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  • by rosschrystall

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    A cairns couple discovered a giant 5m (16ft) python devouring their family pet dog. When they found the snake eating their pet, only it’s hind legs and tails were visible from the Python’s mouth. The dog will take 2 days to digest. The python actively stalked their silky terrier-cross chihuahua.

    The couple now fear for their children because they have already lost a pet cat and guinea pig to snakes in the area.

    “When it happens once, you think it’s a one-off, but last night I thought “this is serious,” he said.

    “We have ducted air-conditioning. Call it paranoia, but my big fear is that a snake will get in there.”

    Stuart Douglas from the Australian Venom Zoo said pythons were amazing animals that belonged in the Far North but people needed to be aware that pets were potential prey.

    “These pythons used to feed on wallabies but now they feed on cats and dogs in suburbia,” he said.

    I have an irrational fear of snakes, and my husband could tell you many funny stories of my out encounters with them, reading the story in the Cairns Post sent chills down my spine.

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  • by RGS

    This video is of AI who has been learning linguistic skills since 1978 at the Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University. He is faster than some humans doing this number game.

    Isn’t that game on Nintendo DS’s Brain Age Game?

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  • by RGS

    grow hormone gadget

    injection gadget

    This could turn out to be Xmas present of the year 2008. Yeah we want the next generation to be freakishly tall.

    In developing easypod™, patients, caregivers and healthcare professionals were surveyed for input on how to improve upon delivery systems for growth hormone therapy. The device was designed to help patients administer a subcutaneous daily injection, reliably and in just three simple key steps. A key feature of easypod™is preset dosing, which means that patients no longer have to set their dose every day. It also tracks the number of doses administered, allowing physicians to monitor patient adherence to therapy.

    Link: Growing Hormone Gadget

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  • by RGS

    las-meal-of-jesus

    That chef needs to get fired! Check out the last supper in super duper high res … It will take your breath.

    Link: Last Supper High Res Image

    Link: The Making of Video

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