Have you ever wondered which is the world's smallest feathered creature? It is, of course, a species of hummingbird. The Bee Hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae) inhabits Cuba (where people call it zunzuncito) and the Isle of Youth. The bird weighs 1.8 grams, having a length of about 5 cm (2 in). An unaware observer ... |
26 March 2008
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Geckos are really some of the most amazing lizards. They are mostly known for their ability to climb vertical walls and walk on ceilings using their adhesive toes. The secret behind this amazing ability lies in an unique quick-release mechanism that permits geckos to strongly adhere to a surface, but then detach with... |
18 February 2008
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1. The oldest known bee was found in amber coming from Myanmar: 100 million years old! This was during the Cretaceous, the last dinosaur era, and Melittosphex shared both bee and wasp traits. The honey bees (genus Apis) originated in southern Asia and only one species, Apis melifera, is found also in Europe and Afric... |
10 November 2007
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You get fat by only drinking water, but bats can burn sugar faster than top-class athletes, having the fastest sugar-burning metabolism amongst all mammals on Earth. This is the result of a research made on American nectar-feeding bats (encountered in tropical America): within minutes of stopping for sugar-rich flowe... |
9 August 2007
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We know that flowers are pollinated by bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, sunbirds, white-eye birds, pollen-eating bats. And pollinators use to fly. But a pollinating lizard? Yes, they do exist, and on the island of Mauritius (in the Indian Ocean), the blue-tailed day gecko is the key factor in the survival of the nat... |
24 April 2007
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They say a rose can be venomous... Even if a beautiful woman can have a nasty character, there are indeed beautiful flowers that can be toxic. And if the nectar from these flowers would reach the honey you enjoy every morning ...It is still a puzzle for the researchers why many spring flowers displaying bright advert... |
2 April 2007
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You may not know, but if you are addicted to vanilla flavor, you're addicted to ... orchids. Because the vanilla stick is nothing else than the fermented and blackened pod of an orchid, Vanilla planifolia, that occurs naturally in ... Mexico.There are about 35,000 species of orchids in the world: about one eight... |
26 March 2007
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