(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Kitchen Table Kibitzing: Earless Dragons & Rising from the Dead [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2023-06-29 Earless Dragon Feared Extinct is Rediscovered After 50 Years in Australia Last sighted in 1969, a tiny lizard from the Australian state of Queensland has been rediscovered by scientists who now hope to act fast to ascertain its numbers. Not all dragons can be fearsome firebreathers. Indeed, the Victorian grassland earless dragon, Tympanocryptis pinguicolla, is just 15 centimeters long (6 inches). Once commonly found in grasslands west of Melbourne, the little drake diminished at the paws of invasive predators like foxes and cats, and potentially from the fragmentation of habitat. Family Adopts Elderly Neighbor as ‘Honorary Grandpa’ for Holidays and Heartwarming Daily Moments (LOOK) After moving to Texas from the East Coast, a family “adopted” a neighborhood senior who jumped in to welcome them. Sharaine Caraballo and her husband Wilson met 82-year-old Paul Callahan in March last year when Wilson began working on their recently purchased home and he offered him a ladder to work with. From then on, it didn’t take very long for the family of eight and their new neighbor to become close and for Paul to take on the role of de-facto grandpa. Some incentivizing news from the IPCC: x Speaking today in Ulsan, #IPCC Chair Hoesung Lee stressed that the IPCC Synthesis Report underscores the urgency of taking more ambitious action. "If we act now, we can still secure a liveable #sustainable future for all" #ClimateReport #ClimateChange pic.twitter.com/w0BPXTCceh — IPCC (@IPCC_CH) June 26, 2023 Orcas disrupt boat race near Spain in latest display of dangerous, puzzling behavior A pod of killer whales bumped one of the boats in an endurance sailing race as it approached the Strait of Gibraltar, the latest encounter in what researchers say is a growing trend of sometimes-aggressive interactions with Iberian orcas. The 15-minute run-in with at least three of the giant mammals forced the crew competing in The Ocean Race on Thursday to drop its sails and raise a clatter in an attempt to scare the approaching orcas off. No one was injured, but Team JAJO skipper Jelmer van Beek said in a video posted on The Ocean Race website that it was “a scary moment.” “Twenty minutes ago, we got hit by some orcas,” he said in the video. “Three orcas came straight at us and started hitting the rudders. Impressive to see the orcas, beautiful animals, but also a dangerous moment for us as a team.” Woman declared dead in Ecuador revives during her wake; health authorities investigate QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — A 76-year-old woman who was declared dead at a hospital in Ecuador astonished her relatives by knocking on her coffin during her wake, and the incident has prompted a government investigation into the hospital. Relatives left the coffin behind and rushed retired nurse Bella Montoya back to the hospital after the wake Friday in the central city of Babahoyo, son Gilberto Barbera told The Associated Press. “It gave us all a fright,” Barbera said, adding that doctors have said his mother’s situation remains dire. [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/6/29/2177717/-Kitchen-Table-Kibitzing-Earless-Dragons-amp-Rising-from-the-Dead Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/