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Fact Severe Drought Major Factor In Steep Rise In Beef Prices

Cuts of beef are displayed at Marina Meats on January 31, 2012 in San Francisco, California. Severe drought is a contributing factor in the declining cattle count, which has sent wholesale beef prices up 6.4 percent in the past 12 months. The price for a pound of beef (0.454 kg) peaked in price at $1.98 a pound on November 23, the highest price since 2004. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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01 Feb 2012 10:29:00,post received 0 comments

Wow Frozen Frog by Svein Nordrum

After some days with temperatures below freezing point, I was out skating at some lakes at the outskirts of Oslo in Norway. After a while I noticed something on the ice. To my astonishment it was a dead frozen frog.

Svein Nordrum

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04 Feb 2014 11:43:00,post received 0 comments

Wow Puppy vs Mantis

Here are a few truly unique painting a beautiful dog to play with “dangerous mantid” of course we know who the winner of this “struggle”. These photos were probably caused by accident one fine day in a beautiful park. Enjoy the perfect posing this beautiful home in the beautiful game with mantid.

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04 Jan 2013 11:48:00,post received 0 comments

Wow The World's Only Giraffe Hotel in Kenya

Giraffe Manor is a delightful family lodge situated outside of Nairobi. The manor is known for its Rothschild's giraffes, which often stick their heads through the windows of the lodge to greet you. Each of the six luxury rooms offer en suite facilities, and sumptuous surroundings. Guests enjoy evening cocktails in front of the fireplace before a delicious gourmet dinner.

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12 Jan 2013 14:33:00,post received 0 comments

Wow Flying Houses by Laurent Chehere

One of the most creative photoseries I’ve seen so far is definitely this one from the French photographer Laurent Chéhère and his Flying Houses. The serie has a sur-real but still very realistic out-come, with ofcourse, some help of our great friend Photoshop.

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14 Jan 2013 14:42:00,post received 0 comments

Fact Black Hornet – Hand-Held Helicopter Drones to War Zone

British troops in Afghanistan are now using 10-centimeter-long 16-gram spy helicopters to survey Taliban firing spots. The UK Defense Ministry plans to buy 160 of the drones under a contract worth more than $31 million.

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06 Feb 2013 14:59:00,post received 0 comments

Educative Google Takes Street View Tech Into the Grand Canyon

GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. -- Google and its street-view cameras already have taken users to narrow cobblestone alleys in Spain using a tricycle, inside the Smithsonian with a push cart and to British Columbia's snow-covered slopes by snowmobile.

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11 Feb 2013 09:10:00,post received 0 comments

Educative Ladybower Reservoir in Derbyshire England

Ladybower Reservoir is a large Y-shaped reservoir, the lowest of three in the Upper Derwent Valley in Derbyshire, England. The River Ashop flows into the reservoir from the west; the River Derwent flows south, initially through Howden Reservoir, then Derwent Reservoir, and finally through Ladybower Reservoir.

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28 Feb 2013 11:20:00,post received 0 comments