Saturday, July 31, 2010

Baby Gimme Freedom Song

Hii This song was sung by aparajith
Hope u enjoy this song

This was the first song sung by him.Pls encourage him.

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Valid doubts

1. When dog food is new and improved tasting, who tests it?

2. If the 'black box' flight recorder is never damaged during a plane crash, why isn't the whole airplane made out of that stuff? 

3. Who copyrighted the copyright symbol?


4. Can you cry under water? 

Super Silly Quiz

  1. The maker doesn't want it; the buyer doesn't use it; and the user doesn't even see it. What is it?
  2. There is one word in the English language that is always pronounced incorrectly. What is it?
  3. What is it that goes up and goes down but does not move?
  4. Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain on Earth?

General Interesting Facts

  • No piece of normal-size paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.
  • Blueberry juice boosts memory
  • When cats are happy or pleased, they squeeze their eyes shut
  • The elephant is the only animal with 4 knees.
  • Each year, about 500,000 detectable earthquakes occur in the world. About 100,000 of those can be felt and about 100 of them cause damage.
  • The tongue is the only body muscle that is attached from one end only.

Black Widow Spider

                                      

Black Widow Spider 

Latrodectus hesperus
    Photo: Female black widow spider on a leaf
Notorious for their bloodthirsty courtship, black widow spiders are identified by the colored markings on their black bodies.
Photograph by George Grall                                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                      This spider's bite is much feared because its venom is reported to be 15 times stronger than a rattlesnake's. In humans, bites produce muscle aches, nausea, and a paralysis of the diaphragm that can make breathing difficult; however, contrary to popular belief, most people who are bitten suffer no serious damage—let alone death. But bites can be fatal—usually to small children, the elderly, or the infirm. Fortunately, fatalities are fairly rare; the spiders are nonaggressive and bite only in self-defense, such as when someone accidentally sits on them.
The animals most at risk from the black widow's bite are insects—and male black widow spiders. Females sometimes kill and eat their counterparts after mating in a macabre behavior that gave the insect its name. Black widows are solitary year-round except during this violent mating ritual.
These spiders spin large webs in which females suspend a cocoon with hundreds of eggs. Spiderlings disperse soon after they leave their eggs, but the web remains. Black widow spiders also use their webs to ensnare their prey, which consists of flies, mosquitoes, grasshoppers, beetles, and caterpillars. Black widows are comb-footed spiders, which means they have bristles on their hind legs that they use to cover their prey with silk once it has been trapped.
To feed, black widows puncture their insect prey with their fangs and administer digestive enzymes to the corpses. By using these enzymes, and their gnashing fangs, the spiders liquefy their prey's bodies and suck up the resulting fluid.                                         




Map: Black widow spider range
     Black Widow Spider Range

Fast Facts

Type:
Bug
Diet:
Carnivore
Average life span in the wild:
1 to 3 years
Size:
1.5 in (38 mm) long, 0.25 in (6.4 mm) in diameter
Weight:
.035 ounce (1 gram)
Group name:
Black widow spiders are considered the most venomous spiders in North America.
Size relative to a paper clip:
Illustration: Black widow compared with paper clip
Black widows are notorious spiders identified by the colored, hourglass-shaped mark on their abdomens. Several species answer to the name, and they are found in temperate regions around the world.
                                                         

Monday, July 26, 2010

40 Shocking Facts About Water



Water: we once thought it was an endless natural resource. Now we know better.

Photo: mattman23

Saturday, July 24, 2010