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A new review in the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (JAAOS) says that if you ever get bitten by a snake, the best you can do is hurry up to the closest hospital, because current treatments including new medications and even surgery (if necessary) are far more effective that what you could do on... |
2 December 2010
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A computer tomography scan and a magnetic resonance imaging were realized on a 5 kg Python molurus bivittatus. Henrik Lauridsen and Kasper Hansen, from the Department of Zoophysiology and MR Research Center at Aarhus University in Denmark, found out what is going on inside the python's organs an hour after he ha... |
5 July 2010
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We've been talking quite a bit about Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, the PlayStation Portable bound creation from Konami and Hideo Kojima that is set to appear in Japan on April 28 and in North America in June.We've heard about how its creator sees it as a sort of test run when it comes to a near future pla... |
12 April 2010
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It seems that Konami is going crazy with Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, the PlayStation Portable-based adventure that will be featuring Naked Snake and scheduled to be launched on April 28 on the Japanese market and on June 8 in North America. The most recent news, which was initially considered as being an April Fo... |
7 April 2010
13:11 GMT |
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Tops are always a controversial topic, mostly because they're meant to reflect a very subjective opinion. People vote for who their favorite character, item, product, etc., is, with the biggest thing to keep in mind being "their." But even so, ranking at number one, regardless of the nature of the top, is an imp... |
11 February 2010
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Biologists have recently made a significant discovery, when they have found that a certain species of snakes is capable of using small tentacles on its snout to sense its prey and its surroundings. The investigators believe that the creature may be using these structures to make more sense of its environment when ins... |
3 February 2010
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Recently, a new official Metal Gear website by Konami sparked rumors of a new installment in the popular tactical / stealth shooter, Metal Gear Solid. Konami has now confirmed that the popular title is hitting the iPhone and the iPod touch. When it was first spotted, the new MGS site displayed the Konami logo and an... |
17 December 2008
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A rare species of a type of threadsnake, measuring only 10 centimeters in length, was discovered recently in the Caribbean island of Barbados by Blair Hedges, evolutionary biologist at the Pennsylvania State University and researcher, also known for discovering the world's smallest species of frogs and lizards. ... |
4 August 2008
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Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots is without any doubt the biggest success for Playstation 3 in 2008, probably even bigger than Grand Theft Auto 4. I know Sony has anticipated a good market response for this game, but I'm sure it wasn't even hoping of making such a large impact on Europe (which is pr... |
24 June 2008
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Snake, the popular video and mobile game that absolutely every gamer played at least once in their life, has reached now its most advanced version: Snake Subsonic, presented by Nokia and available on the N-Gage website, in the Showroom section (found at this address). Although the new game was announced back in the ... |
26 May 2008
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Nowadays, the seas belong mainly to fish and sea mammals. But during the Mesozoic time, the sea was a reptilian realm. There are very few reptiles living in the sea now compared to the times of the dinosaurs. 1.Today, there are seven species of sea turtles. They appeared during the Jurassic period (200-150 Ma ago), t... |
21 April 2008
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Today, only five groups of reptiles still exist: chelonians (turtles and terrapins), Sphenodontia (the tuatara of New Zealand), lizards, snakes and crocodilians (crocodiles, alligators and caymans). (there is also a recently recognized group related to lizards and snakes, Amphisbaenia). They are relict groups (except... |
18 April 2008
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Today, amongst all living snakes, only male boas and pythons keep vestiges of limbs: two tiny spurs located near their cloaca, used for gripping the female while having sex. But snakes evolved from legged reptiles, like monitor lizards, with which they share some traits (like similar tongues and venom) about 150 Ma a... |
11 April 2008
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It is assumed that we have an ancestral fear of snakes and spiders deeply rooted in our genes. But a new research made at the School of Psychology, from the University of Queensland, challenges this concept, as signaled by ScienceDaily."Previous research shows we react differently to snakes and spiders than to other ... |
25 March 2008
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Newts and salamanders may look cute and helpless, but you'd be surprised to know that they produce one of the most powerful toxins for protection in the amphibian world. Still, the common garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis) of North America indulge in rough-skinned newts (Taricha granulosa), considered the most ... |
20 March 2008
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The snake venom varies significantly between different groups of serpents. Some venoms are hemolytic: they predigest the prey, acting like a powerful digesting juice, producing tissue degradation, necrosis and hemorrhage. These bites are extremely painful. Most vipers possess a powerful venom of this type and with th... |
14 February 2008
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1. Some Indian tribes avoid killing it while others adore it as a divinity. In the Precolumbian America, victims, especially children, were sacrificed to the Snake God. Hopi Indians from Arizona, during the Snakes' Dance, dance holding in their hands rattlesnakes, controlled using their mouths. The dance is the ... |
30 January 2008
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The classical number of cobra dancing is a spoof. Even if the snakes would be tamed so that they would dance to the sound of the music, they could not do it. They just follow the tamer's continuous movements of the arms and knees, while he's playing a wind instrument, as snakes don't even hear the musi... |
26 January 2008
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1.There is a whole order of fish, comprising 18 families, called anglerfish. The first spiny ray of the dorsal is located on the head and transformed into line and esca (bait), aimed for attracting prey to the mouth, imitating small marine creatures making the fish's food. The most famous fish of this order be... |
12 January 2008
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1.It's hard to imagine that such a slow and weak animal like a hedgehog can kill a viper. A viper attack is a blind attack and a retreat. But against this attack, the hedgehog opposes an armor of spines. The hedgehog irritates the viper continuously and each attack on the armor of spines further wounds the viper... |
5 January 2008
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There's no venomous creature to trigger more dread in humans than snakes. And for a good reason, even if just about 200 out 2,900 species are traumatogenic for humans. Their venom is devastating. Some venoms are neurotoxic and paralyze the muscles. The victim dies of suffocation and heart attack. All cobras and ... |
21 December 2007
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1.Numerous studies showed that the love for your pets can improve your health. It decreases stress, the number of visits to the doctor's, and even increases the survival chances in case of heart attack. A pet can help stroke patients to recover and psychiatric patients to hold on their anxiety. Pets appease peop... |
3 December 2007
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Frogs can be pretty or not, but few people know that they can be extremely toxic. Most frogs you see are highly venomous (with one exception: the common frogs of the Rana genus). Like the cute little tree frogs. Still, they have their predators. Some snakes have 'a preference' for them, even venomous frogs,... |
13 November 2007
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1. When we think about venomous snakes, two species come first to our minds: rattlesnakes and cobras. The name "cobra" comes from Portuguese, meaning "snake" (like "culebra" in Spanish, "coluber" in Latin). The Portuguese were the first Europeans to open the marine pathway towards India around Africa and called these... |
7 November 2007
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Welcome to "Rumorville" again, as we cruise in the gaming universe, smelling the air for some fresh Final Fantasy: Crisis Core news (it's launched today) and also some interesting piece of info related to the Metal Gear Solid movie. I, for one, didn't even know that such a movie was coming, but I'm gl... |
13 September 2007
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Subsistence was released in Japan on December 22, 2005, later in North America on March 14, 2006, in Europe on October 6, 2006 and in Australia on October 13, 2006. Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence continues the Metal Gear Solid series tradition of follow-up enhanced, international version releases. While previous re... |
23 August 2007
08:42 GMT |
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The 2007 Leipzig Games Convention is once again the center of the gaming world these days as all the Metal Gear fans drool, cry and laugh at the same time as they've heard that a new trailer is available. You can watch it below and be astonished by four fresh new bosses, revealed by the superb video. These creat... |
23 August 2007
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We are all familiar with the story of the dragon in the fairy tales: when its head was chopped off, another one would regrow in its place. We also know that snakes with their forked tongues may be linked to the genesis of the dragon myth. But sometimes snakes can behave like dragons. This is what recently happened wi... |
13 August 2007
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Snakes and lizards are the sole groups of reptiles prospering after the extinction of the dinosaurs. But which is the secret of these legless lizards called snakes? Just one word: venom!Snakes developed (or rather inherited from their lizard ancestors, related to monitor lizards and gila monsters) a terrific chemical... |
10 August 2007
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Some beliefs are due to a lack of scientific knowledge, some come from legends and others are the cause of misspellings from one language to another or even sensory illusions! Here are just 10 of them:1.Camels do not store water in their humps. This widespread belief comes from the fact that, while crossing the deser... |
7 July 2007
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In a world wrapped in myth, that of the Native Americans, the Sioux shamans fought with the evil spirits conquering the bodies of the diseased with more than sorceries. They employed Echinacea, a medicinal herb that has proven to reduce the risk of catching a cold with almost 50%, as showed by a new wide-scale revie... |
26 June 2007
03:28 GMT |
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Just as I've finished writing about the PS3 ad that was pulled, I stumbled upon this interesting piece of news saying that Konami went back on their Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots trailer for the PlayStation 3, to tweak it up a bit. Why did it need tweaking? After revealing to the press that a Metal Gear 20t... |
7 June 2007
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A recent issue of Weekly Famitsu (Japan) says that Konami's celebrating the 20-year anniversary of the Metal Gear series, will mark the re-release of all the Metal Gear Solid games, including Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops, for the PSP. The titles will be available either each for a separate price, or bundled - ... |
31 May 2007
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So, it looks like MGS 4 for the PS3 is being delayed, to March 1st 2008, as Destructoid reports. That's all right, the PS3 has plenty of games to offer fans...NOT! What is taking developers so long to come up with PS3 games? Haven't they studied the PS3's capabilities so far? Do you know what this mean... |
14 May 2007
07:20 GMT |
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On Sunday, April 1, I read an interesting story concerning the Google New York office and its Kaiser python. According to the report, the pet snake escaped from its cage and was hiding somewhere in the building. Although I believed it was only an April Fool's Day prank, it seems like the story was true and cause... |
4 April 2007
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50 species of snakes out of the total of India's 250 are venomous. As if this weren't enough, researchers identified a new deadly snake in India, adding another enemy to the long-held list of four dangerous Indian snakes, made of the Indian cobra, common krait, Russell's viper and saw-scaled viper. The... |
28 March 2007
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A team from the University of Alberta has discovered the oldest limbless lizard ever. The snakelike marine lizard is 95 million-year-old, thus lived during the Cretaceous (the last dinosaur age). "It adds to the picture we have of what was happening 100 million years ago. We now know that losing limbs isn't a ne... |
23 March 2007
11:03 GMT |
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