Topic: NATURE - on May 25, 2004 at 9:56:00 PM CEST
Sherpa's record climb
Kathmandu: A Nepalese Sherpa has broken the speed record for climbing Mount Everest by more than two hours, reaching the summit just over eight hours after leaving base camp, officials said today.
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Topic: NATURE - on May 25, 2004 at 7:38:00 PM CEST
"Killer-Schwäne" töteten Hunde
Vor 'Killer-Schwänen' warnt die Bezirksverwaltung von Mansfield (Mittelengland), nachdem zwei Hunde angegriffen und getötet wurden. Einer der Hunde schwamm in einem See und wurde bei einer Attacke eines männlichen Schwans ertränkt.
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Topic: NATURE - on May 24, 2004 at 7:11:00 PM CEST
Elefanten-Überfall
Nach der Tötung eines Herdenmitgliedes haben Elefanten in Bangladesch ein Dorf verwüstet und fast 1.000 Bewohner in die Flucht geschlagen.
Wilderer hätten zuvor das junge Tier getötet und seine wertvollen Stoßzähne abgesägt, sagte ein Wildhüter am Sonntag. Daraufhin stürmten etwa 20 Elefanten das Dorf, rissen Bäume aus und zerstörten fast 50 Strohhütten.
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Topic: NATURE - on May 14, 2004 at 8:24:00 PM CEST
820-Gramm-Morchel
In den französischen Alpen hat ein Pilzsammler eine 820 Gramm schwere Morchel entdeckt.
„Ich habe die Morchel in 1.200 Meter Höhe gefunden“, erzählte Andre Aury am Freitag. „Ich werde sie trocknen, in Stücke schneiden und mit meinen Freunden teilen.“·
Der Morchel-Spezialist Barth Buyck vom Pariser Museum für Naturkunde erklärte, es handle sich um einen „Rekord“.
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Topic: NATURE - on May 11, 2004 at 12:13:00 PM CEST
See the world through the eyes of a honey bee
Welcome to the B-EYE pages! Have you ever wondered how other creatures see the world? Here you can find out. Well, at least you can find out how HONEY BEES see the world. Well, let's say you can find out what we THINK the world looks like to a bee. Well, not the WHOLE world, really, but a subset of the world, namely a number of greyscale pictures. But, still, I'm sure you will find it an interesting experience. ....
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Topic: NATURE - on May 4, 2004 at 8:29:00 AM CEST
Monkeys, farmers in battle over bamboo territory
The conflict has broken out in Jing county, where rural families living on some of China's most suitable soil for bamboo have seen unusually fierce assaults from roving bands of monkeys this spring, the Xinhua news agency said.
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Topic: NATURE - on May 3, 2004 at 10:52:00 PM CEST
A meteorological miracle
Gone are sandstorms blurring eyes in the past months, northwestern China's Qinghai Province is now blanketed by a 12-mm snow on May 2, a meteorological miracle blessing the May 1-7 holiday-goers to the hinterland region.
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Topic: NATURE - on April 10, 2004 at 12:13:00 PM CEST
The bear is back -
right outside the window!!
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Topic: NATURE - on November 24, 2003 at 2:05:06 PM CET
Antarctica witnesses solar eclipse
Hundreds of scientists and staff in Antarctica braved freezing temperatures Monday to catch a glimpse of the first total solar eclipse ever recorded on the icy continent.
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Topic: NATURE - on November 22, 2003 at 5:23:08 PM CET
Northern Lights appear over Scotland
A solar storm has hit Earth's outer defences, generating colourful northern lights in Scotland.
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Topic: NATURE - on November 19, 2003 at 8:00:29 PM CET
Old fish in captivity turns 65
Rome may be the Eternal City, but San Francisco could be home to the eternal fish. On Tuesday, aquarium officials at the Steinhart Aquarium honored an Australian lungfish, aptly named Methuselah after the Old Testament's millennia-old character. Methuselah arrived at the aquarium in 1938 as a fully grown adult.
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Topic: NATURE - on November 14, 2003 at 10:43:42 AM CET
Beauty spot is Italy nuclear dump
The Italian Government has selected a town in an area of outstanding natural beauty as the site for an underground nuclear waste dump. The small coastal town of Scanzano is in the extreme south of Italy. Experts say the waste will remain radioactive for up to a 150,000 years.
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