Topic: NATURE - on June 17, 2004 at 4:41:00 PM CEST
Wettbewerb im Mückenfang
In San Nazzaro Sesia (Nord-Italien) gibt es am Wochenende einen Wettbewerb im Mückenfangen. Es ist bereits das dritte Mal, dass so ein Wettbewerb stattfindet, an dem nur die Männer teilnehmen.
Der Gewinner erhält pro getöteter Mücke zehn Euro und zusätzlich einen Esel. Der Zweite erhält ein Schwein und für den Drittplazierten gibt es eine Gans.
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Topic: NATURE - on June 15, 2004 at 4:42:00 PM CEST
Jeder neunte Schüler meint Enten seien gelb
In Nordrhein-Westfalen und Hessen wurden 1.405 Schüler über ihr Verhältnis zur Natur befragt. Dabei stellte sich unter anderem heraus, dass jeder neunte Befragte der Meinung ist, dass Enten gelb seien.
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Topic: NATURE - on June 15, 2004 at 8:48:00 AM CEST
Pavian-Terror in Kleinstadt
In Pringle-Bay, einem kleinen südafrikanischen Küstenort, treibt eine Pavian-Bande ihr Unwesen. Sehr zum Leid der Anwohner, die dem zerstörerischen Treiben von Einbrüchen, Entwendung der Lebensmittel sowie Vandalismus ein Ende setzen wollen.
Mehrere Anträge an die Stadtverwaltung, energisch gegen die Tiere vorzugehen, scheiterten, so dass Bürger zur Eigeninitiative griffen und bei frisch ertappter Tat auf die Tiere schossen.
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Topic: NATURE - on June 12, 2004 at 11:14:00 PM CEST
See verschwunden
Im US-Bundesstaat Missouri ist innerhalb weniger Tage ein ganzer See versickert. Wie Anwohner berichteten, ist von dem künstlich angelegten Lake Chesterfield nur ein Riesen-Schlammloch übriggeblieben.
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Topic: NATURE - on June 11, 2004 at 4:28:00 PM CEST
"Fyooosh!" So long, Lake Chesterfield
Recent heavy rain may have washed Lake Chesterfield down the drain.
A sinkhole at the bottom of the 23-acre lake in Wildwood swallowed millions of gallons of water in a few days this week. The sinkhole "was just like a ticking time bomb," said geologist Dave Taylor. "It held for all this time, and finally it broke loose."
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Topic: NATURE - on June 11, 2004 at 4:09:00 PM CEST
Canada's Too-Friendly Killer Whale to Be Captured
A lonely killer whale on Canada's Pacific coast, whose search for companionship has become a danger to boats and float planes, and himself, will be captured next week so he can be reunited with his family pod, officials said on Thursday.
Scientist said it was clear the one-ton whale, nicknamed Luna, would not be able to link up with the pod on his own, so he will have to be trucked to the southern tip of Vancouver Island where the other orcas normally spend the summer.
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Topic: NATURE - on June 11, 2004 at 12:33:00 PM CEST
Rare Sea Creature Washes Ashore
A retired biologist found the creature on a beach near Port Angeles, Wash. It's big head and bulging eyes make it look like something out of Jules Verne's "20,000 Leagues Under The Sea," but it is actually a deep-water fish known as King of the Salmon..
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Topic: NATURE - on June 9, 2004 at 2:46:00 PM CEST
Beekeepers Remove 700,000 Bees From Man's Home
ake Worth resident Norm Gitzen didn't mind the more than half-million bees living in the roof of his house until recently. Rather, he said, they were "kind of mesmerizing," and he often sweetened his morning coffee with honey dripping from the hives.
But when the bees started coming into the house, stinging him and his nephew, his love of that cohabitation changed. Local beekeepers started removing at least 700,000 bees from a tower above his breakfast nook on Tuesday, filling four buckets with honey weighing close to 65 pounds.
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Topic: NATURE - on June 8, 2004 at 4:18:00 PM CEST
Dolomiten stürzen ein
Die berühmte Felsformation der Dolomiten hat eine ihrer Felsnadeln verloren. Der 50 Meter hohe Fels 'Trephor', der zu der Bergformation 'Fünf Türme' gehörte, ist eingestürzt. Dieser war bei Freeclimbern beliebt.
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Topic: NATURE - on June 4, 2004 at 12:56:00 PM CEST
Ducks have accents
British researchers have found that ducks in different regions make different sounds when quacking and have likened these to human accents.
The different sounds were comparable to the different accents of people in the same area according to English Language lecturer Victoria de Rijke.
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Topic: NATURE - on May 29, 2004 at 11:42:00 AM CEST
Giant Mushroom Baffles Experts in Congo
A giant three-tiered mushroom which measures a meter (yard) across and was found in the tropical forests of the Republic of Congo has left experts in the capital Brazzaville scratching their heads.
"It's the first time we've ever seen a mushroom like this so it's difficult for us to classify. But we are going to determine what it is scientifically," Pierre Botaba, head of Congo's veterinary and zoology center, told reporters on Thursday.
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Topic: NATURE - on May 27, 2004 at 4:33:00 PM CEST
Nilpferde schwitzen "Body-Lotion"
Der von Nilpferden abgesonderte 'Schweiß' ist in Wirklichkeit mehr eine Body-Lotion, welche als Antibiotikum und als Sonnenschutz dient. Japanische Forscher analysierten hierzu das Sekret eines Nilpferdes.
¬> spiegel.de
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