Animals
Radiation-Munching Fungi Are Thriving On The Walls Of Chernobyl’s Reactors | IFLScience
In fact, a number of fungi species are known to inhabit the extremely radioactive environment that emerged out of the infamous Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986. All in all, scientists have documented around 200 species of 98 genera of fungi – some tougher than others – living around the ruins of the former nuclear power plant.
Virus is infecting and killing Maine’s porcupines | newscentermaine.com
State to expand testing of deer, and add turkeys, too, after ‘forever chemicals’ found in Fairfield-area animals – CentralMaine.com
467- Cute Little Monstrosities of Nature
467- Cute Little Monstrosities of Nature
11/23/21 by Tove Danovich, Lasha Madan
Web player: https://podcastaddict.com/episode/131692649
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The French bulldog is now the second most popular breed in America. Their cute features, portable size, and physical features make for a dog that can easily travel and doesn’t require a lot of exercise. But these characteristics sometimes have a detrimental effect on the dog’s health. Tove K. Danovich writes “Rather than requiring human owners to change their lives to accommodate a new dog, the French bulldog is a breed that’s been broken to accommodate us.” Historically, dogs were bred for functional reasons, not aesthetics. But evaluating a breed based on how they accomplish a task is tricky, leading to the rise of visual standards more easily judged. As breed standards were formalized, purebred dogs grew in popularity and became a luxury of sorts; but with a limited genetic pool, this popularity naturally led to a lot of inbreeding to maintain breed consistency. Cute Little Monstrosities of Nature
Why Adopting a Rescue Dog Is So Hard Right Now
There is something odd about rescue dogs, or a market that values used and often damaged products over new products in form of bred dogs. Some of it has to be marketing -- the idea of your rescuing a cute dog from certain death at a kill shelter. As if dogs had emotions beyond what their natural biology tells them to do to meet their needs like food and shelter.
You have to wonder how much of the rescue business is a fraud -- if the value of rescue dog, especially boutique breeds, continues to rise, there is going to be unscrupulous breeders that are going to be selling dogs to rescue businesses as "rescued" even if the only place the dog was rescued from was on paper.
How to Teach a Dog to Fetch Beer
"Here's how to teach your dog to fetch you a beer."