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Migrating Geese in V-formation

Comments Yessi Pratiwi — July 31, 2009 / 11:18 pm

In animal world, there are some kinds of migration, related to the movement from a place to another place. This movement can be related to the change of climate and the needs of reproduction. Meanwhile, talking about this migration, do you have any idea about what kinds of animals that do migration? Geese are among them. [...]

Jellyfish Can Be Colorful And Deadly

Comments Yessi Pratiwi — May 22, 2009 / 7:35 pm

Jellyfish are free-swimming members of the phylum Cnidaria, that have several different morphologies that represent several different cnidarian classes including the Scyphozoa (over 200 species), Staurozoa (about 50 species), Cubozoa (about 20 species), and Hydrozoa. They are not really fish. Jellyfish have stomachs and mouths, but no heads. They have nervous systems for sensing the world around [...]

Scarying Cockroach Facts

1 comment Yessi Pratiwi — May 15, 2009 / 6:59 pm

Everybody must be agree if I say that cockroach is disgusting. Most people hate  cockroaches. But maybe, after having a serious reading on this article, you may find another view about cockroach.  OK then, here they are, cockroach facts! A cockroach can live for 3-4 weeks without its head. And you thought decapititation solved everything. Don’t you [...]

Butterfly Wings

Comments Yessi Pratiwi — April 6, 2009 / 10:41 pm

What is the first single thing coming through your mind, to see a butterfly wing? Beautiful! Certainly it is. God creates a perfect pattern on its wings. You know what, butterfly can attract mates and ward off predators using different side of their wings. This is the result of the study from biologist at Yale University. [...]

Does Mosquito Transfer HIV Virus?

Comments Yessi Pratiwi — March 14, 2009 / 12:04 pm

Mosquito, a tiny creature and yet a fearsome enemy for human. These nasty, blood-sucking, itchy, irritating insect, is also known as disease-carrying pests. They transmit viruses and parasite while they blood feasting. Yellow fever, Dengue, and West Nile virus for example, or malaria and filariasis. However, mosquitoes do not transmit HIV or AIDS. Thanks to [...]

How Mammals Regulate Their Body Temperature

Comments Yessi Pratiwi — February 26, 2009 / 7:06 pm

A fundamental connection between mammals is that they are endothermes–they maintain their cotre body temperature within a relatively narrow and constant range, the heat produced being a by-product of food digestion. In most mammals except marsupials, the temperature range is between 36° Celcius (96.8°F) nad 40°C (104°F); marsupials have a range of 27°C (80.6F) to [...]

Many Cats Don’t Have Eyelashes

Comments Yessi Pratiwi — February 20, 2009 / 9:37 pm

When I was kid, I like to play with my cats very much. I had 3 cats, I named them : Vini, Vidi, Vici. Hahaha, those name I borrowed from Julius Caesar One of my favorite thing to do with the cats was cutting their eyelashes. Yes, that hair above their eyes. But I [...]

Camels Do Not Store Water in Their Humps

Comments Yessi Pratiwi — February 13, 2009 / 11:00 pm

While most animals can not survive of desolate places like dessert, mountains, and other arid places, camels can. Camel is one of animals that has a great survive ability. Why? Is that because their large source of water in their humps? Well, if you still think that camels store water in their humps, you have to [...]

Butterfly

Comments Yessi Pratiwi — February 7, 2009 / 9:37 am

Master of Science degreed Entomologist Randi Jones wrote in TheButterflySite a complete fact about butterfly. Butterfly–for me–is one of the most beautiful creatures in this world. This Lepidoptera  insect order animal has a certain life cycle, kind of transformation from one form to other forms, as follows : To grow into an elegant adult butterfly, they go [...]

Turtle Facts

Comments Yessi Pratiwi — February 3, 2009 / 11:21 pm

Hello there! This time we’ll talk about turtles. Who like turtles? Well, perhaps the question is, “Who doesn’t love turtles?” Tell me what you know about turtles! Slow, have a great shell, what else? You know, sea turtles cannot pull their heads into their shells as can land turtles. They love to eat jellyfish-because the jellyfish can?t [...]

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