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Urag-gro_Shub t1_j1lz8d7 wrote
Reply to TIL that because of their flexible ankles, red pandas are one of the few animals that can climb down trees head-first. by TexasJustis
My cat does that all the time
Urag-gro_Shub t1_ivg9psd wrote
Reply to comment by Alwayssunnyinarizona in English company Oxitec has released a simple, easy to distribute commercial product they say cuts Dengue Fever spreading mosquito populations by 96%. By just adding water, genetically modified mosquito eggs mature into males whose sperm cannot result in viable female larvae. by lughnasadh
I agree - while I generally don't promote messing with nature, there are so so many other species of mosquito that would fill in, should we eradicate 3 or 4 of them. At least where I live, many of them are invasive anyway.
Urag-gro_Shub t1_ispwox1 wrote
Reply to comment by Intensityintensifies in TIL that before the invention of regfrigeration in 1851, ice had to be imported to Australia from Boston, Massachusetts. The ice blocks travelled through the tropics inside ships insulated with timber, straw, peat, and sawdust by stumcm
I have these pictures from about 1910ish, in the bottom picture you can see my neighbor's house. Guess standards were just different?
Urag-gro_Shub t1_isociue wrote
Reply to comment by stumcm in TIL that before the invention of regfrigeration in 1851, ice had to be imported to Australia from Boston, Massachusetts. The ice blocks travelled through the tropics inside ships insulated with timber, straw, peat, and sawdust by stumcm
Fredrick Tudor is an ancestor of my landlord, I live in one of his ice houses they used to store the ice over the summer. The walls of my house are like 18" thick. Things must have been pretty different back then though cause now the ice pond water is brown and gross
Urag-gro_Shub t1_j1nxlvo wrote
Reply to comment by ScipioLongstocking in TIL that because of their flexible ankles, red pandas are one of the few animals that can climb down trees head-first. by TexasJustis
Yeah, she goes down really slow until the last 4 feet or so when it turns into a kinda run-jump. She tends to go more diagnally headfirst rather than straight up and down though