“A butterfly species equipped with tiny ears on its wings can distinguish between high and low pitch sounds, possibly as a way to listen in on nearby birds, new research suggests.
Scientists thought butterflies were deaf until 1912 when the first butterfly ears were identified. Only in the past decade or so have researchers examined the anatomy and physiology of butterfly ears, which they are finding to be quite diverse and present in several butterfly species.
The latest discovery was made with the blue morpho butterfly (Morpho peleides), which dazzles with its bright-blue wing coloration when it flits about in its native Central and ”
Next time a butterfly lands in my garden I think I will take the time to have a bit of a chat.
“Grid view” is no longer the default view for all Stumblers pages.
Things that are new:
The “Blog” feature has been improved as now when you edit a blog entry your “Blog Title” remains and does not vanish and turn into a time stamp upon save.
The GetSatisfaction forum has been implemented as an effective way to give feedback and receive prompt answers to your questions.
In place of the “Send All” feature you now have the ability to select multiple Stumbers to send a favorite to with great ease.
A sleek new skin made up of transparent images.
The new default view for every Stumblers page is “List view”.
Things that will potentially be added later:
A place to keep track of your SENT stumbles in addition to the existing incoming sends log.
I intend to update and add to this post as I discover more, please feel free to use the comment section below to let me know about anything I have missed or about your general feelings on v4.
“The car alarm was blaring, and there was a light moving around inside.
A couple in the Colorado Mountain Estates subdivision near Florissant thought someone was trying to steal their car early Wednesday.
When deputies from the Teller County Sheriff’s Office responded at about 2:30 a.m., they discovered a young bear in the car.
The bear was as surprised to see the deputies as the deputies were to see the bear, said Mikel Baker, spokesperson for the Sheriff’s Office.
One of the two deputies took some pictures of the bear, opened the car door, and the bear was gone in a flash, said Baker.
According to Baker and Teller County Sheriff Kevin Dougherty, this bear — like so many others — was very smart and had learned how to open car doors.
But as the bear rummaged around the car causing extensive damage, the door closed and it couldn’t figure how to get out.
The light the couple saw moving in the car was the dome light of the vehicle, which momentarily wrapped around the bear’s head, said Dougherty.
Baker said that bears are extremely hungry as they prepare for hibernation. No food should be left in a car, she said, as bruins, with their keen sense of smell, will detect the food and try to get inside.
In recent years, one bear practically destroyed a car after yogurt was left in it. Afterward, investigators found yogurt smeared throughout the car, said Baker.”
Crazy! Not something you would really expect to find in your car eh!
I watched this with a pit in my stomach, even though I knew the baby was perfectly fine. I still gasped.. wanted to reach out.. wanted to save him. I can only imagine the sheer horror that ran through that mothers mind and she went through the series of emotions one must feel as they watch their baby die helpless to stop the circumstances. I am so glad the infant was practically unscathed by the incident. I bet mother and child do not part skin again for several days. A happy ending to a terrible story and a lesson for everyone pushing strollers, ALWAYS put the break on before you take your hand from the push rod, every single time.
“The bodies of thousands of wild rabbits culled each year from Stockholm’s parks are being used to fuel a heating plant in central Sweden. ”
“”Those who support the culling of rabbits think it’s good to use the bodies for a good cause. But it feels like the power company is trying to turn the animals into an industry rather than look at the main problem,” said Anna Johannesson of the Society for the Protection of Wild Rabbits.
The rabbits going up in smoke are the inhabitants of Stockholm’s parks who are culled to protect the shrubs and trees on which they gorge. But many of them are tame domestic pets turned loose by owners who no longer want them.
Six thousand bunnies were killed last year. The corpses were frozen and then sent to a special heating plant at Karlskoga, in central Sweden, where the cadavers were burnt in order to help heat the homes of residents of Värmland.
But animal rights activists have called for better treatment for the wild rabbits.
Mrs. Johannesson told local newspaper Vart Kungsholmen; “We want to see them start looking at other solutions for the rabbits. Helsinki in Finland sprays the plants to make them unappetizing and they have also set up a system of shelters for animals to be donated to. They have come much further along than us.”"
I grasp that there are too many bunnies.. I understand they are a problem.. that they are eating things they shouldn’t.. that they breed like crazy.. I get that.. I do.. What I don’t get is instead of doing something about the things I just mentioned they are all like “hellz yea, let those lil fluff balls breed so we can burn ‘em up real good for warmth”.. wtf? Srsly??
I can’t believe they would use their child for a publicity stunt like that. Oh wait, yes I can, they are terrible parents.
They have done the show “Wife Swap” not once, but TWICE. The dad is this crazy womanizing hot head and the mom is a submissive nutter who obediently works as his slave.
All day yesterday as I kept seeing news about that balloon I kept thinking I had seen it somewhere before but I couldn’t place it. Oh but I had. I had seen it on “Wife Swap”.
Just after I heard on the radio that the boy had been located in his attic hiding in a box this morning, they played an audio that went a little something like this:
Dad: Didn’t you hear us calling your name?
Boy: Yes.
Dad: Why didn’t you come out?
Boy: Because of the show……
Of course I thought that was odd but then a few hours later (just now actually) I saw the clip on the news, I saw the dad holding the boy and I instantly recognized who they were. Then I saw the mother. BRAVO. I see you have all been working on your acting, not.
Mr. Heene fancies himself a bit of a mad scientist and would undoubtedly do this to bring exposure to his dumb balloon experiment. I am sure as news crews followed his balloon in the air he found himself covered with delight.
I blatantly noticed ZERO mention of “Wife Swap” during the news broadcast on FOX News today.
“(CNN) — A balloon that was set adrift by a 6-year-old boy from his parents’ Colorado home was found empty, CNN affiliate KMGH said, citing a police report.”
” The balloon landed south of Prospect Springs, near Colorado Springs.
The boy was not inside the helium aircraft when it landed, KMGH reported.
A sibling saw the boy get into the craft Thursday morning. Officials were concerned that the boy may have fallen out of it, an undersheriff said.
Margie Martinez of the Weld County Sheriff’s Office said a sibling saw Falcon Heene climb into the basket before the balloon took off from his parents’ home.
Because the door on the balloon was unlocked, it’s possible the boy had fallen out, Martinez said.
The balloon appeared to be a saucer-shaped, Mylar-coated helium balloon, similar to a party balloon.
The helium balloon had been tethered to the boy’s family home, the Larimer County Sheriff’s Department said. The boy got into the craft Thursday morning and undid the rope anchoring it.
The department said the dome-shaped balloon is 20 feet long and 5 feet high.
“The structure at the bottom of the balloon that the boy is in is made of extremely thin plywood and won’t withstand any kind of a crash at all,” said Erik Nilsson, Larimer County emergency manager, according to CNN affiliate KMGH.
A dispatcher received a call Thursday morning, and emergency services personnel were contacted, Larimer County Sheriff’s Department spokeswoman Kathy Davis said. ”
Omg that is so sad! Why was that child not being watched? How could this have happened? Why were precautions not taken? Is this really what happened? Have these terrible parents done something horrid with their child and this is the cover story? What do you think?
“Zebras died of hunger earlier this year during the Israel-Hamas war”
“GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – Gaza City zookeepers have found a creative way of drawing crowds to their dilapidated zoo — by painting their donkeys. The Marah Land Zoo’s only two zebras died of hunger earlier this year when they were neglected during the Israel-Hamas war.
The popular animals were too expensive to replace, so the keepers decided to design a pair of donkeys with black and white patterns instead.
Ahmad Barghouti says a professional painter used French-manufactured hair coloring to make the donkeys look like zebras.”
“Steve Carell’s 8-year-old daughter is learning how to profit from her dad’s celebrity status by selling lemonade to paparazzi lurking around their Los Angeles home.
The actor admits he had low expectations for little Annie’s business venture, and he was shocked when his daughter came back with a pocket full of cash after helping paparazzi trailing neighborhood celebrities cool down with summer drinks.
He explains, “She went down to the corner. … I figured she’d come back in half an hour or an hour with 75 cents. She came back with $36 in half an hour.
“Billy Ray Cyrus (came) by walking his dog and drops $20 on a cup of lemonade, so she keeps the $20. Then the paparazzi who had been following Billy Ray Cyrus, they all came and bought lemonade as well. And then the police who were called to chase the paparazzi circle back and bought lemonade. Now she thinks she can do that for a living.”
“Steve Carell is just awesome. This is cute little story, it isn’t meant to enthrall the reader/listener but I did chuckle a bit… I can imagine trying to explain to my kid that lemonade stands are not always that lucrative… then again… maybe she is on to something… That would teach the paparazzi! Imagine a team of food/drink trucks chasing the paparazzi!! lol!!
