I doubt strongly that this has anything to do with race. The instinctive association of white=good, black=bad likely goes back to the era when night was the time when you couldn't see predators coming. Darkness is the unknown, which is always scary.
(Urban dwellers: Try walking around your block when there's a blackout sometime, with no streetlights or anything. It's surprising how quickly those primal instincts kick in, telling you to get to a safe place ASAP.)
There are few things in this world more irritating than people who rush to proclaim something they don't understand "fake."
Seriously, folks, if you were going to fake something like this, would you say it was from Roman Abramovich? No. You'd say it was Justin Timberlake or Rush Limbaugh or someone most of us have actually heard of.
Rocky: Weren’t the earliest homininds nearly four foot tall? They can really beat Schwarzenegger at anything?
While I agree with most of the comments here that the linked article is basically junk science, it's certainly possible that a smaller creature could be significantly stronger than a human. See this article which discusses (briefly) the general strength of chimpanzees, due to different muscle structure: http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2/can-a-90-lb-chimp-clobber-a-full-grown-man
I wonder if the photographer realizes that, while he is "showing the wolf's great agility and strength," he's also showing off its totally sick fence-jumping skills? I don't think this photo is going to calm the fears of people who think it's a threat to livestock.
I'm having trouble grasping how this is an improvemenet over a windmill. I suppose you could let the kite out, have it collapse, and then have a wind-powered device to reel it back in; but then why not just use the wind-driven device to generate all the energy in the first place?
I first read the series when I was about ten years old. At the time I had no idea what a "dressing gown" was to the Brits; I'd always imagined Arthur running around in a woman's formal gown.
@D Bozko: The experience of having a physical, tactile photo in your hand as soon as you take the picture is different, and some prefer it. I like it a lot myself, though not enough to pay $2/shot.
(Urban dwellers: Try walking around your block when there's a blackout sometime, with no streetlights or anything. It's surprising how quickly those primal instincts kick in, telling you to get to a safe place ASAP.)
Seriously, folks, if you were going to fake something like this, would you say it was from Roman Abramovich? No. You'd say it was Justin Timberlake or Rush Limbaugh or someone most of us have actually heard of.
While I agree with most of the comments here that the linked article is basically junk science, it's certainly possible that a smaller creature could be significantly stronger than a human. See this article which discusses (briefly) the general strength of chimpanzees, due to different muscle structure: http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2/can-a-90-lb-chimp-clobber-a-full-grown-man
I find chimps a lot less cute since I read that.
Beautiful shot, though.