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2008-07-28

The Tortoise and The Cat

This aggressive little tortoise is unstoppable in his determination to keep cats off his territory.



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Save Honey Bees

Here is a fun video of an unusual crew of B-Boys. They are performing in support of initiatives to save honey bees from the current drastic, and mysterious, decline:



Here is the HaagenDaas website on the subject - it is great for teaching school-age children about bees. Under the menu item 'How you can help' there is a PDF to download that could be used in a school curriculum.

http://helpthehoneybees.com/

"It is a fact of nature: When a honey bee returns to the hive after finding a good source of nectar, it will perform a unique dance for its hive mates, detailing the distance, quality and quantity of the new food supply."

"Sadly, honey bees are mysteriously vanishing in staggering numbers - a crisis known as Colony Collapse disorder - which is alarming considering honey bees are responsible for pollinating one-third of our natural food supply."

) via BoingBoing (