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Snip from the news:
The 1998 El Niño flooded the modern city of Ica to a depth of two metres, and a computer reconstruction shows that the ancient El Niño would have had still more catastrophic effects on the lower Ica valley, one of the two centres of the Nazca civilisation.
The Nazca might have survived this potentially devastating event, however, had it not been for their past behaviour, the research suggests. The lower Ica valley, though now a desert, was at the time heavily wooded, with a tree known as the huarango, which can live for more than 1,000 years.
As well as providing the Nazca with wood for fuel and construction and seeds to supplement their diet, the huarango trees played an important ecological role. Their deep root systems held the soil together, protecting it against water and wind erosion.
The 1998 El Niño flooded the modern city of Ica to a depth of two metres, and a computer reconstruction shows that the ancient El Niño would have had still more catastrophic effects on the lower Ica valley, one of the two centres of the Nazca civilisation.
The Nazca might have survived this potentially devastating event, however, had it not been for their past behaviour, the research suggests. The lower Ica valley, though now a desert, was at the time heavily wooded, with a tree known as the huarango, which can live for more than 1,000 years.
As well as providing the Nazca with wood for fuel and construction and seeds to supplement their diet, the huarango trees played an important ecological role. Their deep root systems held the soil together, protecting it against water and wind erosion.
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'Skinny chicken stuff'. That's a fair description. But, someone has to do it.
The guest has this 'tenative' voice that sometimes happens in these shows, and Noory asks if he (the guest) is frightened.
And off we go...
The guest manages to be as unpredictable as possible. That's how he manages to 'stay alive'.
That's a fair description. But, someone has to do it.The guest has this 'tenative' voice that sometimes happens in these shows, and Noory asks if he (the guest) is frightened.
And off we go...
The guest manages to be as unpredictable as possible. That's how he manages to 'stay alive'.
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I love these kind of shows -- classic C2C. Noory doesn't do enough of 'em. I'll take utterly fantastic stories that no one takes *too* seriously over "serious" shows like h1n1 conspiracy shows or numerology/astrology shows...
Point is, no one believes in Reptilians. It's just good fun.
But people *do* believe that flu vaccines will kill you, and that some woman can recite a bunch of numbers and tell you if you should get a divorce.
Scary.
Point is, no one believes in Reptilians. It's just good fun.
But people *do* believe that flu vaccines will kill you, and that some woman can recite a bunch of numbers and tell you if you should get a divorce.
Scary.