Just bought this, ah, new Lamborghini here; it’s fun to
drive up here in the Hollywood Hills.
But you know what I like a lot more than knowledge?
This, ah, new Lamborghini here. But you know what I like a lot more than the
new Lamborghini here? My TedX talk where I talk about this new Lamborghini here. The thethe Thhuuuuuuu-
In fact, I’m a lot more proud of the 7 new Hollywood Hills
that I had to get installed to hold 2,000 new Lamborghinis…
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Ah.
It’s like the Buffet Warren billionaire says: ‘The more you
earn, the more you drive up here in the Hollywood Hills.”
In fact, the real reason I keep this Lamborghini here- is the
real reason I keep this Lamborghini here- is that it’s a reminder. A reminder
that dreers are still possible.
Because it wasn’t that long ago that I
was in a little Lamborghini, sleeping on bookshelves in the Hollywood Hills,
with only 47 billion dollars in my bank account. And only 47 Lamborghinis in my
Lamborghini account. And only 47 hills in my Hollywood account. And only 47
TedX talks where I talk about Warren Buffets in my TedX talk where I talk about
Warren Buffet account.
But you know what? Something happened that changed my life.
I bumped into a Lamborghini, and another Lamborghini, and a few more
Lamborghinis. So, I found five (5) Lamborghinis.
I don’t call it money anymore, I call it “Fuel Units”. You
must have enough fuel units. You must have enough Lamborghinis. You must [Protoss
voice] CONSTURUCT ADDITIONAL PYLONS
I’ll see you on my website, It’s a quick video, and, uh, you’ll
see there absolutely nothing.
This video is from Dragonwood Wildlife Conservancy, and they are yearling (last year’s babies) Cuban crocodiles. Good news for you, this isn’t actually a distress call! According to @kaijutegu (and her giant bookshelf full of reptile resources), the laser sounds are an affiliative social call that young Cuban crocodiles use to communicate with their parents. They normally stop making the noise at around two years old, which is approximately when they start dispersing from the family group.
See, Cuban crocodiles are a super social species - and one of the few where the fathers stick around and provide paternal care for the babies! In the wild, babies would regularly interact with both parents, including when they provide food. This call is basically the type of vocalization that the babies use to communicated with their parents.
These crocodiles are being hand-raised as part of a private-sector breeding and reintroduction program (because the parents are so protective of their offspring that if you left them the babies to raise, you’d never be able to safely get close to them), and so they’re responding to the guy in the video the same way because he’s constant known safe individual and also the provider of food. He’s not a threat - his presence is a good thing, and he’s worth interacting with because it normally means food. You can also tell from their behavior and body language that they’re not stressed: some of the crocodiles are actively climbing on him and interaction of their own volition, but the ones that aren’t don’t show any indicators of hyper-vigilance. If that were a distress call, every crocodile that heard it would be alert and on edge looking for the threat. Distress calls tend to only happen once or twice, because in the wild continuing to make noise makes a baby more vulnerable: so these crocodiles wouldn’t be continually vocalizing if they felt threatened. There’s no snapping or gaping or freezing, all of which would be behavioral indicators of distress or discomfort. (Here’s a video of a baby nile crocodile being harassed by photographers which will give you a visual reference for both freezing and gaping.)
So, hey, this is certifiably cute - and good for conservation!
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