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AdvertisementApril 18, 2009 Rush Is Wrong-28byApril 17, 2009 In Cold Blood-10byIf there was ever any question about wolves being ruthless and indiscriminate killers, this week’s story out of Eastern Oregon will dispel any doubt you may have. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife have confirmed that wolves were responsible for killing nearly two dozen lambs on Curt Jacobs’ Baker City, Ore.-area ranch in separate attacks in recent weeks. The attacks were the first documented losses of livestock to wolves since the predators returned to the state in 1999. [ Read Full Post ]April 16, 2009 Why Bass Get Caught-3byA fascinating new study suggests that some largemouth bass are inherently more susceptible to being caught by anglers that others. A University of Illinois experiment spanning 20 years has found that a largemouth’s propensity for chasing the offerings of fishermen is passed down from generation to generation of bass. [ Read Full Post ]April 10, 2009 Mountain Lion Survival-10byA new study conducted at the University of California-Davis suggests that the conventional advice of standing one’s ground when confronted by a mountain lion and trying to appear large might not always be the best tact. Despite the fact that every state game and fish agency that operates in lion country recommends the opposite, the study concludes that in some instances, running might be the wisest move. [ Read Full Post ]April 9, 2009 Road Hazard-11byConsidering the economic turmoil faced by many newspapers these days, I guess we shouldn’t expect newspaper reporters and their editors in urban parts of New Jersey to be expert ornithologists when it comes to bird identification. That’s asking way too much. [ Read Full Post ]April 7, 2009 Jaws of the Mississippi-10byApril 2, 2009 Death By Baitfish-7byIn what authorities are calling a freak accident, a Huntington Beach, Calif. fisherman choked to death on a baitfish while trying to entertain a boatful of school kids on a fishing trip Friday. The death of Jeff Twaddle, 54, a deckhand on the charter boat Gale Force, was ruled accidental by the county coroner’s office. The official cause of death was “aspiration of fish.” [ Read Full Post ] |