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Mystery:Young Hollywood Breast Cancer Victims

2008-07-02T23:22:21Z

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The average age of [[diagnosis]] of [[breast cancer]] is 64 years old.<ref>http://breastcancer.lifetips.com/cat/61849/breast-cancer-diagnosis/</ref>

In the [[Hollywood]] culture, however, there have been many tragic cases of breast cancer at far younger ages than expected:

* Australian soap opera star Belinda Emmett, who played in "Home and Away," was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 24.<ref>http://www.inthenews.co.uk/news/entertainment/tv/home-and-away-actress-dies-breast-cancer-$457408.htm</ref>
* American singer Minnie Riperton was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 28.<ref>http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0727986/</ref>
* Singer Anastacia was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 29.<ref>http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/OnCall/story?id=1666320&page=1</ref>
* Colombian-American singer Soraya was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 31.<ref>http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2006-05-11-soraya-obit_x.htm?csp=27</ref>
* [[British]] Aisha Bicknell, daughter of actress Rita Tushingham, was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 33.<ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/health/2006/08/21/hknack21.xml</ref>
* Puerto Rican actress Adamari López was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 34.<ref>http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0529982/bio</ref>
* American actress Ann Jillian was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 35.<ref>http://www.meredy.com/annjillian/</ref>
* [[British]] actress Amanda Mealing was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 35.<ref>http://www.holby.tv/db/index.php?id=41,1266,0,0,1,0</ref>
* American actress Danitra Vance was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 36.<ref>http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0888503/</ref>
* Australian pop star Kylie Minogue was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 36.<ref>http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/05/17/entertainment/main695716.shtml</ref>
* American actress Oni Faida Lampley was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 37.<ref>http://www.answers.com/topic/oni-faida-lampley</ref>
* American actress Kate Jackson was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 39.
* American actress Jill Eikenberry was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 39.<ref>http://www.holby.tv/db/index.php?id=41,1266,0,0,1,0</ref>
* American actress Cynthia Nixon was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 40.<ref>http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/104294.php</ref><ref>http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0633223/</ref>
* American actress Edie Falco was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 40.<ref>http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004908/bio</ref>
* Singer Melissa Etheridge was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 43.<ref>http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/OnCall/story?id=1666320&page=1</ref>
* Norwegian actress and nude model Julie Ege was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 43.<ref>http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0250774/bio</ref>
* American actress [[Shirley Temple]] was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 44.<ref>http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000073/bio</ref>
* Singers [[Olivia Newton-John]] and [[Sheryl Crow]] were each diagnosed with breast cancer at age 44.<ref>http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/OnCall/story?id=1666320&page=1</ref>
* Singer [[Carly Simon]] was diagnosed with breast cancer by age 52.<ref>http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/simon%20i%20didnt%20need%20my%20breast%20anymore_1068633</ref>

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== Risk by age ==

Between ages 20 and 24, only 1.3 in 100,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer.<ref>http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071025/LIFESTYLE03/710250424</ref>

Here is the [[NCI]]'s published levels of risk by age in the [[United States]] (the risk is lower in other countries):<ref>http://www.mdanderson.org/topics/ethnicity/display.cfm?id=ffcc95a9-a03d-11d4-80fa00508b603a14&method=displayfull&pn=c1128f6f-4656-410d-96fa274b12a51d9d</ref>

By age 30: 1 in 2,525
 By age 35: 1 in 622
 By age 40: 1 in 217
 By age 45: 1 in 93
 By age 50: 1 in 50
 By age 55: 1 in 33
 By age 60: 1 in 24
 By age 65: 1 in 17
 By age 70: 1 in 14
 By age 75: 1 in 11
 By age 80: 1 in 10
 By age 85: 1 in 9
 Ever: 1 in 8 (more accurately, 1 in 7.5 in the [[U.S.]])

== Analysis ==

Personal health is generally kept confidential, and there are financial reasons for one not to publicize his or her health problems. The disclosure can cause a loss in jobs or income. This is particularly true for [[Hollywood]] stars who rely on attractiveness and sex appeal. Michael J. Fox, for example, understandably kept his [[Parkinson's disease]] confidential for as long as he could.

But cancellation of appearances for health reasons begs explanations, and the population of [[Hollywood]] stars likely to disclose medical conditions will roughly be the size of those who are active in appearances, shows, movies, etc.

A rough estimate of this population is as follows. In the music world, perhaps there have been 50 women who are active, well-known performers willing to disclose a diagnosis of breast cancer{{fact}}. In the television and movie industry, perhaps there are 450 who fall into that category{{fact}}. The total population from which the above names are drawn is perhaps 500, depending on age{{fact}}.

The list of breast cancers above will grow, but already it is plainly way above the expected occurrence of the disease. For example, there are likely no more than 500 [[Hollywood]] performers under age 30 who would publicly disclose a condition of breast cancer{{fact}}, yet 3 developed breast cancer. But The typical incidence of that disease is only 2 out of 5000. The incidence in [[Hollywood]] appears to be more than 10 times that of the general population. If the population from which the above sample is drawn is twice as high, the incidence in [[Hollywood]] would still be more than 5 times the rate in the general population.

There is likely no more than 1000 in the population of [[Hollywood]] types under age 35 who would have publicly disclose breast cancer{{fact}}. The list above has 8 cases (and growing). The expected rate is only 1.5 out of 1000 in that age group.

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== References ==

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Elephant

2008-04-13T22:50:14Z

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[[Image:elephant.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Image from http://www.sxc.hu/]]
The '''elephants''' are three species of very large mammals belonging to the family Elephantidae - the only extant family belonging to the order Proboscidea. The three elephant species currently recognized by scientists are the African [[Bush]] Elephant, the African [[Forest]] Elephant (until recently known collectively as the African Elephant), and the Asian Elephant (also known as the Indian Elephant). Centuries of hunting elephants for their ivory has dwindled the population of these animals. Renewed efforts at stewardship have caused a population boom, with the number of elephants in Africa alone tripling in the last decade.

Elephants are the largest land animals alive today. Apart from their massive size their most striking features are a long trunk, or proboscis, a flexible nose strong enough to lift objects, their huge [[ivory]] tusks, and their large flapping ears, used to keep them cool.

Bull elephants, when inclined to mate, enter a frenzied state called ''musth''; they fight with each other for possession of the cow elephants, and become a menace to everything in their path; many humans are killed at this time. Elephants' gestation period, at 22 months, is the longest of any land mammal. At birth it is common for an elephant calf to weigh 120 kg (265 lb). An elephant may live as long as 70 years, sometimes longer.

The largest elephant ever recorded (the Fenykovi elephant, now in the [[Smithsonian Institution]]) was shot in [[Angola]] in 1954. It was male and weighed about 12,000 kg (26,400 lb), with a shoulder height of 4.2m, a meter taller than the average male African elephant.

==Uses of Elephants==
[[Image:Elephant2.jpg|left]]
Elephants (today generally Indian, but historically African elephants also) have been used as beasts of burden and draught animals, as mounts in processions and in war (notably by [[Hannibal]]), playing [[polo]], and as [[circus]] performers.

==Similar species==

From a molecular and morphological point of view, [[hyrax|hyraxes]] and [[Sirenia|sirenians]] (sea cows and manatees) are the most similar living creatures to elephants<ref>Hidenori Nishihara et al. A Retroposon Analysis of Afrotherian Phylogeny. ''Molecular Biology and Evolution'' '''22''': 1823-1833,</ref>, and these groups are hypothesized by evolutionists to have shared a common ancestor approximately 50 million years ago. The three extant species of elephant are sole survivors of a much more diverse Proboscidian fauna with some 170 described [[fossil]] species and including species of [[mammoth]] from [[North America]] and the massive ''Deinotherium'', the second largest land mammal that ever lived, which sported two downward facing tusks.

==Origins==

Two elephants were on [[Noah's Ark]]. From these two, the rest of the world's elephants were repopulated after the [[Great Flood]].

==Trivia==

*A ''white elephant'' (from the historical veneration of such animals in Southeast Asia) is the term for a possession whose initial and upkeep cost exceeds its use (in most cases income), making it an overall liability.
*An elephant is the symbol of America's [[Republican Party]].

==References==
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[[Category:Mammals]]
[[Category:Dangerous animals]]

Bill O'Reilly

2008-04-13T22:44:04Z

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[[Image:Bll.png|thumb|right|Bill O' Reilly On The O' Reilly Report]]
'''Bill O'Reilly''' is a commentator and host of the show ''The O'Reilly Factor'' on the [[Fox News Channel]], which he calls the "No Spin Zone." O'Reilly often remarks that his personal political viewpoint is not captured by the modern [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] and [[Republican Party|Republican]] archetypes and would rather call himself a "traditionalist" and "independent". In this vein, he has expressed support for some positions not traditionally associated with his political supporters, instead associated with [[liberals]], including anthropogenic climate change and civil unions for both heterosexual and homosexual couples.

''The O'Reilly Factor'' is the highest-rated hour on any cable news channel. 5 million people nightly watch the show and there are millions more who listen to him on radio stations. <ref>[http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/09/23/60minutes/main645202.shtml Bill O'Reilly: "No Spin"] Transcript 60 Minutes with Mike Wallace aired Sept. 26, 2004. </ref>

Recently [[Conservative|conservatives]] criticized Billy O'Reilly [http://www.conservapedia.com/Fox_News_Channel#Fox_News_Channel_and_Homosexuality regarding his views in relation to homosexuality].

==Views on prejudice and racism==

O'Reilly has condemned white racist prejudice against US blacks, although recently some remarks he made underscoring the fact that black-owned and Italian-owned restaurants are comparable were taken out of context by the far-left "watchdog" group Media Matters. [http://mediamatters.org/items/200709260003?f=h_top] Some asserted outrage over his use of the term "lynching party" when discussing Michelle Obama, though in actuality he was defending her and not using the term in a racist context.

==Criticism==
O'Reilly has often been accused of berating his guests. He is deeply disliked by many on the far-left, who often accuse him of distorting facts or slandering those unfriendly to his position. He has occasionally been criticized by conservatives on certain issues such as his stance on gun control.

==Trivia==

* O'Reilly and [[Stephen Colbert]] have a friendly rivalry {{fact}}, even appearing on each others' shows.

* O'Reilly is often called a "name caller" and a study by Indiana University concluded that: "Our results show a consistent pattern of O'Reilly casting non-Americans in a negative light. Both illegal aliens and foreigners were constructed as physical threats to the public and never featured in the role of victim or hero."<ref>{{cite web|author = Indiana University|url= http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/5535.html|title = Content analysis of O'Reilly's Rhetoric find spin to be a 'factor'}}</ref><ref>Mike Conway, Maria Elizabeth Grabe, and Kevin Grieves, "[http://journalism.indiana.edu/papers/oreillyjourstud07.pdf Villains, Victims, and the Virtuous in Bill O'Reilly's 'No-Spin Zone']," ''Journalism Studies'' 8:2 (2007).</ref>

== See also ==

*[[Conservative Links]]

==References==

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Bill O'Reilly

2008-04-13T22:43:04Z

GBrown:

[[Image:Bll.png|thumb|right|Bill O' Reilly On The O' Reilly Report]]
'''Bill O'Reilly''' is a commentator and host of the show ''The O'Reilly Factor'' on the [[Fox News Channel]], which he calls the "No Spin Zone." O'Reilly often remarks that his personal political viewpoint is not captured by the modern [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] and [[Republican Party|Republican]] archetypes and would rather call himself a "traditionalist" and "independent". In this vein, he has expressed support for some positions not traditionally associated with his political supporters including anthropogenic climate change and civil unions for both heterosexual and homosexual couples.

''The O'Reilly Factor'' is the highest-rated hour on any cable news channel. 5 million people nightly watch the show and there are millions more who listen to him on radio stations. <ref>[http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/09/23/60minutes/main645202.shtml Bill O'Reilly: "No Spin"] Transcript 60 Minutes with Mike Wallace aired Sept. 26, 2004. </ref>

Recently [[Conservative|conservatives]] criticized Billy O'Reilly [http://www.conservapedia.com/Fox_News_Channel#Fox_News_Channel_and_Homosexuality regarding his views in relation to homosexuality].

==Views on prejudice and racism==

O'Reilly has condemned white racist prejudice against US blacks, although recently some remarks he made underscoring the fact that black-owned and Italian-owned restaurants are comparable were taken out of context by the far-left "watchdog" group Media Matters. [http://mediamatters.org/items/200709260003?f=h_top] Some asserted outrage over his use of the term "lynching party" when discussing Michelle Obama, though in actuality he was defending her and not using the term in a racist context.

==Criticism==
O'Reilly has often been accused of berating his guests. He is deeply disliked by many on the far-left, who often accuse him of distorting facts or slandering those unfriendly to his position. He has occasionally been criticized by conservatives on certain issues such as his stance on gun control.

==Trivia==

* O'Reilly and [[Stephen Colbert]] have a friendly rivalry {{fact}}, even appearing on each others' shows.

* O'Reilly is often called a "name caller" and a study by Indiana University concluded that: "Our results show a consistent pattern of O'Reilly casting non-Americans in a negative light. Both illegal aliens and foreigners were constructed as physical threats to the public and never featured in the role of victim or hero."<ref>{{cite web|author = Indiana University|url= http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/5535.html|title = Content analysis of O'Reilly's Rhetoric find spin to be a 'factor'}}</ref><ref>Mike Conway, Maria Elizabeth Grabe, and Kevin Grieves, "[http://journalism.indiana.edu/papers/oreillyjourstud07.pdf Villains, Victims, and the Virtuous in Bill O'Reilly's 'No-Spin Zone']," ''Journalism Studies'' 8:2 (2007).</ref>

== See also ==

*[[Conservative Links]]

==References==

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Greenpeace

2008-04-13T22:40:53Z

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'''Greenpeace''' is an [[environmentalist]] group that seeks to ban commercial [[whaling]] and stop nuclear testing (see [[nuclear test ban treaty]]).
[[Image:40607437 ark1 afp203body.jpg|right|thumb|Greenpeace activists building an [[Ark]].]]
It has been accused of manipulating public opinion in a way that would be ordinarily be condemned (see [[double standard]]):
*Greenpeace has escaped public censure by hiding behind the mask of its “[[non-profit]]” status and its [[U.S.]] [[tax exemption]]. ... [[Forbes magazine]] once described it as “a skillfully managed [[business]]” with full command of “the tools of [[direct mail]] and [[image manipulation]] -- and tactics that would bring instant [[condemnation]] if practiced by a [[for-profit]] [[corporation]].” [http://www.activistcash.com/organization_overview.cfm/oid/131]
Environmental groups like Greenpeace have boasted that they have blocked more than 200 hydroelectric projects in the developing world over the past two decades.

According to Public Interest Watch (PIW), Greenpeace Fund, Inc. a reputedly educational, public-interest-oriented 501(c)(3) directed $24 million in tax-exempt contributions into Greenpeace, Inc., non-exempt programs during tax years 1998, 1999 and 2000. According to the most recent tax returns available for both groups, in 1999, Greenpeace, Inc.'s total revenues equaled $14.2 million. Of this amount, $4.25 million, or 30 %, came from Greenpeace Fund.
Greenpeace Inc. is a more directly political and activist unit, and as such is designated by the Internal Revenue Code as a 501 (c)(4). Mike Hardiman of PIW said "Greenpeace has devised a system for diverting tax-exempt funds and using them for non-exempt — and oftentimes illegal — purposes...It's a form of money laundering, plain and simple."

On January 30, 2003, some 30 Greenpeace demonstrators breached the central control building of the Sizewell B nuclear-power plant in Suffolk, England. Earlier in October 2002, approximately 150 Greenpeace protesters were arrested after penetrating the same facility. <ref>[http://www.nationalreview.com/murdock/murdock200310070839.asp Seeing Greenpeace], Deroy Murdock, National Review Online, October 07, 2003.</ref>

==No New Nukes==
Greenpeace wants to shut down all the [[nuclear reactor]]s and phase out [[nuclear power]].
<ref>http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/assets/binaries/nuclearpower-facts</ref>
<ref>[http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/campaigns/nuclear/no-new-nukes No New Nukes!]</ref>

Statement from Jan Beranek, Greenpeace International Nuclear Campaigner on July 16, 2007:
<blockquote>This [[fire]] and [[radioactive leakage]] reminds us yet again of the serious threats posed by nuclear power.... Nuclear power undermines the real solutions to [[Global Warming|climate change]], by diverting [[resource]]s away from the massive development of clean [[renewable energy]] sources the [[world]] urgently needs. <ref> [http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/press/releases/reaction-to-the-fire-at-the-ja Reaction to the fire at the Japanese nuclear power Kashiwazaki-Kariwa]</ref></blockquote>

==Global Warming==
[[Image:Greenpeaceprotest1.jpg|right|200px|thumb|To protest the drilling of oil from which gasoline is made, Greenpeace frequently uses vehicles powered by gasoline engines, in this case a Zodiac inflatable boat with an outboard engine.]]
Greenpeace wants the [[Kyoto Protocol]] to be enacted and even further restrictions due to [[Global Warming]].
<ref>[http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/news/g8-on-climate-change G8 to Act on Climate Change, Later... Maybe] </ref>
<ref>[http://members.greenpeace.org/blog/staff_gw/2007/06/05/bush_s_global_warming_plan_isn_t_good_en_1 Bush's Global Warming Plan Isn't Good Enough]</ref>
<ref>[http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/campaigns/global-warming-and-energy Global Warming and Energy]</ref>

<blockquote>Greenpeace is calling for [[global emissions]] to peak by 2020 and fall rapidly thereafter ensuring at least a 50 percent reduction from 1990 levels by the year 2050 globally, and eliminate [[fossil fuel emissions]] before the end of the [[21st century]]. This platform is outlined in its ‘Global Energy Scenario’ which is available at: http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/press/reports/energy-r-evolution-a-bluepr<ref> [http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/press/releases/global-warming-impacts-hit-poo GLOBAL WARMING IMPACTS HIT POOREST, THE HARDEST AND WILL INCREASE IN SCOPE AND SEVERITY]</ref></blockquote>

==Rainbow Warrior Bombing==

On July 7, 1985 the Rainbow Warrior, flagship of Greenpeace, was destroyed by high explosive devices that resulted in the death of Fernado Pereira, a crew member and photographer. An investigation into the bombing resulted in the arrest, trial and conviction of Major Alain Mafart and Captain Dominique Prieur of the French Armed Forces. After initial denials, the French Prime Minister Laurent Fabius admitted that the French Secret Service ordered the attack in order to deny Greenpeace access to French territorial waters. <ref>http://www.police.govt.nz/operation/wharf/</ref> The French government, while not apologizing, paid compensation to Greenpeace and the New Zealand government for this act of state sponsored terrorism. <ref>http://www.kauricoast.co.nz/Feature.cfm?WPID=70</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.greenpeace.org The Greenpeace International homepage]
*[http://www.attacreport.com/ar_terror/tframe.php?region=namerica&group=gp ATTAC Report]

[[Category:Liberal Organizations]]
[[Category: Environmental Terrorism]]

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2008-04-13T22:31:11Z

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Elephant

2008-04-13T22:28:42Z

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[[Image:elephant.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Image from http://www.sxc.hu/]]
The '''elephants''' are three species of very large mammals belonging to the family Elephantidae - the only extant family belonging to the order Proboscidea. The three elephant species currently recognized by scientists are the African [[Bush]] Elephant, the African [[Forest]] Elephant (until recently known collectively as the African Elephant), and the Asian Elephant (also known as the Indian Elephant). Centuries of hunting elephants for their ivory has dwindled the population of these animals. Renewed efforts at stewardship have caused a population boom, with the number of elephants in Africa alone tripling in the last decade.

Elephants are the largest land animals alive today. Apart from their massive size their most striking features are a long trunk, or proboscis, a flexible nose strong enough to lift objects, their huge [[ivory]] tusks, and their large flapping ears, used to keep them cool.

Bull elephants, when inclined to mate, enter a frenzied state called ''musth''; they fight with each other for possession of the cow elephants, and become a menace to everything in their path; many humans are killed at this time. Elephants' gestation period, at 22 months, is the longest of any land mammal. At birth it is common for an elephant calf to weigh 120 kg (265 lb). An elephant may live as long as 70 years, sometimes longer.

The largest elephant ever recorded (the Fenykovi elephant, now in the [[Smithsonian Institution]]) was shot in [[Angola]] in 1954. It was male and weighed about 12,000 kg (26,400 lb), with a shoulder height of 4.2m, a meter taller than the average male African elephant.

==Uses of Elephants==
[[Image:Elephant2.jpg|left]]
Elephants (today generally Indian, but historically African elephants also) have been used as beasts of burden and draught animals, as mounts in processions and in war (notably by [[Hannibal]]), playing [[polo]], and as [[circus]] performers.

==Similar species==

From a molecular and morphological point of view, [[hyrax|hyraxes]] and [[Sirenia|sirenians]] (sea cows and manatees) are the most similar living creatures to elephants<ref>Hidenori Nishihara et al. A Retroposon Analysis of Afrotherian Phylogeny. ''Molecular Biology and Evolution'' '''22''': 1823-1833,</ref>, and these groups are hypothesized by evolutionists to have shared a common ancestor approximately 50 million years ago. The three extant species of elephant are sole survivors of a much more diverse Proboscidian fauna with some 170 described [[fossil]] species and including species of [[mammoth]] from [[North America]] and the massive ''Deinotherium'', the second largest land mammal that ever lived, which sported two downward facing tusks.

==Origins==

Two elephants were on [[Noah's Ark]]. From these two, the rest of the world's elephants were repopulated after [[The Great Flood]].

==Trivia==

*A ''white elephant'' (from the historical veneration of such animals in Southeast Asia) is the term for a possession whose initial and upkeep cost exceeds its use (in most cases income), making it an overall liability.
*An elephant is the symbol of America's [[Republican Party]].

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Mammals]]
[[Category:Dangerous animals]]