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Maderas del Carmen, Mexico, 1993
Photograph by Bruce Dale
Wiry bloom stalks from two sotol plants lean toward sunlight that streams through a break in the clouds in the Maderas del Carmen Protected Area. The mountainous park in Mexico's Coahuila State joins with Big Bend National Park on the U.S. side of the Rio Grande.
Sotol is a favorite snack of black bears, and its blooms attract swarms of flying insects including flies, bees, and butterflies. Juice from the stem is somewhat sweet and can be pressed and fermented to make the fiery liquor mescal de sotol.
(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "TexMex," February 1996, National Geographic magazine)
Up and out
Just look at the heavenly lights!
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"A recuperating kite is administered with a multivitamin at the Bai Sakarbai Dinshaw Petit Hospital, in Mumbai, on May 30. According to the Bombay Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (BSPCA), this year there has been a 20 percent rise in bird incidences suffering from heat-related collapse. Birds fall to the ground due to extreme exhaustion and dehydration, often sustaining bruises and injuries. BSPCA officials say birds are forced to fly longer distances before resting, due to increased tree felling to make way for Mumbai's rapidly developing infrastructure" CNN
cruelty
How does this make you feel. It's a riveting photograph!
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Artist goes through $200k of LEGOs a year
You'll love this!
Lego art, one brick at a time
CNN's Shanon Cook visits the studio of LEGO Artist Nathan Sawaya to talk about his craft (May 30)
Lego Art big bucks
It seems to pay money, now that I like!
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Who's responsible for the mysterious, huge and beautiful crop circles appearing all over the English countryside
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This is a great video, by vision and by communication. It is an amazing research and a great voyage of discovery in Greenland. They are really well rugged up against the freezing cold
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I hope you will let me know which of these you like best and whether you are a Gemini, the colours for Gemini seem quite diverse when compared with other signs, the duality of Geminians perhaps. All comments would be appreciated
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"A jaguar named ''Moncho'' rests at the El Picacho municipal zoo in the north of Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Some 200 species of animals are in danger of extinction in Honduras due to the excessive hunting taking place, mainly for export purposes. According to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), most of the animals captured are taken illegally form Central America to the United States and Europe
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CNN's Nic Robertson reports on the problem of abuse faced by many women in Afghanistan (April 30
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Winner of so many Academy Awards, this trailer is a mixed collection of excerpts from the movie
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Digg is a community-based popularity website with an emphasis on technology and science articles, recently expanding to a broader range of categories such as politics and entertainment
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Molecules from a smell have to reach your nose. Chemicals drift through the air to special neurons, a small patch at the top of your nasal passages, which have 'cilia' [small hair like projections] which increase the surface area and have contact with the air
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This is just so cute, you'll need to know some of the concepts of flatland ( a 2D society ) to fully appreciate this
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To test your brain a little, for those non German speakers, I have put on the lyrics of this very beautiful song in both German and English
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