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Apache hires U.S. cave institute to study water in West Texas’ Alpine High oil
field
Posted by David Hunn
Date: May 26, 2017
Houston oil and gas company Apache Corp. has hired the nation’s preeminent cave
research
Folks,
Jacqui Thomas and I have scheduled a cave dig for tomorrow in Sonora. This is a
really neat dig with lots of possibilities.
We're going to meet tomorrow (Saturday) around 10 am at the donut shop.
Let me know if you're interested and I'll fill you in on the details.
Geary Schindel
210.32
This may surprise the young cavers, but just about 5 years ago, most cavers
did not have any kind of street navigation gadget in their cars.
I can only guess that 40% either have a dedicated navigation gadget in
their car, or they mount their large smartphone or phablets in a bracket.
I hope to
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Various pit vipers such as moccasins and rattlesnappers are social to a
degree, but it is a stretch to call lining up at trough for a good feed a
social act despite the fact that you are "rubbing shoulders" with your snakey
buddies.
Despite numerous injuries and illnes
John Cooper's memoir as a cave biologist has recently been published by the
NSS. See ad is March NSS News. Its title is "The Cave of the Boa Constrictors."
It begins with several chapters on Coop's visit to Cuba many years ago,
including a photo of boa constrictors in that cave on p. 65. A good
On 5/26/2017 11:31 AM, Ray Keeler wrote:
Great! But can they be taught to survey? ... but how would they hold the
compass and light let alone sketch ... oh well.
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From:swrcav...@googlegroups.com [mailto:swrcav...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Lee H. Skinner
Sent:
These guys aren't cavers, are they? You can see bat predation (though not by
boas) any night of the week at Carlsbad or, I presume any of the areas that
have large nightly bat exits. At Carlsbad, it was mostly by raptors (they also
caught the re-entry the next morning). When I wasn't on duty, I'
Cuban boas apparently coordinate the hunt:
http://gizmodo.com/coordinated-boa-attacks-are-a-horror-you-didn-t-know-ex-1795540299
Lee Skinner
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