Sloths, in case you hadn't guessed.
Three-toed sloth and Two-toed slothThe sloth is the world's slowest mammal, so sedentary that algae grows on its furry coat. The plant gives it a greenish tint that is useful camouflage in the trees of its Central and South American rain forest home.
Sloths are identified by the number of long, prominent claws that they have on each front foot. There are both two-toed and three-toed sloths.
All sloths are built for life in the treetops. They spend nearly all of their time aloft, hanging from branches with a powerful grip aided by their long claws. (Dead sloths have been known to retain their grip and remain suspended from a branch.) Sloths even sleep in trees, and they sleep a lot—some 15 to 20 hours every day. Even when awake they often remain motionless. At night they eat leaves, shoots, and fruit from the trees and get almost all of their water from juicy plants.
Sloths mate and give birth while hanging in the trees. Sloth babies are often seen clinging to their mothers—they travel by hanging on to them for the first nine months of their lives.
On land, sloths' weak hind legs provide no power and their long claws are a hindrance. They must dig into the earth with their front claws and use their strong front legs to pull themselves along, dragging their bellies across the ground. If caught on land, these animals have no chance to evade predators, such as big cats, and must try to defend themselves by clawing and biting.
Though they couldn't be clumsier on land, sloths are surprisingly good swimmers. They sometimes fall directly from rain forest trees into rivers and stroke efficiently with their long arms.
The three-toed sloth emits a long, high-pitched call that echoes through the forests as "ahh-eeee." Because of this cry these sloths are sometimes called ais (pronounced "eyes").
Three-toed sloths also have an advantage that few other mammals possess: They have extra neck vertebrae that allows them to turn their heads some 270 degrees.
Two-toed sloths are slightly larger than their three-toed relatives. They are able to survive in captivity, while three-toed sloths are not.
And finally, a quick link to the extinct Giant Ground Sloth.
Today we have an HP87XM and the first casualty of NaBloPoMo. Yep my right knee buckled and I dropped it as I was taking it out of the shed. Luckily, the damage seems to be just one crystal. So it should be an easy fix as soon as I find a replacement.
Anyway, the HP87XM was the highest development of the HP Series 80s. It had a built in screen, HP-IB bus and 128 kilobytes of RAM. As you can see from the pictures, it does not have alot of circuitry. It is indeed an overgrown calculator. Just one board for the computer and the rest for the monitor and keyboard.
I obtained this sample like many others at a University of Kentucky Surplus Auction.
While TuxBrat was at the vet's for 3 days and nights, Miss HRTortie enjoyed having the house and the people to herself. Lots of talking, purring, and playing.
I'd been wondering why they were only vaccinating girls, when boys are a transmission vector.
And if you were trying to wipe out a virus, wouldn't you want to eliminate the source and all.
Logically, if you want to protect your girls, you need to vaccinate the boys too, no?
Is not a single-gender virus.
I just came across this:
"HPV vaccine will eventually be available for boys and men ages 9 to 26 because the Food and Drug Administration approved it for prevention of genital warts in October."
Well, that's nice.
Wouldn't want them getting warts on their little heehaws in the course of transmitting potentially lethel germies....
Stevie Olympics.
Jump 1 is behind the plants
Jump 2 is between the water jug and wall
Jump 3 is across the steps.
Lets think about how nice the view is up here
Jump 4, Cannonball!!!!!
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