Very high indeed: Average mice can jump anywhere up to about 13 inches without a running start and even higher when they’re already moving. The average 5-gallon bucket is about 12 inches tall, meaning it is not tall enough to … Continue reading →
… is still lingering where I live.
Continue reading →Sign me up – not: Tourists are flocking to the Big Apple to check out its exploding rat population — and tour guides are tailoring excursions to introduce them to the city’s most beady-eyed natives. Kenny Bollwerk maps out late-night … Continue reading →
This is straight out of science fiction: Scientists have revived a worm that was frozen 46,000 years ago — at a time when woolly mammoths, sabre-toothed tigers and giant elks still roamed the Earth. The roundworm, of a previously unknown … Continue reading →
I thought I’d highlight this comment from “Jim Irvine,” about the Maui fires. Some of you may not have seen it. The fires resulted most likely, from downed power lines. Wind was 40+, gusts to 80, both in Lahaina, and … Continue reading →
The left likes to use all forest fires as opportunities to blame climate change. But here’s the probable cause for the destructive fires in Maui: But some experts said they suspect human development on the island is at least partly … Continue reading →
I was going to use this video for one of my open threads: But after I watched it, I suddenly felt a strong urge to find some clips from the 1994 movie The Secret of Roan Inish. I hadn’t thought … Continue reading →
What collie guy? This collie guy. What bear? This Chinese bear: A Chinese zoo has been forced to deny that its sun bear is actually a human in a costume, after video of one standing on its hind legs raised … Continue reading →
[NOTE: I decided not to be as politics-intensive as usual today.] I consider the poems of Jesuit priest Gerard Manley Hopkins to be among the greatest, and I’m going to highlight a single line from his poem entitled—well, the poem … Continue reading →
Not Little Bo Peep’s sheep, but a peacock named Raul: Freedom and fame proved fleeting for a fugitive Bronx Zoo peacock. The runaway bird, dubbed “Raul” by local residents, wrapped up its life on the lam Thursday by flying back … Continue reading →
An Australian women found a venomous snake in her bed [hat tip: Instapundit]: Zachery Richards of Zachery’s Snake and Reptile Relocation posted photos to his business’ Facebook page showing the 6-foot eastern brown snake stretched out on a Maroon woman’s … Continue reading →
Where I live, mid-March is still winter. Yes, tiny green shoots that will someday become daylilies have been poking up in the sunniest spots. But snow and ice storms can still happen for at least another month, and today there’s … Continue reading →