Topic: NATURE - on April 17, 2009 at 12:12:00 PM CEST
Polish zoo visitors flock to catch glimpse of 'gay' elephant
The ten-year-old African Bush elephant, Nino, has had to change zoos three times in the past five years because of his aggressive behavior toward female elephants, including pushing them into the pool. However his attitude to male elephants is described as "affectionate."
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Topic: NATURE - on April 16, 2009 at 3:13:00 PM CEST
Dolphins Hate Pirates
Thousands of dolphins blocked the suspected Somali pirate ships when they were trying to attack Chinese merchant ships passing the Gulf of Aden, the China Radio International reported on Monday.
The Chinese merchant ships escorted by a China's fleet sailed on the Gulf of Aden when they met some suspected pirate ships. Thousands of dolphins suddenly leaped out of water between pirates and merchants when the pirate ships headed for the China's.
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Topic: NATURE - on April 15, 2009 at 11:49:00 AM CEST
Busfahrerin wegen Krötenrettung suspendiert
Ihr Herz für Tiere fand nicht das Verständnis des Arbeitgebers: Eine Busfahrerin hat laut "Mittelbayerischer Zeitung" vorläufig ihren Job verloren, weil sie eine Kröte vor dem Straßenverkehr rettete.
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Topic: NATURE - on March 21, 2009 at 12:40:00 PM CET
In Thin Air of the Alps, Swiss Secrecy Is Vanishing
The Swiss like their secrecy, particularly in banking. At other times, they are more open. Take hiking. Skip to next paragraph
In recent years, it has become fashionable for a growing number of Swiss and some foreigners to wander in the Alps clad in little more than hiking shoes and sun screen. Last summer, the number of nude hikers increased to such an extent that the hills often seemed alive with the sound of everything but the swish of trousers.
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Topic: NATURE - on March 20, 2009 at 10:15:00 AM CET
Underwater Volcano Eruption
The eruption began Monday after a series of earthquakes near Tonga, a 170-island archipelago between Australia and Tahiti, residents told the Associated Press. There were magnitude-5.0 quakes there Sunday night and Monday afternoon, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Though the Wellington Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) issued an advisory for the area, the plume isn’t engendering island residents and so far hasn’t hurt fish or other animals, according to the AP.
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Topic: NATURE - on March 12, 2009 at 1:07:00 PM CET
House in Palau - Not for Rent
A few days ago I came across a pretty interesting property in Palau. Yes, Palau. Never heard of it ? Palau, officially the Republic of Palau is an island nation in the Pacific Ocean, some 500 miles east of the Philippines and 2,000 miles south of Tokyo. Having emerged from United Nations trusteeship in 1994, it is one of the world's youngest and smallest nations.
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Topic: NATURE - on March 5, 2009 at 12:52:00 PM CET
10 Most Diabolical Fish On Earth
On the one hand, fish are inoffensive creatures, the majority not much to worry about unless they’re getting overcooked on the barbecue. Yet there are a few species that are more loathsome to our tastes. These are creatures straight out of nightmares – some more fangs than fish; others that look like they’ve barely swum out of the primeval sludge. But though we’d like to think we’re no relation to these demons of the deep, in the evolutionary scheme of things all us land vertebrates are derived from our fishy cousins.
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Topic: NATURE - on March 3, 2009 at 12:33:00 PM CET
Pink dolphin appears in US lake
The world's only pink Bottlenose dolphin which was discovered in an inland lake in Louisiana, USA, has become such an attraction that conservationists have warned tourists to leave it alone.
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Topic: NATURE - on February 27, 2009 at 11:55:00 AM CET
Fische hatten schon vor 380 Millionen Jahren Sex
Eiablage und anschließende Befruchtung: So lief Fortpflanzung bei Wirbeltieren vor 380 Millionen Jahren ab - dachten Forscher zumindest bisher. Stimmt nicht, sagen britische und australische Paläontologen. Sie haben anhand von Fossilien herausgefunden: Die Fische befruchteten damals schon intern.
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Topic: NATURE - on February 26, 2009 at 12:39:00 PM CET
Fish fossil clue to origin of sex
A fossil fish from Australia was one of the earliest known vertebrates to reproduce by fertilising eggs inside the female, a study suggests.
Nature journal says the ancient fish was carrying a 5cm-long embryo.
The fertilisation of eggs by sperm outside the mother's body - external fertilisation - is thought to have evolved before copulation.
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Topic: NATURE - on February 23, 2009 at 9:39:00 AM CET
:D
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Topic: NATURE - on February 17, 2009 at 12:11:00 PM CET
Interesting
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