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Nature is Metal

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  • taiwan_girlT Offline
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    taiwan_girl
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    #132

    Snake Eats Frog Differently to Avoid Poisons from Frog

    PS Kind of yucky You are warned!!! 😐

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    • George KG Offline
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      George K
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      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubble-net_feeding

      As the group circles a school of small fish such as salmon, krill, or herring they use a team effort to disorient and corral the fish into a net of bubbles.[3] One whale will typically begin to exhale out of their blowhole beneath the surface at the school of fish to begin the process.[3] More whales will also start to blow bubbles while continuing to circle their prey. They corral the fish into a tight circle while creating a net of bubbles to surround the fish and keep them from escaping.

      Here's a view of humpbacks eating when D4 and I were in Boston in 2015.

      Link to video

      Note how the birds know something's going on. They begin to circle when the ocean water's color turns green-ish because of the bubbles.

      It was a pretty remarkable thing to see.

      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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      • jon-nycJ Offline
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        #134

        Only non-witches get due process.

        • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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          Only non-witches get due process.

          • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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          • MikM Offline
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            #136

            Love this thread.

            β€œI am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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            • F Offline
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              Friday
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              #137

              Love the snake playing possum.πŸ˜€

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              • markM Offline
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                mark
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                #138

                Osprey right before it hits the water.

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                • MikM Offline
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                  Mik
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                  #139

                  That's gorgeous.

                  β€œI am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                  • Doctor PhibesD Offline
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                    I wonder if it sits for hours on a big high branch while it's friends and family laugh at it for not being able to pluck up the courage to take the big dive, and worries about whether it's feathers will all come off when it hits the surface and it will look all stupid and have it's willy exposed.

                    I suspect not. It doesn't look as though it spends much time worrying about pointless shit.

                    I was only joking

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                    • George KG Offline
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                      George K
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                      #141

                      Link to video

                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                      • MikM Offline
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                        Mik
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                        88 minutes seems quite a while to be in a toad's digestive juices. But ten I don't know much about toads. Brenda?

                        β€œI am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                          #143

                          I did look through this thread, I did not see this posted, but if this was done here before I apologize.

                          About a species of bug that gets eaten by a toad and they are pooped out alive

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                            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                            The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                              That dog wins the internet

                              Only non-witches get due process.

                              • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                              • George KG Offline
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                                George K
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                                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                  Aqua Letifer
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                                  #147

                                  Whoa.

                                  Please love yourself.

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                                  • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

                                    I did look through this thread, I did not see this posted, but if this was done here before I apologize.

                                    About a species of bug that gets eaten by a toad and they are pooped out alive

                                    link text

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                                    #148

                                    @taiwan_girl said in Nature is Metal:

                                    I did look through this thread, I did not see this posted, but if this was done here before I apologize.

                                    About a species of bug that gets eaten by a toad and they are pooped out alive

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                                    Makes you wonder if there’s an alternative ending to the Jonah and the whale story.

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                                      alt text

                                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                        #150

                                        This is hilarious! What's so comical is that the ram seems to have shoved the guy -- who was peaceably fishing and minding his own business -- for no apparent reason. He was like, "There's a guy fishing. I think I'll butt him into the water. Maybe knock his hat off."

                                        Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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                                          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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