Friday:
File this story under "people are bad news".
As if Mr President Mugabe hadn't done enough to scuttle his nation's economy by handing all the farms over to so-called 'war veterans' (or 'armed thugs who've done some intimidation work for him'), he's also torpedoed the once billion-dollar tourism industry. Who wants to go sight-seeing where the next sight you might see is another village being massacred for voting for the MDC.
And, to add INSULT to INJURY, apparently he is now FUNDING his regime by allowing shady tourists – apparently mainly from America or Spain – to go ELEPHANT-MURDERING in the once prestigious national parks!
Where once the Park Rangers could proudly defend the herds of elephants, the crashes of rhinos and even the prides of cat-monsters, now they are so badly off that they are reduced to EATING some of their animal friends.
Meanwhile Mr President Mugabe's hit squads are so completely bonkers that they are reduced to torturing the opposition's LIVESTOCK before they murder them.
Some people just don't deserve all the beautiful things that the world provides for them.
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Sunday, June 01, 2008
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Day 2695: Butterbees and Bumbleflies
Sunday:
And speaking of insects…
Our planet Earth is very BEAUTIFUL, but also very FRAGILE.
And you don't need one of THESE to cause the End of the World.
We have come to think of the countryside as permanent and unchanging, and shortage of food, famine even, as a thing that only happened in the DARK AGES, but this could all go rather horribly wrong because some of our most VITAL workers are under THREAT… and we don’t even really know why!
No, it's not schoolteachers, it is the humble, industrious Honey Bee and the soft and gentle Butterflies!
Bees and Butterflies actually do the most important work of all, pollinating our plants and crops so that we all have FOOD to eat. Clever scientists might have made fertilisers that help crops grow, but that's no good without SEEDS and seeds need pollen to be carried on little insect legs from one plant to another.
Apparently, one third of the United States' crop species, including such species as almonds, peaches, soybeans, apples, pears, cherries, raspberries, blackberries, cranberries, watermelons, cantaloupes, cucumbers and strawberries, all rely on bees for pollenisation and the bees are DISAPPEARING.
Even Dr Who knows about it! (Unless all these BEE references are a CLUE to something else!)
Mr Saint David of Attenborough has launched a butterfly rescue centre
to try to help, but really this is a BIG job and it definitely needs some Government action.
Never mind roads and airports, it is these friendly insects who are our vital INFRASTRUCTURE and we should be investing in rescuing them, and rebuilding their populations.
A world without bees and butterflies would not just be less lovely to look at… it would be very hungry INDEED.
And speaking of insects…
Our planet Earth is very BEAUTIFUL, but also very FRAGILE.
And you don't need one of THESE to cause the End of the World.
We have come to think of the countryside as permanent and unchanging, and shortage of food, famine even, as a thing that only happened in the DARK AGES, but this could all go rather horribly wrong because some of our most VITAL workers are under THREAT… and we don’t even really know why!
No, it's not schoolteachers, it is the humble, industrious Honey Bee and the soft and gentle Butterflies!
Bees and Butterflies actually do the most important work of all, pollinating our plants and crops so that we all have FOOD to eat. Clever scientists might have made fertilisers that help crops grow, but that's no good without SEEDS and seeds need pollen to be carried on little insect legs from one plant to another.
Apparently, one third of the United States' crop species, including such species as almonds, peaches, soybeans, apples, pears, cherries, raspberries, blackberries, cranberries, watermelons, cantaloupes, cucumbers and strawberries, all rely on bees for pollenisation and the bees are DISAPPEARING.
Even Dr Who knows about it! (Unless all these BEE references are a CLUE to something else!)
Mr Saint David of Attenborough has launched a butterfly rescue centre
to try to help, but really this is a BIG job and it definitely needs some Government action.
Never mind roads and airports, it is these friendly insects who are our vital INFRASTRUCTURE and we should be investing in rescuing them, and rebuilding their populations.
A world without bees and butterflies would not just be less lovely to look at… it would be very hungry INDEED.
PS:
Also, I LIKE sticky buns with honey!
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