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Mishegas: Some, uh, nutsy factual findings via Harper’s

I’m not criticizing Harper’s. Oh no! The magazine gives me such pleasure and bewilderment. (I love bewilderment. It leads to…things.) So I’m devoted to their Findings page (the very last in the mag’s hard copy) which collects and bunches together … Continue reading

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Animal news: The score is orca pod 4, boats 0

So the Times tells me today. And I learned some things. For one, orcas are members of the dolphin family. And, like dolphins, they are playful: The largest of the dolphin family, orcas are playful apex predators that hunt sharks, … Continue reading

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Animal news: Attack of the killer whales! (I’m rooting for the whales)

My Animal News Maven, Ellen Kaye, sends me all sorts of around-the-world items of great interest. Today, from the Guardian, this. Scientists have been left baffled by incidents of orcas ramming sailing boats along the Spanish and Portuguese coasts. In … Continue reading

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