fenomena

Minggu, 31 Juli 2011

carrion flower

carrion flower

I find any of these creatures in Situ Lembang, Bandung .. in the midst of pine forests that already eradicated the vegetation under it for wanting to make garden coffee.

Anyone know what this is?

I also do not know. May need to be taken to the Herbarium to be identified. But, from its shape like a flower does plasticity (?)..

Know the story of the corpse flower? Carrion flower (Rafflessia spp.) Is the flower of the parasites that live in the root-specific stem liana species whose name Tetrastigma. During the growth period, these parasites are guns showing his form. But once you enter the reproductive phase, he appear new flowers and smells like rotting carcasses.

Why such carcasses? because she needed a certain insects to aid pollination. We usually know khan, insects attracted to the beautiful flowers or fragrant. That is, because that specific insect-evolution commented with flowers like that. Some flowers such as bee orchid cursory plasticity .. he pulled drones to has copulation, thus helping to bring pollen from one flower to another. Other flowers have a bright color as a signal to insects that "I have a nectar that you can take, ya .." Various forms of related interest also with how it performs pollination - in the case of pollination by insects, related to the insect form of interest what he wants drag.

.. Back to the corpse flower because of her attraction to insects are flies that pollinate "likes" with the carcass, then that's the form of flowers.

I'm still not sure if the photo above is of interest. It may also fungi. But, the shape of guns seems like a dead useful for fungi. Ulcers around the black hole, resembling a dead khan. I also see some insects had into the hole.

albatross

albatross

Bird is a member of the group of vertebrate animals (vertebrates) that has feathers and wings. The oldest bird fossil found in Germany and known as Archaeopteryx.

The types of birds are so varied, ranging from tiny hummingbirds to ostriches, which is higher than men. It is estimated there are about 8800-10200 bird species around the world, about 1,500 species are found in Indonesia. Various species of birds are scientifically classified into the class Aves.

Animals or animal is one of the rare animal native to Indonesia, only Sea Eagle Ridge black population from one year to begin to shrink and disappear because many are dying due to the hook caught in the fishermen and the use of trawl fishing

In 2002 the population of these birds live only 3 million head, so that the animals in the category of protected animals. Black Hawk Ridge Bird food is marine animals such as crabs, squid, fish and shellfish crustaceans

Tornado weather

Tornado weather phenomenon that is so famous that almost everyone has at least heard of them. A horrible, black lines the road winding down from the sky above the ground, completely indifferent to everything that lives on the street. In fact, a tornado is defined as a rotating column of air extending from severe storms to the ground. With the most violent tornadoes are capable of incredible destruction and the wind speed 250 mph or more, they really are the hardest natural wind. Path of a tornado can damage more than a mile wide and 50 miles long. There is a tornado with wind speeds of up to 300 miles per hour! Fortunately, high speed is very rare, occurring only 2% of tornadoes. A phenomenon similar to a tornado is a funnel cloud, which is not only a tornado touching down. When tornadoes occur over water, the extraordinary power of the draft up through the cyclone center cause the sucking action (such as a vaccuum), which attracts water to water to create a spout. It can travel over water to dry land, turned into a tornado (see photo at left).

Why Tornado could Happen?

The simplest explanation for what causes a tornado is a fast convection air. A good analogy to explain how the convection of water in a pot on the stove, the water at the bottom of the first selection since it is closer to the heat source, causing the water molecules in the hotter areas of the pan near the bottom to speed. Then they bombard the molecules of other cold water and put it in motion up through the water column. This leads to different water temperatures in the pot to circulate around in (without having to stir with a spoon!).

frogs eating snakes

frogs eating snakes

Camera caught a frog eating a snake in China. Amazing rare natural phenomenon that can be captured by the camera. Because the common is a snake eating a frog and not vice versa.

Photos of mountain frog that was eating rattlesnake Jerdon, successfully immortalized by a tourist who visited Qingcheng Mountain Park in Sichuan, central China.

Longzhong Ran, a native of Chongqing, told the IC Media that he could scarcely believe his eyesight and he was delighted to capture the natural phenomenon in the form of photographs.

"When I was walking in the mountains, suddenly I saw a frog eating a snake and the snake was still alive and kicking," he said.

"Within five minutes, the frog can eat up the snake. Hard to believe a snake can be defeated by predators prey. "

The same astonishment was expressed by animal experts. They recognize that natural phenomena that snakes eat frogs never heard before.

Senin, 25 Juli 2011

Giant Salamander

Get to Know Giant Salamanders
The IUCN lists Japanese giant salamanders as near-threatened.
Japanese giant salamanders live in cold mountain streams and rivers on Kyushu Island and western Honshu in Japan.
Japanese giant salamanders and Chinese giant salamanders are the two largest salamanders in the world. Hellbenders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis) have the largest body mass of all the salamanders in North America.
Mucus covers the bodies of giant salamanders and protects them from abrasions and parasites. When disturbed, the salamanders can also produce a smelly, sticky secretion.
A giant salamander absorbs oxygen through its skin. Loose folds of skin along its sides increase surface area to help it absorb even more oxygen.
Giant salamanders have sensory organs along their bodies and on their heads that can detect other animals in the water around them, which helps them hunt. Sharks have similar organs.
Giant salamanders' broad, flattened bodies are streamlined for swimming at the bottom of fast-moving water.

aye-aye

The aye-aye is found exclusively in Madagascar. Situated to the southeast of Africa and separated from the continent by the 800 km-wide (497 mi) Mozambique Channel, the island of Madagascar is in the Indian Ocean and is the fourth largest island in the world (Swindler 2002). the aye-aye was believed to be extinct as recently as the mid-1900's, it now appears that the species has one of the largest distributions among non-human primates in Madagascar albeit at very low population densities (Sterling 1994a). Thus, the aye-aye range may not represent a continuous population distribution. They are found in the eastern rain forests of Madagascar from as far south as the Andohahela Reserve near the south coast to the northern end of the island at Ankarana Special Reserve (O'Connor et al. 1986; Hawkins et al. 1990). The west coast of Madagascar, long thought to be devoid of the aye-aye, is home to the species as far south as the Bemaraha Nature Reserve (Harcourt & Thornback 1990). The only area of Madagascar where the aye-aye is not found is the southwest of the island

The main threat to the Aye-aye is destrucition of its habitat. It is not known if it can survive in degraded areas; it is suggested that it needs large trees in which to build its nests. In some areas of Madagascar it is killed on sight, as it is regarded as a harbinger of misfortune. It is also reported to be killed when raiding crops.

Axolotl

The Axolotl (or ajolote) is the best-known of the Mexican neotenic mole salamanders belonging to the Tiger Salamander complex. Larvae of this species fail to undergo metamorphosis, so the adults remain aquatic and gilled. Their heads are wide, and their eyes are lidless. Their limbs are underdeveloped and possess long,

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