Archive for January, 2008


The Real Wolverine : Not X-men


Everyones familiar with Wolverine from the X-men and his trademark mega sharp adamantium claws but have you ever wondered what a real wolverine looks and behaves like ?
Well Wolverines are the largest land dwelling member of the weasel family, they’re thick brown fur allows them to survive well in cold frosty conditions and they look […]

Seahorse Dads Get Pregnant


Did you know that male seahorses compete against each other to get pregnant ? Strangely enough unlike most species it’s not the female who gets pregnant but the male. Now in order to attract a female the male seahorse wrestles with other male seahorses to show its strength.
He also opens and closes his pouch to […]

Sharks Aren’t That Dangerous ?


Did you know that according to the Florida Museum of Natural History, more people die of alligator attacks than shark attacks. In the past decade the annual average of deaths due to dog attacks is 144 whilst the annual average of deaths due to shark attacks is just 11.
Here are some more interesting comparisons. More […]

The First Airplane : Wright Brothers


 
Orville and Wilbur Wright are historical figures because of their pioneering work in aviation and the fact that they built and flew the first successful airplane, the Kitty Hawk. The amazing thing was that both Orville and Wilbur were not researchers or aeronautical engineers but simply mechanics who ran a bicycle shop in Daytona, Ohio.
After […]

Life On Extra Solar Planets ?


 
There are 9 planets within our solar system and all of them are rotating around the sun thanks to its natural gravitational pull. Thats a pretty unique setup and until the mid 90s the idea of other solar systems in distant galaxies was mere speculation.
That speculation became a reality in 1995 when the first extra-solar […]

Do Bats Really Drink Blood ?


Bats are always compared and associated with vampires, halloween and other scary things but did you know that not all bats drink blood. In fact the shape of the bat’s skull can indicate the food it eats ?
The bats with thicker jaws and bigger teeth eat hard-shelled insects such as beetles, these bats are called […]