Showing posts with label Amazing animals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Amazing animals. Show all posts

Thursday, December 13, 2007

Amazing and Strange deer..............













Monday, October 29, 2007

The world's deadliest poisons


Inland Taipan Snake This lethal Aussie crawler is 50 times more deadly than the Indian cobra. A salt-grain-sized amount of its venom can kill a human


Stonefish Found on the sea bed off Australia, the stonefish's sharp dorsal spines contain enough poison to kill a human if trodden on. Death can occur within hours of being stung.



Stonefish Found on the sea bed off Australia, the stonefish's sharp dorsal spines contain enough poison to kill a human if trodden on. Death can occur within hours of being stung.



Stonefish Found on the sea bed off Australia, the stonefish's sharp dorsal spines contain enough poison to kill a human if trodden on. Death can occur within hours of being stung.



Stonefish Found on the sea bed off Australia, the stonefish's sharp dorsal spines contain enough poison to kill a human if trodden on. Death can occur within hours of being stung.



DioxinReputed to be the most dangerous man-made poison, it is 60,000 times more toxic than cyanide. A dose of only 50 micrograms is lethal for a human - that's a 1,000th of a small pill.


Golden Poison FrogFound in Colombia, this tiny 1.5ins frog is the world's most poisonous creature. The lethal venom is on its skin and it kills anything that eats it. An average frog carries about one milligram of poison, which is enough to kill 10,000 mice or 10 to 20 humans.



Anthrax Contamination often comes from exposure to infected animals. Symptoms include vomiting blood and respiratory collapse. It killed five people in the US in 2001 who were received it in the post.


ArsenicAnyone swallowing large amounts of arsenic will usually die within a few hours following seizures and shock. If death does not occur at this earlier stage your kidneys will pack in and you will be dead within days.


Black Widow SpiderThe Black Widow is easily identifiable by the distinctive red markings on its stomach. It is a large widow spider found throughout the world and commonly associated with urban habitats or agricultural areas. The Black Widow's venom is 15 times more potent than a rattlesnakes.


Brazilian Wandering SpiderThis spider kills around five people a year. Symptoms include immediate pain, heavy perspiration and drooling. Often hides in bunches of bananas.



CapsaicinThis is the chemical that makes chillis hot, but in its purest form it is strong enough to kill you if you eat it. Will cause burns and blistering in contact with human skin.

Tuesday, October 2, 2007

Rare pink dolphin/UN DELFIN RARO

This extremely rare and beautiful "pink dolphin" was spotted and photographed by Capt. Erik Rue of Calcasieu Charter Service on June 24th, 2007, during a charter fishing trip on Calcasieu Lake south of Lake Charles, LA .


It is small in comparison to the others it is traveling with and appears to be a youngster traveling with mama. After spotting the beautiful mammal cruising with a pod of four other dolphins, Rue and his guests idled nearby while watching and photographing the unusual sight for more than an hour




"It was absolutely, stunningly pink," Rue said. The albino calf's pinkish appearance is likely produced by blood vessels underneath its relatively thin layer of blubber that would ordinarily be masked by a typical dolphin's gray coloration.




According to marine biologists, this was only the third reported sighting of an albino bottlenose dolphin in the Gulf of Mexico (going back to 1994) and the fourteenth spotting anywhere in the world (the first coming in 1962).
















Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Amazing Buterflies and their history

A Butterfly is an insect of the order Lepidoptera. Like all Lepidoptera, butterflies are notable for their unusual life cycle with a larval caterpillar stage, an inactive pupal stage, and a spectacular metamorphosis into a familiar and colourful winged adult form. Most species are day-flying so they regularly attract attention. The diverse patterns formed by their brightly coloured wings and their erratic yet graceful flight have made butterfly watching a popular hobby. Butterflies comprise of the true butterflies (superfamily Papilionoidea), the skippers (Superfamily Hesperioidea) and the moth-butterflies (Superfamily Hedyloidea). Butterflies exhibit polymorphism, mimicry and aposematism. Some are known to migrate over large distances. Some butterflies have evolved symbiotic and parasitic relationships with social insects such as ants. Economically, butterflies are important by virtue of their being one of the major agents of pollination, in addition to a number of species which are pests on domestic crops and trees. Culturally, butterflies are a popular motif in the visual and literary arts. The adults, caterpillars and pupas of some species form part of the diet in many parts of the world.


















Origin and distribution
Butterflies are nested within the evolutionary tree of moths. Their origins may date back to the Cretaceous Period, ending 65 million years ago. Unfortunately, the fossil record is very limited. The oldest known fossil is an unnamed possible skipper butterfly from the Upper Palaeocene (around 57 million year old) of Fur, Denmark . One of the most beautifully preserved is a Metalmark butterfly (Voltinia dramba) from 25 million year old Dominican amber. Butterflies are today distributed throughout the world except in the very cold and arid regions. There are an estimated 17,500 species of butterflies (Papilionoidea) out of about 180,000 species of Lepidoptera.


















Butterfly families

The five families of true butterflies usually recognized in the Papilionoidea are:- Family Papilionidae, the Swallowtails and Birdwings Family Pieridae, the cool Whites and Yellows Family Lycaenidae, the Blues and Coppers, also called the Gossamer-Winged Butterflies Family Riodinidae, the Metalmar butterflies Family Nymphalidae, the Brushfooted butterflies The superfamily Hesperioidea comprises one family only, albeit a large one, the skippers of family Hesperiidae, whereas the superfamily Hedyloidea also consists of a single family Hedylidae but with a monotypic genus Macrosoma comprising 35 species.





















Some popular species
There are between 15,000 and 20,000 species of butterflies worldwide. Some well known species from around the world include: Swallowtails and Birdwings, Family Papilionidae Common Yellow Swallowtail, Papilio machaon Spicebush Swallowtail, Papilio troilus Lime Butterfly, Papilio demoleus Ornithoptera genus (Birdwings; the largest butterflies) Whites or Yellows, Family Pieridae Small White, Pieris rapae Green-veined White, Pieris napi Common Jezebel, Delias eucharis Blues and Coppers or Gossamer-Winged Butterflies, Family Lycaenidae Xerces Blue, Glaucopsyche xerces (extinct) Karner Blue, Lycaeides melissa samuelis (endangered) Red Pierrot, Talicada nyseus Metalmark butterflies, Family Riodinidae Lange's Metalmark Butterfly Plum Judy, Abisara echerius Brush-footed butterflies, Family Nymphalidae Painted Lady, or Cosmopolite, Vanessa cardui Monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus Morpho genus Speckled Wood, Pararge aegeria























Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Funny Amazing pictures and videos

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