Locusts in Africa

NBC News: Most Devestating Plague of Locusts in Recent Memory Coming...

AP: UN warns 'major shock' from locust swarms in Africa

Maybe a flock of seagulls will stop them?

No, not them...

The Miracle of the Gulls

AoSHQ: Morning Report 02.11.20

The Gull That Eats Pigeons

I am not sure why this is fascinating, but it is fascinating.  

Maybe it is because this gull is just evolving from scavenger to hunter in the middle of a public park. But in Antarctica and the maritime Arctic, the primary bird predator is the skua (and chances are they started out like this).

It is also shouldn't be that surprising, raccoons are very similar (they like to scavenge, but will gladly kill chickens and smaller animals when given the chance). Many omnivorous birds prey on smaller birds and mammals far more than we realize.

Then again, I have a feeling this seagull picked the wrong target...

Tuna vs Seagull

Tuna vs. Seagull: I am surprised a blue fin tuna is able to hang out at the docks, without someone throwing it a hooked line.

EBL: What happened to this seagull reminds me just a bit of this (the exception being the seagull's only crime was trying to steal a sardine from a tuna, not lie, scheme and politically cheat) and Lying Loretta and #Crooked Hillary

And I-ran (I couldn't get away)

I am getting Déjà Moo over all this Iranian saber rattling.  Iran should be careful about what it wishes for...


We should not take such a conflict lightly.  Don't misunderstand, I am not proposing we go to war with Iran.  But if Iran did do something so dumb as the close the Persian Arabian Gulf's Strait of Hormuz--that could not go unanswered.  Wouldn't that give the United States a perfect opportunity to blow up some research facilities in Iran, sink the Iranian Navy, and blow up Iran's limited gasoline refineries?  


Update:  And let's not forget this classic:  Iran So Far Away...


Update II:  Really?


Update III:   Faster, Please!