What is this I hear you ask? I said, ” WHAT IS THIS?” …. That’s better now you are interacting, just like being at a pantomime really!
Well my dear readers, Mega Blogger is a new blog site put together bringing you a simple and honest report on what is happening out there on our beatiful planet.
The number of the Yunnan snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus bieti), an endangered species considered to be one of China’s national treasures like the panda, has been increasing continually over the past few years, according to xinhuanet.com.
The Yunnan snub-nosed monkey has been included in the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources Red List of threatened species.
Since 1994, they have increased by at least 750 and now number more than 2,500, said Long Yongcheng, who has long been committed to researching and protecting the Yunnan snub-nosed monkey. Long is the chief of the primate expert team under the China Zoological Society and chief scientist of the Nature Conservancy in China.
Japanese people, who consume most of the Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin tuna catch, should avoid eating the species until its harvest becomes sustainable, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) said last Monday.
Japan consumes three-quarters of all bluefin, mainly raw as sushi and sashimi, but experts agree that decades of overfishing have seen its stocks crash by more than two-thirds in the Mediterranean.
“We want to make a call to Japanese traders, retailers and consumers,” said Susana Sainz-Trapaga, who heads WWF’s Mediterranean activities.
The death toll from massive floods in northwestern Pakistan rose to 1,100 today as rescue workers struggled to save more than 27,000 people still trapped by the raging water.
The rescue effort was aided by a slackening of the monsoon rains that have caused the worst flooding in decades in Khyber-Pakhtoonkhwa province. But as flood waters started to recede, authorities began to understand the full scale of the disaster.
This is this guy’s first boat and he was taking it to the lake, but he wasn’t quite sure of the correct procedure for launching the boat off a ramp. However, he figured it couldn’t be that difficult to do, so he stopped by his Union office for advice, and they told him…
“Just don’t let the trailer get too deep in the water when you’re launching your boat, and you should be fine”.
Well later on, he couldn’t understand what they meant by that, as he just could barely get his trailer in the water!
Here’s a picture worth a thousand words! Your gonna love this guy!!! They walk among us, get married, have children and vote!
A highway-worthy airplane moves one step closer to production with a recent weight exemption approved by the Federal Aviation Administration.
The Transition Roadable Aircraft, developed by Massachusetts-based engineering firm Terrafugia, will be allowed a maximum takeoff weight of 1,430 pounds, the same allowance made for aircraft designed to operate on water.
Other planes in the class, called Light Sport Aircraft, are limited to a maximum takeoff weight of 1,320 pounds.
“The main reason for that additional weight is the additional safety features that the Transition has — because it’s designed to be operated on the road — that aren’t found in other light aircraft,” said Anna Dietrich, Terrafugia’s chief operating officer.
CUPERTINO, California—June 22, 2010—Apple® today announced that it sold its three millionth iPad™ yesterday, just 80 days after its introduction in the US. iPad is a revolutionary and magical product that allows users to connect with their apps, content and the Internet in a more intimate, intuitive and fun way than ever before.
“People are loving iPad as it becomes a part of their daily lives,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “We’re working hard to get this magical product into the hands of even more people around the world, including those in nine more countries next month.”
Developers have created over 11,000 exciting new apps for iPad that take advantage of its Multi-Touch™ user interface, large screen and high-quality graphics. iPad will run almost all of the more than 225,000 apps on the App Store, including apps already purchased for your iPhone® or iPod touch®.
Users can browse the web, read and send email, enjoy and share photos, watch HD videos, listen to music, play games, read ebooks and much more, all using iPad’s revolutionary Multi-Touch user interface. iPad is 0.5 inches thin and weighs just 1.5 pounds—thinner and lighter than any laptop or netbook—and delivers up to 10 hours of battery life.*
*Battery life depends on device settings, usage and other factors. Actual results vary.
Apple ignited the personal computer revolution with the Apple II, then reinvented the personal computer with the Macintosh. Apple continues to lead the industry with its award-winning computers, OS X operating system, and iLife, iWork and professional applications. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store, has reinvented the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App Store, and has recently introduced its magical iPad which is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices.
These Brown Pelicans Are Awaiting Treatment For Oil Damage. Photo: The International Bird Rescue Research Center
Despite the fact that the US Gulf Coast continues to experience and suffer from the largest oil spill in living history, the number of birds and other wildlife visibly injured and killed by the oil has remained surprisingly low—until now.
According to the latest figures published by the disaster response coordinators, over the past week birds covered in oil, both alive and dead, have started turning up in much greater numbers. Between 2nd of June 2010 and the 9th of June 2010, the total numbers of birds affected have been collected alive along the coastlines of the five affected Gulf states (but mainly in and around the shore of Louisiana) rose from 82 to 442. During the same period, the number of birds found both alive and dead has increased from 604 to 1075.
Evidently these numbers are still low for a disaster of this size however, the sharp rise in the numbers is worrying, especially since British Petroleum and the United States government have yet to find a solution to stop oil leak.
Wildlife organizations are managing to help some of the birds recovered alive by cleaning the feathers, giving them clean water and food, and eventually releasing them. However, many birds are so ill by the toxins that they will either die or must be destroyed.
In addition to harming the adult bird population, the oil is cataclysmically disastrous to the young. Nesting Pelicans have been returning to their nests with their feathers coated in oil which then covers the shells of the eggs and the young birds with harmful oil. The oil kills young birds and prevents eggs from hatching.
Female orangutans have the longest inter-birth interval of any primate, with a mean duration of eight years. The infant to mother bond is incredibly strong in orangutans, with the offspring remaining dependent for up to six years. Both species of orangutans are reported to survive up to forty-five years of age (and potentially past fifty), with females not giving birth until approximately fifteen years of age. This equates to four or five offspring surviving per mother possibly the lowest reproductive potential of any mammal.
Orangutan mothers are slaughtered by palm oil workers with machetes and their hands taken as proof of death for financial bonus. The babies that survive are then sold into the illegal pet trade where they may initially be treated like human babies (due to sharing 97% of our DNA, they are endearing and cuddly creatures) but later are chained and caged, mistreated and abused (an adult orangutan has the strength of seven men so an orangutan baby quickly turns into a physically unmanageable child).
What do they eat? Around sixty percent of Their diet is fruit, then around twenty five percent young leaves, the remaining fifteen percent is flowers, bark and insects, mainly ants, termites and crickets.
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