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  • Could Bees hHelp Keep Elephants Away From Crops in Africa?

    06/15/2010 12:26:26 AM PDT · by nickcarraway · 9 replies · 173+ views
    Washington Post ^ | Tuesday, June 15, 2010
    It is said that elephants are afraid of mice, but scientists have discovered what elephants are really afraid of: bees. It turns out that the enormous mammals sound an alarm when they encounter bees, and that knowledge could help save African farmers' crops from elephants -- and could save elephants, too. Elephants and humans don't always live well together, particularly in African countries including Kenya. A single hungry elephant can wipe out a family's crops overnight. During the harvest season, farmers will huddle by fires all night, and when an elephant comes near, they will jump up with flaming sticks...
  • Pelosi, Snow slam critics: 'Silly story' (TONY TRIES TO ACCOMODATE NANCY'S DESIRE FOR A BIGGER RIDE)

    02/08/2007 10:27:25 AM PST · by Chi-townChief · 84 replies · 2,255+ views
    SFGate.com ^ | Thursday, February 8, 2007 | Edward Epstein, Chronicle Washington Bureau
    (02-08) 09:45 PST WASHINGTON D.C. -- A political odd couple, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and White House spokesman Tony Snow, today slammed critics of Pelosi's bid to use a government plane that can fly her nonstop between Washington and her home district in San Francisco. "This is a silly story, and I think it's been unfair to the speaker,'' Snow told reporters. E-mail Edward Epstein at eepstein@sfchronicle.com.