It looks like a sand mushroom but it is actually a rare desert plant native to specific areas, in the Sonoran Desert. This plant is also parasitic, which has negative connotations but studies have shown that this plant can actually share water with other plants in times of drought. The plant is commonly known as …
Bookworm
A bookworm sign outside a Dutch bookshop. BTW, the French term is “library rat” and the Greek “book eater”. Irena Karafilly I thought you all may appreciate this beaut. Charise’s Pieces Possible AI or a law library as claimed. Not the largest but nice. The Old Cincinnati Library before being demolished, 1874-1955. Built in 1874, …
Big ‘But
This halibut was caught in a salmon seine in the early 1950’s in Chignik, AK. It was 11 foot, 3 inches long and Alaska Fish & Game estimated it to weigh near 900 lbs. They didn’t have a scale large enough to weigh this fish. It was caught by Emmitt Wood and Simeon Petticoft “after …
Bearly Advice?
Misleading the public to feed bears? You have to accept risk with wild predator animals.
Lost Worlds
Good News, Bad News
The number of breeding pairs of peregrine falcons, the world’s fastest animal, has doubled during a 15-year-long collaborative recovery plan involving climbers, the National Park Service and Yosemite Conservancy, the park announced on July 31. This spring, there were 17 breeding pairs in the Park, up from only eight pairs in 2009. A total of …
Chilcotin Slide and Potential Flood
a notice late Wednesday saying the slide is located 22 km upstream from the Farwell Canyon Bridge. “It has resulted in a complete blockage of the river with material piling 30 metres high and 600 metres wide. Water has backed up roughly eight kilometres behind the landslide material.” News report More This could be a …
Dark Oxygen and Methane Eaters
Pretty Pike
Fishmasters There was some talk about it being a hybrid or what. Pike worldwide can be variable. Normally they are not attractive to me but this is interesting. Oddly, I think Muskies look great even though they are on the same body plan. More Its an Esox Flaviae (aka Esox Cisalpinus). Southern Europe. Mainly in …
Blood Memory Bison Book
Blood Memory The Tragic Decline and Improbable Resurrection of the American Buffalo By Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns