Animal Aspects
This is raw, true nature. I will post pictures of animals eating, killing, (obviously never anything abusive), and fighting each other, as well as the occasional skeleton. If you cannot stand the sight of blood or guts, please don't follow.
In other goat news: As urban homesteading continues its rise, city backyards are booming with agrarian dreams: chickens peck near privacy fences, milk-producing goats bleat greetings to overflying airplanes, and tomato and pea plants stretch toward the smoggy sun. But coupled with these well-intentioned back-to-the-earth efforts is a dark side, says E Magazine’s Jodi Helmer, as the farm animals we bring to the city get short shrift.
“For many urban agrarians, chickens and goats are the perfect addition to a backyard farm,” Helmer writes, “but when the novelty of having a chirping chick wears off or adorable kids turn into grownup goats that eat the landscaping, the animals are often surrendered to rescue groups or abandoned.”
Neurotoxins in Shark Fins: A Human Health Concern
ScienceDaily (Feb. 23, 2012) — Sharks are among the most threatened of marine species worldwide due to unsustainable overfishing. They are primarily killed for their fins to fuel the growing demand for shark fin soup, which is an Asia delicacy. A new study by University of Miami (UM) scientists in the journal Marine Drugs has discovered high concentrations of BMAA in shark fins, a neurotoxin linked to neurodegenerative diseases in humans including Alzheimer’s and Lou Gehrig Disease (ALS). The study suggests that consumption of shark fin soup and cartilage pills may pose a significant health risk for degenerative brain diseases.
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[Img via National Geographic © Jean-Marie Ghislain]
Thresher sharks are solitary predators named for their thresher-like tail which can be as long as the total body length and which they use as a weapon to stun their preys and sometimes to kill sea birds. Thresher sharks are also known to jump out of the water like dolphins, a behavior called breaching.
-I want to be a shark-](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzwpxhMNCD1qb3iw0o1_250.jpg)
[Img via National Geographic © Jean-Marie Ghislain]
Thresher sharks are solitary predators named for their thresher-like tail which can be as long as the total body length and which they use as a weapon to stun their preys and sometimes to kill sea birds. Thresher sharks are also known to jump out of the water like dolphins, a behavior called breaching.
-I want to be a shark-
