@azonenberg@ioc.exchangeRecently reminded of another bit of ridiculous childhood lore: the species of "ooo creatures" who emitted "ooo waves" any time they made the "ooo" sound, which were extremely harmful to another species ("Pets", basically Scooby-Doo complete with the accent) were was constantly being terrorized by the ooo creatures.
Apparently ooo waves were emitted by some kind of resonance in the ooo creature's nose hairs, and pulling their nose hairs would …
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@cdarwin@c.imOn an island in the Arctic Ocean, in a region that is warming as much as seven times as fast as the rest of the planet, the food chain is being turned upside down.
Underwater kelp forests are surging into once-frozen waters, replacing other native species.
Reindeer, cut off from traditional foraging routes over vanishing sea ice, now graze on seaweed when they cannot reach inland grasses and lichen.
And polar bears, deprived of the ice platforms they once used to hunt seals, …
@markhburton@mstdn.social"Rachel Reeves, boasted to corporate executives that she has “unblocked” a large housing development in Sussex being held up by “some snails … a protected species or something … microscopic snails that you cannot even see”. .. The very rare little whirlpool ramshorn snail, by no means microscopic, is an indicator of fresh water not affected by sewage pollution"
@Dragofix@veganism.socialMalaysian companies dominate PNG forest-clearance permits: report https://news.mongabay.com/2025/12/malaysian-companies-dominate-png-forest-clearance-permits-report/
