Your brain never stops growing new cells, even in your 70s and 80s.
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South Africa was the first country in the world to voluntarily give up its nuclear weapons.
In the early 1990s, South Africa dismantled its nuclear arsenal, a bold move for peace and democracy. A proud and little-known moment in global history.
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Iran have just given up their’s Minx, I don’t think it was voluntarily though…
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Yes,I think that’s why you can recover from strokes,in time.
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Or this, maybe?
John Napier of Merchison - around `1600.
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There is a type gecko in my area which are only females and they reproduce . They are tiny Mourning Geckos not to be confused with the bigger Caribbean geckos
L. lugubris is primarily nocturnal, but is occasionally encountered exposed but near cover during the day.
This species is all female, and reproduces via parthenogenesis . While males occasionally occur, they are very rare and often sterile Females lay 1–2 eggs at a time, and glue them to surfaces in protected locations. Clutches are laid every 4–6 weeks.
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Nature truly is amazing.
Thank you for sharing
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Since you yourself know nature you are aware that lizards do not live in groups , interact like that without fighting , chasing each other off .
Few years back I noticed a small type gecko like in colonies they would come out by my patio lights at night and unlike the bigger Caribbean geckos who give each other space these small bit different color geckos were in groups .
A neighbor told me they are Mourning geckos and how interesting as all females .
- Geckos in Florida
- 1. Florida Reef Gecko
- 2. Yellow-Headed Gecko
- 3. Gold Dust Day Gecko
- 4. Madagascar Day Gecko
- 5. Tokay Gecko
- 6. Golden Gecko
- 7. Mourning Gecko
- 8. Flat-Tailed Gecko
- 9. Tropical House Gecko
- 10. Common House Gecko
- 11. Bibron’s Sand Gecko
- 12. Cuban Ashy Gecko
- 13. Mediterranean House Gecko
- 14. Moorish Wall Gecko
- 15. Indo-Pacific House Gecko
- 16. Ringed Wall Gecko
- 17. Ocellated Gecko
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Wow, I didn’t know there were so many different types of geckos. I’ll have to try and take a photo of the ones we have here, don’t see them often but they are around, usually at night, and it’s always only one, on its own, climbing up the side of the house . I often find one in my mailbox but it scrambles away so fast, it’s impossible to photograph it. Lizards are a nuisance, they damage my fly screens!
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Brown Rats get pregnant again within 5 hours of giving birth.
Warfarin, the common blood thinner, was used as a rat poison.
Warfarin does not work well with vegetarians, it is affected by vitamin K, found in leafy vegetables.
My first post grad paper was written on Warfarin.
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For a brief period of time I had a pair of Gold Dust Day Geckos in yard I would see them during day , stunning colors and think they were around due to fruit plants I had in assorted pots in yard .
Other then pythons I have never found non natives a problem and considering the outrageous construction going on in Florida it is bit hypocritical for the state to complain about non natives as bulldozers devour the land .
Here the native Indigo snake had to be reintroduced as golf courses have taken over their habitat .
42 Eastern Indigo Snakes Released Into Florida’s Apalachicola Bluffs and Ravines Preserve
We are so excited to see signs of progress as we enter our ninth year reintroducing this iconic species onto the landscape of Apalachicola Bluffs and Ravines Preserve,” Dr. James Bogan, Director for the Central Florida Zoo’s Orianne Center for Indigo Conservation said in a statement announcing the release of the snakes. “With this year’s release, we will have reintroduced almost 500 indigos back into the wild between the Florida and Alabama release sites.
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Do you think Stalin was killed warfarin ?
A congregation of Ladybirds is called a Loveliness. 
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The term “Pin-up” was first used in English in 1941.
Pin-up girls can be defined as female figures who are alluring but never explicit.
Pin-ups got their name because, much like their calendar girl predecessors, these images were designed to be pinned up on walls and admired.
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Absolutely not.
Warfarin was developed in the USA.
It is named after the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation.
Investigated as a Chemical Weapon, it is fatal but easily Neutralised by a very simple, cheap injection.
The Russians knew all about it, so Stalin would not have been affected.
Time has moved on, I have my own preferred end of life drug.
Simple, Incredibly fast, orders of magnitude more lethal than the Salisbury Poisoning.
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Thank you very much
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That my Father, five others. Overseen by Barnes Wallace.
Invented at Martin Bakers. Buckinghamshire. 1949
SqdL Baker perished in testing, at what is now known as Bakers Wood.
Post War Mr Martin joined Lockheed in the USA.
On sound authority its know.
That to this day. The Seat. Apart from a more Powerful Ejection, Auto Synchronised Hatch opening and Upholstery.
Is Exactly the Same, as installed in Fighter Aircraft. Here & Now.
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Who in their right mind would want to release snakes into the wild?
I’d be happy if I never saw a snake in my life… 
Vile creatures!
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You live in the UK you haven’t got much to complain about not like here 
Anyway snakes are people too.
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That’s why I live here and never came to Aus Mr Smith. too many animals wanting to give me a hard time…
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