Elephants

 

 

 
Baby elephants are around 250 pounds at birth. They are dependant on their mothers milk for the first 3 months, however they continue having the milk up to 3 years.

Male baby elephants gradually move away from the herd as they become adults.
The herd is usually made up of female elephants. The head of the herd, usually the oldest female elephant is in charge up to her death, when her first born usually takes over.
There tusks are soft and are an extension of the teeth. They favour one side over the other, like humans who are left or right handed. Whichever side is worn down the most, it their equivalent to us being right or left handed.

They use their trunks to pick up items, throw water or mud over their backs and along with their tusks debark trees, and forage to vegetation.

Elephants from Africa have large ears, while the Asian cousins have small ears. Asian elephants are often used to give rides to tourists, while African elephants are faced with the risk of poachers and trophy hunters. Elephants really are the gentle giants of the animal kingdom.

I Am Speechless.

OMG I just don’t believe this. What is this world coming to, so much hate. Some people seem to be convinced their hatred is justified. IT ISN’T.

My son is Transgender, my daughter is bisexual. They are not freaks, are not a threat to any individual, they are caring great adults.

People around the world need to stop spreading hate, allowing it and justifying it. Religion is not an excuse. Homophobia is not an excuse.

LGBTQ communities have to deal with ignorant people and their comments, this however, wow, this was a hate crime, nothing more or less. These poor people, being trapped and knowing they may die, their families, the survivors having to deal with survivor guilt, stress and PTSD.

For anyone who was in that nightclub that night and survived, you have nothing to feel guilty about, any friends you lost that night, would just be thankful you survived. When you have recovered the initial injuries fight this ignorance in their names. Fight people, politicians and religious institutions. We need to love and work together, no-one has the right to any say regarding anyone or their life choices.

The world loves you all, supports you and wants change. Let us all help you make a change.

Do not let this incident or anyone, change how you live. Be true to yourselves always and forever.

My family send’s  love to the survivors and their families. Our love and condolences go out to everyone involved either directly or indirectly.

Jury Service

Should members of the general public serve on juries?

There really is two parts to this question.

First of all, if you think they should, the question then becomes, should it be voluntary or compulsory. If you are made to do it, what about loss of pay, inconvenience, cost and time, should the public be able to charge for their time at the same rate the lawyers involved in the case do?

Second, and far more important, are the public qualified to decide on someone’s guilt or innocence. Are farmers, office assistants, cashiers able to determine evidence, whether mental illness is a factor, and if so what the difference between mental illnesses are. The fact is these decisions should be made by doctors, specialist in forensic, mental illness, crime evaluation and legal experts. No matter how many times you go over evidence without training can you really understand it let alone determine someone’s guilt or innocence.

If the jury get’s it wrong, finding someone guilty means someone serving time who is innocent, worse still, the person who is actually guilty is free to offend. All victims after the rulings are the result of the guilty party being free and having access to the general public and possible victims.  If they find the person innocent, when they’re guilty, the above apply’s and they are not held accountable.

When jury service is compulsory, an unfair burden is put upon people who are not in a position to make that call. The victims and their families don’t necessarily get justice and the guilty party is not prevented from offending.

Yes some people want to judge criminals, so say they are being judge by a jury of their peers, but shouldn’t those peers be qualified to know when someone is lying, being manipulated, but lawyers are being less than truthful. Maybe it’s something we should be considering for everyone’s sake.