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12 Ways to Prevent Food Waste at Home
The #1 thing that has worked for me is to plan meals for the week, if you know what meals you’re going to make you don’t buy things that won’t get used and will go bad.
http://www.wholeliving.com/photogallery/prevent-food-waste-at-home
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A Decomposing Timeline:
This beautiful and elaborate entrance of a Haveli near the Gaitor Tombs in the walled city of Jaipur.
The beautiful faceted domes has withstand enormous deposits of charcoal because of a fire source which was kept under it over the years. The right side however can give you an idea of how spectacular this might have been originally.
#Vandalism #TheHeritageCity #Heritage #Historic #Architecture #BuiltHeritage #Entrance #Haveli #Beautiful #CharcoalDeposit #Deterioration #Conserve #TimeGoneBy #Pol #NahariKaNaka #WalledCityOfJaipur #Jaipur #JaipurDiaries #JaipurJournal #Rajasthan #India #Wanderer #Wanderlust #Travel #Travelogue #TravelDiaries (at Pundrik Ji-Ki-Haveli)
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October: Bat Appreciation Month
In honor of bat appreciation month and it being the spooky time of year, here are some awesome facts about bats!
- Bats can fly up to 60 mph.
- A baby bat is called a pup. Mothers will usually only have one pup per year and can find their pup within thousands of other bats.
- The largest bat has a wingspan of 6 feet and is called the “flying fox”
- Bats are mammals and the only mammals that fly.
- Over 1,000 bat species have been recorded. They make one fifth of the world’s mammals.
- At birth, a pup weighs about 25% of the mothers body weight. This is, on average, equivalent to a human mother giving birth to a 31 pound baby.
- 70% of bats consume insects. They are very important in our world’s ecosystem where they keep the insect population low.
Bats are endangered for many reasons. Mostly, like most animals, because of habitat loss due to deforestation. Saving bats are important as they are important to our ecosystem, and because they are just awesome animals. To learn more about bats and what you can do to help visit, here.
Pictured: Juvenile Mariana Fruit bat by: USFWS via Flickr
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Olinguito
The olinguito is a part of the raccoon family and was discovered in 2013 by the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. This interesting creature inhabits parts of South Africa within the Andes Mountains.
The olinguito eats mostly fruits making it omnivorous. However, they sometimes feed on insects and nectar.
These furry little guys share it’s genus with five other species called Bassaricyon. All of the species within this genus live in the Andes however, the olinguito lives the highest in elevation. Being 5,000 to 9,000 ft.
Currently, the olinguito in not threatened. However due to deforestation and urbanization, these creatures are near threatened. No efforts that are known of are being put into reducing habitat destruction.
Photo by: rarecollection.ch via Flickr
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