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What do fishers eat?

Fishers eat hares, rabbits, squirrels, mice, shrews, porcupines and sometimes other domestic animals. If food supply is low, they may eat berries and nuts. Fishers are know… (MORE)

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Who was Ronald Reagan?

Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 - June 5, 2004) was the 40thPresident of the United States (1981-1989) and the 33rd Governor ofCalifornia (1967-1975). Born in Illinois… (MORE)

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Who was Ronald Ryan?

In 1967 Ronald Ryan was the last person to be legally executed in Australia. Ryan had been a small-time petty criminal with no police record of violence. Ronald Joseph Rya…n was hanged inside Pentridge Prison on Friday Febuary 3, 1967 at 8:00 AM. The Victorian Premier Henry Bolte, played a major role in the hanging. Facing an upcoming state election he wanted to boost votes by taking a "tough on crime" stance. Bolte was determined Ryan would swing, even though most of the jury that had convicted Ryan of murder, made separate pleas and signed petitions not to hang Ryan. The hanging created the biggest public protests ever seen in the history of Australia. Ryan was convicted and sentenced to hang for the shooting death of a prison officer during an escape from prison. There was a total lack of scientific ballistic forensics. There was a total lack of scientific evidence. Ryan was convicted based solely on unsigned, untaped and unrecorded allegations of "hearsay" verbals/confessions, said to have been made by Ryan to police. For unknown reasons, Ryan's rifle was never scientifically tested to prove it had fired a shot. Ryan's rifle had been hidden in the boot of a police car where it had been subjected to dirt and dust. Mysteriously, vital pieces of evidence (including the fatal bullet and spent bullet cartridge), which would have cleared Ryan went missing and thereby were never examined by scientific ballistic forensic experts. The FACTS on the Ryan case: For unknown reasons, ballistic forensic experts never scientifically examined Ryan's rifle.There was no forensic proof and no conclusive evidence that Ryan's rifle had fired a shot at all.It was never proven by forensics that the fatal bullet came from the rifle in Ryan's possession.Despite extensive search by police, the fatal bullet mysteriously went missing and was never found.The fatal bullet was never scientifically examined by ballistic forensic experts, to prove which rifle fired the fatal bullet.Despite extensive search by police, the spent cartridge mysteriously went missing and was never found.The spent cartridge was never scientifically examined by ballistic forensic experts, for evidence.If Ryan had fired a shot, a spent cartridge would have spilled out of the rifle. No spent cartridge was ever found.All fourteen eyewitnesses for the prosecution testified different accounts of what they saw - there were widespread inconsistencies.Only four of the fourteen eyewitnesses testified of seeing Ryan fire a shot.All fourteen eyewitnesses testified of hearing one single shot. No person heard two shots.Prison officer Paterson, admitted and testified he fired one single shot, from an elevated distance.If Ryan had also fired a shot, at least one person among the dozens of people surrounding the scene of the crime, would have heard two shots.Forensic experts never scientifically examined prison officer Paterson's rifle, to prove it had fired a shot.Forensic experts never scientifically examined all other prison officers' rifles at the scene of the crime, to prove if their rifles had fired a shot.Ballistic evidence indicated that the prison officer was shot from a distance, in a downward trajectory angle.The measurement of the entry and exit wound on the deceased prison officer indicated that the fatal shot was fired from an elevated position. At the time of the shooting, there were many prison officers' armed with rifles surrounding the crime scene, on prison walls, on prison guard towers and on the streets.Eyewitnesses testified seeing prison officers aiming their rifles.Ryan (a shorter man) could not have fired at the prison officer (a taller man) in such a downward trajectory angle, as both were on level ground.Ryan could not have fired from a distance as evidence indicated, because Ryan was adjacent to the prison officer who was running after and adjacent to, the other prison escapee.Ryan could not have fired from an elevated position as evidence indicated, because Ryan was on level ground.Some eyewitnesses testified seeing Ryan recoil his rifle and smoke coming from the barrel of his rifle. In fact, ballistic experts testified at trial that type of rifle had no recoil and it contained smokeless cartridges. (MORE)

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In Drama and Acting

Who was Orpheus Fisher?

Orpheus Hodge "King" Fisher was born July 11, 1899 in Chester Pa. His parents were George Albert Fisher and Pauline Conklin, both originally from Baltimore, Maryland. On Jul… (MORE)

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In Animal Life

What are fisher cats?

FISHER order: CARNIVORA family: MUSTELIDAE genus: MARTES species: pennanti The Fisher is a medium size member of the mustelid family often co…mpared to the American Marten, a slightly smaller mustelid, due to many shared habits and characteristics. The "fisher-cat" is neither much of a fish catcher nor is it a member of the cat family though it does resemble a house cat in general body size and shape, but the fisher has shorter legs and a longer, wedge- shaped snout. The fur on a fisher is dark brown to black, as an animal ages the hair tips may become 'frosted', especially around the head and shoulders. They molt in the fall. Males generally have coarser hair coats, this makes the females more desirable to trappers. Their bodies measure 20 - 30 inches with an additional 13 - 17 inches of tail and weigh from 3 - 12 pounds. Males are usually significantly larger than the females. Tracks reveal 5 toes in a plantigrade foot averaging 3 in. wide by 4.5 in. long with thick fur on the soles of their feet in winter. The nails are at least partially retractable though not sheathed and the mustelid, 2x2 bounding gate is most common with fisher track patterns. (see tracking section for illustrations) Fishers are considered to be quite carnivorous, favoring snowshoe hares as well as squirrels, carrion, mice, shrews, voles, birds, fruits like berries, and ferns. They are also famous for their ability to successfully hunt and kill porcupines. One of the very few other animals to prey on porcupines is a close cousin of the fisher, the wolverine. The fishers' long, wedge-shaped snout is well suited for making vicious attacks to the porcupines face until mortal wounds cause the porcupine to succumb. In some forests, fishers have been reintroduced to try to control porcupine populations. This biological control method has been successful at least for short-term population reductions; it is currently unknown how well it works for long-term porcupine population control. They generally hunt by systematically searching for patches of abundant prey and then systematically searching those patches for prey to kill. Fishers will sometimes cache food items and find/make temporary den sites near large food items like a deer carcass. The breeding season for fishers is in late March and April. Like most other mustelids, fishers experience delayed implantation of 10 - 11 months. The egg is fertilized at the time of mating, then the embryo stops developing and remains in a dormant state until the female is in good physical condition during late winter, the embryo then implants and develops. The actual gestation lasts approximately 30 days with parturition (birth) occurring in March and April. They typically breed again within 10 days of parturition. Females breed at one year and have their first litter of about 3 kits at age 2 years. Males are probably not sexually mature until age 2. Fishers are pretty solitary animals except during the breeding season when plantar glands on their hind feet increase secretions and a black, tarry substance of unknown origin signal their intent to mate. Fisher natal and maternal dens are usually located high (+/- 50 ft.) in tree cavities which partially explains their overall preference for mature to old growth, late successional, forest habitats. Researchers have noted significant use of young to mature forests during the winter. They also require significant tracts of contiguous forest with a high degree (70%) of canopy cover and prefer conifer or mixed conifer and northern hardwood forest types. They are also disproportionately associated with riparian communities for less than well known reasons. Fisher distribution and survivability is negatively impacted by forest fragmentation, stand isolation, and deep, fluffy snow. In comparison, martens have very similar habitat requirements but they are much less inhibited by deep snow. This may be an important way in which these two species are segregated. There is a considerable span of home range size estimates from 1.5 to 25 sq. miles, probably averaging around 10 sq. miles. Once again, males tend to have much larger territories than females, which often overlap territories of more than one female but rarely that of another male. Fishers will commonly travel 2-3 miles each day and while they are arboreal to some degree, most hunting and traveling is on the ground. They mark their territories and communicate with urine and anal, cheek, abdominal, neck, flank, and plantar (feet) glands. Martes pennanti was formerly widely distributed across northern forests of N. America up to around 60 degrees N. latitude, south in the Appalachian Mountains to North Carolina, and throughout the Pacific Coast mountains. Current distribution is now well known but they have not returned to the southern Appalachians, and are considered spotty in the Pacific Coast mountains, especially in Washington and Oregon, and in the southern reaches of their former distribution in the Rockies. These medium size weasels are particularly susceptible to logging and trapping. (MORE)

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In Wild Cats

Do fishers have prey?

Yes, they are very vicious and will eat various small mammals.

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In Science

Why is Sir Ronald Fisher considered to be the father of modern statistics?

Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher, FRS (1890 - 1962) was an English statistician, evolutionary biologist, and geneticist. Richard Dawkins described him as "The greatest of … (MORE)

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In Health

What is fishers disease?

Most frequently referred to by Miller Fisher Syndrome, it is an acquired disease regarded as a variant of Guillain-Barre syndrome. Abnormal muscle coordination, paralysis … (MORE)

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Was Ronald Reagan the answer?

No one person can be "the answer," and even the most popular presidents have had people who disagreed with their policies. Not everyone was a supporter of President Reagan, an… (MORE)

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In Math and Arithmetic

What is the answer to 20c plus 5 equals 5c plus 65?

20c + 5 = 5c + 65 Divide through by 5: 4c + 1 = c + 13 Subtract c from both sides: 3c + 1 = 13 Subtract 1 from both sides: 3c = 12 Divide both sides by 3: c = 4 20c + 5 = 5c … (MORE)