News Cut: August 18, 2011 Archive
Freakishly large animals in the news
Posted at 10:17 AM on August 18, 2011
by Jon Gordon
(3 Comments)
The moose, a freakishly large mammal, is in the news today. And so is the capybara, a freakishly large rodent.
In our Today's Question feature we asked:
Minnesota's moose population is in sharp decline, but the DNR says hunting is not the reason. State officials would like to ban the feeding of deer, a practice that concentrates deer and exposes moose to disease. Should Minnesota suspend moose hunting?
Here are some representative answers:
"Yes. It is a natural resource and we are in possession of a fragile population that is not growing."
"30 years ago I had the good fortune of working with the Forest Service out of the Sea gull Lake area and what I learned is that the State and Federal Biologists really do tend to know best, so if they've collaborated and figured out strategies and plans, I would encourage us to respect them, that they are doing their best for the moose and deer, they know more about it than we do, and I haven't hunted for 20 years."
"We should stop baiting everything: deer, bear, waterfowl. Moose: we need to find out what's happening, should have LONG ago! There's no "sport" here. Like shooting a cow. Do those who can afford moose license REALLY need moose meat?!?!?!?!?!"
"Yes.... Gotta make sure there are Moose for our grandchildren to see that aren't hanging on a wall. I'm all for responsible hunting, but the Moose is not sustainable game."
"Simple: distribute lottery tags.. issue 25 winners out of 1000. The state will profit & the lucky few will enjoy their hunt. Most rocky mountain states have a similar draw."
"NO, its already a lottery once in a life time hunt. and IF you get drawn, there is no guarantee you will get one. VERY few moose are taken by MN hunters every year."
A personal aside: About a year ago, my brother in Spokane, Washington hit a moose in his Volkswagen Passat. His car crumbled, and the moose just ran off. My bro says the moose looked as big as a giraffe.
And now, on to the capybara, the largest rodent in the world. Folks in Paso Robles, on California's central coast, had the pleasure of sighting one of these beasts.
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(3 Comments)47 seconds well spent
Posted at 11:56 AM on August 18, 2011
by Michael Olson
(1 Comments)
Filed under: Life
Bruan Blumenschein: "This is a series of time lapse videos that were shot on a small island on Trout Lake in the Boundary Waters of Northern Minnesota.
"All shots were taken with a Nikon D5100 over the course of a few days, with a total of around 1200 photos."
(h/t Boundary Waters Blog)
(1 Comments)'Why are you being so weird about this?'
Posted at 12:42 PM on August 18, 2011
by Eric Ringham
(1 Comments)
Filed under: Media, Politics
How can a (so-far) failed politician and author generate buzz for her book? Or, how can a talk-show host build credentials to help establish himself as a replacement for Larry King?
I don't mean to suggest that either Christine O'Donnell or Piers Morgan went into their taped interview with premeditation, intending the confrontation that ended with her walking off his show. But I do mean to suggest that the aborted interview did no harm to either of them - that, in fact, many more people will be watching the interview on CNN than would have been if the interview had gone off smoothly.
(As Murray remarked to Ted on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," "That's right, Ted. It's just a matter of giving the public what they want.")
It's depressing, but this is the way it goes these days. The incentives work in the wrong direction. At least Morgan had the grace - or maybe it was only comic timing - to follow her departure with, "Anyway, it's a good book."
Here's the video.
Who's a good boy?
Posted at 3:44 PM on August 18, 2011
by Michael Olson
Filed under: Health
Be sure to give Fido an extra pat on the head today after work. That good boy might be able to detect if you have cancer.
Four family dogs - two German shepherds, one Australian shepherd and one Labrador retriever - smelled test tubes containing breath samples of 220 patients, both those with lung cancer and those without it. The dogs were trained to lie down in front of the test tubes where they smelled lung cancer and touch the vial with their noses. According to the study, the dogs successfully identified lung cancer in 71 out of 100 patients with the disease. CNN
The American Cancer Society has embraced the idea.
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