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Vlad Jecan - who has written 36 posts on Environmental Graffiti.


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150m Year Old Dinosaur Bones Dug Up in Utah

Thursday, June 19, 2008

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image via Wikipedia In southeast Utah, scientists uncovered an array of incredibly well-preserved dinosaur bones, which could provide new information about life in this region 150 million years ago.

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“Get them! Get them!” Man Orders Albino Python To Attack Police

Thursday, June 19, 2008

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image via Everything Reptile Victor Rodriguez from Bridgeport, Conn., seemed to mistake his pet python for a dog the other day, when he ordered it to attack a policeman.

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Behold the Dog Powered Tricycle!

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

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All Images and information courtesy of Mark Schuette of Dog Powered Scooter Ever wondered what it would be like to participate in a dog-sled race, but never had the money or effort to go to Antarctica?

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Death Valley Stones that Literally Move by Themselves [pics]

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

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In the third part of our Natural Design series, Environmental Graffiti reporter Vlad Jecan explores the natural phenomenon of the Racetrack Playa, where stones literally move by themselves. image via The Racetrack Playa is a dry lake found within Death Valley National Park, California, U.S.A. The [...]

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Insane Wooden Bicycle Creations

Monday, June 16, 2008

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image via KK’s Street Use The modern bicycle as we know it, originated from the “dandy horse,” invented in 1816 by German baron Karl Friedrich Freiherr von Drais de Sauerbronn. Notwithstanding this, there have been countless bicycle-like designs beforehand. Indeed, yonks ago two-wheelers were not made of metal, [...]

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Pomi the Robotic Penguin

Monday, June 16, 2008

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image via dvice Scientists in South Korea have created a robot, which can interact with humans and the best part is…it looks like a penguin! They call him Pomi (Penguin Robot for Multimodal Interaction).

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‘Unicorn’ Spotted in Italy

Friday, June 13, 2008

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image via discovery Kiddie’s fiction is always full of unicorns (which are always horses, preferably white, with a horn on their head). However, fiction may have become a reality, when a single-horned deer was spotted in an Italian natural reserve.

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Cod Dammit This is Cool!

Friday, June 13, 2008

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The Good Fish Guide By Vlad Jecan and Chris Ingham Brooke There are indeed certain species of fish people can consume with no irreparable damage to fish stocks. But what are they? 90% of the fish that are on our dinner tables like marlin, cod, tuna, skate [...]

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400,000 Black Balls Save L.A. Reservoir From Carcinogen

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

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*Update – all images from the awesome Dakota Smith at Curbed. More photos There* image (c) Dakota Smith The Department of Water and Power workers in Los Angeles, as well as local officials and community activists opened a white tub from where they poured 400,000 black colored balls into [...]

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Cow Farts and their Apocalyptic Effects

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

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image via wikipedia Scientists have managed to isolate the animal farting gene, opening new doors to cut animal methane, which is 50 times more harmful (as greenhouse gas) than carbon.

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