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On Thanksgiving Day, this blog should record its 3-millionth visitor. Thanks for reading and participating. Ralph Maughan
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It wasn’t climate change, asteroid impact, or habitat change. Human hunting was maybe a factor- Why did the giant bison, mammoth, mastadon, giant ground sloth, etc. disappear so quickly? There are a number of hypotheses. This article describes some progress. Dung Fungus Provides New Evidence in Mammoth Extinction. By Betsy Mason. Wired Magazine If it…
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Humans are built to run down prey over distance- Most predators the size of humans are faster, so are the prey. This is not true over long distance, however. Primitive human hunters may well have simply run their prey to exhaustion. This is the idea in the article below. The Human Body Is Built for…
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Montana powerline down, had lethal juice in it for several months- A snag fell across the line, bringing it the ground. Downed power line near Eureka electrocutes more than a dozen animals. AP in the Missoulian
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‘Leopard Behind You!’ By Olivia Judson. “The Wild Side” in the New York Times.
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Here’s a classic- As I mentioned in an earlier comment, I got a new camera today. I headed to the mountains south of Pocatello to try it out and came back with a disgusting photo (as well as some attractive landscapes).
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Are the wilds of the Upper Green a place for sheep? By Ken Cole and Ralph Maughan Grizzly mauls sheepherder; kills dogs, sheep. By Joy Ufford with Derek Farr. Sublette Examiner This is bad. A poor shepherd got seriously hurt. With all the media attention on sheep ranchers there is too little attention to the…