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This is a report on the information gathered during a 1993 study in Washington D.C. when the rate of HRA crimes dropped 23.3% while almost 4,000 participants in the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi programs meditated together on peace.
That’s right: brain power you silly animals. Go make your week special.
“For my dearest darling, treasured, cherished Agatha whom I worship. With respect, adoration, admiration, kisses, gratitude, best wishes, and love from Z to A”
-Blaze quoting Zero from The Grand Budapest Hotel so you know how much I love you
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Hello all!! Apologies for the week-long hiatus, it’s been a busy past couple weeks. Luckily Blaze had a pretty great post ready to go, so all’s well! Anywho, tonight’s post (morning post?) is going to be about one of my favorite animals, the Tiger. There are plenty of subspecies, so i’ll try to touch on a few of those as well. Without further ado……
First off, the tiger (Panthera tigris) Is the largest of the cats, with their lengths reach 11ft over their curves, and up to 875lbs of bitey cuddle-monster. They are both solitary and very sociable animals, and tend to be located in areas densely populated by humans. As apex predators in their domains, they have no real competition on the food chain, eating ungulates like deer.
Even humans don’t stand much chance against these gorgeous cats.
The Champawat Tiger is a famous maneater tiger in nepal. This female tiger had broken canine teeth on her upper and lower jaw, preventing her from chasing her natural prey.
The Champawat Tiger swapped from deer to humans and racked up a kill count of 436 people before being killed by a hunter. Tigers are fiercely clever hunters, and will ambush their prey and sometimes even hide the bodies before they are discovered.
The sizes of tigers vary much more among the subspecies than most other animals. The Bengal and Siberian are the tallest and heaviest of the species. Some, like the Sumatran Tiger, weigh only about 220lbs. Tigers are sexually dimorphic, with the males being significantly larger than the females.
All tigers are endangered, with the species having lost over 93% of it’s habitat thanks to humanity. The Sumatran Tiger only has a population of about 600 left in the world, with Siberian Tigers numbering around 400.
( photo: Zvi Roger)
Tigers also have various color variations. The Bengal Tiger has a rare recessive gene that causes the fur to be white with black stripes and bright blue eyes. A Golden Tiger, sometimes called a “strawberry color, is more of a mutation than a recessive gene. The subspecies could be any of them, though they are generally at least part Bengal.
In Chinese mythology, tigers are one of the 12 zodiac animals. The tiger symbolizes Earth, and the tiger stands opposite the dragon (symbolizing spirit) on the Yin and Yang. Tigers are considered the greatest of beasts, even the symbol for “king” comes from the four horizonal lines on the tiger’s forehead.
Hope the article wasn’t too long winded. I wanted to add much MUCH more. 😀
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It’s nice to know someone is on your side. Especially when you realize that ally is theentire planet.
That’s right: Mother Nature is kicking the can all over the place. Here’s a couple wonderful examples I found online:
1. Polyurethane eating fungus and bacteria
That’s right, I just said it: a natural process for plastic degradation. This has been a problem unlike ever before what with the different plastic vortexes of evil in the oceans such as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and the fact that we have had little success with proper disposal since plastic is traditionally recognized for not properly breaking down. Our blue beauty in our own wonderful universe has taken matters into its own paws with what would seem to be a mutation of different microorganisms. For lots more info on this exciting topic, here’s a handy link: http://aem.asm.org/content/77/17/6076.full
P.S. for this point: Here’s an interesting and alternate solution to plastic. We can eradicate plastic and its harmful effects on our planet with… more fungus.
Emrys told me about mineral-rich glaciers melting in our warming planet’s Antarctic region providing an optimal environment for phytoplankton to grow, which supports a much more robust and populated food chain. Isn’t fascinating that animals always seem to make a comeback, one way or another?
3. Uncle Sam’s Trump Card
When Donald Trump was being photographed for his cover of Time magazine, a small piece of Nature’s power made itself respected. Uncle Sam, a rescue bald eagle, didn’t participate in the photos without making a bit of a scene. It’s a wonder Trump hasn’t promised to replace the National Bird out of spite.
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Keep wagging your tail,
Blaze
P.S. to you Wild Knights. We love ya and apologize for the wacky uploading schedule lately. Keep following, tell your peeps if they wish they could be like the cool kids, and go change the world. More to come ❤ Let’s take off!
Hello all and happy Saturday! Tonight’s post will be a short one since I have a bad case of procrastination. While planning a grand journey across the U.S. and Canada, I looked into some of legends and animals that I might want to search for. I came across an awesome beastie called the Kermode Bear, otherwise known as the Spirit Bear.
photo: CP/Handout/Kamloops
The Spirit Bear or Komode Bear is a subspecies of the American Black Bear living in Central and Northern regions of British Columbia, Canada. Despite their appearance, they are not albino or related to a polar bear in any way. The off white or cream coloration is due to a double recessive gene unique to the subspecies. Despite being a recessive trait, a Black furred mother can still have a white cub. Which are adorable, see for yourself.
The Spirit Bear is a common feature among the myths of the indigenous peoples nearby. Some tribes believe that the Creator of the universe made the Spirit Bears white to remind the people of the harsh times that came during the age of ice.
Very recently, an agreement was reached that made the home of these beauties protected from dangers presented by loggers and other parties whose interests were commercial. The Great Bear Rain Forest is now a protected 12,000 square mile area, which is the largest coastal temperate rain forest in the world.
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