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An elephant that can paint elephants
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Monday, May 19, 2008
here come the crazy ants
Vreemde insecten saboteren NASAlees verder: Vreemde insecten saboteren NASA
Kleine mieren vreten in de Amerikaanse staat Texas elektrische kabels en elektronica weg. Het is geen scenario voor een tweede klasse horrorfilm, maar angstige realiteit. Het diertje veroorzaakt kortsluitingen en pannes met hoog oplopende schaderekeningen als gevolg. Deze onbekende mierensoort is al gesignaleerd op een plaatselijke luchthaven én op het ruimtevaartcentrum van NASA, met de nodige (buitenlandse) onrust tot gevolg.De mierensoort, van het wetenschappelijk geslacht Paratrechina, is circa 3 millimeter groot en gedraagt zich zelden agressief ten opzichte van mensen. Eigenlijk helpt deze mier om te fungeren als natuurlijke vijand voor de vuurmier, een in de jaren 60 van vorige eeuw ingeburgerde (exotische) soort die met behulp van haar venijnige angel het zomerse buitenleven van de Texanen verpest.
De nieuwkomer is vermoedelijk afkomstig uit Latijns-Amerika of de Caraïben en zou 5 jaar geleden per boot in de haven van Houston beland zijn. Deze mierensoort is resistent aan de gangbare bestrijdingsmiddelen en leeft in kolonies met meerdere vruchtbare wijfjes. Door die hoeveelheid aan koninginnen weet de soort zich razendsnel voort te planten.
De insecten blijken met duizenden en duizenden werkelijk overal te verschijnen. In tegenstelling tot de mieren die wij kennen, die op zoek naar voedsel in gedisciplineerde rijtjes lopen, vormt een horde Paratrechina's chaotisch door elkaar lopende troepen die geen genoegen nemen met een paar vierkante meter. De reden waarom deze beestjes bij de Texanen bekend staan als 'crazy ants'.
My crazy antsBarry Wigmore in Daily Mail on Crazy Ants in Texas. They stuff hi ...
15 May 2008
What a coincidence that the Associated Press posted a story yesterday about "crazy ants" taking over Houston, including computers. I'm in Chicago. Are they taking over America this quickly? From the story: ...
jillstanek.com - http://www.jillstanek.com/ - ReferencesInvasion of the Crazy Ants...
12 hours ago by mydigest
Barry Wigmore reports in Daily Mail today about the Crazy Ants in Texas, cousin to a species in Columbia and no more than 3mm in length, who like to nest in computers and other electronic equipment because of the warmth. ...
My Digest, Cy Quick, Poole Bay City - http://mydigest.wordpress.comCrazy Ants
3 hours ago
Nobody knows where they came from ... or even exactly what they are... But, like.
The Round Table - http://forums.ebay.co.uk/forum.jspa?forumID=10Crazy Ants Munch Through Houston
15 May 2008
Crazy Ants are invading Houston. They appear to enjoy crawling on electronics and shorting out computer equipment. For all you people who said my windup key was noisy and that I should change to an electrical power system: ...
What Is This Crap? - http://firstlife.isfullofcrap.com/ - ReferencesThe crazy ants are here- run!
15 May 2008
Houston, you have an ant problem. Billions of ravenous ants have invaded the city and are chomping their way through the city's electrical equipment, AP reports. The previously unknown species—dubbed "crazy raspberry ants"—apparently ...
Home from Newser - http://www.newser.com/ - References"Houston, We Have a (Crazy Ant) Problem"
15 May 2008 by James Kendrick
One news report showed a typical small ant hill and the researcher said it was home to probably 50 BILLION of the crazy ants. Homeowners in the area are finding them in their homes where they love to eat electronic components and cables ...
jkontherun - http://www.jkontherun.com/ - ReferencesCrazy Ants Crazy For Electronics
16 May 2008 by Casey Kazan Daily Galaxy Editorial Staff
When we say "crazy ants", that's not just journalistic-jazzing up of the facts, that's actually what they're called because of their highly erratic and unpredictable movement (compared to the army-like order of sane ants). ...
The Daily Galaxy: News from Planet Earth... - http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/ - References‘Crazy’ Ants Swarm Houston Area
14 May 2008
In the Houston, Texas area a new horror movie has come to life: 'Crazy raspberry ants' are invading homes and are shorting ...
shortnews RSS feed: All - http://www.shortnews.com - ReferencesCrazy ants overrun Houston.17 May 2008 by xia
15 May 2008 by Papa Mike
Scientists are not sure exactly where the ants came from, but their cousins, commonly called crazy ants, are found in the Southeast and the Caribbean. “At this point, it would be nearly impossible to eradicate the ant because it is so ...
Papa Mike's Blog - http://www.papamiket.com - References
Now, I am scared of moving to Texas because of those crazy ants. Maybe there have more dangerous bugs. Crazy ants overrun Houston. Some crazy ants are making the trek to North Texas--they're tiny and are found in the Houston area. ...
My Life In US - http://xli919.blogspot.com/
Labels: crossing, insect, nature, trolling
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
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Labels: energy, environment, food, social
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Ancient Mammals Fill Elephant Family Tree
Moeritherium
Elephants and hyraxes might have later been pushed into more terrestrial habitats, while dugongs and manatees might have already become adapted to salt water.
read it here: Discovery News : Discovery Channel
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Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Viking Fashion
Vikings dressed with more finesse than we previously gave them credit for, a new study out of Sweden finds; vivid colours, flowing silk ribbons, and glittering bits of mirrors all contributed to their glamorous wardrobe.
Photos: Annika Larsson
The men were particularly vain, while the women dressed provocatively for the times.
DiscoveryChannel.ca - Vikings had more fashion flair than previously thought: study▬○♂○♫•# 22 9 11 9 14 7
Labels: fnord, swans, trolling
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Voyage to the bottom of the sea
uit test die zo maar liefst een diepte van 7000 meter aan kan. Het gevaarte zal dienen voor onderzoek en transport naar een onderzeebasis. Fase één moet afgerond zijn tegen 2010. Hiermee opent China de race naar de oceaanbodem."Nog interessanter zijn de onlangs ontdekte gashydraten. Dit is een substantie waarin water en methaan gemengd zitten. Op de juiste diepte - minimaal 1500 meter - en bij welbepaalde druk en temperatuur zitten die gashydraten als ijs in de zeebodem. Een gigantische potentiële energiebron, gelijk aan al wat er op de aarde ooit aan fossiele brandstoffen voorradig was, voor de mens met exploitatie begon."Grenswetenschap.nl - [ Voyage to the bottom of the sea ]
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Labels: energy, environment, nature, water
Thursday, March 06, 2008
de Kleine Waterolifant.
Grenswetenschap.nl - [ Het mysterie van de Kleine Waterolifant. ]
Labels: crossing, elephant, nature, water
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Moses was high as a kite
And the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush was burning, yet it was not consumed. (Exodus 3:2)
Moses was high when he saw that bush. Or so speculates Benny Shanon, a professor of cognitive psychology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem:
High on Mount Sinai, Moses was on psychedelic drugs when he heard God deliver the Ten Commandments, an Israeli researcher claimed in a study published this week.
Such mind-altering substances formed an integral part of the religious rites of Israelites in biblical times, Benny Shanon, a professor of cognitive psychology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem wrote in the Time and Mind journal of philosophy.
Pure Pedantry : Moses was high as a kite | Medical,Health News and Articles
Thursday, February 28, 2008
global ♥☺↕↕☼¶ rampage
By Henri Paget
ninemsnMore than 60,000 people from an online group have pledged to swarm supermarkets and buy out their supply of carrots in one day in a bizarre mission labeled "impossible" by vegetable growers.
The "On May 15th 2008, everybody needs to go out and panic buy CARROTS" Facebook group was created earlier this month in London and now attracts more than 10,000 members a day — many of them Australian.
Facebook users plot global carrot rampage
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Labels: carrots, food, trolling
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Labels: crossing, fnord, froggy
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
iraq pastafarians
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Labels: 23, art, cosmology, crossing, fnord, pasta
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
How the elephants really do make their trunk calls
An Irish-American scientist reveals how elephants use their feet and trunks to communicate.
By Christina Park
Sunday February 17 2008
Cailtin O'Connell
Oneworld, €22.20
ELEPHANTS can stand on tiptoe -- they can run on tiptoe and hardly make a sound. And they can use their sensitive feet to hear through the ground. You would think such behaviour would have drawn attention before but, as the writer Henry David Thoreau (quoted in this book) points out, "It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see".
And Irish-American scientist Dr Caitlin O'Connell, author of The Elephant's Secret Sense, has a keen eye.
Employed in 1992 by the Namibian government to study elephant behaviour, with a view to keeping marauding animals away from farmers' crops, O'Connell soon noticed odd goings-on at a waterhole in Etosha National Park. Elephants would often freeze in tandem, face in one direction and lift one front foot to stand on tiptoe. This ritual always preceded the arrival of another animal or herd. It was as if, O'Connell thought, they were listening through their feet.
How the elephants really do make their trunk calls - Books, Entertainment - Independent.ie
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Friday, February 08, 2008
An elephant that can paint elephants
Labels: 23, art, crossing, elephant
Friday, February 01, 2008
Elephantine elephant shrew discovered
There is an exciting new mammal species in the news this week: the gray-faced sengi (Rhyncocyon udzungwensis). This is a record-setting animal, it is the largest known species of shrew, weighing in at a hefty 700 grams (about 1.5 pounds), 50% more than the next largest species.
Elephant shrews are extremely fascinating animals, and the name of the group is relevant to both a misconception and a surprising taxonomic truth about them. In spite of their small furry body form, they are actually more closely related to true elephants than they are to the North American shrews that we know and love. Elephant shrews, along with tenrecs, manatees, elephants, hyraxes, aardvarks, and golden moles, are members of the superorder Afrotheria, which is a mammalian clade distinct from the one that brought us the soricid shrews.
Pondering Pikaia: Elephantine elephant shrew discovered
Labels: elephant, environment, nature
Thursday, January 24, 2008
stories from Wuppertal: Tuffi the monorail elephant -><- Alice in the Cities
Tuffi was a 3-year-old circus elephant. In 1950, her owner decided that it would be great publicity for Tuffi to take a trip on the monorail. Tuffi, on the other hand, wasn't too keen, broke through the window and jumped out of the car, falling five metres into the river below.
(Tuffi was fine, by the way.)
martyn amos: Tuffi the monorail elephant
Labels: crossing, elephant, movie
The Size Of Our World
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Labels: cosmology
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
World Beard & Moustache Championships 2007 | The Winners
World Beard & Moustache Championships 2007 | The Winners
Friday, January 18, 2008
The Sound of the Aurora
Read the article on DamnInteresting.com »
If you happen to be reasonably close to one of the Earth's magnetic poles, the next time there’s a particularly intense aurora, go outside. Get as far as you can from sources of noise – traffic, barking dogs, TVs – and listen. Listen carefully.
If conditions are right, you may hear some unusual noises. Earwitnesses have said the sound is like radio static, a small animal rustling through dry grass and leaves, or the crinkling of a cellophane wrapper. Inuit folklore says it's the sound of the spirits of the dead, either playing a game or trying to communicate with the living.
It’s the sound of the aurora itself. And the cause is currently unknown. Understanding the phenomenon is made more difficult by the fact that though there are many anecdotal reports, the sound has yet to be recorded.
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Labels: cosmology, energy, nature, sound
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Water op Mars
Trots op Mars
Hoe kan je nou een VOC-mentaliteit hebben zonder zeeën? Dat moet ook de onbekende Nederlandse kartograaf hebben gedacht toen hij/zij bovenstaande kaart van Mars tekende (jaartal onbekend). Terwijl de vraag of er water op Mars zou zijn de wetenschappers decennia heeft beziggehouden schiep deze Nederlander de rode planeet alvast naar een voor Hollanders vertrouwd beeld: zeeën, eilanden en kustlijnen. Op het kaartenblog StrangeMaps spreekt men dan ook over: The Dutch Moisturize Mars [extralink: hi-res versie]
Trots op Mars - Sargasso
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Friday, January 04, 2008
Mysterieuze regelmatige lichamen
al rond 300 voor Christus beschreven door de Griekse wiskundige Euclides. Hij is de grondlegger van de meetkunde die je in schoolboeken tegenkomt, zijn belangrijkste werk is 'De Elementen'. Dit geeft in maar liefst dertien boeken de oudste systematische verhandeling over de meetkunde. Hierin worden achtereenvolgens de vlakke meetkunde, de rekenkunde en de ruimtelijke meetkunde behandeld. Het laatste, dertiende boek, eindigt met de constructie van vijf regelmatige lichamen. Dat zijn de tetraëder (4 driehoeken), de kubus (6 vierkanten), de octaëder (8 driehoeken), de dodecaëder (12 vijfhoeken) en de icosaëder (20 driehoeken). Dit zijn ook gelijk de enige vijf, want er is inmiddels bewezen dat er geen andere regelmatige lichamen bestaan. Aangenomen wordt dat de eerste drie regelmatige lichamen door de school van Pythagoras ontdekt zijn en dat ze ook bekend waren bij de Egyptenaren. De laatste twee worden gezien als ontdekkingen door Plato's academie.
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De UGRO is een bronzen object in de vorm van een dodecaëder en is tussen de vijf en elf centimeter hoog. De dodecaëder is hol van binnen en in elk van de twaalf vlakken zit een gat. Deze gaten zijn van verschillende afmeting. Op elk van de twintig hoekpunten van het object zit een kleine kogel. Ze waren populair in de tijd van 100 na Christus tot 300 na Christus. Inmiddels zijn er zo'n 90 van dergelijke objecten gevonden en is er zelfs een icosaëder gevonden (UGRO2).
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Saturday, December 15, 2007
The cacophony may not have scared the elephants away for good
PULLOCK DUTTA
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| Jorhat may be missing its winter guests, but the avian visitors have not abandoned their Nagaon home. A flock of ducks take flight at Jamuna wetland on Thursday. Picture by Eastern Projections |
Guwahati, Dec. 6: Assam is having a lean season not only in terms of winter tourists but migratory birds, too.
If violence is keeping tourists away this winter, migratory birds are staying away from one of their favourite seasonal habitats in the state because of the man-elephant conflict.
For the past three months, the forest department and residents of villages in Jorhat district have been bursting crackers regularly to keep rampaging elephant herds at bay. The cacophony may not have scared the elephants away for good, but it has certainly kept winged avian visitors from roosting in the wetlands they used to unfailingly visit until last year.
The Telegraph - Calcutta : Northeast
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