DeeKnow’s Grotto

Big Arctic Perils Seen in Warming

A comprehensive four-year study of warming in the Arctic shows that heat-trapping gases from tailpipes and smokestacks around the world are contributing to profound environmental changes, including sharp retreats of glaciers and sea ice, thawing of permafrost and shifts in the weather, the oceans and the atmosphere

And a comprehensive 4-hour study of my own personal smoke-stack emissions after the curry Kym and I had on Saturday has shown that Indian restaurants should also be held accountable for the damage they are doing (via our bowels) to the environment. Anyone know if India signed the Kyoto agreement?

Giant squid 'taking over world'

According to an article in the Australian Science Journal, scientists believe that "squid have overtaken humans in terms of total bio-mass. That means they take up more space on the planet than us. The reason has been put down to overfishing of other species and climate change."

I thought these things were already pretty enourmous. Imagine what they'll be like when we totally screw up the ocean by killing off the rest of their competitors (Sperm whales), they'll be gunning for us next. If you find out they've discovered squid developing lungs and becoming amphibious run for the friggin hills, and dont look back. I'll be right behind you.

'Hypodermic penis'

And how's this for romantic? scientists believe that the male squid literally injects his sperm into the female's skin during mating. "The two of them mount beak to beak, so you've got arms and tentacles flying everywhere," Dr O'Shea said. "The male is co-ordinating this enormous penis, and he's implanting spermadaphores into the female's arms."

Sounds vaguely familiar actually .... :-)

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