Category Archives: Animal news

Guns and animals in America

Posted on August 18, 2022 by Naomi

Given the absurd justification of gun owners, animals and weapons should go together. But even as I shudder, Harper’s Weekly Review gives us this: A man who has spray-painted “NO SHOOT ZONE” hundreds of times on sidewalks and buildings in … Continue reading →

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Aquatic animal news

Posted on August 10, 2022 by Naomi

From Harper’s Weekly Review: Marine biologists said that, because warmer climates have warmed incubation temperature, almost every sea turtle born in Florida in the past few years has been female. French authorities remain uncertain of how to assist a beluga … Continue reading →

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Robots and wolf spiders? I do not get this

Posted on August 3, 2022 by Naomi

From Harper’s Weekly Review: Robotics researchers employed dead wolf spiders to grip delicate items up to 130 percent the spiders’ own mass. Were the spiders paid a minimum wage or what?

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