Links and Resources

Oooh, gotta get out of telnet and post some good ones here! Great topic!

Ok doin' it right this time: Check out David's fav site - The Cat Fancier's Web site. http://www.fanciers.com/ Zoo links Austin Zoo http://www.austinzoo.com/ Lincoln Park Zoo http://www.lpzoo.com/menu.html Givskud Zoo (Dk) http://www.givskudzoo.dk/ Electric Zoo Resources http://netvet.wustl.edu/srchform.htm Oklahoma City Zoo http://www.okczoo.com/ Global Zoo Directory http://www.cbsg.org/gzd.htm

thanks for those, was wondering what you were trying to spit out!!

I would get a few in the post box and it would send it before I got back with more...and before I had checked that they worked. Very frustrating, and I am so sorry for messing up the beginning of your topic. Will post more tomorrow. (am contemplating dire things today...)

messing up the topic? no you didn't. what's the matter marcia? *hugs*

as the military has it: SNAFU...! Hope I am thinking more clearly Herewith are the beetles (not the musical ones - spelt differently - not the vehicular ones...the 6-legged ones) http://dfwpest.com/beetles.htm Welcome to the Minibeast world of insects and spiders: http://members.aol.com/YESedu/welcome.html

For those wishing a complete website from scientific to kids resources: http://ianrwww.unl.edu/ianr/entomol/images/images.htm British (not musical) insect ecology http://www.bio.bris.ac.uk/research/insects/insect.htm One you all want to know about - Food Insects - how to harvest and prepare them (perhaps this belongs in the food conference?!)Loads of links! http://www.hollowtop.com/finl_html/finl.html

does it include earth worms?

I did not look into the site, but with all the links I saw, I am sure earthworms were in there somewhere. Cookbooks were included in the links...got to be some of those chewy cookies made with mealworms...! Just don't tell me about it if they taste good...!

Like monkeys? I do. http://www.duke.edu/web/primate/lemgal.html Yer golden crowned sifakas and more . . .

but you know what Duke does to 'um...! Mebbe you do not want to know...

Hallo, may I join you? I found this link to camels: http://www.spideyweb.net/~tardis/camels.html

How does that song go, "Midnight at the Oasis"? What's the line about the camel?

Hey, Gi! How are you doing??

DENLINES Issue #1 Defenders Environmental Network (DEN) October 1, 1999 1. WOLVES: Farm Bureau Receives 100,000 E-mails Supporting Wolves 2. ALASKA: State Legislature To Reinstate Airborne Wolf Control 3. CONGRESS: House and Senate Continue Sneak Attacks on Environment 4. HABITAT: Congress May Increase Conservation Funding 5. BEARS: Lawsuit Seeks to Protect Imperiled Florida Black Bear 6. WOLVES II:Yellowstone Welcomes Wolf Pups 7. DID YOU KNOW?: Polar Bears 8. THE PRESIDENT'S CORNER: Imperiled Swift Fox Reintroduction ======================================================================== 1. WOLVES: Farm Bureau Receives 100,000 E-mails Supporting Wolves The results are in! In a dramatic display of public support for wolf restoration, concerned citizens sent 100,000 e-mail messages to Farm Bureau President Dean Kleckner protesting that group's law suit threatening recovery of endangered gray wolves to the Northern Rockies. The Farm Bureau's lawsuit would force the "removal" of wolves from Yellowstone National Park and central Idaho. "Removal," however, would mean a death sentence for these endangered wolves as there is no place else for these magnificent animals to go. Defenders of Wildlife will fight for the wolves all the way to the Supreme Court, if necessary. On July 29, Brian O Neill, litigating the case for Defenders, gave a persuasive oral argument in front of a packed Denver courthouse. O'Neill argued convincingly for keeping wolves in Yellowstone. A decision by the three appeals court judges is expected soon, but Defenders remains optimistic about the fate of the wolves. Stay tuned for further news. Click Here for more: http://www.defenders.org/den/dl00001.html#wolves 2. 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While losing by a single vote is a great disappointment, the coalition was able to defeat legislative efforts to repeal the entire initiative and allow private citizens to hunt wolves with aircraft. Click here for more: http://www.defenders.org/den/dl00001.html#alaska 3. CONGRESS: House and Senate Continues Sneak Attacks on Environment Special interests and their allies in Congress are mounting a sneak attack on our nation's environmental laws. At issue are legislative provisions that would prevent long-waited recovery of threatened grizzly bears in Montana and Idaho, preserve subsidies for big oil companies, and allow mining companies to dump more toxic waste on federal lands. More than 50 such controversial "riders" that have been buried in must-pass government spending bills. Each year, Congress must pass spending bills by September 30 for the next fiscal year or risk a government shutdown. In recent years, powerful special interests have used these backdoor attacks on the environment using these budget bills. Through this strategy, they avoid the public scrutiny that accompanies congressional hearings, committee approval, and subject specific votes in the House and Senate. Conservation organizations are working hard to expose through the media this sneak attack on our environmental laws, and to persuade the President to veto any spending bills containing anti-environmental riders. For a list of all anti-environmental riders currently attached to spending bills visit Defenders web site at http://www.defenders.org/riders/riders.html . 4. HABITAT: Congress May Increase Conservation Funding Right now, Congress and President Clinton are weighing landmark conservation legislation that could save America's most valuable but unprotected ancient forests, wildlife habitat and other natural and historic resources. For the past several decades, more than $12 billion has been legally set aside in federal revenue from offshore oil drilling to permanently protect these national treasures through the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF). But special interests have blocked spending the money on its legally mandated conservation purpose. Earlier this month, 12 conservation organizations, including Defenders released a report, entitled "Saving America's Geography of Hope: Why Congress Must Protect Our Land & Ocean Legacy." The timely publication takes an in-depth look at the different legislative proposals to protect our remaining natural areas. It also profiles 43 special places in 19 states which are in immediate need of help and how they would be protected if a strong conservation funding bill were enacted. The report is available online at http://www.pirg.org/enviro/hope.html . Click here for more: http://www.defenders.org/den/dl00001.html#habitat 5. BEARS: Lawsuit Seeks to Protect Imperiled Florida Black Bear Defenders of Wildlife filed a law suit in August charging that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) had illegally for failed to list the imperiled Florida black bear under the Endangered Species Act. This followed a decision by FWS in December of last year to not list the bear as a threatened species despite FWS' admission that without further assistance as many as four of the smaller populations could be lost. Listed as threatened by the State of Florida since 1974, the bear has been denied federal protection since it was first petitioned in 1992. At the turn of the century, up to 12,000 black bears roamed Florida, from the Keys to the panhandle. Today as few as 1500 of this distinct subspecies of the American black bear survive in Florida's swamps and forested areas. Habitat loss, habitat fragmentation and roadkills, all by-products of Florida's rapidly growing human population, now threaten the survival of Florida's bear. If you live in Florida and would like to receive more information about how to help save the imperiled Florida black bear, visit our web site at http://www.defenders.org/flbears.html . 6. WOLVES II: Yellowstone Welcomes Wolf Pups As many as 57 new pups have joined the ranks of the recovering wolf population in and around Yellowstone National Park. The first wolves were reintroduced into Yellowstone National Park and central Idaho in January of 1995. Since then, from an initial population of 66 wolves - 35 released in Idaho and 31 released in Yellowstone � the population today stands at nearly 340 wolves (including the new pups). The Northern Rockies wolf recovery program is the most successful of its kind. For more information on the Yellowstone wolves visit our website at http://www.defenders.org/ynp.html . 7. DID YOU KNOW?: Polar Bears The polar bear's pure white to cream color blends in perfectly with its snow and ice covered surroundings in the high Arctic. Well, almost perfectly. The black nose of a polar bear can be seen from six miles away through binoculars on a clear day. When stalking seals the polar bear has been known to cover its nose with a paw to keep from being seen. (Source: Wildlife Fact File) 8 THE PRESIDENT'S CORNER: Imperiled Swift Fox Reintroduction "It is very encouraging to know that these small creatures will once again be a part of Montana's diverse natural heritage, as they roam the prairies where they belong. The recovery of rare species nationwide will depend on innovative partnerships such as this." - Defenders President Rodger Schlickeisen on a recent Defenders of reintroduction of 15 imperiled swift foxes to the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in northwestern Montana. 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I'm fine, Ree, thanks, how are you? Haven't been in Art for a while...

Same here. Couldn't be bothered. I prefer reading my books where I don't have to be driven nuts by trying to get those pictures up. How guilty can one person be of laziness??

I posted stained glass which I put on my spring space so it would not disappear like the others you posted did...! Bummer... I guess Maggie and I have been the only ones in there for a while!

They dissappeared?? You sure they're not just hiding behind all those lines??

Nope...those nasty little blue and pink "you goofed" boxes showed up where the pictures used to be. I clicked on them to see where the location of the pictures was, and it was not on Spring, so I checked and found they were no longer on Cambridge's webpage....

Man, I wish somebody would arrest those damned aliens!

...oh, so do I! Did you know that the technical term for that nasty little square which tells everyone And God that you goofed is called a "where a picture should be" ???!!! Dontcha just love technical talk?!

Way out gone, woman!

This is the BBC's Animal Zone site and it full of pictures and further links (and lynx *grin*) http://www.bbc.co.uk/animalzone/

Oooh, and my favorite things on the Internet...WebCams: http://www.bbc.co.uk/animalzone/webcam.shtml This place has SealCam, BarnOwlCam, PenguinCam and FrogCam to mention just a few

Must be fun! Have to check it sometime... soon.