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At least four people killed after suicide bomber hits vehicle that had left consulate in northwestern Pakistani city.

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[Big Gay Al]

Mydnight [redux]
Heather says: My husband and I took in a pregnant stray cat named Clousette, who had a litter of six kittens on June 27, 2009, in our master bathroom tub. She is a fabulous momma and raised great kittehs. Mydnight is female. This little shadow was the hardest to get a picture of simply because she doesn't stand still for very long. Super stealth kitteh is almost an understatement. You will find Mydnight tapping at your feet from under the bed and then vanishing only to run up and pounce your pant leg a few minutes later. The only girl out of this litter of six, she loves to pop up onto the bed and wander around investigating anyone sleeping there. Mydnight is completely black except for a couple of scattered white hairs on the chest and front legs -- making her the most uniform in color of this beautiful bunch of kittehs. See more of the kittens on their blog.</p>Six Adoptable Kittens Part 1: Ash
Six Adoptable Kittens Part 2: Brit
Six Adoptable Kittens Part 3: Masq



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[Big Gay Al]

The ringed seal (Phoca hispida) is the most common seal in the Arctic. It is also the smallest seal in the Arctic and is also known as the jar seal. The Inuit call the ringed seal 'nattiq' or 'netsik'.

The ringed seal has a plump body with a short snout and a small head and what makes this animal unique is that it is an earless seal. Their belly has silver fur, but the rest of their coat is dark and covered on the back and sides with silver rings, which is how these seals got their name. They have small front flippers and claws that are more than 2.5 cm (1 inch) in thickness. They use their claws to make holes to breathe through the ice. These breathing holes are made through ice as thick as 2m (6.5 ft.). Their weight ranges from 45-72kg (100-160 lbs) and grows to an average length of 1.5m (5 ft.).

Ringed seals live throughout the Northern Hemisphere. The majority of ringed seals live in the Arctic Ocean, but we also find them in the Hudson Bay, the Baltic Sea, and the Bering Sea. They can be found from North America to Eurasia, and as far south as Japan, inhabiting the Seas of Okhotsk. One subspecies of the ringed seal is found in freshwater environments. The diet of the ringed seal is wide and varied. It eats small prey such as herring, shrimp, arctic cod and whitefish. It may also eat crustaceans such as perch and sculpin. They feed for polar cod along the edges of the sea ice in summer and their lifespan is 25 to 30 years. They do not like to gather in groups, and are solitary. When grouped together with other ringed seals they will separate themselves from others of their kind by long distances. When mating, the male will mate with more than one female.
Their natural predators include the Arctic Fox, polar bears, wolverines, wolves, and orcas.

While ringed seals are an annual harvest of Arctic natives, they are not endangered at this time. However, they are protected, as are all marine mammals, under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) of 1972. In addition, the Baltic ringed seal (Phoca hispida botnica) is listed by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as vulnerable.


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This Month in Photo of the Day: Nature and Weather Photos

Taken on April 19, 2012, in Strathmere, New Jersey. These star trails show the Milky Way rising over the Atlantic Ocean.

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