Incest-avoiding Females Cause Males To Leave
Incest-avoiding Females Cause Males To Leave
Animals generally avoid inbreeding because it is genetically hazardous. They can either do this by moving away from home or, like humans, by learning who their relatives are and not mating with them. In most mammals, the young males move away and the females stay, resulting in a low level of inbreeding. [click link for full article]
Everything In Our Power To Eradicate Foot-and-mouth, Says Prime Minister, Gordon Brown
About sixty cattle animals have been culled at a farm in Surrey, England, after tests came back positive for foot-and-mouth. Immediately, authorities set up a three-kilometer zone around the infected farm as a measure to try to stem the spread of the disease. A further radius of ten-kilometers is being monitored for animal movements. An eight-kilometer air exclusion zone around the affected area is also in place. [click link for full article]
Graveyard shift: These styles are dead on arrival (Boston Herald)
The news came tied to a ferret slipped through the mail slot. “Expect a call within 3 days,” the note read. It sounds ominous, and frankly I wished it was a threat from a spy or mobster or…