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Postby 82_28 » Fri Mar 31, 2017 5:09 am

Just saw this at The Denver Post. Watch the bees swarm the baseball field and all the players lay down flat on the field.

http://www.denverpost.com/2017/03/30/wa ... dres-game/

No, not the bees! Not the bees!

A swarm of honey-making insects invaded the Rockies-Padres’ preseason game Thursday. In the top of the ninth inning with Rockies’ Daniel Castro at the plate, a bevy bees filled the the infield forcing everyone on the field to lay flat on the ground.


I wish I could embed the video. BTW you have me to thank for even accessing anything at The Denver Post because of my strongly worded letter I wrote them some time ago. No pay wall no mo. Anyhow, it is sorta comical.
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Postby Cordelia » Fri Mar 31, 2017 2:17 pm

^^^Here it is 82. A supine show of respect for The Bees! :thumbsup


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Postby 82_28 » Fri Mar 31, 2017 2:32 pm

Thanks Cordelia. It was "breaking" when I first ran across it and there wasn't an embed link. Anyway, I think, pretty funny.
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Postby Cordelia » Fri Mar 31, 2017 2:39 pm

Hail Bees! :starz:

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Postby liminalOyster » Tue Apr 25, 2017 9:38 pm

Wild boars overrun Islamic State position, kill 3 militants
John Bacon Published 11:42 a.m. ET April 25, 2017 | Updated 6 hours ago

Three Islamic State militants setting up an ambush in a bitterly contested area of northern Iraq were killed by a
herd of stampeding boars, local leaders say.

Sheikh Anwar al­Assi, a chief of the local Ubaid tribe and supervisor of anti­ISIS forces, told The Times of
London the militants were hiding on the edge of a field about 50 miles southwest of Kirkuk when the boars overwhelmed them Sunday. Five other militants were injured, al­Assi said. He said the group was poised to
attack a band of local tribesmen who had fled to nearby mountains since militants seized the town of Hawija
three years ago.

“It is likely their movement disturbed a herd of wild pigs, which inhabit the area as well as the nearby cornfields,” he said.

Al­Assi said the militants had summarily executed 25 people attempting to flee the militant's would­be caliphate in the three days before the boars
attacked. Hawija, about 100 miles south of Mosul, sees dozens of residents flee to Kurdish Kirkuk daily, and the Iraqi military has planned to launch an
offensive in the region after a laborious effort to liberate Mosul is completed.

“We know that a massacre took place in Hawija district through our sources," al­Assi told the Times. "This will not be ISIS’s last massacre against
citizens."

Hawija is strategically located east of the road from Mosul to Baghdad, on the edge of the oil­rich region of Kirkuk. U.S.­backed troops launched the effort
to drive the militants out of Mosul in October. Eastern Mosul was liberated in January, and the Iraqi military claimed Tuesday it had taken control of the alTanek
neighborhood, the largest on the western side of the city.

Kirkuk Gov. Najmaldin Karim renewed calls to the Iraqi army and government to free Hawija.
“The suffering of the people of Hawija and its surrounding areas is intolerable,” he told The Times.

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Re: Animal Uprising Thread

Postby 82_28 » Tue Apr 25, 2017 9:46 pm

That is awesome. Too bad they can't eat them. Wild boar is quite good when smoked.
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Re: Animal Uprising Thread

Postby Cordelia » Sun Jun 18, 2017 4:21 pm

The tragedy is in the brutal blood-sport taunting and slaying of these magnificent animals.


Matador Ivan Fandino killed in France bullfight


18 June 2017

A Spanish bullfighter has died after being gored during a festival in southwest France.
Ivan Fandino, 36, caught his feet in his cloak and fell to the floor, where he was gored by the bull.

He suffered a lung injury and died on his way to hospital from a heart attack on Saturday, French media say.

Fandino, who was taking part in the Aire-sur-l'Adour bullfighting festival near Pau, is reportedly the first matador to die in France in a century.

The Basque-born matador had already taken part in a competition earlier in the day before he was injured.

Photographs showed he was conscious, but bleeding heavily, as he was led away from the ring.

Last July, bullfighter Victor Barrio, 29, became the first matador to die in Spain in 30 years after he was gored during an event being aired live on television.

France's Sud-Ouest newspaper said the last matador fatality in France was in 1921, when Isidoro Mari Fernando died in the arena in Béziers.

Fandino had been injured at least twice in previous events - once in 2015, when thrown into the air by a bull in Pamplona, Spain, but more seriously the year before when he was knocked unconscious in Bayonne, France.

Opponents describe the blood-soaked pageants as barbaric, while fans say the tradition is an ancient art form deeply rooted in national history.

Bullfighting was declared legal in France in 2012 after the Constitutional Council rejected a plea from animal rights campaigners to ban the practice.

More than 1,000 bulls are killed annually in French bullfights, the AFP news agency reported at the time.

Although bullfighting originated in neighbouring Spain, it took root in France a century and a half ago. Fights - known as corridas in Spain - are especially popular in the Nimes and Arles areas.
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Postby Cordelia » Fri Jul 07, 2017 11:20 am

Revolts by bulls continues........

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Four gored at running of the bulls in Pamplona

Four people were gored on the fifth day of the running of the bulls in the Spanish city of Pamplona.

One bull charged into runners packing the narrow streets.

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Re: Animal Uprising Thread

Postby elfismiles » Wed Jul 19, 2017 12:03 pm

Ha! My client clearly did NOT break and ENTER.

We'll settle this case with his entering a plea of guilty to only a vandalism or lesser charge.

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Re: Animal Uprising Thread

Postby Harvey » Wed Jul 19, 2017 9:05 pm

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First comes the unscratchable itching, and the angry blossoming of hives. Then stomach cramping, and—for the unluckiest few—difficulty breathing, passing out, and even death. In the last decade and a half, thousands of previously protein-loving Americans have developed a dangerous allergy to meat. And they all have one thing in common: the lone star tick.

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Re: Animal Uprising Thread

Postby Iamwhomiam » Wed Jul 19, 2017 11:03 pm

Experts Warn About Potentially Fatal Tick-Borne Powassan Virus

May 19, 2017



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Extra caution urged this season after mild winter in Northeast and increase in tick population

KINGSTON–Health officials are sounding the alarm about the possible emergence of a rare, potentially fatal tick-borne virus that can cause brain swelling, respiratory problems and even death.

The Powassan virus, or POW for short, is worse than Lyme disease because it is transmitted quicker and about 10-30 percent of patients who get infected and show symptoms will not survive, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The same tick, Ixodes scapularis, also transmits Lyme disease, but infectious disease specialists say POW is more severe because it can be deadly and cause long-term neurological damage.

“Part of the concern is it can cause something called meningoencephalitis, which is inflammation of the covering of the brain or of the brain itself,” said Dr. Andrew Yanofsky, an infectious disease specialist at HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley.

“Lyme disease typically isn’t fatal, however, with the Powassan virus, in some cases, you can develop the meningoencaphalitis, and about 10 percent of the time when a patient contracts encaphalitis, there’s a 10 percent mortality rate.

“Some cases are asymptomatic, but some of the symptoms to be looking out for would be headache, nausea, dizziness (and) confusion–in which case, you’d want to seek immediate medical care,” Yanofsky said.

“The other component is that roughly 50 percent of patients who contract Powassan virus develop long-term neurological deficits, including weakness, headaches and other neurological consequences.”

Because of the relatively mild winter and increase in ticks in the Mid-Hudson Valley, officials have expressed concern
that incidents will rise this year.

Unlike Lyme disease, those bitten by an infected tick will not develop a bull’s-eye rash, Yanofsky said.

“Typically, what you’ll be looking for are headaches, dizziness, confusion and fevers. These would be important signs that you are infected. Oftentimes, patients can also be asymptomatic, so not every patient bitten by this tick that carries the virus will develop those symptoms, but if you do, I would seek immediate medical care,” he said.

Yanofsky said data suggests that the infected tick can transmit the virus in less than 24 hours as opposed to Lyme bacterium, which can be passed from a tick to its human host between 24 and 36 hours.

“The larger concern is because it does cause encephalitis, which is not a process that is typically seen in Lyme disease, and if not caught early, you could have long-term neurological consequences,” he said.

In the past decade, researchers from the state health department’s Wadsworth Center Arbovirus Laboratories in Slingerlands identified the deer ticks carrying the virus in Saratoga, Albany, Rensselaer and Columbia counties.

According to the CDC (https://www.cdc.gov/powassan/statistics.html), only about 75 POW cases have been reported over the last 10 years, with the most (20) in Minnesota, followed by New York and Wisconsin (16 each).

Yanofsky said he is not aware of any documented cases in the immediate region.

There is no vaccine to prevent the illness, so the doctor was quick to point out that prevention is key.

“It’s a disease that’s not thought of commonly or as routinely tested for as Lyme disease, so recognizing the signs and symptoms is important this season.

“Certainly, I would take it seriously, though I don’t want people to overreact. I would just counsel vigilance and to ensure that you tick-check yourself and that appropriate repellents are being used. If you’re outdoors in a wooded area or high grass and you’re hiking or camping, you’d want to wear long clothing. Tuck your socks up over your pants, so they can’t crawl up underneath, and wear a hat.”

Yanofsky recommends using tick repellents like DEET, which can be sprayed directly onto skin and Permethrin, which can be used on clothing and shoes.

“You’d also want to check yourself thoroughly after any potential exposures, including the groin, armpits, behind the ears or other places patients don’t often look.”

http://hudsonvalleynewsnetwork.com/2017/05/19/experts-warn-potentially-fatal-tick-borne-powassan-virus/


Gansevoort man dies from rare tick virus

Benita Zahn
Updated: July 12, 2017 06:35 PM
Created: July 12, 2017 02:25 PM
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Since 2000, only 24 cases of Powassan virus have been confirmed in New York. Five of them were fatal.

The most recent case was 74-year-old Charles Smith from Gansevoort. His family tells NewsChannel 13 he was bitten by a tick on April 28. He went to the doctor on May 1 and was sent home. However, by May 11, he had fever and chills and was hospitalized. He died June 6.

NewsChannel 13’s Benita Zahn spoke with the state Department of Health about Powassan on Wednesday afternoon.

"Powassan is a serious illness," warned Bryon Backenson, deputy director of the New York State Health Department.

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There is no cure for Powassan's, which is deadly about 10-percent of the time because it affects the central nervous system in about half the cases. As for treatment:

"You're trying to do things to reduce swelling in the brain or reduce swelling on the lining of the brain," explained Backenson.

Symptoms of Powassan's include headache, fever, vomiting, weakness, confusion, loss of coordination, speech difficulty and seizures.

It can take up to four weeks for Powassan's to be confirmed by blood and cerebrospinal fluid testing, making early treatment important when it's suspected. So tell your doctor about time spent outdoors if symptoms start.

"With a disease like Powassan that tick only has to be on 10 or 15 minutes before it has the potential to transmit what it's carrying because Powassan is a virus," warned Backenson.

Unlike Lyme disease which is a bacteria and can take up to 36 hours for infection to occur.

Without a specific treatment, the need to protect against tick bites is key. Products with at least 20-percent DEET, picaridin, IR3535 or oil of lemon eucalyptus can be applied to the skin to repel the tiny critters.

Products with permethrin are ONLY to be applied to your clothing.

"This is a very severe illness. It's an illness that can cause deaths, but it's also one that's extremely rare," explained Backenson.

Keep in mind, of the 30,000 to 50,000 tick bites a year in New York, only one to three are confirmed as Powassan's.

http://wnyt.com/health/tick-borne-powassan-virus-saratoga-county/4540394/


2nd case of tick-borne Powassan virus in Saratoga County, 3rd suspected

By Claire Hughes Updated 2:45 pm, Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Following the death last month of a Gansevoort man who contracted Powassan virus from a tick, a second Saratoga County resident has been hospitalized with the rare disease and a third is suspected of being infected, according to the state Health Department.

The patient with the suspected case has been released from medical treatment, health officials said. Both new cases are adult patients exposed to the virus in June. Health officials would not release further details, citing privacy rules.

The three patients who contracted Powassan virus were from different towns, according to Bryon Backenson, director of the State Health Department's Vector Surveillance Unit.

The cluster of Powassan virus cases is highly unusual, but not unheard of, Backenson said. Before this year, there had been just 24 cases of the virus statewide since 2000, resulting in five deaths, including another Saratoga County resident in 2013. But there was one other cluster of three cases in Westchester County once, in 2007, he said.

Still, the state is upping its surveillance of ticks in Saratoga County in particular. Tuesday, Backenson was at Veterans Memorial Park in Clifton Park, where media were invited to watch his staff drag squares of light-colored canvas along the trails to collect ticks for testing. The park is one of 10 new sites where the Health Department will collect ticks, added to the five sites where it has collected the tiny bugs already.

In light of recent cases of Powassan virus, "we have a responsibility to try to investigate this a little further," Backenson said.

Ticks will be tested for various pathogens, including the germs that cause the much more common Lyme disease, babesiosis and anaplasmosis, as well as Powassan virus, Backenson said. Test results are expected by mid-August.

Previous routine testing of 1,200 ticks in Saratoga County since 2009 have not detected Powassan virus, Backenson said. Nor has the illness been found in more than 8,000 ticks collected during the same time from Columbia County to the Canadian border.

The illness remains quite rare. Backenson said that area residents should not panic over the recent cases but continue to take precaution against tick bites, as they have learned to do with the much more common Lyme disease.

More frequent checks for ticks might be prudent after being outdoors, Backenson said. Unlike Lyme disease, which may a tick more than a day to transmit to a human, a tick can infect a person with Powassan virus in 15 minutes.

And Powassan virus can be serious. While some people may contract it and never know, up to 15 percent of people who get it will die, according to Dr. Todd Duthaler, an emergency doctor at Saratoga Hospital.

The virus can be tough to diagnose. It does not produce a rash the way that Lyme disease can, but results in vague symptoms like headache, fever, confusion, nausea and vomiting.

Those symptoms, caused by the swelling of the brain or the brain lining, can progress rapidly, however, Duthaler said. He recommended getting to the hospital if such symptoms become intense or severe.

And if you spend time outdoors and suspect Powassan could be the culprit of an illness, say so, even if you never found a tick, Duthaler said.

"It's very possible to have ticks in your hair that you may never even know about," he said.

The Health Department is in the process of sending letters out to alert doctors to the possibility of Powassan virus in the region, Backenson said.

It took weeks for Charles Grant Smith III to be tested for Powassan, his son and daughter said Monday. The 74-year-old Gansevoort man died last month, after being bit by an infected tick in late April.

There is no cure for Powassan virus. Doctors treat an infected person with medication to reduce swelling and pain, in turn helping the patients' own immune system fight the disease, Duthaler said.

State Health Department officials will be on hand Tuesday evening at the Saratoga County Fair in Ballston Spa with information on tick-borne illness as well as avoiding ticks, Backenson said.

http://www.timesunion.com/allnews/article/2nd-case-of-tick-borne-Powassan-virus-in-Saratoga-11296321.php#photo-13261564
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Re: Animal Uprising Thread

Postby seemslikeadream » Mon Aug 14, 2017 4:17 pm

Big-Game Hunter Trampled To Death By Elephant He Tried To Shoot
A similar accident occurred in May.
By Elyse Wanshel

An elephant trampled a hunter in Namibia this past weekend. Above, a different elephant.

An elephant in Namibia trampled and killed a man who was part of a hunting group this past weekend, the Associated Press reported, citing the Namibia Press Agency.

Jose Monzalvez, a 46-year-old from Argentina, was on a private hunting trip 43 miles outside of the small town of Kalkfeld when he was killed on Saturday.

The elephant apparently saw the group of professional trophy hunters ― two of whom were Argentine and three Namibian ― from afar and charged the group before they had time to set up, aim and shoot, Namibian media reported.

Police said Monzalvez had a hunting permit and his family has been notified.

Another man was killed in a similar way in May. Theunis Botha, 51, was leading a hunting expedition in South Africa when he accidentally happened upon a breeding herd of elephants. The elephant cows charged at the group, who fired at them. One elephant was killed and then collapsed on top of Botha, crushing him to death.
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Re: Animal Uprising Thread

Postby Cordelia » Mon Aug 14, 2017 6:39 pm

^^^Thanks for this; guess I 'shouldn't' admit it, but it made my day.

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