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After a spate of attacks in Hawaii in the early '90s, islanders headed out to kill the rogue tigers. But scientists have since learned that tigers are not territorial, and so chances of catching the culprit at an attack site are minimal. Dr. Kim Holland of the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology at the University of Hawaii has been monitoring tiger movements with the CHAT (Communicating History Acoustic Transponder) tag. Implanted in belly walls to log the shark's position and depth, the CHAT tags upload their information to underwater receivers, usually placed in shallow bays, which are retrieved every...
...biggest culprit seems to be a parasite called Cryptosporidium. It multiplies in the gastrointestinal tract and can escape through a leaky diaper or other poolside accident and, if swallowed, can cause a distressing bout of diarrhea. Cryptosporidium is highly chlorine resistant and can survive in pool water for days. E. coli, another escapee from the gut known to cause outbreaks of stomach malaise, is more sensitive to chlorine and can usually be kept in check with careful pool maintenance...
...biggest culprit seems to be a parasite called Cryptosporidium. It multiplies in the gastrointestinal tract and can escape through a leaky diaper or other poolside accident and, if swallowed, can cause a distressing bout of diarrhea. Cryptosporidium is highly chlorine resistant and can survive in pool water for days. E. coli, another escapee from the gut known to cause outbreaks of stomach malaise, is more sensitive to chlorine and can usually be kept in check with careful pool maintenance...
...Losers COURTNEY LOVE Pop-vixen, robbed on Vancouver film shoot of jewels worth $100,000, says she'll keep drinking and punching paparazzi until she finds culprit "PHILIP STAUFEN" Canada won't grant multilingual amnesiac a passport. Forgetting he just applied for one, he gets back in line and applies again FRANK DE BOER Captain of Dutch national soccer team banned after testing positive for nandrolone. In Holland, that was the best he could score...
...arrival of humans, and likened their passage down the continent to a "bloody wave," resembling the passage of German tanks through Europe during World War Two. At the time, other scientists objected to Martin's thesis, sugesting that climate change or a sudden virus was a more likely culprit in the extinction of the giant animals...