The answer
- Cats have relatively large surface areas in proportion to their weight, so fall at a slower rate over a great height than larger mammals
- Their bodies have evolved to allow them to survive falls from trees, their natural homes
- Given the time, they twist to land on their feet
- Their legs are long, muscular and extend under the body rather than straight down, allowing them to absorb the shock
- But many cats who fall from heights are nevertheless severely injured and some die
For one: my 8 year old cousin could have told them that… for free… plus… “War” and “Game” are two words that should’t be used in the same sentence…
The country contains about 1/7th of the world’s population, clocking in at around 1.2 billion. Nearly half of those — 563.73 million the last time it was counted — have mobile phone subscriptions.
By comparison, in 2008, only 366 million had access to proper sanitation.
Equal Pay Day: Women in Europe still earn 16.4% less on average than men
The gender pay gap – the average difference in gross hourly earnings between women and men across the economy as a whole – is persistently high, with considerable differences between countries and sectors.
The latest figures show an average 16.4% gender pay gap in 2010 across the European Union. They confirm a slight downward trend in recent years, when the figure was around 17% or higher. The rate ranges from around 2% in Poland to more than 27% in Estonia.
The initial iPad sold some 300K units in its first day and hit the 1M unit mark at 28 days. The current iPad tripled that mark at just 4 days. The first Apple tablet tooksome 80 days to hit 3 million units in sales.
Interesting article of the week:
Monkeys, Economy and the Oldest Profession in the World.
In 2005 a group of scientists tried to teach some monkeys how money works. The outcome of the experiment is somehow revealing.
It’s happening today and you should know about it:
So here is the thing: Last Sunday there was a reported blast (officially two explosions) in a military base in west Tehran, the Iranian capital, which left 17 Iranian guardsmen dead. The government version assures it occurred at an ammunition depot due to mishandling of explosive material. But then, this week international reports started pointing to the Israeli secret service, Mossad, as the perpetrator of the explosions.
Why would Mossad want to do that? A TIME article explains the military base allegedly kept some Iranian missiles that could reach Israel at their longest range, and that had been modified to accommodate nuclear heads.
If this is true and Mossad is behind the Tehran blast, if you ask me (and apparently I’m not alone), it’s all just a provocation to see if Iran retaliates, offering this way an excuse to the long waited and recently hyped possible US or Israeli military attack to the Islamic Republic.
Anyhow it’s kind of shameful to see how a country might be trying to pick a fight, pushing another one to the verge of patience, just to cover their asses with a lame excuse for an attack.
Please, please, make this happen!
Scientists working in batteries that could “charge from flat in 15 minutes and last a week before needing a recharge.”
![Super sad news.
thedailywhat:
Extinct Species of the Day: The West African subspecies of Black Rhinoceros was declared officially extinct today by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
According to the conservation group, a survey of the animal’s natural habitat has yielded no living specimens, leading to the assessment that the last members of the subspecies had died.
In its report, the IUCN blamed “a lack of political support and willpower for conservation efforts” as well as commercial poaching for the Western Black Rhino’s extinction.
It warned that two other rhino subspecies, the Northern White Rhino and the Javan Rhino, were either perilously close to disappearing, or already extinct as well.
A large scale effort by the WWF to save the remaining Black Rhinos is presently underway. Current estimates suggest that a mere 4,240 Black Rhinos remain in the wild.
Watch a black rhino being transported by helicopter to a new range in South Africa’s Limpopo province below:
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Super sad news.
Extinct Species of the Day: The West African subspecies of Black Rhinoceros was declared officially extinct today by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
According to the conservation group, a survey of the animal’s natural habitat has yielded no living specimens, leading to the assessment that the last members of the subspecies had died.
In its report, the IUCN blamed “a lack of political support and willpower for conservation efforts” as well as commercial poaching for the Western Black Rhino’s extinction.
It warned that two other rhino subspecies, the Northern White Rhino and the Javan Rhino, were either perilously close to disappearing, or already extinct as well.
A large scale effort by the WWF to save the remaining Black Rhinos is presently underway. Current estimates suggest that a mere 4,240 Black Rhinos remain in the wild.
Watch a black rhino being transported by helicopter to a new range in South Africa’s Limpopo province below:
