"Fish" of Mind

Have you ever thought of keeping live fish at home? No, not the usual little goldfish in a bowl. What I mean is an aquarium. An aquarium is a glass or clear plastic tank to hold fish, other water animals and water plants. You will have to spend a bit of time on it to begin with, and even some money, but you will find it worthwhile.

Killifish

Pyjama Apogon

Zebrasoma desjardini

Photos: http://rafa.biotopy.pl/ http://www.solodvds.com/ http://practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/

Picture of the Day

What do you think is the best caption for the picture below?

Now You See Them, Now You Don't

GLOBAL WARMING IS A FACT!! At the rate the sea ice melt (expected this summer), what do you think will happen to some of our Arctic Animals?

Polar Bears in the Arctic

Beluga Whales frolicking in the Arctic water

Reindeer/Caribou

Arctic Walrus Links: Arctic sea ice melt Arctic Animals Reindeer/Caribou Beluga Whales Polar Bears

Arctic Walrus

Where Are You Now?

Every morning and mid-afternoon I could still see butterflies in our garden. Mostly, they are as small as my eyes, white wings with dark spots. Some are colored yellow while the bigger ones are of the ordinary species. But a few hours ago, I haven't seen any because it's raining. I was wondering where do butterflies go when it rains. Do they hide themselves like people used to do when the rain comes? When it rains butterflies settle on the stems of flowers or stalks of grass. How come we couldn't see them easily? The answer to this question is, they hang head downwards with their wings folded together over their backs. Most butterflies are difficult to see when their wings are closed, because the undersides have only pale colours and faint patterns. Photo: http://www.flickr.com/ Link: Blue Morph folded wings

Monkey Business

'Washoe' was the first chimpanzee to learn to communicate in words. She was acquired in 1966 by behavioural psychologists at the University of Nevada in Reno. They taught her the American sign language.

Don't be mistaken. She was not the missing link. This is not a proof that we really came from monkey. If that is so, why is it that even this minute, no monkey could bear a human child-like being? But I do believe that there are newly-born children who looks like monkeys even a horse.

Photo:

www.answers.com/topic/washoe

Which is Which?

Alligators and Crocodiles The major difference between alligators and crocodiles is the snout. The crocodile has a long, tapered snout, which narrows sharply from the eyes to the end of the nose. The alligator's snout is rounded. It is almost as broad at the end of the nose as at the eyes. The fear of reptiles, i.e. alligators, crocodiles, lizards, snakes, etc. is called herpetophobia or bactrachophobia.

Alligator Crocodile

Photos:

www.tropicarium.se/index.php?id=80 www.amcostarica.com/011005.html

Who's Afraid of Spider?

Spiders are eight-legged, wingless arachnids. They can produce silk, and most have poison glands associated with fangs. The more than 30,000 species of spiders are found on every continent except Antartica in almost every kind of terrestial habitat and a few aquatic ones as well. Spiders range in body size from about 0.5 mm to 9cm. Its scientific class, Arachnida, is named for the Greek tapestry weaver Arachne, who was turned into a spider by the goddess Athena. The fear of spider is called arachnophobia. Photo: www.images.com