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Amazing Spiders
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Some of the worlds amazing spiders.
A selection of the most amazing spiders, and are of the abundant predators of the world. There are many species of which most are mysteriously unknown.
The Scorpion tailed spider
It has a weird abdomen, which ended in a tail, looks like a scorpion. The reflects the female spider, and when threatened the tail is raised, the male spider is like an ordinary one, and smaller. They are found in Australia.
Myrmarachne plataleoides
This one is harmless, it looks like the aggressive weaver ant, a specie found in China, India and South Eastern Asia.
The Bird Dung Spider
Found in Asia, it has warts and blobs on its body, often it produces a thread and sits on it, and smells like poop. It is camouflaged like bird dung.
Bagheera kiplingi
A spider named after Bagheera, which is a character from the jungle book, known as the black panther. Commonly heard of as the jumping spider this one is a vegetarian.
Diving Bell Spider
A only aquatic spider, found in Europe and Asia, likes ponds, lakes and streams. Known as the Diving Bell Spider, this spider can’t take oxygen directly from water, instead it traps air bubbles in its hairs which covers its body, and when the hairs are filled it looks bell shaped.
These are spiders with character
How to Help Japan Tsunami Victims?
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Last Friday, March 11, 2011, Japan was hit by a massive earthquake measuring 8.9 Richter scale and then a tsunami, causing so much destruction in the country, with hundreds and thousands, dead, injured, missing and homeless. I suppose everyone from around the world can take a tiny step to help those victims which would create a great impact for supporting and helping the Japan earthquake victims.
The President of the United States of America, Barrack Obama, released his statement with his deepest condolences promising his support to the earthquake hit Japan.
There are many more organizations that have come up to help the Japan victims with funds. The Red Cross Society has launched a program in helping the tsunami hit victims in Japan by collecting funds. You can log on to Redcross.org or US citizens may simply sms REDCROSS and send it to 9099 to donate an amount of $10 from your mobile phone.
The organization Save the Children has also responded to it. This organization is now working in the organization of efforts and funds in terms of donations to its Children’s Emergency Fund so that it could provide support to the Japan victims
International Medical Corps, has also move forward to help the victims of the disaster in Japan by providing them with health needs. If you want to donate or know about the various ways by which you could contribute, visit the site internationalmedicalcorps.org. US citizens may also sms MED and send in to 80888 to donate a sum of $10 from their mobile phone.
The various personnel of the Salvation Army have been organizing efforts in Tokyo and will be sending a team to provide assistance to Sendai, in Japan that have been severely affected by the earthquake and Tsunami. If you want to contribute to the earthquake relief, you can sms, JAPAN or QUAKE and send it to 80888 to make a donation of $10 from your phone. You may also visit the site SalvationArmyUSA.org.
Google has also taken a step to provide help to the Japan victims. You can see the tsunami alert that has been posted in the Google’s frontpage. But now, Google has also launched the Person Finder: 2011 Japan Earthquake that shall help a lot to help people connect that have been displaced to various places as a result of the Japan’s disaster.
A Sperm Whale
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In 2004, a dead sperm whale washed up on the shore on Taiwan. This monster of a whale was 17 meters long (56ft), and weighed over 50 tons. As the whale began to decompose, there was a build up of gas within the whale that had no way to escape. Eventually, the pressure of the gas build up was so great, the whale exploded, covering bystanders, shops and vehicles nearby in whale entrails.
Toads
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In 2005, in Denmark and Germany, lakes were discovered filled with toad corpses. These lakes were nicknamed, “Lake Of Death” and other names along those lines by the locals. When further investigated, it was discovered that the deaths were all down to one reason, crows. The toads defence mechanism was to inflate themselves to a larger size to try and ward off any potential predator or other threat. This however, did not work on the crows. The toads puffed up and the crows would swoop down and peck out the liver. The toad, apparantly oblivious to the gaping hole in its side, would continue to puff up, forcing its entrails to burst out of the hole.
Bee Testicles
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A long story short, when a queen bee becomes sexually mature, she will go on a mating flight with several of the male drone bees. When one of the males mates with the queen, its genitals explode and snap off inside of the queen. This stops any other drone from mating with the queen, ensuring the dead drones paternity.
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