Posted on 05/03/2022 7:07:46 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
Meteorites are not ‘flaming rocks of doom,' NASA says
The “bright fireball” was traveling at 35,000 mph when it exploded at 8:03 a.m. with the “energy equivalent of 3 tons of TNT,” according to NASA Meteor Watch, the agency's project that tracks fireball activity.
“Existing law states that any meteorites belong to the owner of the property on which they fell; out of respect for the privacy of those in the area, we will not disclose the locations of these finds,”
And finding anything of value is likely harder than you think.
“The pieces from this object were way too small to leave a crater. Unlike what you see in the movies, meteorites are not ‘flaming rocks of doom’ that blast holes in the ground. In fact, you can pick one up right after it hits ground. So no smoking rocks in small craters.”
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Thank you for helping that reader!!
Some things stick with you forever. Being nice to the nice is always nice. (Paraphrasing Frank Burns of M*A*S*H)
Oppressive heat... Any swimming kitten 😸 pictures??
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What a sweet floof!
At my age, kittens are just a bit too frisky! I sure used to love their antics when I was younger, though!
Good morning. I hope you had a good night with no pillow-stealing cats.
I slept. I dreamed. LOTS of vivid dreams. They wore me out.
Thank you. That was something wake up to, for sure.
I’m too slow to get them it seems. Life goes on around me while I’m in a relapse. The good thing about the internet is that no one really knows unless I tell them! What a bonus!
I used to be terribly ashamed of the disease and wouldn’t talk about it. I was on the UT for ten years before I told anyone. But then I realized that maybe I should begin to educate people about the disease, and maybe, just maybe, I could help someone.
So it’s OK if you take all the W00ts! I’m just glad to be able to post something that just might be coherent enough to understand! :o])
Today’s effort was a little better than yesterday’s, but any day that I can even find part of a word, I’m happy. It means my brain still works once in a while!
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I’m not up to kittens, either. Jake wasn’t on the pillow, which was nice.
Looks like a Maine Coon cat, right in his element! Some cats like the water, some don’t.
There is a wild breed in Africa, I believe, that is called the “Fishing Cat.” Cats bring the kittens into the river to teach them to fish. Very interesting!!
Yesterday was gloomy, today is glaringly bright and sunny. This place can’t make up its mind.
I’m going to do quiet things today. First thing is some paperwork, then some phone calls, then pill sorting. The sniffles have gone (for now) but some of my joints are achy, which is nothing new, but it will just serve to remind me to stay down.
Happy Friday Eve (before my 9/80 off Friday, no less!) and I hope everyone is well.
I’ll be danged! A three! 😃
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Good Morning!
I am glad to finally be able to take a break from the five train... hoping that it isn’t a short break...
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Also glad to report a ‘cooler’ forecast high of 104 F today... let’s keep them headed lower...
I love the swimming kitty!
My meezer is such a good sport about things, I sometimes wonder if he’d get in water. I’ve had to clean things off of his fur a couple of times with a wet washcloth and he very docile about that.
Today’s special animal friend is the fishing cat, Prionailurus viverrinus, a wild cat native to south and southeast Asia. The largest member of the Prionailurus genus, it is about twice the size of most domestic cats. Males can be over 30 inches long, plus a tail about a foot long, and weigh up to 35 lbs. Females are much smaller, weighing up to 15 lbs. This degree of sexual dimorphism is unusual in smaller cat species. They have tawny or grayish fur with darker stripes, spots, and blotches.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ0uS-reQbE
Just kidding, this is not a fishing cat, only a cat fishing. Fishing cats have semi-webbed feet for swimming and a very dense undercoat that keeps water away from their skin. They live in marshes and wetlands, scooping fish from the water with their paws and occasionally diving in. They also eat birds, rats, amphibians, and other small animals on land. Fishing cats in zoos are given fish to catch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ0uS-reQbE
Fishing cats are generally solitary, but females in heat will shriek and yowl, attracting males. Mating season is late winter/early spring, and two or three kittens are born, after about two months’ gestation, in the warmest part of the year. Like other kittens, they are blind and helpless at birth. The mother nurses them for up to six months, although they begin eating prey during this period. They leave their mother before they are a year old, and they begin their own reproductive lives at 1-1/2 to 2 years.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJ58wzWvdc4
Fishing cats are rated as Vulnerable by IUCN. Habitat loss is the main threat. They are very hard to observe in the wild, but they have been spotted in agricultural or suburban habitats in recent years. It is theorized that they are not expanding their range; rather, they are adapting to farmland’s or cities’ encroaching onto their existing range.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeozKSs9fuU
Fishing cats are kept in zoos in Eurasia and the Americas. There is an international breeding plan, but getting them to breed in captivity isn’t easy, as it is difficult to induce ovulation in the females outside their natural habitat. They can live over 15 years in captivity, but it is assumed their lifespan in the wild is considerably shorter.
This is a good close-up video. I think it’s in a zoo because the vegetation looks American.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjBmEMI9jJo
I think ‘Face is right about its being a Maine Coon. Shannon used to like to sit on the edge of the bathtub and dip her foot in, but I can’t remember the last time anyone here took a bath. Also, her balance isn’t what it once was.
I assume that the showers are working and in use though...
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At least you have a reason for scrambled brems. I have nothing to point to except getting cow-kicked in the side of the head by a horse when I was very young. I’ll claim that in an emergency.
Yes, we use the showers!
Yeah, well, I’ve got three concussions behind me as well. One from the car accident (three-day coma) and two from falls, one worse than the other. The third one had me crawling everywhere until the nausea and vertigo had passed.
So I get the “cow-kicked” part. I’ve seen those cow-kicks, and there’s no way I want to be on the business end of one. I’ve seen farmers who tied not only the tail, but one leg as well to make sure he was milking “hazard-free.”
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