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Dung Beetles and the Milky Way
#5659941 - 02/03/13 12:56 PM
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http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2013/01/dung-beetles-dancing-t...
A charming read and a new slant on light pollution. Enjoy!
Dark skies.
Jack
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delgado39
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Re: Dung Beetles and the Milky Way
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#5660003 - 02/03/13 01:29 PM
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Definitely an interesting read!!!
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sg6
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Re: Dung Beetles and the Milky Way
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#5660282 - 02/03/13 04:20 PM
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What's the surprise? 
Doesn't everyone orientate themselves to the Milky Way when rolling their dung ball up the main street? 
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johntrob
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#5660295 - 02/03/13 04:25 PM
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Thanks for that article. It is very cool. I just forwarded it to my daughter. She is a bug nut.
John
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killdabuddha
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Re: Dung Beetles and the Milky Way
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#5660324 - 02/03/13 04:42 PM
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OMG. TY so much for this.
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#5660420 - 02/03/13 05:30 PM
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Thanks for the link to a good article.
Ed D
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av8or
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#5661047 - 02/04/13 01:27 AM
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Great article. Where I live, me and my poop ball would be going in circles for hours...
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Mike B
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#5661616 - 02/04/13 11:59 AM
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me and my poop ball would be going in circles for hours...
Only if your poop is properly polar aligned, pal.
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csrlice12
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#5661643 - 02/04/13 12:14 PM
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If not, you may as well take your poop ball and go home..... 
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tigerroach
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#5661767 - 02/04/13 01:19 PM
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Mike B
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#5662119 - 02/04/13 04:57 PM
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take your poop ball and go home.....
That might be termed a poop-bawl?
We Dobists have it good in that regard.... nothing to polar align! We just go happily in circles all night... or until the seeing turns to... uh, well, you know.
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#5662491 - 02/04/13 09:11 PM
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I lost my poop ball in Dobson's hole
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csrlice12
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#5663024 - 02/05/13 08:09 AM
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Must be a cr@%%y scope.
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