New Monkey Discovery

A new species of monkeys was discovered yesterday, the 26th of october by biologists in the country of Myanmar. Monkeys were previously discovered by local hunters who gave the biologists tips on how to find them. According to the local hunters it is easier to find these monkeys in the rain because you can then hear the monkeys sneezing. The monkeys are very ugly in my opinion because their nose is actually upturned. it almost looks like the monkey is actually missing it's nose. The monkeys have to sneeze when it rains out because water from the rain will actually pour into their nose so the sneeze to keep the water from entering their nose. They have to sit with thier heads tucked between their legs and arms to protect themselves from the rain.

Apparently there is only about 330 of these newly discovered monkeys in the world today and they only live in one small region of Myanmar. Besides being an endangered species the monkeys have another threat; there is construction being planned on a new dam as well as new roads to go through the monkeys habbitat.

I think its crazy that there are still new species of animals being discovered today, this makes me wonder how many more new species are really out there throughout the world. I find it horrible that even with this endangered speices as well as other species living in this habbitat that people still want to tear it apart. Im no animal rights activist  but I think that Deforestization on the level its at today, especially with the rain forest needs to stop. Obviously the human population is growing at a large rate but to take so much away from these animals habbitats is really messed up in my oppinion.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39859947/ns/technology_and_science-science

NFL: Helmet to Helmet

This Wednesday the NFL will announce that players will be suspended from games if they commit “devastating hits and head shots” in a game against another player. There are many mixed thoughts about this new rule floating around in the NFL. Some people think that it is very necessary to have stiff penalties on players who commit one of these hits.  Other people think that the new rule is ridiculous because hitting hard is part of the game.

It is hard for me to really choose a definite side on this argument because I think that both sides have very valid points. I definitely think that intentionally hitting a player in the head should be penalized. There are too many players having to sit out of games with concussions due to being hit hard in the helmet.  I think that most of the time hitting a player in the head is completely avoidable and unnecessary. Players have been getting fined lately for these hits, but for a player that makes millions of dollars per year doesn’t really care about a 15,000 dollar fine. Players need to be suspended if the NFL really wants players to follow the rules.

On the other hand, football is a game, a tough game. This new rule is going to hit defensive players very hard. A defensive player has one objective, hit the player who has the ball. But now that you cant lead into a hit with your head, defensive players will have to think a lot more about how they hit some one. I think this is going to cause way more broken tackles and I think that defensive players are going to have a really tough time with this new rule.