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by 8bitagent » Fri Jan 28, 2011 8:05 pm
by cptmarginal » Fri Jan 28, 2011 10:43 pm
Simulist wrote:And then of course, there's this:
8bitagent wrote:I recall the immense amount of time spent teaching Koko the gorilla to learn sign language and other communicative and emotive traits.
Would be funny to see a slight evolutionary spurt happen amongst gorillas. I'd love to see animals fight back Avatar/Ewok style against the poachers and industrialists
destroying the wildlife. Already Tanzania plans to bulldoze right through the heart of the Serengeti.
by 8bitagent » Fri Jan 28, 2011 11:55 pm
The elephants are known to have a taste for rice beer brewed by tribal communities across north-east India.
But this is the first time some of them have died after consuming the drink.
A herd of about 20 to 25 elephants went on the rampage in a remote area in the West Garo Hills district earlier this week after getting high on the beer.
As panicky villagers fled for cover, leaving behind their freshly brewed beverage, the elephants drank to their heart's content.
The inebriated elephants then struck an electric pole and brought it down.
But their trunks took the brunt of the shock from the high-tension wire.
Four of the elephants were killed instantly.
Assam's elephant expert Kushal Konwar Sharma, a lecturer, said these elephants frequently consume rice beer and cause devastation when they become intoxicated.
Wildlife officials say in the last two years elephants have killed at least 180 people in Assam and Meghalaya.
And more than 200 elephants have been killed by angry villagers during the last six years in the two states, in what is developing into a fierce conflict between man and beast.
by Joe Hillshoist » Sat Jan 29, 2011 12:02 am
8bitagent wrote:huh...very interestingThe elephants are known to have a taste for rice beer brewed by tribal communities across north-east India.
But this is the first time some of them have died after consuming the drink.
A herd of about 20 to 25 elephants went on the rampage in a remote area in the West Garo Hills district earlier this week after getting high on the beer.
As panicky villagers fled for cover, leaving behind their freshly brewed beverage, the elephants drank to their heart's content.
The inebriated elephants then struck an electric pole and brought it down.
But their trunks took the brunt of the shock from the high-tension wire.
Four of the elephants were killed instantly.
Assam's elephant expert Kushal Konwar Sharma, a lecturer, said these elephants frequently consume rice beer and cause devastation when they become intoxicated.
Wildlife officials say in the last two years elephants have killed at least 180 people in Assam and Meghalaya.
And more than 200 elephants have been killed by angry villagers during the last six years in the two states, in what is developing into a fierce conflict between man and beast.
Never imagined there's been a little war between animals and people in the world; always imagined it was just corporations, poachers, etc laying waste.
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