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Still Mourning the Ancient Library of Alexandria
In fact, I’m still so sad about the destruction of this glorious repository ancient knowledge 1650-ish years ago that I can’t even speak of it. But you oughtta know about this civilization-damaging, inestimable loss. Livescience will tell you all about…
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The Splendor of Mythology’s Greatest Tomboy
For those interested in the wonders of ancient history and archaeology, you won’t find a more concise and compelling article than THIS history of the great Temple of the goddess Artemis at Ephesus. The now-utterly destroyed structure was famous throughout…
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Ride ‘em, Cowboy!
Believe me, I harbor no ill-will toward the many good and responsible citizens of Panama City Beach, FL, but THIS STORY confirms that everything is pretty much up to speed in Panama City Beach for this particular time of year.…
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Brown Widow Spiders Cannibalizing Black Widow Spiders!
WHY CAN’T EVERYBODY JUST GET ALONG?!? (BTW, this is the first I have heard of this phenomenon, and that’s something, coming from a spider-nerd like myself.) (The latrodectus species could use some DEI training. Yah.) (Do South African Brown Widow…
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Great White Sharks More Common Off California Coast Than Previously Thought!
I gotta tell ya—as a longtime coastal Californian, there has never been a time when I didn’t think they were common. I’d wager that any established resident of the state with two synapses to rub together is well-aware (and has…
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The Infantile Attraction of ANIMAL WARS
When I was a little kid, maybe seven or eight, making “my own entertainment” (i.e. playing with sticks and plastic dinosaurs in the dirt) in the wilderness climes of upstate New York and Florida, it was occasionally fascinating to observe…
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Orcas Shopping for Groceries at the Farallons!
A rather intriguing article from the San Francisco Chronicle can be found HERE, describing the recent hunting expeditions of various killer whale families and subsets in the deep canyons of the Monterey Bay and—of particular interest—West of the notorious Farallon…
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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…
Jonathan Kieran 