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Comment Re:Not a major surprise, really. (Score 1) 250

by butterbrot on Sunday December 26, 2010 @09:29AM (#34669748) Attached to: The Animal World Has Its Junkies, Too

Perhaps Animals Are Beautiful People by Jamie Uys (who also made "The Gods Must Be Crazy")? At least that's the one I remember. I don't specifically recall any drunk rhinos, but there were plenty other species getting intoxicated by eating fermented fruit of the Marula tree.

Make-A-Wish Builds A Millennium Falcon Fort For Boy 94

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday June 23, 2010 @02:06PM from the it's-fast-enough-for-you-old-man dept.

Thanks to the Make-A-Wish Foundation and a production crew from Little Mountain Productions, a 9-year-old is getting the best fort ever. The crew is making him a Star Wars-themed fort with a gigantic Millennium Falcon with solar-powered LED interior and exterior lighting to sit on top. No word on how fast it can make the Kessel run, but lets hope the kid gets a long trip.

Gulf Oil Spill Disaster — Spawn of the Living Dead 228

Posted by timothy on Thursday June 10, 2010 @02:26PM from the less-on-your-plate dept.

grrlscientist writes "A recently published study, intended to provide data to commercial fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico so they maximize their catch of Yellowfin Tuna, Thunnus albacares, whilst avoiding bycatch of critically endangered Atlantic (Northern) Bluefin Tuna, Thunnus thynnus, suggests that the Deepwater Horizon oil leak may devastate the endangered Atlantic bluefin population, causing it to completely collapse or possibly go extinct."

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