Awesome fangs

(Thanks to Mark for the very cool fish picture.)

Return of the bear

A young black bear that caused a sensation eight months ago after making a rare appearance on Maryland's Eastern Shore was captured Wednesday after making a return trip to the area, officials said yesterday.

- Washington Post (link here)

Excellent.

On the evils of the food industry

(Thanks to Elizabeth for calling my attention to this quote.)

“This is what the food industry always does — just like the tobacco industry. They obfuscate without ever looking at facts.”

- Barry M. Popkin, professor of nutrition at the University of North Carolina, quoted on nytimes.com (link here)

But I like the taste of beef.

Beware wild hogs

Officials said a wild hog attacked a woman in the back yard of her home.

- AP/azcentral (link here)

Global warming vs. Grizzly Bears

If a warming world leads to less whitebark pine, environmentalists fear grizzlies will become more aggressive in challenging hunters — contests that bears usually lose.

- AP/ajc (link here)

Usually.

Pike eats pike

Thanks to Mark for sending me this picture.

Dangerous nitrous oxide

(Thanks to Elizabeth for calling this story to my attention.)

This in addtition to the methane gas emitted by cattle, their dung also produces dangerous nitrous oxide, [Germany's Federal Environmental Agency head] Troge said.

- The Local (link here)

Another reason to stop eating meat?

Milwaukee fox and his lunch

Published in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Saturday April 4 2009.

http://jsonline.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?image=23060950&event=&CategoryID=

Deer are tough

A deer somehow survived being hit by a car near Little Rock, but that was only the first part of what soon became a very rough day.

- AP/Miami Herald (link here)

This story documents how incredibly tough deer can be.

American crocodile

Listed as a federally endangered species in 1975, after hunting and habitat loss nearly wiped it from the wild, the American crocodile has surged to numbers not seen in a century. Today, the population is about 2,000 at the southern tip of Florida, the species' only U.S. habitat, where the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has downgraded its status to threatened.

- AP/azcentral (link here)

Very cool.

Beware rabid raccoons

Three men were attacked by rabid raccoons in two incidents this week in the McLean area, Fairfax County police said.

- Washington Post (link here)

This is why people should carry loaded handguns at all times.