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A rare whale that has a dolphin-shaped head and saber-like teeth has been found dead on Los Angeles' Venice Beach, even though it prefers frigid subarctic waters. The roughly 15-foot-long female Stejneger's beaked whale washed ashore Tuesday night, the Los Angeles Times reported. A truck hauled away the mammal, which was being examined at the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum to determine how it died. The Stejneger's beaked whale is rarely seen in the wild. The species typically dives deep in subarctic waters to feed on squid and small fish. It is believed to migrate as far south as...

Biologists briefly brought the extinct Pyrenean ibex back to life in 2003 by creating a clone from a frozen tissue sample harvested before the goat's entire population vanished in 2000. The clone survived just seven minutes after birth, but it gave scientists hope that "de-extinction," once a pipedream, could become a reality. Ten years later, a group of researchers and conservationists gathered in Washington, D.C., today (March 15) for a forum called TEDxDeExtinction, hosted by the National Geographic Society, to talk about how to revive extinct animals, from the Tasmanian tiger and the saber-toothed tiger to the woolly mammoth and...

The ancient sabretooth is not directly related to modern day cats, according to a new DNA analysis. Large cats such as the sabretooth roamed North and South America toward the end of the last Ice Age, around 13,000 years ago. The puma, also known as a mountain lion or cougar, and the jaguar are the only remaining large cats in the Western Hemisphere. Paleontologists have closely studied the extinct American cats based on their bone structure, but the proposed relationships remain contentious. To refine the branches of the feline family tree, Ross Barnett of the Henry Wellcome Ancient Biomolecules Centre...

Sabertooth blogs about his call to Hugh Hewitt's radio show Monday afternoon. Here is part of his post: ...Hugh surprised me. When I told him that there was no difference between legalization and regularization, he said that President Bush's guest worker program wasn't a legalization of illegal aliens, because they could "never become a citizen, never." When I assured him that illegal aliens most certainly could become citizens under the Bush plan, Hugh replied again "no it's bracero, they will never become citizens." Sabertooth provides plenty of evidence to the contrary. Assuming Sabertooth accurately reports what Hewitt said, it sounds...

Despite the setbacks this Summer of his S 1645, the AGJobs amnesty for a sector of illegal aliens involved in farm work, Ted Kennedy appears open to working with John McCain on a big effort to find another way to legalize illegals: "Since the election, Senator McCain has spoken with the president and many members of Congress, including Senator Kennedy, trying to forge a consensus on immigration reform in an effort to move forward on this issue during the new Congress," spokeswoman Crystal Benton said. Kennedy, a longtime proponent of immigration reform said, "Congress needs to fix our broken immigration...

In the past couple of weeks Hugh Hewitt has been very generous in giving me opportunities on his radio show to correct his misunderstandings regarding President Bush's "guest worker" proposal. I first called on this subject on December 13th, specifically about Hillary Clinton's declaration that she is "you know, adamantly against illegal immigrants." Read the rest at thetarpit.blogspot.com

Christians in the crossfire Posted: December 22, 2004 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2004 Creators Syndicate, Inc. Yes, it's maddening when politically correct bureaucrats ban nativity scenes and Christmas carols in the name of "diversity" and "tolerance." We are under attack by Secularist Grinches Gone Wild. But the war on Christmas in America is a mere skirmish. Around the world, a bloody, repressive war on Christians rages on. In Iraq, Islamist rebel troops have declared open season on Christian churches, priests and missionaries. In February, four American pastors were traveling in a taxi near the capital when terrorists ambushed them. Rev....

Great job as usual Sabertooth...quick effective and to the point..How did all those officials miss the newly found WMDS?

Sabertooth appeared on the Hugh Hewitt show for extended analysis, along with Dan Weintrab(sp?). Good Job Sabertooth!!!