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the bat’s wing anatomically resembles the human hand

Almost 1,000 bat species can be found worldwide.

70% of bats consume insects.

Though Section 316(b) of The Clean Water Act requires power plants to employ BTA to protect aquatic life, U.S. power plants withdraw over 214 billion gallons daily from water bodies, killing billions of fish.

2,000 pandas are found in the wild

180 pandas in captivity on mainland China and about 20 in other countries

found mostly in thick bamboo and coniferous forests

In August 2007, as part of his installment at the Bienarte 2007 in Managua, Nicaragua, Costa Rican artist Guillermo Habacuc Vargas tied up a stray dog, Natividad, and left it without food or water in the exhibition hall for the duration of the event. Allegedly, the dog later died. Vargas alternatively defended his actions by claiming that the dog would have died anyway, and later that the dog did not die at all. Since the event, several petitions have circulated the Internet, in both English and Spanish, condemning Vargas and urging that the artist be banned from Bienarte 2008.

New York Giants running back Derrick Ward showed off his hurdling skills as he leaped to avoid a tackle by Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Farrior. Ward led the Giants with 80 yards from scrimmage, and the defending Super Bowl champions scored 12 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to beat the Steelers, 21-14.

When asked to provide an explanation for his actions Vargas claimed that this so called "art exhibit" was his way of paying respect to his friend who had died recently after he was attacked by two Rottweilers guarding a shop which his friend had been burglarizing.Upon reading through a few of the comments and blogs, I found that there were several threats against the artist, saying that he should be tortured and allowed to die just as the dog. However, no one mentions anything about the spectators. I am in no way defending Vargas's actions, I am however disgusted at the idea that no one attempted to rescue the dog. Pictures show people standing close enough to get a good look yet far enough away to escape any responsibility for the suffering the dog was clearly enduring. The stray dog is more alive today then he was the day he stood as a spectacle of suffering and selfishness. This story has gotten the attention of people everywhere, and rightfully so

What everyone is forgetting is that the controversy around this is exactly what he was getting at with his statement everyone cares about a dog that was going to starve on its own anyways, nobodys cares about the millions of people starving around the world every day or even the dogs starving in his home country its like everyone just saw the words starving dog and immediatly jumped to death threats