One researcher decided to dissect dead opossums’ stomachs and analyze the contents. First off, they don’t eat ticks like people assume. Secondly, she found things like broken glass and a partially undigested shrew. Source.
Union was saved by the immortal heroes at Gettysburg. Gettysburg. What an unbelievable battle that was, the battle of Gettysburg. What an unbelievable… I mean, it was so much and so interesting and so vicious and horrible and so beautiful in so many different ways. It represented such a big portion of the success of this country. Gettysburg, wow. I go to Gettysburg, PA to look and to watch. And the statement of Robert E Lee, who’s no longer in favor. Did you ever notice that? No longer in favor. “Never fight uphill, me boys, never fight uphill.” They were fighting uphill, he said. Wow, that was a big mistake. He lost his great general, and they were fighting. “Never fight uphill, me boys,” but it was too late.
It does hurt, starts out as a numbness and then there is a some mild pain. And then pins and needles when the blood comes back. I can still use them but it doesn't feel the best. The biggest risk I'm aware of is frostbite if I am out in the cold. I like to have gloves or mittens with me at all times when it's cold out.
Humans' invention of zero was crucial for modern mathematics and science, but we're not the only species to consider "nothing" a number. Parrots and monkeys understand the concept of zero, and now bees have joined the club, too.
Honey bees are known to have some numerical skills such as the capacity to count to four, which may come in handy when keeping track of landmarks in their environment. To see whether these abilities extended to understanding zero, researchers trained 10 bees to identify the smaller of two numbers. Across a series of trials, they showed the insects two different pictures displaying a few black shapes on a white background. If the bees flew to the picture with the smaller number of shapes, they were given delicious sugar water, but if they flew toward the larger number, they were punished with bitter-tasting quinine.
Once the bees had learned to consistently make the correct choice, the researchers gave them a new option: a white background containing no shapes at all. Even though the bees had never seen an empty picture before, 64% of the time they chose this option rather than a picture containing two or three shapes, the authors report today in Science. This suggests that the insects understood that "zero" is less than two or three. And they weren't just going for the empty picture because it was new and interesting: Another group of bees trained to always choose the larger number tended to pick the nonzero image in this test.
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In further experiments, the researchers showed that bees' understanding of zero was even more sophisticated: For example, they were able to distinguish between one and zero—a challenge even for some other members of the zero club. Advanced numerical abilities like this could give animals an evolutionary advantage, helping them keep track of predators and food sources. And if an insect can display such a thorough grasp of the number zero, write the researchers, then this ability may be more common in the animal kingdom than we think.
Directions:
1. Heat water and butter in a medium sized pot till the mixture comes to a boil.
2. Take the pot of water off the flame and slowly stir in the pancake mix and sugar till you get a smooth batter.
3. Pour the vegetable oil into a thick bottomed pot, and place on medium high heat. Let the oil become hot enough before you start frying your churros (350-375 F or 175-190 C). An easy way to test if your oil is ready to fry is to drop a tiny bit of batter into it. If the batter turns crispy within seconds and rises to the top, your oil is ready for frying.
4. Pour the churro batter into the churrera or a piping bag and pipe out 5- to 6-inch-long sections into the hot oil. Let the churros fry till golden brown on the bottom, then turn them over in the pan to fry them evenly all over. Once they're golden brown on both sides, take them out and let them rest on a paper towel lined dish to blot away the excess oil.
5. Mix the sugar and powdered cinnamon in a flat dish. Roll the churros in the cinnamon sugar mix till they're well coated.
Prime Minister Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al Thani tweeted: "We regret the unacceptable treatment of the female passengers... What took place does not reflect Qatar's laws or values."
Yes, cause women are usually treated so well in Qatar. If it doesn’t reflect your laws, then how did it happen? Are the people who did it going to have any kind of accountability?
One researcher decided to dissect dead opossums’ stomachs and analyze the contents. First off, they don’t eat ticks like people assume. Secondly, she found things like broken glass and a partially undigested shrew. Source.
In conclusion, opossums are metal.