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Fleur @Fleura (34927) • United Kingdom 28 Apr 25

We are having a glorious few days just now and gardens and roadsides everywhere are filled with blossom, scenting the air. But something is badly wrong. Where are all the bees? Last year and this year there has been a...

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We are seriously up Sh*t Creek

Fleur @Fleura (34927) • United Kingdom 15 Jul 24

We as in Humanity I mean. If you believe in God, and you believe that He created Heaven and Earth and everything in them, and gave them into our charge, we have a heck of a lot to answer for. At the weekend we were staying with...

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Does our planet really need us?

William Sinclair @Albain (240) • Edinburgh, Scotland 20 Dec 22

A recent post by a friend of mine @Fleura about our exploration of space got me thinking. Does our planet really need us? It seems that the human race have done nothing but damage this planet very nearly to the point of its...

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Will smart phone addiction result in human extinction?

TerribleMan @TerribleMan (579) • India 10 Sep 21

It is the same problem everywhere. Today's kids are busy glued to their smarty phones. It seems there is no other life, no other interests, no other activities. Too much viewing of smart phone can gradually destroy or decrease...

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Short Science Fiction Story Review Connie Willis The Last Of The Winnebagos

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 26 Dec 18

1988 – Spoiler alerts A bleak story looking at a future where many animals have become extinct, including dogs. A viral disease has wiped out most dogs, including wild dogs like coyotes. Even accidentally killing animals,...

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Poor Booming Ben Died

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (97912) • Daytona Beach, Florida 11 Jun 18

This is all about the poor extinct heath hen. Of course, you never heard of one they do not exist. The heading refers to the last make heath hen nicknamed Booming Ben who died back in 1932. So let’s take a look at what happened to...

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Endangered Species--4--Amsterdam Albatross

Dawnsummer @misunderstood_zombie (8765) • United States 13 Dec 17

This bird is very close to extinction, and if things don't change for them they could disappear in less than 10 years. One factor to their low numbers is long line fishing. Albatrosses swoop down to catch their fish and get...

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Oct 1- Public telephone extinction

peachpurple @peachpurple (13961) • Malaysia 30 Sep 17

In the past, public telephone were set up in many places around the city, at the bus stop, taxi stand, shopping mall, shop lots and even rural areas. However since the smartphone had surfaced in the market, public telephones were...

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An Atheistic Bible Study Of Genesis Chapter Seven – The Flood

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 4 Aug 17

God remind Noah that he and even relatives are being spared the impending deluge for Noah being righteous (the righteousness or lack of it of the sons and wives is unclear. Just how have the eight most righteous people on Earth...

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What May Be The True Reason Behind The Dodo Bird's Extinction

celticeagle @celticeagle (189789) • Boise, Idaho 13 May 17

I was watching an episode of Mysteries At The Museum on the travel channel last night. One of the stories was about the dodo bird. It was really interesting. Scientists have said for many years now that the dodo bird went...

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does true love exist

Christine kinori @Kenyangirl (32) • Nairobi, Kenya 16 Jan 17

are we so caught up in the soap opera fantasy that we forget it is not the reality.Does true love really exist in a world where so many people are getting hurt all because they loved.where is the happy ending

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Diary – Sunday 26th June 2016 – Part One - Bee Nest In My Shed

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 26 Jun 16

Real drama today as my sister and mum noticed lots of bees hovering round my shed – a spare storage shed I was bought to keep my books in, as my only other space in the house is my small bedroom. I opened the shed to find a mall...

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Do manatees look like cows?

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23230) 29 May 16

Manatees are also called sea cows. They are found in the Carribean Sea, the Amazon Basin and the Gulf of Mexico. The reason they are called sea cows is due to their face having similarity with cows in the land. The other reason...

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Italki you listen?

AmberLynn @ScribbledAdNauseum (104615) • United States 16 Mar 16

Italki or is it Italky?" Either way, it's a website where you can go to learn a language. Real people, sometimes with teaching credentials, teach you how to speak in the language of your choice. You pay a somewhat reasonable...

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Goodbye Bananas

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (97912) • Daytona Beach, Florida 6 Feb 16

This fruit has been around for what seems like forever. It was one of my favorite fruits which my mom never had to force me to eat. I am talking about bananas. I still remember laughing at the commercial when Ms. Chiquita would...

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Lions Disappearing From Africa

Patti G @Pattitude (1286) • Newton, North Carolina 27 Oct 15

Since 1992, lions have been disappearing in large numbers, especially from West Africa. Scientists predict that in the next 20 years, lions will be halved in numbers. This is so sad, for such a majestic, regal creature. I...

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the world's end

shubhodeep @shubho666 (79) • Kolkata, India 23 Sep 15

how do you think the world will end and why?? do you think global worming or some asteroid or the end of earth resource or some deadly earthquake or alien invasion??? what do you think??

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Cocoa Beans on extinction?

Danilo Ibanez Oliveira @ZHVegas (248) • Sao Paulo, Brazil 11 Sep 15

I was reading another discussion about chocolate, than I remembered some time ago, my cousin read somewhere on the internet, that cocoa will be extinct in some years from now! That made me feel really bad, and now that I remember...

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3.5 million year old arctic camel fossil found in Canada!

Catkin @Catkin (480) • United States 7 Mar 13

I learned today about a neat find up on Ellesmere Island, in Canada: fossil fragments of an extinct arctic camel! Judging from the bones found, it's being reported that this cold-weather camel would have stood a third taller than...

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This shouldn't have happened.

GauthamDS7 @GauthamDS7 (96) • India 21 Oct 12

I'm feeling very much depressed because in our daily life many me us will kill many insects,pests and rodents.Being most intelligent animals on earth why can't just we avoid these non-intelligent creatures not harming us.And why...

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