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POPSThe First Video Footage of the World's Most Elusive Cat "Andrew Hearn and Joanna Ross, researchers from the United Kingdom’s Global Canopy Programme’s Bornean Wild Cat & Clouded Leopard Project, have been surveying five species of wild cats of Borneo for several years. Their work has uncovered some remarkable findings. Besides capturing the world’s first ever video of the rare cat, the two are also credited for snapping the first photograph of a live bay cat. Based in the Tabin Wildlife Reserve in Sabah, camera trapping and radio-tracking methods are utilized in their research. The program also provides educational materials, community surveys and training courses as well. " (from the article)
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POPSSpears versus bulldozers in Borneo How can people be convinced of global warming causing rises in the cost of electricity, water etc, when a few villagers and freebee lawyers are left to protect this forest.
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POPS Orangutan ruse misleads predators more: Co-author Madeleine Hardus, from the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands, told BBC News: "This study clearly indicates that the abilities of great ape communication have been traditionally undervalued and that there may be traces of language precursors in our closest relatives, the great apes." She added that the findings suggest that primate calling behaviour is not purely based on instinct, but instead is socially learned.
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POPSGIANT CAVE PICTURES: World's Biggest Found in Vietnam Vietnam's Son Doong cave, the largest single cave passage yet found. First explored earlier this year by a joint British-Vietnamese team, the cave measures at least 262-by-262 feet (80-by-80 meters) in most places and is at least 2.8 miles (4.5 kilometers) long.
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POPSWhy do we nod our heads for "yes" and shake them for "no"? Dear Cecil: "With reference to your column on gestures, did you leave out or just not know that in Greece the five fingers spread out and thrust forward at someone means " in your face"? - Had to Tell You. Cecil replies: "Thank you for sharing that with us. Just shows you how the Greeks continue to enrich civilization. " :lol:
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POPSChallenge to Home Secretary
The only people who do not seem to think that Jacqui Spliff is not a fraudster are in Westminster. That awful telephon this morning on 5Live showed a naivety that it is so criminal. As a young Commando I received £7 per week, my kit was so inadequate you suffered from every malady going, malaria tablets did as much damage to you as it did to prevent you from getting sick from mosquito bites, some arsehole decided to experiment with the AR16 and it was us poor suckers who suffered from inadequate protection because of lack of firepower. I remember one of the lads getting wounded on patrol in Borneo and it took the troop four days to carry him to a helipad where a RN chopper pilot risked life and limb to get him out. I remember clambering across the rooftops on the Shankill with Loyalist gunmen firing down on the Queens and all we had were pickaxe handles and stout hearts. Stop all this bull-shit. MP's went into the trade to feather their own nests and the next generation will do ex
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POPSUltrasonic Communication Among Frogs The research may have implications for improving human hearing aids and addressing hearing loss. Most hearing aids, Narins said, simply amplify sound, including unnecessary background noise. Better hearing aids that are directional, for example, could result from the research.
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