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Last login: 17 hours agoLimbricus: Limbricus is a 36 year old married guy from New York, New York, USA.; Likes 707 pages, 14 videos, 62 photos • 14 fans • Received 5 reviews; Member since Mar 18, 2008

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Hundreds of invasive crayfish killed by disease - Telegraph: Aug 8, 8:14am 1 review environment
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/08/07/eacrayfish1...; More about those invasive crawdads trying to take over the British waterways: From the site: "All the creatures killed so far have been from an invasive species - the Turkish crayfish - but there are fears the disease could spread to the native white-clawed crayfish."

Neuschwanstein Castle: Interesting Thing of the Day: Aug 8, 7:41am 1 review
http://itotd.com/articles/278/neuschwanstein-castle/; Nice info on one of my favorite castles. ITOD strikes again...

MAKE: Blog: 20,000 leagues under the sea: Jul 30, 6:53am -1 review scuba-diving
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/07/20000_leagues_under_the_s.html

New manta ray species discovered - Telegraph: Jul 25, 7:48am 1 review
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/07/24/earay124.xml; From the site: "After five years of study a marine biologist has confirmed that a larger and more elusive manta is in fact a distinct species. Until now it was thought that there was only one manta ray species." The newly-discovered larger, migratory manta ray (top) and the common, resident species (below) "Andrea Marshall is a PhD marine biologist sponsored by the Save Our Seas Foundation (SOSF) to advance scientific knowledge of the ray whose large triangular pectoral fins can span almost 8m in width and can weigh more than 2,000 kg. She suspected the existence of a separate species and was able to confirm her theory through genetic and morphological analysis. There may even be a third manta species that exists across temperate, tropical and subtropical waters worldwide. Marshall revealed her findings at the American Elasmobranch Symposium in Canada."

Pod of wild dolphins put on a stunning performance for swimmers in Cornwall - …: Jul 22, 7:32am 1 review environment
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/07/21/eadolphins1...; Pod of wild dolphins put on a stunning performance for swimmers in Cornwall The trio have been seen at the beach seven times in the last 10 days, and appear to love courting attention from people

Nibbling fish perform pedicures - Yahoo! News Photos: Jul 22, 7:24am -1 review spas
http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Nibbling-fish-perform-pedicures-Alexandria2C-Va...

Angry parents make removal of dangerously overheated playground mats: Jul 21, 1:24pm 1 review cars
https://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2008/07/20/2008-07-20_angry_parents_make...; From the site: "These city playgrounds aren't for child's play. Black rubber mats designed to break a child's fall turn blistering hot in the summer, soaring to higher than 165 degrees, a Daily News investigation found. Doctors at two city hospital burn units reported seeing 16 to 18 young children with playground burns a year, mostly from the mats under junglegyms and sliding boards. "

Killer whale flips seals out of water with its tail - Telegraph: Jul 21, 7:54am 1 review
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/07/17/eawhale117.xml; Killer wale playing with its food:

The Statesman: Jul 21, 7:41am 1 review
http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=9&theme=&usrsess=1&id=214714; From the page: "KENDRAPARA, July 20: In a repeat of last year's exercise, the forest personnel have let loose large groups of captive bred crocodiles into water bodies of Bhitarkanika wildlife sanctuary to ward off human interference into the fast-depleting mangrove forest. Crocodiles are seemingly performing the role of �honorary forest guards admirably in the core area of the wildlife sanctuary. The fear of marauding crocodiles has checked human intrusion in many areas of the sanctuary. Now the crocodiles habitat is being expanded to areas subjected to wanton tree felling, remarked the forest officials. To stop frequent movement of villagers into the forest area, as many as 57 crocodiles were released last week into the water bodies in Kharinasi, Batighar, Ramnagar and Jamboo areas of the sanctuary, said forest officials."