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Lizard-like tuatara's extra set of genes may help them tolerate cold
Via: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 1 Comments • 4 years ago
“Having two mitochondrial genetic instruction books, a first for vertebrates, may help explain tuatara's unique ability to tolerate cold temperatures”
Apparently, I'm doing beasties today. There are so many astonishing ones This is cuter than a naked mole-rat...
Naked mole-rat colonies speak with unique dialects
Via: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 1 Comments • 4 years ago
“Machine learning reveals that these social rodents communicate with distinctive speech patterns that are culturally inherited”
These things are so ugly they're cute! They're mammals that behave like hive insects. So cool...
Central Park's Rare Snowy Owl Visitor Shows Why We Must Conserve Land Everywhere
Via: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 2 Comments • 2 Likes • 4 years ago
“Central Park is prime bird real estate, and on Wednesday, a prime bird showed up. Birders flocked to the park to check out a snowy owl, the first...”
We have articles about marvelous creatures every day. They're almost all ''threatened''. We're insane.
Europe gives Biden a one-finger salute
Via: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 15 Comments • 3 Likes • 4 years ago
“Given the opportunity to show the new US administration it was serious about collaboration, Europe has done no such thing”
For the last four years the American government has crapped all over America's erstwhile allies. Both insults and injuries. Punitive tariffs while labeling Europe a "threat to American security". Why they aren't falling all over themselves for this new President??
AZ GOP Chair Who Peddled Trump's Voter Fraud Lies Faces Demand For Audit Of Her Election
Via: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 4 Comments • 4 years ago
“There's some irony for ya!”
I used to hate Arizona politics, back in the bad old days of Sheriff Joe. Now we have an astronaut for senator! How cool is that? And the clown show at the state GOP is a source for endless hilarity!
Ocasio-Cortez Rails On McCarthy For Imposing 'No Consequences' On White Supremacist Sympathizers In The House
Via: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 13 Comments • 3 Likes • 4 years ago
“There are no consequences in the Republican caucus for violence. No consequences for racism. No consequences for misogyny. No consequences for...”
Everyone's favorite Representative at work! Republicans shouldn't be jealous, though. After all, they have Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Ridiculously Tiny Chameleons Discovered in Madagascar
Via: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 7 Comments • 1 Like • 4 years ago
“Researchers have found a minuscule chameleon in Northern Madagascar, which they believe to be the smallest reptile on the planet. Small body, big...”
This is a companion piece to go with the croc seed. After all, they're both lizards. Kinda...
Yuma County, Arizona, Becomes Fertile Ground for Covid-19
Via: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 5 Comments • 4 years ago
“The hospital in Arizona's Yuma County, on the border, is so overwhelmed it's had to fly Covid-19 patients to other cities. No other region has had...”
Yuma is our primary residence. We're here most of the year, clearing out when it gets REALLY hot. There's a pall of fear laying low over this city of the elderly. This was published a week ago. Things get worse every day...
Are Crocodiles Flawless? The Reptiles Haven't Changed in 200 Million Years
Via: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 30 Comments • 3 Likes • 4 years ago
“For crocs, slow and steady wins the evolutionary race”
Crocodiles are fascinating critters. Especially Dundee. The guy down below seems to be looking at the photographer. I wonder what he has in mind...
'She is going to confront her lies': Parkland parent rips Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene
Via: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 16 Comments • 1 Like • 4 years ago
“Greene, in the video, which was apparently filmed just weeks after the 2018 Parkland shooting, calls Hogg a "coward" because he walks away from her...”
This woman is a monster. She is building her career on the dead bodies of victims of gun violence.