Through a
lifetime of climbing in the mountains, mountain goats reach this implausible
virtuosity, excelling in the art of many other animals that seem more suited
for this purpose. Live at high altitudes, up to 4600 m, thus escaping from
predators. I'm afraid of unsecured heights and seeing this scares the
mess outta me because I don't see away out after lunch. Interestingly if you
turn the photographs sideways its looks like they fell to their death. If they
can climb a vertical wall then that is amazing! It is just wonder how i never
saw that before. This is without any doubt real and you can't say it is photo
shop. This is Goat real life and it’s a mountain goat. We are way behind the
abilities of most animals in speed strengths and agility even in aspects of
telepathy. That’s why we should not be killing them but admires and harness
their unique potential for our benefits and also theirs. Mountain goats can
climb mountains. Search it up if you don't believe me.
Tuesday 27 May 2014
Monday 19 May 2014
Researchers have come up with a blue strawberry by splicing them with Fish genes!
Scientists are genetically
modifying strawberries in order to let them to resist freezing temperatures
better. They are doing it by artificial transfer of genes from a species of
fish called the Arctic Flounder Fish. The Arctic Flounder Fish produces an
anti-freeze that permits it to protect himself in freezing waters. They’re
isolated the gene that creates this anti-freeze and introduced it to the
strawberry. The result is a strawberry that looks blue and doesn't turn to mush
or degrade after being placed in the freezer. Although they are not in
production, research is ongoing.
The question is how did
scientists make it blue and why, aside from the cool factor? When researchers
discovered the Arctic Flounder Fish produces antifreeze to protect itself in
frigid water, they surprised what’d happen if they introduced the gene that
produces the antifreeze in to a strawberry plant. They didn’t set out to make it blue, it just
happened that way. Something else happened, too. They’ve discovered the blue
strawberry plant can withstand freezing temperatures. This is an important
discovery meaning it won’t turn to mush when placed in the freezer. This gives
the idea that strawberries could be stored longer, increasing their shelf life.
We can imagine that it looks
breathtaking, that atomic blue color is quite a novelty and is exceptionally
attractive. But at the same time, would you feel safe eating it? Let us know in
the comments, would you like to eat blue strawberries?
World’s Most Dangerous Pedestrian Track
Whatever
may have been delightful Chinese tea, it’s not somewhat that is generally
associated with a surge of adrenaline and fear of death. Nevertheless, Mount
Huashan in China able to combine and tea, and adrenaline, because the most dreadful
and perilous pedestrian track in the world, where travelers get straight to the
tea house at an altitude of 2160 m. It is highly recommended that which thing is
to watch where you’re going and it is better not to look down. Together, these
five peaks form the petals of a lotus. Trails have been bit more strengthened
in view of the fresh influx of tourists, but, however, they’re still extremely
dangerous and have a bad reputation. According to some data gathered they say
that these trails drops to 100 people a year.
Mount Huashan is foremost
laces for Taoists from the 2nd century BC, when her foot was built
Taoist temple. Since then, pilgrims and monks live on the mountain and around
it. Entire network of trails lets them dangerous to get to five peaks, each of
which built a religious building like a tea house. This dangerous path is the
“glory” of its bad reputation, but it does not stop from multiple adventurers
to test yourself. In various places, the natives also carved steps, making
stairs with handrails. Of course, if adrenaline excitement still gripped you
entirely, you can always take a break and relax in the chess house.
Sunday 11 May 2014
The Ring-Necked Snake (Diadophis Punctatus)
The Ring-necked Snake or Ring-neck
Snake, Diadophis punctatus, is a species of colubrid snake found throughout
much of the U.S, central Mexico, and southeastern Canada. Ring-necked snakes
are secretive, nocturnal snakes, so are hardly seen during the day time. They’re
somewhat venomous, but their nonaggressive nature and small, rear-facing fangs
pose slight threat to humans who wanted to handle them. They’re best known for
their distinctive defense posture of curling up their tails, exposing their
bright red-orange posterior, ventral surface when threatened. Ring-necked
snakes are assumed to be fairly plentiful throughout most of their range,
though no scientific evaluation supports this theory. Because scientific
research is lacking for the ring-necked snake, and more in-depth investigations
are greatly required. It is the only species within the genus Diadophis, and presently
14 subspecies are identified, but several herpetologists question the
morphologically based classifications.
The physical description describes
this snake is the defensive display of a San Bernardino ring-necked snake and
are fairly similar in morphology throughout much of their distribution. Its
dorsal coloration is solid olive, brown, bluish-gray to black, broken only by a
distinct yellow, red, or yellow-orange neck band. A few populations in New
Mexico, Utah, and other distinctive locations do not have the distinctive neck
band. Moreover, individuals may have abridged or partially colored neck bands
that are hard to distinguish; coloration may also be more of a cream color slightly
than bright orange or red. Head coloration tends to be slightly darker than the
rest of the body, with tendencies to be blacker than grey or olive. Ventrally,
the snakes exhibit a yellow-orange to red coloration broken by crescent-shaped
black spots along the margins. Certain individuals lack the distinct ventral
coloration, but naturally retain the black spotting. Infrequently, individuals
lack both the ventral or neck band coloration, so the use of those two
characteristics is the simplest way to distinguish the species.
The snake size also varies across
the species distribution. Naturally, adults measure 25–38 cm and in length,
except for D. p. regalis, which measures 38–46 cm. First-year juvenile snakes
are normally about 20 cm and grow about 2–5 cm a year depending on the
developmental stage or resource availability. Ring-necked snakes have flat
scales with 15-17 scale rows at midbody. Males typically have small tubercles
on their scales just anterior to the vent, which are generally absent in
females. Ring-necked snakes are fairly common throughout much of the United
States extending into southeastern Canada and central Mexico. Eastern
populations cover the whole Eastern Seaboard from the Gulf of Saint Lawrence
continuous through the Gulf Coast of Texas. Distribution moves inland into
northern Minnesota, ongoing diagonally through the United States to include all
of Iowa, eastern Nebraska, and most of Kansas. In the western United States,
the distribution is meaningfully less continuous, with spotty, distinctive
population segments through most of the Pacific Northwest. Populations extend
from south-central Washington continuing along the extreme West Coast into
Mexico. Population segments extend inland into western Idaho, through southern
Nevada, into central Utah, and continuing south through Arizona and central
Mexico.
Ring-necked snakes occur in an extensive
variety of habitats. Preference seems to be determined by areas with plentiful
cover and denning locations. Northern and western species are found within open
woodlands close to rocky hillsides, or in wetter environments with plentiful
cover or woody debris. Southern species exist mainly within riparian and wet
environments, particularly in more arid habitats. Stebbins in 2003 recognized
the species as a snake of moist habitats, with moist soil conditions the
preferred substrate. Ring-necked snakes cannot found above an elevation of 2200
m. In northern regions, dens are also important in classifying suitable
ring-necked snake habitat. Dens are typically shared communally, and are
identifiable by an existent subsurface crevasse or hole deep enough to avoid
freezing temperatures. Since it is a woodland reptile, it can also usually be
found under wood or scraps. Because of hot weather, they tend to make holes and
burrows, or they hide under rocks or any appropriate material. They are generally
found in flatland forests.
Friday 2 May 2014
Believe it or Not, But You've To Believe it
Overcoming her natural tendencies, a cat named Niu Niu
from Suibin County, China was found by her owner, cat licking and
embracing a group of chicks! The chicks were more than happy with their
adoptive mother and proceeded to follow her around
everywhere. This doesn't surprise at all because a calico cat that let
pair of
love birds eat and drink from her food and water and they slept perched
on her side when she would lay down. There were times she would nudge
them away from things as well lol. This is really an awesome, as
everyone can learned something through this cat. We can able to overcome
their natural tendencies that are im not so sure if they are bringing
something useful to our life.
Sunday 27 April 2014
Magnificent Composite Image of the Blood Moon Lunar Eclipse
There's a good chance you have already
seen this magnificent image pop up on your newsfeed or dashboard at some point.
This lovely images has shared over 70,000 on Facebook and features on dozens of
media outlets. The Texas-based photographer Mike Mezeul shot this recent blood
moon lunar eclipse has officially gone viral. While several photographers went
without sleep on April 15 in order to photograph the rare natural phenomenon,
But Mezeul's photo is particularly unique & rare. The foreground comprises
of a vibrant field of bluebonnets, contrasting gorgeously with the night sky.
Shining above the field are images of the phases of the lunar eclipse, showing
the moon's path across the sky throughout the night.
Therefore; creating the final image
took a lot of time, persistence, and energy & effort. Mezeul first image
the field of bluebonnets before midnight, and then he spent the next seven
hours shooting the moon and its progression across the sky. After an extreme
efforts and long night of shooting, he post-processed the photos and masked
different shots of the moon phases into the image of the field. Obviously the
final result is an outstanding composite image that highlights the
attractiveness of nature and the night sky.
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