tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20555747721315327842024-03-12T18:56:45.590-07:00Sci-nature.comUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2055574772131532784.post-52756276712930291522023-09-06T10:27:00.005-07:002023-09-06T10:27:26.989-07:00310-Million-Year-Old Fossil Spider Is The Oldest Ever Found In Germany<script async="" crossorigin="anonymous" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1546821509539400"></script>
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</script><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.5px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1_g2V6D-ZjdXaxmw8QNGoajvtmW5p-F7NbaTXewt8W076ijmr70ksRaX-fqs7ut3BbrR4bmqikD6pkiwN8iPQ7IyuCkPJ9DK72yYmJajJ9Jy742aOsoLrRzswJbw9XHZ6L7oLMDVQKBGNVZ9yPUqrUTrBkpFSLjEyBpWqsN3lpmKYNmK7TDmo4-8Zoym-/s1200/germany-true-spider-meta.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="1200" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1_g2V6D-ZjdXaxmw8QNGoajvtmW5p-F7NbaTXewt8W076ijmr70ksRaX-fqs7ut3BbrR4bmqikD6pkiwN8iPQ7IyuCkPJ9DK72yYmJajJ9Jy742aOsoLrRzswJbw9XHZ6L7oLMDVQKBGNVZ9yPUqrUTrBkpFSLjEyBpWqsN3lpmKYNmK7TDmo4-8Zoym-/w640-h362/germany-true-spider-meta.png" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.5px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">An unidentified arachnid fossil was retrieved from the Late Carboniferous (Moscovian) strata of strata of Piesberg near Osnabrück in Lower Saxony, Germany, a few years ago. The mysterious specimen was passed on to fossil arachnid expert Dr Jason Dunlop of the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, who in a recent study has revealed its astonishing identity.</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.75; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The fossil comes from a strata that dates back 310 to 315 million years and marks the first Palaeozoic spider ever found in Germany. It’s also a new species and has been named <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Arthrolycosa wolterbeeki</em> after its discoverer, <a href="https://www.uu.nl/medewerkers/TKTWolterbeek" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-skip-ink: auto;" target="_blank">Dr Tim Wolterbeek</a>, who is a geosciences researcher at Universiteit Utrecht.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.75; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.5px;">As the first known “true spider” from the Palaeozoic of Germany, </span><em style="box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: 0.5px;">A. wolterbeeki</em><span style="letter-spacing: 0.5px;"> is from the order Araneae, which separates it from earlier spider-like arachnid groups like the bottom-heavy Trigonometrical. If its legginess isn’t enough to convince you, the fossil also shows preserved spinnerets, which are a defining characteristic of true spiders.</span></span></p><script async="" crossorigin="anonymous" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1546821509539400"></script>
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</script><p style="box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.75; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Despite its incredible age, the fossil spider is near-perfect as an almost complete specimen. It’s survived in the fossil record to become one of just 12 Carboniferous species which can be confidently assigned to Araneae.</span></p><div class="fr-image-container no-background" data-asset-id="69650" data-reactroot="" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin: 1rem 0px 0px; max-width: 100%; position: relative;" title="To style the container, click anywhere on this text, and then the Paragraph Style button (the magic wand icon). Choose how you want your image to appear, if no sizing option is chosen it means your image will not be responsive and will not look good for all screen sizes."><div class="fr-image" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><picture style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; min-height: 100%; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 765.562px;" title=""><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><source media="(min-width: 1000px)" srcset="https://assets.iflscience.com/assets/articleNo/70045/iImg/69650/arthrolycosa-wolterbeeki-l.webp" style="box-sizing: border-box;" type="image/webp"></source><source media="(min-width: 1000px)" srcset="https://assets.iflscience.com/assets/articleNo/70045/iImg/69650/arthrolycosa-wolterbeeki-l.png" style="box-sizing: border-box;" type="image/png"></source><source media="(min-width: 568px)" srcset="https://assets.iflscience.com/assets/articleNo/70045/iImg/69650/arthrolycosa-wolterbeeki-m.webp" style="box-sizing: border-box;" type="image/webp"></source><source media="(min-width: 568px)" srcset="https://assets.iflscience.com/assets/articleNo/70045/iImg/69650/arthrolycosa-wolterbeeki-m.png" style="box-sizing: border-box;" type="image/png"></source><source media="(max-width: 567px)" srcset="https://assets.iflscience.com/assets/articleNo/70045/iImg/69650/arthrolycosa-wolterbeeki-s.webp" style="box-sizing: border-box;" type="image/webp"></source><source media="(max-width: 567px)" srcset="https://assets.iflscience.com/assets/articleNo/70045/iImg/69650/arthrolycosa-wolterbeeki-s.png" style="box-sizing: border-box;" type="image/png"></source></span><img alt="Arthrolycosa wolterbeeki" class="inline-image fr-fic fr-dib" data-asset-id="69650" loading="lazy" src="https://assets.iflscience.com/assets/articleNo/70045/iImg/69650/oldest%20fossil%20spider.png" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 865.719px; left: 0px; max-width: 100%; object-fit: cover; overflow: hidden; position: relative; text-align: justify; top: 0px; width: 765.562px;" title="Arthrolycosa wolterbeeki" /></picture></div><figcaption class="fr-figcaption" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.5rem 0.75rem; width: 765.562px;"><div class="fr-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-right: 0.5rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;">If their mesothele-like body is indicative of lifestyle, A. wolterbeeki may have spent its day hiding away in a burrow, drastically reducing its chances of winding up in the fossil record.</span></div><div class="fr-reference" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;">Image credit: Jason Dunlop, PalZ, 2023 (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-skip-ink: auto;" target="_blank">CC BY 4.0</a>)</span></div></figcaption></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.75; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem;"></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.5px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium; letter-spacing: 0.5px;"><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">While we might now have a full dozen, the diversity of Carboniferous spider species is pretty low compared to that of closely-related arachnids like Phalangiotarbids and the earlier-mentioned Trigonotarbids, of which there are twice and four times as many, respectively.</div></span><p></p><script async="" crossorigin="anonymous" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1546821509539400"></script>
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</script><p style="box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.75; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">One clue as to why this might be relates to <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">A. wolterbeeki</em>’s similarities to the extant mesothele spiders. If they were ecologically similar and shared the same burrow-dwelling lifestyle, this may have limited their opportunities for fossilization as they would rarely have come into contact with the bodies of water needed to preserve them.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.75; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The females would be especially unlikely to make it into the fossil record as we know from living spiders that they are largely sedentary. On the other hand, once males reach maturity they venture out in search of a mate, and yet from what we’ve found so far it seems like their chances of being preserved aren’t any better.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.75; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">“In this context, it is interesting to consider why neither the present specimen, nor any of the other Carboniferous spiders, preserve a male palpal organ,” explained Dunlop, “as we might expect wandering males to be preferentially preserved.”</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.75; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">In any case, the Piesberg-fossil now becomes an important holotype of the Araneae, and is a lovely reminder that a scientist’s academic reach isn’t limited to their chosen discipline.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.75; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">“It has been almost four years since I found an unidentified arachnid fossil in the Westphalian D (Late Carboniferous) of the Piesberg quarry near Osnabrück, Germany,” said Wolterbeek in an <a href="http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/135090-the-first-palaeozoic-spider-order-araneae-from-germany/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-skip-ink: auto;" target="_blank">online forum</a>. “This has been a great experience, as I learned a great deal about arachnids and spiders and spinnerets along the way.”</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.75; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;">The study is published in the journal <a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12542-023-00657-7" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-skip-ink: auto;" target="_blank">PalZ</a>.</span></p><script async="" crossorigin="anonymous" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1546821509539400"></script>
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</script>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2055574772131532784.post-78541362806877394732023-09-06T10:23:00.006-07:002023-09-06T10:23:37.490-07:00Meet The Fancy New Persian Gold Tarantula, With Locks Of Golden Hair<script async="" crossorigin="anonymous" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1546821509539400"></script>
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</script><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2HfYtob_WbYgZ4NklItp2PAN8b3JZXQUhFVqra_BNtoUnryEAGiZJWcUz8XHNeacN4dEhJVGqrM0dtx0KHPEe2P6W_o5TxTkQiuvXJ-iRMICyhM6QQvPAKnUwkt8xHmCHMyrWj8pCPM6qmm7LIyQA5Iw0UdLgDZ5lG2LjaiBjEc_Jne-l1NGZGqyM5wRo/s1020/golden-tarantula-m.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="551" data-original-width="1020" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2HfYtob_WbYgZ4NklItp2PAN8b3JZXQUhFVqra_BNtoUnryEAGiZJWcUz8XHNeacN4dEhJVGqrM0dtx0KHPEe2P6W_o5TxTkQiuvXJ-iRMICyhM6QQvPAKnUwkt8xHmCHMyrWj8pCPM6qmm7LIyQA5Iw0UdLgDZ5lG2LjaiBjEc_Jne-l1NGZGqyM5wRo/w640-h346/golden-tarantula-m.png" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.5px;">The Persian Gold Tarantula (</span><em style="box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: 0.5px;">Chaetopelma persianum</em><span style="letter-spacing: 0.5px;">), is a newly discovered fancy-pants arachnid, that was recently found in northwestern Iran. With glorious locks of woolly, golden hairs, this spider was announced to the world just in time for </span>Tarantula<span style="letter-spacing: 0.5px;"> Appreciation Day on August 8.</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.75; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.5px;">It all began when nature enthusiast Mahdi Gavahyan was taking a stroll when they spotted a wandering male tarantula. They photographed this adventurous spider and sent the photo to Dr Alireza Zamani – one of the authors of the paper that announced this species. The photo piqued his interest and he asked Gavahyan to team up with another nature fanatic to try and find more specimens to send him. </span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.75; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Unfortunately, only one single female specimen was collected. This female had a leg span of almost 9 centimeters (3.5 inches) – close to the diameter of a softball – and distinct features that allowed the scientists to confidently differentiate this specimen from other known <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Chaetopelma </em>species. This specific spider was used to form the basis used in the species description. </span></p><div class="fr-image-container no-background" data-asset-id="69894" data-reactroot="" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin: 1rem 0px 0px; max-width: 100%; position: relative;"><div class="fr-image" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><picture style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; min-height: 100%; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 765.562px;" title=""><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><source media="(min-width: 1000px)" srcset="https://assets.iflscience.com/assets/articleNo/70187/iImg/69894/persian-gold-tarantula-l.webp" style="box-sizing: border-box;" type="image/webp"></source><source media="(min-width: 1000px)" srcset="https://assets.iflscience.com/assets/articleNo/70187/iImg/69894/persian-gold-tarantula-l.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box;" type="image/jpeg"></source><source media="(min-width: 568px)" srcset="https://assets.iflscience.com/assets/articleNo/70187/iImg/69894/persian-gold-tarantula-m.webp" style="box-sizing: border-box;" type="image/webp"></source><source media="(min-width: 568px)" srcset="https://assets.iflscience.com/assets/articleNo/70187/iImg/69894/persian-gold-tarantula-m.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box;" type="image/jpeg"></source><source media="(max-width: 567px)" srcset="https://assets.iflscience.com/assets/articleNo/70187/iImg/69894/persian-gold-tarantula-s.webp" style="box-sizing: border-box;" type="image/webp"></source><source media="(max-width: 567px)" srcset="https://assets.iflscience.com/assets/articleNo/70187/iImg/69894/persian-gold-tarantula-s.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box;" type="image/jpeg"></source></span><img alt="Persian Gold Tarantula" class="inline-image fr-fic fr-dib" data-asset-id="69894" loading="lazy" src="https://assets.iflscience.com/assets/articleNo/70187/iImg/69894/Low-Res_Habitus%202%20-%20Kari%20Kaunisto.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 511px; left: 0px; max-width: 100%; object-fit: cover; overflow: hidden; position: relative; text-align: justify; top: 0px; width: 765.562px;" title="Persian Gold Tarantula" /></picture></div><figcaption class="fr-figcaption" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.5rem 0.75rem; width: 765.562px;"><div class="fr-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-right: 0.5rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;">The spider has been named Chaetopelma persianum, or the Persian Gold Tarantula, due to its woolly golden hairs.</span></div><script async="" crossorigin="anonymous" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1546821509539400"></script>
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</script><div class="fr-reference" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;">Image credit: Kari Kaunisto</span></div></figcaption></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.75; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem;"></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: large; letter-spacing: 0.5px;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium; letter-spacing: 0.5px;"><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">Thankfully, due to citizen scientists, the authors were able to get photos of two other males, and they were taken close to the location of the new species. It is very probable that these belong to the new species, however, this cannot be confirmed until material is collected from both sexes. </div></span><p></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.75; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem;"></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.75; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The new species belongs to the genus <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Chaetopelma</em>. This genus is relatively small and currently comprises of six species that are distributed in the eastern Mediterranean and Middle East, with one species in Cameroon. This new discovery has widened this distribution even further, by being the first record of this genus in Iran, along with being the third known species of tarantula in the country.</span></p><div class="fr-image-container no-background" data-asset-id="69893" data-reactroot="" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin: 1rem 0px 0px; max-width: 100%; position: relative;"><div class="fr-image" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><picture style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; min-height: 100%; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 765.562px;" title=""><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><source media="(min-width: 1000px)" srcset="https://assets.iflscience.com/assets/articleNo/70187/iImg/69893/persian-gold-tarantula-l.webp" style="box-sizing: border-box;" type="image/webp"></source><source media="(min-width: 1000px)" srcset="https://assets.iflscience.com/assets/articleNo/70187/iImg/69893/persian-gold-tarantula-l.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box;" type="image/jpeg"></source><source media="(min-width: 568px)" srcset="https://assets.iflscience.com/assets/articleNo/70187/iImg/69893/persian-gold-tarantula-m.webp" style="box-sizing: border-box;" type="image/webp"></source><source media="(min-width: 568px)" srcset="https://assets.iflscience.com/assets/articleNo/70187/iImg/69893/persian-gold-tarantula-m.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box;" type="image/jpeg"></source><source media="(max-width: 567px)" srcset="https://assets.iflscience.com/assets/articleNo/70187/iImg/69893/persian-gold-tarantula-s.webp" style="box-sizing: border-box;" type="image/webp"></source><source media="(max-width: 567px)" srcset="https://assets.iflscience.com/assets/articleNo/70187/iImg/69893/persian-gold-tarantula-s.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box;" type="image/jpeg"></source></span><img alt="Persian Gold Tarantula" class="inline-image fr-fic fr-dib" data-asset-id="69893" loading="lazy" src="https://assets.iflscience.com/assets/articleNo/70187/iImg/69893/Low-Res_Defensive%20posture%20-%20Kari%20Kaunisto.jpg.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 600.328px; left: 0px; max-width: 100%; object-fit: cover; overflow: hidden; position: relative; text-align: justify; top: 0px; width: 765.562px;" title="Persian Gold Tarantula" /></picture></div><figcaption class="fr-figcaption" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.5rem 0.75rem; width: 765.562px;"><div class="fr-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-right: 0.5rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;">Wow, look at her go! </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small; font-style: italic;">Image credit: Kari Kaunisto</span></div></figcaption></div><script async="" crossorigin="anonymous" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1546821509539400"></script>
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</script><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.75; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem;"></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: large; letter-spacing: 0.5px;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium; letter-spacing: 0.5px;"><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Chaetopelma</em> tarantulas often live in burrows or within silk-lined chambers, typically constructed under boulders and large stones in wells and in exterior dry walls of old houses. </div></span><p></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.75; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The Persian Gold tarantula is found in the mountainous regions of the northern Zagros Mountains, and is an obligate burrower. The specimen that was collected and used to describe the new species was found in a ground burrow that was self-made on sloped rocky ground. The new species was named <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Chaetopelma persianum</em> as a homage to its location (Iran is historically known as Persia).</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.75; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">“Looking ahead, we believe that more comprehensive investigations employing integrative methods would greatly benefit our knowledge about the <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Chaetopelma</em> spiders,” said the researchers in a <a href="https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/998013" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-skip-ink: auto;" target="_blank">statement</a>. “Additionally, further collection efforts in lesser-sampled or completely unexplored regions, such as Saudi Arabia, Syria, Iraq, eastern Turkey and western Iran, could lead to the discovery of additional <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Chaetopelma</em> species or records. These findings would be instrumental in gaining a more comprehensive understanding of the taxonomy and distribution of this genus.” </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.75; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;">The study is published in the journal <a href="https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/109135/list/11/" id="isPasted" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-skip-ink: auto;" target="_blank">ZooKeys</a>.</span></p><script async="" crossorigin="anonymous" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1546821509539400"></script>
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</script><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN-aWFM2k6gl_-bOFI-ieXbhQ7drD-EMFX_9--lM8fBQwJdky6jRSry9rqELTVsj02xCUaYoBytU5NVDna0YFPLQBtSSW8g_EJZhqDwNaYW0vwkIjfkKM4HPIAOD_in2yDM6feMk0UfJMFuzOnZGQNRRqa_rvOejGILVVCAeOtgk2_pTwhg-CtIxJlMLB-/s1004/leaf-insects-m.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="553" data-original-width="1004" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN-aWFM2k6gl_-bOFI-ieXbhQ7drD-EMFX_9--lM8fBQwJdky6jRSry9rqELTVsj02xCUaYoBytU5NVDna0YFPLQBtSSW8g_EJZhqDwNaYW0vwkIjfkKM4HPIAOD_in2yDM6feMk0UfJMFuzOnZGQNRRqa_rvOejGILVVCAeOtgk2_pTwhg-CtIxJlMLB-/w640-h352/leaf-insects-m.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.5px;">There’s no shortage of impressive examples of camouflage in the animal world. Whether it’s hiding on a </span>branch<span style="letter-spacing: 0.5px;">, blending in with </span><a href="https://www.iflscience.com/newly-discovered-frogs-camouflage-makes-it-look-like-bird-poop-68399" style="box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: 0.5px; text-decoration-skip-ink: auto;" target="_blank">bird poop</a><span style="letter-spacing: 0.5px;">, or straight-up pretending to be </span>someone else<span style="letter-spacing: 0.5px;">, nature has gifted us all manner of masters of disguise. Luckily for us, though, a group of scientists was recently able to spot the wood from the trees, finding seven brand new species of leaf insect.</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.75; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.5px;">Leaf insects are also known as walking leaves – no prizes for guessing why. They belong to the order Phantasmal, which also includes the </span>stick insect<span style="letter-spacing: 0.5px;"> and thereby covers all your arthropods-that-look-like-plant-parts needs. According to the Amateur Entomologists’ Society, there are over 2,500 species in the order with a huge variety of physical features, including some that cleverly resemble damaged leaves.</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.75; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">We can now add seven more to that list, thanks to the efforts of an international team led by researchers at the University of Göttingen.</span></p><div class="fr-image-container no-background" data-asset-id="70301" data-reactroot="" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin: 1rem 0px 0px; max-width: 100%; position: relative;"><div class="fr-image" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><picture style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; min-height: 100%; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 765.562px;" title=""><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><source media="(min-width: 1000px)" srcset="https://assets.iflscience.com/assets/articleNo/70459/iImg/70301/p-bhaskarai-l.webp" style="box-sizing: border-box;" type="image/webp"></source><source media="(min-width: 1000px)" srcset="https://assets.iflscience.com/assets/articleNo/70459/iImg/70301/p-bhaskarai-l.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box;" type="image/jpeg"></source><source media="(min-width: 568px)" srcset="https://assets.iflscience.com/assets/articleNo/70459/iImg/70301/p-bhaskarai-m.webp" style="box-sizing: border-box;" type="image/webp"></source><source media="(min-width: 568px)" srcset="https://assets.iflscience.com/assets/articleNo/70459/iImg/70301/p-bhaskarai-m.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box;" type="image/jpeg"></source><source media="(max-width: 567px)" srcset="https://assets.iflscience.com/assets/articleNo/70459/iImg/70301/p-bhaskarai-s.webp" style="box-sizing: border-box;" type="image/webp"></source><source media="(max-width: 567px)" srcset="https://assets.iflscience.com/assets/articleNo/70459/iImg/70301/p-bhaskarai-s.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box;" type="image/jpeg"></source></span><img alt="three photographs of a female of the newly described species Pulchriphyllium bhaskarai" class="inline-image fr-fic fr-dib" data-asset-id="70301" loading="lazy" src="https://assets.iflscience.com/assets/articleNo/70459/iImg/70301/oo_887727.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 445.938px; left: 0px; max-width: 100%; object-fit: cover; overflow: hidden; position: relative; text-align: justify; top: 0px; width: 765.562px;" title="three photographs of a female of the newly described species Pulchriphyllium bhaskarai" /></picture></div><figcaption class="fr-figcaption" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.5rem 0.75rem; width: 765.562px;"><div class="fr-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-right: 0.5rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;">A female from the newly described species <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Pulchriphyllium bhaskarai</span>.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Image credit: Edy Bhaskara/Cumming et al, ZooKeys, 2023 (</span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small; text-decoration-skip-ink: auto;" target="_blank">CC0 1.0</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">)</span></div></figcaption></div><script async="" crossorigin="anonymous" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1546821509539400"></script>
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</script><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.75; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium; letter-spacing: 0.5px;"></span></p><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium; letter-spacing: 0.5px;">These critters’ amazing camouflage, whilst doing a great job at protecting them from predators in the wild, presents a unique challenge for taxonomists, who typically rely heavily on physical appearance when categorizing new species.</span></div><p></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.75; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem;"></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.75; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">“Individuals of different species are often counted as belonging to the same species based on their appearance. We were only able to identify some of the new species by their genetic characteristics,” explained project lead Dr Sarah Bank-Aubin in a <a href="https://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/3240.html?id=7176" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-skip-ink: auto;" target="_blank">statement</a>.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.75; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">For example, the study included some individual insects found in India that were thought to belong to a species that’s widespread throughout Southeast Asia. As it turns out, they’re from an entirely new species.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.75; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">“The finding is important for species conservation: if all the individuals die out in India, it is not just a group within a species that is reduced, as was previously thought. In fact, a whole distinct species is being wiped out. This means that the Indian species is particularly important to protect,” said Bank-Aubin, emphasizing how this research goes far beyond simply improving our knowledge of these fascinating insects.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.75; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The team used specimens they’d collected in the field, as well as records from museums and private collectors, and observations made by citizen scientists to inform their research.</span></p><div class="fr-image-container no-background" data-asset-id="70305" data-reactroot="" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin: 1rem 0px 0px; max-width: 100%; position: relative;"><div class="fr-image" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><picture style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; min-height: 100%; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 765.562px;" title=""><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><source media="(min-width: 1000px)" srcset="https://assets.iflscience.com/assets/articleNo/70459/iImg/70305/pulchriphyllium-anangu-l.webp" style="box-sizing: border-box;" type="image/webp"></source><source media="(min-width: 1000px)" srcset="https://assets.iflscience.com/assets/articleNo/70459/iImg/70305/pulchriphyllium-anangu-l.jpeg" style="box-sizing: border-box;" type="image/jpeg"></source><source media="(min-width: 568px)" srcset="https://assets.iflscience.com/assets/articleNo/70459/iImg/70305/pulchriphyllium-anangu-m.webp" style="box-sizing: border-box;" type="image/webp"></source><source media="(min-width: 568px)" srcset="https://assets.iflscience.com/assets/articleNo/70459/iImg/70305/pulchriphyllium-anangu-m.jpeg" style="box-sizing: border-box;" type="image/jpeg"></source><source media="(max-width: 567px)" srcset="https://assets.iflscience.com/assets/articleNo/70459/iImg/70305/pulchriphyllium-anangu-s.webp" style="box-sizing: border-box;" type="image/webp"></source><source media="(max-width: 567px)" srcset="https://assets.iflscience.com/assets/articleNo/70459/iImg/70305/pulchriphyllium-anangu-s.jpeg" style="box-sizing: border-box;" type="image/jpeg"></source></span><img alt="Photo of newly described species Pulchriphyllium anangu" class="inline-image fr-fic fr-dib" data-asset-id="70305" loading="lazy" src="https://assets.iflscience.com/assets/articleNo/70459/iImg/70305/new%20leafy%20boi.jpeg" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 510.375px; left: 0px; max-width: 100%; object-fit: cover; overflow: hidden; position: relative; text-align: justify; top: 0px; width: 765.562px;" title="Photo of newly described species Pulchriphyllium anangu" /></picture></div><figcaption class="fr-figcaption" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.5rem 0.75rem; width: 765.562px;"><div class="fr-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-right: 0.5rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;">Just one example of an image captured by a citizen scientist that has now been identified as a new species, <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Pulchriphyllium anangu</em>.</span></div><script async="" crossorigin="anonymous" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1546821509539400"></script>
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</script><div class="fr-reference" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;">Image credit: ashwinv via <a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/29374627" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-skip-ink: auto;" target="_blank">iNaturalist</a> (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-skip-ink: auto;" target="_blank">CC BY 4.0</a>)</span></div></figcaption></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.75; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem;"></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: large; letter-spacing: 0.5px;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium; letter-spacing: 0.5px;"><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">For co-author Sven Bradler, the multiplicity of stick and leaf insects, which has only been added to by these new discoveries, has remained captivating over a more than 20-year research career:</div></span><p></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.75; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">“There are around 3,500 known species of stick and leaf insects and there are currently just over 100 described species of leaf insect. Although they only make up a small fraction of this diverse family of insects, their spectacular and unexpected appearance makes them unique."</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.75; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;">The study is published in <a href="https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/104413/element/2/122/" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-skip-ink: auto;" target="_blank">ZooKeys</a>. </span></p><script async="" crossorigin="anonymous" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1546821509539400"></script>
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</script>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2055574772131532784.post-57081235791665838772023-09-06T09:53:00.003-07:002023-09-06T09:53:31.640-07:00Peregrine Falcon Takes On Huge Pelican In Epic Aerial Battle And Wins<script async="" crossorigin="anonymous" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1546821509539400"></script>
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</script><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.5px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4LPZ735ZYk51IZwSOsnBrWGxj21FTB2oBRPr0YK7UFnEE1odBzecLcv9LF1aWt-CDHt6GdLZPxpUVSBShAyivpPbi0fG3fpzpNZUk_Ys0wYNN2ufRAB4h1-mTy0UMbHHSVY7MlQeuyDKr7WKRW3dL8ZvshHzxPDmksE2oyLbVhAL06yphIQF36rSTUgRb/s1999/peregrine-pelican-main.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1027" data-original-width="1999" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4LPZ735ZYk51IZwSOsnBrWGxj21FTB2oBRPr0YK7UFnEE1odBzecLcv9LF1aWt-CDHt6GdLZPxpUVSBShAyivpPbi0fG3fpzpNZUk_Ys0wYNN2ufRAB4h1-mTy0UMbHHSVY7MlQeuyDKr7WKRW3dL8ZvshHzxPDmksE2oyLbVhAL06yphIQF36rSTUgRb/w640-h328/peregrine-pelican-main.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.5px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">steer clear of peregrine falcons during nesting season, unless you want to end up like a pelican that stars in the winning photo of Bird Photographer of the Year 2023. Titled "Grab the bull by the horns", the dramatic shot was captured by US photographer Jack Zhi who scoops Gold Award Winner and Bird Photographer of the Year for his image taken in Southern California.</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.75; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Peregrine falcons, <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Falco peregrinus</span>, are impressive birds of prey revered for their hunting skills and incredible speed. They’re the fastest animals in the world with a diving speed of up to 300 kilometers (186 miles) per hour, which they achieve by flying up really high before dive-bombing their targets.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.75; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">During the breeding season – which in Southern California lands between February and June – they get even more combative than usual as the arrival of eggs motivates parents to keep everything and everyone well clear of their nests. Unfortunately, for the resident pelicans, that includes them.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.75; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Brown pelicans, <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Pelecanus occidentalis</span>, are a distinctive group of birds with long thick bills decked out with an expandable pouch. They mostly feed on fish they scoop up from the ocean, but are also partial to amphibians, crustaceans, and the eggs and nestlings of birds.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.75; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">It’s perhaps understandable, then, that when a female peregrine falcon spots the distinctive silhouette of a brown pelican getting too close to her nest, she doesn’t take the intrusion lying down.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.75; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">“During the breeding season, a female Peregrine Falcon fiercely protects her young, attacking anything that comes near the nest,” said Zhi in a release emailed to IFLScience. “For four years, I attempted to capture these rare moments of her attacking large Brown Pelicans with incredible speed and agility.”</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.75; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">“The high-speed chase made it challenging to capture a close-up shot with a long lens. The falcon’s precision was amazing as it struck at the pelican’s head.”</span></p><script async="" crossorigin="anonymous" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1546821509539400"></script>
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</script><p style="box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.75; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Despite being far larger than the peregrine falcons, the pelicans are still vulnerable to these attacks and there are plenty of <a href="https://youtu.be/qjvhhU4sbiM" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-skip-ink: auto;" target="_blank">dramatic videos</a> online that show these huge birds getting spun around and knocked off course by fuming plumed parents. Suffice to say, the nesting grounds of peregrine falcons are a bit of a no-fly zone when there are baby birds about.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.75; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Bird Photographer of the Year 2023 had plenty more dramatic, comical, and artistic shots in this year’s winning portfolio. Here are a few of our favorites:</span></p><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Blue-footed fishing dive</span></h2><div class="fr-image-container no-background" data-asset-id="70485" data-reactroot="" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin: 1rem 0px 0px; max-width: 100%; position: relative;"><div class="fr-image" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><picture style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; min-height: 100%; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 765.562px;" title=""><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><source media="(min-width: 1000px)" srcset="https://assets.iflscience.com/assets/articleNo/70561/iImg/70485/blue-footed-fishing-dive-l.webp" style="box-sizing: border-box;" type="image/webp"></source><source media="(min-width: 1000px)" srcset="https://assets.iflscience.com/assets/articleNo/70561/iImg/70485/blue-footed-fishing-dive-l.png" style="box-sizing: border-box;" type="image/png"></source><source media="(min-width: 568px)" srcset="https://assets.iflscience.com/assets/articleNo/70561/iImg/70485/blue-footed-fishing-dive-m.webp" style="box-sizing: border-box;" type="image/webp"></source><source media="(min-width: 568px)" srcset="https://assets.iflscience.com/assets/articleNo/70561/iImg/70485/blue-footed-fishing-dive-m.png" style="box-sizing: border-box;" type="image/png"></source><source media="(max-width: 567px)" srcset="https://assets.iflscience.com/assets/articleNo/70561/iImg/70485/blue-footed-fishing-dive-s.webp" style="box-sizing: border-box;" type="image/webp"></source><source media="(max-width: 567px)" srcset="https://assets.iflscience.com/assets/articleNo/70561/iImg/70485/blue-footed-fishing-dive-s.png" style="box-sizing: border-box;" type="image/png"></source></span><img alt="blue footed fishing dive" class="inline-image fr-fic fr-dib" data-asset-id="70485" loading="lazy" src="https://assets.iflscience.com/assets/articleNo/70561/iImg/70485/blue%20footed%20fishing%20dive.png" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 510.375px; left: 0px; max-width: 100%; object-fit: cover; overflow: hidden; position: relative; text-align: justify; top: 0px; width: 765.562px;" title="blue footed fishing dive" /></picture></div><figcaption class="fr-figcaption" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.5rem 0.75rem; width: 765.562px;"><div class="fr-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-right: 0.5rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;">Silver award winner, bird behavior. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Image credit: Henley Spiers, BPOTY 2023</span></div></figcaption></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.75; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">"In early autumn, a sardine shoal at Los Islotes attracted seabird predators. Amid the shoal, I waited patiently for the elusive shot of a Blue-footed Booby rising with a sardine in its beak. Finally, a crash came down close to me, and I instinctively captured the moment."</span></p><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Glistening green</span></h2><div class="fr-image-container no-background" data-asset-id="70486" data-reactroot="" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin: 1rem 0px 0px; max-width: 100%; position: relative;"><div class="fr-image" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><picture style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; min-height: 100%; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 765.562px;" title=""><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><source media="(min-width: 1000px)" srcset="https://assets.iflscience.com/assets/articleNo/70561/iImg/70486/glistening-green-l.webp" style="box-sizing: border-box;" type="image/webp"></source><source media="(min-width: 1000px)" srcset="https://assets.iflscience.com/assets/articleNo/70561/iImg/70486/glistening-green-l.png" style="box-sizing: border-box;" type="image/png"></source><source media="(min-width: 568px)" srcset="https://assets.iflscience.com/assets/articleNo/70561/iImg/70486/glistening-green-m.webp" style="box-sizing: border-box;" type="image/webp"></source><source media="(min-width: 568px)" srcset="https://assets.iflscience.com/assets/articleNo/70561/iImg/70486/glistening-green-m.png" style="box-sizing: border-box;" type="image/png"></source><source media="(max-width: 567px)" srcset="https://assets.iflscience.com/assets/articleNo/70561/iImg/70486/glistening-green-s.webp" style="box-sizing: border-box;" type="image/webp"></source><source media="(max-width: 567px)" srcset="https://assets.iflscience.com/assets/articleNo/70561/iImg/70486/glistening-green-s.png" style="box-sizing: border-box;" type="image/png"></source></span><img alt="glistening green" class="inline-image fr-fic fr-dib" data-asset-id="70486" loading="lazy" src="https://assets.iflscience.com/assets/articleNo/70561/iImg/70486/glistening%20green%20web.png" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 510.375px; left: 0px; max-width: 100%; object-fit: cover; overflow: hidden; position: relative; text-align: justify; top: 0px; width: 765.562px;" title="glistening green" /></picture></div><figcaption class="fr-figcaption" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.5rem 0.75rem; width: 765.562px;"><div class="fr-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-right: 0.5rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">Gold award winner, best portrait.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">Image credit: Nicolas Reusens, BPOTY 2023</span></span></div></figcaption></div><script async="" crossorigin="anonymous" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1546821509539400"></script>
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I captured every detail, grateful for this magical moment amid the lush jungle backdrop."</span></p><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">More fish please!</span></h2><div class="fr-image-container no-background" data-asset-id="70487" data-reactroot="" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin: 1rem 0px 0px; max-width: 100%; position: relative;"><div class="fr-image" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><picture style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; min-height: 100%; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 765.562px;" title=""><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><source media="(min-width: 1000px)" srcset="https://assets.iflscience.com/assets/articleNo/70561/iImg/70487/more-fish-please-l.webp" style="box-sizing: border-box;" type="image/webp"></source><source media="(min-width: 1000px)" srcset="https://assets.iflscience.com/assets/articleNo/70561/iImg/70487/more-fish-please-l.png" style="box-sizing: border-box;" type="image/png"></source><source media="(min-width: 568px)" srcset="https://assets.iflscience.com/assets/articleNo/70561/iImg/70487/more-fish-please-m.webp" style="box-sizing: border-box;" type="image/webp"></source><source media="(min-width: 568px)" srcset="https://assets.iflscience.com/assets/articleNo/70561/iImg/70487/more-fish-please-m.png" style="box-sizing: border-box;" type="image/png"></source><source media="(max-width: 567px)" srcset="https://assets.iflscience.com/assets/articleNo/70561/iImg/70487/more-fish-please-s.webp" style="box-sizing: border-box;" type="image/webp"></source><source media="(max-width: 567px)" srcset="https://assets.iflscience.com/assets/articleNo/70561/iImg/70487/more-fish-please-s.png" style="box-sizing: border-box;" type="image/png"></source></span><img alt="more fish please" class="inline-image fr-fic fr-dib" data-asset-id="70487" loading="lazy" src="https://assets.iflscience.com/assets/articleNo/70561/iImg/70487/mor%20fish%20please.png" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 510.375px; left: 0px; max-width: 100%; object-fit: cover; overflow: hidden; position: relative; text-align: justify; top: 0px; width: 765.562px;" title="more fish please" /></picture></div><figcaption class="fr-figcaption" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.5rem 0.75rem; width: 765.562px;"><div class="fr-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-right: 0.5rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;">Silver award winner, comedy bird photo. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Image credit: Levi Fitze, BPOTY 2023</span></div></figcaption></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.75; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">"When observing King Penguins, I was struck by how their behaviour sometimes resembles that of humans. This juvenile constantly begged until the annoyed adult walked away. However, the fact that the juvenile was more massive than the adult suggests good parenting overall."</span></p><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Seeing eye to eye</span></h2><div class="fr-image-container no-background" data-asset-id="70488" data-reactroot="" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin: 1rem 0px 0px; max-width: 100%; position: relative;"><div class="fr-image" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><picture style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; min-height: 100%; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 765.562px;" title=""><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><source media="(min-width: 1000px)" srcset="https://assets.iflscience.com/assets/articleNo/70561/iImg/70488/seeing-eye-to-eye-l.webp" style="box-sizing: border-box;" type="image/webp"></source><source media="(min-width: 1000px)" srcset="https://assets.iflscience.com/assets/articleNo/70561/iImg/70488/seeing-eye-to-eye-l.png" style="box-sizing: border-box;" type="image/png"></source><source media="(min-width: 568px)" srcset="https://assets.iflscience.com/assets/articleNo/70561/iImg/70488/seeing-eye-to-eye-m.webp" style="box-sizing: border-box;" type="image/webp"></source><source media="(min-width: 568px)" srcset="https://assets.iflscience.com/assets/articleNo/70561/iImg/70488/seeing-eye-to-eye-m.png" style="box-sizing: border-box;" type="image/png"></source><source media="(max-width: 567px)" srcset="https://assets.iflscience.com/assets/articleNo/70561/iImg/70488/seeing-eye-to-eye-s.webp" style="box-sizing: border-box;" type="image/webp"></source><source media="(max-width: 567px)" srcset="https://assets.iflscience.com/assets/articleNo/70561/iImg/70488/seeing-eye-to-eye-s.png" style="box-sizing: border-box;" type="image/png"></source></span><img alt="seeing eye to eye" class="inline-image fr-fic fr-dib" data-asset-id="70488" loading="lazy" src="https://assets.iflscience.com/assets/articleNo/70561/iImg/70488/seeing%20eye%20to%20eye.png" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 510.375px; left: 0px; max-width: 100%; object-fit: cover; overflow: hidden; position: relative; text-align: justify; top: 0px; width: 765.562px;" title="seeing eye to eye" /></picture></div><figcaption class="fr-figcaption" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.5rem 0.75rem; width: 765.562px;"><div class="fr-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-right: 0.5rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;">Silver award winner, conservation. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Image credit: Michael Eastwell, BPOTY 2023</span></div></figcaption></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.75; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">"Southern Boobooks, the smallest Australian owl species, are often brought to veterinary hospitals after car accidents. Their large, outward-projecting eyes adapted for low-light hunting make them vulnerable to injury. In this image, Dr Luke Gregory is examining an owl named ‘Rocket’, focusing on the posterior eye, where injuries can be less visible."</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.75; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Visit the Bird Photographer of the Year website to see all the winning shots.</span></p><script async="" crossorigin="anonymous" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1546821509539400"></script>
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</script><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioUTyfngCo8HpvsCmNxY0OBMQNL4vUhGYynXD_UVu6XuhJjX2BKTLXbZJ-rxdebTNcG4chHy0QW4uqx6uvPUusliesHHyydG4jYkaQrs80venCC6nc9ztrec-y7h6h-wjcPhoT8TOlZfFjKDSqHGIoFYe-RgV1ZnPnoiCY2vSEj_smi0H_RpL_qvIdKAbk/s1210/Additional-Photo-1-scaled-e1621349656403.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="681" data-original-width="1210" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioUTyfngCo8HpvsCmNxY0OBMQNL4vUhGYynXD_UVu6XuhJjX2BKTLXbZJ-rxdebTNcG4chHy0QW4uqx6uvPUusliesHHyydG4jYkaQrs80venCC6nc9ztrec-y7h6h-wjcPhoT8TOlZfFjKDSqHGIoFYe-RgV1ZnPnoiCY2vSEj_smi0H_RpL_qvIdKAbk/w640-h360/Additional-Photo-1-scaled-e1621349656403.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: -0.4px;">Invasive species that wreck crops, ravage forests, spread disease, and upend ecosystems are spreading ever faster across the globe, and humanity has not been able to stem the tide, a</span><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: -0.4px;"> </span>major scientific assessment<span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: -0.4px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: -0.4px;">said Monday.</span></span></p><p style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: -0.4px; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px 0px 0.8rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The failure is costing well over $400 billion dollars a year in damages and lost income – the equivalent to the GDP of Denmark or Thailand – and that is likely a "gross underestimation", according to the intergovernmental science advisory panel for the UN Convention on Biodiversity (IPBES).</span></p><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1546821509539400"
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background-color: white; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: -0.4px; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px 0px 0.8rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Whether by accident or on purpose, when non-native species wind up on the other side of the world, humans are to blame.</span></p><div class="ad-slot--container ad-slot--container-content ad-slot--container-content-7 Purch_Y_C_0_7-container" style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); 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--tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center;"><div class="bordeaux-slot" data-feat-ref="bordeaux-feat-id-49" id="bordeaux-static-slot-9" style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin: auto;"></div></div></div><p style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: -0.4px; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px 0px 0.8rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The spread of species is hard evidence that the rapid expansion of human activity has so radically altered natural systems as to tip the Earth into a new geological epoch, the <a class="lar_link lar_link_outgoing" data-linkid="73055" data-postid="105103" href="https://www.sciencealert.com/anthropocene" rel="nofollow" style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgba(229,231,235,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 0.8rem; text-decoration: inherit;" target="_self">Anthropocene</a>, scientists say.</span></p><h2 style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: -0.4px; line-height: 33px; margin: 1rem 0px 0.75rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Hitchhikers</span></h2><p style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: -0.4px; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px 0px 0.8rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The hyacinth that at one point covered 90 percent of Lake Victoria – crippling transport, smothering aquatic life, blocking hydroelectric dam intake and breeding mosquitoes – is thought to have been introduced by Belgian colonial officials in Rwanda as an ornamental garden flower before making its way down the Kagera River in the 1980s.</span></p><div class="ad-slot--container ad-slot--container-content ad-slot--container-content-9 Purch_Y_C_0_9-container" style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: -0.4px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><div class="ad-slot ad-slot--content ad-slot--content-9 Purch_Y_C_0_9" id="Purch_Y_C_0_9" style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center;"><div class="bordeaux-slot" data-feat-ref="bordeaux-feat-id-51" id="bordeaux-static-slot-11" style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin: auto;"></div></div></div><p style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: -0.4px; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px 0px 0.8rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The Florida Everglades is teeming with the destructive offspring of erstwhile pets and house plants, from five-metre (16-foot) Burmese pythons and walking catfish to Old World climbing fern and Brazilian pepper.</span></p><div class="ad-slot--container ad-slot--container-content ad-slot--container-content-10 Purch_Y_C_0_10-container" style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: -0.4px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><div class="ad-slot ad-slot--content ad-slot--content-10 Purch_Y_C_0_10" id="Purch_Y_C_0_10" style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center;"><div class="bordeaux-slot" data-feat-ref="bordeaux-feat-id-52" id="bordeaux-static-slot-12" style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin: auto;"></div></div></div><p style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: -0.4px; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px 0px 0.8rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">In the 19th century English settlers brought rabbits to New Zealand to hunt and for food. 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font-size: medium;">These drivers interact: climate change has pushed alien species into newly warmed waters or lands where native species are often vulnerable to intruders they have never encountered.</span></p><p style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: -0.4px; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px 0px 0.8rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The deadly fire that reduced the Hawaiian town of Lahaina on Maui to ashes last month was fuelled in part by bone-dry grasses – imported decades ago to feed livestock – that has spread across abandoned sugar plantations.</span></p><div class="ad-slot--container ad-slot--container-content ad-slot--container-content-20 Purch_Y_C_0_20-container" style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: -0.4px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><div class="ad-slot ad-slot--content ad-slot--content-20 Purch_Y_C_0_20" id="Purch_Y_C_0_20" style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center;"><div class="bordeaux-slot" data-feat-ref="bordeaux-feat-id-62" id="bordeaux-static-slot-22" style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin: auto;"></div></div></div><p style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: -0.4px; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px 0px 0.8rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">A global treaty to protect biodiversity hammered out in Montreal last December sets a target of reducing the rate at which invasive alien species spread by half by 2030.</span></p><div class="ad-slot--container ad-slot--container-content ad-slot--container-content-21 Purch_Y_C_0_21-container" style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: -0.4px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><div class="ad-slot ad-slot--content ad-slot--content-21 Purch_Y_C_0_21" id="Purch_Y_C_0_21" style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center;"><div class="bordeaux-slot" data-feat-ref="bordeaux-feat-id-63" id="bordeaux-static-slot-23" style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin: auto;"></div></div></div><p style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: -0.4px; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px 0px 0.8rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The IPBES report lays out general strategies for achieving this goal, but does not assess the chances of it being met.</span></p><div class="ad-slot--container ad-slot--container-content ad-slot--container-content-22 Purch_Y_C_0_22-container" style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: -0.4px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><div class="ad-slot ad-slot--content ad-slot--content-22 Purch_Y_C_0_22" id="Purch_Y_C_0_22" style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center;"><div class="bordeaux-slot" data-feat-ref="bordeaux-feat-id-64" id="bordeaux-static-slot-24" style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin: auto;"></div></div></div><p style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: -0.4px; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px 0px 0.8rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">There are basically three lines of defence, according to the report – prevention, eradication and then, failing that, containment.</span></p><div class="ad-slot--container ad-slot--container-content ad-slot--container-content-23 Purch_Y_C_0_23-container" style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: -0.4px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><div class="ad-slot ad-slot--content ad-slot--content-23 Purch_Y_C_0_23" id="Purch_Y_C_0_23" style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center;"><div class="bordeaux-slot" data-feat-ref="bordeaux-feat-id-65" id="bordeaux-static-slot-25" style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); 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--tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: -0.4px; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px 0px 0.8rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Attempts at eradication have generally failed in large bodies of water and open waterways, as well as on large tracts of contiguous land. The places with the highest rate of success in removing unwanted guests – especially rats and other vertebrates – are also the ones that have proved most vulnerable: small islands.</span></p><p style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: -0.4px; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px 0px 0.8rem; text-align: justify;"><em style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 0.8rem;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">© <a href="https://www.sciencealert.com/terms-and-conditions" style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgba(229,231,235,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit;">Agence France-Presse</a></span></em></p><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1546821509539400"
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</script><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoO2T9trEzsFpMZ6JfRyifUmQACqzFXity5OoKNIjgm9PMFCREIZ8_oEGMOCngMlcXfQou4Tu6bpsjUy8aJXTa47DaemGpAL7JbaQibPiYrG2ePjLWSn49HU3aLO19CnxYAkm2IrpzXszmtnxM_CfYa9CLVAlfi1U544NRpbzc26gY7DsyrcG9Ob04OZ20/s1024/Amarena-4-cubs_Gianluca-Damiani-1-1024x732.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="732" data-original-width="1024" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoO2T9trEzsFpMZ6JfRyifUmQACqzFXity5OoKNIjgm9PMFCREIZ8_oEGMOCngMlcXfQou4Tu6bpsjUy8aJXTa47DaemGpAL7JbaQibPiYrG2ePjLWSn49HU3aLO19CnxYAkm2IrpzXszmtnxM_CfYa9CLVAlfi1U544NRpbzc26gY7DsyrcG9Ob04OZ20/w640-h458/Amarena-4-cubs_Gianluca-Damiani-1-1024x732.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The killing of a well-known wild bear named Amarena has shocked Italy and raised fresh doubts about whether humans and large carnivores can coexist peacefully.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: "tnum", "onum"; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; scroll-behavior: smooth; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">At 11pm on 31 August, Amarena was wandering through the streets of San Benedetto Dei Marsi in the Abruzzo region of Italy with her two cubs, when she was shot dead by a man who said he was defending his chicken coop.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: "tnum", "onum"; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; scroll-behavior: smooth; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">She was one of around 60 remaining Marsican brown bears (<em style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; scroll-behavior: smooth; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Ursus arctos marsicanus)</em>, a subspecies of the Eurasian brown bear classified as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. It is mainly found in the Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park, one of Europe’s wildest areas, around an hour’s drive away from Rome. Poaching and collisions with cars and trains are the leading causes of death for the subspecies.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: "tnum", "onum"; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; scroll-behavior: smooth; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Typically, only three to four females reproduce each year, having a total of three to 10 newborn cubs. Amarena was the most prolific individual ever known. In 2020, she gave birth to four cubs, an unusually high number.</span></p><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1546821509539400"
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However, the practical application of hydrogen fuel cells has been hampered by challenges related to hydrogen storage and transportation.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em 0px; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Hydrogen Storage Challenges</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em 0px; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The primary obstacle to the widespread adoption of hydrogen fuel cells is the efficient storage of hydrogen. Hydrogen is a highly reactive gas, which makes it difficult to store and transport safely. Currently, the most common methods of hydrogen storage involve compressing or liquefying it, both of which require energy-intensive processes and specialized infrastructure.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em 0px; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Compressed hydrogen gas must be stored at high pressures, necessitating robust and heavy storage tanks that limit its practicality for many applications. Liquid hydrogen, on the other hand, requires extremely low temperatures, making it challenging to maintain and transport without significant energy input. Moreover, both methods suffer from issues of energy density, which means that large volumes of hydrogen are required to store enough energy for practical use.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em 0px; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Chemical Cages: A Revolutionary Approach</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em 0px; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">In recent years, researchers have been exploring alternative methods of hydrogen storage that could overcome these limitations. One of the most promising breakthroughs in this area is the development of chemical cages for hydrogen storage. These chemical cages, also known as metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), offer a revolutionary approach to hydrogen storage and release.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em 0px; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">MOFs are a class of porous materials consisting of metal ions or clusters connected by organic linker molecules. The unique structure of MOFs provides them with an exceptionally high surface area and tunable properties, making them ideal candidates for hydrogen storage. Scientists have been able to design MOFs that can capture and release hydrogen gas efficiently and at moderate temperatures and pressures.</span></p><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1546821509539400"
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This physical confinement prevents hydrogen from escaping or reacting with the environment. When it is time to release the stored hydrogen, a slight increase in temperature or reduction in pressure triggers the MOF to release the gas. This controlled and reversible process addresses some of the fundamental challenges associated with hydrogen storage.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em 0px; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">One of the key advantages of MOFs is their ability to store a significant amount of hydrogen within a relatively small volume. This high gravimetric and volumetric storage capacity is a game-changer for applications like hydrogen-powered vehicles, where space is limited, and energy density is crucial. Additionally, the moderate operating conditions required for hydrogen release from MOFs reduce energy consumption compared to traditional storage methods.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em 0px; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Real-World Applications</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em 0px; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The potential applications of MOFs for hydrogen storage are diverse and far-reaching. Hydrogen-powered vehicles, in particular, stand to benefit greatly from this technology. Conventional compressed hydrogen gas storage systems have limitations in terms of weight, volume, and efficiency, all of which can be addressed by MOFs. With MOFs, it becomes possible to design compact, lightweight, and high-capacity hydrogen storage systems that can power automobiles over longer distances with fewer refueling stops.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em 0px; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Moreover, MOFs could play a pivotal role in enabling the transition to a clean energy future. By facilitating the efficient storage and transportation of hydrogen, MOFs can support the integration of renewable energy sources like wind and solar power into the grid. Excess energy generated during periods of high renewable output can be used to produce hydrogen, which can then be stored in MOFs for later use, ensuring a stable and reliable energy supply.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em 0px; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Challenges and Future Prospects</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em 0px; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">While the potential of MOFs for hydrogen storage is undeniable, several challenges remain to be addressed. One significant challenge is the cost of producing MOFs on a large scale. The synthesis of MOFs can be complex and expensive, which could limit their widespread adoption. Researchers are actively working on developing cost-effective production methods to overcome this hurdle.</span></p><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1546821509539400"
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Research efforts are focused on improving the stability and longevity of MOFs to ensure their practical viability.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em 0px; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Furthermore, the integration of MOFs into existing hydrogen infrastructure and fuel cell technologies presents its own set of engineering challenges. Adaptations and innovations will be required to ensure seamless compatibility and efficiency in real-world applications.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em 0px; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Conclusion</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em 0px; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The development of chemical cages, or metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), for hydrogen storage represents a significant breakthrough in the quest for clean and efficient energy storage. MOFs offer a revolutionary approach to overcoming the limitations of traditional hydrogen storage methods, such as compression and liquefaction. Their ability to efficiently capture and release hydrogen at moderate temperatures and pressures, coupled with their high storage capacity, has the potential to revolutionize hydrogen-powered applications, from vehicles to energy storage.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em 0px; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">However, challenges such as cost, stability, and integration into existing infrastructure must be addressed before MOFs can reach their full potential. The ongoing research and development efforts in this field are essential to unlocking the promise of hydrogen as a clean energy carrier and transitioning toward a more sustainable and environmentally friendly energy landscape.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em 0px 0px; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">In summary, chemical cages in the form of MOFs hold great promise for a better hydrogen-powered future, offering a glimpse of a world where hydrogen fuel cells can play a pivotal role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and mitigating the impacts of climate change. As scientists and engineers continue to push the boundaries of materials science and energy storage technologies, the dream of a hydrogen-powered world draws nearer to reality.</span></p><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1546821509539400"
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</script><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXHTQd_hBIiEMeOijzP4N9tkh5P1BS7Y8JdxfrF1qcd-_k55DN7KU8yHwA8y0J9siDvOw7ziYhTsIA7i5x-zVBAH9QX577wIOGwgbUSROSrbB7hAUm1PGBSu8edzQcFOtHOkwyy3imvxNzwTPOjHF5aA9tVLgXEhFzsOh0Pk-W-a_j1MvDPv66arb1fLs7/s1024/WildBoarCloseUp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="415" data-original-width="1024" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXHTQd_hBIiEMeOijzP4N9tkh5P1BS7Y8JdxfrF1qcd-_k55DN7KU8yHwA8y0J9siDvOw7ziYhTsIA7i5x-zVBAH9QX577wIOGwgbUSROSrbB7hAUm1PGBSu8edzQcFOtHOkwyy3imvxNzwTPOjHF5aA9tVLgXEhFzsOh0Pk-W-a_j1MvDPv66arb1fLs7/w640-h260/WildBoarCloseUp.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: -0.4px;">Wild boars in southeastern Germany are known to contain high levels of radioactive cesium, which has been widely attributed to the 1986</span><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: -0.4px;"> </span><a class="lar_link lar_link_outgoing" data-linkid="73035" data-postid="104471" href="https://www.sciencealert.com/chernobyl" rel="nofollow" style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); 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--tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: -0.4px; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px 0px 0.8rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">But radioactivity levels have decreased in other animals while mysteriously persisting in the boars – a peculiar behavior known as the "wild boar paradox".</span></p><p style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: -0.4px; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px 0px 0.8rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">New research shows nuclear weapons tests from the mid-20th century are also responsible, and scientists say both sources continue to contaminate the boars via their diet.</span></p><div class="ad-slot--container ad-slot--container-content ad-slot--container-content-2 Purch_Y_C_0_2-container" style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); 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--tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin: auto;"></div></div></div><p style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: -0.4px; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px 0px 0.8rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">According to <a href="https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es500403h" style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgba(229,231,235,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 0.8rem; text-decoration: inherit;">prior research</a>, the ratio of cesium-135 to cesium-137 can determine where the cesium came from; a high ratio indicates nuclear weapon explosions, while a low ratio points to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_reactor" style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); 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margin-bottom: 0.8rem; text-decoration: inherit;">nuclear reactors</a> as the likely source.</span></p><p style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: -0.4px; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px 0px 0.8rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The team set out to analyze cesium levels using 48 samples of wild boar meat collected by hunters during 2019–2021, from 11 regions of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bavaria" style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgba(229,231,235,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 0.8rem; text-decoration: inherit;">Bavaria</a>.</span></p><div class="ad-slot--container ad-slot--container-content ad-slot--container-content-8 Purch_Y_C_0_8-container" style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: -0.4px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><div class="ad-slot ad-slot--content ad-slot--content-8 Purch_Y_C_0_8" id="Purch_Y_C_0_8" style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center;"><div class="bordeaux-slot" data-feat-ref="bordeaux-feat-id-50" id="bordeaux-static-slot-10" style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin: auto;"></div></div></div><p style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: -0.4px; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px 0px 0.8rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">A high-purity gamma-ray detector was used to measure the activity of cesium-137, and high-tech mass spectrometry compared the amount of cesium-135 to that of cesium-137.</span></p><div class="ad-slot--container ad-slot--container-content ad-slot--container-content-9 Purch_Y_C_0_9-container" style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: -0.4px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><div class="ad-slot ad-slot--content ad-slot--content-9 Purch_Y_C_0_9" id="Purch_Y_C_0_9" style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center;"><div class="bordeaux-slot" data-feat-ref="bordeaux-feat-id-51" id="bordeaux-static-slot-11" style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin: auto;"></div></div></div><p style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: -0.4px; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px 0px 0.8rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Radioactive cesium levels in 88 percent of the meat samples tested were higher than Germany's legal threshold.</span></p><figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-104531" class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_104531" style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); 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margin-bottom: 0.8rem; min-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.1rem; padding-top: 0.1rem; text-align: justify; width: 642px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;">Cesium activity concentrations in wild boars in regions of Bavaria, and their contributions from weapons fallout and the Chernobyl nuclear accident<span style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box;">.</span><span style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box;"> </span>(<a href="https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.3c03565" style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgba(229,231,235,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit;">Stäger et al, <em style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box;">Environmental Science & Technology</em>, 2023</a>)</span></figcaption></figure><p style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: -0.4px; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px 0px 0.8rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Using the ratio of cesium-135 to cesium-137, the researchers determined that nuclear weapons testing was responsible for 12–68 percent of the contamination in those samples that surpassed the safe consumption limit.</span></p><p style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: -0.4px; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px 0px 0.8rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">"All samples exhibit signatures of mixing," <a href="https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.3c03565" style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); 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margin-bottom: 0.8rem; text-decoration: inherit;">write</a> the researchers. "Nuclear weapons fallout and [Chernobyl] have mixed in the Bavarian soil, the release maxima of which were about 20−30 years apart," the team <a href="https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.3c03565" style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgba(229,231,235,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 0.8rem; text-decoration: inherit;">writes</a>.</span></p><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1546821509539400"
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--tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: -0.4px; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px 0px 0.8rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Wild boars' diets, which include underground truffles, have absorbed varying levels of contamination from both sources, which has contributed to the animals' persistent radioactivity.</span></p><figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-104532" class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_104532" style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); 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The authors suggest research is important to understand its potential impact, which their study has given some insight into.</span></p><p style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: -0.4px; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px 0px 0.8rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Future nuclear accidents or explosions, the team says, could increase the current contamination of these animals and have repercussions on food safety immediately and for decades.</span></p><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1546821509539400"
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</script><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCtnV9-chMKC3OQYeYKvwz7h7a8sVnc9zPflYEEIb5v4hHw1s-_Q9BWL6wWVy5SsVizZ15GYoq2chZOpS8reJHO2VGoxYYL_4inoCA9BUPnxCg6QsuIhyVHR-F5qwDPg-0uC-smX0CGtNmCp_g6sKI2zHmdDQEYumpaNFKsWbDd3Q7RiPTyNR-vxFV4g6M/s1200/greenland-shark-caribbean-meta.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="1200" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCtnV9-chMKC3OQYeYKvwz7h7a8sVnc9zPflYEEIb5v4hHw1s-_Q9BWL6wWVy5SsVizZ15GYoq2chZOpS8reJHO2VGoxYYL_4inoCA9BUPnxCg6QsuIhyVHR-F5qwDPg-0uC-smX0CGtNmCp_g6sKI2zHmdDQEYumpaNFKsWbDd3Q7RiPTyNR-vxFV4g6M/w640-h362/greenland-shark-caribbean-meta.png" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.4px;">Biologists were stunned to find a mysterious cold-water shark thousands of miles away from its natural habitat,</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.4px;"> </span>according to a recent marine study<span style="letter-spacing: -0.4px;">. A Greenland shark — the longest-living vertebrate on Earth — was discovered in the tropical Caribbean Sea.</span></span></p><p style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: -0.4px; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px 0px 0.8rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Researchers were tagging and temporarily catching tiger sharks off the coast of Belize when they encountered the mysterious shark, said a paper recently <a cmp-ltrk-idx="1" cmp-ltrk="Article links" data-analytics-post-depth="40" data-analytics-product-module="body_link" data-ml-dynamic-type="sl" data-ml-dynamic="true" data-ml-id="0" data-ml="true" data-mrf-link="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00227-022-04090-3" data-orig-url="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00227-022-04090-3" data-skimlinks-tracking="xid:fr1693793651920idc" data-uri="fcb61fae1d5ba599249e4b57ff269704" data-xid="fr1693793651920idc" href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00227-022-04090-3" mrfobservableid="bbe130b1-777e-4baa-88d6-c527314650c6" rel="noopener nofollow" style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-opacity: 1; 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border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: -0.4px; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px 0px 0.8rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">After setting a line in Belize's protected Glover's Reef Atoll while monitoring and researching tiger sharks, the biologists returned to find their line had moved several miles away from the coral reef into waters as deep as 2,000 feet.</span></p><div class="ad-slot--container ad-slot--container-content ad-slot--container-content-3 Purch_Y_C_0_3-container" style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); 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--tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin: auto;"></div></div></div><p style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: -0.4px; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px 0px 0.8rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">When they retrieved their scientific catch, they were astonished to find the ancient Greenland shark. 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--tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center;"><div class="bordeaux-slot" data-feat-ref="bordeaux-feat-id-46" id="bordeaux-static-slot-6" style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin: auto;"></div></div></div><p style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: -0.4px; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px 0px 0.8rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Initially, the scientists suspected it might be a sixgill shark, a dominant deep-sea predator, but upon photographing the rarely-seen animal, they confirmed its identity as "most likely" a Greenland shark.</span></p><div class="ad-slot--container ad-slot--container-content ad-slot--container-content-5 Purch_Y_C_0_5-container" style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; 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--tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin: auto;"></div></div></div><p style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; 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"It looked like something that would exist in prehistoric times."</span></p><div class="ad-slot--container ad-slot--container-content ad-slot--container-content-6 Purch_Y_C_0_6-container" style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; 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--tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center;"><div class="bordeaux-slot" data-feat-ref="bordeaux-feat-id-48" id="bordeaux-static-slot-8" style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin: auto;"></div></div></div><p style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: -0.4px; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px 0px 0.8rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Greenland sharks are the longest-living vertebrates on Earth, with an astonishing lifespan of 250 — 500 years, according to the National Ocean Service.</span></p><p style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: -0.4px; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px 0px 0.8rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The sharks live thousands of feet underwater in pitch darkness and are rarely seen or photographed, and little detail is known of their incredibly long lives. In the depths of the water, they grow, move, and age slowly. Their energy-conserving, slow-paced lifestyle is an essential adaptation to the nutrient-scarce deep sea.</span></p><div class="ad-slot--container ad-slot--container-content ad-slot--container-content-8 Purch_Y_C_0_8-container" style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: -0.4px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><div class="ad-slot ad-slot--content ad-slot--content-8 Purch_Y_C_0_8" id="Purch_Y_C_0_8" style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center;"><div class="bordeaux-slot" data-feat-ref="bordeaux-feat-id-50" id="bordeaux-static-slot-10" style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin: auto;"></div></div></div><p style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: -0.4px; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px 0px 0.8rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Finding a Greenland shark near a coral reef off Belize was unexpected but plausible. These obscure sharks thrive in the Arctic's deep seas and could inhabit other deep ocean regions, including the Caribbean.</span></p><div class="ad-slot--container ad-slot--container-content ad-slot--container-content-9 Purch_Y_C_0_9-container" style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: -0.4px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><div class="ad-slot ad-slot--content ad-slot--content-9 Purch_Y_C_0_9" id="Purch_Y_C_0_9" style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center;"><div class="bordeaux-slot" data-feat-ref="bordeaux-feat-id-51" id="bordeaux-static-slot-11" style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin: auto;"></div></div></div><p style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: -0.4px; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px 0px 0.8rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The nearby reef's slope plunges to depths of up to 9,500 feet, offering a cold and dark environment suited for Greenland sharks.</span></p><div class="ad-slot--container ad-slot--container-content ad-slot--container-content-10 Purch_Y_C_0_10-container" style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: -0.4px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><div class="ad-slot ad-slot--content ad-slot--content-10 Purch_Y_C_0_10" id="Purch_Y_C_0_10" style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center;"><div class="bordeaux-slot" data-feat-ref="bordeaux-feat-id-52" id="bordeaux-static-slot-12" style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin: auto;"></div></div></div><p style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: -0.4px; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px 0px 0.8rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The discovery raises the question of whether this particular Greenland shark migrated to the Caribbean from Arctic waters or if it spent much of its life in the depths of tropical waters of the region.</span></p><div class="ad-slot--container ad-slot--container-content ad-slot--container-content-11 Purch_Y_C_0_11-container" style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); 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--tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: -0.4px; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px 0px 0.8rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a cmp-ltrk-idx="3" cmp-ltrk="Article links" data-analytics-post-depth="80" data-analytics-product-module="body_link" data-mrf-link="http://news.fullerton.edu/2020su/Greenland-shark-research.aspx" data-uri="d5137b2924b8041188c0aae222db4f5f" href="http://news.fullerton.edu/2020su/Greenland-shark-research.aspx" mrfobservableid="c9ac6ce6-63d3-4bef-8ecf-7a8703ac5f8e" rel="noopener" style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgba(229,231,235,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 0.8rem; text-decoration: inherit;" target="_blank">A 2020 study</a> determined via genetic analysis that there are two geographically separate populations of Greenland sharks: One group swims near Canada's Baffin Basin, above the Arctic Circle, while the other occupies waters of the North Atlantic Ocean between Nova Scotia and Svalbard, near Norway.</span></p><div class="ad-slot--container ad-slot--container-content ad-slot--container-content-14 Purch_Y_C_0_14-container" style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); 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--tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: -0.4px; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px 0px 0.8rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Greenland sharks are primarily scavengers, eating everything (dead or alive), including fish, seals, polar bears, and whales.</span></p><div class="ad-slot--container ad-slot--container-content ad-slot--container-content-15 Purch_Y_C_0_15-container" style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); 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</script>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2055574772131532784.post-1461269737931022662023-09-04T05:39:00.003-07:002023-09-04T05:39:29.056-07:00This Is Jonathan, The 187-Year-Old Tortoise Photographed In 1886 And Today<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5rL3jPbOhhF7U36k0h9k6uJBNLF41yO5vg-f892YmAiEMtbQifJ4z9J4jYwfei_Gj4GDuQ2blG3_o872ExC1aS662UwIipWPU-mWwgmjxTHNUnWqw3B-LlK7GJQ2zpVYZI-K_bPQfs4IvFvA2lqrZCivZfn_hBi634SfLD5Uzx09oZ_7B5k6kEF2omB5R/s1600/jonathan-the-190-year-old-tortoise-with-1886-photo.jpg" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="840" data-original-width="1600" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5rL3jPbOhhF7U36k0h9k6uJBNLF41yO5vg-f892YmAiEMtbQifJ4z9J4jYwfei_Gj4GDuQ2blG3_o872ExC1aS662UwIipWPU-mWwgmjxTHNUnWqw3B-LlK7GJQ2zpVYZI-K_bPQfs4IvFvA2lqrZCivZfn_hBi634SfLD5Uzx09oZ_7B5k6kEF2omB5R/w640-h336/jonathan-the-190-year-old-tortoise-with-1886-photo.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: justify;">It’s a known fact that humans outlive most animals. But tortoises are definitely an exception, and one of them was actually able to reach the ripe age of 187. Jonathan, a giant tortoise, is currently the oldest living terrestrial animal in the entire world, having hatched back in 1832. The tortoise currently lives in the island of Saint Helena, Seychelles, and resides with the governor at the Plantation House.</span></span></p><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">It’s interesting that there’s a photo of Jonathan taken way back in 1886, and it can be compared to his present photo, just like a modern <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">#187 years challenge</span>. It’s noteworthy that the tortoise was already around 54 years old when that photo was taken.</span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Although Jonathan is still lively and full of energy, signs of aging have been observed by doctors, and his sense of sight and smell are slowly getting weaker. Dr. Hollins feeds Jonathan with special food with higher calories on a weekly basis, since he doesn’t eat enough grass anymore.</span></div><script async="" crossorigin="anonymous" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1546821509539400"></script><!--square responsive--><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1546821509539400" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="3036739564" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins><script>
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</script></div><h3 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: -0.025em; line-height: 1.125; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Humans usually outlive animals.</span></h3><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AAOd8MyRdJ6xfl2qLWv41cxGI_KgHpBHyhYpKSVN8F8jx4K5IvvwE1xzZzyZ9MAHismeL7WXBJZ_ZNrGcjvenydDs8chxY1qYxvuJ_FJYJQWDkkyswfmM58kbiFO5yZIKebzsZyQ-T8e0mIuH8IfWA8UAdPKPdCKHDhKlOni5s1i7tA1VwbXLQvG39ZhhK7HHvksjdHI2LN0wjZYIW1ldR0Zkk6DX7SY4iQoIQ=s0-d" style="border-style: none; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 1em; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></span></div></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><h3 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: -0.025em; line-height: 1.125; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">However, he now shows signs of aging like slowly losing his sense of sight and smell.</span></h3><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AAOd8MyYi6_C0jjfscui_wc0rpJ59PjQwsMhixJMoOmHiPyGdUxb5XpjxknTvU7vnBGU4npuMBOUccCumB_WtOBq1gK3X4B7xK9a74fmrmw2fKHfmLt-eS4MKQOSokqXYj-9vhOXbEOwfrqmWJUGOj4nJLxExe5V2p-8b1WDLh1O2WDXAziw9_p74oNPEJj_jxzdi-RcSKv63z8H8WQ4uKYGmoHt8nG3Q701qA=s0-d" style="border-style: none; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 1em; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></span></div></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><h3 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: -0.025em; line-height: 1.125; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Jonathan is fed a special meal with high calories every week, since he can’t eat enough grass anymore.</span></h3><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AAOd8MwLE5f0oOCHRfANH4kZw_ijFSH97bfXriIh2AgFOQVA6aujKWBLAm0_RltTo9GtSMU5V9zvB6dnXnzUU5lug77jbAIfjqWmNj_ch7r3A6m3q29RT2WUjCP8owfyFvKxR1lCZ5d9aZSyAqYuuRtZ7l9PJtnvMgj89MfQHEx_v-79OEvAznUl7aI0tWFPJce27Xo7HF3W9PG4YU7vl_CSk3GGHduo_Jg7GQ=s0-d" style="border-style: none; 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Huge and a fiery bird would surely grab everyone’s attention and you would be the hit! However, what we are going to show now is not a person in disguise. This is a real bird that looks much similar to a man wearing a bird’s costume! This bird is called a harpy eagle and it is anything but massive, fiery, proud and majestic!</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Their pictures often go viral on the internet and perhaps you might have seen them too and mistook for a person. however, these birds should not be taken lightly as they are birds of prey. they are the largest and the most powerful raptors in the world. Their wingspan can reach up to 7 feet and 4 inches (224 centimeters). So, their wingspan might be bigger than your height! But they weigh only 8.5-20 pounds. (3.8 -9 kg).</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">You would not see them everywhere as they generally live in the upper canopy layer of tropical lowland forest. They have been added to the list of endangered species in Central America due to their rapid destruction which is a result of deforestation. Less than 50,000 of them can be seen over the world.</span></p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-6022 img-responsive" decoding="async" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" src="https://theinfo.me/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/3-4.jpg" srcset="https://theinfo.me/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/3-4.jpg 700w, https://theinfo.me/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/3-4-300x300.jpg 300w, https://theinfo.me/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/3-4-150x150.jpg 150w, https://theinfo.me/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/3-4-696x696.jpg 696w, https://theinfo.me/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/3-4-420x420.jpg 420w, https://theinfo.me/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/3-4-65x65.jpg 65w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; text-align: justify; vertical-align: bottom;" width="750" /></figure><script async="" crossorigin="anonymous" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1546821509539400"></script><!--square responsive--><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1546821509539400" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="3036739564" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins><script>
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</script><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Image Credit: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz5zDSqAVsK/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">animalplanet</a></span></p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-6023 img-responsive" decoding="async" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" src="https://theinfo.me/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/5-4.jpg" srcset="https://theinfo.me/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/5-4.jpg 700w, https://theinfo.me/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/5-4-300x263.jpg 300w, https://theinfo.me/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/5-4-696x609.jpg 696w, https://theinfo.me/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/5-4-480x420.jpg 480w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; text-align: justify; vertical-align: bottom;" width="750" /></figure><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Image Credit: DecorahPagent</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">They eat larger prey than smaller birds. Their meals vary from monkeys, tree porcupines, sloths and coatis to birds, snakes, and lizards.</span></p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-6024 img-responsive" decoding="async" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" src="https://theinfo.me/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/4-4.jpg" srcset="https://theinfo.me/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/4-4.jpg 700w, https://theinfo.me/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/4-4-248x300.jpg 248w, https://theinfo.me/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/4-4-696x841.jpg 696w, https://theinfo.me/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/4-4-348x420.jpg 348w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; text-align: justify; vertical-align: bottom;" width="750" /></figure><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;">Image Credit:<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BUUt4cOFvX6/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"> leon_moore_nature_experience</a></span></p><script async="" crossorigin="anonymous" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1546821509539400"></script><!--square responsive--><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1546821509539400" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="3036739564" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins><script>
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</script><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">So, scroll down to see some of their pictures and don’t forget to leave your thoughts about this bird!</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">They mostly look like people disguise in clothes.</span></span></p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-6025 img-responsive" decoding="async" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" src="https://theinfo.me/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/9-3.jpg" srcset="https://theinfo.me/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/9-3.jpg 700w, https://theinfo.me/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/9-3-300x274.jpg 300w, https://theinfo.me/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/9-3-696x635.jpg 696w, https://theinfo.me/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/9-3-460x420.jpg 460w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; text-align: justify; vertical-align: bottom;" width="750" /></figure><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;">Image Credit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/cuatrok77/10918363624/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">cuatrok77</a> / <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">license</a></span></p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-6026 img-responsive" decoding="async" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" src="https://theinfo.me/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/7-3.jpg" srcset="https://theinfo.me/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/7-3.jpg 700w, https://theinfo.me/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/7-3-300x253.jpg 300w, https://theinfo.me/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/7-3-696x588.jpg 696w, https://theinfo.me/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/7-3-497x420.jpg 497w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; text-align: justify; vertical-align: bottom;" width="750" /></figure><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;">Image Credit: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait-of-a-Harpy-Eagle.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">Bjørn Christian Tørrissen</a></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">They might look incredible serious and goofy at the same time.</span></span></p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-6032 img-responsive" decoding="async" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" src="https://theinfo.me/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/6-3.jpg" srcset="https://theinfo.me/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/6-3.jpg 700w, https://theinfo.me/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/6-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https://theinfo.me/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/6-3-696x522.jpg 696w, https://theinfo.me/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/6-3-560x420.jpg 560w, https://theinfo.me/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/6-3-80x60.jpg 80w, https://theinfo.me/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/6-3-265x198.jpg 265w, https://theinfo.me/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/6-3-320x240.jpg 320w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; text-align: justify; vertical-align: bottom;" width="750" /></figure><script async="" crossorigin="anonymous" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1546821509539400"></script><!--square responsive--><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1546821509539400" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="3036739564" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins><script>
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</script><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;">Image Credit: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Harpy_Eagle_-Oklahoma_Zoo-6a.JPG" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">Mitternacht90</a></span></p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-6028 img-responsive" decoding="async" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" src="https://theinfo.me/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/10-3.jpg" srcset="https://theinfo.me/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/10-3.jpg 700w, https://theinfo.me/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/10-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https://theinfo.me/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/10-3-696x522.jpg 696w, https://theinfo.me/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/10-3-560x420.jpg 560w, https://theinfo.me/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/10-3-80x60.jpg 80w, https://theinfo.me/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/10-3-265x198.jpg 265w, https://theinfo.me/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/10-3-320x240.jpg 320w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; text-align: justify; vertical-align: bottom;" width="750" /></figure><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;">Image Credit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/24151047@N05/32492398642/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">Colin Hepburn</a> / <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">license</a></span></p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized td-caption-align-https://theinfo.me/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/11-3.jpg" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-6029 img-responsive" decoding="async" sizes="(max-width: 693px) 100vw, 693px" src="https://theinfo.me/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/11-3-693x1024.jpg" srcset="https://theinfo.me/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/11-3-693x1024.jpg 693w, https://theinfo.me/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/11-3-203x300.jpg 203w, https://theinfo.me/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/11-3-696x1028.jpg 696w, https://theinfo.me/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/11-3-284x420.jpg 284w, https://theinfo.me/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/11-3.jpg 700w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; text-align: justify; vertical-align: bottom;" width="750" /></figure><script async="" crossorigin="anonymous" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1546821509539400"></script><!--square responsive--><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1546821509539400" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="3036739564" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins><script>
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</script><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;">Image Credit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/127620932@N06/19474090172/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">The Next Gen Scientist</a> / <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">license</a></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">This bird has a unique face.</span></span></p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-6030 img-responsive" decoding="async" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" src="https://theinfo.me/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/12-2.jpg" srcset="https://theinfo.me/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/12-2.jpg 700w, https://theinfo.me/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/12-2-225x300.jpg 225w, https://theinfo.me/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/12-2-696x928.jpg 696w, https://theinfo.me/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/12-2-315x420.jpg 315w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; text-align: justify; vertical-align: bottom;" width="750" /></figure><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;">Image Credit: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/1631180397100985/permalink/2182207325331620/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">Judie Custer</a></span></p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-6031 img-responsive" decoding="async" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" src="https://theinfo.me/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/13-2.jpg" srcset="https://theinfo.me/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/13-2.jpg 700w, https://theinfo.me/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/13-2-300x255.jpg 300w, https://theinfo.me/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/13-2-696x592.jpg 696w, https://theinfo.me/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/13-2-494x420.jpg 494w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; text-align: justify; vertical-align: bottom;" width="750" /></figure><script async="" crossorigin="anonymous" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1546821509539400"></script><!--square responsive--><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1546821509539400" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="3036739564" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins><script>
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</script><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;">Image Credit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/cuatrok77/21548220790/in/photolist-HaheZR-azrViM-RJqn9M-EytCWQ-4nGT3Y-GkY6i2-NsQZkV-23Hrz7u-9yqDaS-nW9bNV-wz7hVA-R9TSAs-7NfSgL-rJPAEn-WkFUUz-5TZdYK-yxzikx-2eRqj6v-24eXrUT-24eXqhV-24eXron-2aLqPwR-2eRqjfZ-24eXqBx-Rvf36G-2hopEGs-2h9T7Jn-2gPPzU4-2gNsoXo-2gNrEou-2gNsoU2-wAhdDn-vERNxo-rLy5pw-9ynCPv-5Wj41R-q3qYKB-ySeZAZ-FwnWpc-Fu6pAd-Fu6vrb-yQ9gj7-FkHfid-FnZiFF-z8Jg7q-QU97V2-PR24xT-ycSJQv-z8zJDX-QRtNmN" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">cuatrok77</a> / <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">license</a></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">However, you should take their talons seriously.</span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2055574772131532784.post-58442487173178977522023-09-01T11:36:00.001-07:002023-09-01T11:36:02.788-07:00New Sighting Of Migaloo, The Only White Humpback Whale On Earth<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW7maXqbLajXYiVAMMgx5AbM7K-ov1leXa_TD207ghSdoeJ0zZey820ITnwOyrSXN1D2Ls0HtqfXOd6eZTX8-UK3Qe7Oazz6_Crafd6n0_Ld0k9e6x2EwN3YqeWGJd2XvtVfPqaElj9n99RFybdY68u1U0-eFHkFmbRgj8zRvS4NY_R78HSGI50bEq6Mdp/s1180/migaloo-page2.jpg" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="689" data-original-width="1180" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW7maXqbLajXYiVAMMgx5AbM7K-ov1leXa_TD207ghSdoeJ0zZey820ITnwOyrSXN1D2Ls0HtqfXOd6eZTX8-UK3Qe7Oazz6_Crafd6n0_Ld0k9e6x2EwN3YqeWGJd2XvtVfPqaElj9n99RFybdY68u1U0-eFHkFmbRgj8zRvS4NY_R78HSGI50bEq6Mdp/w640-h374/migaloo-page2.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span face="Lato, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">A white whale has been spotted off the Victorian coast, sparking hopes the “rock star” humpback Migaloo has returned to Australian waters.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Photos have surfaced showing the whale swimming off Victoria state’s south coast, sending a lot of Migaloo fans into a frenzy. Migaloo was initially sighted in 1991 and has been seen on and off in the Aussie waters ever since.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">‘We’re not 100 per cent sure but it could well be him because he is part of the east population that generally migrate this time of year,’ said marine scientist Dr Vanessa Pirotta.</span></p><script async="" crossorigin="anonymous" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1546821509539400"></script><!--square responsive--><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1546821509539400" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="3036739564" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display: block;"></ins><script>
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</script><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Imagine how lucky you would feel to catch a glimpse of Migaloo with your own eyes. Definitely a once in a lifetime experience.</span></p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-2655" decoding="async" height="412" sizes="(max-width: 633px) 100vw, 633px" src="https://scientificmindset.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/gbhn1.jpg" srcset="https://scientificmindset.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/gbhn1.jpg 633w, https://scientificmindset.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/gbhn1-300x195.jpg 300w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom;" width="633" /></span></figure><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="505" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/z1H5FSGq60o" title="A Rare White Whale Spotted Near Australia | Nat Geo Wild" width="758"></iframe></div></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2055574772131532784.post-24085628169166127722023-09-01T11:34:00.008-07:002023-09-01T11:34:41.915-07:00A 10-Ton Whale Was Found in the Amazon Rainforest and Scientists Are Baffled<script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1546821509539400"
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</script><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Preliminary theories suggest that the whale washed ashore during a storm or that it was already dead when rising tides carried it on land. However, scientists are confused as to how it managed to travel so far inland, or why it was swimming off the Marajó coast at all.</span></p><div class="wp-block-image" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><figure class="aligncenter size-full" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: table; margin: 0px auto;"><div class="g1-img-wrap mashsb-micro-wrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-48279 img-responsive" decoding="async" height="900" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" src="https://www.earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_2.jpg" srcset="https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_2.jpg 1200w, https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_2-400x300.jpg 400w, https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_2-559x419.jpg 559w, https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_2-150x113.jpg 150w, https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_2-192x144.jpg 192w, https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_2-384x288.jpg 384w, https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_2-90x67.jpg 90w, https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_2-180x135.jpg 180w, https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_2-561x421.jpg 561w, https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_2-1122x842.jpg 1122w, https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_2-265x199.jpg 265w, https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_2-531x398.jpg 531w, https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_2-364x273.jpg 364w, https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_2-728x546.jpg 728w, https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_2-608x456.jpg 608w, https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_2-758x569.jpg 758w, https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_2-1152x864.jpg 1152w, https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_2-64x48.jpg 64w, https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_2-128x96.jpg 128w, https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_2-313x235.jpg 313w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; text-align: justify; vertical-align: bottom;" width="1200" /></p><div class="bimber-microshare-item-share" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="bimber-microshare-item-share-content" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div></div></div><figcaption style="box-sizing: border-box; caption-side: bottom; display: table-caption; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em; text-align: justify;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;">Image credit: Bicho D’agua Institute/Facebook</span></em></figcaption></figure></div><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1546821509539400"
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</script><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Marine specialists from local conservation group Bicho D’agua Institute are now examining the carcass, with preliminary assessments suggesting that the young whale died a couple of days before being found some 50 feet from the shore. Project leader Renata Emin is captivated by the mammal’s discovery and intrigued about its journey.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">“We’re still not sure how it landed here, but we’re guessing that the creature was floating close to the shore and the tide, which has been pretty considerable over the past few days, picked it up and threw it inland, into the mangrove,” she noted.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">“Along with this astonishing feat, we are baffled as to what a humpback whale is doing on the north coast of Brazil during February because this is a very unusual occurrence,” she added.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Humpback whales are typically found in late summer and fall seasons, yet much farther south. They only venture north to the mouth of the Amazon River on very rare occassions. Emin suggested that the young animal was separated from its mother, but the cause of death is still unknown.</span></p><figure class="wp-block-image size-full" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_2b.jpeg" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-48282 img-responsive" decoding="async" height="1500" sizes="(max-width: 1125px) 100vw, 1125px" src="https://www.earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_2b.jpeg" srcset="https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_2b.jpeg 1125w, https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_2b-300x400.jpeg 300w, https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_2b-314x419.jpeg 314w, https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_2b-113x150.jpeg 113w, https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_2b-561x748.jpeg 561w, https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_2b-1122x1496.jpeg 1122w, https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_2b-265x353.jpeg 265w, https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_2b-531x708.jpeg 531w, https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_2b-364x485.jpeg 364w, https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_2b-728x971.jpeg 728w, https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_2b-608x811.jpeg 608w, https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_2b-758x1011.jpeg 758w, https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_2b-36x48.jpeg 36w, https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_2b-72x96.jpeg 72w, https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_2b-313x417.jpeg 313w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; text-align: justify; vertical-align: bottom;" width="1125" /></span></a><figcaption style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em; text-align: justify;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;">Image credit: Bicho D’agua Institute/Facebook</span></em></figcaption></figure><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">“Depending on the state of decomposition, some information may already have been lost,” said Emin. “We are collecting as much information as we can get and identifying marks and wounds on its body to see if it was caught in a net or hit by a boat.”</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">State department official Dirlene Silva explained that access to the carcass and the region where it was found is so challenging that it had to be pulled apart and examined on the spot.</span></p><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1546821509539400"
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</script><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">“It’s very difficult to get there and there’s no way we can send a bulldozer because it would not get through,” said Silva. “There is no way to remove it. To get there, we need to cross the swamp.”</span></p><div class="wp-block-image" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><figure class="aligncenter size-full" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: table; margin: 0px auto;"><div class="g1-img-wrap mashsb-micro-wrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-48284 img-responsive" decoding="async" height="864" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px" src="https://www.earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_2e.jpg" srcset="https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_2e.jpg 864w, https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_2e-400x400.jpg 400w, https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_2e-419x419.jpg 419w, https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_2e-150x150.jpg 150w, https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_2e-192x192.jpg 192w, https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_2e-384x384.jpg 384w, https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_2e-110x110.jpg 110w, https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_2e-220x220.jpg 220w, https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_2e-561x561.jpg 561w, https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_2e-265x265.jpg 265w, https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_2e-531x531.jpg 531w, https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_2e-364x364.jpg 364w, https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_2e-728x728.jpg 728w, https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_2e-608x608.jpg 608w, https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_2e-758x758.jpg 758w, https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_2e-440x440.jpg 440w, https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_2e-48x48.jpg 48w, https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_2e-96x96.jpg 96w, https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_2e-311x311.jpg 311w, https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_2e-313x313.jpg 313w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; text-align: justify; vertical-align: bottom;" width="864" /></p><div class="bimber-microshare-item-share" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="bimber-microshare-item-share-content" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div></div></div><figcaption style="box-sizing: border-box; caption-side: bottom; display: table-caption; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;">The area where the carcass was found. <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Image credit: Bicho D’agua Institute/Facebook</em></span></figcaption></figure></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Due to the size, weight and location of the carcass, for now there are no plans to remove it. Instead, researchers intend to bury most of it, while the skeleton will be sent to the Goeldi Natural History Museum in Belem for future studies.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Hopefully, this will be a step towards revealing what exactly happened to this unfortunate baby humpback – but for now, noone knows for sure.</span></p><div class="wp-block-image" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><figure class="aligncenter size-full" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: table; margin: 0px auto;"><div class="g1-img-wrap mashsb-micro-wrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-48280 img-responsive" decoding="async" height="720" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" src="https://www.earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_3.jpg" srcset="https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_3.jpg 1200w, https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_3-400x240.jpg 400w, https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_3-698x419.jpg 698w, https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_3-150x90.jpg 150w, https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_3-561x337.jpg 561w, https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_3-1122x673.jpg 1122w, https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_3-265x159.jpg 265w, https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_3-531x319.jpg 531w, https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_3-364x218.jpg 364w, https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_3-728x437.jpg 728w, https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_3-608x365.jpg 608w, https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_3-758x455.jpg 758w, https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_3-1152x691.jpg 1152w, https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_3-80x48.jpg 80w, https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_3-160x96.jpg 160w, https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dead_whale_amazon_forest_3-313x188.jpg 313w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; text-align: justify; vertical-align: bottom;" width="1200" /></p></div><figcaption style="box-sizing: border-box; caption-side: bottom; display: table-caption; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em; text-align: justify;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;">Image credit: Bicho D’agua Institute/Facebook</span></em></figcaption></figure></div><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1546821509539400"
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</script>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2055574772131532784.post-6333327344112851552023-09-01T11:28:00.003-07:002023-09-01T11:28:22.594-07:00Man Spots ‘Dead’ Sea Turtle Trapped On Land And Brings Her Back To Life<script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1546821509539400"
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</script><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIG-D2FA81htbjaeQLPArN1UIUFmNXi7RF_FvOqnn-ZiDTb0PxoLaOOQ5peWGk_qWb-jVWvx0AZ4LFO-N5h9pQApiWRpfAulMbH2c1vVgNmCNCx5TIMukx2E-0CmgoYTcjOOOMc7nmMSMYVDmU2Fs4Pyw72bXDzHcxA_0NwDezYtmSiSHxaFHFKG_AMuOY/s1200/flatten.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIG-D2FA81htbjaeQLPArN1UIUFmNXi7RF_FvOqnn-ZiDTb0PxoLaOOQ5peWGk_qWb-jVWvx0AZ4LFO-N5h9pQApiWRpfAulMbH2c1vVgNmCNCx5TIMukx2E-0CmgoYTcjOOOMc7nmMSMYVDmU2Fs4Pyw72bXDzHcxA_0NwDezYtmSiSHxaFHFKG_AMuOY/w640-h320/flatten.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The other day, Miguel Ángel Escobar and his family were traveling by boat off the coast of Honduras when something caught their eyes — and immediately broke their hearts.</span></p><div class="post-item" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto !important;"><article class="post-27804 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-animal" id="post-27804" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto !important;"><div class="ParagraphBodyTextstyles__BodyText-sc-zv221u-0 bmlJlA page-element paragraph undefined " data-element-index="0" data-element-type="ParagraphBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p data-element-index="1" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">There, along a remote stretch of coast, they spotted a massive sea turtle entangled in some tree roots near the water’s edge.</span></p><p data-element-index="2" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">“I thought she was dead,” Escobar told The Dodo. “We felt such pity for her.”</span></p><p data-element-index="3" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The turtle wasn’t dead, however. She’d just given up hope.</span></p><p data-element-index="4" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">But hope was about to arrive.</span></p></div><figure class="ParagraphImagestyles__ImageContainer-sc-puj0e1-0 RRQZx page-element paragraph-image " data-element-index="1" data-element-type="ParagraphImage" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><picture class="swiper-lazy picture-tag picture-tag--lazy" data-testid="picture-tag" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img class="lazyload img-responsive" data-testattr="test attr 1" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" height="1190" src="https://assets3.thrillist.com/v1/image/3096727/792x1190/scale;webp=auto;jpeg_quality=60.jpg" srcset="https://assets3.thrillist.com/v1/image/3096727/792x1190/scale;webp=auto;jpeg_quality=60.jpg 1000w, https://assets3.thrillist.com/v1/image/3096727/1584x2380/scale;webp=auto;jpeg_quality=60.jpg 2000w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle;" width="792" /></span></picture><figcaption class="Caption-sc-1do4sd3-0 cqPDZy caption__paragraph-image" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;"><span class="" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;">MIGUEL ÁNGEL ESCOBAR</span></span></figcaption></figure><div class="ParagraphBodyTextstyles__BodyText-sc-zv221u-0 bmlJlA page-element paragraph undefined " data-element-index="2" data-element-type="ParagraphBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p data-element-index="0" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Though the turtle appeared to have been trapped there for some time, and likely had perished, Escobar decided to take a <a href="https://www.thedodo.com/daily-dodo/mysterious-animal-seems-totally-shocked-that-someone-finally-noticed-him" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">closer look</a> anyway — just in case.</span></p><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1546821509539400"
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</script><p data-element-index="1" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">She remained motionless as he pulled the boat to shore and approached.</span></p><p data-element-index="2" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">“When I touched her, she instantly let out a sigh and she started to move her head,” Escobar said.</span></p><p data-element-index="3" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">And with that, Escobar sprang into action.</span></p></div><figure class="ParagraphImagestyles__ImageContainer-sc-puj0e1-0 RRQZx page-element paragraph-image " data-element-index="4" data-element-type="ParagraphImage" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><picture class="swiper-lazy picture-tag picture-tag--lazy" data-testid="picture-tag" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img class="lazyload img-responsive" data-testattr="test attr 1" decoding="async" height="1128" src="https://assets3.thrillist.com/v1/image/3096728/792x1128/scale;webp=auto;jpeg_quality=60.jpg" srcset="https://assets3.thrillist.com/v1/image/3096728/792x1128/scale;webp=auto;jpeg_quality=60.jpg 1000w, https://assets3.thrillist.com/v1/image/3096728/1584x2256/scale;webp=auto;jpeg_quality=60.jpg 2000w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle;" width="792" /></span></picture><figcaption class="Caption-sc-1do4sd3-0 cqPDZy caption__paragraph-image" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">MIGUEL ÁNGEL ESCOBAR</span></span></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"></p><p class="ad-inserter--targeted" data-element-index="0" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Using a knife, Escobar began cutting the root trapping the turtle until it was weak enough to be broken.</span></p><p data-element-index="1" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">After a few moments, she was finally <a href="https://www.thedodo.com/daily-dodo/chained-up-dog-wont-stop-kissing-the-man-who-came-to-set-her-free" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">free</a>.</span></p><p data-element-index="2" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Escobar had saved her life.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="370" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cZHByF6vLKM" style="border-style: initial !important; border-width: 0px !important; box-sizing: border-box; width: 710px;" title="Man Spots ‘Dead’ Sea Turtle Trapped On Land And Brings Her Back To Life" width="590"></iframe></span></p><p data-element-index="0" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">In a flash, the once lifeless-seeming turtle transformed into a ball of energy.</span></p><p data-element-index="1" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">“I thought that the turtle would need to rest on the shore and recover her strength,” Escobar said. “But she instantly swam away, strong and fast, like someone who was jumping for joy.”</span></p><p data-element-index="2" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">She got her second chance. After lingering momentarily near the beach, the turtle then swam out to deeper waters.</span></p></figcaption></figure></article></div><figure class="ParagraphImagestyles__ImageContainer-sc-puj0e1-0 RRQZx page-element paragraph-image " data-element-index="8" data-element-type="ParagraphImage" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white;"><img class="lazyload" data-testattr="test attr 1" decoding="async" height="1124" loading="lazy" src="https://assets3.thrillist.com/v1/image/3096726/792x1124/scale;webp=auto;jpeg_quality=60.jpg" srcset="https://assets3.thrillist.com/v1/image/3096726/792x1124/scale;webp=auto;jpeg_quality=60.jpg 1000w, https://assets3.thrillist.com/v1/image/3096726/1584x2248/scale;webp=auto;jpeg_quality=60.jpg 2000w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: verdana; font-size: large; vertical-align: middle;" width="792" /></span></div><figcaption class="Caption-sc-1do4sd3-0 cqPDZy caption__paragraph-image" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;"><span class="" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;">MIGUEL ÁNGEL ESCOBAR</span></span></figcaption><figcaption class="Caption-sc-1do4sd3-0 cqPDZy caption__paragraph-image" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;"><span class="" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></span></figcaption></figure><div class="ParagraphBodyTextstyles__BodyText-sc-zv221u-0 bmlJlA page-element paragraph undefined " data-element-index="9" data-element-type="ParagraphBodyText" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="ad-inserter--targeted" data-element-index="0" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Escobar suspects that the turtle had gotten trapped after coming ashore to <a href="https://www.thedodo.com/in-the-wild/endangered-sea-turtle-tries-to-lay-eggs-on-paved-over-beach" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">lay her eggs</a>, becoming entangled in the root while passing over the embankment along the shore. And now that she is free, there will be even more generations of her offspring to come.</span></p><p data-element-index="1" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">“I feel happy to have helped her,” Escobar said. “It’s a great feeling.”</span></p></div><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1546821509539400"
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</script>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2055574772131532784.post-58483056128187507362023-09-01T11:20:00.002-07:002023-09-01T11:20:13.186-07:00Elephant herd takes a snooze after embarking on 300-mile trek in China<script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1546821509539400"
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</script><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5FTwV8UfstWF7yNJi4z3FUYynparYSnEPDzadBKUnJEreykX0s--vmiqdJDvckeJTfyqbFBGFipxFESwkispO8HmiJ2J0az7zZM9QU6ZSx167hPG6B8Ar9NnSMDb1fy2HhuhwHhJ338UKGe4J71MnmdSxyFs9HCC8XRUCtuZshxHuThTI6GISC3iODEYq/s1280/wnmh2tb4rz371.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5FTwV8UfstWF7yNJi4z3FUYynparYSnEPDzadBKUnJEreykX0s--vmiqdJDvckeJTfyqbFBGFipxFESwkispO8HmiJ2J0az7zZM9QU6ZSx167hPG6B8Ar9NnSMDb1fy2HhuhwHhJ338UKGe4J71MnmdSxyFs9HCC8XRUCtuZshxHuThTI6GISC3iODEYq/w640-h360/wnmh2tb4rz371.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Very heavy sleepers: Elephant herd takes a snooze on 300-mile trek across China – leaving $1million trail of destruction – since escaping from a nature reserve</span></span></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">China’s famous herd of wandering elephants have stopped for a well-earned rest after a record 300-mile trek across the country following their escape from a nature reserve.</span></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The 15-strong group of wild Asian elephants has been wandering towards the city of Kunming, in Yunnan province, since April 16 when they broke out of a nature reserve in Xishuangbanna Dai prefecture.</span></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">They are now in the countryside in the Xinyang Township, around 55 miles south-west of Kunming, and were spotted looking exhausted as the group lay down in a forest with their legs and trunks sprawled out over the ground.</span></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The herd appear to be sleeping in a pyramid shape as one baby elephant can be seen clinging onto an adult’s leg whilst one rests its trunk on another.</span></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The elephants have come as close as two miles from the southern-most suburbs of regional capital Kunming, sparking fears they could enter the city and cause chaos.</span></p><div class="mol-img-group xwArtSplitter" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;"><div class="mol-img" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="image-wrap fff-pic" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><img alt="The migrating herd of wild Asian elephants look exhausted as the group lay down together in a forest, with their legs and trunks sprawled out over the ground" class="blkBorder img-share b-loaded img-responsive" data-gallery-handler-attached="true" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" height="541" id="i-dc09eb39b3228cf0" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/06/08/13/43966865-9663297-image-a-42_1623154841874.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle;" width="962" /></div></div><p class="imageCaption" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The migrating herd of wild Asian elephants look exhausted as the group lay down together in a forest, with their legs and trunks sprawled out over the ground</span></p></div><div class="mol-img-group xwArtSplitter" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;"><div class="mol-img" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="image-wrap fff-pic" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><img alt="A baby elephant looks content as it rests its front legs on the back of another sleeping elephant in the forest on Monday" class="blkBorder img-share b-loaded img-responsive" data-gallery-handler-attached="true" decoding="async" height="541" id="i-11d8ed54747f1cc5" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/06/08/08/43957223-0-image-a-49_1623137995985.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle;" width="962" /></div></div><p class="imageCaption" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">A baby elephant looks content as it rests its front legs on the back of another sleeping elephant in the forest on Monday</span></p></div><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1546821509539400"
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</script><div class="mol-img-group xwArtSplitter" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;"><div class="mol-img" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="image-wrap fff-pic" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><img alt="A baby elephant is seen sprawled on the back of a sleeping elephant as the animals rest after their 300 mile trek on Monday" class="blkBorder img-share b-loaded img-responsive" data-gallery-handler-attached="true" decoding="async" height="669" id="i-67579f500ec4758f" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/06/08/13/43966877-9663297-image-a-28_1623154550210.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle;" width="962" /></div></div><p class="imageCaption" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">A baby elephant is seen sprawled on the back of a sleeping elephant as the animals rest after their 300 mile trek on Monday</span></p></div><div class="mol-img-group xwArtSplitter" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;"><div class="mol-img" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="image-wrap fff-pic" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><img alt="The elephants can be seen sleeping in two separate groups as they lay sprawled on the grass after their exhausting journey" class="blkBorder img-share b-loaded img-responsive" data-gallery-handler-attached="true" decoding="async" height="670" id="i-8664a354d292ddf6" loading="lazy" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/06/08/13/43966873-9663297-image-a-48_1623154992515.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle;" width="962" /></div></div><p class="imageCaption" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The elephants can be seen sleeping in two separate groups as they lay sprawled on the grass after their exhausting journey</span></p></div><div class="mol-img-group xwArtSplitter" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;"><div class="mol-img" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="image-wrap fff-pic" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><img alt="Nap time! An elephant sleeps with its herd after walking 300 miles across China in a forest near the Xinyang Township" class="blkBorder img-share b-loaded img-responsive" data-gallery-handler-attached="true" decoding="async" height="541" id="i-f653e3580d0eece" loading="lazy" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/06/08/09/43957219-9663297-image-a-64_1623139324583.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle;" width="962" /></div></div><p class="imageCaption" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Nap time! An elephant sleeps with its herd after walking 300 miles across China in a forest near the Xinyang Township</span></p></div><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><img class="img-responsive" decoding="async" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/06/08/10/43961815-9663297-image-a-73_1623145132102.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle;" /></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Roads have been blocked using lorries while 18 tons of pineapples and corn have been scattered in an attempt to lead the elephants away from the city’s Jinning district.</span></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">During their epic journey, the elephants have been caught at night trotting down urban streets by security cameras, filmed constantly from the air by more than a dozen drones and followed by those seeking to minimise damage and keep both pachyderms and people out of harm’s way.</span></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">But the wild animals caused have caused mayhem by walking down urban roads and sticking their trunks through residential windows in Kunming, despite officials’ efforts to divert them away from the populated southwestern city of seven million people.</span></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">They have raided farms for food and water, visited a car dealership and even showed up at a retirement home, where they poked their trunks into some of the rooms, prompting one elderly man to hide under his bed.</span></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The elephants have also broken into barns and munched their way through farmland, causing an estimated 6.8 million yuan ($1.1 million) worth of damage.</span></p><div class="mol-img-group xwArtSplitter" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;"><div class="mol-img" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="image-wrap fff-pic" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><img alt="A close-up image shows seven elephants forming a pyramid as they sleep next together in a forest near Kunming on Monday" class="blkBorder img-share b-loaded img-responsive" data-gallery-handler-attached="true" decoding="async" height="602" id="i-7a83a88f01f72ced" loading="lazy" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/06/08/13/43966875-9663297-image-a-47_1623154925917.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle;" width="962" /></div></div><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1546821509539400"
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</script><p class="imageCaption" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">A close-up image shows seven elephants forming a pyramid as they sleep next together in a forest near Kunming on Monday</span></p></div><div class="mol-img-group xwArtSplitter" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;"><div class="mol-img" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="image-wrap fff-pic" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><img alt="Since beginning their epic journey, the elephants have wandered the streets, broke into barns and munched their way through farmland, causing an estimated 6.8 million yuan ($1.1 million) worth of damagea" class="blkBorder img-share b-loaded img-responsive" data-gallery-handler-attached="true" decoding="async" height="541" id="i-79203d8363b5c703" loading="lazy" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/06/08/09/43957217-9663297-image-a-66_1623139331901.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle;" width="962" /></div></div><p class="imageCaption" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Since beginning their epic journey, the elephants have wandered the streets, broke into barns and munched their way through farmland, causing an estimated 6.8 million yuan ($1.1 million) worth of damagea</span></p></div><div class="mol-img-group xwArtSplitter" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;"><div class="mol-img" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="image-wrap fff-pic" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><img alt="Roads have been blocked using lorries while 18 tons of pineapples and corn have been scattered in an attempt to lead the elephants away from the city's Jinning district" class="blkBorder img-share b-loaded img-responsive" data-gallery-handler-attached="true" decoding="async" height="541" id="i-c5ee3c581f86c746" loading="lazy" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/06/08/09/43957203-9663297-image-a-67_1623139346168.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle;" width="962" /></div></div><p class="imageCaption" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Roads have been blocked using lorries while 18 tons of pineapples and corn have been scattered in an attempt to lead the elephants away from the city’s Jinning district</span></p></div><div class="mol-img-group xwArtSplitter" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;"><div class="mol-img" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="image-wrap fff-pic" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><img alt="Elephants are a protected species in China, meaning the herd will not be destroyed, while wildlife officers are also keen to avoid using tranquilizers on the infants. Pictured: The elephants are left to roam through the neighbourood near the Shuanghe Township, Jinning District of Kunming city in southwestern China's Yunnan Province on June 4" class="blkBorder img-share b-loaded img-responsive" data-gallery-handler-attached="true" decoding="async" height="541" id="i-85c73aef7baf558e" loading="lazy" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/06/08/09/43957213-9663297-image-a-72_1623139384393.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle;" width="962" /></div></div><p class="imageCaption" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Elephants are a protected species in China, meaning the herd will not be destroyed, while wildlife officers are also keen to avoid using tranquilizers on the infants. Pictured: The elephants are left to roam through the neighbourood near the Shuanghe Township, Jinning District of Kunming city in southwestern China’s Yunnan Province on June 4</span></p></div><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The wild animals have caused mayhem by walking down urban roads and sticking their trunks through residential windows on the outskirts of Kunming, despite officials’ efforts to divert them away from the populated southwestern city of seven million people.</span></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Last week, video footage, taken from the ground and by air by dozens of drones, showed the elephants wreaking havoc as they ploughed through residential streets, walked up people’s driveways, and munched on farm crops.</span></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The adventures of the huge mammals have captivated the nation, with hundreds of millions taking to social media to discuss their journey.</span></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Elephants are given the top level of protection in China, allowing their numbers to steadily increase even as their natural habitat shrinks, and requiring farmers and others to exercise maximum restraint when encountering them.</span></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">It means that the herd will not be destroyed, while wildlife officers are also keen to avoid using tranquilizers on the infants.</span></p><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1546821509539400"
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</script><div class="mol-img-group xwArtSplitter" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;"><div class="mol-img" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="image-wrap fff-pic" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><img alt="The herd of 15 elephants left a trail of destruction as they reached the outskirts of Kunming last week" class="blkBorder img-share b-loaded img-responsive" data-gallery-handler-attached="true" decoding="async" height="538" id="i-2429c432c901ba9a" loading="lazy" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/06/08/10/43782503-9663297-A_herd_of_15_elephants_left_a_trail_of_destruction_as_they_reach-a-75_1623145188601.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle;" width="962" /></div></div><p class="imageCaption" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The herd of 15 elephants left a trail of destruction as they reached the outskirts of Kunming last week</span></p></div><div class="mol-img-group xwArtSplitter" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;"><div class="mol-img" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="image-wrap fff-pic" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><img alt="The wild animals have caused mayhem by walking down urban roads, eating farm crops (pictured) and sticking their trunks through residential windows in Kunming, despite officials' efforts to divert them away from the populated southwestern city" class="blkBorder img-share b-loaded img-responsive" data-gallery-handler-attached="true" decoding="async" height="538" id="i-b1f0a90111dc132c" loading="lazy" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/06/08/10/43782507-9647679-The_wild_animals_have_caused_mayhem_by_walking_down_urban_roads_-a-30_1623143321084.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle;" width="962" /></div></div><p class="imageCaption" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The wild animals have caused mayhem by walking down urban roads, eating farm crops (pictured) and sticking their trunks through residential windows in Kunming, despite officials’ efforts to divert them away from the populated southwestern city</span></p></div><div class="mol-img-group xwArtSplitter" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;"><div class="mol-img" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="image-wrap fff-pic" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><img alt="A herd has been spotted just two miles from the outskirts of Kunming city, home to 7million people (pictured on May 28)" class="blkBorder img-share b-loaded img-responsive" data-gallery-handler-attached="true" decoding="async" height="641" id="i-b760781851281b6" loading="lazy" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/06/08/10/43732083-9663297-A_herd_of_15_wild_elephants_that_has_migrated_300_miles_across_r-a-78_1623145256085.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle;" width="962" /></div></div><p class="imageCaption" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">A herd has been spotted just two miles from the outskirts of Kunming city, home to 7million people (pictured on May 28)</span></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Government orders have told people to stay inside and not to gawk at them or use firecrackers or otherwise attempt to scare them away.</span></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">So far, more passive means are being used to keep them out of urban areas, including the parking of trucks and construction equipment to block roads and the use of food drops to lure them away.</span></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">As of Tuesday, the herd remained on the outskirts of Kunming, a city of seven million, with one of the males having moved away on his own, creating even more excitement – and worry – for those attempting to keep tabs on them.</span></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">A news release on Monday from a provincial command centre set up to monitor the group said the elephants appeared to be resting, while more than 410 emergency response personnel and police personnel, scores of vehicles and 14 drones were deployed to monitor them.</span></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Area residents were evacuated, temporary traffic control measures implemented, and two tons of elephant food put in place.</span></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Another objective was to ‘maintain silence to create conditions for guiding the elephant group to migrate west and south’, the command centre said.</span></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Animal experts told Xinhua news agency that it is unclear what has motivated the elephants’ migration, which is the longest ever recorded in China.</span></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">But they said it is possible that the pack leader ‘lacks experience and led the whole group astray.’</span></p><div class="mol-img-group xwArtSplitter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="mol-img" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="image-wrap fff-pic" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><img alt="Authorities urged residents to avoid contact with the elephants after the herd reached the Jinning district on the edge of Kunming, a city of seven million residents, late on Wednesday night. Pictured: Elephant walks up driveway to a house" class="blkBorder img-share b-loaded img-responsive" data-gallery-handler-attached="true" decoding="async" height="537" id="i-be0cdefa080217c0" loading="lazy" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/06/08/10/43782497-9663297-Authorities_urged_residents_to_avoid_contact_with_the_elephants_-a-76_1623145218550.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle;" width="961" /></div></div><p class="imageCaption" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Authorities urged residents to avoid contact with the elephants after the herd reached the Jinning district on the edge of Kunming, a city of seven million residents, late on Wednesday night. Pictured: Elephant walks up driveway to a house</span></p></div><div class="mol-img-group xwArtSplitter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="imageCaption" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Video footage (pictured), taken from the ground and by air by dozens of drones, shows the elephants wreaking havoc as they ploughed through residential streets, walked up people’s driveways, and munched on farm crops</span></p><div class="mol-img-group xwArtSplitter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="mol-img" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="image-wrap fff-pic" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><img alt="The elephants were spotted in E'shan county on May 28 (pictured) before migrating even further to the north, sparking fears they could try to enter Kunming as police and wildlife officers race to stop them" class="blkBorder img-share b-loaded img-responsive" data-gallery-handler-attached="true" decoding="async" height="540" id="i-8e58e02f04362b42" loading="lazy" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/06/08/10/43732085-9663297-The_elephants_were_spotted_in_E_shan_county_on_May_28_pictured_b-a-80_1623145333685.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle;" width="962" /></div></div><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1546821509539400"
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</script><p class="imageCaption" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The elephants were spotted in E’shan county on May 28 (pictured) before migrating even further to the north, sparking fears they could try to enter Kunming as police and wildlife officers race to stop them</span></p></div><div class="mol-img-group xwArtSplitter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="mol-img" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="image-wrap fff-pic" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><img alt="Experts say it is unclear what caused the herd - three males, six females, three juveniles and three calves - to migrate, but say it is possible that an inexperienced male leader 'got lost'" class="blkBorder img-share b-loaded img-responsive" data-gallery-handler-attached="true" decoding="async" height="540" id="i-b31bf28d4a68e9a4" loading="lazy" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/06/08/10/43732087-9663297-Experts_say_it_is_unclear_what_caused_the_herd_three_males_six_f-a-81_1623145337275.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle;" width="962" /></div></div><p class="imageCaption" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Experts say it is unclear what caused the herd – three males, six females, three juveniles and three calves – to migrate, but say it is possible that an inexperienced male leader ‘got lost’</span></p></div><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The initial herd consisted of 16 elephants, but two of them turned around during the trek and went home. A calf was then born during the walk, bringing the total to its current 15.</span></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Observers say the group now consists of six adult females, three adult males, three juveniles and three calves of unknown sex.</span></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The wild herd had been living in the Xishuangbanna Dai Nature Reserve until moving out of the area more than a month ago.</span></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Two weeks ago, the elephants wandered on to the streets of a town called Eshan, close to Yuxi, and remained there for six hours with residents warned to stay indoors.</span></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">During that time, the elephants wandered the streets, broke into barns, ate out of rubbish bins and munched their way through nearby farmland.</span></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Damage done by the elephants to farmland along their route is currently estimated at 6.8 million yuan ($1.1 million), according to Xinhua.</span></p></div></div><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1546821509539400"
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</script>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2055574772131532784.post-53565680109078580522023-09-01T11:10:00.005-07:002023-09-01T11:10:34.430-07:00A Black Canada Lynx Has Been Caught On Camera for the First Time Ever<script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1546821509539400"
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</script><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirLZg_UfP2M6gvl7ND59IYRE1rtGZMqclHvyi7f98v5LCKTzFDjcpqp8bIoReT1A1AAf1kIg10Xph2NOJOgv5IXT3W-9t5gI-L1bxd6vZjGMKEcW1hWEpbW1qH5WUnWDJLHyxCtsg3kaKZzt51V5T2gfsX9B8ri1dabNQax8qG8VnTcyn3yUzC_KI3EGy2/s1025/CanadaLynx.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="552" data-original-width="1025" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirLZg_UfP2M6gvl7ND59IYRE1rtGZMqclHvyi7f98v5LCKTzFDjcpqp8bIoReT1A1AAf1kIg10Xph2NOJOgv5IXT3W-9t5gI-L1bxd6vZjGMKEcW1hWEpbW1qH5WUnWDJLHyxCtsg3kaKZzt51V5T2gfsX9B8ri1dabNQax8qG8VnTcyn3yUzC_KI3EGy2/w640-h344/CanadaLynx.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Black Canada lynx are so rare they have never been captured on camera. Until now.An extremely rare sighting of a melanistic Canada lynx <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">(Lynx canadensis)</span> has been <a href="https://www.iflscience.com/first-ever-melanistic-canadian-lynx-caught-on-camera-65830" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">captured</a> on camera – something that has never never been done before.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Thomas Jung, a researcher at the University of Alberta, filmed the animal in a residential area in the Yukon, Canada, using his smartphone. 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</script>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2055574772131532784.post-67736368731010317462023-03-13T11:05:00.006-07:002023-03-13T11:05:48.364-07:00There are 6 Billion Earth-Like Planets in the Milky Way Galaxy Alone, Astronomers Suggest<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvLfqe0k_0tqdFVE1ZBZ_OXt7B7y2hHKjNQ2W1vt3NSKoDos0QbIj7rQAShls1rdsviUMcW8D85vXxQO1wTjZc46vxerxADIX4DAYxwymO614Wvf8pTJ43uXrbhsegO5dpxDRdz0i2aoeLAuCtGndkUXZZW7O7Q59kOVaDnIZAlQxXw5PfqswTzzWjNw/s640/Milky-Way-Earth-Like-Planets.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="640" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvLfqe0k_0tqdFVE1ZBZ_OXt7B7y2hHKjNQ2W1vt3NSKoDos0QbIj7rQAShls1rdsviUMcW8D85vXxQO1wTjZc46vxerxADIX4DAYxwymO614Wvf8pTJ43uXrbhsegO5dpxDRdz0i2aoeLAuCtGndkUXZZW7O7Q59kOVaDnIZAlQxXw5PfqswTzzWjNw/w640-h360/Milky-Way-Earth-Like-Planets.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Maybe you think that having one Earth is enough, but what if there were billions of them? Recent research suggests that there could be as many as 6 billion planets similar to our own Earth in the Milky Way galaxy.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The University of British Columbia's (UBC) astronomers made a groundbreaking discovery by analyzing information gathered by NASA's Kepler project. Over the course of nine years, from 2009 to 2018, the Kepler planet-hunting satellite recorded data on a staggering 200,000 stars.</span></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">In order for a planet to be considered suitable for potential life, scientists have set specific criteria which includes it being rocky, similar in size to Earth, and orbiting a star like the Sun. Furthermore, such planets need to be located within the habitable zone of their star, where conditions are favorable for the presence of water and life.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em 0px; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Recent research conducted by Michelle Kunimoto, a researcher from UBC who has previously identified 17 new planets beyond our solar system, has estimated that there may be as many as 0.18 Earth-like planets per G-type star. This would indicate that there are roughly five planets for every Sun in existence.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em 0px; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">To carry out the study, Kunimoto used a technique called 'forward modeling' which allowed her to overcome the challenge of detecting Earth-like planets, which are often too small or too distant from their star to detect easily. By simulating the population of exoplanets around the stars that had been previously searched by Kepler, Kunimoto was able to mark each planet as 'detected' or 'missed' based on the likelihood of detection by the planet search algorithm. By comparing the detected planets to the actual catalogue of planets, Kunimoto was able to estimate the probability of Earth-like planets existing in the universe.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em 0px 0px; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">While this study does not guarantee the existence of Earth-like planets or whether they have life similar to ours, it does increase the likelihood of their existence. By identifying the potential number of Earth-like planets per star, this research opens up new possibilities for future exploration and discovery.</span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2055574772131532784.post-33144589581340377902023-03-13T10:59:00.001-07:002023-03-13T10:59:02.067-07:00Astronomers discover Cosmic Highways allowing rapid space travel<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAR5yFBK4pryNwHHb4Tr9OpXFrSE6vL-DnwCTsxkfjdvK5Uj_7DoBUriPbj26zcXY3whYV3vQx2YaMDPi08wXeGVBBSrchGCb0LKh1qLe6V70642cSU4dDxrhgA8gWaDQL5D4A42beZZaPaWQzsfTRuidnzrnmWQfnKaxaXdITsnkRCMxc6TRf2jttgQ/s640/astronomes-decouvrent-autoroutes-cosmiques-pour-voyager-rapidement-dans-systeme-solaire-couv.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="406" data-original-width="640" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAR5yFBK4pryNwHHb4Tr9OpXFrSE6vL-DnwCTsxkfjdvK5Uj_7DoBUriPbj26zcXY3whYV3vQx2YaMDPi08wXeGVBBSrchGCb0LKh1qLe6V70642cSU4dDxrhgA8gWaDQL5D4A42beZZaPaWQzsfTRuidnzrnmWQfnKaxaXdITsnkRCMxc6TRf2jttgQ/w640-h406/astronomes-decouvrent-autoroutes-cosmiques-pour-voyager-rapidement-dans-systeme-solaire-couv.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">A new superhighway network has been identified by researchers, which enables significantly faster travel through the Solar System than was previously feasible. This network can facilitate the transportation of comets and asteroids from Jupiter to Neptune in under a decade and up to 100 astronomical units within a century.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The technology could facilitate swift transportation of spacecraft to the remote regions of our solar system while also aiding in the detection and understanding of nearby objects that pose a threat of colliding with our planet.</span></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">In a paper published on November 25, 2020, in the journal Science Advances, researchers have identified a series of interconnected arches forming space manifolds that extend from the asteroid belt to Uranus and beyond, which create a new "celestial autobahn." These structures operate on a much shorter time scale of several decades, as opposed to the hundreds of thousands or millions of years characteristic of Solar System dynamics.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em 0px; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The arches are most noticeable near Jupiter, due to the planet's strong gravitational pull. Over unprecedented time scales, these manifolds control the population of Jupiter-family comets and Centaurs, which are small-size solar system bodies. Some of these objects will collide with Jupiter, while others will be ejected from the Solar System.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em 0px 0px; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">To discover these structures, the researchers collected numerical data on millions of orbits in the Solar System and analyzed how they fit within the known space manifolds. Further research is needed to determine how these manifolds can be utilized by spacecraft and to better understand how they behave in the vicinity of the Earth. These findings may help control asteroid and meteorite encounters and provide insight into the growing population of man-made objects in the Earth-Moon system.</span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2055574772131532784.post-21388474992909799572023-03-13T10:53:00.005-07:002023-03-13T10:53:43.577-07:00The universe keeps dying and being reborn, claims Nobel Prize winner<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ht1M33-6qQz45ElM5MrFV7ruodtRAuSNLyRLh2h-JF-3Gx-x2JZS6QQqoIivSQpI3eQqnUCnElhF7FbThmx4OJ6YBu6Klk52BcjfjZTkeqOOcklbqiC-yGR34DiEBDidPezIpM7bOeQ-4jkBYUnM7lOqy8xdUkE7GnZLZjS-B07QGnH-f17z5RYDlw/s640/shapeoftheun.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="640" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ht1M33-6qQz45ElM5MrFV7ruodtRAuSNLyRLh2h-JF-3Gx-x2JZS6QQqoIivSQpI3eQqnUCnElhF7FbThmx4OJ6YBu6Klk52BcjfjZTkeqOOcklbqiC-yGR34DiEBDidPezIpM7bOeQ-4jkBYUnM7lOqy8xdUkE7GnZLZjS-B07QGnH-f17z5RYDlw/w640-h316/shapeoftheun.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Sir Roger Penrose, a Nobel Prize-winning mathematician and physicist from the University of Oxford, has put forth a bold theory that our universe has gone through several Big Bangs and will experience another one in the future. Penrose received the Nobel Prize in Physics for his groundbreaking work in developing mathematical methods that extended Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity, as well as for his research on black holes, which revealed how objects that become too dense undergo gravitational collapse into singularities.</span></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em 0px; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Penrose has dubbed his theory "conformal cyclic cosmology" (CCC) and believes that the cosmos will continue to expand until all matter decays, leading to a second Big Bang that will create a new universe. In an interview with The Telegraph, he stated, "The Big Bang was not the beginning. There was something before the Big Bang and that something is what we will have in our future."</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em 0px; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Penrose's theory is based on his identification of six "Hawking Points," each approximately eight times the size of the Moon, which he believes are the remnants of "dead" black holes from previous universes. He claims that these points provide evidence that supports the theory of evaporating black holes put forth by his former colleague, Stephen Hawking.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em 0px; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Penrose's research on the cosmic microwave background (CMB) has also led him to propose that the anomalous circular regions found in the CMB, which have elevated temperatures, are the result of evaporating black holes. He has also suggested that the uniform temperature rings in the CMB were produced by gravitational wave fingerprints from merging black holes in a universe before ours, providing further support for cyclic cosmology.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em 0px 0px; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">However, Penrose's theory has drawn criticism from some cosmologists who argue that it is difficult to reconcile the idea of an endlessly large cosmos in one aeon with a super-small one in the next. Nonetheless, his research continues to push the boundaries of our understanding of the universe, and his ideas on the quantum-level origins of our awareness offer yet another fascinating theory to explore.</span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2055574772131532784.post-40729284190593811482023-03-12T09:35:00.005-07:002023-03-12T09:35:23.055-07:00Supernova Is 570 Billion Times Brighter Than the Sun, Pushes Limits of Known Physics<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2LLfSFC3mJ7cJg2asmAVDIbdDEwdjeUQvQyz7RWDeucAyo6YcSU3ZETWF9xK8_a6T7DvCtI2bcLttmtt5f-fg8jot7Jpt8S15A1g4txen3ThhYpcnTKZcfd-megg2bnjK76oN9sM2ZnNiStJInPXu2kIUSOdu-xTHv8mGlgnRSHosE60NL26eL6YcoA/s800/1670918606904470882.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2LLfSFC3mJ7cJg2asmAVDIbdDEwdjeUQvQyz7RWDeucAyo6YcSU3ZETWF9xK8_a6T7DvCtI2bcLttmtt5f-fg8jot7Jpt8S15A1g4txen3ThhYpcnTKZcfd-megg2bnjK76oN9sM2ZnNiStJInPXu2kIUSOdu-xTHv8mGlgnRSHosE60NL26eL6YcoA/w640-h426/1670918606904470882.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">Astronomers are puzzled by an object that is billions of light years away, emitting a dazzling brightness that exceeds the known energy limits of physics. This brilliant phenomenon is believed to be a massive ball of hot gas, outshining hundreds of billions of suns. Despite several theories, scientists are yet to confirm its true nature.</span></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em 0px 0px; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">One possibility that astronomers are exploring is that it could be a magnetar, an extremely rare type of supernova that defies the laws of physics. This could imply that the object is the most intense supernova ever observed by humans. However, further research and observations are required to confirm this hypothesis.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Astronomers are struggling to find the right words to describe an extremely luminous object. According to Krzysztof Stanek, a professor of astronomy at Ohio State University and co-principal investigator of the team studying the object, "If it really is a magnetar, it's as if nature took everything we know about magnetars and turned it up to 11." This statement humorously suggests that the object's properties exceed the scale of 1 to 10.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em 0px; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The object was first detected by the All Sky Automated Survey of Supernovae (ASAS-SN), a network of telescopes designed to detect bright objects in the universe. Despite its incredible brightness, the object cannot be seen with the naked eye because it is 3.8 billion light years away.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em 0px 0px; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">ASAS-SN has discovered almost 250 supernovae since its inception in 2014. However, the discovery of ASASSN-15lh is noteworthy due to its extraordinary magnitude. It is 200 times more powerful than an average supernova, 570 billion times brighter than the sun, and 20 times brighter than all the stars in the Milky Way Galaxy combined.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Stanek, an astrophysicist at Ohio State University, explains that a supernova explosion releases a tremendous amount of energy, but the supernova remnant that remains after the explosion continues to emit radiation. According to Todd Thompson, a professor of astronomy at the same institution, there is a possible explanation for the brightness of the remnant. He suggests that the supernova may have generated a rare type of star known as a millisecond magnetar. These stars are highly dense and rapidly spinning, with an incredibly strong magnetic field.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em 0px 0px; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The extreme nature of magnetars is highlighted by the fact that, to produce the observed level of brightness, this magnetar would need to rotate at least 1,000 times per second and convert all of its rotational energy into light with almost perfect efficiency. This magnetar is considered to be the most extreme example of a magnetar that is physically possible. As Stanek notes, such a high level of brightness requires a tremendous amount of energy, which must come from somewhere.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Thompson raised the question, "Will we ever see anything more luminous than this, given those constraints?" He then stated that if the object is indeed a magnetar, the answer is essentially no.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em 0px; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">In an attempt to unravel this mystery, the Hubble Space Telescope will spend the next few months allowing astronomers to observe the host galaxy surrounding the object. It is possible that the team will discover that this bright object is located in the center of a large galaxy, indicating that it is not a magnetar at all. Instead, the gas surrounding the object could be evidence of a supermassive black hole.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em 0px; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">If this is the case, the bright light could be attributed to a completely new type of event, according to study co-author Christopher Kochanek, a professor of astronomy at Ohio State University. Such an event has never been observed at the center of a galaxy before.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em 0px 0px; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Regardless of whether it is a magnetar, a supermassive black hole, or something completely different, these findings are likely to prompt new ideas about how objects are formed in the universe.</span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2055574772131532784.post-75359363667014649972023-03-12T09:28:00.006-07:002023-03-12T09:28:24.884-07:00The James Webb Telescope Is So Powerful It Can See The Clouds And Sea Of Saturn's Moon Titan<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9yZgKdRSEOZC7YUj_cKfdcHapb1H0E_nkYlWhZj7W4ZsIV3YgmhHUqU5PIaX1IRvYQ9NYw4WKbS7ailsejjvCZumcR_ItLaixoAf5cBEHhfx-f2ZGu0EVGAAKA7Nqi5cVszhzKoN1ooNPhHmf9hMaotnIuR1LIE6LyU9pSv8C1s3d0aIK6K4hvmVOuw/s640/14620383346082698015.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="370" data-original-width="640" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9yZgKdRSEOZC7YUj_cKfdcHapb1H0E_nkYlWhZj7W4ZsIV3YgmhHUqU5PIaX1IRvYQ9NYw4WKbS7ailsejjvCZumcR_ItLaixoAf5cBEHhfx-f2ZGu0EVGAAKA7Nqi5cVszhzKoN1ooNPhHmf9hMaotnIuR1LIE6LyU9pSv8C1s3d0aIK6K4hvmVOuw/w640-h370/14620383346082698015.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Astronomers continue to be amazed by the capabilities of NASA's James Webb Telescope, which recently captured stunning images of Saturn's moon Titan, including its clouds and even one of its seas. Although it may seem strange to use terms like "seas," "rains," and "clouds" when referring to a moon, Titan is unique in the solar system in that it possesses these features, albeit composed of hydrocarbons such as methane and ethane instead of water. The moon's atmosphere is toxic to humans.</span></span></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em 0px 0px; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Recently, a team of astronomers led by Dutch professor Imke de Pater conducted an experiment in which they observed Titan using the James Webb Telescope, followed by the Keck ground-based telescope in Hawaii just one day later. Both telescopes were able to capture images of Titan's clouds and seas, with the James Webb Telescope also capturing images of the same features. The photographs were taken 30 hours apart and provide a fascinating glimpse into the complexity and diversity of Titan's atmosphere and surface features.</span></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The two images bear a striking resemblance, with only minor differences such as the slight shift in position of a couple of clouds and the methane sea located at the north pole.</span></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em 0px; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">However, the differentiating factor lies in the capability of NASA's James Webb telescope, which not only captures standard images but also operates as an infrared telescope. This unique feature allows it to gather crucial data that no other telescope can.</span></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em 0px 0px; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The left image showcases the exceptional capabilities of James Webb's NIRCam camera, which captures infrared images, while the right image shows the standard view of the same scene. The infrared image on the left highlights previously undetected details such as temperature variations, revealing hidden features that would have remained unknown otherwise. The standard image on the right displays two visible clouds and the Kraken Sea.</span></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The James Webb telescope offers unique capabilities that cannot be matched by any other telescope, such as providing data on the lower atmosphere and cloud height, among other things. This enables astronomers to obtain the most detailed information about celestial bodies, such as the moon Titan, since the Cassini probe's visit in 2017.</span></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em 0px 0px; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Although the Dragonfly probe is set to visit Titan in 2032, the information obtained by the James Webb telescope cannot be surpassed until then. As a result, the telescope continues to captivate us with its groundbreaking images that are transforming our understanding of the universe.</span></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2055574772131532784.post-49518593977694120732023-03-12T09:20:00.005-07:002023-03-12T09:20:46.077-07:00Surprise: Its officially confirmed, Earth Has Not One, But Three Moons<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3BlpxLQjgPCD6DFX05BHr4VrEwo_RaspZ_3RzbVj-vIW_kMfidTuwPd-Q3wM2EoYlHtRxtNHzoj0GzUIMYEFU92F0GMigUN3sRgnjQ2mLd7TB9nAt0QL2Kyuy7RUM8VLi6g-nac5yTGdY4RU4iq1YKRGvjJsxc3GhqRt8QULPgA3sd75l2NUS4-njPg/s500/bee.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="261" data-original-width="500" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3BlpxLQjgPCD6DFX05BHr4VrEwo_RaspZ_3RzbVj-vIW_kMfidTuwPd-Q3wM2EoYlHtRxtNHzoj0GzUIMYEFU92F0GMigUN3sRgnjQ2mLd7TB9nAt0QL2Kyuy7RUM8VLi6g-nac5yTGdY4RU4iq1YKRGvjJsxc3GhqRt8QULPgA3sd75l2NUS4-njPg/w640-h334/bee.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">A group of Hungarian astronomers has discovered the existence of three moons orbiting Earth. These moons are not made of solid matter but of dust, and they orbit at a distance of approximately 250,000 miles, which is nearly the same as the Moon's distance from Earth.</span></span></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em 0px; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The discovery of two of these moons, known as Kordylewski dust clouds, was first made in 1961 by Polish astronomer Kazimierz Kordylewski. Kordylewski speculated that these dust clouds could be orbiting Earth near the Lagrange points L4 and L5, which are points in space where the gravitational forces of Earth and the Moon balance out.</span></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em 0px; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Further investigation has revealed that these dust clouds are not solid objects but are instead "fake satellites" that orbit Earth. Despite being as close to Earth as the Moon, they have been largely overlooked by astronomers until now.</span></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em 0px 0px; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Judit Slíz-Balogh, an astronomer at Eötvös Loránd University in Hungary and co-author of the study, described the Kordylewski dust clouds as "two of the toughest objects to find." She added that confirming the existence of these dusty pseudo-satellites in Earth's orbit alongside the Moon is intriguing.</span></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Specialists explain that these elusive satellite clouds have remained undetected for a long time due to their extremely faint nature. However, with the sun's reflection, these dust clouds can briefly become visible. To detect the dispersed light reflecting off individual particles within the dust clouds, scientists utilized advanced polarizing filters on their cameras during their study.</span></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em 0px; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Although Hungarian researchers have proven the existence of two additional moons orbiting the Earth, some space experts remain skeptical about the existence of these unusual dust clouds, believing them to be a passing occurrence. They argue that the massive dust clouds observed by astronomers in this study may quickly dissipate due to gravitational forces from other planets or solar winds.</span></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em 0px 0px; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">It is not uncommon for new space studies to challenge humanity's understanding of the solar system. Recently, some astronomers hypothesized that a rogue space planet, possibly Planet Nine, may be hiding beyond Neptune in the solar system. The researchers also suggested that the space where Planet Nine may exist is too dark, which could explain why current Earth-based observatories are struggling to locate this celestial body.</span></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2055574772131532784.post-72571099554650192002023-03-12T09:17:00.000-07:002023-03-12T09:17:00.196-07:00NASA Shares Largest-Ever Image Of Andromeda Galaxy, Internet Calls It "Extraordinarily Beautiful<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsdjaRwKPEhMI1R4OoPNqcYo5BmYgFRqmuZ1tKaMhHRCWcwxgz5x2Q9iRukZ9xDpGqAjJPhoulYgXvYw991KOxzcpCbvlT9ERDMmoZRAuV_y20fJi36P6I6IPakI8I5QWpBOmf2ZbU3q8fjOTa83hXuhp5xwbUopIPmTzJU44zxU5ZRcolXL0qMdaPsQ/s639/3282531012667879520.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="334" data-original-width="639" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsdjaRwKPEhMI1R4OoPNqcYo5BmYgFRqmuZ1tKaMhHRCWcwxgz5x2Q9iRukZ9xDpGqAjJPhoulYgXvYw991KOxzcpCbvlT9ERDMmoZRAuV_y20fJi36P6I6IPakI8I5QWpBOmf2ZbU3q8fjOTa83hXuhp5xwbUopIPmTzJU44zxU5ZRcolXL0qMdaPsQ/w640-h334/3282531012667879520.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">On Sunday, NASA, the space agency of the United States, released the "largest-ever" composite image of the Andromeda galaxy, which was taken by the Hubble Space Telescope seven years ago. This image represents the most precise and detailed view of our galactic neighbor captured to date.</span></span></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The Andromeda galaxy is a stunning sight to behold, as shown in an image shared by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on Instagram. The picture captures a 48,000-light-year-long section of the galaxy and displays over 100 million visible stars. The image is divided into three parts, with the last section revealing a belt of blue stars and countless stars scattered around the photo.</span></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em 0px; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The photograph has mesmerized internet users since its reposting, receiving almost one million likes. Commenters praised the stunning image, with one calling it "gorgeous" and another calling it "wonderful."</span></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em 0px; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">NASA explained that the Andromeda galaxy is 2.5 million light-years away, allowing for the identification of dozens of star clusters. The Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies are comparable in size and shape, according to the space agency.</span></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em 0px 0px; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The photo was previously shared in 2015 and was recently reposted. NASA explained that the image showcases a 48,000-light-year section of the galaxy in its natural visible-light color. Because the galaxy is relatively close to Earth, it appears larger in the sky compared to other galaxies photographed by the Hubble telescope that are billions of light-years away.</span></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0