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Tuesday, June 21, 2022
In today’s summer solstice newsletter, the largest p= ython ever is found in the Everglades; there’= ;s good news about eagles; a fisherman hooks a 661-po= und stingray … and a bea= uty queen talks climate change= =2E
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At first the Florida hunters thought the scale was broken=2E The female py= thon weighed in at a record-breaking 215 pounds—and was 17=2E7 feet = long=2E It was the heaviest Burmese python found outside its natural range,= and it took three people to haul it (pictured above)= =2E

The capture, using male “scout” snakes with surgi= cally installed GPS markers, shows the persistence of Florida’s Burm= ese python problem=2E The reclusive apex predator from southeast Asia has e= xploded in the wild since being introduced to Florida in the late 1970s, mu= nching through native species=2E

The giant snake was weighed down c= arrying 122 unfertilized follicle eggs (see dozens of them b= elow)—proof that she could have hatched a whole slithering vill= age=2E She also carried evidence of eating a white-tailed deer, prime food = for bobcats and endangered Florida panthers=2E

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Good news: Since 2009, the bald eagle populati= on in the lower 48 states has quadrupled=2E The July 2002 issue of National Geographic featured Norbert Rosing<= /strong>’s image of this bald eagle—and it was recently featu= red in our Photo of the Day archival collec= tion=2E In images over the following dozen years, photographer Klaus Nigge developed a deep respect for the wild, tough ba= ld eagles of Alaska’s Aleutian Islands=2E “They were dirty, they were wet, and they fought with each oth= er, which is not what we expect from our national symbols,” he wrote= =2E Yet, he concluded wistfully: “Th= ey can fly, and I cannot=2E”
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= Romans talked about a fearsome forest in Scotland=2E Were they wimps?
The unsung stories—and distinguished alumni—of Historical= ly Black Colleges and Universities
661-pound freshwater fish is world’s biggest
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An offbeat, outdoorsy—= ;and free—way to explore Sweden
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Stronger winds mean stronger wind tunnels: The= rising strength of hurricanes, partly caused by warming ocean waters and c= limate change, means Florida International University has to upgrade its Wa= ll of Wind testing facility=2E The lab helps officials come up with strengt= hened building codes for materials that could withstand the winds, Nat Geo reports=2E But how strong? Close to = 200 mph=2E (Pictured, two model homes in the lab—one = with an upgraded roof and one without=2E)
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Using her platform: Khadija Omar is the first = woman to represent her conservative home country in a beauty pageant=2E Mis= s Somalia, pictured above near Garissa, Kenya, is using her platform to rai= se awareness of climate change in the Horn of Africa, where nearly 20 milli= on people are suffering from hunger and lack of income=2E “It’= ;s sad that as a Somali, I’ve never been able to live in my country,= ” says Omar, who was born in a refugee camp=2E “I’ve n= ever visited my country=2E”
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