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...Floating to Flores Your story on the discovery of the remains of a primitive tribe of tiny cave-dwelling humans on the Indonesian island of Flores [Nov. 8] reported that its elephants may have swum the distance that separated Flores from the nearest land when the sea level was at its lowest. Could they also perhaps have had a role in getting Homo floresiensis onto the island? As there is already evidence of elephant migration, who is to say that some early hominids didn't hitch a ride or two on the backs of those buoyant beasts? Alfred Winsor Brown...
...eight decades of mediocre baseball, which is thankfully now put to rest. Jim Frazee Oslo Floating to Flores Your story on the discovery of the remains of a primitive tribe of tiny cave-dwelling humans on the Indonesian island of Flores [Nov. 8] reported that its elephants may have swum the distance that separated Flores from the nearest land when the sea level was at its lowest. Could they also perhaps have had a role in getting Homo floresiensis onto the island? As there is already evidence of elephant migration, who is to say that some early hominids didn...
...Burmese military has always promoted loyalty before brains, and Than Shwe is the result. He is even the thinly disguised butt of a joke in a popular Burmese magazine in which three students are boasting about their uncles. The first says, "My uncle has no arms, but he has swum across the Irrawaddy River five times." The second says, "My uncle has no legs, but he has climbed the Golden Rock Pagoda 10 times." The third says: "So what? My uncle has no brain, and he runs the country." If that joke seems spiteful, consider this: diplomats report that Than...
...week by park board chairman Jonathon Nadji that the area was a sacred site and that some tour guides are irresponsible have made them angrier: "It's tempting to see a conspiracy of trying to close Twin Falls at all costs," says Bodaghi. But Lee says he's never swum at Twin Falls because of its significance as a resting place for the mythical Rainbow Serpent: "We have known that since we were little kids, and we have to respect that country." He says his people don't mind non-Aborigines swimming. "It's all right for them because...
...Part of the problem is due to the nature of the beast. Sturgeon are ancient creatures that have swum the world's rivers and seas for millions of years. Clad in bony plates, they are fierce-looking fish that can grow to enormous lengths?measuring up to six meters from snout to tail and weighing more than a ton. But they mature slowly: some don't begin reproducing until they are 15 to 25 years old. When a female sturgeon does start ovulating, she can be quite valuable, producing more than a million eggs, worth hundreds of thousands of dollars...