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Sorry, tailor. Didnīt mean to put you or any one on trouble. The Brazilian text is not important, but I wanted to post the cat video, posted together with the pictures, which wasnīt available anywhere else. Probably fished out of the FB of "The Siberian Times".
What looks like a locust version of the film "Birds" by Hitchcock is really happening in the north of Argentina. The neighbor countries, including Brazil are afraid that the insects may take over and destroy all the plantations.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PCbqAXreRk
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair." - C.D.
Didn't know, but should have realized, that locust swarms aren't limited to the U.S.A. and Africa. One would think that someone over the last 100 years would have thought of a way to stop swarms like this.
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
Loved the citation!
One last update on the "Naja of Brasilia". The beautiful snake, now a web celebrity, has been transferred together with six other sisters to the Zoo of São Paulo.
Good news on the snake !
More new re: A study in China about locusts...Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),Quote:
CHEMICAL WARFARE
Researchers find a chemical that makes locusts swarm
Future swarms could face decoy pheromones, genetic manipulation, blocking chemicals.
JOHN TIMMER - 8/12/2020, 2:39 PM ... https://arstechnica.com/science/2020...locusts-swarm/
tailor
Thanks for the link, tailor. I havenīt heard anything any more about the Argentinian locusts. I hope they were dispelled somehow.
A cute picture just as a refreshment after so many bad news:
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/25/u...rnd/index.html
(lol) Big bear just chillin'... love it. We have a local that posts on facebook from their critter cams that comes up with some interesting nocturnal visits... will post some when they come up.
Oh, and Miss Helen is back... https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart...ium-180969872/
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
What a story! He stole the shark to keep it alive!
A handful of cuteness:
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/10/05/u...=1601979988022
https://www.boston.com/news/animals/...nklin-park-zoo
No comments needed!
Donīt know if anyone still looks at this page, but here is Jonathan, the oldest tortoise in the world, an inspiration for all oldies:
https://edition.cnn.com/travel/artic...scn/index.html
Awww ! Lucky pup to be found :)
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
The oldest cat in the world according to Guiness
Meet Flossie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6J-Un_byIY
Saw that on fb :)
Also found on my fb feed: Fossil within a fossil: https://interestingengineering.com/s...rog-in-stomach
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
Amazing!
A curious find!
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...nsin-home.html
Lol... proud kitty cat !
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
Lion cubs born 28.11.2022 with their mother in the maternity in the Zoo of S Paulo. The cubs were engendered after a genetic scrutiny that might generate envy in any human royal family. The texts in Portuguese can be ignored.
https://www.bol.uol.com.br/noticias/...-sao-paulo.htm
Wonderful :)
So glad that genetic diversity is taken into account: google translateTa ! (short for tarradiddle),Quote:
Reproduction According to Zoo SP, the pair's genealogical analysis was carried out by a data management platform from more than a thousand zoos in 90 countries. “Based on your information, it is possible to know, for example, where the ancestors were born and lived. /01/22/video-leon-cubs-are-born-in-zoologico-de-sao-paulo.htm?cmpid=copiaecola
tailor
New(ish) kitty... https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nat...273384230.html
Google pix... https://www.google.com/search?q=ghja...ih=598&dpr=1.1
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
Beautiful cat-fox or fox-cat!
Cat adopts orphan rabbit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hKGeMHLqdU
So cute :)
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
Animals in the Zoo of Belo Horizonte enjoying ice cream in the unusual heat.
https://www.uol.com.br/nossa/noticia...lor-brasil.htm
Poor animals :( Some good advice on what to look for re: distressed animals using google webpage translate. Pray your heat spell dissipates soon.
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
Sorry,tailor, didn't intend to put you up to so much trouble.
I posted the link because of the cute video with the animals licking the ice. The link took a lot of time to load because of the numerous ads and I was going to delete it again
How a lonely mountain lion contributed to the worldīs largest wildlife overpass
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/10/08/u...ses/index.html
Great idea :)
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
Egg hunt in German Zoo of Gelsenkirchen:
https://abcnews.go.com/International...mals-108568979
re: Mountain lion a few posts ago: “A mountain lion lived in L.A. and people didn’t fear him,” said Pratt, who has memorialized P-22 on her arm with a tattoo. “They saw him as a neighbor; they’d be eating dinner and he’d walk by their dining room at night and they’d share a photo and be like: ‘Hey, P-22 visited me.’ “
I live 5-miles away from where the latest fatality by a mountain lion occurred in California. A 21-year old male was killed and his 18-year old brother was severely injured. Both were well versed in how to act around encounters, but it didn't help them. We live with them but are becoming less cavalier about the situation. The mountain lions have been devastating pets (mostly pet cats) and live stock in our area for quite some time... and yet there is plenty of other game available: deer and turkeys, etc. . Consequently our local social media has blown up on how to deal with the situation; it doesn't bode well for the big cats, :( https://www.gtgazette.com/news/mt-au...d70e23904.html
Egg hunt: delightful !
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
I don't know what to say, tailor. It's a sad story and it a complicated situation. From some other posts I know that you sometimes come rather close to big mammals. The question seems to me, why they are seeking out areas habitated by humans if they have enough to hunt in their own area. Maybe the small animals in human areas are easier to get. This male used to prowl around in the evenings. What made him attack this time? Throwing things at him?
For tailor, bounty and other deer lovers this deer trilogy:
https://www.storystar.com/story/2012...human-interest
Lovely trilogy :)
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
I donīt know how much is known in US about the floods in Rio Grande do Sul, the state that is most south in Brazil. It has been raining heavily there for many days, many cities, including the capital, Porto Alegre, are under water, specially those that contain any major river or lake. The streets have turned into rivers, many people have lost anything and are homeless and those that are still at home are trapped there, depending for food and water on the kindness of neighbors that pass with a boat under their windows.
Canoas, where this story happened, is one of these flooded cities.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-homeless.html
Yes, and the weather is still not cooperating: "Flooding forecast to worsen in Brazil’s south, where many who remain are poor"... https://apnews.com/article/brazil-fl...918e62d6aab02a
Prayers.
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
Thanks for the link, tailor. Iīve got the feeling that we are living biblical times. I donīt know how long it has been raining continuosly in the south, but I should think about 10 days. And this time the problem started in the atmosphere itself. Usually , when it rains in the south some days later it rains here, rain, chill and heat travel up and reach São Paulo, sometimes slightly modified or attenuated. This time cade is an atmospheric blockade, that keeps all the rain in the south and the heat wave here.
Here you can see the contrast beween the heavy rain areas (dark green) and the white area, where S. Paulo lies, practically no rain:
https://tempo.inmet.gov.br/PrecAcumulada. What I think is that this phenomena may appear elsewhere as well, inside or outside Brazil.
The horse Caramelo is almost well now, enjoying good care and good food. He has though some problems in keeping his balance while standing, probably due to having to stand for four or five days in that small roof area.