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Beautiful image of the day is this picture of a Brown-headed Nuthatch, Sitta pusilla, by the South Carolina photographer Iva Lee . The Brown-headed Nuthatch is a small songbird native to pine forests of the Southeastern USA- it is one of the smaller nuthatch species, measuring around 9cm (3.5 inches); the Eurasian Nuthatch, Sitta europaea, for example- the creature that is so loved by British twitchers- is a good 5cm (2 inches) larger.
Many thanks to Iva Lee for letting us this image on weirdbeautiful.
First weird link-of-the-day today is this article on sciencedaily.com on research by Dr Martin Kaltenpoth showing that wasps cultivate antibiotic-producing bacteria in special glands beside their antennae:-
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110411194823.htm
Sticking with the theme of wasps, today's second link is weirder still: an article claiming that because of their impressive sense of smell, wasps can be trained to sniff out explosives, toxic chemicals and food/crop mould...-
http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2006/0702-wasps_mans_new_best_friend.htm
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