Interesting article on BBC news that Scientists at Plymouth uni are claiming Cornish Hermit crabs are 'braver' than Devon crabs, which they claim are 'rather shy'. Amusing.
Read it here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/7296539.stm
On a sadder note; the seal hunt. As the seal hunting season in Canada has begun, this years debate is well under way between animal rights activists and Canadain hunters. Every year the argument kicks off over the seals and so far little has changed. This year, the canadian government have put a 275,000 catch limit upon the seals. Hunters, who are claim that the seals bring in the a 5th of the countries income, are likely to suffer a hit as the EU looks to join the USA in banning the sale of seal pelts from Canada.
Pro-hunters claim that seals are the same as fish but even so, are always killed humanely. But despite this claim shocking images of the mammals bleeding slowly to death and suffering much pain are released every year, displayed in the hope of raising more public interest in ending the hunt. This year though, as the hunt begins, the Canadian government have interestingly banned the media from 'interefering' and filming the hunt, which makes many wonder what they are trying to hide....the fight continues.
