I would never have guessed it. Cool little bit of trivia.
Nature is wild
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Eiffel Tower
Yea exactly - it just shows how advanced the ancient Egyptians were that they were able to build a structure that is still standing and the next man made structure that beat it (height wise) came thousands of years later.
I found something different than the Eiffel...
A Visual Timeline of the Tallest Historical Structures (visualcapitalist.com)
It was the Eiffel Tower.
Not that their feat of engineering wasn’t amazing, but the technology to do it again was there, there just wasn’t a desire or need to build more pyramids. And of the pyramids, only the the Great Pyramid is truly astonishing because its chambers are inside the pyramid.
Not to mention the aliens.
This is why that annoying fly is already on the other side of the room laughing at you by the time your hand thwacks against your leg:
https://www.theguardian.com/science...han us see,seeing everything in slow motion."
"Flies might not be deep thinkers, but they can make good decisions very quickly."
Something they have in common with some of the top, top footballers.
https://www.theguardian.com/science...han us see,seeing everything in slow motion."
"Flies might not be deep thinkers, but they can make good decisions very quickly."
Something they have in common with some of the top, top footballers.
The Fascinating Minds and Personalities of Bees
Stephen Buchmann's new book may surprise you in many different ways.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/...e-fascinating-minds-and-personalities-of-bees
Stephen Buchmann's new book may surprise you in many different ways.
- Bees can remember the shape, colors, and scents of flowers for several days and count up to four.
- Bees exhibit social learning whereby they can learn by simply watching a hive mate perform a task.
- Bug splats on a windshield record the end of life for myriad bees, flies, wasps, butterflies, and other pollinators.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/...e-fascinating-minds-and-personalities-of-bees
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I’m an advanced sommelier & passed WSET Level 3, but I’ve never heard of something like this before…
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This is totally new for me:
Scientific article: “Breath holding” as a thermoregulation strategy in the deep-diving scalloped hammerhead shark | Science
This also requires a picture of hammerhead shark, so here it is:
Accessible article: Hammerhead sharks are first fish found to ‘hold their breath’ (nature.com)
Scientific article: “Breath holding” as a thermoregulation strategy in the deep-diving scalloped hammerhead shark | Science
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Nature is wild, and people are crazy. This team modified a vehicle to be near or in tornadoes. This is about 6 min long; can skip halfway through or so...around 4:40 you can hear them drop the vehicle to create a sort of shell on the ground (I think).
[edit] with the vehicle...
[edit] with the vehicle...
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Mmmm. Fresh deer.
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Monkeys are fecking brutal. That's why they scare me to death. One moment they're playing with you like a harmless pet and the next minute they can rip your face apart.
Yip. And chimps even more so...
Thank God for the 17% of Americans capable of fending them off with brute force should they ever rise up.
Crocodile found to have made herself pregnant
The first case of a crocodile who made herself pregnant has been identified at a zoo in Costa Rica.
She produced a foetus that was 99.9% genetically identical to herself.
The phenomenon of so-called "virgin birth" has been found in species of birds, fish and other reptiles, but never before in crocodiles.
The scientists say the trait might be inherited from an evolutionary ancestor, so dinosaurs might also have been capable of self-reproduction.
The egg was laid by an 18-year-old female American crocodile in Parque Reptilania in January 2018. The foetus inside was fully formed but stillborn and so did not hatch.
The crocodile who laid the egg was obtained when she was two years old and was kept apart from other crocodiles for its entire life. Because of this, the park's scientific team contacted a US team from Virginia Polytechnic, which specialised in virgin births, known scientifically as parthenogenesis.
They analysed the foetus and found that it was more than 99.9 % genetically identical to its mother - confirming that it had no father.
Crocodile found to have made herself pregnant - BBC News
The first case of a crocodile who made herself pregnant has been identified at a zoo in Costa Rica.
She produced a foetus that was 99.9% genetically identical to herself.
The phenomenon of so-called "virgin birth" has been found in species of birds, fish and other reptiles, but never before in crocodiles.
The scientists say the trait might be inherited from an evolutionary ancestor, so dinosaurs might also have been capable of self-reproduction.
The egg was laid by an 18-year-old female American crocodile in Parque Reptilania in January 2018. The foetus inside was fully formed but stillborn and so did not hatch.
The crocodile who laid the egg was obtained when she was two years old and was kept apart from other crocodiles for its entire life. Because of this, the park's scientific team contacted a US team from Virginia Polytechnic, which specialised in virgin births, known scientifically as parthenogenesis.
They analysed the foetus and found that it was more than 99.9 % genetically identical to its mother - confirming that it had no father.
Crocodile found to have made herself pregnant - BBC News
Komodo Dragons can do that too.
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Poor Jodie. I would gladly perform mouth to mouth to help her breathe again…
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Yep this is pretty much what we've been dealing with.
It's like a Trumpian dystopia.
ughh..The color definitely checks out
Shit. Completely forgot to tag you for corroboration. Apparently NYC has the worst air in the world right now.
Worst than Canada where it originated from?
I think the combination of the pre-existing, normal NYC pollution mixed with the Canadian smoke has made it the worst.
That's what the news is saying.
Damn. It's a miracle people can still survive here.
Twelve hours outdoor now in NYC with no mask is apparently as bad as smoking a pack of cigarettes.
Our building sent out an email this morning asking everyone to keep windows closed etc to prevent inhalation of unhealthy air. It's ironic because we've been trying to get them to move the smokers a little farther away from the front entrance of the building to prevent clients and workers from inhaling all that second smoke. They have pretty much ignored all our emails so we replied "all our lungs are already completely destroyed from the second hand smoke we are forced to inhale every time we exit and enter the building."
I have chosen this week to take a holiday in New York.
Going outside is like standing right next to a bonfire.
Going outside is like standing right next to a bonfire.
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Yeah man, saw some Aussie dude trying to hide food from monkeys in Ubud and they tore his shirt off his back completely
Gee thanks
The wind is blowing it all south toward you guys.
Are you affected or are you in a safe area?