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Labtecpower wrote:I still use flint shards when cutting very small details into tape

jrrdw wrote:In all my years that's the 1st 9 pack I've ever seen... :bigsmurf:

On Saturday Bengt Holst, scientific director at the Danish zoo, defended Marius's destruction, saying his genes were already well represented among giraffes at the zoo.

He told the BBC it was a responsible practice on the part of zoos to manage their animal populations to ensure they remained healthy.

He could not understand the fuss over Marius, pointing out that, for instance, 700-800 deer are killed every year at a deer park north of Copenhagen to control their numbers.

The zoo planned to dissect the animal after it was killed, before feeding it to the tigers and other carnivores.

"It would be absolutely foolish to throw away a few hundred kilos of meat," Mr Holst said according to the Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet. "Some is used for research and the rest for food."

Animal rights campaigners have described the move as barbaric and have accused the zoo of being unethical.

JSR wrote:He clearly drank the first three before coming up with the idea

BBC article wrote:The researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, North Carolina, looked at patients who had had a stroke or transient ischaemic attack (TIA), also known as a mini-stroke.

Quality of life is calculated using a formula that assesses mobility, self-care, everyday activities, depression/anxiety and pain.

At three months, women were more likely than men to report problems with mobility, pain and discomfort, anxiety and depression, but the difference was greatest in those aged over 75.