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[–] smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I hope PETA wins the fight to prevent them from being hunted to make whiskey stones. 😒

[–] LadyButterfly@reddthat.com 4 points 1 month ago

I passionately support them on this. Sadly so many people are ignorant of how cruel whiskey stones are...

[–] PhatalFlaw@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

They've actually all been ~~murdered~~ cut up into little curling stone memorabilia actually. $89 to own a tiny piece of the Olympic stones

[–] EbenezerScrew@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

I just picture a couple of them seeing a therapist holding a stone doll asking where the bad Canadian man touched them.

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Every ecologist knows curling stones don't hibernate, they migrate to Canada for mating and birthing and the young one's education.

[–] YaksDC@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I believe they return to their spawning grounds in Scotland.

Much like monarch butterflies, those are actually two separate species. The species of Curling Stone which returns to Scotland is actually on the IUCN Red List.

[–] Francislewwis@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

I love this kind of quiet, nerdy humor. Turning sports equipment into little creatures with a seasonal life cycle is oddly wholesome and very clever.

[–] Denjin@feddit.uk 4 points 1 month ago

World championships start on the 27th!

[–] TheGiantKorean@lemmy.today 2 points 1 month ago

I want them to curl wombats.

Hope they get all cozy after they curl up in their den.

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Reminds me of the glacier mice that got posted here a few weeks ago: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glacier_mice

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

they have been observed in Alaska, Chile, Greenland, Iceland, Svalbard, Uganda and Venezuela

Are… are there glaciers in Uganda?

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

Apparently, there's the Rwenzori mountains with glaciers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwenzori_Mountains

This map suggests that Mount Elgon in the east is also rather cold:

But from what I can tell superficially, it doesn't have glaciers...

[–] Luminous5481@anarchist.nexus 1 points 1 month ago

Nature is so beautiful