Sunday, March 11, 2012
OLL LEWIS: Yesterday's News Today
http://cryptozoologynews.blogspot.com/
On this day in 2006 Robert C. Baker died. Baker is well known as the inventor of the chicken nugget, chicken hotdog sausage and of turkey ham. Like Tim Berners-Lee did with the internet Baker gave his invention to the world to benefit mankind.
And now the news:
Leatherback Turtle Migration Study Identifies Paci...BIGFOOT NEWS:
Dwarf Bullfighting Obsession Sends A Red Flag To L...
'Over-zealous' hedge trim destroys home of rare bi...
Women who have just finished ovulating 'are best a...
A flock goes into shock! Photographer captures the...
Private Wojtek – The Soldier Bear Who Fought Nazis...
Russian Tattoo Artist Has His Pet Cat Tattooed
Giant 'Alien Worm' Found on Mars? (Video)
Snakes around world evolve along similar path of p...
So why do false 'chupacabra' reports persist?
Ain’t nobody here but us chickens:
DALE DRINNON: Freshwater monkeys, Solutrean hypothesis, Cedar & Willow
New on Frontiers of Zoology, Is the Enfield Horror a Freshwater Monkey?
http://frontiersofzoology.blogspot.com/2012/03/enfield-horror-is-also-fw-monkey.html
And on Frontiers of Anthropology, the Global Warming and Terraforming "Take" on the Solutrean Hypothesis:
http://frontiers-of-anthropology.blogspot.com/2012/03/solutrean-tools-in-chesapeake-bay-on.html
New on Cedar and Willow:
Bettie Page Queen of the Nile Part 2, incl. animated gif and video clip:
http://cedar-and-willow.blogspot.com/2012/03/bettie-page-queen-of-nile-part-ii.html
KARL SHUKER: The horned demon cat of WW2
It could have been a scene enacted from Dante's 'Inferno' - even the clouds seemed to be wreathed in flames as torrent after torrent of plummeting German bombs screamed through the darkened skies over south London, and danced a fiery tarantella of death upon its shuddering streets, like a flurry of shrieking souls in everlasting torment. And in the midst of this panorama of pandemonium was Howard Leland - one of many volunteers with the ARP (Air Raid Precautions) who had been boldly defying the deadly rain of missiles throughout that fearful evening in October 1943 in a desperate bid to minimise its malevolent effects. Little did Leland realise, however, that he would soon encounter something infinitely more sinister, and malign, than anything conjured forth by the wartime enemy.Read on...
CFZ PEOPLE: David Braund-Phillips
Dave (pictured here with CFZ Life-President John Blashford-Snell and some fat hippy) was due to be released from hospital at tea time today, but the authorities changed their minds and said that he was not well enough to come home. I shall be going to see him tomorrow, by which time we hope that he will have had an unltrasound scan, and we will know a bit more about what is wrong with him..
Happy birthday honeypie...
CFZ PEOPLE: Mary Downes (1922-2002)
My mother died ten years ago today. Not a day goes by that I don't think of her, but today in particular, please forgive me if I am a little melancholy.
CFZ PEOPLE: David Braund-Phillips
My nephew David, who many of you will know intends to take over the running of the CFZ circus when he is old and foolhardy enough, is ill in hospital. I spoke to Jessica earlier and Graham and I will be going to see him tomorrow.More news as and when we get it.
OLL LEWIS: Yesterday's News Today
On this day in 2011 the Fukushima nuclear powerplant exploded following the Japanese tsunami.
And now the news:
Ratatouille the snowboarding opossum a natural on ...
New species of Galapagos deep-sea catshark discove...
Worrying declines for world's seabirds
Snakes on an inclined plane control scales to clim...
Japan zoo tries to drum up alligators' interest in...
Insects Have 'Personalities' Too, Research On Nove...
Painting of lioness attack in Wiltshire is auction...
Wallflower or Daredevil: Personality of Male Prima...
Mountain lion sighting in Red Bluff confirmed
A damming report was recently published on the handling of the crisis and its aftermath was recently published, here is the Al Jazera report:
CFZ PEOPLE: Jerry Taylor
Many thanks to Jerry Taylor for his generous donation of $50. I am happy to be able to tell you what it will be spent on - the last phase of the CFZ Library shelves later this week! Thanks mate, we are most grateful
DALE DRINNON: Chupacabras, Tarasque and repopulating Europe
New on Frontiers of ZoologyA Short Update on Chupacabras in Mexico:
http://frontiersofzoology.blogspot.com/2012/03/chupacabras-short-update.html
An update on the Tarasque:
http://frontiersofzoology.blogspot.com/2012/03/tarasque-and-medcroc.html
New on Frontiers of Anthropology:
An interesting guest blog about genetics showing how Europe was repopulated after the Ice Age ended:
http://frontiers-of-anthropology.blogspot.com/2012/03/eurogenes-and-post-ice-age-recovery.html