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| Chat - Saturday, September 12, 2009; Have a Great Weekend! | |
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| Artsy Mom | Sep 12 2009, 07:35 AM Post #31 |
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Baiby Boy Goes Through Hoops :lol: Trying to turn over..........HELP !.......... Mom to the rescue ![]() She put him down.............................. She picks him up again ![]() She hangs him upside down and gives him a thorough licking ![]()
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| wrightflyer | Sep 12 2009, 07:40 AM Post #32 |
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Here are photos of the cover page with Voyager at top, and the press behind our FAA Regional Director, H. C. McClure (now retired). . .
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| wrightflyer | Sep 12 2009, 07:43 AM Post #33 |
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One last item on Voyager. . .
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| harpo516 | Sep 12 2009, 07:48 AM Post #34 |
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marti and sandie thanks for sharing - how awesome ED - OH MY GOSH - well that will keep us all busy for the day having a lazy Sat here for sure (yawn) |
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| Eagle Duo | Sep 12 2009, 07:55 AM Post #35 |
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Sandie, are they flying them to or from Greenville? |
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| adklaurie | Sep 12 2009, 07:56 AM Post #36 |
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Good morning almost afternoon.\ DH and I went to dinner with friends last night, came home to find Coleman managed to unzip my knitting bag and had two balls of yarn rolled throughout the whole house Guess he managed to keep himself busy :lol: I have a few guesses for the collage #73 is Circlescribe # 49 is Kay #74a & b are Sandie and Bernie |
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| wrightflyer | Sep 12 2009, 07:57 AM Post #37 |
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Deb, me too! Lazy Saturday. In fact so lazy, I forgot to take the trash out! It will have to wait until Wednesday now. I enjoyed my trip down memory lane as much as anyone. I was the one teaching computer classes. (I gave the FAA employees their FIRST computer headaches, in fact!) Back then, the "desktop computers" did word processing, spreadsheets and DOS. My class consisted of giving them something to type and then edit for word processing. So "Voyager" was used for about five years - so they learned about the computer and about the amazing Voyager mission. |
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| Eagle Duo | Sep 12 2009, 08:01 AM Post #38 |
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Moving it forward with correct guesses inserted: 2008/2009 Cruzer Collage Click on the thumbnail to enlarge the image. ![]() Then click on the image to see it full-size. 1 Deb 2a&b 3 Regan 4 Steffanie 5 Roy 6 Pat 7 Manu/Scott 8 9 10 ES/Gary 11 12 JoJoFlys 13 14 15 Carole/Naturegal 16 Peter 17 Roy doing the teapot dance 18 19a&b 20 21 Cathy/TopaTopaHikers 22 23 Jann/EDblue or just ED according to Harpo 24 MIB/Dave 25 26 27 Sheila's DH/ 28 Sheila 29 Julie/Julesbrickell 30 Brad/Eaglelurker 31 32 33 34 Helen 35 36 Bea 37 38 39 40 41 Michele 42 Hulabird/Debi 43 Jeanne 44 Peppermint 45 46 47 Ian/ostrich2 48 49 Yakyak/Keiko/Kay 50 51 52 53 Mina 54 Lala 55 56 Dr. Weldy who worked hard to save our chicklets 57 58 59 Penny/Artsy Mom 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 Iggle/Kathie 69 Sara Oh 70 ElaineR 71 72 72½ 73 Circlescribe/Kris 74a&b Sandie & Bernie 75 76 77 Peetie 78 |
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| Artsy Mom | Sep 12 2009, 08:01 AM Post #39 |
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Panda Cub Well Conditioned Posted at 11:42 am September 11, 2009 by Amanda White When keeper Holly brought the panda cub out for his second exam yesterday, I was quite surprised at how big he was! Indeed, he is what we would call well conditioned! And with milk on his lips, too! What a cutie!! At this point, the cubs eyes and ears are still closed, and this is normal. We expect the eyes and ears to open any time now, most likely before he is about 50 days old. Although we can begin to feel teeth below the gum line, we would not expect to see the teeth until he is 11 to 12 weeks old at the earliest. His lungs sound good, and his heart sounds strong, and he gave us a few vocalizations during the exam. And Mom has been feeding him very well!! Everything looks great! It was an absolute joy to examine this little guy! Here at the Zoo, every day is an adventure, and I feel very lucky to be working with our panda cub!! How fun it will be to watch him grow! |
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| Eagle Duo | Sep 12 2009, 08:02 AM Post #40 |
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Sandie, I can't believe you missed who was sitting on your shoulder! Good one, Laurie! |
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| harpo516 | Sep 12 2009, 08:08 AM Post #41 |
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eaglepedia revisited July 31, 2007 Internal Power System - large birds use extra energy to take off while small birds use their energy to keep warm! They need efficient energy supplies for their bodies and yet still be lightweight! As warm blooded animals, they must maintain a constant body temperature. All the inside organs of a bird run at high speed which makes for high energy and warmth, but shortens the life span of the bird. The kinds of foods eaten by birds must be "high-octane", high in calories. They are seeds, nuts, fruits, fish, and rodents. The speed at which a hummingbird burns its food is 50 times greater than man. At night a bird must rest and their body functions slow down. A hummingbird would starve to death at night if his heart, respiration, and body temperature did not slow down. AND August 1, 2007 A bird needs to "burn" the food that it eats to generate energy. This is called combustion and oxygen is needed to do this. Oxygen is taken into the body through the lungs where it passes into the bloodstream. Birds need a very fast system to supply the energy they need so next to the lungs are air sacs. They never run out of breath. The lungs of birds work faster than ours. Birds fly into breath. The heart pumps all the blood through the system, beating much faster than other animals which makes the blood travel through a bird in seconds. Because of this fast blood travel, a bird's body temperature is 7 or 8 degrees higher than a mans. <a href='http://wings.avkids.com/Book/Animals/inter...e/birds-01.html' target='_blank'>http://wings.avkids.com/Book/Animals/inter...e/birds-01.html</a> AND May 31, 2007 Humans breathe in with the air returning the same route to exit but birds breathe air that follows a one way route thru their respiratory system, making it extremely efficient. They have two small lungs where gas exchange occurs but they also have air sacs where no gas exchange occurs. The sacs keep the lungs perpetually inflated even when the bird is exhaling. Our lungs fill and empty. The bird takes in air that flows thru the air sacs, some located in their hollow bones, which directs air then into the tube like lungs where gas exchange happens, while both breathing in and out! The bird's respiratory system takes up 20% of a birds's volume (our respiratory system takes up only 5% of our volume). This system increases birds' respiratory efficiency and gives them enough oxygen for flight. <a href='http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/birds/' target='_blank'>http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/birds/</a> ![]() ![]() Visit Eaglepedia DISCLAIMER: Information here has been gathered in good faith from the internet and cannot be guaranteed to be totally accurate. |
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| adklaurie | Sep 12 2009, 08:11 AM Post #42 |
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Thanks. #21 is Topa Topa Hikers |
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| harpo516 | Sep 12 2009, 08:14 AM Post #43 |
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4 - Steffani 10- ES/Gary 21 - TopaTopaHikers 24 - MIB/Dave 29 - Julie 30 - Brad 41 - Michele 47 - Ian 56 - Dr. Weldy who worked hard to save our chicklets hmmmmmmm....................... :wacko: I'm pretty sure I have #10 right
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| adklaurie | Sep 12 2009, 08:19 AM Post #44 |
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Deb I was just going to post #10. Is #62 Ojailala - Linda??? |
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| Artsy Mom | Sep 12 2009, 08:21 AM Post #45 |
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Panda Ducklings? :lol: Posted at 3:53 pm September 11, 2009 by Suzanne Hall Dr. Pye jots down measurements being taken by Dr. Mike Schlegel, Zoo nutritionist, and Dr. White. The veterinarians had another chance to examine our new panda cub on Thursday, September 10, and in doing so, Dr. Geoff Pye made an interesting discovery: this cub has webbed feet! There is a small stretch of skin between two toes on each of the back feet. While not a common trait for pandas, this has been very common to the population of pandas at the San Diego Zoo at least since Gao Gao came to us. He, too, has webbed feet, and he has passed this trait along to each of his four panda cubs. What could be the purpose of such a physical trait? It is unlikely to be a swimming adaptation. Pandas are not known to be regular, avid swimmers, although they do cross water when necessary in the wild. Perhaps this confers some specialized bamboo handling skill? Again, not likely, since the webbing seems restricted to the back feet rather than the forepaws. There might be some benefit to adult males with webbing when engaging in foot scraping behavior. This interesting behavior is often seen when males are in high states of arousal around breeding encounters or when aggressively engaged with other adult males. Foot scraping with the hind paws leaves long troughs in the dirt, a visual signal, but may also leave some scent behind. We believe polar bears can leave pedal scent when they walk, and perhaps a pandas foot scraping leaves some such scent behind as well. Either way, would webbed feet play a role in heightening the result of foot scraping? Since this behavior seems largely limited to males, and all of Gao Gaos female cubs also have this characteristic, it may not have anything to do with this social signal at all. One thing this webbing does highlight: Gao Gao is a valuable panda in the captive breeding program. Originally found near Fengtongzhai, he is likely to be at least somewhat genetically distinct from the wild pandas found in Wolong reserve. Characteristics like webbed feet underscore the unique genetic contribution our adult male can make to panda propagation. Though webbed feet are an obvious sign of inheritance from Gao Gao to cub, undoubtedly there are more subtle genetic traits passed down as well. Personality, feeding and breeding success, general health and body size are all likely to be influenced by this to some degree. Well have to wait a little longer to see if this little boy is as mellow as his father, or as small, or has the same propensity for hand-stand scent marking. |
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