Here is my ersatz journal with an unfortunate date where I should say something funny, but I can’t think of anything so I’ll just say something funny about how this is the second shot at today’s OION since WP screwed the first shot.
=================================================== Infant behavior regarding shit on the part of adult sperm whales: “Sperm whales blasted a “big dark bubble” of poop to prevent an impending orca attack off the southern coast of Western Australia. ABCSperm whales drop giant poop bombs to save themselves from orca attack
‘It’s called defense defecation,’ Jennah Tucker, a marine biologist with Oceans Blueprint, a marine and environmental sciences research organization, who was on the charter boat, told ABC. When the animals defecate, she said, they pass their huge tails through their poop to drive away or confuse attackers.
This is another fact about what scares off Orcas: “Because [a] sperm whale’s diet consists mostly of squid, they actually have this really reddish colored poo,” she said.
Scientists watched this happen. “They described seeing a ‘cloud of diarrhea’ permeate the water, and this rarely seen defense mechanism seemed to help the sperm whale pod escape what could have been a fatal attack by at least 30 killer whales.”
I am not going to post a picture of the shit.
Defense defecation? They use what’s in them.
“https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/sperm-whales-drop-giant-poop-204925781.html
Article by Jennifer Nalewicki
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Bring them back alive (one)Australia battles to save last 11 wild ‘earless dragons
“The earless dragon—which is light brown and has long white stripes down its body—measures about 15 centimeters (the size of a US$1 bill) when fully grown.It lacks an external ear opening and functional eardrum, hence the name.
Conservation efforts are underway since the lizards are threatened by habitat destruction.Australia has four species of earless dragons. Three are critically endangered, the highest level of risk, while the fourth is endangered.“
https://phys.org/news/2024-03-australia-wild-earless-dragons.html
Article by Laura Chung
Here’s an Earless Dragon:===================================================
Bring them back alive (two) “An Indonesian zoo has welcomed dozens of new baby Komodo dragons hatched in captivity in recent months as part of a breeding programme, its director said Tuesday, offering hope for efforts to conserve the endangered species. And they are in trouble. Just 3,458 adult and baby species are left in the wild, according to estimates.”Indonesian zoo breeds dozens of endangered baby Komodo dragons
And there is hope for them.
“But a breeding programme in Indonesia’s second-largest city of Surabaya is trying to change that, successfully breeding 29 dragons in incubators between February and March. ‘
We have habitats that mirror the Komodo’s natural habitat, including its humidity and temperature,’ zoo director Chairul Anwar told AFP.”
Indonesian zoo breeds dozens of endangered baby Komodo dragons
Here’s the adorable baby komodos. ===================================================
That is the that for this that. Another next week as I can keep it together and poems to come.
POETRY, PROSE AND ANYTHING GOES 