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As your travel advisory links state, the ‘rabies-free’ designation ignores bats. This is also mentioned on the CDC list of rabies-free countries which you link to: The countries on this list ar...

posted 7y ago by Pont‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by System‭

Using Google, I found several lists of inland dive sites in the UK. Here are a few of the more extensive ones. UK Diving (over 50 current and former sites, listed by region) Dive Site Directory (...

posted 8y ago by Pont‭

imsodin's explanation (it's a heavy object you bury in the ground, like a dead body) seems very plausible. Just to add some history to it, here's the earliest use of the term listed in the Oxford E...

posted 8y ago by Pont‭

It's true that paper tissues biodegrade relatively quickly: this U.S. Bureau of Land Management page estimates 2-4 weeks. However, as the same page notes, Though most trash and litter in the ba...

posted 8y ago by Pont‭

As bon says in the comments, the most likely explanation is that the vultures and eagle were fighting over a carcass. The answer to your question "do eagles eat carrion?" is an emphatic yes: Un...

posted 8y ago by Pont‭

As for most outdoor activities, you can certainly get by with non-specialized clothing for skiing and snowboarding. As @imsodin points out in the comments, a ski resort is (compared to a lot of out...

posted 7y ago by Pont‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by System‭

In answer to the question in your title, "What is the possiblity of getting rabies bitten by a street dog in Berlin?": the possibility is zero, since (as the doctor correctly told you) Germany is r...

posted 6y ago by Pont‭

As already pointed out in a comment, your question is based on a misconception. In poor visibility, such as at night, navigators can tell which direction the lighthouse is from the ship, but it...

posted 5y ago by Pont‭

In Poland, the only viper (and in fact the only venomous snake of any kind) is the common European viper, Vipera berus (Bateman et al., 2014, p. 332; Cox and Temple, 2009, p. 9), so I am concentrat...

posted 8y ago by Pont‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by System‭

Comparing hydrocarbons with batteries As Olin Lathrop wrote, the big problem is energy density: hydrocarbon fuels simply offer a huge amount of energy per unit mass, compared to any current batter...

posted 8y ago by Pont‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by System‭

After a little digging, I found this link on the Internet Archive, which seems to be what you've looking for. The zip file unpacks successfully and I had no trouble installing DataTrak and DataTalk...

posted 8y ago by Pont‭

Determining whether it's a tick If you have a digital camera or mobile phone with you, you could try photographing your suspected tick. I don't have a tick handy for testing purposes, but I just t...

posted 7y ago by Pont‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by System‭

Wear socks over your shoes (as well as your usual socks inside your shoes, of course). This is a fairly well-established technique (see e.g. here or here), and its effectiveness has been scientific...

posted 6y ago by Pont‭

I think it's worth focusing on the specifics of your actions here, as gleaned from your Facebook post. Apparently you went swimming in cold water, then entered a sauna, and the following happened: ...

posted 5y ago by Pont‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

In the specific case you mention, both the NY Post and Deutsche Welle say that the cause of death is still being investigated, and both of them point out the low water temperature (the victims were...

posted 5y ago by Pont‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭