| Голландские ученые заботятся о поросятах |
[Jun. 24th, 2008|03:50 pm] |
Francien de Jonge at Wageningen University in the Netherlands and her colleagues are trying to find a way of reducing the amount of stress piglets endure on pig farms. They have found that encouraging the piglets to play appears to relax them.
As a result, they inflict fewer injuries on their pen mates, which reduces the amount of drugs they need to be treated with.
"Life is harsh on an intensive pig farms, and play can make a huge difference to the animals' longer-term welfare," says de Jonge.
To maximise the benefit piglets got from daily play sessions lasting 15 minutes, she and her colleagues taught them to associate play with a soundtrack by Elgar and Bach.
"I specifically chose this music because its timbre is similar to the comfortable grunts pigs make during foraging," de Jonge told New Scientist.
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[Jun. 24th, 2008|06:13 pm] |
Пришел в одноклассники. Нашел одноклассницу. Спрашиваю, где мой лучший приятель, с которым сидели за одной партой? Спился, говорит. Погиб по-глупости в середине 90-х.
Такие дела. |
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| хайку. Кобаяши Исса. Kobayashi Issa 1792 |
[Jun. 24th, 2008|06:20 pm] |
夕風や社の氷柱灯のうつる
yûkaze ya yashiro no tsurara hi no utsuru
night wind--
the shrine's icicles
reflect the lights
translated by David Lanoue
ночной ветер --
в сосульках на склепе
играет свет
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