Snakes aren't what they use to be.
Monday, February 26, 2007
Sunday, February 25, 2007
Guatemala Sinkhole
Author: Admin
| Posted at: 2:42 p.m. |
Filed Under:
Disasters
A 330-foot-deep sinkhole killed at least two teenagers as it swallowed about a dozen homes early Friday, AP reported
Recent rains and an underground sewage flow from a ruptured main are blamed for causing the pit which forced the evacuation of nearly 1,000 people in a crowded Guatemala City neighbourhood.
The sinkhole emitted foul odors, loud noises and tremors, shaking the surrounding ground. A rush of water could be heard from its depths, and authorities feared it could widen or others could open up.
Rescue operations were on hold until a firefighter, suspended from a cable, could take video footage and photos above the hole and officials could use the documentation to decide how to proceed.
The dead were identified as Irma and David Soyos, emergency spokesman Juan Carlos Bolanos said. Their bodies were located near the sinkhole, floating in a river of sewage.
Their father, Domingo, was still missing, according to disaster coordinator Hugo Hernandez.
Unbelievable!
More about this on CNN.
Thursday, February 22, 2007
We Are Small And Insignificant
Author: Admin
| Posted at: 6:21 p.m. |
Filed Under:
Miscellaneous,
Space
Now, THIS is really fascinating. It's rather dazzling to see it presented this way.
I certainly thought this was enlightening. Beyond our sun ... It's a big universe.
Antares is the 15th brightest star in the sky. It is more than 1000 light years away.
Now how big are you?
And, how big are the things that will upset you today?
Or, for that matter, the things that are important?
KEEP LIFE IN PERSPECTIVE!
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Monday, February 19, 2007
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Sweet Pea, Seahorse
Sweet Pea is a juvenile seahorse female shown being introduced to her new home. And there's a bit of a surprise later on.
Friday, February 9, 2007
Thursday, February 8, 2007
Tuesday, February 6, 2007
Strange Nature
Author: Admin
| Posted at: 6:59 a.m. |
Filed Under:
Miscellaneous
Two-headed snakes typically occur in the same way that Siamese twins do. A developing embryo begins to split into identical twins but then stops part way, leaving the twins joined. Snakes operate a good deal by smell, and if one head catches the scent of prey on the other's head, it will attack and try to swallow the second head.
Korean bee farmer is covered by bees. A local bee farmer released over 260,000 bees and attracted them to his body.
Manoharan, known as Snake Manu, practices with two brown tree snakes by running it through his nasals and mouth.
A rare two-toned lobster. The odds or finding a half-and-half lobster are 1 in 50 million to 100 million.
Ibis, shot with a arrow, sits on a power line.
Qiao Yubo, is pregnant with at least five babies, walks with her husband. Qiao, who is 1.67-meters tall, has a waistline measurement of 1.75 meters, five months into her pregnancy.
The world's smallest fish. The fish is a member of the carp family.
Monday, February 5, 2007
Kobayashi vs Giant Bear
Author: Admin
| Posted at: 4:50 a.m. |
Filed Under:
Miscellaneous,
Movies
Legendary competitive eating champion Takeru Kobayashi battles a huge Kodiak bear.
Thursday, February 1, 2007
Amazing Facts
Author: Admin
| Posted at: 12:16 p.m. |
Filed Under:
Miscellaneous
-If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
-The human heart creates enough pressure while pumping to squirt blood 30 feet.
-On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
-The strongest muscle in the body is the TONGUE.
-It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
-Americans on the average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.
-Did you know that you are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider?
-Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do.
-In ancient Egypt, Priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
-The act of snapping one's fingers is called a "fillip".
-The dot on top of the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
-Skepticisms is the longest word that alternates hands when typing.
-Any number, squared, is equal to one more than the numbers on either side of it -- 4x6 is 24, 5x5 is 25 etc.
-A "hairbreadth away" is 1/48 of an inch.
-The word four has four letters. In the English language there is no other number whose number of letters is equal to its value.
-The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache.
-No piece of square dry paper can be folded more than 7 times in half.
-A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
-The ant can lift 50 times its own weight, can pull 30 times its own weight and always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.
-Polar bears are left handed.
-The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds, that makes the catfish rank #1 for animal having the most taste buds.
-The flea can jump 350 times its body length, that is like a human jumping the length of a football field.
-Butterflies taste with their feet.
-It is impossible to sneeze and keep ones eye's open at the same time.
-Elephants are the only animals that can't jump. ( thankfully !!)
-A cat's urine glows under a black light.
-An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain.
-Cockroaches can change course as many as 25 times in one second, making them the most nimble animals known.
-Mosquitoes do not bite. They stab. A mosquito has no jaws, hence when attacking a victim, it pierces it with its long proboscis and sucks the blood up through it's nasal tube.
-Starfishes haven't got brains.
-Ostriches live about 75 years and can reproduce for 50 years.
-Some breeds of vultures can fly at altitudes as high as 36,900 feet.
-The skin of the armpits can harbor up to 516,000 bacteria per square inch, while drier areas, such as the forearms, have only about 13,000 bacteria per square inch on them.
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