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"When Whales Walked"
I just got done watching a PBS presentation of the title above.
Despite the catchy title, whales never actually walked.
But, their early evolutionary progenitors did.
Think about it. Whales are mammals.
Most of the mammals that live in the ocean are closely related to whales, such as dolphins.
Indeed, both the bone structure and DNA testing reveals this.
One can speculate that life itself may have started in water and much later some amphibians evolved and later full land dwellers evolved.
So, did an amphibian evolve back to full time water dwelling.
That would seem like an easier move than a land dweller doing so.
Indeed, that is closer to the truth with manatee. They appear to be closely
related to hippos, which aren't really amphibians, but do spend a large part of their life in water.
However, when one studies the bone structure, especially teeth, and DNA testing on all the known fossils,
it is discovered that whales are related to a mammal that lived sort of like a crocodile.
It had a large head, a belly that practicly dragged on the ground, and while it lived on land,
it foraged in the water. When one examines older fossils, there is another mammal
that was the size of a house cat, that appears to be an earlier progenitor.
That animal eventually gave rise to different branches that include hippos, and deer as well as the croc like mammal.
So, why would mammals move from the land to the ocean ?
Two evolutionary pressures, would be the escape from predators, and the availability of food.
Now here's the kicker. When looking at the teeth. These 2 progenitors are the closest related to elephants. During their evolution they produced elongated teeth, tusks. One extinct branch had 4 tusks. The tusks enabled them to move large objects, such as trees. Other than humans, elephants are the evolutionary branch, that most directly
changes the landscape. Indeed, as they created pathways through the forest,
it enabled our progenitors to come down from the trees and band together to travel
the savannahs via the elephant 'paved' paths. Thus, our progress is linked to the
success of elephants, and yet, humans are responsible for bringing that species
to the brink of extinction, by both elimination of habitat and slaughter while hunting for the tusks, that ironicly enabled us to come down from the trees.
I strongly suggest you watch the well done PBS video, which enables you to witness the fossils and listen to the paleontologists, as well as see the recreations of the long gone progenitors in addition to seeing the gorgeous animals & scenery.
However, that isn't available on Youtube.
But, the following quick 6 minute summary is;
Despite the catchy title, whales never actually walked.
But, their early evolutionary progenitors did.
Think about it. Whales are mammals.
Most of the mammals that live in the ocean are closely related to whales, such as dolphins.
Indeed, both the bone structure and DNA testing reveals this.
One can speculate that life itself may have started in water and much later some amphibians evolved and later full land dwellers evolved.
So, did an amphibian evolve back to full time water dwelling.
That would seem like an easier move than a land dweller doing so.
Indeed, that is closer to the truth with manatee. They appear to be closely
related to hippos, which aren't really amphibians, but do spend a large part of their life in water.
However, when one studies the bone structure, especially teeth, and DNA testing on all the known fossils,
it is discovered that whales are related to a mammal that lived sort of like a crocodile.
It had a large head, a belly that practicly dragged on the ground, and while it lived on land,
it foraged in the water. When one examines older fossils, there is another mammal
that was the size of a house cat, that appears to be an earlier progenitor.
That animal eventually gave rise to different branches that include hippos, and deer as well as the croc like mammal.
So, why would mammals move from the land to the ocean ?
Two evolutionary pressures, would be the escape from predators, and the availability of food.
Now here's the kicker. When looking at the teeth. These 2 progenitors are the closest related to elephants. During their evolution they produced elongated teeth, tusks. One extinct branch had 4 tusks. The tusks enabled them to move large objects, such as trees. Other than humans, elephants are the evolutionary branch, that most directly
changes the landscape. Indeed, as they created pathways through the forest,
it enabled our progenitors to come down from the trees and band together to travel
the savannahs via the elephant 'paved' paths. Thus, our progress is linked to the
success of elephants, and yet, humans are responsible for bringing that species
to the brink of extinction, by both elimination of habitat and slaughter while hunting for the tusks, that ironicly enabled us to come down from the trees.
I strongly suggest you watch the well done PBS video, which enables you to witness the fossils and listen to the paleontologists, as well as see the recreations of the long gone progenitors in addition to seeing the gorgeous animals & scenery.
However, that isn't available on Youtube.
But, the following quick 6 minute summary is;
R.I.P. Duke
Rest in peace Duke. You were a Heck of a guy.
Most know him as "Duke" the Bush's Baked Beans dog. His name is actually Sam. He lived in Apopka with our friend Susan his owner. She trains animals to work in commercials. Not just hers but others as well. Sadly she had to euthanize Sam yesterday due to an aggressive cancer he was suffering from. She is as we are heartbroken. Here is a photo from his better days. He was a very special dog to all who ever knew or had the pleasure of meeting him. He is and will be missed.
Most know him as "Duke" the Bush's Baked Beans dog. His name is actually Sam. He lived in Apopka with our friend Susan his owner. She trains animals to work in commercials. Not just hers but others as well. Sadly she had to euthanize Sam yesterday due to an aggressive cancer he was suffering from. She is as we are heartbroken. Here is a photo from his better days. He was a very special dog to all who ever knew or had the pleasure of meeting him. He is and will be missed.
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My Kitten Is A Wild Animal
It spent so long gnawing hard on my leg and is now literally bouncing around the room off everything periodically chomping into my ankle 
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Domestic cats roaming in urban settings....
Compared to dogs, cats....well, there's really no comparison. Still, I like most cats. Have had a few, but now with Bravo, couldn't keep another. But the reasons for keeping a cat indoors in urban residential areas far outweigh the usual vapid logic---"little Poopoo is much happier coming and going through her flap in the doors. It's cruel to confine her indoors." Ectoparasites, cat calling all night long, fights, marking neighbor's living areas, predators, etc. On this last item, our foxes and coyotes will take any domestic kitty. And the ospreys and eagles here can grab and fly off with all but the largest ones. Sure, you have a farm in the country, let the mouser do her job. But puleeze, be a good pet keeping citizen.
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Apparently, some NJ bears are a lot more polite than others.
Julia Marnin
Fri, November 26, 2021, 10:55 AM
In response to: “Close the door sweetie.” That’s what one New Jersey woman told a bear seen on video obediently complying and showing off good manners at her front doorstep.
“Bears are damn smart! This bear learned how to close the front door to my house,” Vernon homeowner Susan Kehoe wrote in her video’s description shared to YouTube, where she has over 1,500 subscribers.
In the minute-long encounter, Kehoe filmed herself communicating on Monday, Nov. 22, with the unlikely visitor — which she called “Mr. Bear” — at her home, CBS New York reported.
Initially, she opens the door asking “is it raining?” and tilts her camera, revealing the large furry mammal standing outside.
“Will you please close my door?” she is heard asking. “Close the door Mr. bear.”
Eventually, the bear steps inside on her wooden floor and grabs the front doorknob with its mouth, the video shows.
As the door creaks, the bear almost pulls it to a close but stops.
“You have to finish closing it sweetie, the cold air is coming in,” Kehoe said.
Then, the bear again grabs the door handle with its mouth and obediently shuts Kehoe’s door.
Kehoe is a wildlife advocate and environmentalist, specializing in black bear education since January 1999, according to her LinkedIn profile.
In her profile’s description, she also said she is a photographer who takes photos of black bears.
“Throughout all these years, I was amazed at the gentle disposition of the North American Black Bear,” she wrote.
On her YouTube channel, she has uploaded dozens of videos of black bears, including one of a mother bear swinging in a hammock.
McClatchy News reached out to Kehoe for comment and is awaiting response.
“As with all wildlife, respect their ‘space,’” Kehoe wrote on LinkedIn
“Bears are damn smart! This bear learned how to close the front door to my house,” Vernon homeowner Susan Kehoe wrote in her video’s description shared to YouTube, where she has over 1,500 subscribers.
In the minute-long encounter, Kehoe filmed herself communicating on Monday, Nov. 22, with the unlikely visitor — which she called “Mr. Bear” — at her home, CBS New York reported.
Initially, she opens the door asking “is it raining?” and tilts her camera, revealing the large furry mammal standing outside.
“Will you please close my door?” she is heard asking. “Close the door Mr. bear.”
Eventually, the bear steps inside on her wooden floor and grabs the front doorknob with its mouth, the video shows.
As the door creaks, the bear almost pulls it to a close but stops.
“You have to finish closing it sweetie, the cold air is coming in,” Kehoe said.
Then, the bear again grabs the door handle with its mouth and obediently shuts Kehoe’s door.
Kehoe is a wildlife advocate and environmentalist, specializing in black bear education since January 1999, according to her LinkedIn profile.
In her profile’s description, she also said she is a photographer who takes photos of black bears.
“Throughout all these years, I was amazed at the gentle disposition of the North American Black Bear,” she wrote.
On her YouTube channel, she has uploaded dozens of videos of black bears, including one of a mother bear swinging in a hammock.
McClatchy News reached out to Kehoe for comment and is awaiting response.
“As with all wildlife, respect their ‘space,’” Kehoe wrote on LinkedIn
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How?
How does not 1 or 2, but 5 cats get on the bed with me and me not notice any of them? 
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Country life..again
Everything done and I'm ready for an afternoon of rugby but first must just check the chickens, big mistake, took a few bits of salad stuff with me chucked it over the fence. Oh dear I've a chicken hobbling worse than me, I'm waiting for a new knee.it then decides it didn't want catching and let's play hide and seek below the fig tree, air is now turning blue. Finally caught the little darling, under my arm and hobble to the garage to find a box, no boxes I know cat basket, cat basket is in the garage loft more blue air, now where my brains were I've no idea because I'm now climbing the ladder still with little poppet under my arm, yes it's looking at me all the time like I'm bonkers, dam can't reach the basket, back down grab a broom, back up, yes still haven't put down the chicken, hook the basket and down we come. Chicken is now sat on the kitchen table while I think, shame I didn't do that first. I know I'll go to my farmer neighbour and ask their advice, now bear in mind walking is not easy so I pop the chicken in the basket on the seat next to me and drive the 200 meters. Explain to said neighbours I think it's ill do I need to go to the vets with it, chicken is thoroughly checked while their laughing to inform me nothing wrong with it it's just old.
Back now I can watch the rugby, Sat quite happily and a mouse runs across the floor. Normally I manage to guide them out through the front door, not this one, furniture moved so it runs to the other end of the room, more furniture moved, Hoover going, yes they don't like that sound.my friend comes round to make sure I'm behaving and relaxing. Now there's the two of us trying to catch it, me with a useless leg and as she's just had an op on her shoulder one arm.what's it doing, it's climbing my bottles of wine in the rack and I'm not happy at that, as we take out the bottom row up it goes, next row up it goes, it now has a broom up its bum and sets off across the floor again. Yes finally got it in a bucket and dispatched, it should never have touched my wine.
Back now I can watch the rugby, Sat quite happily and a mouse runs across the floor. Normally I manage to guide them out through the front door, not this one, furniture moved so it runs to the other end of the room, more furniture moved, Hoover going, yes they don't like that sound.my friend comes round to make sure I'm behaving and relaxing. Now there's the two of us trying to catch it, me with a useless leg and as she's just had an op on her shoulder one arm.what's it doing, it's climbing my bottles of wine in the rack and I'm not happy at that, as we take out the bottom row up it goes, next row up it goes, it now has a broom up its bum and sets off across the floor again. Yes finally got it in a bucket and dispatched, it should never have touched my wine.
So, that's why they have masks. (photos included)
2 juvenile raccoons break into bank through the roof and make their way into the bank.
Someone using the MAC machine noticed them and called the Humane Society.
From SFGATE;
Someone using the MAC machine noticed them and called the Humane Society.
From SFGATE;
In response to:
Raccoons break into Bay Area bank
Andrew Chamings
Oct. 21, 2020
Updated: Oct. 21, 2020 9:53 a.m.
Two youths with bushy tails and black fur masks broke into a Bay Area bank via an air duct Tuesday. The intruders were shooed back onto the street and didn't abscond with any money.
The two juvenile raccoons were found by the Peninsula Humane Society inside the Redwood City bank as the Humane Society responded to a call from a man using the the ATM, who initially thought he was looking at a stuffed animal on top of a desk inside the bank. He then saw the animal move and realized he was staring directly at a live raccoon and called the Humane Society.
The bank was closed to the public at the time. The Peninsula Humane Society did not share the name of the bank where the break-in took place.
“The bank managers let our rescue staff into the bank, and after about 10 minutes of chasing the raccoons around the bank, we were finally able to safely shoo them outside. They apparently didn’t want to leave the bank,” said PHS/SPCA communications manager Buffy Martin Tarbox.
The two intrepid intruders left a telling trail as they breached the bank's exterior.
“There were muddy paw prints on a tree outside the bank, so we suspect the raccoons climbed the tree to the roof of the bank, and then somehow managed to crawl into the air ducts and fell through the ceiling tiles onto the floor of the bank,” Tarbox said. “There were several broken ceiling tiles, and the masked bandits knocked papers around and even a computer over. Thankfully, the raccoons were not injured during their morning escapade.”
Raccoons break into Bay Area bank
Andrew Chamings
Oct. 21, 2020
Updated: Oct. 21, 2020 9:53 a.m.
Two youths with bushy tails and black fur masks broke into a Bay Area bank via an air duct Tuesday. The intruders were shooed back onto the street and didn't abscond with any money.
The two juvenile raccoons were found by the Peninsula Humane Society inside the Redwood City bank as the Humane Society responded to a call from a man using the the ATM, who initially thought he was looking at a stuffed animal on top of a desk inside the bank. He then saw the animal move and realized he was staring directly at a live raccoon and called the Humane Society.
The bank was closed to the public at the time. The Peninsula Humane Society did not share the name of the bank where the break-in took place.
“The bank managers let our rescue staff into the bank, and after about 10 minutes of chasing the raccoons around the bank, we were finally able to safely shoo them outside. They apparently didn’t want to leave the bank,” said PHS/SPCA communications manager Buffy Martin Tarbox.
The two intrepid intruders left a telling trail as they breached the bank's exterior.
“There were muddy paw prints on a tree outside the bank, so we suspect the raccoons climbed the tree to the roof of the bank, and then somehow managed to crawl into the air ducts and fell through the ceiling tiles onto the floor of the bank,” Tarbox said. “There were several broken ceiling tiles, and the masked bandits knocked papers around and even a computer over. Thankfully, the raccoons were not injured during their morning escapade.”
Dark Green.
Is All You'll see;
If i smile Real Wide!!
But..
its still brighter than,
What You'll find.
Deep inside
If i smile Real Wide!!
But..
its still brighter than,
What You'll find.
Deep inside
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