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| Africa Horn |
| Poachers kill one of the world's largest elephants in Kenya |
| 2014-06-16 |
| [Telegraph] One of Africa's last 'great tuskers', elephants with ivory weighing over 100lbs, has been poisoned to death by poachers in Kenya after years of adapting his behaviour to hide himself from humans. The bull, named Satao and likely born in the late 1960s, succumbed to wounds from poison darts in a remote corner of Tsavo National Park where he had migrated to find fresh water after recent storms. His carcass yesterday lay with its face and great tusks hacked off, four legs splayed where he fell with his last breath, left only for the vultures and the scavengers. Conservationists told how he moved from bush to bush always keeping his ivory hidden amongst the foliage. "I'm convinced he did that to hide his tusks from humans, he had an awareness that they were a danger to him," said Mark Deeble, a British documentary filmmaker who has spent long periods of time filming Satao. A soaring demand for ivory in a number of Asian nations has seen poaching reach levels that were last seen in the 1980s before the ivory trade was banned. |
| Posted by:Zenobia Floger6220 |
| #10 I'm pulling articles for tomorrow, Frank. Haven't time, sorry. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2014-06-16 22:24 |
| #9 Character Map is your friend |
| Posted by: Frank G 2014-06-16 21:16 |
| #8 Nice find, that's some crazy extended ascii somewhere. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2014-06-16 20:38 |
| #7 From a site I just found: Sometimes you will see a numeral with a line over it. That means to multiply it by 1000. A numeral V with a line over it means 5000. So in the late Roman empire or possibly the Byzantine style: (barred V)MCCXX which is much more efficient. Only I have no idea how to do a barred V in HTML. Any thoughts from you professional and amateur computer jockey types? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2014-06-16 20:01 |
| #6 Dr. Zenobia Floger MMMMMMCCXX LSMFT |
| Posted by: Shipman 2014-06-16 14:22 |
| #5 ...Though it would certainly look ... something, if written out in Roman style. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2014-06-16 12:41 |
| #4 Come now, Shipman. Who would trade a 6220 for a measly IV? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2014-06-16 12:39 |
| #3 You watch, he seems the type would add a IV at the other end. Flogers worse that Spembles in that respect. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2014-06-16 12:18 |
| #2 Bravo, Dr. Zenobia Floger6220! And congratulations on your sudden elevation! ;-) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2014-06-16 07:07 |
| #1 Meanwhile, back in 1961... The junkyard of metempsychosis Parting out, runs a race with necrosis. A great bull passed today; What was tossed Barry's way? Just the ears; no nuts, tusks, or proboscis. |
| Posted by: Dr. Zenobia Floger6220 2014-06-16 01:44 |