Month: June 2024
White Sands Footprints, Miyake Dating
The case for the Younger Dryas Impact hypothesis.
Researchers continue to expand the case for the Younger Dryas Impact hypothesis. The idea proposes that a fragmented comet smashed into the Earth’s atmosphere 12,800 years ago, causing a widespread climatic shift that, among other things, led to the abrupt reversal of the Earth’s warming trend and into an anomalous near-glacial period called the Younger …
Reticulated Python Climbs a Tree
Reticulated Python Climbs a Tree There are a lot more videos under the link. I had to admire the motor and muscle control on display here, especially in a cold blooded animal. This made the news a few years ago. Videos of Climbing Methods Used By Snakes Snakes employ a combination of unique adaptations …
Golden Eagle and ‘Deer’
Radioactive Rhino
South African scientists on Tuesday injected radioactive material into live rhino horns to make them easier to detect at border posts in a pioneering project aimed at curbing poaching. Radioactive Rhino Horns I didn’t see that coming but cool.
My First Rodeo.
Doesn’t really look like an exciting day for the rider. Ted Moomaw’s Rodeo Archives I love the kid’s expression.