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	<title>Feral Gifter &#187; Nature</title>
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	<description>having returned to an untamed state from domestication</description>
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		<title>Strange Bugs of Thailand</title>
		<link>http://feralgifter.com/2006/09/12/strange-bugs-of-thailand/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Sep 2006 19:54:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Neatorama 
John Moore has a collection of over 3,000 photographs of Thai insects, taken mostly in their natural habitats in forest of Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Does anyone know what is this strange bug with a face on its back?
Link


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		<title>Stinkhorn Fungus</title>
		<link>http://feralgifter.com/2006/09/07/stinkhorn-fungus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Sep 2006 21:46:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy</dc:creator>
		
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Neatorama  
From the website:
A member of the stinkhorn family of fungi, Aseroe
rubra is commonly known as the starfish fungus or sea anemone fungus
(for obvious reasons, I hope). Tim Geho of MushroomExpert.com writes
that it is not only widespread throughout the south Pacific, it is also
the most common stinkhorn in Hawaii. …
Some interesting factoids are also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dolphins saved my daughter</title>
		<link>http://feralgifter.com/2006/08/28/dolphins-saved-my-daughter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Aug 2006 00:48:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy</dc:creator>
		
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IOL: &#8216;Dolphins saved my daughter&#8217;  
When little Prenessa Naicker was pronounced sick with bronchial pneumonia at the age of four, she was given little chance of survival.
The youngest child of Aarthie and Alvin Naicker, formerly of Merebank, Durban, Prenessa pulled through against all the odds, but suffered crippling trauma due to her illness.
And, starting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hector&#8217;s Dolphin of New Zealand</title>
		<link>http://feralgifter.com/2006/08/28/hectors-dolphin-of-new-zealand/</link>
		<comments>http://feralgifter.com/2006/08/28/hectors-dolphin-of-new-zealand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Aug 2006 21:22:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[
LiveScience.com 
Explanation:&#160;&#160; Here
is one of the smallest are rarest of all cetaceans &#8230; the Hector&#8217;s dolphin of New Zealand.&#160; 
Hector&#8217;s dolphins grow to
less than 1.4 m (4.8 feet) long, and are found only in the waters around New
Zealand.&#160; Their low, rounded, notched dorsal fin is
characteristic. 
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		<title>residents should keep eye out for baby rattlers</title>
		<link>http://feralgifter.com/2006/08/22/residents-should-keep-eye-out-for-baby-rattlers/</link>
		<comments>http://feralgifter.com/2006/08/22/residents-should-keep-eye-out-for-baby-rattlers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Aug 2006 19:46:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Becareful when gifting!
SignOnSanDiego.com  
Despite what you might see in movies like the
just-released “Snakes on a Plane,” most meetings between humans and
snakes end peacefully with each going their separate ways. But
sometimes, when the rattler doesn&#8217;t have time to retreat or feels it is
being attacked, it strikes.
Red Diamond Rattlesnake

Western Rattlesnake
Speckled Rattlesnake

 Sidewinder Rattlesnake 

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		<title>Red Giant Swallows Brown Dwarf, But Soesn&#8217;t Digest It</title>
		<link>http://feralgifter.com/2006/08/06/red-giant-swallows-brown-dwarf-but-soesnt-digest-it/</link>
		<comments>http://feralgifter.com/2006/08/06/red-giant-swallows-brown-dwarf-but-soesnt-digest-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Aug 2006 04:16:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy</dc:creator>
		
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New Scientist SPACE - Breaking News - Red giant swallows brown dwarf, but doesn&#8217;t digest it:
A failed star that was swallowed by its bloated, dying companion survived the ordeal unscathed, a new study reports. But it is not in the clear yet: in another billion years or so its dead companion will begin consuming it.
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		<title>Online bug identification service</title>
		<link>http://feralgifter.com/2006/07/29/online-bug-identification-service/</link>
		<comments>http://feralgifter.com/2006/07/29/online-bug-identification-service/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jul 2006 06:20:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Nature]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://feralgifter.com/2006/07/24/online-bug-identification-service/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Boing Boing: Online bug identification service:
Kelli says: &#34;People send in pictures of creepy, beautiful &#8212; and sometimes dead &#8212; bugs, and these two identify them. It&#8217;s also a great database of bug pictures. I&#8217;d been looking for a site like this for a long time, because I&#8217;m forever finding weird bugs.&#34; (Shown here: a potato [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Worms Wrote &#8220;Hi&#8221; on Woman’s Tomato</title>
		<link>http://feralgifter.com/2006/06/28/worms-wrote-hi-on-woman%e2%80%99s-tomato/</link>
		<comments>http://feralgifter.com/2006/06/28/worms-wrote-hi-on-woman%e2%80%99s-tomato/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jun 2006 23:20:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy</dc:creator>
		
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Neatorama » Blog Archive » Worms Wrote &#8220;Hi&#8221; on Woman’s Tomato.  
Phyllis Smith is waging a war with worms in her tomato garden. She’s clearly losing the battle, as she recently found a &#8220;hi&#8221; message from the worms on one of her tomatoes:
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		<title>Insect Macro Photography</title>
		<link>http://feralgifter.com/2006/06/27/insect-macro-photography/</link>
		<comments>http://feralgifter.com/2006/06/27/insect-macro-photography/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jun 2006 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Nature]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Anyone know what this is?&#160; Looks like a kind of praying mantis to me.

Neatorama » Blog Archive » Insect Macro Photography.  
A very neat collection of macro photography of insects (and frogs)Link - via Cynical-C.
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		<title>Lali, San Diego Zoo’s Baby Rhino</title>
		<link>http://feralgifter.com/2006/06/27/lali-san-diego-zoo%e2%80%99s-baby-rhino/</link>
		<comments>http://feralgifter.com/2006/06/27/lali-san-diego-zoo%e2%80%99s-baby-rhino/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jun 2006 20:56:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy</dc:creator>
		
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Neatorama » Blog Archive » Lali, San Diego Zoo’s Baby Rhino.  
&#8220;Lali,&#8221; an 8-week-old female Indian rhinoceros calf, makes her public debut at the Wild Animal Park alongside her mother, Gari. Lali, which means darling girl in Hindi, is the 50th born at the Wild Animal Park since two of this endangered species arrived [...]]]></description>
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