parody, Trailer Parody, TrailersSeriously over-the-top parody trailer with loads of major stars making cameos. Hat tip to Vanderleun. 24 Sep 2013
Lost Cities of the Upper Amazon BasinArchaeology, Brazil, Lost CitiesBoo hoo! Human economic development is ravaging the precious Amazon rain forest. Except, wait a moment, clearing rain forest vegetation is making it clear that people had cleared the same land centuries ago, cities, systems of irrigation, an entire unknown civilization once existed covering huge areas that have since been buried by the jungle. In the academic journal Antiquity: Pre-Columbian geometric earthworks in the upper Purús: a complex society in western Amazonia.
24 Sep 2013
Former Royal Marine With Handgun Saves 100 Lives in NairobiConcealed Carry, Kenya, Nairobi, Terrorism, The Right StuffThe Daily Mail reports that a former Royal Marine, carrying a concealed handgun, happened to be drinking coffee in the Nairobi Mall at the time of the terrorist attack and was able to lend a hand, entering the mall’s interior repeatedly to lead as many as a hundred civilians to safety.
Memeorandum describes him as an off-duty member of the British elite Special Air Service (SAS). Feeds
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