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Weeks before Trudeau's announcement, Canada had asked its closest allies, including Washington, to publicly condemn the killing, according to a Western official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a diplomatically sensitive matter. But the requests were rebuffed, the official said.
Drama keeps giving
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/09/19/india-expels-canada-diplomat-sikh-assassination
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Why Tata Nano Failed in India 😃😅🔥😀#PulwamaAttack #AirIndia #GodavariExpress pic.twitter.com/X1JOr36kls
— Gaon Ke Gawaar (गाँव के ग्वार) (@BPruty) February 15, 2023
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“The Quran is sacred for Muslims and should be sacred for everyone else”
— RusEmbassy_Pakistan (@RusEmbPakistan) June 29, 2023
🇷🇺 President Vladimir Putin was gifted a copy of the Quran during his visit to the Juma Mosque of Derbent in Dagestan, known as the oldest mosque in Russia, on the first day of Eid al Adha
🇷🇺🤝🇵🇰 pic.twitter.com/qcloBDPb0h
I'm really reconsidering simping for ruzzians rn tbh fr fr
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When Maya, a much-adored tigress in India’s Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve, abandoned her equally adored young cubs this June, park officials feared the worst. Soon after, Maya was spotted mating with some roving males, seemingly unconcerned about her one-year-old litter. But now local naturalists think Maya’s behavior is actually evidence of a crafty new strategy to help ensure her cubs’ survival: “false mating.”
Like many mammals—including bears, lions and bottlenose dolphins—male tigers will kill the cubs of their rivals whenever they can, so as to precipitate a new estrus cycle and impregnate the tigress with their own offspring. Tiger moms typically seek to protect their cubs from such a fate for 18 to 24 months, before pushing them out to establish their own territories. (Tiger fathers have no role in raising the young, so no help there.)
But the crowded conditions in Tadoba and other Indian national parks are making that increasingly difficult. The ranges of several roving rivals frequently overlap with the dominant male’s, bringing danger precariously close to vulnerable cubs, says Bilal Habib, a carnivore researcher at the Wildlife Institute of India.
“In high-density areas, where there are more males, the best strategy for a female is to try to leave the cubs early, go with the males, and then go back and look for her litter again,” Habib explains. “If she tries to fight with the males, that may be fatal for her and fatal for the cubs.”
The name “false mating”—which occurs among lions and other species—is a little misleading. It refers to actual s*x, just not at the time when a female is able to conceive. (Typically, tigresses go into estrus once every three to nine weeks, and are most likely to conceive during three to six days within that period.) Habib’s theory is that Maya is using s*x not to conceive, but to placate roving male tigers and perhaps make them think they have successfully impregnated her.
Afterwards, she returns back to her cubs, leaving the appeased male none the wiser.
Job done
Sure scrote
Other tiger researchers say Maya’s seemingly strange mating habits are just the tip of the iceberg. Overlapping territories have bred all sorts of unusual tiger behaviors, including more frequent fighting and dominant males apparently tolerating rivals. In some crowded ranges, serial mating with different males suggests the possibility that tiger litters—like those of domestic cats—may even have multiple fathers.
While that shared access might result in greater genetic diversity and prevent rival males from killing strange cubs, it could also prove problematic. High-density areas see more frequent infighting between rival males and territorial females alike, Habib says. And the imperative for mothers like Maya to leave their cubs early could itself have dire implications.
“What we suspect is if tiger cubs in high-density areas are forced to disperse early—at 12, 14 months—that makes their chances for survival very low,” he says. Danger, it seems, comes in many stripes.
Scroticide fricking when?
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Hindu King Śaśāṃka who's demonized for cutting the Bodhi Tree actually BUILT the Bodh Gaya temple. Xuanzang says the temple, pond & Buddha Murti were all made by Shaivite BRAHMINS under Śaśāṃka who removed the decayed tree, railings & pillars to expand & build a bigger temple! pic.twitter.com/sVxP32vT5M
— Savitri Mumukshu - सावित्री मुमुक्षु (@MumukshuSavitri) February 22, 2024
Nooo I want my Adhipati Maharajidhiraj to slaughter Buddhcucks and cut down their trees
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First you guys learn to define who is a woman, and then talk about a much more complex subject such as democracy.
— Amrit (@AmritHallan) June 22, 2023
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This guy has been prepping for civil service exams for 27 years
Literally spent a career's time trying to get one.
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Send word;
— Yew's Finest (@FinestYew) March 17, 2024
The Indians are back. pic.twitter.com/U0xUrkoptF