CANBERRA – An Australian government proposal to stop people from climbing the famed Uluru, in deference to the wishes of indigenous people, sparked debate on Wednesday with lawmakers opposing the plan. A draft management plan for the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park called for a ban on people climbing the 348-meter (1,142 ft) rock, which is [...]
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Australia to Ban Tourists from Climbing Famed Uluru
Posted: 11th July 2009 by Veritas in Mother Nature, PoliticsTags: aborigine, Australia, kata tjuta national park, sacred, tourists, uluru
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Grandmother Survives 11 Days Lost In The Mountains
Posted: 9th July 2009 by Sus Scrofa in Happy News, Mother NatureTags: Grandmother, lost, mountain climbing
A grandmother survived 11 days at the bottom of a ravine after getting lost on a rambling holiday in the Spanish Pyrenees by sipping rain water and nibbling wild herbs. Despite an intensive search rescuers failed to find her until Tuesday afternoon when a red shirt she had left drying on a rock was spotted [...]
Flesh Eating, 98 Million Yr Old Dinosaur Discovered For the First Time In Austrailia
Posted: 3rd July 2009 by Sus Scrofa in Mother Nature, PoliticsTags: Austrailia, dinosaur, discover, flesh eating
Scientists have confirmed for the first time that Australia was once home to a dinosaur that was big, fast and terrifying, and they’ve named it like something from an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie. Meet the Australovenator Wintonensis. The beast was a 1,100 pound (500 kilogram) meat-eating predator with three slashing claws on each of its powerful [...]
Frog All Lit Up By Swallowed Christmas Light
Posted: 2nd July 2009 by Veritas in Mother Nature, Oddly EnoughTags: christmas light, Cuban Tree Frog, frog, national geographic, swallow
Photo: James Snyder The Daily Dozen feature on National Geographic, edited by photo editor Susan Welchman, is a treasure trove of neat “Your Shots” photos submitted by the magazine’s readers (a selection of which will actually appear on the magazine itself ).
Elderly Man Grows A Horn On His Head
Posted: 2nd July 2009 by Veritas in Mother Nature, Oddly Enough, PoliticsTags: China, horn, horns on head
Horny pensioner Yang Xiaoming is having a devil of a time explaining how this amazing growth sprung up on his head.
12 Ft. Python Strangles And Kills 2 Yr. Old Toddler
Posted: 2nd July 2009 by Veritas in Mother NatureTags: kills, pet python, python, reptile, snake, strangle, strangles, toddler
The 2-year-old girl killed by an albino Burmese python Wednesday in Sumter County died of asphyxia, according to preliminary results released moments ago from an autopsy being conducted. The toddler, Shaiunna Hare, also had bite marks from the snake on her forehead and arms.
A New Title Holder For World’s Ugliest Dog
Posted: 28th June 2009 by Sus Scrofa in Mother NatureTags: dog, ugly, ugly puppy, worlds ugliest dog
A prominent under-bite, scrunched face and floppy ears are the hallmarks of a winner. The winner of the World’s Ugliest Dog contest, that is.
‘Stoned’ Wallabies Blamed for Crop Circles
Posted: 25th June 2009 by Sus Scrofa in Mother Nature, Oddly EnoughTags: Austrailia, crop circles, drugged, high, opium, stoned, wallabies
Wallabies snacking in Tasmania’s legally grown opium poppy fields are getting “high as a kite” and hopping around in circles, trampling the crops, a state official said.
Saturn’s Moon May Contain Water for Alien Life
Posted: 24th June 2009 by Veritas in Mother Nature, Oddly Enough, Science | TechnologyTags: alien, enceladus, life, saturn, scientist, seawater
Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus could contain watery underground caverns, forming a potential home for alien life, scientists said on Wednesday. German researchers have found salt — a signature chemical for seawater — in ice grains from vapor jets streaming out of surface cracks, providing the strongest evidence yet of a liquid water reservoir beneath the [...]
Dog Gets Revenge After Being Shot
Posted: 22nd June 2009 by Veritas in Mother Nature, Oddly Enough, PoliticsTags: bernese mountain dog, bite, dog, Germany, gun, nose, shot
A dog in Germany shot by a drunken man with a gun took swift revenge by biting off the end of the man’s nose, authorities said on Monday. Police said the armed man was snooping at night in the yard of a house in Stadtlauringen in northern Bavaria when he shot the Bernese mountain dog [...]