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Orbiting Satellites to Count Giant Rats
foxnews ^
| September 18, 2008
Posted on 09/18/2008 7:29:30 PM PDT by Justice Department
FRESNO, Calif. — Scientists plan to use satellite photos to count giant kangaroo rats, the first-ever monitoring of an endangered species from outer space.
Scientists will examine images taken from the same satellite used by Israeli defense forces to find the circular patches of earth denuded by the rats as they gather food around their burrows.
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TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: environment; rats; science
To: Justice Department
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09/18/2008 7:31:28 PM PDT
by
ZULU
(Non nobis, non nobis Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam. God, guts and guns made America great.)
To: Justice Department
Like this one?
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posted on
09/18/2008 7:32:16 PM PDT
by
impeachedrapist
(On Free Republic PBD [political bipolar disorder] rules!)
To: Justice Department
"endangered species from outer space"
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posted on
09/18/2008 7:34:04 PM PDT
by
Justice Department
("Comedy is allied to justice." Aristophenes)
To: Justice Department
So that's why Pelosi and Reid shutdown Congress and dispersed the Party.
Wot?
It's kangaroo rats? Not gutter rats?
Oh, Nancy! You, Harry and the rest can come back to work. . . .
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posted on
09/18/2008 7:34:25 PM PDT
by
WilliamofCarmichael
(If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
To: Justice Department
What's the over/under on how many Rosie and Michael Moore pics this thread gets?
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posted on
09/18/2008 7:34:42 PM PDT
by
txroadkill
(Sarah Palin-- Vote for her?!? Hell, I want to marry her!)
To: txroadkill
"What's the over/under on how many Rosie and Michael Moore pics this thread gets?"
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posted on
09/18/2008 7:47:39 PM PDT
by
Justice Department
("Comedy is allied to justice." Aristophenes)
To: Justice Department
Photo’s of Rangel sleeping on theb*tch are prohibbitted.
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posted on
09/18/2008 7:48:28 PM PDT
by
Robert A Cook PE
(I can only donate monthly, but Hillary's ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
To: ZULU
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posted on
09/18/2008 7:53:41 PM PDT
by
nomad
To: Justice Department
Oh father!
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posted on
09/18/2008 7:54:22 PM PDT
by
ThomasThomas
(Real change actually changes something.)
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