Showing posts with label animal kingdom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label animal kingdom. Show all posts

Thursday, June 25, 2009

10 ways to swat a fly!

1.Do it early
Because they are cold-blooded, the reactions of insects depend on the temperature of the air. Early in the morning or in the evening they will be a bit dopey, but in the heat of the day they will be very quick.

2. Approach from behind
Goes one theory, because flies take off backwards.

3. Aim ahead, rather than at
Within milliseconds of sensing a threat flies get their body ready to take off forward, backwards or sideways. Given that they are going to be jumping away from the swat, it's best to aim slightly ahead of it>>sneaky ;)

4. The old-fashioned slap
Now one known this as Mr. Barack Obama himself. Stay still, keep focused, take aim and attack. Ideal for a fast hand and if the fly is stationary. And if the world's media is in attendance, YouTube fame beckons!!

5. Implements with holes
Are more effective. It's the air pressure they detect and fly away from. It's not so much that they see something coming, but they feel the pressure wave in front of the object.

7. Use hands
Put your hands either side of the fly, facing each other, so it doesn't know where the threat comes from, then clap the air a few inches above it. Wash hands immediately to remove the contents of the fly's stomach (don't ask).

8. Get a gadget
At the hi-tech end of the market there's an electric-powered mesh, a dome complete with pheromone and an insecticide aerosol. For those on a budget, there are decorative window stickers, and fly-swats cost as little 100 fils from soog almo3alem! Animal rights organisation PETA, which advocates compassion for flies, says there are humane bug-catching devices available too>>seriously!

9. Improvise with
A rolled-up newspaper (bear in mind point five, above), or a spray window-cleaner.

10. The humane approach
To capture but not kill, hit them with the palm of your hand and close your fingers over it." And if you're not an entomologist, release the fly outside. It will make you feel better.

Here's the footage of US president Barack Obama kiling a fly buzzing around him during television interview for all you guys living under a rock!

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Picky pigs!

Ben and Jerry's send the waste from making ice cream to local pig farmers to use as feed. Pigs love the stuff, except for one flavor: Mint Oreo...seriously thats weird!!!

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Bad Mother!

1-Langur monkeys
The worst animal kingdom mother is the Langur monkey. Having been viewed for a number of years as a non-aggressive species, more recent research has shown them to have highly complex and sometimes brutal social practices. Pitched battles, kidnapping and sexual harassment are commonplace. However, as far as mothers go, it is their willingness to abandon young who have been injured, and in some cases even kill them, which makes them the winners of our list. Abandonment, kidnapping, neglect, infanticide: These Langur monkeys are some bad mothers.
Font size2-The African Black Eagle
The African Black Eagle usually lays two eggs, although one is generally no more than an insurance policy. The idea of an insurance policy is quite common in the animal kingdom, but it is the manner in which the unwanted young is disposed of which is particularly shocking. The mother will feed only one chick, and as it grows stronger it will peck its weaker sibling to death. What is especially gruesome about this is that the mother will look on impassively as her youngster is dispatched.
3-Black bears
Here is another animal which is generally regarded as a good mother, but studies have demonstrated that this is not always the case. Black bears like to have litters of two or three cubs, as it takes a similar amount of effort to raise one cub as it does three. Because of this, it has been documented that if a black bear gives birth to just one cub, she will sometimes simply abandon it and will hope for a larger litter the following year. Unlike many animals that may abandon young which are sick or weak, the bear will abandon the youngster simply for being on its own(imagine if that was the case with humans!!).