Serval, Leptailurus serval, London Zoo. Image (copyright) Victoria Neblik 2010. All rights reserved.
Hi. Welcome to Weirdbeautiful.
The first of today's links of the day is to the African Serval Conservation Organisation's homepage - http://www.servals.org/home.htm. There is no reason for this link, other than that I think they are magnificent creatures and that, although they are much less threatened than many other big cats, it would be a crying shame if "we" were to lose them. You might think, from its markings, that the serval is a relative of the jaguar, but it is actually more closer kin to the caracal and cheetah. There's more information on servals here- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serval including information on their range, behaviour, unusually high kill-rate and the fact that the ancient Egyptians kept them domestically and worshipped them as gods.
The second link is to this piece by Elisabeth Rosenthal from the New York Times about the conservation of another big cat- The Jaguar in Costa Rica-
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/12/science/earth/12jaguar.html?pagewanted=1&ref=science
The final link is this rather odd science article about using discarded cigarette butts to protect steel pipes from rusting...(there's a reason this blog is called "weirdbeautiful")
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100513/sc_nm/us_butts
My own news is that my latest interview- a conversation with leading turtle expert Prof. John Davenport- is now on sale in Practical Reptile Keeping Magazine. Prof Davenport talks about his recent research, the difficulties of tracking turtles and the wildlife of Bermuda. Copies of the magazine are available for worldwide delivery from here- http://www.practicalreptilekeeping.co.uk/pages/main.php?nav=latest
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