Strange Things in the News

[~mj~]

Hi Coolwater! Covid-19 is also causing strange things in the news. I get a little uncertain which thread to post what in, though!

https://news.yahoo.com/wealthy-flee-...120851370.html

Then there is the whole toilet paper situation. Why toilet paper for gods sake?

There was a tragedy...the driver and his dog are ok though. https://sanangelolive.com/news/urban...vlT94dIrNubqZ8

[dubiousbystander]

Hi Coolwater! Covid-19 is also causing strange things in the news. I get a little uncertain which thread to post what in, though!

https://news.yahoo.com/wealthy-flee-...120851370.html

[Coolwater]

I've never been a huge fan of humanity, but this is ... well, it makes me want to brush my teeth.
https://www.sciencealert.com/bacteri...le-into-cities

[Coolwater]

https://gizmodo.com/discovery-in-tom...olo-1842379038
I've never played polo, but this looks like fun!

[Coolwater]

Goodness, it's been 6 months since we've had a new post here.

imagine finding a bit of amber with a tiny skull in it?
https://www.newscientist.com/article...pped-in-amber/

[Coolwater]

I have to say, I just don't get why the law gets bent out of shape by naked ta tas. Mind, I've never exposed mine, but they seem pretty innocuous.

[Cyrus The Great]

I recall commenting on Pluto's long deserved return to planethood. Did we lose some posts recently?

[~mj~]

Here we go again...what is it with people in this town getting their naked on???

https://sanangelolive.com/news/crime...broad-daylight

[~mj~]

pretty much what crossed my mind...we have lots of cacti here...

[Haplo]

I hear Pluto is a planet again. I wonder if it had to bribe some other planets to be voted back in or had some blackmail

[~mj~]

Strange things on this board too...I got a notification that Cool had quoted me, clickedthe link, it said I didn't have permission, yada yada...I get to the thread and can't find the post...

[Cyrus The Great]

On a slightly lighter note, I understand that my former home State of Alabama is still under threat from Hurricane Dorian. Damn that pesky NWS in Birmingham for telling all the good ole boys and gals not to get their nickers in a twist.

[Coolwater]

Yes, and what about that guy who escaped prison, then raped and murdered the former warden? He got caught by the rangers because he was hungry and tried to rob a refrigerator on this couple's porch? When the cops caught up with him he was covered with mosquito bites and ticks. (shaking head) That moron traded a 5 year sentence for much worse.

[Cyrus The Great]

The naked hunter, trying to escape the lascivious clutches of the local game warden, runs through a huge patch of thorny brambles and badly lacerates his....

[~mj~]

This is old, but still makes me laugh...

https://sanangelolive.com/news/outdo...s-naked-hunter

Then there is this

https://sanangelolive.com/news/crime...ome-steal-beer

It's a fun town...*rolls eyes*

[Cyrus The Great]

It played. The little squid is very cute!

[Coolwater]

Piglet Squid: So Cute!
Let me know if this video won't play, please:
https://news.yahoo.com/bloated-pigle...153300253.html

(Yes, I forwarded this to mathy.)

[Cyrus The Great]

Hi Coolwater,

I don't have a link to the documentary, but here is a link to the particular type of salamanders I described:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caecilian

There are a number of species, although it looks like maybe only one feeds its young shed skin.

Have fun.

[Coolwater]

How did I miss this?? A link, Cyrus, give us a link!

[Cyrus The Great]

Yes indeed!

I watched a documentary about amphibians yesterday and learned about a legless salamander that looks like and burrows like a worm. The female of this species feeds her babies with a fluid that is something like milk. It also supplements their diets by shedding her skin every three days which the babies eat.

[Coolwater]

Thank YOU. The world is a strange and wonderful place, isn't it?

[Cyrus The Great]

The nursing spider article was fascinating! Thanks Coolwater.

[Coolwater]

Ohhhh Kay! A spider that looks like an ant and which gives milk like a, well, like a panda. Bizarre!
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/...ood-weeks-milk

[Coolwater]

Sounds like a union is in order!

[Haplo]

I used to work for a company that was bought out by Smithfield. It's really hard to get a bathroom break regardless of where you work on the production line. It doesn't help that you have to have a lab coat on over top of whatever you're wearing to keep from freezing and gloves