Wildclickers #73: Brown - The progression of life

Hot day in the NE today - everyone up there keep cool.

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Joined the hamburgers in their 1 hour morning swim at the community pool again today.

Aaaaaaah, cool.

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beat the aktbird to his click for the first time in yonks!

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Howdy wildclickers and traveling ehBeth and ul!

The heat waves finally ended! Hurray! Three days of cooler temps, light winds, and great outdoor weather.

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Really cool images, Stradee.

Speaking of cool, today was the hottest day yet in the Greater Boston area. The mercury hit the triple-digits (very unusual for these parts) and, with the humidity and all, the heat index was actually somewhere around 116. Supposed to cool down a tad by tomorrow.

We are watching the heat in the NE - my goodness, it's really bad. And, not many people are prepared for that kind of heat.

Stay cool and drink lots of water.

Stradee, great pictures. I have read that dolphins have been observed to call each other by name. Exactly how the scientists figured that - I know not. But, I believe it. As I recall dolphin brains are larger than human brains.

We know so little about our mammal cousins, I find the new technology utilized by people such as Mr. Fisher, quite facinating. Perhaps he could devise ways to detect subs without sonar blasting the oceans. We can only hope.

I'm glad you liked the photos.

The heat wave is no joke as you well know, Merry. Over 100 people died in CA from heat related causes - it is imperative that people drink plenty of fluids. Very sad the amount of homeless people that perished because they had no way of getting out of the elements. They as well as the elderly had a rough time during the 12 day triple digit heatwave.

Stay cool everyone!!

Dan, that's true. There was a recent study of bottlenose dolphins where the animals whistle to each other or call each other by name. each animal has a distinctive sound all their own - the most prevalent calling is within family groups. Animals communicate on levels very similar to those of humans - the only difference is, each species of animal has its own dialect. It is interesting seeing how the cats interact with each other also - how they communicate, etc. Not only with each other as a group, but with their human caretakers as well.

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Stradee,
Right you are re animals communicating with their human counterparts. I experienced that to some degree while training horses and dogs. It's very interesting to actually look at them and know what they want.

I recall a chimp that talked using a special computer hookup. Said some surprising stuff.

Dan, i'm convinced that animals train thier companions. Vastrada reminds me to refill water bowls, turn off appliances <i'm notorious for forgetting the water kettle boiling on the stove> and the entire herd gently acknowledges working days when i'd rather sleep. They are my caretakers on occasion.

You know well the heart and soul of horses. Heroic, intelligent, curious animals. Truly amazing. What a world it would be if more people "talked" to the animals - and more importantly - listened.

Do you recall Koko the Gorilla? Well, there is a preserve called MAP in Maui that will house Koko as well as other Gorillas - a 70 acre parcel of land donated by the Pinapple and Land Co. It will be the first natural secluded sanctuary for the animals outside of Africa.

The link with more info and photos - http://www.koko.org/preserve/

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Stradee, that's great. I read the transcript where Koko talked with people on the internet. That's really interesting.

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The aktbird57 must be on vacation since I've been clicking ahead of him the last couple of days.

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When mrs. hamburger began working as a nurse around 1951, she worked in a bit of a revolutionary private hospital - the doctor wanted the kids to be exposed to fresh air as much as possible when they weren't receiving active treatment. I've been poking around in the photo albums

ehBeth, great photos! Glad your enjoying your vacation! Hows the weather in Canada? A big "howdy" to Mr & Mrs Hamburger too.


Archimedes once or more than once, after finding answers to scientific questions ran nekked through the streets yelling "Eureka"! Wellllllllll, seems a manuscript of his scientific writings were found <1906> but not able to be translated until 2006! A Monk probably not nekked used Archimedes's manuscript as a tablet for a prayer book. Achimedes prayers were answered it seems because now, we can view the transcripts decoding from a webcam!

More info and link to the webcam here...

http://picks.yahoo.com/picks/i/20060804.html

Hey there stradee and all the clickers who post and run :wink:

It's been dang hot in this part of Canada (we're in Kingston, right where Lake Ontario meets the St. Lawrence) ... hot and very humid. My hair has taken on marvellously poofity proportions in the last couple of weeks. Braiding it is the only thing I can do to get a hint of control

There are an awful lot of dead fish and cormorants littering the shoreline these days. I'm trying to find out what that's all about. Nothing good is my guess.

ehBeth, not to worry. CA and now the Eastern United States and Canada's woman are finding new and inventive ways for living with the 'frzzies'. Clippies are flying off shop shelves at record pace!

Not so good news for Northeast lakes.
Found an article that says there's a deadly virus called hemorrhagic septicemia affecting fish. Jeese, what next.


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13958138/

Happy Saturday everyone...... clicked

Hey, that Archimed sounds like a cool cat. Reminds me of another Italian who ran nekked - St Francis of Assissi........... Must be something in the water. Or, maybe it's a male Italian way of making a point - er, so to speak......hehehe grin

ehBeth, love the photos..... That sounds not good about the fish.

Well i'm not surprised! Italians are nature luvin' folk. No, i don't run nekked through the streets yelling "eureka"! I've thought about doing just that on occasion though. Never mind. <grin>

St Francis of Assissi is the patron saint of animals don't ya know, and San Francisco is named after the saint. Not a wonder the city was founded by a bunch of ragamuffin folk. Eventually, they did calm a bit though - and each year the city decks out in their finest, people bring their companion animals to the Bishop of the Diocese for a blessing. Its quite a neat traditional event. And if the Bishop doesn't get bit by an overzealous dog or cat - there's a party afterwards at St. Peter and Pauls Church. <grin>

Interesting article, stradee. I think some of the corpses I saw the other day were muskie.

Lots of cormorant die-off as well.

I'm not buying what the scientists suggested about higher reports as more people are at their cottages. Lake Ontario is not cottaging country so much - a lot of it is urban waterfront - and people are down there every day.

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about the cormorants - from a year ago (location's right)

http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/environmentdec/2005b/birddeaths081505.html

and an update

http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/press/pressrel/2006/2006110.html

ehBeth, i found an article that lists at least 12 species of fish affected by the virus - including the ones you mentioned. They're also saying that warmer temps could be hampering the fishes' natural ability for fending off the virus. Interesting. I'm questioning also if invasive species, and pesticides could be incubating god-knows-what algae diseases.

Here's the article with more info.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060727.w2fishvirus0727/BNStory/Science/home

Hi all, clicked

This year I am see much much more bugs of all kinds and small animals - frogs, lizards, newts, etc. Also, there is an increase in snakes I am seeing. I believe this has everything to do with absolutely NO winter this past year.

Thanks for the links