Emerald Cockroach Wasps, which live in tropical regions of Africa, India and the Pacific Islands, are a natural way to exterminate cockroaches because they rely on cockroaches for their grisly life cycle. Unlike many venomous predators, which paralyze their victims before eating them or dragging them back to their lair, the wasp’s sting leaves the cockroach able to walk, but …
Craig Grant never liked cats, until his son moved out and left his pregnant cat Pepper behind. Craig was ready to adopt the kittens out, until his son said they must stay with their mother for 8 weeks. The cats multiplied and quickly began to be a problem. The neighbours complained, and the cats were being harassed, like being shot …
Have you ever wondered why flies are hard to swat? Michael Dickinson, a researcher in biomechanics of insect flight, has the answer. At the mere hint of a threat, flies adjust their preflight stance to flee in the opposite direction, ensuring a clean getaway. “These movements are made very rapidly, within about 200 milliseconds, but within that time the animal …
The next time you see a post office employee, think of this true story. A family’s 14 year old dog, Abbey, died last month. The day after she died, the four year old daughter, Meredith, was crying and talking about how much she missed her dog. She asked if she could write a letter to God, so that when Abbey …
Well? Are We Really Better Off Today? We have taller buildings today, but shorter tempers, and wider highways, but narrower viewpoints. We spend more money, but enjoy it less. We have larger houses, but smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. Today we earn more degrees, yet have less common sense. We acquire more knowledge, but use less judgment, have …
Oscar the cat, has regained a spring in his step following innovative surgery by Dr Noel Fitzpatrick to fit him with a pair of prosthetic paws. The two-and-a-half-year-old feline had his rear paws accidentally amputated by a combine harvester. Oscar’s road to recovery began after his local vet referred his owners, Kate and Mike Nolan, to Dr Fitzpatrick in Eashing, …
The Anglerfish always seems to look very angry, but probably has every right, as this deep sea fish is probably the ugliest creature in the world. There are more than 200 species of anglerfish, most of which live up to a mile below the surface of the Atlantic and Antarctic oceans, although some live in shallow, tropical environments. Generally dark …
The zorb tumbled into existence in the mid-1990s in New Zealand, hitting the extreme sport scene in 1998. What has now become a worldwide phenomenon is a simple ride inside a plastic ball down a grassy, or even snowy slope. In areas where there are no natural hills, zorb operators may build a metal track down which the zorb rolls. …
Many of us grew up enjoying the wildly imaginative rhyming works, written and illustrated by Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known to us as Dr. Seuss. Bartholomew and the Oobleck, If I Ran the Zoo, Horton Hears a Who!, How the Grinch Stole Christmas and many other books involving “ludicrous situations pursued with relentless logic” were the core of many a …
