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Seal Found in Garden 18 Miles from the Sea

Thomas — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:40:04 +0000

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Seal Found in Garden 18 Miles from the Sea is a post from: Words About Things A baby seal has been discovered in a garden in kent, 18 miles from the sea. It was found rolling around in the snow by Harriet Dwyer after swimming up the river Rother, which meets the English Channel at [...]

Wednesday Links #7

Thomas — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:12:53 +0000

Wednesday Links #7 is a post from: Words About Things

Wednesday Links #7 is a post from: Words About Things Back, due to not demand whatsoever, it’s the return of the critically uncelebrated Wednesday Links post! 1. Like Pop, snakes will occasional try to eat themselves. Unlike Pop they normally end up having to have their jaws dislocated. 2. Up to 10,000 mobile phones are [...]

Amazing Video of Half a Million Bats

Thomas — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:26:52 +0000

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Amazing Video of Half a Million Bats is a post from: Words About Things Ever wondered what half a million bats flying around in the dark would look like? Hard to see obviously but if you had an infra red camera it would look like this: The amazing footage was filmed by Ecologists studying the [...]

Is Climate Change Causing Birds To Shrink?

Thomas — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:24:43 +0000

Is Climate Change Causing Birds To Shrink? is a post from: Words About Things

Is Climate Change Causing Birds To Shrink? is a post from: Words About Things A recent study of avian specimens in Australia has found that various species are becoming smaller over time. The research, which was published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society, shows that successive generations of birds have smaller wingspans. Birds which [...]

Swimming With Tigers

Thomas — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:27:18 +0000

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Swimming With Tigers is a post from: Words About Things One of those things which always turns up on various ’50 things to do before you die’ lists is swimming with Dolphins but that is just so last year. This year it’s all about swimming with Tigers. A centre in Miami called The Institute of [...]