Château de Chabenet - FRANCE
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An orangutan in Indonesia has been observed appearing to treat a wound with a medicinal tropical plant – the latest example of how some animals attempt to soothe their own ills with remedies found in the wild.
Scientists saw the Sumatran orangutan named Rakus pluck and chew up leaves of a medicinal plant used by people throughout Southeast Asia to treat pain and inflammation. The adult male then used his fingers to apply the plant juices to an injury on the right cheek. Afterwards, he pressed the chewed plant to cover the open wound like a makeshift bandage, according to a study in Scientific Reports that was released on Thursday.
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"This is Miss Lailani's party trick."
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Cave of Crystals: The deadly cavern in Mexico dubbed ‘the Sistine Chapel of crystals’ | Live Science
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Shadows on the Wall: An Online Dark Shadows Fanzine: House of Dark Shadows: Barnabas and Julia, Arm in Arm
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Shadows on the Wall: An Online Dark Shadows Fanzine: Next Week Features Dark Shadows!
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The first of three trials involving a far-right network of "Reichsbürger" around ringleader Prince Reuss has begun. The group is accused of planning to topple the government.
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Tomorrow is your chance to see meteors from 3,000 years ago
When Halley’s Comet flies through the inner solar system every 75 years, it leaves behind a trail of dust and debris. Every year, Earth passes through that trail — once in May and again in October. Each time it does, we see a stunning meteor shower: the Orionids in October, and the Eta Aquariids in May.
This year, the Eta Aquariid meteor shower reaches its peak on May 5, which is generally when the most shooting stars can be seen. But this year, something special may happen, as two days earlier, on May 3, Earth is projected to move through a particular trail of debris shed by the famous comet in 985 B.C.E. This could cause a second small peak in the shower — and also offers a chance to watch some pretty ancient dust spectacularly burn up in our atmosphere! ...
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Shadows on the Wall: An Online Dark Shadows Fanzine: 1967: The Fangs of Barnabas Collins
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Shadows on the Wall: An Online Dark Shadows Fanzine: 1968: Barnabas, Julia, the Werewolf ... and Dracula
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