July 2012
13 posts
Brown Bear & Salmon Cam - Brooks Falls - Bears - explore →
explore.org
Live views of bears feeding on salmon!
Apple's software brings attention to mountain lion research - UC Santa Cruz →
news.ucsc.edu
Mountain lions roam outside of Macbook Pros…
Animal Rescue: Golden-Hearted Couple Saves Three Dumpster-Diving Bears from Unhappy Ending(via @Gawker) →
gawker.com
Three bear cubs had to be rescued by a New Mexico couple and their ladder after getting stuck inside a dumpster in Ruidoso. This wasn’t Tom and Shirley Schenk’s first time “playing rescue ranger”:
Update on 35M →
santacruzpumas.org
Last month, we told you about 35M, a young dispersing male who was traveling all around the Bay Area looking for a place to settle down (see his old map here).
Our recent data on him shows that he might have settled down a bit west of Portola Valley near Palo Alto. Of course, being a young male, he could always pick up and move again anytime. In the meantime, check out his updated map below!
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Caught On Camera: Monkey Discovers Game Reserve's 'Hidden' Spy Cam, Takes Smug Self-Shot(via @Gawker) →
gawker.com
According to the Houston Zoo, this seemingly self-satisfied monkey has a good reason to “smile”: He’s uncovered the camera set up by a Borneo-based game reserve to spy on him.
Some thoughts for today
I read this from the Cornell University Alumni Magazine cover article:
I wonder how I compare with these stats.
The most basic requirements for human survival have been estimated as follows, expressed as per person, per year:
- Nine hundred liters of relatively clean water;
- Three hundred kilograms of food, mostly from grain; and
- Adequate clothing and shelter from freezing temperatures.
Now these are basic, survival requirements. In contrast, the average U.S. resident in a typical state, Rhode Island, consumes each year:
- One hundred thousand liters of clean water;
- One thousand kilograms of food, including significant amounts of meat and imported fruits;
- Between five hundred and one thousand liters of gasoline for transportation;
- One to two thousand equivalent liters of gasoline for power; and
- Tons of metals, plastics, fabrics, chemicals, and construction materials.
Predators of the sea in peril →
huffingtonpost.com
California’s sharkfin soup ban can’t come soon enough. Just another instance where human greed trumps all ecological common sense.
Survivor - 16M's brush with death on Highway 17 →
santacruzpumas.org
If the Santa Cruz pumas had a survivor contest, then 16M would undoubtedly be the winner. For the past two years, he’s made a dangerous living straddling both sides of Highway 17, a sinuous freeway connecting San Jose and Santa Cruz…
