8.09.2010
5.18.2010
Reindeer antifreeze
Mosses are important to creation as a whole in many ways. They provide a place to live for many tiny creatures, and they are useful to birds for building nests. Most animals don't usually eat moss, because it does not have a lot of nutritional value. However, some animals such as bears, deer, and turtles will eat it if they can't find any other kind of food. There is one animal, however, that eats it regularly: the reindeer. Reindeer live in cold climates, and moss has a special chemical that helps keep the fluids inside the reindeer from freezing, even on the coldest of days. Moss, then, is a kind of reindeer antifreeze.
Interesting Biology stuff
16024 - Classification in Class MammaliaThe last order of mammals we want to discuss is order Primates. This order includes monkeys, apes, lemurs, and human beings. These mammals are often called the erect mammals, because they all have the ability to walk on two legs. Humans are the only mammals whose natural position is to walk on two legs. The other primates spend the majority of their time walking on all fours, but they have the ability to stand erect if they want to.
Although you might object to being classified with monkeys, apes, and the like, you actually have several characteristics in common with these mammals. All primates have good depth perception. In addition, the size of a primate's brain is large compared to its body size. Most primates are omnivorous, although the vast majority of primates concentrate on eating vegetation and only occasionally eat meat. All primates have nails on their fingers and toes, and all but one type (spider monkeys) have five fingers on each hand and five toes on each foot. Most have opposable thumbs. Primates have long gestation periods for animals of their size, and they are highly social.
Now, even though we have many characteristics in common with apes and monkeys, there is no reason to think that we are related to them. That is the mistake that evolutionists make. They see similarities among animals and immediately think that these similarities come from common genes in a common ancestor; however, all genetic information that we have been able to acquire indicates that this simply isn't the case. The similarities between animals are the result of a common Designer, not a common ancestor.
Although you might object to being classified with monkeys, apes, and the like, you actually have several characteristics in common with these mammals. All primates have good depth perception. In addition, the size of a primate's brain is large compared to its body size. Most primates are omnivorous, although the vast majority of primates concentrate on eating vegetation and only occasionally eat meat. All primates have nails on their fingers and toes, and all but one type (spider monkeys) have five fingers on each hand and five toes on each foot. Most have opposable thumbs. Primates have long gestation periods for animals of their size, and they are highly social.
Now, even though we have many characteristics in common with apes and monkeys, there is no reason to think that we are related to them. That is the mistake that evolutionists make. They see similarities among animals and immediately think that these similarities come from common genes in a common ancestor; however, all genetic information that we have been able to acquire indicates that this simply isn't the case. The similarities between animals are the result of a common Designer, not a common ancestor.
sea snakes.....
Sea snakes are air breathers probably descended from a family of Australian land snakes. They inhabit the tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific and are highly venomous. Thirty-two species have been identified in the waters about the Barrier Reef in Australia. They seem to congregate in certain areas in the region about the swain Reefs and the Keppel Islands, where the olive sea snake (Aipysurus laevis) is a familiar sight.
Sea snakes have specialized flattened tails for swimming and have valves over their nostrils which are closed underwater. They differ from eels in that they don't have gill slits and have scales. Due to their need to breathe air, they are usually found in shallow water where they swim about the bottom feeding on fish, fish eggs and eels.
The yellow-bellied sea snake ( Pelamis platurus ) is pelagic, and is seen on occasions floating in massive groups. Fish that come up to shelter under these slicks provide food for the snakes. Occasionally these yellow-bellies get washed up on beaches after storms and pose a hazard to children.
Aggressive only during the mating season in the winter, the sea snake is very curious, and they become fascinated by elongated objects such as high pressure hoses. Provoked snakes can become very aggressive and persistent --requiring repeated kicks from the fins to ward them off.
Persistent myths about sea snakes include the mistaken idea that they can't bite very effectively. The truth is that their short fangs (2.5-4.5mm) are adequate to penetrate the skin, and they can open their small mouths wide enough to bite a table top. It is said that even a small snake can bite a man's thigh. Sea snakes can swallow a fish that is more than twice the diameter of their neck.
Most sea snake bites occur on trawlers, when the snakes are sometimes hauled in with the catch. Only a small proportion of bites are fatal to man, as the snake can control the amount of envenomation, a fact probably accounting for the large number of folk cures said to be 95% effective.
Intense pain is not obvious at the site of the sea snake bite; 30 minutes after the bite there is stiffness, muscle aches and spasm of the jaw followed by moderate to severe pain in the affected limb. There follows progressive CNS symptoms of blurred vision, drowsiness and finally respiratory paralysis. A specific antivenin is available.
Sea snakes have specialized flattened tails for swimming and have valves over their nostrils which are closed underwater. They differ from eels in that they don't have gill slits and have scales. Due to their need to breathe air, they are usually found in shallow water where they swim about the bottom feeding on fish, fish eggs and eels.
The yellow-bellied sea snake ( Pelamis platurus ) is pelagic, and is seen on occasions floating in massive groups. Fish that come up to shelter under these slicks provide food for the snakes. Occasionally these yellow-bellies get washed up on beaches after storms and pose a hazard to children.
Aggressive only during the mating season in the winter, the sea snake is very curious, and they become fascinated by elongated objects such as high pressure hoses. Provoked snakes can become very aggressive and persistent --requiring repeated kicks from the fins to ward them off.
Persistent myths about sea snakes include the mistaken idea that they can't bite very effectively. The truth is that their short fangs (2.5-4.5mm) are adequate to penetrate the skin, and they can open their small mouths wide enough to bite a table top. It is said that even a small snake can bite a man's thigh. Sea snakes can swallow a fish that is more than twice the diameter of their neck.
Most sea snake bites occur on trawlers, when the snakes are sometimes hauled in with the catch. Only a small proportion of bites are fatal to man, as the snake can control the amount of envenomation, a fact probably accounting for the large number of folk cures said to be 95% effective.
Intense pain is not obvious at the site of the sea snake bite; 30 minutes after the bite there is stiffness, muscle aches and spasm of the jaw followed by moderate to severe pain in the affected limb. There follows progressive CNS symptoms of blurred vision, drowsiness and finally respiratory paralysis. A specific antivenin is available.
5.11.2010
10 pg paper. UGH
I am working on a 10 pg paper, and it is goin good,
BUT i hate the editing.
5.08.2010
5.05.2010
5.02.2010
This is me
Global Personality Test Results
trait snapshot:
messy, tough, disorganized, fearless, not rule conscious
, likes the unknown, rarely worries, rash, attracted to the
counter culture, rarely irritated, positive, resilient, abstract
, not a perfectionist, risk taker, strange, weird, self reliant,
leisurely, dangerous, anti-authority, trusting, optimistic, positive,
thrill seeker, likes bizarre things, sarcastic
YEAH RIGHT!
| Stability | |||||||||||||||| | 63% |
| Orderliness | |||| | 20% |
| Extraversion | |||||||||||||| | 56% |
| Stability results were moderately high which suggests you are relaxed, calm, secure, and optimistic. Orderliness results were low which suggests you are overly flexible, improvised , and fun seeking at the expense too often of reliability, work ethic, and long term accomplishment. Extraversion results were moderately high which suggests you are, at times, overly talkative, outgoing, sociable and interacting at the expense of developing your own individual interests and internally based identity. |
trait snapshot:
messy, tough, disorganized, fearless, not rule conscious
, likes the unknown, rarely worries, rash, attracted to the
counter culture, rarely irritated, positive, resilient, abstract
, not a perfectionist, risk taker, strange, weird, self reliant,
leisurely, dangerous, anti-authority, trusting, optimistic, positive,
thrill seeker, likes bizarre things, sarcastic
YEAH RIGHT!
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