Image: Bullshark- photographed in Beqa Lagoon, Fiji by Terry Goss (Mr Goss is known as "Pterantula" on flikr- you can find his photostream [here])This image has a GNU free documentation licence- details [here]
Hi. Welcome (back) to Weirdbeautiful.
First link-of-the-day today is this article in the New York Times (and International Herald Tribune) talking about how ants living in certain specific trees protect them from elephant attack- essentially by swarming and biting any approaching elephants. The ants, which feed on a sweet secretion released by the tree, thereby protect the tree from damage/being eaten and safeguard their own food source and habitat. The full length article gives more details-
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/07/science/07obants.html?ref=science
The second link-of-the-day is this blog post by J. Freedom du Lac from The Washington Post; it talks about an 8-foot (2.4 metre) long bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas) being caught in the Potomac river in Maryland, USA. This is further north than the species' usual range, but the creatures are believed to be feeding on rays and crabs in Chesapeake Bay. The post is here-
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/02/AR2010090203794.html
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