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When Seagulls Attack!
The squawking laughter is enough to send a Hitchcockian chill up anyone’s spine, though if you live anywhere near the coast – or increasingly in cities further inland – seagulls are as ubiquitous as pigeons. But bigger. And much more vicious. Every year, new reports telling similar stories rear their ugly head, with headlines shrieking warnings about gulls terrorising people, particularly in the soft underbelly of the British Isles. Hold onto your chips.
Continue reading...The Real-Life Legend of the White Leviathan
Monday, August 17, 2009
The boat rose and fell on the billowing surface of the high seas, in heady pursuit of the white leviathan that was to prove its undoing. Ahead, the ferocious whale wheeled off its course with an almighty surge, reared up, and charged at the crew. Its gigantic body and terrible flukes breaking and beating against the water, the sea creature known by the name of Mocha Dick bore down on boat, ‘jaws on.’ The men held their breath; it was to be their last.
Continue reading...Twenty-Five Years of Eco-Terrorism
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Since the very, very enthusiastic environmental activists at the Earth Liberation Front decided to torch a street of million-dollar homes in Seattle yesterday, it made me wonder just how long they’ve been in business. This is the logo of Environmental Life Force, not the Earth Liberation Front apparently. [...]
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Monday, September 21, 2009
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