Weird, Yet Awesome: Helmet Hummingbird Feeder

Hummingbirds are so fun to watch, with their colorful little wings that move so fast they’re a blur – but it can be hard to see them up close. One wacky new product allows you to see hummingbirds like you’ve never seen them before – an inch from your eyeballs.

From The Daily Mail:

A new helmet with a built-in bird feeder will allow wearers to get amazing face to face contact with nature.

The flighty birds hover in front of the wearer’s face for up to 30 seconds as they drink a sugar-water solution from between the eyes of the feeder mask.

The wearable hummingbird feeder is covered in images of red rhododendrons to further attract the birds and protects your eyes and face from being pecked.

Those who want to try out the gadget need to have patience. The mask is first placed over a can of paint for a few days to allow the birds to get used to it.

It’s one of those bizarre products that’s probably wholly unnecessary – but then again, doesn’t use up much more plastic than a regular hummingbird feeder and gets people in closer (MUCH closer!) contact with nature. And, that’s a good thing, right?

Link [The Daily Mail]

Shocking Photos: Bird Bodies Full of Plastic

Lighters, bottle caps, plastic bags and milk jugs. Fishing net, fishing line, zip ties, remnants of food containers. All of this and more floats in a massive vortex of trash in the Pacific Ocean – and in the stomachs of the birds who search for food amid the debris.

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is twice the size of Texas, and many of the particles of plastic contained within it are so small they can’t be scooped out of the water. But other pieces – colorful pieces that look like they might be food – get swallowed by albatross and other birds.

Photographer Chris Jordan traveled to the Midway Islands, near the center of the garbage patch, to photograph the bodies of albatross chicks that have been inadvertently killed when their confused parents fed them plastic. Jordan didn’t move a single piece of plastic – he photographed the carcasses exactly as he found them.

The photos are a disturbing reminder of just how much of an effect our throwaway society is having upon our fellow inhabitants of this planet. Head over to Planet Green to view the whole set of 30 photographs.

Link [Planet Green]

Skunk Whisperer Frees Skunk from Peanut Butter Jar

Peanut butter is irresistible to skunks, says ‘Skunk Whisperer’ (yes – really) Ned Bruha, who was called on the scene after a newspaper delivery woman spotted a skunk with his head stuck in a jar of the tasty goo.

There is officially a ‘whisperer’ for everything.

Your life simply wouldn’t have been complete without seeing a skunk with a peanut butter jar on its head. You’re welcome.

Link [Buzzfeed]

Amphibians Going the Way of the Dinosaurs

If we don’t act soon, amphibians could disappear – forever. That may seem improbable given how many frogs, toads, salamander and newts there are on this planet, but experts say they’re in a swift decline and projected losses would constitute the biggest mass extinction since the disappearance of dinosaurs.

Amphibians are currently found on every continent except Antarctica, with some species able to survive partial freezing, 10 years without food, long droughts and temperatures of up to 104 degrees Fahrenheit – but that doesn’t make them immune to the problems that are facing them now.

From BBC News:

A third of all species of amphibian are threatened with extinction; nearly half are in decline, and they are the most threatened of all the vertebrate groups.

The usual suspects of habitat destruction, climate change, invasive species, environmental contaminants and overexploitation represent key interrelated factors.

Additionally, a disease called chytridiomycosis or “chytrid” (caused by the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) infects a wide range of amphibians globally and is capable of driving species to extinction.

Exacerbated by the other issues impacting amphibians, chytrid has emerged as one of the major threats to their survival. This disease can kill amphibians in otherwise pristine habitats or provide the final nail in the coffin for species already pushed to the brink of extinction.

Naturally, amphibians play an incredibly important role in the food chain, consuming massive amounts of invertibrates that we humans consider pests. Their skins also contain important pharmaceutical compounds like epibatidine, which is a painkiller 200 times more effective than morphine.

A new conservation organization called the Amphibian Survival Alliance has been launched in an effort to protect these creatures, but so far it’s seriously underfunded. Hopefully they’ll start seeing some donations roll in soon, because a world without amphibians would be really sad.

Link [BBC News]

Photo credit: R A Mittermeier/BBC News

Crazy Tongue-Eating Parasite Found Off Jersey Coast

It sounds like something out of a bad horror flick: “Bizarre Tongue-Eating Parasite Discovered Off Jersey Coast!” But that’s an actual headline from Treehugger and they’ve got pictures to prove it. This ghastly little critter attacks a fish, burrows into it, eats its tongue and then proceeds to live in its mouth.

From Treehugger:

While the isopod, a kind of louse, has been known to exist for a while now, discoveries of live specimens is rare. The BBC reports that “Fishermen near the Minquiers – islands under the jurisdiction of Jersey – found the isopod, a type of louse, inside a weaver fish.” So no, the tongue-eater wasn’t found in that Jersey. The Jersey Shore is still tongue replacing creature-free, if you stateside Northeasterners were worried about the thing ruining your late summer vacationing.

Not that you’d have to be too concerned anyways–the isopod isn’t a threat to humans in the slightest, though it’s reportedly vicious, and can deliver quite a little bite. One of the fishermen who found the creature described it thus: “Really quite large, really quite hideous – if you turn it over its got dozens of these really sharp, nasty claws underneath and I thought ‘that’s a bit of a nasty beast’.”

A bit of a nasty beast, indeed. This thing is pretty sick, but it’s also yet another amazing example of the vast variety of creatures that exist on this planet.

Link [Treehugger]
Photo credit: Clever Cherry

Species Thought Extinct Was Just Wearing a Mask

A species thought to be extinct for centuries was just wearing a mask all this time. Scientists have long assumed that the Masked Booby was a close cousin of the Tasman Booby, which had presumably been pushed out of its natural habitat by humans.

But the two species are one and the same. Researchers cleared up the confusion through DNA and fossil research.

From The National Geographic, via Treehugger:

The double-naming came about, Steeves said, “because paleontologists and biologists in recent decades did not communicate.” The fossil experts unknowingly compared ancient bones of female Tasman boobies to those of male “masked boobies.” Unaware that Tasman booby females are markedly smaller than males, the paleontologists assumed they were looking at two species.

The Masked/Tasman Booby is a large seabird that breeds on islands in tropical oceans, except in the eastern Atlantic. Not only is it not extinct, it ranks as “least concern” on the IUCN ratings. Considering how many species we lose every day, getting one back (sort of) is just a drop in the bucket, but it’s a hopeful story nonetheless.

Link [Treehugger]
Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons

Flying Frog, Tiny Deer among 350 New Species Discovered in Himalayas

A flying frog and a tiny deer were among the incredible 350 new species discovered in the eastern Himalayas in the past decade, according to the WWF. And, though we may have just recently found out about them, these species are already threatened by human activities in the region.

From Yahoo News:

In a report released here, it said climate change, deforestation, overgrazing by domestic livestock and illegal poaching and wildlife trading threatened one of the biologically richest areas of the planet.

“In the last half-century, this area of South Asia has faced a wave of pressures as a result of population growth and the increasing demand for commodities,” said the report, “The Eastern Himalayas — Where Worlds Collide.”

“Only 25 percent of the original habitats in the region remain intact. For the unique species of the Eastern Himalayas, this means that today 163 are considered globally threatened,” it said.

The WWF said 353 new species were discovered in the region between 1998 and 2008, among them a red-footed tree frog known as a “flying frog” because its large webbed feet allow it to glide when falling.

The deer, called a miniature muntjac, stands just 25-30 inches tall. Another fascinating discovery was a limbless amphibian that resembles a giant earthworm and lives deep underground.

Unfortunately, it’s becoming all too common to discover new species and find that they are already seriously endangered. A tiny monkey called Mura’s saddleback tamarin that was discovered just last month is in danger of extinction due to the development of the Amazon rainforest.

It just goes to show that there are so many treasures on this earth that we’ve yet to uncover, and we need to do everything we can to preserve them.

Link [Yahoo News]
Photo credit: WWF

Hungry Pelican Gets a Stomach Full of Cell Phone

A pelican looking for a tasty snack swallowed a cell phone at the Tauphaus Park Zoo in Idaho Falls last week.

Visitors saw a flock of pelicans playing with a cell phone and reported it to zoo officials, but by the time they got there, one of the pelicans had swallowed it. They couldn’t tell which one was the culprit, so they almost x-rayed the entire flock.

Apparently, all that metal and plastic didn’t agree with the curious pelican’s stomach, because it soon coughed it up.

“Luckily the bird regurgitated it so it wouldn’t harm him,” zoo superintendent Bill Gersonde told Idaho Falls’ KIDK News. “We just need folks to be really cautious when they’re in the zoo and remember that they’re guests in the animals’ homes and they need to keep their personal belongings as close to them as possible.”

What kind of dumbass throws their cell phone into a zoo enclosure?

Link [LA Times Blog]
Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons

Injured Sea Turtle Gets Prosthetic Flippers

A 20-year-old endangered loggerhead turtle who became ensnared in fishermen’s nets and was attacked by a shark will be with prosthetic flippers to replace the limbs she lost.

The turtle, named Yu-Chan, was due to be released back into the wild after rehabilitation at the Sea Turtle Association of Japan until concerned citizens objected, saying she wouldn’t be able to survive without her two front limbs. So, the association turned to Japan’s largest prosthetic limb manufacturer to see if they could help.

Yu-Chan’s new prosthetic flippers are made from polypropylene plastic and stainless steel supports, and she’ll get to try them out this summer. The prosthetic company, Kawamura Gishi, says they’re still in the development stage and that they are still working on an effective way to attach the prosthetics to the remains of Yu-Chan’s front limbs.

Check out the video at National Geographic.

Link [National Geographic]

Glenn Beck: The Only Animals Worth Saving Carry Guns

We hereby nominate rabid Faux News talking head Glenn Beck the Biggest Jerkass of 2009. Sure, there are five months left in the year, but if anyone surpasses him, we’ll be totally amazed. Not that Glenn Beck going on a vein-bulging, semi-coherent rant is anything new, but his latest takes his dumbassery to a whole new level.

Beck has some major beef with a recent House vote to protect turtles and otters, noting that if they carried guns and protected our country, maybe he’d approve. Apparently he’s a fan of America’s current #1 movie.

Sigh. He totally wins Jon Stewart’s ‘So You Think You Can Douche’. That’s quite an accomplishment when you’re up against Sean Hannity.

Link [Ecorazzi]
Photo credit: Encyclopedia Dramatica

Pablo Escobar’s Fugitive Hippo Killed in Colombia

It’s the sort of headline that you’d expect to see in one of those trashy black-and-white tabloid magazines claiming to have found the secret island home of Elvis, Tupac and Marilyn Monroe – but believe it or not, it’s true.

Famed cocaine baron Pablo Escobar had an exotic collection of animals on his ranch in Colombia, and three hippos escaped almost three years ago. One was just shot and killed.

From The Telegraph:

Authorities ordered that the hippos, two adults and a calf, be hunted down and killed amid concerns they were damaging crops and endangering humans, the Guardian reports.

“It was only a question of time before those animals hurt someone,” the environment minister, Carlos Costa, said. “After more than two years of trying to capture them, the decision [to kill them] was a sound one.”

Escobar was cornered and shot dead in 1993.

Hippos weren’t the only exotic creatures kept on Escobar’s Hacienda Napoles ranch – there were also kangaroos, elephants and rhinos. After Escobar’s death, the state took over the ranch and most of the animals went to zoos. Strangely, about two dozen hippos were left to themselves on the ranch and in 2006, a male and a female escaped and produced a calf.

We’ll spare you the photo of the dead hippo, because it’ll only give you a major case of the sads. Why do narcissistic rich people insist on using exotic animals as a status symbol? It’s sickening.

Link [The Telegraph]
Photo credit: elespectador.com

Bye-bye, Rudolph: Reindeer in Decline

Reindeer populations in Arctic regions around the world are in sharp decline, threatened by land development, logging and climate change. Arctic people in Alaska, Canada, Greenland and other areas depend upon these animals as both a food source and an important part of their spirituality.

Reindeer, known as caribou in North America, have decreased by an average of 60 percent overall, but in some cases the dips in numbers have been far more extreme.

From MSNBC:

“I want to emphasize the negative effects this will have on Arctic people who rely on caribou for sustenance,” said Liv Vors, a population ecologist at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. “If the situation continues at the rate it’s going, it will have profoundly negative economic, social and spiritual consequences.”

The researchers looked through government archives, previously published studies, wildlife management boards, and other sources to consolidate everything that was known about the animals and their population sizes over the last several decades. They ended up gathering data on about 58 major herds.

Of those 58, they reported in the journal Global Change Biology, 34 were in decline, eight were gradually increasing, and 16 were lacking enough data to tell for sure.

Among the herds that were suffering, the average dip was 57 percent since the most recent peak. Some populations were much harder hit. A herd in Labrador, north of Quebec, for example, had dropped from 750 animals to fewer than 100. In the Canadian High Arctic, a herd that was 50,000 animals strong 50 or 60 years ago now numbers fewer than 1,000.

Caribou are one of the last remaining species on earth that have retained their ancient migration routes, but that is threatened now as land is developed further north. Not all subspecies of caribou migrate, but even the ones that don’t need plenty of space and logging has seriously decreased the amount of forest they have to call home. Global warming has also caused an explosion in mosquito populations, and has brought whitetail deer bearing a parasitic disease into caribou territory.

How sad to think that one day way too soon, reindeer in children’s storybooks may seem just as mythological as Santa Claus.

Link [MSNBC]
Photo credit: LA Times Blog

Insanely Cute Video of 8 Baby Pandas Wrestling

Okay, so this video is eight baby pandas wrestling in a crib for four minutes. It’s not super exciting. But what could be cuter than eight baby pandas?

7 American Species Threatened by Global Warming

As the world continues to warm while nations battle it out over how to handle the problem, the fate of seven American species of plants and animals hangs in the balance. The Environmental Defense Fund has highlighted these ‘ambassador species’ which will likely not survive global warming, in the hopes that they will spur people to act.

There are, of course, thousands – perhaps millions – of species across the world threatened by global warming. There are many more species here in America that are threatened. But these seven species will probably disappear within our lifetime if we don’t do something about it.

Sugar maple – A warmer climate poses several threats to sugar maples. First, sugar maples require cold winters to convert the starch it has stored in the summer to sucrose that will promote new buds in the spring. Sugar maples are also vulnerable to climate-induced drought. And, warmer winters have left the trees more vulnerable to infestations.

Monarch butterfly – In the high altitude conifer forests of central Mexico where they spend the winter, wetter, colder conditions are predicted over next 50 years. Rain followed by freezing temperatures can be lethal to overwintering monarchs. The hotter, drier summer conditions predicted for eastern U.S. and Canada could shift suitable habitats northward, possibly extending migration distances. High temperatures or drought could affect food resources, reproductive success and adult survival. It’s unclear whether the range of the larval monarch’s host plant, milkweed, will shift with the butterfly’s range.

Leatherback sea turtle – Sea level rise from melting glaciers and warmer, expanding ocean water threatens to inundate beaches where leatherbacks and other sea turtles dig their nests. Stronger tropical storms fueled by warmer seas may destroy leatherbacks’ exposed nesting beaches and damage nests. Leatherbacks’ nesting grounds could be further disturbed as humans respond to greater storm threats with beach armoring and new sea walls.

American pika – Some may like it hot but not the pika. Even brief exposures (as little as a few hours) at temperatures above 78 degrees F can be fatal. Plus they rely on snowpack for insulation in the winter. In the southern portions of its range, some populations already occupy the highest altitudes, with no place to move upward to escape the heat.

Canada lynx – The lynx and its main prey, the snowshoe hare, are adapted to deep snow cover. Lynx hunting success (and therefore prey availability) has a great deal to do with snow conditions. Warm winter periods can affect snow texture, depth, and extent of snow cover. Climate change may also reduce the extent and composition of their primary habitat – boreal and alpine forests.

Tufted puffin – Tufted puffins feed on small fish that are sensitive to sea surface temperatures. Scientists have observed that when sea surface temperatures rise, puffins have poorer breeding success. A study on Triangle Island in British Columbia showed that puffin hatch dates, chick growth, and fledging success decreased with warmer sea surface temperatures.

Polar bear – Bears hunt seals, their primary food source, at the edge of Arctic sea ice. As sea ice disappears, bear mortality rises. There are documented instances of bears drowning, unable to make the long swim from one ice flow to the next. Polar bears also appear to be shrinking in size – researchers say the bears are a third smaller than they were 30 years ago as melting ice makes it harder for them to catch seals. Some are now even resorting to eating other bears to survive.

Learn more about each of these species, and how you can help, at the Environmental Defense Fund website.

Link [Environmental Defense Fund]

Should We Adapt Our Diets to Eat Overpopulated Species?

We’ve heard it before: eat squirrels, kangaroo or [insert overpopulated species here] to aid ecological balance and reduce our reliance on harmful factory farming. Now, Grist is asking whether we should add jellyfish to our diet as well. The stinging ocean creatures are showing up in larger numbers, earlier in the year and in more places than ever before.

Warmer waters help jellyfish grow faster and reproduce better, and overfishing leaves jellyfish with fewer predators and fewer competitors. That means tons of jellyfish out there, prime for your dinner plate.

From Grist:

If we don’t start building back the health of our marine ecosystems, we may need to start fishing for things that we never imagined. A jellyfish burger and fries may not seem so appetizing to your average American seafood lover, but the notion isn’t too far off. The Chinese have eaten jellyfish for over a thousand years. In Asia, these slippery snacks can fetch ten to twelve dollars a pound wholesale.

Culinary preferences aside, the increase of jellyfish in our ocean is indicative of a much larger problem. Our ocean is sick, and struggling to keep up with the ever-increasing demands for seafood.

It does make sense that, in these times of climate change and threatened food shortages, we humans become more adaptive and eat what is plentiful instead of continuing to rely on foods that diminish marine life diversity and cause further climate change.

Westerners in particular have gotten far too accustomed to getting whatever we prefer to eat, regardless of the impact on wildlife and the earth. Americans practically consider it their birthright to enjoy an endless supply of burgers, chicken and fish, no matter the cost.

Of course, it wouldn’t be too surprising to see people get attached to a certain overpopulated species and continue to seek it out after numbers have gotten under control, creating a potentially bigger problem. We Americans, always causing trouble one way or another.

Link [Grist]
Photo credit: The Guardian via Treehugger

Mosquitoes Develop a Taste for Reptile Blood in the Galapagos

The evolution of mosquitoes in the Galapagos Islands spells trouble for reptiles including the iconic giant tortoise. While most mosquitoes prefer the blood of mammals, the black salt marsh mosquito has developed a taste for reptile blood, putting the islands’ unique native wildlife at risk of contracting new mosquito-borne diseases.

From Science Daily:

The research team believe the shift in feeding behaviour is an adaptation to life in Galapagos, since the islands had few mammal species prior to the arrival of Man some 500 years ago.

“When we started the work we thought that this species was also introduced by humans, so it was a surprise that it turned out to be so ancient,” says Arnaud Bataille, the University of Leeds and ZSL PhD student who carried out the work. “The genetic differences of the Galapagos mosquitoes from their mainland relatives are as large as those between different species, suggesting that the mosquito in Galapagos may be in the process of evolving into a new species.”

“With tourism growing so rapidly the chance of a disease-carrying mosquito hitching a ride from the mainland on a plane is also increasing, since the number of flights grows in line with visitor numbers” says Dr Andrew Cunningham, from the Zoological Society of London, one of the authors of the study. “If a new disease arrives via this route, the fear is that Galapagos’ own mosquitoes would pick it up and spread it throughout the archipelago.”

Because of their long history of being separated from creatures on the mainland, Galapagos Island wildlife doesn’t have the same immunity to new diseases, making it extremely vulnerable to complete devastation.

In an effort to keep mosquitoes from arriving in the Galapagos from other areas and spreading disease to the native mosquitoes, Ecuadorian officials have introduced a requirement for planes flying in to have a residual insecticide treatment on interior surfaces.

Link [Science Daily]
Photo credit: FireflyForest.net

Orangutan Stages Brilliant Zoo Jailbreak

Karta the orangutan got sick of being cooped up in a zoo and decided to stage a jailbreak in what has been called an ‘elaborate plot’ involving short-circuited wires and a makeshift ladder. On Sunday, authorities were forced to shut down the Adelaide Zoo in Australia after a visitor noticed the 27-year-old orangutan climbing a concrete and glass fence meant to keep her separate from the public.

From News.com.au:

Zoo curator Peter Whitehead said Karta had twisted a stick into hot wires that encircled her enclosure, short circuiting the wires and allowing her to enter a vegetated area near the concrete and glass fence that separated her from the public.

She then piled up sticks, grass and plant roots and used them to climb onto the fence.

”You’re talking about an animal that’s highly intelligent, Mr Whitehead said.

”We’ve had issues with her before in normal day to day operations where she tries to outsmart the keepers.

”So in this case she’s decided to make a ladder and try to get out of her exhibit.”

Mr Whitehead said Karta was on the fence for about half an hour before climbing back down into the exhibit.

Whitehead says he thinks Karta finally realized she was somewhere she wasn’t supposed to be, and that’s why she dropped back into the exhibit – but maybe it’s because she didn’t want to get shot by the staff standing by with tranquilizer guns.

Orangutans and other primates – and thousands of other species in the animal kingdom – are way smarter than humans like to think. We don’t give these creatures enough credit. I’m glad Karta didn’t have to get shot, but perhaps her brave escape plot will open some people’s eyes to this fact.

Link [News.com.au]
Image credit: marcoha.com

Taiwan Shuts Down Highway for Butterfly Crossing

Drivers in Taiwan are slowing down – and even stopping – as the annual migration of milkweed butterflies across a highway commences. The Taiwanese government shut down one lane of the highway, lowered the speed limit and even putting up protective nets as the insects cross the road. Trees have been planted along the highway to offer a longer-term, natural net.

The whole process takes about a month, as thousands of butterflies fly over a section of freeway in northern Taiwan on their way home after spending the winter further south.

From MSNBC (Reuters):

Before the Taiwan Area National Freeway Bureau took protective measures in 2007, many butterflies were hit on the highways or killed by wind from speeding vehicles.

“More than 10,000 butterflies will spread their wings to fly high, bravely crossing the highway, on a different kind of life-or-death journey,” the bureau said in a statement, calling the migration “one of a kind.”

The roadkill rate of butterflies has fallen to 0.3 percent last year from 3 percent before the highway department took action, the bureau said.

First the squirrel walkway across a highway in Scotland, now this. As fast as life is these days, it’s so nice to see people go out of their way to stop a moment and help small creatures like these. It seems that for most people in this world, it’s too easy to forget that we can coexist peacefully with all of the other forms of life on this planet instead of just barrelling through.

Imagine if this happened in America, though – something tells me that Mr. Impatient Ass in a Hummer isn’t going to slow down for butterflies, though he’d have quite a clean-up job ahead of him once he passed through the procession.

Link [MSNBC]

Thousands of Cane Toads Dead After Demented ‘Toad Day Out’

“Gleeful” Australians gathered last weekend to kill thousands of poisonous cane toads, an invasive species that consumes everything in its path and evades predators by injecting them with toxic venom. The toads were massacred by hundreds of participants in Queensland’s first annual “Toad Day Out” celebration.

Revelers snacked on sausages and sipped drinks as the toads were weighed, measured and killed, and a city councilman proudly told of the look on the children’s faces as the toads were annihilated. You can’t make this stuff up.

From Yahoo News:

“To see the look on the faces of the kids as we were handling and weighing the toads and then euthanizing them was just…,” Townsville City Councilman Vern Veitch said, breaking off to let out a contented sigh. “The children really got into the character of the event.”

Queensland politician Shane Knuth, a longtime nemesis of the cane toad who came up with the Toad Day Out idea, figured the best way to combat the problem was to gather Australians en masse for a targeted hunt. With each adult female cane toad capable of producing 20,000 eggs, he said, killing even a few thousand toads could ultimately wipe out millions.

On Saturday night, participants fanned out under the cloak of darkness to hunt down the toads. On Sunday, the toads — which the rules stated must be captured alive and unharmed — were brought to collection points and examined by experts to ensure they were not harmless frogs. The creatures were then killed, either by freezing or by being placed in plastic bags filled with carbon dioxide. Some of the remains will be ground into fertilizer for sugarcane farmers.

It’s easy to understand why Queensland residents, particularly farmers, are so happy to see the toads meet an untimely end. Cane toads threaten native species and spread diseases like salmonella. And, to their credit, the organizers of Toad Day Out did choose a humane way to kill the toads that will not affect other creatures, which is always a challenge when trying to deal with invasive species.

Hey, it’s better than thwacking them with sticks. But still, there’s something terrifying about the image of children smiling gleefully as animals are killed in front of their eyes. It’s like Children of the Cane Toads.

Link [Yahoo News]

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