California ground squirrels have learned to intimidate rattlesnakes by heating their tails and shaking them aggressively. Because the snakes, which are ambush hunters, can sense infrared radiation from heat, the warming makes the tails more conspicuous to them — signaling that they have been discovered and that the squirrels may come and harass them.
Earlier this year, a "psycho-squirrel" assaulted three people before being killed by a pensioner. No.. I am NOT making that up. Go read the details.
Elsewhere, a panda joins outrage over quality of Chinese pet food :) Speaking of pandas, what's this about a sexually suspect panda giving birth! Also, Panda-monium reigns as 4 pandas are born on the same day!
Since I am on the topic of animals, see this report about rare Persian leopard triplets at a Budapest zoo!
More about wildlife conservation at my compilation thread here. For the most part, it is not funny but a sad depressing story.
Not one more refugee death, by Emmy Pérez
And just like that, my #NPM2018 celebrations end with a poem today by Emmy Pérez. Not one more refugee death by Emmy Pérez A r...
-
Today a poem by the Mexican-American poet, Juan Delgado. Gatekeepers by Juan Delgado 1. A crow gliding over a ravine was ... -
A poem today by Javier Zamora, whose poems about immigration, refugees, and exiles hit a nerve like few others! This poem is from the Nov... -
Today a poem by Ocean Vuong, whose debut collection ' Night Sky With Exit Wound ' has won rave reviews not only in the US but also ...
No comments:
Post a Comment