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When It Comes to the Descendants of ‘Jaws,’ More Is More
Steven Spielberg’s classic used suspense and sparing shots of its central predator to succeed, but many of its successors in the shark canon have leaned into absurdity and physical presence
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‘Jaws’ Is the Perfect Blockbuster, Saying Nothing yet Signifying Everything
The beauty of Steven Spielberg’s 1975 classic is that you can choose how to watch it: as a summery, shark-bitten thriller or as an allegory about the failed leadership of institutions
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The "most dangerous bird in the world," the cassowary. Just look at those feet and the absolute dagger of a claw on the inside toe! These birds are not super aggressive, most times choosing to run as opposed to standing their ground - but if they select "fuck you up" from their dropdown menu of options, watch out for that kick.
They can attain a maximum height of 6ft (1.8m) tall, weigh up to 100lbs (45kg) and reach a top running speed of 31mph (49kph) through dense forest. Cassowary are especially wary of humans, but like I stated above - if they choose to throw down they can and will inflict serious, sometimes fatal injuries at will.
The first documented human death caused by a cassowary occurred in Australia in 1926. Two teenagers spotted one of these birds on their property and decided it would be a good idea to chase it away by beating it up with sticks. The bird jumped up and kicked the first boy, while the second boy attempted to strike the bird with his club. While the first boy was on the ground, the cassowary kicked again and struck him in the neck - opening a half-inch wound and severing his jugular vein. He died shortly after.
They are native to the tropical forests of New Guinea and Northern Australia, so while you might not ever see one unless you live in these regions, your best bet is to steer clear of these vegetarian velociraptors if you ever happen upon one.
They can attain a maximum height of 6ft (1.8m) tall, weigh up to 100lbs (45kg) and reach a top running speed of 31mph (49kph) through dense forest. Cassowary are especially wary of humans, but like I stated above - if they choose to throw down they can and will inflict serious, sometimes fatal injuries at will.
The first documented human death caused by a cassowary occurred in Australia in 1926. Two teenagers spotted one of these birds on their property and decided it would be a good idea to chase it away by beating it up with sticks. The bird jumped up and kicked the first boy, while the second boy attempted to strike the bird with his club. While the first boy was on the ground, the cassowary kicked again and struck him in the neck - opening a half-inch wound and severing his jugular vein. He died shortly after.
They are native to the tropical forests of New Guinea and Northern Australia, so while you might not ever see one unless you live in these regions, your best bet is to steer clear of these vegetarian velociraptors if you ever happen upon one.
Raccoon puts its hands through decking to steal kittens' food
Two small kittens were taken by surprise when a cheeky raccoon began poking its hands through the decking and helping itself to their food in Dothan, Alabama.
New Zealand's monster penguins had American and Asian 'doppelgangers'
Plotopterids, an extinct family of flightless seabirds, had strikingly similar bone fragments to the 'monster penguins' that lived in New Zealand more than 60 million years ago.
What's on at the Canterbury Museum Pop-Up
Temporary exhibitions and public programmes on now at the Canterbury Museum Pop-up.
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Cuckoo wasps that lived with dinosaurs were green just like today's
The specimens from Myanmar - which also included beetles, ants and a soldier fly - largely retained the colours they would have sported in the time of the dinosaurs.
Tigers caught on camera lounging in a Jacuzzi-sized watering hole
Conservationists set up two camera traps near a watering hole in a Thai forest — and then they waited. The first animal to step in front of the lens was a male tiger (Panthera tigris), who took a dip in the natural pool before sauntering off. Not long after that, a type of wild cattle […]
From New Guinea to Florida, one of these crocs is not like the others
The St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park in Florida prides itself on having every species of alligator and crocodile in the world. By 2019, scientists had recognized 26 crocodilian species worldwide, with the alligator farm housing live specimens of all 26. Yet, little did they know that...
An intrusive killer scorpion points the way to six new species in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO — Getting out of their vehicle in the middle of the night, armed with small digging tools, UV lights and headlamps, the members of the research team looked like a group of treasure hunters. But they were out looking for scorpions, checking on the arachnids as they came out of their...
Did China really ban the pangolin trade? Not quite, investigators say
In early June, it was widely reported that the Chinese government had banned pangolin scales in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), and that all pangolin species now had the highest level of protection within China. This news grabbed headlines around the world, and conservationists hailed the...
From New Guinea to Florida, one of these crocs is not like the others
The St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park in Florida prides itself on having every species of alligator and crocodile in the world. By 2019, scientists had recognized 26 crocodilian species worldwide, with the alligator farm housing live specimens of all 26. Yet, little did they know that...news.mongabay.com
But why they have to take a pic like that? Must they demonstrate subjugation of everything? Treat animal like shit and then wonder why there aren't anymore.
Spiny lobsters raise an undersea racket that can be heard miles away
European spiny lobsters create quite the rumble. By rubbing an antenna across its face, a spiny lobster can create a sound that might, under the right underwater conditions, be detectable up to 3 kilometers (1.9 miles) away.The sound, known as an antennal rasp, occurs when an extension of a...
COVID-19 halts matchmaking attempt for female Sumatran rhino in Borneo
SAMARINDA, Indonesia — The search for a potential mate for a captive female Sumatran rhinoceros in Indonesian Borneo has been put on hold for the year, one of many activities frozen by the COVID-19 pandemic. Conservation experts and authorities around the world agree that breeding Sumatran...
What is a Tasmanian devil? Candid Animal Cam meets the largest carnivorous marsupial in the world
Camera traps bring you closer to the secretive natural world and are an important conservation tool to study wildlife. This week we’re meeting the largest carnivorous marsupial in the world: the Tasmanian devil. Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii) used to live in Australia but now they can...
Indonesia resumes release of captive wildlife amid COVID-19
JAKARTA — The Indonesian government has lifted a moratorium on the release of captive wild animals, imposed earlier this year as a precautionary measure to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus into wildlife populations. Rescued wild animals that have passed rehabilitation protocols at...
Dorsal de Nasca: Peru pledges to create a huge new marine reserve
Under the sea, jutting into the Pacific from the southern Peruvian department of Ica, rises a mountain range called Dorsal de Nasca. The 93 submarine mountains harbor more than 1,100 species, many of them endemic, and a section of the range has become the latest marine protected area proposed by...
Coral reef loss helps some fish grow bigger, but perhaps not for long
When sea temperatures rise, coral reefs get “stressed out.” They expel a microscopic algae called zooxanthellae from their tissues, and this process causes colorful coral polyps to “bleach” a stark white hue. Without zooxanthellae, corals slowly starve and are left vulnerable to disease, and, in...
Caught on camera: Rare finless porpoises sighted in Hong Kong waters
Two silvery-white porpoises glide through the ocean, captured in the lens of a drone camera. The pair swim side by side, occasionally surfacing for a quick breath of air. After a few minutes, they’re joined by several other porpoises, and the group travels together before disappearing into...
Scientists agree on the need to protect 30% of the seas. But which 30%?
Sail 200 nautical miles, or 370 kilometers, from any coastline, and you’ll enter a region called the “high seas,” beyond the control of any country. While many people never get to dip below the surface of the open ocean, it hosts a rich and complex submarine world. The upper layers generate rich...
Baby humpback whales bulk up in Hawaii ahead of migration [VIDEO]
Newly released video footage gives us a glimpse of a rarely seen behavior: baby humpback whales nursing in the sheltered breeding grounds of Maui. Here, the young calves must drink enough milk to fatten up for an epic journey: an up to two-month migration across the Pacific Ocean to Alaska. A...
Mystery of how flying snakes move is solved by scientists
Flying snakes are able to undulate their bodies as they glide through the air, and those unique movements allow them to take flight, scientists have found. These snakes, such Chrysopelea paradisi, …
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Cats and dogs meet their zoo counterparts behind glass
It was a distant family reunion at the San Antonio Zoo. Domestic cats and dogs came face to face with a leopard and a hyena — their feline and canine counterparts, respectively — along with other w…
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Mystery of how flying snakes move is solved by scientists
Flying snakes are able to undulate their bodies as they glide through the air, and those unique movements allow them to take flight, scientists have found. These snakes, such Chrysopelea paradisi, …
Quetzalcōātl - Wikipedia
Quetzalcoatl /ˌkɛtsælkoʊˈɑːtəl/[2] (Spanish: Quetzalcóatl pronounced [ketsalˈkoatl] (listen); Classical Nahuatl: Quetzalcōhuātl [ket͡saɬ'koːwaːt͡ɬ] (modern Nahuatl pronunciation (help·info)), in honorific form: Quetzalcōhuātzin) is a deity in Mesoamerican culture and literature whose name comes from the Nahuatl language and means "Precious serpent" or "Quetzal-feathered Serpent".[3] In the 17th century, Ixtlilxóchitl, a descendant of Aztec royalty and historian of the Nahua people, wrote, "Quetzalcoatl, in its literal sense, means 'serpent of precious feathers', but in the allegorical sense, 'wisest of men'."[4]
The earliest known documentation of the worship of a Feathered Serpent occurs in Teotihuacan in the first century BC or first century AD.[5] That period lies within the Late Preclassic to Early Classic period (400 BC – 600 AD) of Mesoamerican chronology; veneration of the figure appears to have spread throughout Mesoamerica by the Late Classic period (600–900 AD).[6]
In the Postclassic period (900–1519 AD), the worship of the feathered-serpent deity centred in the primary Mexican religious center of Cholula. In this period the deity is known to have been named Quetzalcōhuātl by his Nahua followers. In the Maya area he was approximately equivalent to Kukulkan and Gukumatz, names that also roughly translate as "feathered serpent" in different Mayan languages.
Quetzalcoatl, the Aztec god of wind, air, and learning, wears around his neck the "wind breastplate" ehecailacocozcatl, "the spirally voluted wind jewel" made of a conch shell. This talisman was a conch shell cut at the cross-section and was likely worn as a necklace by religious rulers, as such objects have been discovered in burials in archaeological sites throughout Mesoamerica,[7] and potentially symbolized patterns witnessed in hurricanes, dust devils, seashells, and whirlpools, which were elemental forces that had significance in Aztec mythology.[need quotation to verify] Codex drawings pictured both Quetzalcoatl and Xolotl wearing an ehecailacocozcatl around the neck.[citation needed] Additionally, at least one major cache of offerings includes knives and idols adorned with the symbols of more than one god, some of which were adorned with wind jewels.[8]
In the era following the 16th-century Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, a number of records conflated Quetzalcoatl with Ce Acatl Topiltzin, a ruler of the mythico-historic city of Tollan. Historians debate to what degree, or whether at all, these narratives about this legendary Toltec ruler describe historical events.[9] Furthermore, early Spanish sources written by clerics tend to identify the god-ruler Quetzalcoatl of these narratives with either Hernán Cortés or Thomas the Apostle— identifications which have also become sources of a diversity of opinions about the nature of Quetzalcoatl.[10]
Among the Aztecs, whose beliefs are the best-documented in the historical sources, Quetzalcoatl was related to gods of the wind, of the planet Venus, of the dawn, of merchants and of arts, crafts and knowledge. He was also the patron god of the Aztec priesthood, of learning and knowledge.[11] Quetzalcoatl was one of several important gods in the Aztec pantheon, along with the gods Tlaloc, Tezcatlipoca and Huitzilopochtli. Two other gods represented by the planet Venus are Quetzalcoatl's ally Tlaloc (the god of rain), and Quetzalcoatl's twin and psychopomp, Xolotl.
Animals thought to represent Quetzalcoatl include resplendent quetzals, rattlesnakes (coatl meaning "serpent" in Nahuatl), crows, and macaws. In his form as Ehecatl he is the wind, and is represented by spider monkeys, ducks, and the wind itself.[12] In his form as the morning star, Venus, he is also depicted as a harpy eagle.[13] In Mazatec legends the astrologer deity Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli, who is also represented by Venus, bears a close relationship with Quetzalcoatl.[14]
A wildebeest is caught mid-air by a crocodile while trying to cross the mara river. This yearly crossing seals the fate of over 6000 wildebeests, crocodiles being the primary, but not sole beneficiary of this treacherous traversal. Wildebeest migrations are timed to coincide with the annual pattern of rainfall and grass-growth on the African plains they call home, and when the rain season ends it triggers a mass exodus from the serengeti in search of fertile grassland. It total, between 1.2 - 1.5 million wildebeest, along with hundreds of thousands of zebra, gazelles and other animals take part in this migration - the largest terrestrial migration on Earth.
Each one of these animals has no choice but to cross the mara river. The silver lining to this death orgy is that the surrounding ecosystem receives a veritable buffet of nutrients that support the lives of a large number of predators and scavengers alike: crocs, hyenas, vultures, fish, micro-organisms and everything in between will benefit from this annihilation soup left behind by the river crossing. Collectively, with all animal deaths considered, it is the biomass equivalent of dropping 10 blue whales into the river.
This migration occurs every year in late July/early August, and again in late October/early November. That's right, once these incredibly large herds successfully cross the river they will have to make the trek again in a few months. And the crocodiles and all the other animals that depend on this crossing to survive will be there to gorge themselves when they do.
Each one of these animals has no choice but to cross the mara river. The silver lining to this death orgy is that the surrounding ecosystem receives a veritable buffet of nutrients that support the lives of a large number of predators and scavengers alike: crocs, hyenas, vultures, fish, micro-organisms and everything in between will benefit from this annihilation soup left behind by the river crossing. Collectively, with all animal deaths considered, it is the biomass equivalent of dropping 10 blue whales into the river.
This migration occurs every year in late July/early August, and again in late October/early November. That's right, once these incredibly large herds successfully cross the river they will have to make the trek again in a few months. And the crocodiles and all the other animals that depend on this crossing to survive will be there to gorge themselves when they do.
A wildebeest is caught mid-air by a crocodile while trying to cross the mara river. This yearly crossing seals the fate of over 6000 wildebeests, crocodiles being the primary, but not sole beneficiary of this treacherous traversal. Wildebeest migrations are timed to coincide with the annual pattern of rainfall and grass-growth on the African plains they call home, and when the rain season ends it triggers a mass exodus from the serengeti in search of fertile grassland. It total, between 1.2 - 1.5 million wildebeest, along with hundreds of thousands of zebra, gazelles and other animals take part in this migration - the largest terrestrial migration on Earth.
Each one of these animals has no choice but to cross the mara river. The silver lining to this death orgy is that the surrounding ecosystem receives a veritable buffet of nutrients that support the lives of a large number of predators and scavengers alike: crocs, hyenas, vultures, fish, micro-organisms and everything in between will benefit from this annihilation soup left behind by the river crossing. Collectively, with all animal deaths considered, it is the biomass equivalent of dropping 10 blue whales into the river.
This migration occurs every year in late July/early August, and again in late October/early November. That's right, once these incredibly large herds successfully cross the river they will have to make the trek again in a few months. And the crocodiles and all the other animals that depend on this crossing to survive will be there to gorge themselves when they do.
Damn - what an action shot!
Was not his day. Got caught fucking around. Circle of life
Gordon Ramsay wrangles with a live piranha in Uncharted first look
In a first look at this Sunday's episode, the chef, 53, joked his cameraman 'nearly lost a toe' after pulling the live fish into his little boat while fishing in the Guyana rivers.
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white people do the dumbest shit. Just kill it, eat it and make some shoes with his ass. Man fuck a reptile!
