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Saturday, March 5, 2016
High Diving Giraffes
Email from JKS Weerasekera
FANTASTIC, WATCH IT TO BELIEVE IT.
- You Have to See it
to Believe it!
This is incredible! The video is a French
Production (5:27 mins).
Apparently they only perform in
Australia. They don't tour because it costs too much to
transport these highly trained and valuable
animals.
It take about 2 years to train one giraffe to
feel comfortable in the water and
then another 3 or4 years to get them to dive.
then another 3 or4 years to get them to dive.
They also train them using only the reward
system, unlike other animal exhibitions
where they use harsh techniques.
where they use harsh techniques.
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Cultural Encounters—Sanskrit At The Mughal Court
In the 1580s, Emperor Akbar ordered the translation of the Sanskrit Mahabharata into Persian. The newly minted Mughal epic, called the Razmnamah (Book of War), would prove a seminal work in imperial …
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Friday, March 4, 2016
Two POPS of the late 1950s
Wading birds strike devil’s bargain with Everglade alligators
http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/0303/Wading-birds-strike-devil-s-bargain-with-Everglade-alligators
This Florida egret doesn't mind tossing a few of its chicks to the alligators. (credit: Audobon Society)Everybody loves a cute picture of a baby bird, which is why the Internet is packed with shots of these tiny balls of fluff, watched over by their adoring parents. Nature's reality, however, is ...
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