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African Oryx Eat Poisonous Plants to Survive Periods of Drought
Posted by Nature World: James A. Foley on August 19th, 2013
Nature World: Researchers in Africa have observed two similar grazing animals adopt markedly different feeding habits during periods of drought.
The gemsbok, a type of gazelle found in Africa, was documented surviving during periods of drought by eating high quantities of poisonous plants. The behavior is striking when compared to similar animals such as the springbok antelope, which survives through drought by feeding on every type of plant material it can find but avoiding poisonous plants.
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Climate Changing 10 Times Faster than in Past 65 Million Years
Posted by Nature World: James A. Foley on August 1st, 2013
Nature World: Stanford University climate researchers warn that the likely rate of climate change over the next century will be 10 times faster than the rate of any climate shift in the past 65 million years, meaning the planet will undergo one of the largest changes in climate since the dinosaurs went extinct.
Noah Diffenbaugh, an associate professor of environmental Earth system science, and Chris Field, a professor of biology and of environmental Earth system science at the Stanford Woods Institute for the...