I know, I know - spring has sprung and all that. But who can resist this?

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Are these two red pandas adorable or what?

I didn’t know much about them, but there’s a good write up here: Red panda. They are listed as vulnerable and despite the name are only distantly related to pandas; they are slightly larger than a domestic cat.
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Since the deniers seem to think any bit of existing snow trumps any kind of evidence for “global warming”… Catastrophic Weather Events Are Becoming the New Normal - Are You Ready for Life on Our Planet Circa 2011?


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