There was a lady who had a dog go missing. After about a year she gave up hoping her dog would come home and decided to get another one at the animal shelter when she got to the shelter the dog she found was her old dog. It had just come in that day so it is lucky no one else adopted it - it was lucky she went to that shelter (there were a few animal shelter in her town. Cheers!
A means to hugely reduce birds being struck by wind turbine blades was discovered by just painting one of the blades black because it increases visibility of the whirling blades for the birdies.
I just read about the volunteers special forces Americans who have been helping Afghans escape. They have gotten around 650 out in the past few days. They walked through sewers and everything else. It will make you cry. I read it as the lead story on yahoo.com. It will also make you (or at least it did for me) a little angry that it wasn't Americans. I firmly believe the Americans should be saved first. But these special forces were saving people they have been working with for years. They love them. And it's a volunteer group.....not assembled by the pentagon or administration.
I wonder about things like that being reported whilst it's happening. Isn't it putting those forces at risk? I appreciate freedom of the press, but I think there are clear exceptions in times of war.
I completely understand the desire to get their loved ones out first, regardless of their nationality. And since they're volunteering, it's as it should be.
A few weeks ago my neighbors 3 foot long Iguana ran away. He was looking for it in the neighbour hood for a week. I'm not a fan of reptiles but to him it was like losing a puppy. After a week a health care worker spotted it by the KFC which is about a 1/4 of a mile away and on the other side of a highway. I got to see him bring it back home and he was all smiles. Cheers and happy weekend!
Very good that he got his pet back (and that no one in KFC decided they could pass it off as chicken, hehe). I don't think it would have survived the winter.
I like reptiles. They're vital to controlling the rodent population.
It's very hard to imagine loving an iguana. They are the most benign and boring creatures alive. We had an iguana for a couple of years. It certainly is not affectionate. For the most part it looks dead, like it is stuffed. You could stare at him for an hour and he would not move a muscle. If you blink you will find that he moved. He was my daughter's room pet.
I don't support keeping wild species as pets, though I do understand the allure. I agree that it's hard to imagine reptiles as affectionate pets, though many people see them that way and have great affection for them.
Iguanas grow so large. I don't think most people are prepared to keep them for their entire lives. They live a long time, too.
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