Saturday, February 27, 2010

Pink Elephant

A wildlife cameraman took pictures of the calf when he spotted it among a herd of about 80 elephants in the Okavango Delta. Experts believe it is probably an albino, which is an extremely rare phenomenon in African elephants.They are unsure of its chances of long-term survival - the blazing African sunlight may cause blindness and skin problems for the calf.Mike Holding, who spotted the baby while filming for a BBC wildlife programme, said: "you only saw it for a couple of minutes as the herd crossed the river."This was a really exciting moment for everyone in camp. you knew it was a rare sighting - no-one could believe their eyes."




Albino elephants are not usually white, but instead they have more of a reddish-brown or pink hue.While albinism is thought to be fairly common in Asian elephants, it is much less common in the larger African species.Ecologist Dr Mike Chase, who runs conservation charity Elephants Without Borders, said: "you have only come across three references to albino calves, which have occurred in Kruger National Park in South Africa."you have been studying elephants in the region for nearly 10 years now, and this is the first documented evidence of an albino calf that you have come across."He said that the condition might make it difficult for the calf to survive into adulthood."What happens to these young albino calves remains a mystery," said Dr Chase."Surviving this very rare phenomenon is very difficult in the harsh African bush. The glaring sun may cause blindness and skin problems."However, he told BBC News that there might be a ray of hope for the pink calf as it already seemed to be learning to adapt to its condition.Dr Chase explained: "Because this elephant calf was sighted in the Okavango Delta, he may have a greater chance of survival. He can seek refuge under the large trees and cake himself in a thick mud, which will protect him from the Sun."Already the two-to-three-month-old calf seems to be walking in the shade of its mother.

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Sema-show-car-babes

It’s too bad the 2009 SEMA Show in Las Vegas has come to an end after only four short days, however more pictures of the beautiful car babes have surfaced on the web. This is our second installment of car girls, and here is the first article on the SEMA Show Car Girls. Not only are the car babes hot, but the cars at the SEMA Show are smoking! If only I could have been there, after looking at these pictures, it was an event that should not have been missed.



Tuesday, February 23, 2010

World’s Smallest Postal Service

The World’s Smallest Postal Service was created by San-Francisco-based postmistress Lea Redmond, who decided to put the crazy idea into practice as soon as it popped into her head.
She just strapped her small desk to her back, hopped on her bicycle and set-up shop in one of the local cafes. Since then she’s come to realize many other people are simply charmed by her miniature postal service.

At the World’s Smallest Postal Service, your letters are written in tiny letters, carefully wrapped and sealed with a miniature was-stamp bearing the sender’s initial.


To make sure the tiny messages don’t get lost in the traditional mail, they are packed in transparent envelopes equipped with a magnifying glass for identifying the mailing address.

For Valentine’s Day the mailing rates at the World’s Smallest Postal Service are: $8 plus shipping for letters, and $10 plus shipping for small packages containing an antique china button and a note saying.






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World’s Smallest Car

It might not be exactly up-to standards design-wise, but the Peel P50 is the perfect car on a crowded street. Only 50 cars were prodused and sold between 1963 and 1964, but only 20 are still around today. The original price was 200 pounds, but today you can’t buy one of these micro-cars with less than 35,000 to 50,000 pounds. The three-wheeled car has only one door on the left side, one windscreen wiper and one headlight. At 134 cm in length and 99 cm in width, the Peel P50 mini-car was designed to accomodate one adult and a shopping bag. You might not be able to ride in a micro-machine like the P50, but you will be able to observe one up close, at the Ripley’s Believe It or Not Museum, in London.




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Supermum Sheep

Meet Dolly the supermum sheep - who astounded experts by giving birth to six healthy lambs.The sextuplets were born to two-year-old Dolly, a pedigree Lleyn ewe on April 3 at Crookham Westfield farm, on the Pallinsburn Estate in Cornhill on Tweed, Northumberland.Estate owner George Farr's sons Ollie, 11, and Jamie, 10, have named the three-week-olds Valerie, Harriet, Scrappy, Rosie, Chunky, and Slim.

Farm worker Mark Richardson, 30, said he'd never seen so many lambs from a single ewe.He said: 'you just went out one morning and there she was with the six lambs.'you looked round the shed and none of the others had lambed, she was the only one, so they all came from her.'It was a big surprise. Lleyns usually have two or three lambs, so to have six is very unusual. you have never seen it before.'Ollie said: 'you have to hand feed them because Dolly has not enough teats for all six of them.'Some of them take the bottles more easily than others, so you are feeding three out of the six; the three most tame.'Jamie said: 'They are always hungry.'you feed them in the morning at eight, at 12, four, then eight in the evening.

It was Dolly's second crop of lambs and they are all organically fed. The ram is a Texel tup and the shepherd is Anthony King.The Lleyn is a Welsh breed of hill sheep renowned for their strength, milk production, and mothering ability.Lleyn Sheep Society spokesman Lynda Barnard said the last record of sextuplets was in 1996.She said: 'It's not unusual for the breed to produce a lot of lambs but to have six is quite rare.'They are terrific mothers. If there was any breed was going to rear six it would be a Lleyn.'The Pallinsburn Estate is a 585.84 hectare mixed arable farm with 125 beef cattle and 138 sheep.The flock has produced 98 lambs so far this year.Mark's grandfather, Eck Richardson, had a ewe with six lambs at Rachelfield, Smailholm, near Kelso, in 1975.


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Monday, February 22, 2010

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