How cougars and grizzlies are reintroducing themselves in Manitoba
The audio has more.
An earlier post on similar themes.
It is good to see something postive for a change.
Month: December 2022
All wolves are from Beringia.
All Modern Wolves (Canis lupus) Descend from a Population that Originated in Beringia
Another entry in the story of wolf\dog origins. We are likely a long way from conclusion.
Ancient DNA suggests modern wolves trace their origin to a Late Pleistocene expansion from Beringia
Source paper with a pdf option. Some nice graphics in the paper.
Snow leopard roaming on Mount Everest
A rare snow leopard roaming on Mount Everest at 18,000ft, photo published in @thetimes today by Kittiya Pawlowski. What a shot! David Attenborough Club
My BS meter is dinging but it may be a legit shot. It helps that the David Attenborough Club vouches for it.
That Bitch* – female dogs actively evaluate human competence
Why Your Dog Might Think You’re a Bonehead
*So said the guy that pointed out this info. It matches well with all the stories of bird dogs showing disgust for guys that can’t shoot, etc. LOL
A Neanderthal Lunch
The scene is set in the Middle Pleistocene depicting a group of early Neanderthals butchering carcasses of straight tusked elephants at Poggetti Vecchi (Tuscany).
As usual, open in new tabs to embiggen.
Christmas Eve.
I stuck my head out the back door for a second, a few minutes ago, and saw 5 deer 20 to 30 feet away. No sign of Santa. It reminded me of this.
the shamans of the indigenous Sámi people of Lapland consumed small amounts of Amanita muscaria in their visionary rituals and drank urine from their reindeer, who eat the iconic red-and-white mushroom as part of their diet and metabolize its toxins without harm, excreting a fluid still full of psychoactive compounds but free from toxins. One of the known psychedelic effects of Amanita muscaria on humans is the sensation of flying, which might explain the origin of the myth about the man clad in red and white soaring through the sky on his reindeer-drawn sled, dispensing tokens of love to the world.the marginalian.
It fits in well with my current reading on Stamets and Pollan’s work regarding psychoactives. LOL
Season’s greetings
Next Level Invasive
Florida has enough problems.
Xmas gift?
I got an unexpected email today. It was a reply to one 2 years old. It had this image I sent around to Steve and others. I thought those bowls were still stunning and what an xmas gift they would be. They all look hand made and their cost may be scary but still nice. I am not sure of the symbolism if there is any. Southwest or native or crows in a Van Gogh sky with a moon?
