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  • Umm, says right in the title, Marsupial Lion. ;-) You mean this beast: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thylacoleo

    Extinction Main article: Quaternary extinction event

    Thylacoleo is thought to have become extinct around 40,000 years ago as part of the Late Pleistocene extinctions, essentially simultanteously with the vast majority of Australian megafauna. It has been contested as to the relative importance of climatic change vs the impact of recently arrived Indigenous Australians (who arrived in Australia around 50-60,000 years ago) in the extinctions.[42]

    I say we need to be careful, maybe they just got really good at hiding.

  • Swell, please share? Some sassy ssssaxaphone, perhapssss?

  • This research will save lives from the drop bear peril!!

    Indirect Tracking of Drop Bears Using GNSS Technology

    Abstract Animal tagging and tracking has been a fundamental tool in the quest to increase our knowledge and understanding of biogeography and ecology for about 50 years. Monitoring animal populations is also necessary for conservation purposes and to limit negative effects on the human population, particularly in an era of human expansion into traditional animal habitats. The use of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) technology has been responsible for significant advances in this field by providing the ability to obtain accurate, regular and frequent estimates of the changing distributions of many rare animal species. Employing conventional GNSS-based animal tracking methods to study drop bears is extremely difficult due to their habitat. The dense tree canopy regularly causes extended periods of complete GNSS signal loss, and sensors are often damaged during attacks on prey. This paper proposes an indirect, GNSS-based method for tracking drop bears. This involves tracking the prey rather than the predator in order to map the population of drop bears in a particular area. The method can be used to effectively estimate the number of drop bears in the study area. Analysis of the collected data provides valuable insights into the hunting behaviour of drop bears and has implications for a better understanding of the geographical distribution of other rare species, including hoop snakes and bunyips.

  • I will agree that the US is in a perilous moment, alas.

  • LoL, actual.

  • Yay Sharks!!

  • That was my first thought, does he have standing? In what way was trump harmed by the VA Medical Centers registering voters? Did they only register dems? The game is all about making all the noise you can, distract, deflect.

  • Gee, let's see, a fascist who has guaranteed us dictatorial retribution, or Biden who has done a decent job despite an uncooperative congress and judiciary. Decisions, decisions. SMH.

  • The electoral college gave the win to #45, perhaps you've forgotten that he lost the popular vote.

    And thank you for your many wonderful historical posts!

  • Trump was dozing off in the middle of his fraud trial. smh. I've never been on trial, but dang, I think I would want to pay attention.

  • I suspect you are at least as old as I am, from the MAD comment.

    Why Mutually Assured Destruction Can No Longer Keep the World from Annihilation https://bigthink.com/politics-current-affairs/why-mutually-assured-destruction-can-no-longer-keep-the-world-from-annihilation/

    Why MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction) Is No Longer Reassuring https://www.fdd.org/podcasts/2022/04/01/mutually-assured-destruction-no-longer-reassuring/

    The Diminishing Reassurance Of Mutually-Assured Destruction https://theowp.org/reports/the-diminishing-reassurance-of-mutually-assured-destruction/

  • Excellent Video! And important call for nuclear disarmament.

  • I'm not quite sure what you are asking, or where you are sourcing that polling data. Could you elaborate?

  • It seems reasonable that Trump would get a boost in polls from surviving being shot/ nicked on his ear. My hope is that this is a transient effect, and that Trump will say and/or do many stupid things between now and November that will trash his chances at being elected dictator.