It is the season.

Countless videos? I have to admit when I first saw the still shot l laughed at the cartoonishness of it. However, he had serious injuries and bison are no joke. This has to be posted now as it is already viral and old news. I have other posts on the dangers of tourists and bison …

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Woodcock on a deer scrape

Woodcock charge deer to defend nests, footage reveals Both behaviors are another sign of how useful cameras are now.

Steam Punk Muskie

Another clearer video? More on the Channel ​An interesting curiosity but I wonder if it is worth it. I will say that the copper head is a remarkable likeness. I wonder how it was done.

How reading shapes and enhances our cognitive activity

“One of the most powerful cognitive enhancers, with broad and increasingly well-documented effects, is rarely emphasized in these discussions: the ability to read,” he says. An unexpected finding: Reading and face recognition One of the more surprising threads in the book concerns face recognition. A long-standing idea in cognitive neuroscience holds that because reading is …

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Childhood anxieties illustrated

  “Some Puddles Are Deeper Than Others” Artwork by Kat Philbin I love it. So perceptive, cute, and funny at the same time. I was also reminded of this. Michael Kosta is joined by director Jon Shenk and former Navy SEAL Marcus Capone, whose experience healing trauma through an experimental psychedelic treatment in Mexico is shared …

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Bird masturbation appears natural across 120 species

Published in Ecology and Evolution, the study is the first of its kind, and challenges current approaches among vets and animal practitioners. Masturbation has previously been thought to be caused by unnatural captive living conditions and is a damaging behavior that requires veterinary interventions, including dietary adjustments, drug and hormonal therapy, and in some extreme cases, …

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Nature declines in western culture.

The best-known plants included dandelion, common poppy, cornflower, common daisy and stinging nettle. Among birds, sparrows, crows, tits, blackbird and white stork were mentioned most frequently. In contrast, many other species that regularly occur in agricultural landscapes hardly played a role in the respondents’ knowledge. “Our results show that many people are familiar with only …

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Merino Wool

  What makes merino different from many other types of wool is the fineness of its fibres. Finer wool fibres are closely linked with comfort and softness, while the opposite is true for thicker wool fibres. However, wool quality varies even within Merino sheep, which means some merino is finer than others. Merino wool is therefore not one fixed thing, …

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Aussie Mouse Plague

It may well be the worst plague the region has ever seen, with scientists recording up to 8,000 mice in each hectare (2.5 acres) of land. That’s 10 times the number needed to officially declare a mouse plague. Wow, Australia is hammered by invasives over and over.