Amazing Nature

[traveller2]

Great photos pharvey. Did you take them?

[pharvey]

Great photos pharvey. Did you take them?

Unfortunately, I have neither the timing or the skill-set!!

[pharvey]

From http://delightmakers.com/news/wild-elep ... whisperer/


Wild Elephants gather inexplicably, mourn death of “Elephant Whisperer”

For 12 hours, two herds of wild South African elephants slowly made their way through the Zululand bush until they reached the house of late author Lawrence Anthony, the conservationist who saved their lives.The formerly violent, rogue elephants, destined to be shot a few years ago as pests, were rescued and rehabilitated by Anthony, who had grown up in the bush and was known as the “Elephant Whisperer.”

For two days the herds loitered at Anthony’s rural compound on the vast Thula Thula game reserve in the South African KwaZulu – to say good-bye to the man they loved. But how did they know he had died? Known for his unique ability to calm traumatized elephants, Anthony had become a legend. He is the author of three books, Babylon Ark, detailing his efforts to rescue the animals at Baghdad Zoo during the Iraqi war, the forthcoming The Last Rhinos, and his bestselling The Elephant Whisperer.

There are two elephant herds at Thula Thula. According to his son Dylan, both arrived at the Anthony family compound shortly after Anthony’s death.“They had not visited the house for a year and a half and it must have taken them about 12 hours to make the journey,” Dylan is quoted in various local news accounts. “The first herd arrived on Sunday and the second herd, a day later. They all hung around for about two days before making their way back into the bush.”Elephants have long been known to mourn their dead.

So, how after Anthony’s death, did the reserve’s elephants — grazing miles away in distant parts of the park — know?
“A good man died suddenly,” says Rabbi Leila Gal Berner, Ph.D., “and from miles and miles away, two herds of elephants, sensing that they had lost a beloved human friend, moved in a solemn, almost ‘funereal’ procession to make a call on the bereaved family at the deceased man’s home.”

“If there ever were a time, when we can truly sense the wondrous ‘interconnectedness of all beings,’ it is when we reflect on the elephants of Thula Thula. A man’s heart’s stops, and hundreds of elephants’ hearts are grieving. This man’s oh-so-abundantly loving heart offered healing to these elephants, and now, they came to pay loving homage to their friend.”

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[pharvey]

So Terry, any ruling against blowing bubbles in the pond at the fishing lodge!!

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All together now..... Awwwwwww

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[dtaai-maai]

"Scientists discover that cygnets eat their mothers"




Oh sorry, wrong thread...

[pharvey]

^ And there was a dodgy win on that last week apparently!!

[pharvey]

Should never have had the curry!!!

Amazing, maybe not - but a bit of light relief.... Nature and animals are great for that IMHO. We should learn to take care of them both........ you might find one or the other biting you on the @rse in future if you don't!

[pharvey]

617Kg!!

Giant fish caught in Chinese river

A sturgeon weighing more than half a ton is caught by startled fishermen in northeast China.

The 617kg Kaluga fish was caught on Tuesday in Heilongjiang River, at Tongjiang, a city that borders Russia in northeast China.

The Kaluga is a large predatory sturgeon only found in the Heilongjiang River basin. Chen Lin, the fisherman who caught the fish said it was the biggest he had ever seen. Chen, along with fellow fishermen, sent the fish to a local sturgeon breeding station.

According to breeders, the sturgeon is a female and is currently carrying about 1.2 million eggs. Staff at the station will collect the roe and implement artificial insemination. The fish fry will be released into the Heilongjiang River.

Kaluga fish are believed to have existed for 130 million years and are claimed to be the largest freshwater fish in the world. The fish is listed as critically endangered, having been fished to near extinction for its valuable roe.

[Terry]

So Terry, any ruling against blowing bubbles in the pond at the fishing lodge!!

Nope

My Giant Siamese Carp and / or the Giant Mekong Catfish often generate a lot of bubbles when grubbing around in the weed at the bottom.

However - it could be that they are farting

I am contemplating starting a scientific expedition to the bottom of my ponds to find out the truth - any volunteers?


Regarding the Sturgeon, I do hope that it survives - these are simply fantastic creatures and it would be a crime to see them wiped out.

[pharvey]

Sh*te, a Kung-Fu Mantis???

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[PeteC]

This could be a good one. View at following link when the time comes. Pete

http://events.slooh.com/

An asteroid the length of roughly eight-and-a-half football fields will hurtle past Earth — or so we hope — on Sunday, July 22. But even though the 3,000-foot-wide asteroid is huge, you won't be able to see it with the naked eye. The good news is that you don't need to have fancy telescopes to see it fly by — you can watch the event online.

Slooh Space Camera will track the asteroid from the Canary Islands in Africa as it makes its way through the sky, and will live stream it on the internet starting at 4:30 p.m. Pacific on July 22. But if you miss the first live stream because you're out partying or are otherwise intensely analyzing our weekly bad stock photo gallery, don't worry — there's another live stream you can catch, starting up at 8 p.m. Pacific, as another telescope in Arizona tracks the asteroid as it passes by.

This huge asteroid known as AM31 was discovered in 2002, and will come within 3.2 million miles from Earth. That's almost the same distance another 1,000-foot asteroid reached last June, which also led to a flyby live stream event by the Slooh Space Camera team.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology- ... 20364.html

[pharvey]

This could be a good one. View at following link when the time comes. Pete

http://events.slooh.com/

An asteroid the length of roughly eight-and-a-half football fields will hurtle past Earth — or so we hope — on Sunday, July 22. But even though the 3,000-foot-wide asteroid is huge, you won't be able to see it with the naked eye. The good news is that you don't need to have fancy telescopes to see it fly by — you can watch the event online.

Slooh Space Camera will track the asteroid from the Canary Islands in Africa as it makes its way through the sky, and will live stream it on the internet starting at 4:30 p.m. Pacific on July 22. But if you miss the first live stream because you're out partying or are otherwise intensely analyzing our weekly bad stock photo gallery, don't worry — there's another live stream you can catch, starting up at 8 p.m. Pacific, as another telescope in Arizona tracks the asteroid as it passes by.

This huge asteroid known as AM31 was discovered in 2002, and will come within 3.2 million miles from Earth. That's almost the same distance another 1,000-foot asteroid reached last June, which also led to a flyby live stream event by the Slooh Space Camera team.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology- ... 20364.html

Missed it on the 22nd, but they still have a video on the site - thanks for the link Pete, some interesting stuff on "Slooh". The "Mars Curiosity" one should be interesting on August 1st.

[STEVE G]

Some pretty impressive pictures of caves at Tham Lod in Pang Mapha, Thailand:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... glory.html

[pharvey]

Some great photos there SG, thanks for the link.

[bsdk1960]

Wow thats looks great, is it possible to go there now or in the future to look ?