|
Home > News > Tags > bite
|
|
30
As the years go by, it's good to see that Apple's products add cool new features, more storage capacity, thinner designs, and breathtaking user interfaces. Then again, it's always good to remember where it all started, like, for instance, who bit the apple used by the company to identify itself –... |
15 September 2008
03:43 GMT |
 |
|
The Neanderthals emerged in Europe 350,000 years ago and later on expanded into neighboring areas of western Asia. About 45,000 years ago, the Neanderthals began to be displaced by modern humans (Homo sapiens) coming from Africa and, 24,000 years ago, they became extinct. With the passing of time, we are getting incr... |
6 May 2008
02:37 GMT |
|
|
It is by far the largest living lizard: the Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) grows over 3 m (10 ft) in length, weighing over 154 pounds (70 kg). But even if the giant monitor lizard manages to kill animals as large as water buffaloes (and in the past it may have feasted on pygmy elephants), its bite is relatively... |
15 April 2008
03:11 GMT |
|
|
Its closest relative were the koala and the wombats. But it was not a leaf lover; instead, it slew extinct cow-sized kangaroos and hippo-sized Diprotodons. The extinct Australian marsupial lion (Thylacoleo carnifex) was the largest carnivorous marsupial mammal ever and a new research published in the Journal of Zoolo... |
18 January 2008
03:32 GMT |
|
|
What a cute little puppy... but few realize that in a few months they are already big beasts. And how many people know that dogs have preserved through generations many of the instincts of their ancestors, the wolves? Anyhow, children are the most exposed to dog bites, with more severe effects.A new research made by ... |
5 October 2007
07:40 GMT |
|
|
These were the horror cats of our prehistory. But as it wasn't the case with T-rex, Stone Age people had to face these beasts. A new research has shown the way the terrible predators used to kill their prey and the surprise is that, despite their huge fangs, the bite of these predators was surprisingly weak. Smi... |
2 October 2007
03:11 GMT |
|
|
They are an annoyance that can ruin our pleasantest trip. But in rural areas, with so many domestic and wild animals around, the insects' proliferation is unavoidable, and with them come their bites. That's why people have looked for many natural remedies to alleviate them. To relieve rapidly the uneasiness... |
28 September 2007
16:31 GMT |
|
|
This is the most dangerous and spectacular predatory fish: with a strong rocket-like body, up to 7.2 m (24 ft) long and up to 3.4 tons heavy, the white shark can kill from fish (sharks included) to large seals and dolphins. Swimmers and surfers (and sometimes even boats) have no chance. Now a digital analysis of a gr... |
3 September 2007
03:26 GMT |
|
|
This is too fast for our eye. The soldiers of a lowly termite, Termes panamensis, snap their jaws at a speed that bypasses any other muscle-powered movement of any species.Marc Seid and Jeremy Niven of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama revealed that termites reach a speed of 70.4 m (220 ft) per se... |
8 August 2007
06:55 GMT |
|
|
With a strong rocket-like body, up to 7.2 m (24 ft) long and up to 3.4 tons heavy, the white shark hunts from fish (including other sharks) to seals and dolphins. They can suddenly attack swimmers, surfers or boats, sinking them, but humans do not seem to represent their favorite dish. They bite once and release the ... |
1 August 2007
14:31 GMT |
|
|
There are more Tysons on the streets that you would have initially thought. Due to them, men are 12 times more prone than women to experience severe human bite injuries requiring surgery. Bite injuries are most likely to be inflicted during fights at weekends or public holidays and in the majority of the cases, alcoh... |
19 June 2007
15:36 GMT |
|
|
Tyrannosaurus rex was the terror of the dinosaur world. Now researchers not only have calculated the power of its terrible bite, but also the secret behind it: its hardened snout. "Fused, archlike nasal bones are a unique feature of tyrannosaurids. This adaptation, for instance, was keeping the T. rexes from breaking... |
21 May 2007
03:06 GMT |
|
|
The ferocious bites of a tiger or crocodile haunt our imagination. But the biting ability is an adaptation to life on land. The question is: when did biting evolve?A new study shows that ancient fish could have evolved in ancient bony fish.Bony fish predominantly catch their prey by suction, easy to see if you watch... |
17 April 2007
04:07 GMT |
|
|
|
|
