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Saltie Goes for the Noggin’!
And just misses what would have likely been one helluva stomachache. After all, the nutritional return on gobbling a human head must be rather scant, for a saltwater crocodile. If swallowed whole, the snapped-off noggin’ is going to take ages…
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Flipper In the Raw
For all of those heartening stories we have heard over the years about dolphins rescuing swimmers and divers from the predations of sharks in the salty wilds of the Big Bad Ocean, it is crucial to remember that the acrobatic…
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No, She Fled the Coming Wrath
Much mystery and “assumption” (pun intended) has surrounded the final fate of Mary, the mother of Jesus. Legends abounded in ancient times regarding almost all of the main characters in the Gospel stories—even though the canonical accounts preserve almost none…
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You Scratch My Back, I’ll Scratch Yours. Big Time.
Daisy the OCEARCH-tagged Great White Shark recently vanished from the marine exploration team’s tracking system when it was reported that her tag fell off somewhere near the Bay of Plenty. What researchers failed to mention is that Daisy herself was…
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Just Sizing Up the Produce Section
I have seen extremely large hammerhead sharks do THIS VERY THING during my years in Florida. It’s deliciously spooky to watch a fifteen-foot hammerhead cruise along slowly, parallel to the shoreline, in shallow, clear water, as if perusing cuts of…
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40 Crocodiles Eat Man Who Runs Family Crocodile Farm
If anyone can beat this tale in terms of listing hazardous jobs statistically likely to involve lost limbs and tragic endings, please feel free to share. I hope some Cambodian troubadour at least composes an ode in the poor fellow’s…
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Proper Conservation Bears Sharky Fruit
There are more fish in our oceans these days and healthier ecosystems—the likes of which we have not seen since the 1940s and 1950s, just before rampant efforts by bigger, more powerful international fishing industry behemoths began to devastate various…
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Egad! Ugly Egyptian Temples in Chino Hills, California? I’ll Pass.
THESE STOREFRONT “TEMPLES” located at The Commons in Chino Hills, CA, are certainly new on my Egyptological Enthusiast’s radar. Both structures are obviously intended to reproduce the renowned original cliffside-hewn sanctuaries of Abu Simbel, built thousands of years ago by…
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My Second Favorite Predator Grabs a Snack
People who fail to keep an eye on their beloved canines while frolicking in an around Saltwater Crocodile territory in Australia (or gator country in the Southeastern USA, for that matter) should not be surprised when a faithful consumer of…
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All Aboard to Cape Cod … the Beaches Are Open!
Just be sure to wear a black wetsuit when taking that delightful dip. Truly, with the entertainment industry bereft of new ideas (though countless new stories and works are created ever year) and intent upon remaking classic kids’ films and…
Jonathan Kieran 