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David
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Skids wrote: | https://earthsky.org/earth/top-10-new-species-2018
We always hear about the doom and gloom...why not the 10's of thousands of new species recently discovered?
Oh that's right, it doesn't fit the agenda. |
Can’t believe no-one’s responded to this. What a classic.
I have another question: if we evolved from monkeys, why are there still monkeys? _________________ All watched over by machines of loving grace
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stui magpie
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Climate Change? _________________ Every dead body on Mt Everest was once a highly motivated person, so maybe just calm the **** down. |
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Wokko
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David wrote: |
I have another question: if we evolved from monkeys, why are there still monkeys? 🤔 🤔 🤔 |
I bet you threw that zinger out back when you were a fundamentalist |
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watt price tully
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David
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Wokko wrote: | David wrote: |
I have another question: if we evolved from monkeys, why are there still monkeys? 🤔 🤔 🤔 |
I bet you threw that zinger out back when you were a fundamentalist |
Maybe when I was, like, 10. _________________ All watched over by machines of loving grace |
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Pies4shaw
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So, anyway, won’t all the remaining monkeys now wash away in the Venice floods? |
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stui magpie
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Reports of the demise of the Great Barrier reef, to mangle a Mark Twain quote, appear to have been exaggerated.
The below from the Port Douglas news
Quote: | The Great Barrier Reef exploded with life over the weekend thanks to the annual mass coral spawning and early reports suggest it was the biggest event in recent years.
The coral spawning, which typically occurs on the Reef in the week following the November full moon, sees coral polyps simultaneously release egg and sperm bundles into the ocean for fertilisation giving rise to millions of next-generation coral babies.
Reef Bio Research Manager at Quicksilver Port Douglas, Russel Hore, said coral spawning is a significant event for the reef.
“It is vitally important that it occurs to get genetic diversity across the corals,” he said.
“It also allows for species distribution around the reef, because corals can’t walk around so this is the best way different corals can move around the reef and settle in spare spaces.”
Mr Hore added that the conditions in the lead up to the spawning have been ideal even allowing for daytime spawning, which is unusual as the event often occurs at night.
“We are pretty confident that we may see a second spawning in December,” he said. |
https://www.newsport.com.au/2019/november/corals-got-frisky-on-the-weekend-as-great-barrier-reef-spawns/ _________________ Every dead body on Mt Everest was once a highly motivated person, so maybe just calm the **** down. |
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Pies4shaw
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You might be waiting a while to read the Port Douglas tourist news announcing that it’s a great time to visit Melbourne because the coral’s dead. Do you have a viable source or were you just engaging in a little self-mockery? |
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stui magpie
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I've been to Port Douglas heaps of times, snorkeled every time and speak to the people up there. I get email alerts from the Port Douglas news.
I didn't seek out a link to prove a point, I got the article read it and shared it. I guess you won't see it in the Guardian any time soon though, it doesn't comply with their agenda.
Have you ever snorkeled the reef? _________________ Every dead body on Mt Everest was once a highly motivated person, so maybe just calm the **** down. |
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Pies4shaw
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Yes, I have. From, amongst others, a Quicksilver tour boat’s float, as it happens (sailing out of Cairns, though, not Port Douglas). |
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watt price tully
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stui magpie wrote: | I've been to Port Douglas heaps of times, snorkeled every time and speak to the people up there. I get email alerts from the Port Douglas news.
I didn't seek out a link to prove a point, I got the article read it and shared it. I guess you won't see it in the Guardian any time soon though, it doesn't comply with their agenda.
Have you ever snorkeled the reef? |
Funny, all and I mean every local including boat tour operators were lamenting how bad it is now (coral, the reef etc) when I was in Port Douglas last year (September 2018) _________________ “I even went as far as becoming a Southern Baptist until I realised they didn’t keep ‘em under long enough” Kinky Friedman |
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stui magpie
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I've only done Quicksilver once, when I took mum out. Wouldn't do it again if you paid me. I prefer the smaller boats. _________________ Every dead body on Mt Everest was once a highly motivated person, so maybe just calm the **** down. |
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David
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stui magpie wrote: | I didn't seek out a link to prove a point, I got the article read it and shared it. I guess you won't see it in the Guardian any time soon though, it doesn't comply with their agenda. |
Is there any suggestion that it's actually newsworthy? An annual coral spawning event, even a relatively big one, doesn't necessarily suggest anything about long-term trends; what would be newsworthy is if it suggests that the forecast may be better than feared.
As an analogy, Siberian tigers keep getting born, but an unusually large litter is a Channel 7 cute-animal news story at best; if it doesn't actually indicate that they're becoming slightly less endangered, then I don't see why any serious newspaper would cover it. _________________ All watched over by machines of loving grace |
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stui magpie
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Did you read the article? _________________ Every dead body on Mt Everest was once a highly motivated person, so maybe just calm the **** down. |
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Skids
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David wrote: | stui magpie wrote: | I didn't seek out a link to prove a point, I got the article read it and shared it. I guess you won't see it in the Guardian any time soon though, it doesn't comply with their agenda. |
Is there any suggestion that it's actually newsworthy? An annual coral spawning event, even a relatively big one, doesn't necessarily suggest anything about long-term trends; what would be newsworthy is if it suggests that the forecast may be better than feared.
As an analogy, Siberian tigers keep getting born, but an unusually large litter is a Channel 7 cute-animal news story at best; if it doesn't actually indicate that they're becoming slightly less endangered, then I don't see why any serious newspaper would cover it. |
But a fire or hot day does ... geez, I just wanna punch a hole in a wall sometimes! _________________ Don't count the days, make the days count. |
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