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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Fun Facts About Birds Of Paradise:</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Amazing Facts about the Bird of Paradise Plant Species.</span></span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The scientific name of this plant is Strelitzia, pronounced STRE-lit-see-a.<br />The plant was named for Queen Charlotte, wife of King George III. She was of the House of Mecklenburg – Strelitzia.<br />The Bird of Paradise, as it is commonly known, is a tropical herb. It has large oval leaves on long stems. The flowers of the plant are blue and orange and resemble an exotic bird in flight</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Bird of Paradise originated in South Africa.<br />It belongs to the banana family.<br />Bird of Paradise blooms from September to the end of May.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">The long blue tongue is the female part of the flower.<br />Bird of Paradise will thrive in most soils, but fertile loam is best. Soil must be well drained. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Over watering will cause root rot.<br />The most flowers are produced along the plant’s periphery. </span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">It takes 3 to 5 years to grow a Bird of Paradise plant from seed.</span></span><div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Seeds must be soaked in water and nicked in order to germinate because the shell of the seed is extremely hard.</span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Bird of Paradise plants are usually pest free. Check for aphids on occasion. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Though Bird of Paradise is a tropical plant, it can withstand temperatures as low as 24 degrees Fahrenheit, though flowers and buds will be damaged.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Bird of Paradise is grown commercially in California and Hawaii.</span></span></li>
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The birds-of-paradise are members of the family Paradisaeidae of the order Passeriformes. The majority of species in this family are found in Papua New Guinea, Indonesian Papua (Papua and Irian Jaya Province) and its satellites, with a few species occurring in the Maluku Islands and eastern Australia. The family has forty-one species in 14 genera.[1] The members of this family are perhaps best known for the plumage of the males of the sexually dimorphic species (the majority), in particular the highly elongated and elaborate feathers extending from the beak, wings, tail or head. For the most part they are confined to dense rainforest habitat. The diet of all species is dominated by fruit and to a lesser extent arthropods. The birds-of-paradise have a variety of breeding systems, ranging from monogamy to lek-type polygamy.<br />
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The family is of cultural importance to the inhabitants of New Guinea. The trade in skins and feathers of the birds-of-paradise has been going on for two thousand years. The birds have also been of considerable interest to Western collectors, ornithologists and writers. A number of species are threatened by hunting and habitat loss.<b><span style="font-size: large;"></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Taxonomy and systematics:</span></b><br />
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For many years the birds-of-paradise were treated as being closely related to the bowerbirds. Today while both are treated as being part of the Australasian lineage Corvida, the two are now only thought to be distantly related. The closest evolutionary relatives of the birds-of-paradise are the crow and jay family Corvidae, the monarch flycatchers Monarchidae and the Australian mudnesters Struthideidae.<br />
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A 2009 study examining the mitochondrial DNA of all species to examine the relationships within the family and to its nearest relatives estimated that the family emerged 24 million years ago, older than previous estimates. The study identified five clades within the family, and placed the split between the first clade, which contains the monogamous manucodes and Paradise-crow, and all the other birds-of-paradise, to be 10 million years ago. The second clade includes the parotias and the King of Saxony Bird-of-paradise. The third clade provisionally contains a number of genera, Seleucidis, the Drepanornis sicklebills, Semioptera, Ptiloris and Lophorina, but support values for some of these is inclusions is low. The fourth clade includes the Epimachus sicklebills, Paradigalla and the astrapias. The final clade includes the Cicinnurus and the Paradisaea birds-of-paradise.<br />
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The exact limits of the family have been the subject of revision as well. The three species of satinbird (the genera Cnemophilus and Loboparadisea) were treated as a subfamily of the birds-of-paradise, Cnemophilinae. In spite of differences in the mouth, foot morphology and nesting habits they remained in the family until a 2000 study moved them to a separate family closer to the berrypeckers and longbills (Melanocharitidae). The same study found that the Macgregor's Bird-of-paradise was actually a member of the large Australasian honeyeater family. In addition to these three species, a number of systematically enigmatic species and genera have been considered potential members of this family. The two species in the genus Melampitta, also from New Guinea, have been linked with the birds-of-paradise, but their relationships remain uncertain, more recently being linked with the Australian mudnesters. The Silktail of Fiji has been linked with the birds-of-paradise many times since its discovery, but never formally assigned to the family. Recent molecular evidence now places the species with the fantails.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>CENTIPEDE:</b></span><br />
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Centipedes (from Latin prefix centi-, "hundred", and pes, pedere, "foot") are arthropods belonging to the class Chilopoda of the subphylum Myriapoda. They are elongated metameric creatures with one pair of legs per body segment. Despite the name, centipedes can have a varying number of legs from under 20 to over 300. Centipedes have an odd number of pairs of legs, e.g. 15 or 17 pairs of legs (30 or 34 legs). A key trait uniting this group is a pair of venom claws or forcipules formed from a modified first appendage. Centipedes are a predominantly carnivorous taxon.<br />
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Centipedes normally have a drab coloration combining shades of brown and red. Cavernicolous (cave-dwelling) and subterranean species may lack pigmentation and many tropical scolopendromorphs have bright aposematic colours. Size can range from a few millimetres in the smaller lithobiomorphs and geophilomorphs to about 30 cm (12 in) in the largest scolopendromorphs. Centipedes can be found in a wide variety of environments.<br />
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Worldwide, there are estimated to be 8,000 species of centipede, of which 3,000 have been described. Centipedes have a wide geographical range, reaching beyond the Arctic Circle. Centipedes are found in an array of terrestrial habitats from tropical rainforests to deserts. Within these habitats, centipedes require a moist micro-habitat because they lack the waxy cuticle of insects and arachnids, and so lose water rapidly through the skin. Accordingly, they are found in soil and leaf litter, under stones and dead wood, and inside logs. Centipedes are among the largest terrestrial invertebrate predators and often contribute significantly to the invertebrate predatory biomass in terrestrial ecosystems.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">CENTIPEDE BITE:</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">A centipede bite is an injury resulting from the action of a centipede's forcipules, pincer-like appendages that pierce the skin and inject venom into the wound. Such a wound is not technically a bite, as the forcipules are modified legs rather than true mouthparts. Clinically, the wound is viewed as a cutaneous condition characterized by paired hemorrhagic marks that form a chevron shape caused by the large paired forcipules of the centipede.<br /><br />The centipede's venom causes pain and swelling in the area of the bite, and may cause other reactions throughout the body. The majority of bites are not life-threatening to humans and present the greatest risk to children and those who develop allergic reactions.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Individuals who are bitten by centipedes are sometimes given a urine test to check for muscle tissue breakdown and/or an EKG to check for heart and vascular problems.<br /><br />Reassurance and pain relief is often given in the form of painkillers, such as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medications, antihistamines and anti-anxiety medications. In a severe case the affected limb can be elevated and administered diuretic medications.<br /><br />Wound care principles and sometimes antibiotics are used to keep the wound itself from becoming infected or necrotic.</span></span><br />
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Centipedes have a rounded or flattened head, bearing a pair of antennae at the forward margin. They have a pair of elongated mandibles, and two pairs of maxillae. The first pair of maxillae form the lower lip, and bear short palps. The first pair of limbs stretch forward from the body to cover the remainder of the mouth. These limbs, or maxillipeds, end in sharp claws and include venom glands that help the animal to kill or paralyse its prey.<br />
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Centipedes possess a variable number of ocelli, which are sometimes clustered together to form true compound eyes. Even so, it appears that centipedes are only capable of discerning light and dark, and not of true vision. Indeed, many species lack eyes altogether. In some species the final pair of legs act as sense organs similar to antennae, but facing backwards. An unusual sense organ found in some groups are the organs of Tömösváry. These are located at the base of the antennae, and consist of a disc-like structure with a central pore surrounded by sensory cells. They are probably used for sensing vibrations, and may even provide a sense of hearing.<br />
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Forcipules are a unique feature found only in centipedes and in no other arthropods. The forcipules are modifications of the first pair of legs, forming a pincer-like appendage always found just behind the head. Forcipules are not true mouthparts, although they are used in the capture of prey items, injecting venom and holding onto captured prey. Venom glands run through a tube almost to the tip of each forcipule.<br />
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Behind the head, the body consists of fifteen or more segments. Most of the segments bear a single pair of legs, with the maxillipeds projecting forward from the first body segment, and the final two segments being small and legless. Each pair of legs is slightly longer than the pair immediately in front of it, ensuring that they do not overlap, and therefore reducing the chance that they will collide with each other while moving swiftly. In extreme cases, the last pair of legs may be twice the length of the first pair. The final segment bears a telson and includes the openings of the reproductive organs.<br />
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Centipedes are predators, and mainly use their antennae to seek out their prey. The digestive tract forms a simple tube, with digestive glands attached to the mouthparts. Like insects, centipedes breathe through a tracheal system, typically with a single opening, or spiracle on each body segment. They excrete waste through a single pair of malpighian tubules.<br />
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Scolopendra gigantea, also known as the Amazonian giant centipede, is the largest existing species of centipede in the world, reaching over 30 cm (12 in) in length. It is known to eat lizards, frogs, birds, mice, and even bats, catching them in midflight, as well as rodents and spiders. The Permian genus Euphoberia was the largest centipede, growing up to 1 m (39 in) in length.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>LIFE CYCLE OF CENTIPEDES:</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Centipede reproduction does not involve copulation. Males deposit a spermatophore for the female to take up. In one clade, this spermatophore is deposited in a web, and the male undertakes a courtship dance to encourage the female to engulf his sperm. In other cases, the males just leave them for the females to find. In temperate areas egg laying occurs in spring and summer but in subtropical and tropical areas there appears to be little seasonality to centipede breeding. It is also notable that there are a few known species of parthenogenetic centipedes.<br /><br />The Lithobiomorpha, and Scutigeromorpha lay their eggs singly in holes in the soil, the female fills the holes with soil and leaves them. The number of eggs laid ranges from about 10 to 50. Time of development of the embryo to hatching is highly variable and may take from one to a few months. Time of development to reproductive period is highly variable within and among species. For example, it can take 3 years for S. coleoptera to achieve adulthood, whereas under the right conditions Lithiobiomorph species may reach a reproductive period in 1 year. In addition, centipedes are relatively long-lived when compared to their insect cousins. For example: the European Lithobius forficatus can live for 5 or 6 years. The combination of a small number of eggs laid, long gestation period, and long time of development to reproduction has led authors to label Lithobiomorph centipedes as K-selected.<br /><br />Females of Geophilomorpha and Scolopendromorpha show far more parental care. The eggs, 15 to 60 in number, are laid in a nest in the soil or in rotten wood. The female stays with the eggs, guarding and licking them to protect them from fungi. The female in some species stays with the young after they have hatched, guarding them until they are ready to leave. If disturbed, the female will either abandon the eggs or eat them; abandoned eggs tend to fall prey to fungi rapidly. Some species of Scolopendromorpha are matriphagic, meaning that the offspring eat their mother.</span><b><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Close up of rear pair of legs of centipede</span></b>:<br />
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<b>By Dr. Sandra Habicht</b><br />
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<u><b>Bitter gourd is a functional vegetable with beneficial effects on health</b>:</u><br /><br />Bitter gourd is a popular vegetable in some Asian countries, where the health benefits of the plant are well-known—particularly, its ability to lower blood glucose in diabetics. Bitter gourd has been used to treat diabetes in traditional medicine and is now commercially available as tea (from fruits or leaves), juice, extracts, and pills. Although these products promise health benefits, most of the manufacturers do not offer scientifically proven data on the effectiveness of bitter gourd or their products. However, in recent years researchers worldwide have started to focus on the antidiabetic effects of bitter gourd. The goal is to provide safe and clear preparation and dosage recommendations so that consumers will realize the greatest benefit from consuming fresh bitter gourd or bitter gourd products.<br />
<br /><u><b>It is scientifically proven: bitter gourd lowers blood glucose levels!</b></u><br />Bitter gourd treatments of cell cultures or feeding trials with laboratory animals such as mice or rats show bitter gourd does have blood glucose lowering properties. Bitter gourd is not like most medicinal drugs, which are effective only in one target organ or tissue; rather, it influences glucose metabolism all over the body.<br />
<br /><u><b>Bitter gourd lowers dietary carbohydrate digestion</b></u><br /><br />The glucose metabolism starts in the gut. Carbohydrates and sugars are metabolized to glucose (one type of sugar) before glucose is transported from the gut to the blood. Bitter gourd reduces the amount of glucose that is released into the blood by inhibiting the enzymes that break down disaccharides to two monosaccharides (e.g. glucose) (Oishi et al. 2007, Kumar Shetty et al. 2005). Bitter gourd can influence the transport channels for glucose, which also reduces glucose transport into the blood (Singh et al. 2004). This effect is important for the treatment of both Type I and Type II diabetic patients and helps to prevent high blood sugar levels after meals.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Bitter gourd plant insulin discovered</b>:</span><br /><br />The pancreas reacts to increasing blood sugar levels by secreting insulin into the blood. Insulin helps to transport the sugar from the blood to the skeletal muscle and the fat tissue where it is used to produce energy. Insulin will also stop the liver to produce sugar from glycogen storages and to release the sugar into the blood.<br />Thus, insulin is necessary to lower high blood sugar levels. In Type I diabetes, also called insulin-dependent diabetes, the pancreas does not produce or secrete enough insulin to keep blood sugar levels low. Bitter gourd has been shown to be effective in treating Type I diabetes in rats or mice by increasing pancreatic insulin secretion Yibchok-Anun et al. 2006, Fernandes et al. 2007). Additionally, scientists found an insulin-like molecule in bitter gourd (Khanna et al. 1981). Although bitter gourd may reduce the number of insulin injections required to manage Type 1 diabetes, it cannot replace insulin treatment completely or heal this form of the disease.<br />
<br /><b>Bitter gourd reverses insulin resistance:</b><br />Bitter gourd can play a role in the prevention and treatment of Type II diabetes, which is also called insulin-independent diabetes or adult onset diabetes. This form of the disease usually occurs in people who are overweight and inactive. In Type II diabetes, the liver, skeletal muscle, and fat tissues do not respond adequately to insulin—they are “insulin resistant.” Feeding trials with insulin resistant or Type II diabetic rats and mice have shown that bitter gourd helps to prevent or reverse insulin resistance (Nerurkar et al. 2008, Klomann et al. 2010). People with insulin resistance or those with a high risk of developing Type II diabetes have a good chance to prevent and treat the disease without drugs by increasing their physical activity and changing their diet.<br />
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<b>Bitter gourd prevents diabetic complications:</b><br /><br />Chronically high sugar concentrations from Type I and Type II diabetes increase the risk of inflammation and oxidation in the whole body, leading to blindness, diabetic feet, kidney disease, stroke, or heart attack. Consuming bitter gourd can help prevent these complications, as it not only decreases blood sugar levels, but also has some antioxidative properties (Sathishsekar und Subramanian 2005, Klomann et al. 2010).<br />
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<b>More bitter gourd does not help more. Please be careful!</b><br /><br />Exclusive consumption of bitter gourd, bitter gourd juice, or other bitter gourd products can lead to dangerous hypoglycemia when consumed by diabetic patients under oral drug treatment, in too high dosages, by children, or on a hungry stomach. Pregnant or breastfeeding woman should not consume bitter gourd or bitter gourd products. Although bitter gourd can help prevent insulin resistance or severe diabetic complications, it is important to consider situations in which bitter gourd may be harmful to your health.<br />
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cassowaries are ratites, very large flightless birds, in the genus
Casuarius native to the tropical forests of New Guinea, nearby islands,
and northeastern Australia.There are three extant species recognized
today. The most common of these, the Southern Cassowary, is the third
tallest and second heaviest living bird, smaller only than the ostrich
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Cassowaries
feed mainly on fruit, although all species are truly omnivorous and
will take a range of other plant food including shoots, grass seeds, and
fungi in addition to invertebrates and small vertebrates. Cassowaries
are very shy, but when provoked they are capable of inflicting injuries
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usually shy birds of the deep forest, adept at disappearing long before a
human knows they are there. Even the more accessible Southern Cassowary
of the far north Queensland rain forests is not well understood.<br />
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Females
are bigger and more brightly colored. Adult Southern Cassowaries are
1.5 to 1.8 metres (4.9–5.9 ft) tall, although some females may reach 2
metres (6.6 ft), and weigh 58.5 kilograms (129 lb).<br />
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All cassowaries have feathers that consist of a shaft and loose
barbules. They do not have retrices (tail feathers) or a preen gland.
Cassowaries have small wings with 5-6 large remeges. These are reduced
to stiff, keratinous quills, like porcupine quills, with no barbs. A
claw is on each second finger. The furcula and coracoid are degenerate,
and their palatal bones and sphenoid bones touch each other. These,
along with their wedge-shaped body, are thought to be adaptations to
ward off vines, thorns, and saw-edged leaves, allowing them to run
quickly through the rainforest.<br />
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A cassowary's three-toed feet
have sharp claws. The second toe, the inner one in the medial position,
sports a dagger-like claw that is 125 millimetres (5 in) long. This claw
is particularly fearsome since cassowaries sometimes kick humans and
animals with their enormously powerful legs (see Cassowary Attacks,
below). Cassowaries can run up to 50 km/h (31 mph) through the dense
forest. They can jump up to 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) and they are good
swimmers, crossing wide rivers and swimming in the sea as well.<br />
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All
three species have horn-like but soft and spongy crests called casques
on their heads, up to 18 cm (7 in).These consist of "a keratinous skin
over a core of firm,cellular foam likema terial". Several purposes for
the casques have been proposed. One possibility is that they are
secondary sexual characteristics.Other suggestions include that they are
used to batter through underbrush, as a weapon for dominance disputes,
or as a tool for pushing aside leaf litter during foraging. <br />
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The
latter three are disputed by biologist Andrew Mack, whose personal
observation suggests that the casque amplifies deep sounds. However, the
earlier article by Crome and Moore says that the birds do lower their
heads when they are running "full tilt through the vegetation, brushing
saplings aside and occasionally careening into small trees. The casque
would help protect the skull from such collisions". <br />
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From an
engineering perspective the wedge-shaped casque is also the most
efficient way to protect the head by deflecting falling fruit. As
cassowaries live on fallen fruit they spend a lot of time under trees
where seeds the size of golfballs or larger are dropping from heights of
up to 30 metres. Mack and Jones also speculate that the casques play a
role in either sound reception or acoustic communication. This is
related to their discovery that at least the Dwarf Cassowary and
Southern Cassowary produce very-low frequency sounds, which may aid in
communication in dense rainforest. This "boom" is the lowest known bird
call, and is on the edge of human hearing. Crowe described a cooling
function for the very similar casques of guineafowl.<br />
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The average lifespan of wild cassowaries is believed to be about 40 to 50 years.<br />
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Cassowaries
are predominantly frugivorous. Besides fruits, their diet includes
flowers, fungi, snails, insects, frogs, birds, fish, rats, mice, and
carrion. Fruit from at least 26 plant families has been documented in
the diet of cassowaries. Fruits from the laurel, podocarp, palm, wild
grape, nightshade, and myrtle families are important items in the diet.
The cassowary plum takes its name from the bird.<br />
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Where trees are
dropping fruit, cassowaries will come in and feed, with each bird
defending a tree from others for a few days. They move on when the fruit
is depleted. Fruit is swallowed whole, even items as large as bananas
and apples.<br />
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Cassowaries are a keystone species of rain forests
because they eat fallen fruit whole and distribute seeds across the
jungle floor via excrement.<br />
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As for eating the Cassowary, it is
supposed to be quite tough. Australian administrative officers stationed
in New Guinea were advised that it "should be cooked with a stone in
the pot: when the stone is ready to eat so is the Cassowary".<br />
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Cassowaries
feed on the fruit of several hundred rainforest species and usually
pass viable seeds in large dense scats. They are known to disperse seeds
over distances greater than a kilometre, and thus play an important
role in the ecosystem. Germination rates for seeds of the rare
Australian rainforest tree Ryparosa were found to be much higher after
passing through a cassowary's gut (92% versus 4%)<br />
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Cassowaries
have a reputation for being dangerous to people and domestic animals.
During World War II American and Australian troops stationed in New
Guinea were warned to steer clear of them. In his book Living Birds of
the World from 1958, ornithologist Thomas E. Gilliard wrote:<br />
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"The inner or second of the three toes is fitted with a long, straight,
murderous nail which can sever an arm or eviscerate an abdomen with
ease. There are many records of natives being killed by this bird."<br />
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This assessment of the danger posed by cassowaries has been repeated in print by authors including Gregory S. Paul (1988)<br />
and
Jared Diamond (1997). Of 221 attacks studied in 2003, 150 were against
humans. 75% of these were from cassowaries that had been fed by people.
71% of the time the bird chased or charged the victim. 15% of the time
they kicked. Of the attacks, 73% involved the birds expecting or
snatching food, 5% involved defending natural food sources, 15% involved
defending themselves from attack, 7% involved defending their chicks or
eggs. The 150 attacks included at least one human death.<br />
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One
documented human death was caused by a cassowary on 6 April 1926.
16-year-old Phillip McClean and his brother, aged 13, came across a
cassowary on their property and decided to try to kill it by striking it
with clubs. The bird kicked the younger boy, who fell and ran away as
his older brother struck the bird. The cassowary then charged and
knocked the older McClean to the ground and kicked him in the neck,
opening a 1.25 cm (0.49 in) wound which may have severed his carotid
artery. The boy managed to escape, but died shortly afterwards as a
result of his injuries.<br />
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Cassowary strikes to the abdomen are
among the rarest of all, but there is one case of a dog that was kicked
in the belly in 1995. The blow left no puncture, but there was severe
bruising. The dog later died from an apparent intestinal rupture.<br />
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They are large aquatic tetra-pods that live throughout the tropics in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australia. Crocodylinae, in which all its members are considered true crocodiles, is classified as a biological subfamily. A broader sense of the term crocodile, Crocodylidae, that includes the tomistoma, was excluded in this article since new genetic studies reveal the possibility of tomistoma as a close relative of the gharial.This article applies the term crocodile only to the species within the subfamily of Crocodylinae. The term is sometimes used even more loosely to include all extant members of the order Crocodilia: which includes all members of Crocodylidae, including the tomistoma, the alligators and caimans (family Alligatoridae) and the gharials (family Gavialidae), and the rest of Crocodylomorpha, which includes all of the prehistoric crocodile relatives and ancestors.<br />
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The saltwater crocodile also known as saltie, estuarine or Indo-Pacific crocodile, is the largest of all living reptiles, as well as the largest terrestrial and riparian predator in the world. The males of this species can reach sizes of up to 7 m (23 ft) and weigh as much as 2,000 kg (4,400 lb). However, an adult male saltwater crocodile is generally between 4.3 and 5.2 m (14 and 17 ft) in length and weighs 400–1,000 kg (880–2,200 lb), rarely growing larger. Females are much smaller and often do not surpass 3 m (9.8 ft). As its name implies, this crocodile can live in salt water, but usually resides in mangrove swamps, estuaries, deltas, lagoons, and lower stretches of rivers. They have the broadest distribution of any modern crocodile, ranging from the eastern coast of India, throughout most of Southeast Asia, stretching south to northern Australia, and historically ranging as far west as off the eastern coast of Africa and as far east as waters off of Japan.<span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Alligator mississippiensis: </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;">Common name</span></b>: AMERICAN ALLIGATOR<br />
<b> Distribution:</b> Southeast United States<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Alligator sinensis:</span></b><br />
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<b>Common name:</b> CHINESE ALLIGATOR<br />
<b>Eastern Chinaame:</b> CHINESE ALLIGATOR<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b> Caiman crocodilus:</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Common name:</span> </span></b><span style="font-size: small;">SPECTACLED CAIMAN</span><b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span> </b><br />
<b>Distribution:</b> Central & South America<br />
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<b>Common name:</b> BROAD-SNOUTED CAIMAN<br />
<b>Distribution: </b> South America<br />
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<b>Common name:</b> JACARÉCAIMAN<b> </b><br />
<b>Distribution:</b> South America<br />
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<b>Common name: </b> BLACKCAIMAN<br />
<b>Distribution:</b> South America<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Paleosuchus palpebrosus: </b></span><br />
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<b>Distribution: </b> South America<br />
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<b>Distribution: </b>North, Central & South America <br />
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The king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) is the world's longest venomous snake, with a length up to 18.5 to 18.8 ft (5.6 to 5.7 m).This species, which preys chiefly on other snakes, is found predominantly in forests from India through Southeast Asia. Despite the word "cobra" in its name, this snake is not a member of Naja ("true cobras") but belongs to its own genus.It has cultural significance as well.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Description</span>:</b><br />
The king cobra averages at 3 to 4 m (9.8 to 13 ft) in length and typically weighs about 6 kg (13 lb). The longest known specimen was kept captive at the London Zoo, and grew to around 18.5 to 18.8 ft (5.6 to 5.7 m) before being euthanised upon the outbreak of World War II. The heaviest wild specimen was caught at Royal Island Club in Singapore in 1951, which weighed 12 kilograms (26 lb) and measured 4.8 m (16 ft), though an even heavier captive specimen was kept at New York Zoological Park and was measured as 12.7 kilograms (28 lb) at 4.4 m (14 ft) long in 1972.The length and mass of the snakes highly depend on their localities and some other factors. Despite their large sizes, typical king cobras are fast and agile.<br />
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The skin of this snake is either olive-green, tan, or black, and it has faint, pale yellow cross bands down the length of the body. The belly is cream or pale yellow, and the scales are smooth. Juveniles are shiny black with narrow yellow bands (can be mistaken for a banded krait, but readily identified with its expandable hood). The head of a mature snake can be quite massive and bulky in appearance, though like all snakes, they can expand their jaws to swallow large prey items. It has proteroglyph dentition, meaning it has two short, fixed fangs in the front of the mouth, which channel venom into the prey like hypodermic needles. The male is larger and thicker than the female. The average lifespan of a wild king cobra is about 20 years.<br />
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The dorsal scales along the centre of the king cobra's body have 15 rows. Males have 235 to 250 ventral scales, while females have 239 to 265. The subcaudal scales are single or paired in each row, numbering 83 to 96 in males and 77 to 98 in females.<br />
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The king cobra is the sole member of genus Ophiophagus, while most other cobras are members of the genus Naja. They can be distinguished from other cobras by size and hood. King cobras are generally larger than other cobras, and the stripe on the neck is a chevron instead of a double or single eye shape that may be seen in most of the other Asian cobras. Moreover, the hood of the king cobra is narrower and longer.A foolproof method of identification is if on the head, clearly visible, is the presence of a pair of large scales known as occipitals, at the back of the top of the head. These are behind the usual "nine-plate" arrangement typical of colubrids and elapids, and are unique to the king cobra.<br />
The species was first described by the Danish naturalist Theodore Edward Cantor in 1836.<br />
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A king cobra, like other snakes, receives chemical information via its forked tongue, which picks up scent particles and transfers them to a special sensory receptor (Jacobson's organ) located in the roof of its mouth.This is akin to the human sense of smell. When the scent of a meal is detected, the snake flicks its tongue to gauge the prey's location (the twin forks of the tongue acting in stereo); it also uses its keen eyesight (king cobras are able to detect moving prey almost 100 m [330 feet] away), intelligence,and sensitivity to earth-borne vibration to track its prey.<br />
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Following envenomation, the king cobra will begin to swallow its struggling prey while its toxins begin the digestion of its victim. King cobras, like all snakes, have flexible jaws. The jaw bones are connected by pliable ligaments, enabling the lower jaw bones to move independently. This allows the king cobra to swallow its prey whole, as well as letting it swallow prey much larger than its head.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></b>The king cobra's generic name, Ophiophagus is a Greek-derived word which means "snake-eater", and its diet consists primarily of other snakes, including ratsnakes, small pythons and even other venomous snakes such as various members of the true cobras (of the genus Naja), and even the much more venomous krait.When food is scarce, they may also feed on other small vertebrates, such as lizards, birds, and rodents. In some cases, the cobra may "constrict" its prey, such as birds and larger rodents, using its muscular body, though this is uncommon.After a large meal, the snake may live for many months without another one because of its slow metabolic rate.The king cobra's most common meal is the ratsnake; pursuit of this species often brings king cobras close to human settlements.<br />
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When confronted, this species will quickly attempt to escape and avoid any sort of confrontation.However, if provoked, the king cobra can be highly aggressive.<br />
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When confronted, it rears up the anterior portion (usually one-third) of its body when extending the neck, showing the fangs and hissing loudly.It can be easily irritated by closely approaching objects or sudden movements. When raising its body, the king cobra can still move forward to strike with a long distance and people may misjudge the safe zone. The king cobra may deliver multiple bites in a single attack but adults are known to bite and hold on. In spite of being a highly dangerous snake, it prefers to escape first unless there is nowhere to go.Since this species is secretive and tends to inhabit less-populated forested regions and dense jungle,it is rarely encountered and seldom comes across humans, except those individuals which are caught for performances and thus many victims bitten by king cobras are actually snake charmers.<br />
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If a king cobra encounters a natural predator, such as the mongoose, which has resistance to the neurotoxins,the snake generally tries to flee. If unable to do so, it forms the distinctive cobra hood and emits a hiss, sometimes with feigned closed-mouth strikes. These efforts usually prove to be very effective, especially since it is much more dangerous than other mongoose prey, as well as being much too large for the small mammal to kill with ease.<br />
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A good defence against a cobra for anyone who accidentally encounters this snake is to slowly remove a shirt or hat and toss it to the ground while backing away.<br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br />The growling hiss:</span></b><br />
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The hiss of the king cobra is a much lower pitch than many other snakes and many people thus liken its call to a "growl" rather than a hiss. While the hisses of most snakes are of a broad-frequency span ranging from roughly 3,000 to 13,000 Hz with a dominant frequency near 7,500 Hz, king cobra growls consist solely of frequencies below 2,500 Hz, with a dominant frequency near 600 Hz, a much lower sounding frequency closer to that of a human voice. Comparative anatomical morphometric analysis has led to a discovery of tracheal diverticula that function as low-frequency resonating chambers in king cobra and its prey, the mangrove rat snake, both of which can make similar growls<br />
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The venom of the king cobra consists primarily of neurotoxins,but it also contains cardiotoxic and someothercompounds.Similar to other venomous creatures, toxic constituents inside the venom are mainly proteins and polypeptides.<br />
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Like other venomous snakes, LD50 values of the king cobra venom depend on the injection and research methods; typical values are 1.7 mg/kg for subcutaneous injection, 1.31 mg/kg for intravenous injection and 1.644 mg/kg for intraperitoneal injection.The mean value of subcutaneous LD50 of five wild-caught king cobras in Southeast Asia was determined as 1.93 mg/kg in another study. The book "Snake of medical importance" (1990) gives 0.34 mg/kg of intramuscular injection for the specimens found in China. Besides, the toxicity may vary among individuals coming from different geographical localities.<br />
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This species is fully capable of delivering a fatal bite and the victim may receive a large quantity of venom with a dose anywhere from 200–500 mg or even up to 7 ml.Engelmann and Obst (1981) list the average venom yield at 420 mg (dry weight).Accordingly, large quantities of antivenom may be needed to reverse the progression of symptoms developed if bitten by a king cobra.<br />
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During a bite, venom is forced through the snake's 1.25 to 1.5 cm (0.49 to 0.59 in) fangs into the wound, and the toxins begin to attack the victim's central nervous system. Symptoms may include severe pain, blurred vision, vertigo, drowsiness, and paralysis. Envenomation progresses to cardiovascular collapse, and the victim falls into a coma. Death soon follows due to respiratory failure. Moreover, envenomation from king cobras is clinically known to cause renal failure as observed from some snakebite precedents of this species.<br />
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The mortality rate and death time resulting from a bite can vary sharply with many factors, including the quantity of venom involved, the site of the bite and the health state of the victim.Data provided by different sources, which may be recorded in different regions, could also have a significant difference. For example, while a website mentions that many bites from king cobras involved non-fatal amounts of venom,another report of clinical statistics released by the South Indian Hospital reveals that two-thirds of the bitten patients actually received severe bites from this species.According to the University of Adelaide Department of Toxicology, an untreated bite has a mortality rate of 50–60%.Bites from a king cobra may result in a rapid fatality which can be as early as 30 minutes after envenomation.<br />
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There are two types of antivenom made specifically to treat king cobra envenomations. The Red Cross in Thailand manufactures one, and the Central Research Institute in India manufactures the other; however, both are made in small quantities and, while available to order, are not widely stocked.Ohanin, a protein component of the venom, causes hypolocomotion and hyperalgesia in mammals.Other components have cardiotoxic,cytotoxic and neurotoxic effects.In Thailand, a concoction of alcohol and the ground root of turmeric is ingested, which has been clinically shown to create a strong resilience against the venom of the king cobra, and other snakes with neurotoxic venom.<br />
The haditoxin in the king cobra venom was discovered by Singaporean scientists to be structurally unique and can have unique pharmacological properties.Biochemical studies confirmed it existed as a noncovalent dimer species in solution. Its structural similarity to short-chain α-neurotoxins and κ-neurotoxins notwithstanding, haditoxin exhibited unique blockade of α7-nAChRs (IC50 180 nM), which is recognized by neither short-chain α-neurotoxins nor κ-neurotoxin<span style="font-size: large;"><b>.</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>In Burma, king cobras are often used by female snake charmers.The charmer is usually tattooed with three pictograms, using an ink mixed with snake venom; superstition holds that it protects the charmer from the snake.The charmer kisses the snake on the top of its head at the end of the show.<br />
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In the Indian Subcontinent, the king cobra is believed to possess exceptional memory. According to a myth, the picture of the killer of a king cobra stays in the eyes of the snake, which is later picked up by the partner and is used to hunt down the killer for revenge. To prove this theory, a king cobra was captured and left free in an enclosure that had small openings. Several people stood in front of the openings, but the snake rose to its full height and locked eyes only with the captor. Because of this myth, whenever a cobra is killed, especially in India, the head is either crushed or burned to damage the eyes completely.<br />
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The fisher (Martes pennanti) is a medium-sized mammal native to North America. It is a member of the mustelid family, commonly referred to as the weasel family. The fisher is closely related to but larger than the American Marten (Martes americana). The fisher is a forest-dwelling creature whose range covers much of the boreal forest in Canada to the northern fringes of the United States. Names derived from aboriginal languages include pekan, pequam, and wejack. It is also sometimes referred to as a fisher cat, although it is not a feline.<br />
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<br />Males and females are similar in appearance but the males are larger. Males are 90–120 cm (35–47 in) in length and weigh 3.5 to 6 kilograms (8–13 lb). Females measure 75–95 cm (30–37 in) and weigh 2–2.5 kg (4–6 lb). The fur of the fisher varies seasonally, being denser and glossier in the winter. During the summer, the color becomes more mottled, as the fur goes through a moulting cycle. Fishers prefer to hunt in full forest. While they are agile climbers, most of their time is spent on the forest floor. They also prefer to forage where there is fallen dead wood on the forest floor. Fishers are omnivorous and feed on a wide variety of small animals and occasionally fruits and mushrooms. They show a preference for the snowshoe hare and are one of the few predators able to successfully hunt porcupine. Despite their name, fishers seldom eat fish.<br /><br />The reproductive cycle of the fisher lasts almost the entire year. Female fishers give birth to a litter of three or four kits in the spring. They nurse and care for their kits up until late summer, when they are old enough to set out on their own. Females enter estrus shortly after giving birth and leave the den to find a mate. Implantation of the blastocyst is delayed until the following spring when they give birth and the cycle is renewed.<br /><br />Fishers have few predators aside from humans. They have been trapped since the 18th century for their fur. Their pelts were in such demand that they were extirpated from several parts of the United States in the early part of the 20th century. Conservation and protection measures have allowed the species to rebound, but their current range is still reduced from its historic limits. In the 1920s, when pelt prices were high, some fur farmers attempted to raise fishers. However, their unusual delayed reproduction made breeding difficult. When pelt prices fell in the late 1940s, most fisher farming ended. While fishers usually avoid human contact, encroachments into forest habitats have resulted in some conflicts. There are anecdotal reports of fishers attacking pets and, in a 2009 case in Rhode Island, a 6-year-old boy</div>
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Artificial fluoridation of water, salt, and milk varies from country to country. Water fluoridation has been introduced to varying degrees in many countries, including Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Ireland, Malaysia, the U.S., and Vietnam,and is used by 5.7% of people worldwide.Continental Europe largely does not fluoridate water, although some of its countries fluoridate salt; locations have discontinued water fluoridation in Germany, the Netherlands, and other countries.Although health and dental organizations support water fluoridation in the countries that practice water fluoridation,there has been considerable opposition to water fluoridation whenever it is proposed.<br />
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Only 1 percent of the world's fresh water is readily available for human use. Currently 700 million people in 43 countries face water stress and by 2030 around 40 percent of population will face water shortages. Given these challenges, the implementation of water efficient projects that combine nature conservation elements with making water available where there is a need is critical. This video profiles cases of Brazil and Viet Nam where World Bank implemented water projects. Video is narrated by Ron Parker, Author of the Independent Evaluation Group's (IEG) study on Water and Development: Evaluation of World Bank Support (1997-2007).</div>
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Kingfishers are a group of small to medium sized brightly coloured birds in the order Coraciiformes. They have a cosmopolitan distribution, with most species being found in the Old World and Australasia. The group is treated either as a single family, Alcedinidae, or as a suborder Alcedines containing three families, Alcedinidae (river kingfishers), Halcyonidae (tree kingfishers), and Cerylidae (water kingfishers). There are roughly 90 species of kingfisher. All have large heads, long, sharp, pointed bills, short legs, and stubby tails. Most species have bright plumage with little differences between the sexes. Most species are tropical in distribution, and a slight majority are found only in forests. They consume a wide range of prey as well as fish, usually caught by swooping down from a perch. Like other members of their order they nest in cavities, usually tunnels dug into the natural or artificial banks in the ground. A few species, principally insular forms, are threatened with extinction. In Britain, the word 'kingfisher' normally refers to the Common Kingfisher.<br />
Kingfishers are a group of small to medium sized brightly coloured birds in the order Coraciiformes. They have a cosmopolitan distribution, with most species being found in the Old World and Australasia. The group is treated either as a single family, Alcedinidae, or as a suborder Alcedines containing three families, Alcedinidae (river kingfishers), Halcyonidae (tree kingfishers), and Cerylidae (water kingfishers). There are roughly 90 species of kingfisher. All have large heads, long, sharp, pointed bills, short legs, and stubby tails. Most species have bright plumage with little differences between the sexes. Most species are tropical in distribution, and a slight majority are found only in forests. They consume a wide range of prey as well as fish, usually caught by swooping down from a perch. Like other members of their order they nest in cavities, usually tunnels dug into the natural or artificial banks in the ground. A few species, principally insular forms, are threatened with extinction. In Britain, the word 'kingfisher' normally refers to the Common Kingfisher.<br />
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Cardinals, which make up the family Cardinalidae, are passerine birds found in North and South America. They are also known as cardinal-grosbeaks and cardinal-buntings. The South American cardinals in the genus Paroaria are placed in another family, the Thraupidae (previously placed in Emberizidae).<br />
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These are robust, seed-eating birds with strong bills. The family ranges in size from the 12-cm (4.7 inches), 11.5-gram (.40 oz) Orange-breasted Bunting to the 25-cm (9.8 inches), 85-gram (2.99 oz) Black-headed Saltator[verification needed]. They are typically associated with open woodland. The sexes usually have distinctive appearances. The Northern Cardinal type species was named by colonists for the male's red crest, reminiscent of a Catholic cardinal's mitre.<br />
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The "buntings" in this family are sometimes generically known as "tropical buntings" (though not all live in the tropics) or "North American buntings" (though there are other buntings in North America) to distinguish them from the true buntings, whose family does contain North American birds, but they are referred to as American sparrows (unrelated to Old World sparrows), juncos, and towhees rather than buntings. Likewise the grosbeaks in this family are sometimes called "cardinal-grosbeaks" to distinguish them from other grosbeaks. The name "cardinal-grosbeak" can also apply to this family as a whole.<br />
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The cheetah is a large feline inhabiting most of Africa and parts of the Middle East. It is the only extant member of the genus Acinonyx. The cheetah can run faster than any other land animal— as fast as 112 to 120 km/h (70 to 75 mph) in short bursts covering distances up to 500 m (1,600 ft), and has the ability to accelerate from 0 to over 100 km/h (62 mph) in five seconds.<br /><br />This cat is also notable for modifications in the species' paws. It is one of the few felids with semi-retractable claws.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">Artist’s rendering of the environment around the supermassive black hole at the center of Mrk 231. The broad outflow seen in the Gemini data is shown as the fan-shaped wedge at the top of the accretion disk around the black hole, in side view. A similar outflow is probably present under the disk as well. The total amount of material entrained in the broad flow is at least 400 times the mass of the sun per year. Credit: Gemini Observatory/AURA, artwork by Lynette Cook</span></span></h1>
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It has long been believed that detecting carbon dioxide was one of the ways that mosquitoes target their human prey. But the fact that mosquitoes tend to favor certain people over others indicates that some other odor also plays a part in the attraction. Researchers at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) have genetically engineered mosquitoes to alter their sense of smell, which could provide the understanding required to block the pesky pests’ attraction to humans.<br /><br />A team led by Leslie Vosshall altered the odor-sensing capabilities of Aedes aegypti, a mosquito found in tropical and subtropical regions that is a vector for dengue fever, yellow fever and other diseases. Following on from her lab’s previous success in genetically engineering flies to delete a gene called orco, which they knew affected the flies’ ability to respond to odors, Vosshall’s team used zinc-finger nucleases to specifically mutate the orco gene in the mosquito.<br /><br />After injecting the targeted zinc-finger nucleases into mosquito embryos, the researchers waited for them to mature before identifying the mutant individuals and generating mutant strains that allowed them to study the role the orco gene plays in mosquito biology.<br /><br />They found that the genetically engineered mosquitoes exhibited a reduction in neural activity related to odor-sensing, with subsequent tests revealing various behavioral changes. Whereas normal Aedes aegypti will make a bee-line (or mosquito line) for humans when given the choice between a human and another animal, the mosquitoes with orco mutations showed a reduced preference for humans over guinea pigs. These results were seen even in the presence of carbon dioxide.<br /><br />“By disrupting a single gene, we can fundamentally confuse the mosquito from its task of seeking humans,” says Vosshall.<br /><br />However, the researchers still aren’t sure whether this confusion is due to an inability by the engineered mosquitoes to sense a “bad” smell coming from the guinea pig, or a “good” smell coming from the human, or both.<br /><br />The researchers also found that the mosquitoes with orco mutations responded differently to DEET, the active ingredient in most insect repellents. When presented with two human arms, one covered in a solution containing 10 percent DEET, and the other untreated, the mosquitoes showed no preference for either arm, suggesting that they couldn’t smell the DEET. However, those that landed on the DEET-covered arm quickly flew away.<br /><br />“This tells us that there are two totally different mechanisms that mosquitoes are using to sense DEET,” explains Vosshall. “One is what’s happening in the air, and the other only comes into action when the mosquito is touching the skin.” The researchers say this dual mechanism had never been identified before.<br /><br />The research team plans to continue their study of the orco protein and how it interacts with the mosquitoes’ odor receptors.<br /><br />“We want to know what it is about these mosquitoes that makes them so specialized for humans,” she says. “And if we can also provide insights into how existing repellants are working, then we can start having some ideas about what a next-generation repellant would look like.”<br /><br />Even though mosquitoes cause more human deaths than any other animal, they do perform some beneficial ecological functions. So finding a more effective insect repellent would likely be a more palatable idea for those opposed to the idea of using genetic engineering to wipe the mosquito out altogether.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Mantis:</span></b><br />
Mantodea (or mantises, mantes) is an order of insects that contains over 2,400 valid species and about 430 genera in 15 families worldwide in temperate and tropical habitats. Most of the species are in the family Mantidae.<br />
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The English common name for any species in the order is "praying mantis", because of the typical "prayer-like" posture with folded fore-limbs, although the eggcorn "preying mantis" is sometimes used in reference to their predatory habits.In Europe and other regions, the name "praying mantis" refers to only a single species, Mantis religiosa. The closest relatives of mantises are the termites and cockroaches (order Blattodea). They are sometimes confused with phasmids (stick/leaf insects) and other elongated insects such as grasshoppers and crickets.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Praying Mantis attacks a snake many times its size and lives to tell about it! Watch the praying mantis fight the snake: </span></b></span><br />
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A fascinating insect, the praying mantis is widespread in the world and makes an awesome choice for a pet. Even people who don't like a lot of bugs can be persuaded to enjoy the antics of a praying mantis, as it swivels its head to look behind its shoulder at you (indeed, it's the only insect that can do this!)<br />
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Praying mantises (or mantids) come in many colors such as pink like a flower (the orchid praying mantis – Hymenopus coronatus) and white, although most are brown or green. The type of praying mantis species you'll be able to keep will depend on where you live and whether you're obtaining your praying mantis from the great outdoors or your local exotic pet store. Raising a praying mantis is fairly straightforward, a lot of fun, and it's likely you'll learn a lot more about this unique and entertaining insect simply by observing its daily antics.<br />
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<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Steps:</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #fce5cd;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>1 </b></span></span><br />
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Find a praying mantis. The praying mantis is found in many parts of the world and some were introduced to the United States in the early nineteenth century and have since become naturalized.<br />
If you know you have them in your local area, consider finding one from the wild. Praying mantises are usually about 3 inches (7-8cm) in length and mostly brown or green, and they look much like sticks and leaves, making them blend in well with their environment.<br />
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Get a container for your mantis. Get a small container to put your mantis in once you find it. It doesn't have to be very big - just a 6" x 6" square (15.2cm x 15.2cm) should do for most mantises. The container should be well ventilated and preferably made out of mesh, or chicken wire, to give the mantis and its prey something to cling onto. It should also have a secure top. Never use a container that had chemicals in it.<br />
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<span style="color: #fce5cd;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">3</span></b></span><br />
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Catch your mantis. More than likely, you won't need any gloves, unless you're squeamish about touching bugs. Simply place the opening of your container in front of the mantis. Coax the mantis into the container using a twig, or your hand if you are okay with that. Soon, he or she should willingly go into the container. Close the top, because mantises are smart, and they'll seize any opportunity to escape.<br />
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Purchase a praying mantis. If you can't find one or they aren't in your area, visit your local pet store and ask for advice as to whether they can get a particular praying mantis for you. This might give you wider options for different species, depending on the laws in your country as to importing insects and keeping them as pets.<br />
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If purchasing a praying mantis, they are usually sold as nymphs. Each nymph comes packed in small container.<br />
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<span style="color: #fce5cd;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>5</b></span></span><br />
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Prepare the home for your praying mantis. For the praying mantis to remain happy and healthy, she will need a good environment within your home. Choose a suitable structure to house your praying mantis, such as a vivarium. The structure should be large enough for a growing mantis if you've purchased a nymph and it needs to be kept warm, at around 24ºC (75ºF), and a few less degrees at night.<br />
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Provide climbing items. The praying mantis needs to be able to clamber up on things such as twigs, branches, small dowel poles, etc. <br />
Decorate with foliage, twigs, and other natural items that allow the praying mantis to climb and clamber around. Some people place a living plant or two into the display, as the mantis will enjoy being able to climb it. <br />
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Warmth can be provided by using a spot lamp or a heater pad. Speak to your pet supplies specialist to see what they have in stock.<br />
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<span style="color: #fce5cd;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>6</b></span></span><br />
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Keep your praying mantis separate from any other ones you plan on keeping. Praying mantises have voracious appetites for insects, including one another. They're top predators in the insect kingdom and will stalk or wait until their chance comes, so don't give them the chance to also be a cannibal.[5] Have separate housing for each praying mantis you intend to keep.<br />
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<span style="color: #fce5cd;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>7</b></span></span><br />
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Feed your mantis properly. The food requirements of a praying mantis will vary depending on their growth stage:<br />
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For a nymph purchased from the pet store: Feed with fruit flies, micro crickets, gnats, aphids, and other mini bugs. <br />
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For a mantis that has grown and is molting or shedding, (the instar stage): Start to increase the insect size; then for each shedding period, feed normally but remove anything she ignores because she may not eat during molting.<br />
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For a fully grown praying mantis, get busy: Catch butterflies, crickets, grasshoppers or even house flies. In the wild praying mantises will consume anything they can catch and hold. They are also known to eat bees and wasps in the wild but you probably don't want to mess with them.<br />
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Buying crickets from the pet store is not necessary, although some people will tell you that using wild crickets could make your pet sick. This may or may not be true for store-raised mantises, but for wild-caught ones, some harm should come to them. As for store-bought crickets or some pet stores over feed their crickets, some caution should be exercised. Many pet stores do not feed or properly care for crickets, and any diseases those crickets have as a result can be passed on to your mantis. If you're not sure, spend a few days feeding store-bought or wild-caught crickets high nutrition diets to help manage the bacteria in their gut, and they should be fine.<br />
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Don't give the mantis live food that is bigger than it or your mantis might be the one that gets eaten.<br />
Spray mist the enclosure to provide water for the praying mantis<br />
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<span style="color: #fce5cd;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">8</span></b></span><br />
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Clear uneaten food out of the mantis' home. Mantises aren't the tidiest of diners and they'll leave behind all manner of debris including legs, wings, chewy or hard bits they didn't like, etc., and you need to remove these daily. When this debris piles up, the praying mantis will stress out and won't cope well in her artificial environment.<br />
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When cleaning out the leftovers from her meals, also remove your praying mantis' fecal matter (pellet shaped).<br />
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Handle with care. Your praying mantis is delicate no matter how strong she appears. Avoid picking her up as there are several risks involved; she might be crushed by an over-enthusiastic grip, or she might defend herself against your attempt by stabbing you with her forearms.[8] It will probably surprise you more than hurt you but it will definitely stress her and put on the defensive. The answer is to allow her to climb onto your outstretched palm, finger, or top of your hand, at her leisure. Be patient!<br />
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Praying mantises have wings once they're adults, meaning that they can fly. If you want to hold her, close all windows and doors before removing her from her home.<br />
When molting, leave your praying mantis alone and don't touch her.[9] She'll shed her old exoskeleton and gain a new one. Once the new one is in place, you can handle her again.<br />
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Consider breeding the praying mantises if you want to have several praying mantises over time. A praying mantis has a short lifespan, of around six months from nymph to adulthood, and another six months as an adult. With good care, this can be extended up to a year and a half in the easy home life you're providing. Identify the gender of your praying mantis first - the female has six segments on her underside while the male has eight. If a female is mated, she can produce several egg cases (oothecae), and may well eat the male (and be aware that unmated females will probably still lay eggs, they just won't hatch).<br />
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Be prepared for nursery duty if you catch or mate a female mantis. She will grow a big belly, and lose the ability to fly. When your mantis lays eggs, it should be in the early fall, or late spring. Don't worry. You will have plenty of time to prepare for your eggs to hatch next spring.<br />
The egg case will have a ridge along the center of it. It's not to everyone's liking to look at but shelve your squeamishness!<br />
Come springtime, the eggs should soon hatch, and the nymphs should emerge through tiny holes in the egg case. A word of caution – they can, and will often eat each other if they are not separated, and when they reach molting stages, many mantises will stop eating for a day or two, so it's easier to squeeze out of that old shell.<br />
Feed as outlined above.<br />
Those you don't plan on keeping can be set free in your garden.<br />
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Maintain hygiene. Wash your hands after handling your praying mantis, its cages, or cage accessories.<br />
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Environment Placeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06878654721676245401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6191827640377320936.post-4479597652337809962013-05-27T10:30:00.000-07:002013-05-27T10:30:51.241-07:00The Largest Flower in the World <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The largest organisms found on Earth can be determined according to various aspects of organism size, such as: mass, volume, area, length, height, or even genome size. Some organisms group together to form a superorganism, but such are not classed as single large organisms. The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest structure composed of living entities, stretching 2,000 km, but contains many organisms of many species. The organism sizes listed are frequently considered "outsized" and are not in the normal size range for the respective species.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Apophis
previously known by its provisional designation 2004 MN4) is a
near-Earth asteroid that caused a brief period of concern in December
2004 because initial observations indicated a probability of up to 2.7%
that it would strike the Earth in 2029. <br />Additional observations
provided improved predictions that eliminated the possibility of an
impact on Earth or the Moon in 2029. However, a possibility remained
that during the 2029 close encounter with Earth, Apophis would pass
through a gravitational keyhole, a small region no more than about 800 m
(half a mile) wide, that would set up a future impact on April 13,
2036. <br /><br />This possibility kept the asteroid at Level 1 on the
Torino impact hazard scale until August 2006, when the probability that
Apophis would pass through the keyhole was determined to be very small.
Apophis broke the record for the highest level on the Torino Scale,
being, for only a short time, a level 4, before it was lowered.<br /><br />The
diameter of Apophis is approximately 325 metres (1,066 ft). As of the
April 15, 2013 observation arc, the probability of an April 13, 2036
impact has been eliminated.<br /><br />Preliminary observations by Goldstone
radar in January 2013 effectively ruled out the possibility of an Earth
impact by Apophis in 2036.Of objects not recently observed, there are
about ten asteroids with a more notable Palermo Technical Impact Hazard
Scale than Apophis.On average, an asteroid the size of Apophis (325
meters) can be expected to impact Earth about every 80,000 years or so.</span><b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Tarsiers are haplorrhine primates of the family Tarsiidae, which is itself the lone extant family within the infraorder Tarsiiformes. Although the group was once more widespread, all the species living today are found in the islands of Southeast Asia.</span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Top 10 Plants That Will Kill You</b></span>:<br /><br />
Ok, I know I wasn’t supposed to do any more plant lists, but I couldn’t help myself. By killer plants I do not mean as in Top 10 Carnivorous Plants, plants that kill little insects, and the occasional rat, but plants that are well known to kill people. All plants contain some toxins as protection against predators. We already know, from Top 10 Poisonous foods we love to eat, that even apple seeds contain traces of cyanide. In this list we are going to look at some plants that contain such high doses, of toxins to which humans are sensitive, that some can kill you in a matter of hours. In some cases, many animals have a much higher tolerance to the poison than humans, and all the plants on this list are known human killers. It’s shocking to read this and recognize some of the plants that you grew up playing around, knowing that just one bite could have killed you, and knowing just how curious children are. Many of these plants’ main victims are children, as they often have bright fruit that look rather appetizing, and children have an even lower tolerance to the poison, so it takes a lot less to do the job. Who knows, this information might come in handy someday.<br />
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White snake root, also known as White Sanicle or Tall Boneset, is a highly poisonous plant, native to North America. Their flowers are white and, after blooming, small fluffy seeds blow away with the wind. This plant has a high % of the toxin tremetol, which is not known for killing humans directly, but indirectly. When the plant is eaten by cattle, the toxin is absorbed into their milk and meat. When humans then, in turn, eat the beef or drink the milk, the toxin enters the body and causes something called milk sickness, which is highly fatal. Thousands of ignorant European settlers died from milk sickness in America in the early 19th century. It is also believed that Abraham Lincoln’s mother, Nancy Hanks, died from milk sickness.<b> </b><br />
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Doll’s eye, also known as White Baneberry, is a flowering plant native to Eastern and Northern North America. The Doll’s eyes comes from the striking fruit of the plant, which is a 1cm in diameter white berry with a black stigma scar, which looks very eye like. Although the whole plant has been declared toxic for human consumption, the most poisonous part is the concentrated toxins in the fruit, which have sadly claimed a number of children’s lives, as they also have a sweet taste. The berries contain a carcinogenic toxin, which has an almost immediate, sedative effect on human cardiac muscles and can easily cause a quick death.<br />
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Angel’s trumpets are flowering plants, native to the tropical regions of South America, but found around the world. The name Angel’s trumpet comes from the pendulous trumpet shaped flowers, covered in fine hairs, that hang from the tree. Flowers come in a variety of sizes (14-50cm) and in a variety of colors, including white, yellow, orange and pink. All parts of the plant contain toxins, such as tropane alkaloids scopolamine and atropine. The plant is sometimes turned into a tea and ingested as a hallucinogenic, recreational drug. As levels of toxicity varies prom plant to plant, and part to part, it is almost impossible to know how much toxins you have ingested. As a result of this, many users have overdosed and died from it.<br />
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The Strychnine tree, better known as poison nut or Quaker Button, is a medium sized tree, native to India and South East Asia. The small seeds inside the trees’ green to orange fruit, is highly toxic, being filled with poisonous alkaloids’ Strychnine and Brucine. 30 mg of these toxins are enough to be fatal to an adult, and will lead to a painful death from violent convulsions due to simultaneous stimulation of sensory ganglia in the spine.<br />
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The English Yew is native to Europe, Northern Africa and South West
Asia. It is a small to medium tree that has seeds enclosed in a soft,
red, berry like armor. The berry armor is the only part of the fruit
that is not poisonous and this allows birds to eat the fruit and spread
the seeds without ill effect. It takes a dose of about 50g to be fatal
to a human. Symptoms include difficulty breathing, muscle tremors,
convulsion, collapse and finally cardiac arrest. In cases of severe
poisoning, death can set in so fast that the other symptoms are missed.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Water hemlock, or poison parsnip, is a group of highly poisonous plants that is native to the temperate regions of the northern hemisphere. The plants all have very distinctive small white or green flowers, arranged in an umbrella shape. Water hemlock is considered to be North America’s most poisonous plant as it is incredibly poisonous to humans. The plants contain a toxin named cicutoxin which causes seizures. This poison is found in all parts of the plant but is most concentrated in the roots, which is most potent in the spring. Besides the almost immediate seizures, other symptoms include nausea, vomiting, abdominal pains, tremors and confusion. Death is usually caused by respiratory failure or ventricular fibrillation and can occur just a few hours after ingestion.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Wolfsbane, also known as leopard’s bane, woman’s bane or devils helmet, is a plant belonging to the buttercup family. These perennial plants are native to mountainous regions of the northern hemisphere. The plant contains very large quantities of a poison called alkaloid pseudaconitine, which used to be used by the Ainu people of Japan as poison for hunting, on the tips of their arrow heads. In cases of ingestion, symptoms, which include burning in the limbs and abdomen, sets in immediately. In cases of large doses, death can occur within 2-6 hours and 20ml is enough to kill an adult human.<br /><br />Interestingly, Wolfsbane is also mentioned in mythology and werewolf lore as being able to either repel the werewolves/lycanthropes, or to induce the wolf state regardless of the moon phase. Hence the name.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Thinking back to the time your mother forced Castor oil down your throat, I bet you would never have guessed that it came from the most poisonous plant in the world (even if it did taste like it).<br /><br />Castor plants are indigenous to the Mediterranean basin, eastern Africa and India, but are widely grown as an ornamental plant. A toxin called ricin is found throughout the plant, but is concentrated in the seeds/beans (which castor oil is made from). One raw seed is enough to kill a human in 2 days, which makes for a long, agonizing and unstoppable death. The first symptoms will be experienced within a few hours and will include a burning sensation in the throat & mouth, abdominal pain, bloody diarrhea and vomiting. The process is unstoppable and the final cause of death will be dehydration.<br /></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Strangely, humans are the most sensitive to these seeds, as it takes 1-4 to kill a full grown human, 11 to kill a dog and a whopping 80 seeds to kill a duck. The castor plant currently holds the Guinness World Record for most poisonous plant.</span><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>20 Most Incredible Light Phenomena {Pics}</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Iridescent clouds:</b></span><br />
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Howard Nemerov said “Nothing in the universe can travel at the speed of light, they say, forgetful of the shadow's speed.” But what about the amazing effects and contrasts of light and dark. In their invisible race to the finish line, what effects or phenomena do they create? We decided to explore 20 of the most stunning images for your viewing pleasure, such as incredible ice and water refractions, natural fireworks and light displays and piercing rays and solemn shadows. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Ice and Water Refractions</b></span>:<br />
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Also known as a ‘fire rainbow’ these streaks of colour are created when light is refracted through ice crystals in cirrus clouds. The phenomenon is especially rare as both the ice crystals and sun must be oriented in exact horizontal alignment to create the effect. This particularly dramatic example was captured in the sky over Spokane, WA, in 2006.<br />
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As the sun shines from behind a climber or other object at altitude their shadow is projected through the upper surfaces of clouds, creating a curiously magnified triangular shape. The effect is often seen in conjunction with the glowing rings of a glory (Heiligenschein) – rings of coloured light that appear directly opposite the sun when sunlight is reflected by a cloud of uniformly-sized water droplets. It takes its name from the frequent fogs and low-altitude accessibility of the Brocken peaks in Germany, a region in which it is often witnessed.<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Upside down rainbow:</b></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcWJNqif-4It9tP4hxnYIDdcHj9a7MrKVIL3bqrT4FkyYiwXCwhaAD_2b1B1X2ji3H09RuFiB42Dz45eCv12DaaS8qJUdPithUpZJMpiXef0vgl3w6P-2HiL4RCfnzmytckDhGjDIOxU8-/s1600/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a>Appearing like an ‘upside down rainbow’ the circumzenithal arc is similarly formed by the refraction of light through horizontal ice crystals in specific cloud forms. The phenomenon is centered at the zenith, parallel to the horizon, its colours running from blue to red towards the horizon and always in the form of an incomplete circular arc – a complete circle in a similar situation is the exceptionally rare Kern Arc, only captured on camera for the first time in 2007.<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b> Fog Bow</b></span>:<br />
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This dramatic halo was seen below the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, appearing like an all-white rainbow. Like a rainbow it is created by the refraction of light through water droplets in the clouds, yet the unlike a rainbow the small size of fog droplets accounts for its lack of colour. Mariners often refer to them as ‘sea-dogs’ or ‘cloud bows’.<br />
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When light is backscattered (a combination of reflection, refraction and diffraction) back towards its source by water droplets in clouds, the shadow of an object between the cloud and source may be wreathed in coloured bands. Named after the majestic effect it imparts – in some parts of China it is even called Buddha’s Light – it is often seen in conjunction with the Brocken Spectre. Here the beautiful bands dramatically surround a plane’s shadow against a cloud.<br />
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Halos are among the most well-known of optical phenomena and appear under a variety of guises. The most frequently scene is the 22º halo, caused by ice crystals in high altitude cirrus clouds, yet the particular shape and orientation of the crystals can create variation in the appearance of the halo. During very cold weather halos formed by crystals close to the ground reflect sunlight between them sending it in several directions at once, an effect known as diamond dust.<br />
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When the sun is positioned at precisely the correct angle behind clouds water droplets in them diffract light away, creating an intense streaking effect. The colouring is, like a rainbow, caused by the differing wavelengths of the light – different wavelengths are diffracted to different degrees, altering the angle of diffraction and consequently the colour of the light as it is perceived. In this image cloud iridescence is accompanied by a sharply coloured ranbow. <br />
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The combination of a low moon and dark sky often creates moonbows, essentially rainbows produced by the moon’s light. Appearing in the opposite end of the sky to the moon itself, they usually are seen as completely white due to their weak colouring, however long-exposure photography can capture the true colours, as in this example taken at Yosemite National Park, California. <span style="font-size: large;"><b> </b></span><br />
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The parhelic circle appears like a white band circling the sky and always at the same height above the horizon as the sun. Usually only fragments are seen, extending from ‘sundogs’ in the directions away from the sun. Millions of vertically facing ice crystals mirror the sun around the sky to form the beautiful phenomenon. <br />
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Rainbows can take many forms: multiple bows, bows that cross, red bows, twinned bows, coloured fringes, dark bands, spokes and many more, but they all share in common their range of colours – red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. They are formed when light refracts through water droplets in the earth’s atmosphere, most often rain, but mist or fog can create similar effects, and are rarer than one might imagine. Over history many different cultures have ascribed to them a variety of meanings and explanations from the ancient Greek’s belief they were a path to the heavens, to the curious saying that the Irish leprechaun’s pot of gold lies at their end.<br />
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The collision of electronically charged particles in the earth’s upper atmosphere often creates magnificent light displays over the polar regions. The colour depends on the elemental content of the particles – most auroras appear green or red due to oxygen, however nitrogen sometimes creates a deep blue or violet appearance. This particular display is the famous Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights, named after the Roman goddess of dawn, Aurora, and the ancient Greek for the northern wind, Boreas. <br />
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The vapour trails that follow aircraft through the sky cause stunning man-made patterns in the atmosphere. They are created by either aircraft exhaust or airflow over wingtip vortices as it emerges into cold temperatures at high altitudes and condenses into water and ice droplets. In this example a flurry of trails crisscrosses the sky creating an intricate pattern. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b> </b></span>High altitude winds contort the trails of rockets and their small exhaust particles diffract sunlight into vivid iridescent colours, sometimes carried by the same winds thousands of kilometres before dissipating. The image shows the trails of the Minotaur rocket launched from the US Air Force Base at Vandenberg, California.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b> </b></span>The sky, like many other things around us, scatters polarised light consisting of a certain electromagnetic orientation. Polarization is always perpendicular to the light path itself and if only a single polarization direction is present in the light, the light is said to be linearly polarized. This image was captured with a wide-angle polarised filter lens to show just how spectacular the electromagnetic charge of the skies are. <br />
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Not technically visible to the naked eye this breathtaking image was captured by leaving a camera with a shutter opening of over an hour at night. The natural rotation of the earth causes the stars in the sky to move across the horizon, creating these wonderful trails behind them. The only star in the night sky that appears stationary at all times is Polaris, the North Star, which hovers above the celestial North. The same would be true in the south but there is no star bright enough over it.<br />
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A faint triangular glow seen in the night sky extending up towards the heavens, the Zodiacal light is easily masked by light pollution or moonlight. It is produced when sunlight reflects off dust particles in the cosmos, known as cosmic dust and consequently its spectrum is the same as the solar system. Solar radiation causes the dust particles to spiral slowly, creating a majestic constellation of delicately sprinkled lights in the sky.<br />
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The Corona is a type of plasma atmosphere that surrounds a celestial body and the most famous example is the sun’s which is visible during a total solar eclipse. It extends thousands of kilometers into space and contains ionized Iron at temperatures of almost 1 millionº C (1.8 millionº F). During an eclipse its shining light surrounds the darkened sun, an appearance from which its name is taken, derived from the Latin for ‘crown’.<br />
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When darkly clouded regions or permeable obstacles such as tree branches filter the sun’s beam, rays of sunlight appear as straight columns radiating from a single point in the sky. The phenomenon, often used in horror movies, is most commonly seen at dawn or dusk and can even be witnessed under the ocean as the sun shines through sheets of cracked ice. This beautiful scene was captured at the Arches National Park in Utah.<br />
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The interaction between cold air near ground level and warm air immediately above it may act as a refracting lens and produce an upside down image of objects on the horizon, over which the actual <br />
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reflection of the sky above it. The common perception that mirages are
entirely non-existent images that appear to those lost in the desert is a
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></b>The reflection of light by ice crystals with almost perfect horizontal planar surfaces creates a powerful beam that is reminiscent of sci-fi movies. The light source may be the sun, moon or artificial light and an interesting characteristic is that the pillar will take on the colour of this source – in the image taken in Kaijonharju, Finland, the orange sunlight of dusk creates a similarly coloured magnificent pillar. <br />
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The Earth is a truly beautiful and fascinating place – even more so when you seen from Space as distances and proportions take on a whole new dimension. Is this how ants see their world, we wonder? Follow us on a tour of our Blue Planet as seen from Space and be ready for some stunning pictures. </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Let’s begin our tour of the Earth from Space by looking at the Earth at night<span style="font-size: large;">:</span></b></span></div>
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This is a composite picture taken at various times during the night that was then pasted together to create the appearance of Earth at night. Or did you think it is night all over the world at the same time?</div>
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Amazing how bright and clearly visible some of the urban areas are. Let’s take a closer look.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>The Americas at night:</b></span></div>
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This image was taken from a composite picture of the Earth at various times of the night.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>And Europe, Africa and the Middle East:</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Asia and Australia:</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Seventh Continent:</b></span></div>
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Not to miss Antarctica, here’s a beautiful and rare full view of the seventh continent.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>A winter wonderland – snow-covered Scandinavia:</b></span></div>
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Staying with the winter mood, below is an image of Scandinavia in winter – truly a pretty one. One can clearly make out the many fjords, etched into the Norwegian coastline. Lake Vänern and Lake Vättern in Sweden do not completely freeze in winter, whereas Finland’s many lakes are too small to be clearly seen from Space.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Greenland's coast just before the onset of winter<span style="font-size: large;">:</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b> </b></span>Speaking of snow and ice, here's Greenland’s eastern coast with inland snow slowly making its way to the coastal lands while the fjords are bordered by the icy waters from the sea.</div>
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Another extreme climate zone is the Saharan desert. Its vastness seems graspable only from Space.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b> </b></span>Islands are a popular photographic motif with astronauts who snap them again and again. Maybe it's because they are clearly marked, self-contained entities, similar to a spaceship. Here's a selection of a few islands that caught our eye.</div>
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At more than 2,000 miles from the closest populations on Tahiti and Chile, Easter Island is one of the most remote places on Earth. Even the astronauts orbiting were closer: only 210 miles above.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b> Looking is Hawaii</b></span>:</div>
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In this image, Hawaii is looking somewhat like a pancake with a dash of powdered sugar.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Persian Gulf:</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b> </b></span>Going further east, we have Bahrain, the island country in the Persian Gulf.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Ireland is looking truly green:</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b> </b></span>In this image, ireland is looking truly green and somewhat like a bear’s paw.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Here is Cyprus, the Eurasian island state, with Turkey just above. </b></span></div>
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Like a key – this is what the barren and mountainous Auckland Islands south of New Zealand look like.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>View of Florida:</b></span></div>
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An oblique view of Florida with the Florida Keys (left) and the Bahama banks (right). Lake Okeechobee is clearly visible in the middle of the state.</div>
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Peninsulas with their distinct shapes must be pretty good landmarks for astronauts trying to find where on Earth, er in Space, they are. Who would mistake Florida's characteristic outline for anything else, for example?</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Sinai Peninsula and the Dead Sea Rift:</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b> </b></span>Here’s a view of the triangular Sinai Peninsula and the Dead Sea Rift. In the centre, the Red Sea.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Manhattan is also a peninsula:</b></span></div>
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Manhattan is also a peninsula; here with a smoke plume on September 11, taken by Expedition 3 crew of the International Space Station.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Northern</span> Bolivia:</span></b></div>
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The Andes, very snake-like and glistening in the sun, as seen when looking south from northern Bolivia.</div>
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Water bodies like rivers, bays and straits also make for good landmarks and scenic pictures. See for yourself.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>The Ganges River Delta in India and Bangladesh:</b></span></div>
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The Ganges River Delta is the world’s largest intertidal delta. Space Shuttle photographs help monitor the delta’s environmental and geological changes over time. Huge silt and clay deposits create a constantly changing maze of islands and waterways in the Bay of Bengal.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b> <span style="font-size: large;">The </span>San Francisco Bay Area:</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b> </b></span>The San Francisco Bay Area, just featured on Environmental Graffiti in our "from above" series, now as seen from Space. An impressive sight with the Golden Gate Bridge, the Presidio, Golden Gate Park, Alcatraz Island and Treasure Island clearly visible.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Strait of Gibraltar:</b></span></div>
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Here’s the Strait of Gibraltar as seen from Space, slightly rotated. The Strait separates Spain (here on the left) from Morocco (on the right). Those looking really closely will spot the Rock of Gibraltar as </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>The ocean glistening in the sun:</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b> </b></span>The ocean glistening in the sun, photographed during mission STS-38 in Nov. 1990.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Finally, the Earth by day as seen from Space<span style="font-size: large;">:</span></b></span></div>
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