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The Farthest: Voyager in Space (Documentary Summary)

The Farthest: Voyager in Space (Documentary Summary)

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My favourite documentary. The part that it took years to get messages from Voyager from thousands of miles away and decades to follow fills me with wonder and awe. These scientists created a child and followed it until they had to say goodbye. Click here for a 3D interactive view of the Voyager and all it’s parts. 1977 scientists embarked on the most audacious space mission. Sending voyager into space and beyond our solar system. They calculated positions of Jupiter,…

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Interesting Facts About Woodlice (Slaters/Pill Bugs/Rollie Pollies/Roly Polies)

Interesting Facts About Woodlice (Slaters/Pill Bugs/Rollie Pollies/Roly Polies)

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The nocturnal crustaceans have seven pairs of legs, segmented sections like a lobster’s tail and prefer humid environments. Being the only land crustacean they can survive up to 30% dryness. (Click here if you’re want to know how to cook them :oO) They eat rotting vegetation and help return nutrients to the soil for plants to feed on, so they’re not pests. Even though they’re called bugs, they are more related to shrimp and crayfish. Because of this they breathed through their…

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Snake Bites & Venom: Important Information – Please Share by Rob Timmings

Snake Bites & Venom: Important Information – Please Share by Rob Timmings

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Snakes start looking for water in summer and end up in lots of unusual places in this Australian heat. Here is some important info that could come in handy. 3000 bites are reported annually.300-500 hospitalisations2-3 deaths annually. Average time to death is 12 hours. The urban myth that you are bitten in the yard and die before you can walk from your chook pen back to the house is a load of rubbish. While not new, the management of snake…

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The Huntsman Spider: Interesting facts by Drew Wallace & Ann Jones (Summary)

The Huntsman Spider: Interesting facts by Drew Wallace & Ann Jones (Summary)

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Summary:Leg span can be 15cm long. Egg sacs reported to be the size of tennis balls. They’re nocturnal so you wont see them in the day. They are harmless so bites just need an ice pack to relieve pain. They have forward facing front legs and backward facing back legs. Can run 42 times it’s body length in a second and Usain Bolt is 5.2 body lenghts in a second. They use less venom then other spiders and rather crush…

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Podcast Summary: How to Read Nature – Awaken Your Senses to the Outdoors with Tristan Gooley

Podcast Summary: How to Read Nature – Awaken Your Senses to the Outdoors with Tristan Gooley

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Summary:– You can use nature to navigate. Watching the stars, the trees, etc. – Inuit can look at snow and tell what direction they are. – The wind can tell you lots too. The shallower angle of the land will tell you it’s the side the wind is coming from (Paras note: If my primary school memory serves well that would be the windward side) and the steeper shape is where the wind is leaving (leeward side). – Swells in…

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Butterflies and moths of the Perth Hills, Western Australia, by Eric McCrum – Darling Range Branch of the WA Naturalists’ Club

Butterflies and moths of the Perth Hills, Western Australia, by Eric McCrum – Darling Range Branch of the WA Naturalists’ Club

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Special thanks to Rachel Green, Chairperson 2017 – 2018 Darling Range Branch of the WA Naturalists’ Club, for the pdf. of the presentation. I have tried to include the closest colour versions I could find along with the summary. Part 1: Butterflies and moths of the Perth Hills, Western Australia, by Eric McCrum Summary:– The word butterfly came from one instance where a butterfly the colour of butter was seen. Only 359 species of them – Talks about The dictionary…

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