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CNET reported. Salt water from rising seas and storm surges are destroying tens of thousands of acres.
Researchers at North Car- olina State University are studying the “ghost forests” to measure their environmental impact, which includes emit- ting greenhouse gases that they call “tree farts.”
Graduate student Melinda Martinez acknowledged that the trees don’t emit as much as the soils, but, she said, “Even the smallest fart counts.”
for a micro-pig, Oddity Cen- tral reported. Her research said that these pigs were clean and smart, and usually grew to be about the size of a small dog.
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By the time Zhang’s pig grew to 330 pounds, she was too attached to it to let it go. The breed is known for its tender meat and thin skin, and among owners for its healthy appetite. Zhang takes her pig for walks but says she gets an- noyed at its laziness.
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After Bryan Thayer, 34, fin- ished up at his bar and grill in Metairie, Louisiana, on May 8, he stopped off at the City Bar, where he and a friend bought a drink for another patron, Andrew Nierman, 32. The first drink they bought spilled on Nierman, so they furnished him with a replace- ment. But Nierman evidently wasn’t satisfied with that.
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“He grabbed (me) and (bit) a chunk out of my nose,” Thayer told The Times-Picayune.
Underwater photographer Susan Prior of Australia, of- ten sees small mullet fish with rings around their middles — usually plastic ones from juice and milk bottles, she told the New York Post.
Thayer, who was holding his nose together, and other witnesses ran outside and flagged down a deputy, who stopped Nierman. He admit- ted to biting Thayer but said he’d been “accosted” by him.
“Mullet snuffle through the sand looking for food, making itsoeasyforaringorahairtie to flip over their noses and get stuck,” she said.
Doctors patched up Thay- er’s nose, but said his injuries will preclude him from work- ing at his own bar for a time.
But in early May, Prior pho- tographed a mullet fish sport- ing a gold wedding band, (and reminded) others to snip any plastic rings before putting them in the trash so the fish aren’t “slowly strangled.”
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A Shanghai woman named Zhang Li decided to get a pet in 2018, and wound up settling
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