Pictures of the Day and B'days for Nov. 1

Posted November 1, 2008, 6:09 am


Today is Saturday, Nov. 1, the 306th day of 2008. There are 60 days left in the year. This is All Saints Day. Daylight-saving time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday. Clocks go back one hour.


Today's Birthdays:  Actress Betsy Palmer (I've Got a Secret)  is 82. Golfer Gary Player is 73. Actress Marcia Wallace (The Bob Newhart Show) is 66. Magazine publisher Larry Flynt is 66.  Country singer Lyle Lovett is 51. Actress Rachel Ticotin is 50.

Picture of the Day: Tool use by orangutans was first documented in 1994. They were observed using sticks to help pry open fruit. This picture taken by Gerd Schuster, co-author of Thinkers of the Jungle: The Orangutan Report, takes orangutan tool use to a whole new level. Shuster writes, "This individual had seen locals fishing with spears on the Gohong River. Although the method required too much skill for him to master, he was later able to improvise by using the pole to catch fish already trapped in the locals’ fishing lines.” For more on check out primatology.net



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