From the daily archives: Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Tasmanians arrested for poaching elk in Idaho! (Updated)

On November 8, 2011 By

Trio of alleged poachers will have to make a high bail-

Tasmanians? !! They are thought to have been doing this kind of thing for some time. It’s just that the elk incident got them arrested. More charges might follow.

“Down under poaching […]

Continue Reading →

Cat-to-rat-and-back parasite directly changes human brain chemistry

On November 8, 2011 By

Common human brain parasite Toxoplasma gondii doesn’t just make rats like cats-

It works like this. The protozoan Toxoplasma comes to maturity inside a cat and the cysts are expelled in cat feces. Any cat that lives part of the time outside may be infected. The parasite doesn’t hurt the cat, however.

A rat or […]

Continue Reading →

Calendar

November 2011
S M T W T F S
 12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
27282930  

Quote

‎"At some point we must draw a line across the ground of our home and our being, drive a spear into the land and say to the bulldozers, earthmovers, government and corporations, “thus far and no further.” If we do not, we shall later feel, instead of pride, the regret of Thoreau, that good but overly-bookish man, who wrote, near the end of his life, “If I repent of anything it is likely to be my good behaviour."

~ Edward Abbey