Abandoned Siberian Mine - Now with added bats Posted: 7 months ago by pocksucket
Icicles merge with Stalactites, chambers are flooded, prop struts lie crushed like matchwood. Despite this, one brave photographer penetrated this disused Siberian mine to bring back these photos - including bats covered in condensation
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Mine Safety hack is out, and then he's right back in Posted: 8 months ago by 2manyusernames
Bush, for some reason, is determined to have Richard Stickler to head up the Mine Safety and Health Administration despite congress refusing to accept the nomination. He continues to pull one trick or another to get the man with a poor record of mine safety and leadership, but an excellent record of corporate interest in place.
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Pa. teen touring Mexico dies after falling in abandoned mine Posted: 1 year ago by Bornbad
A 16-year-old tourist from Pennsylvania fell 1,000 feet to his death at an abandoned mine in central Mexico.
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Bats Perish, and No One Knows Why Posted: 5 months ago by 2manyusernames
In what is one of the worst calamities to hit bat populations in the United States, on average 90 percent of the hibernating bats in four caves and mines in New York have died since last winter.
Wildlife biologists fear a significant die-off in about 15 caves and mines in New York, as well as at sites in Massachusetts and Vermont.
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Finding Nemo - The Musical Posted: 2 years ago by Wingnut
Show will include a punk performance by Bruce the shark. No word yet of a seagull chorus singing "Mine, mine, mine, mine, mine, mine, mine, mine..."
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Prehistoric bats learned to fly before they could "see" Posted: 7 months ago by super
Bats learned to fly before they knew how to echolocate - the primary method of "seeing" for modern bats. The bats of 52 million years ago flew differently than the bats of today, but they also looked vastly different too.
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