Cientistas descobrem moléculas que se geram energia, tornando-se minúsculos painéis solares

https://www.dvice.com/archives/2010/09/scientists_disc.php

Os porcos , estes não humanos muito especiais !

Foto e texto postados pela página do Facebook Pelo fim da Escravidão Animal - STOP Animal Slavery do link original http://www.peta.org/issues/animals-used-for-food/hidden-lives-pigs.aspx
"Quando em seu ambiente natural, não em fábricas/fazendas de porcos são animais sociais, lúdicos, de proteção que se relacionam com o outro, fazem ninhos, relaxam ao sol e se refrescam na lama. Porcos são conhecidos por sonhar, reconhecer o seu próprio nome, aprendem "truques" e levam vidas sociais de uma complexidade anteriormente observada apenas em primatas. Muitos porcos até mesmo dormem em pilhas de porco, muito parecido com cães. 

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When in their natural surroundings not on factory farms, pigs are social, playful, protective animals who bond with each other, make nests, relax in the sun, and cool off in the mud. Pigs are known to dream, recognize their own names, learn "tricks" like sitting for a treat, and lead social lives of a complexity previously observed only in primates. Many pigs even sleep in ‘pig piles,’ much like dogs. Some love to cuddle and others prefer space.

People who run animal sanctuaries that include pigs note that they are more similar to humans than you would guess. Like humans, pigs enjoy listening to music, playing with soccer balls, and getting massages. Pigs can even play video games!

Pigs communicate constantly with one another. More than 20 of their oinks, grunts, and squeals have been identified for different situations, from wooing their mates to expressing hunger. Newborn piglets learn to run to their mothers' voices, and mother pigs sing to their young while nursing.

Pigs have very long memories. Dr. Stanley Curtis, formerly of Penn State University, put a ball, a Frisbee, and a dumbbell in front of several pigs and was able to teach them to jump over, sit next to, or fetch any of the objects when asked to, and they could distinguish between the objects three years later.

Biologist Tina Widowski studies pigs and marvels at their intelligence: "When I was working with the monkeys, I used to look at them and say: 'If you were a pig, you would have this figured out by now.'"

Scientists at the University of Illinois have learned that not only do pigs have temperature preferences, they also will learn through trial and error how to turn on the heat in a cold barn if given the chance and turn it off again when they are too warm.

Pigs don't "sweat like pigs". They are actually unable to sweat, and they like to bathe in water or mud in order to keep cool. One woman developed a shower for her pigs, and they learned to turn it on and off.

Pigs have been known to save the lives of others, including their human friends. According to London's The Mirror, "a pet piglet called Pru was praised by her owner, after dragging her free from a muddy bog." The owner said, "I was panicking when I was stuck in the bog. I did not know what to do and I think Pru sensed that. I had a rope with me that I use as a dog lead and I put it around her. I was shouting 'Go home, go home' and she walked forward, slowly pulling me out of the mud."

In addition to Pru, there is Priscilla, a pig who saved a young boy from drowning; Spammy, who led firefighters to a burning shed to save her calf friend Spot; and Lulu, who found help for her human companion, who had collapsed from a heart attack. A pig named Tunia chased away an intruder, and another, named Mona, held a fleeing suspect's leg until the police arrived.

Many pigs in sanctuaries ended up in new homes after jumping off of slaughterhouse-bound trucks and escaping, and in England, a stone carving of a pig named Butch was placed upon a historic cathedral after Butch and his friend Sundance escaped from a slaughterhouse and roamed the country for several days before being captured. Fortunately, a national outcry against slaughter allowed Butch and Sundance to go to a sanctuary."

http://www.peta.org/issues/animals-used-for-food/hidden-lives-pigs.aspx

The Terrifying Future of The United States

Nem tudo que se a mídia nos passa é confiável,a maioria não é mesmo

Postado pela página do Facebook Age of Information

The Snowden Case What You're Not Being Told

Foto mostrando os jovens gorilas desarmando armadilhas dos caçadores

Foto e texto postados pela página do Facebook Age of Information, do link original :
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/07/120719-young-gorillas-juvenile-traps-snares-rwanda-science-fossey/

"Gorillas Disable Poachers' Traps

This is an astonishing picture of young gorillas who work together to dismantle the poachers' traps that killed their friend. All the more surprising since gorillas do not have a reputation of understanding tools and technology. They are systematically underestimated.

Bush-meat hunters set thousands of rope-and-branch snares in Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park, where the mountain gorillas live.

More info:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/07/120719-young-gorillas-juvenile-traps-snares-rwanda-science-fossey/

A vida mesmo é o eterno presente ...

Postado pela página do Facebook Age of Information

Estes dizeres de Alan Watts , por sua vez , nos remetem sábias palavras de Allen Sauders - aludidas por John Lennon na sua música "Beautiful Boy" na frase : "Life is what happens to you while you´re busy making other plans " Esta ideia também é parte de antigos ensinamentos orientais de sabedoria,divulgados pela primeira vez no ocidente pela movimento teosófico !

http://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/05/06/other-plans/

A importância de educarmos as crianças para respeitar caracóis e lesmas

Este pequeno texto foi postado pelo perfil de Macarthur Törig no grupo do Facebook Scottish and Irish Celtic Friends no link 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/121857774649372/185055394996276/?notif_t=group_activity

 Macarthur Törig 

' Now, normally people don't warm up to snails as being a cuddly creature, and for most people with a garden or after a good rain that snails can often be an annoyance, but in my case as a mama to my 3 year old, I want to increase my little boy's awareness of nature and of the creatures living in nature all around us. So every other evening whenever the opportunity permits I take him outdoors and we take a good look at both the flowers and the snails crossing the pathway toward the grassy area in the front yard where the snails journey each night to eat their 'salads'. This evening I took this lovely photo of a snail and as I stood there with my little son and my mom she began to weave a tail for me and my little boy... She says, "well, don't you know that the Mama Snails always put on their little straw bonnets with the little blue flower on top whenever they venture out into the world which is why we never want to step on them".
You'll never know which ones are the Mamas and you'll never know which ones the Faeries are getting a free ride on so use caution whenever you see a Snail Crossing. '

Rhino calf mourns slain mother

Dog burying dead puppy RIP

Dicas para pendurar chaveiro em local visível

Foto e instruções postadas pela página do Facebook Southern Gals Tips & Tricks

"Secure an old seat belt latched near an entry way and use the buckle on a key chain to keep your keys handy. "

https://www.facebook.com/SouthernGalsTipsNTricks

New South Africa - Why the Exodus?

Depoimento de portadora de síndrome de insensibilidade androgênica

http://media.theage.com.au/news/national-news/my-life-with-androgen-insensitivity-syndrome-4503360.html

http://www.sepeap.org/archivos/pdf/10955.pdf

A alimentação também deve seguir a ética,muito mais importante que qualquer etiqueta !

Foto com dizeres e comentário postadoa pela página do Facebook 269life :
"Free 269! "

Genocide of the South African European Minority

Sem abelhas , a própria vida na Terra está comprometida !

Postado pela página do Facebook Anti GMO Foods and Fluoride Water

The Dark and Disturbing World of Silk | Care2 Causes

The Dark and Disturbing World of Silk | Care2 Causes

No, I'm not going to the world cup.

On behalf of x In behalf of

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/on_behalf_of

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/behalf

http://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2006/09/in-behalf-of-vs-on-behalf-of.html

http://www.englishforums.com/English/OnBehalfOrInBehalf/bnvhr/post.htm

A dor deles também deve importar ...

Postado pela página do Facebook Animals are here with us, not for us.

Peaceful Prairie Sanctuary: Seeing for Two

Peaceful Prairie Sanctuary: Seeing for Two

What Came Before, featuring Steve-O: The Truth About Meat and Modern Farms

The Last Heart Attack by Dr. Sanjay Gupta CNN

I do NOT own any rights to the video or its content (nor to any other videos or articles in this blog) !

Como dizer "protesto contra aumento de tarifa de ônibus" -Blog Tecla SAP

http://www.teclasap.com.br/2013/06/19/como-eu-digo-protesto-contra-tarifa-de-onibus-em-ingles/

Cute pet sheep going for a walk

Left & Right : seus vários significados ! - Blog Tecla SAP

http://inglesparaleigos.com/2013/06/os-muitos-significados-de-left-e-right/

Menino autista de 12 anos tem QI mais alto do que o de Einstein

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1369595/Jacob-Barnett-12-higher-IQ-Einstein-develops-theory-relativity.html#ixzz2WPZrApbT

Paraprosdokian :uma figura de linguagem muito especial

http://www.paraprosdokianfun.com

http://www.englishforums.com/content/humour/paraprosdokians.htm

Mais sobre a diferença entre Birthday x Anniversary - Educação UOL site

http://educacao.uol.com.br/disciplinas/ingles/anniversary-nao-e-birthday-iweddingi-e-imarriagei-icityi-e-itowni.htm

Mais expressões e palavras úteis em inglês - Site English Experts

http://www.englishexperts.com.br/2008/07/16/6-boletim-do-forum-de-ingles/

A diferença entre "Birthday " e "Anniversary" -Blog Tecla SAP

http://www.teclasap.com.br/2006/09/04/falsas-gemeas-birthday-x-anniversary/

Blog especializado em palavras e expressões muito úteis em inglês

http://comosedizistoemingles.blogspot.com.br/

Aprenda Okinawano por meio do inglês

Um poema de Heather Leughmeyr para os piglets nascidos em matadouros

Poema e foto postadas pela página do Facebook CCTV for ALL Slaughterhouses

A poem by Heather Leughmyer
"A Baby's Story

I am born, just one second old,
My wriggly red body first feels the cold-
As I fall to the floor, there is no soft landing,
And the stench in the air, beyond my understanding-
My first moments on earth seem somehow all wrong…
Where’s mama’s nuzzle? What’s taking so long?

Finally my mouth finds the liquid I crave,
With no sign of a nuzzle, I try to be brave-
My tiny frame quivers, from fear and from cold
Until finally sleep saves me, this naïve one-day-old.

When my eyes finally open, and I see this awful place,
I will see my mama’s misery, the sadness in her face-
The reason she can’t touch me - rusted bars that enslave,
The waste on the floor of this huge sunless cave.

Soon I will feel the suffering that billions have to know-
Corporate greed surrounds me, as I begin to grow. "

Heather Leughmyer

Some, any , no e derivados - Blog Inglês Para Leigos

http://inglesparaleigos.com/2013/06/some-any-no-e-derivados/

Tan yn Llyn - Plethyn Música tradicional galesa !

Wolfe Tones - Song of the Celts

Grandes guerreiros celtas da atualidade !

Postado pelo perfil de Patti Annelle Patten /Seven Celtic Nations (no grupo após a barra)

O cérebro é compartimentado,todos temos habilidades diferentes

Postado pela página do Facebook Sun Gazing
E, como mostrou um comentarista com o link para esta foto, a vida é mesmo surpreendente :
http://theseamonster.net/wp-content/uploads/mudskipper1.jpg

Attorney General Beau Biden Supports Gender Identity Protections