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Study of Butterfly Population Shows Downward Trend

January 29th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Weird News

Climate change will cause Europe to lose much of its biodiversity as projected by a comprehensive study on future butterfly distribution.

lycaena virgaureae

lycaena virgaureae

Europe loosing butterflies from climate crisis

Even this would mean that 50 per cent of the land occupied by 147 different butterflies would become too warm for them to continue to exist there. Many butterflies will largely disappear from where they are regularly seen now.


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Why hang meat?

January 29th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Weird News

After slaughter, blood produces lactic acid, tenderising and adding flavour. If the animal is unhappy on death, the lactic acid isn’t formed to the same degree, which is why unhappy meat often tastes horrible.

Hanging gives the enzymes time to work. There is also gradual water loss so the meat is more concentrated. Quality beef is hung for two to three weeks. When shopping, remember a tasty steak is darkish with marbling of fat, not wet and red.

As we stand by the ruby red slabs on his counter at London’s Selfridges, he compares the marbling of the Feather Blade cut (ever heard of it? No, nor me) to the illustrious wagyu beef steak, the posh Japanese stuff. The former is approximately £3 for a humble steak (£11.95/kg) – wagyu (£160/kg) is £40.

From: Steak Secrets

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Dirty Black Water

January 29th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Weird News
BlackWater

BlackWater

Iraq will deny a licence to Blackwater Worldwide, the private security firm accused of killing Iraqi civilians while protecting U.S. diplomats, U.S. and Iraqi officials said on Thursday.

“The operating permission for the firm Blackwater will not be renewed. Its chance is zero,” said Alaa al-Taie, head of the press department at Iraq’s Interior Ministry.

“It is not acceptable to Iraqis and there are legal points against it, like killing Iraqis with their weapons.”

BAGHDAD (Reuters)

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