An influx of women helped turned barren wild west camps into bustling towns.
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The American image of cowboys is a fabrication based on a century-old circus act.
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 6 months 1 week ago • 999 views • 2:19I built a prawn trap from lawyer cane, sticks and vine. Then I caught some prawns and ate them. Prawn (and fish) traps are simple traps designed to catch aquatic life due to their shape. It consists... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 6 months 4 weeks ago • 257 views • 7:16All of us have seen a world map at some point in our lives before, but it is very difficult to imagine how certain countries and parts of the world compare to each other in size that are far apart. In... continue reading
posted by bobknight33 7 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 1,623 views • 6:20The wildfire in this video is actually an azeotropic mixture of trimethyl borate and methanol. Trimethyl borate burns with an intense green flame that looks very much like wildfire from "Game of Thrones". ... continue reading
posted by A-Rah 7 years 10 months ago • 259 views • 3:41YouTube: We’ve all seen those animals, “Oh my gosh! It’s so cute! I just want to cuddle with it!” Well stop it right now! Remember, that little cutie is a wild animal, so no cuddling. Also, you'll... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 22 views • 9:53My 11 year old shared this with me, telling me he wished he was growing up where this would have been available to him. Via YouTube: Kids Gone Wild: looking at life in kindergarten… Danish-style
posted by Gratefulmom 8 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 1,518 views • 10:40YT-I built this tiled roof hut in the bush using only primitive tools and materials. The tools I used have been made in my previous videos. It should be pointed out that I do not live in the wild and that... continue reading
posted by newtboy 8 years 8 months 4 weeks ago • 1,709 views • 14:09YouTube: Often confused for one another the prehistoric looking Alligator Snapping Turtle and the more widespread Common Snapping Turtle are two very distinct species. Yes it is true that they both... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 9 months ago • 1,953 views • 6:02YouTube: Adorable, sure. But giant pandas present a conservation challenge like no other. Find out how the bears eke out an existence in the wild, and why they’re proving so hard to save.
posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 129 views • 4:26YouTube: There’s a lot we don’t know about how and when dogs were first domesticated. But we do know that the process made dogs very different from their wild cousins, in some unexpected ways.
posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 3 months 1 week ago • 816 views • 3:37Ever wonder how hamsters store so much food in their little mouths? In the first episode of the BBC’s new show, Wild At Heart, narrator David Tennant takes a look at just that in a way never seen before.
posted by Grimm 9 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 958 views • 1:55This honestly got me in the mood to make my own netting contraption for the coming season as I know intruder/invasive crayfish are in streams now from stupid lazy ignorant people putting aquarium species... continue reading
posted by BoneRemake 9 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 272 views • 4:05YouTube: Life can get stressful in the wild and some animals are getting high to cope with it! Here are four animals that are taking the edge off in some pretty crazy ways.
posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 188 views • 1:27Khintchine's constant: http://oeis.org/A002210 Wieferich primes: http://oeis.org/A001220 Golomb's sequence: http://oeis.org/A001462 Largest metadrome in base n: http://oeis.org/A023811 All 7's: http://oeis.org/A01072... continue reading
posted by radx 1 decade 10 months 2 weeks ago • 238 views • 13:48Never before caught on camera footage of 10 day old cubs in the wild. Their Mom has her paws tied ... poor dear
posted by PlayhousePals 1 decade 1 year 3 months 2 weeks ago • 1,486 views • 3:54