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...goat population is so large (50,000 to 75,000) that between 100 and 150 kids are born every day. The goats knock down cacti and trees and munch on the vegetation on which the tortoises depend, while the burros trample the tortoise nests. Elsewhere on Isabela, dogs have eaten most of the land iguanas. On Santiago, goats, pigs, burros, cows and rats have wreaked havoc on the native plant communities. Fire ants and two types of alien wasps have taken hold on several islands, as have 300 species of non-native plants--100 of them in the past decade...
...produce the country's worst grain harvest in 30 years. The estimated yield this year will be just 66 million tons, down from last year's already paltry 80 million tons. Russians will not starve, however, because up to half the vegetables and a third of the meat eaten in the country are produced privately, often in backyard plots. Politicians, however, could lose big: they face parliamentary elections in mid-December, just when food prices are expected to rise...
...years ago, the neocortex was added on, enabling humans to plan, learn and remember. Lust grows from the limbic system; love, from the neocortex. Animals like reptiles that have no neocortex cannot experience anything like maternal love; this is why baby snakes have to hide to avoid being eaten by their parents. Humans, with their capacity for love, will protect their offspring, allowing the brains of the young time to develop. The more connections between the limbic system and the neocortex, the more emotional responses are possible...
...have eaten so much McDonald's, it's unbelievable," Mayberry said. "Every time I drive up to the drive-thru, I am hoping that I will find something different on their menu...
...GOING TO HAVE TO DO A better job than TIME did of explaining how this "fat-mice substance" is "weight-loss Nirvana." As I understand it, after being given this new wonder drug, the mice ate less, exercised more and lost weight. This is not Nirvana. Had the mice eaten more, exercised less and lost weight, then we would have a reason to get off the couch and cheer. H. MITCHELL SCHUMAN New York City...