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> > Quote > GRASSROOTS > Earthweek: A Diary of the Planet > > Courtesy of Earthweek.com > Earthweek: A Diary of the Planet > Birds vs. Fish > > Two sets of conservationists in the western United States are at odds over plans to kill 11,000 double-crested cormorants on Oregon’s East Sand Island to protect endangered juvenile salmon and steelhead trout from the Columbia River. > The Army Corps of Engineers is preparing to cull the live birds with shotguns and pour oil on the nests of about 26,000 birds to prevent their eggs from hatching. > The move has drawn criticism from the Audubon Society of Portland and Care2. > The Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission counters that it’s hard enough for the fish to make it through a network of dams on the river without being eaten up by a large number of cormorants at the river’s mouth. > “This is a difficult situation,” said Corps spokeswoman Diana Fredlund. “We are trying to balance the salmon and steelhead versus the birds.” > End quote > > I am so angry I don’t know what to do. So we destroy the fish population by our poor behavior and decide to kill the birds to repair our poor behavior. And humans are the most intelligent animal on earth. sigh > > And on a happier note. > > quote > Croc Fun > A crocodile may not seem like the best choice for a human playmate, but research reveals the reptiles do love to have fun. > Vladimir Dinets, a zoologist at the University of Tennessee, says he found that crocs can form powerful and playful relations not only with their own kind, but also with species like river otters and even humans. > “A man who rescued a crocodile that had been shot in the head became close friends with the animal. They happily played every day until the crocodile’s death 20 years later,” said Dinets. > Writing in the journal Animal Behavior and Cognition, Dinets says he found three types of play the animals engage in. > Playing with objects was the most common, while social play with others and locomotive play, like surfing or riding on currents, were observed less frequently. > Dinets suggests zoos should provide captive crocodiles with toys and other opportunities for play to make them happier and healthier. > End quote > > I claim that fish are smarter than we give them credit for I would bet that crocodilians, especially older crocodilians are probably a lot smarter than we give them credit for. > > Bob 310 429 8477 > http://www.PuraVidaAquatic.com

http://www.globalresearch.ca/new-study-finds-monsantos-roundup-herbicide-125-times-more-toxic-than-regulators-say/5390710 This article is likely to be very true.

Okay, now I have put two and two together, and I’m mad. If a corporation can be a “person” in the usa (lowercase intentional) and have the rights of a person, how is it possible that the earth is not considered having at least the same rights. Instead of the Sierra Club maybe we should start Earth.Com. EARTHCORP? CorporateEarth? And sue for worldwide rights. I searched TEDs for “wetland” and I deeply regret that I didn’t see this in 2011. http://www.ted.com/talks/garth_lenz_images_of_beauty_and_devastation

http://natmonitor.com/2014/11/26/biologists-disturbed-to-find-seals-in-britain-seemingly-killing-porpoises-for-fun/

As a molecular biologist, I would like someone to tell me how DNA evidence could be found for propeller injuries or nets. Way down in the story this is one of the possibilities. And actually in my opinion one of the better ones.

DNA evidence will always find DNA from something. That doesn’t mean that “something” had anything to do with the death. Just a few seal cell would have given positive results in all likelihood.

BTW all the bar jokes really are funny. But I also think a healthy dolphin could kick a seals ace. :-)

Bob

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This one speaks to my heart and also because of the excellent description of the black smokers which are the home of many hyperthermophile systems like the ones that I worked on. https://www.ted.com/talks/mike_degruy_hooked_by_octopus http://www.PuraVidaAquatic.com

Paul Stamets
Bob http://www.PuraVidaAquatic.com

This is one of the best descriptions of bees, colony collapse disorder, and what we can DO, that I have seen in a long time.
https://www.ted.com/playlists/5/insects_are_awesome

Bob
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http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-taxon=Ludwigia+hexapetala Quote Ludwigia hexapetala, a dicot, is a perennial herb that is native to California and is also found elsewhere in North America and beyond. End quote Hexapetala, (six petals :-) ) Sigh, this is my problem! Cal-IPC: State of California Aquatic plants http://www.cal-ipc.org/landscaping/dpp/plantpage.php?region=state&type=Aquatic%20plants Quote Invasive! Do Not Plant! Invasive! More/larger photos Uruguayan water-primrose, creeping water-primrose Ludwigia hexapetala, L. uruguayensis, L. peploides Crowds out native plants and reduces water quality. Dense mats slow water movement and create habitat for mosquito larva End quote I have spent almost 10 years trying to acquire native plants to put in ponds. This plant grows extremely well for me. Apparently so well that it’s being characterized as invasive. But native too? You’re telling me that for millions of years it grew in part of California but not in identical ecosystems further to the south??? So that when it grows really well in these systems now it’s designated invasive??? We have damaged and destroyed so much ecosystem we don’t even flippin know what grows where anymore. Secondarily, people with their flipping databases that they can’t ever change to fix. You think if we had a California native plant database and a California invasive plant database that the people would talk to one another and maybe figure it out. Bob310 429 8477 http://www.PuraVidaAquatic.com

Okay, I’m going to yell at you. Yes you, the reader of this page. Some of you seem to believe that permaculture is simply a cheap, easy way of doing things. I don’t believe that for a second. I don’t believe that permaculture is about liking a post because it has cute pictures of bunnies as opposed to information.

I don’t believe that permaculture is about cute cat YouTube movies. Where the “cute cats” are turned outside to rape and pillage the native birds and lizards. I don’t believe permaculture is simply about asking for someone to hand you information. And I certainly don’t think that the information you asked for should be about the “permaculture” way of killing something. Particularly if killing something uses just another toxin, even “is it is a _green _ toxin”

Is the irony gene amongst people who practice permaculture as completely dead as it is amongst the general population? I like to think that I work for what I believe, do you?

Bob
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http://www.foe.org/news/news-releases/2014-04-pesticide-pushers-spin-the-bee-crisis-to-protect-protect-profits Everybody looking at this Facebook page needs to read this all the way through! The comparison of the pesticide companies and big tobacco is clear and exceptionally well thought out. The description of how they are focused on our children is right out of Big tobacco’s playbook. Bob310 429 8477 http://www.PuraVidaAquatic.com