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Uma expedição à serra do Imeri, montanha inexplorada da Amazônia brasileira — Ecoamazônia | Barbara Crane Navarro

É difícil chegar à serra do Imeri, no norte do Amazonas, próximo à fronteira com a Venezuela. Com altitude de até 2.450 metros (m) e ocupadas por campos com bromélias, paredões rochosos e árvores cercadas por neblina, essas montanhas aparentemente nunca tinham sido visitadas por pessoas e devem abrigar espécies desconhecidas de animais e plantas.…

Uma expedição à serra do Imeri, montanha inexplorada da Amazônia brasileira. — Ecoamazônia

Source: Uma expedição à serra do Imeri, montanha inexplorada da Amazônia brasileira — Ecoamazônia | Barbara Crane Navarro

Un estudio desvela que los ‘Homo sapiens’ cazaron especies de la megafauna en la actual Argentina hace 21.000 años. – Arqueologia, Historia Antigua y Medieval – Terrae Antiqvae

12740885465?profile=RESIZE_710x Mariano Del Papa  (left), an anthropologist from the National University of La Plata, and his team have discovered   fossil remains with cut  marks of a specimen of Neosclerocalyptus, an extinct genus of large armored mammals – related to today’s armadillos – which lived in South America during the Pleistocene. The dating of the bones, found on the bank of the Reconquista River, in the north of the Pampas region, indicates that  the animal was hunted by humans about 21,000 years ago.

 

Analyses in the lab have documented cut marks on areas of the glyptodont’s pelvis, tail, and armor consistent with impacts made with stone tools. These anthropic markings, according to the researchers, show that humans  butchered their prey  with lithic artifacts in search of the most abundant areas of meat. The age of the animal has been fairly precise – between 21,090 and 20,811 years ago – thanks to radiocarbon dating of the bones and sediments of the stratigraphic sequence in which they appeared.

 

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Model of ‘Neosclerocalyptus ornatus’. Museum of La Plata.

Source: Un estudio desvela que los ‘Homo sapiens’ cazaron especies de la megafauna en la actual Argentina hace 21.000 años. – Arqueologia, Historia Antigua y Medieval – Terrae Antiqvae

Deep Sea Mining: Jamaica, please do the right thing, says Jamaica Environment Trust – Petchary’s Blog

Deep Sea Mining is back on the agenda, and delegates to the International Seabed Authority (ISA) are currently meeting in downtown Kingston.

Deep sea mining remains an ongoing threat to our ocean (Yes! Planet Earth has one ocean, although different parts of it have different names… This is important to recognise). There are additional threats, and many of them are interlinked. For example, you cannot talk about the ocean without talking of the climate crisis. In a press release this week, Jamaica Environment Trust (JET) makes this point – see below. What impact would deep sea mining have on the delicate balance of our ocean, which is already undergoing disturbing changes that will impact all of us?

Source: Deep Sea Mining: Jamaica, please do the right thing, says Jamaica Environment Trust – Petchary’s Blog

Video: Doggie Nirvana – Happiness Between Tails by da-AL

K-D, a black and white dog, gently nibbles a shrimp tail treat from her person's fingers.
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My dog loves to be useful, and she knows her mission is accomplished if she makes me laugh, especially as I work on my novels.

She lives for food, food, some more food, and a bunch of playing. Don’t believe her when she complains I’m starving her.

She asks for treats very nicely…K-D doggie waits patiently for a shrimp tail treat.

Patience is a work in progress…K-D doggie waits patiently for a shrimp tail treat -- even though it's not easy for her.

Gentleness is another one…When she gets it, K-D doggie eats her shrimp tail treat very gently.

Here she is in action…

 

 

Do you find time to laugh as you work?

Source: Video: Doggie Nirvana – Happiness Between Tails by da-AL