On The Wild Side: Does A Star-nosed Mole Really Have A Star On Its Nose?

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Field Guides  |   ZipGuides  |   Parks & Refuges  |   Ask an Expert  |   Birding  |   Gardening  |   Free Stuff April, 2011 Vol. 11, No. 9.1 Take The Bird Call Challenge Can you tell a twitter from a tweet?  A chirp from a cheep or a buzz from a trill? eNature’s Bird Call Challenge will test your knowledge of your local birds or those of any other zip code you choose.  And you can choose to quiz yourself on just songbirds or every species of bird in the area. Click here to take the Bird Call Challenge to test your knowledge! Follow eNature on Twitter Join the flock who’s following eNature on Twitter and get the latest fun facts and interesting stories about wildlife. You’ll learn something every day from our “creature of the day” tweet. And we’ll send you other fun and interesting stories to enjoy. It’s easy. Click here to get started! Explore Our National Parks With eNature’s ParkGuides Our ParkGuides have detailed visitor information and wildlife data for over 300 National Parks, Wildlife Refuges and National Monuments throughout the U.S.   And even if you can’t get there yourself—you can always visit the Park of the Day while you’re visiting eNature.com. Chesapeake Bay Field Guide App Avaliable Our free field guide app covers the animals and plants of the entire Chesapeake Bay watershed. Created for the Chesapeake Bay Trust, this free app is an amazing resource for anyone who lives in the Bay’s 6 state watershed. Saved Any Screens Lately? eNature.com has over a dozen stunning, free screensavers for you to download.  Your choices run from Winter Wildlife to Coral Reefs and everything in between. Click here to get your FREE screensaver. A Face Only A Mother Could Love The Star-nosed Mole is an interesting little creature.  For instance, it’s the only mole that can swim. But what really sets it apart is its remarkable nose. Click here to learn more about this amazing appendage…. The Star-nosed Mole lives in the eastern US and Canada in damp areas such as swamps and wet woods. And occasionally someone's yard or garden Snakes are able to ingest all sort of prey-- often of amazing proportions. This Corn Snake is eating a small rodent, which is a common part of its diet. The Real Story:  Why Snakes Can Open So Wide Never eat anything bigger than your head. That’s just good advice. Unless you are a snake, of course. Experts (who often seem to have had a bit too much time on their hands) tell us that a snake can eat an item so large in relation to its own head that it would be the equivalent of a human swallowing a watermelon whole—and without using its hands. So how does a snake do it?  Not the way many of us have been told. Click here to get the whole story. Sponsored Advertisement The female Pale Snaketail lacks an ovipositor, an organ common to many insects that assists in laying or depositing eggs, so she flies alone over the water, striking the tip of her abdomen through the water surface, each time discharging many eggs. Mysterious Migration Of The Dragonfly Like many birds and some butterflies, dragonflies migrate. But unlike other migratory creatures, naturalists have been unable to determine where or even why these insects migrate.  Regardless, at speeds of up to 60 miles per hour, they’ll get there in a hurry! Dragonflies have been around a long time—they’ve roamed the earth for over 300 million years and are one of the more common insects found trapped in ancient amber. To learn more about these common, but still mysterious creatures, read on….. Casting Call:  Want To Be A TV Star? Our friends at Icon Films are casting a new TV show about the unexplained and mysterious creatures in your neighborhood. And they need stories to tell. If there are strange animals or unexplained noises in your backyard, they’d love to send a team of crack investigators to search for explanations. Click here for more details….. Icon Films produces hit series such as River Monsters, Beast Hunter and Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom for National Geographic Wild and other networks. Join them for your chance to be a star. Follow The Flock With Our Migratory Bird Tracker We often take for granted the remarkable annual ritual of bird migration. One morning, the bushes and trees around you are suddenly filled with singing birds that were not there just the day before.  But there’s an incredible story in their long, often hazardous journeys. Use our Migration Tracker to follow your favorite migratory bird species week by week as they journey north through our parks and backyards to their summer breeding grounds.  You can find and follow the birds whose summer homes are in your town as well as those “just passing through” as they fly further north. Many migrants such as the male American Goldfinch arrive at the height of mating season, displaying their bright mating plumages. The Park Guides app is comprehensive — all native birds and animals are included, along with photos, in-depth descriptions, audio, field marks and more. National Parks Field Guide App Now Available Created for the National Parks Conservation Association, our National Park Field Guides will help you get the most out of your visit.  You can find out what species of bird you just saw on the beach in Cape Cod, learn what grizzly bears eat for dinner in Denali, know when porcupine mating season begins in the Shenandoah or who to call to reserve a camp ground in Yosemite. It’s free and available in the Apple Appstore.  Click here for a link or search “Park Guides”.     Who’s Living In Your Garden?  Our Zip Guides Can Tell You Our own backyards are full of exotic creatures with stories just as fascinating as that of any Endangered Species.  eNature’s ZipGuides are comprehensive local field guides to the animals and plants of your own backyard—or any other place you might visit. So take some time now to get to know the birds, mammals, reptiles, butterflies and other living things that share your environment. You can also use ZipGuides to find the Threatened or Endangered Species in your area, learn to identify local mammals by their tracks, and lots more. Click here to get started…. Hares and rabbits, such as this Eastern Cottontail, are common visitors to our yards and gardens. Find out who's visiting your yard by using a ZipGuide to make your own local field guide. Copyright 2010 eNature/SMG LLC. All rights reserved. 1811 36th St NW | Washington, DC 20007

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Florence Greenberg: New Jersey homemaker, pop music pioneer; Jews and tattoos; Israel week in review

Follow Tablet Magazine: April 29, 2011   On Reconciliation, 'The Devil Is In the Details' ICG's Nathan Thrall talks to Tablet Magazine Daybreak: Abbas Insists Talks Still Doable Plus Egypt goes rogue, Syria and Syrians in crosshairs, and more in the news A Modest Proposal Regarding the Dodgers How Commissioner Bud Selig can remake his legacy and cement his Jewishness More from THE SCROLL Queen of Pop As the curtain rises on the musical Baby It's You!, music critic Jody Rosen discusses its subject, Florence Greenberg, the New Jersey housewife behind the Shirelles and Dionne Warwick BY Vox Tablet In the late 1950s, Florence Greenberg was a housewife in Passaic, N.J., with an itch to get into the music business. A tip from her daughters led her to a quartet of young African-American singers. Under Greenberg's tutelage, the women became the legendary Shirelles, the group behind such hits as "I Met Him on a Sunday" and "Dedicated to the One I Love." Greenberg's name in the business was made. She formed three record labels—Tiara, Scepter, and Wand—and had a hand in the successes of talents including Dionne Warwick and the Isley Brothers.More Branded I'd always wanted a tattoo, but believed, following this week's parasha, that it was categorically prohibited. Before making the commitment, I had to wrestle with the text. More BY Dvora Meyers Brokers This week in Israel: Fatah and Hamas come to an agreement, Palestinian police kill an Israeli worshiper in the West Bank, and the royal wedding raises flags in Modi’in More BY Shoshana Kordova This email was sent to you by Tablet Magazine. To ensure delivery to your inbox, please add digest@tabletmag.com to your address book. To unsubscribe to this email, reply to this email with "Unsubscribe" in the subject line. Tablet Magazine | 295 Lafayette Street, Suite 501 | New York, NY 10012 Unsubscribe | Forward to a Friend

[animalnewsinfo] Cats and Kittens need homes LaPlace Louisiana

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Cats and Kittens need homes LaPlace Louisiana

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These are the cats and kittens at St. John Shelter in Laplace.  

Image 2215 is a female, spayed, front declawed cat.  Her owner died and the wife couldn't care for her.  She is quite depressed at the shelter.  She will only eat if Ms. Barbara goes in and talks to her.  

Image 2217 is a male, neutered, declawed cat.  There was a divorce...

If you are interested in St. John's shelter pets, please contact the shelter Monday through Saturday. If you have trouble getting in touch with them, please send Traci (email below) with the following information: which pet(s) you are interested in, your name, name of rescue (if rescue), and phone number. I will go to the shelter and give the information to them and put a sticky note on the pet(s) records. I am just a volunteer and can't make decisions on placement of the animals, but I will try to answer any questions you may have.

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getpets @ gmail . com (remove spaces)
http://discardedpets.petfinder.com

Contact:

St. John the Baptist Parish Animal Shelter (corner of River Road and Water Plant Road)
Petfinder site: St John Parish Animal Shelter - http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/stjohn.html

488 West 2nd. Street
LaPlace, Louisiana 70068
 
Email: lfasm@rtconline.com
Phone: 985-651-7387
Fax: 985-359-1135

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Royal Reggie needs a home!

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Second Chance's Royal Reggie needs a home!!! April 2011 Dear omss, Spring is finally here!  Warmer weather and buds on the trees.  It makes all of us feel a lot better.  The shelter is a buzz of activity as we work on finish our long awaited renovation.  Spring also means more pets coming into the shelter.  This week we are highlighting one of our special pets that needs a home. Royal Reggie needs a place of his own   Hi, my name is Reggie and I am a great cat. My photo makes my coloring look black, but I am really a wonderful blue grey color and am quite striking with my yellow eyes. Some think I look like a domestic blue. While I can be comfortable curled up for a rest I would love to search and explore. There is an exciting world out there and I am curious cat. I like to play with feathers on a string, to win I use both paws and pull it towards me to my mouth. I like to talk with people, so if you are interested in a wonderful companion, I'd love to come home with you. Please stop by, say hello and I'll say hello back!   To read more about Reggie, please go to our website at: http://www.secondchanceanimals.org/adoptablecats.htm Wish List Need of the Week  There is always an up to date wish list on our website at www.secondchanceanimals.org.  However, sometimes we are seriously low on one or more of these items.  This week, we are extremely low on copy paper (8 1/2 x 11) and bleach.       Thank you for being a part of the Second Chance family!   Sincerely, Sheryl Blancato  Second Chance Animal Shelter Register early for our Run Walk Wag Now is the time to register for our 5k, 10k road race or walk for the animals.  September 18th is the date of this wonderful event.  But, register early and take advantage of the early registration discount.  Don't forget that there is also a night before Spaghetti Dinner this year!  So, get your tickets early for that delicious meal as well. For all the exciting details go to: http://www.secondchanceanimals.org/runwalkwag11.htm   Offer Expires: Enter Expiration Date here

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