6 Things You Did Not Know About Touch
Posted by Jason on
December 30, 2007
1.Touch is not a sense, but a complex of senses. It is the last resort, when we want to be sure that the other senses have not cheated us, to see if what we see/hear/smell is really
what it seems.
The touch comprises our whole body, and includes sensation of pain and temperature. Various senses linked to touch have various types of corpuscles or nervous terminations.
2.Touch allows to feel caressing, but also to assess size, shape, approximative weight, texture, temperature and whether they are painful or not without seeing them. Touch is also involved in orientation, especially with the eyes shut down. Read More »
14 Amazing Facts About Crocodiles
Posted by Jason on
November 5, 2007
1. The largest crocodile species is saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus), encountered from India to northern Australia and Fiji. In can reach 7 m (23 ft) in length and 1 tonne in weight! At 5 m (17 ft) length, it already has 0.5 tonne!
Even so, a crocodile egg is no larger than that of a goose!
The smallest crocodile is the dwarf crocodile (Osteolaemus tetraspis) from central Africa, which has a maximum length of 1.9 m (6.5 ft). It is more terrestrial than other crocodiles. Read More »
Top 10 Ghost Animals
Posted by Jason on
October 28, 2007
Ghosts do not exist only in fiction movies and horror stories. They can be real, even if they do or do not induce nightmares and sleep impairments.
1.Indeed, the best species to impersonate a ghost is the bat. The ghost Bat (Macroderma gigas), also named the Australian False Vampire Bat, is endemic to Australia and its extremely thin patagyum (wing membrane) makes it “glow” ghostly at night. The gray fur on their backs and the white one on their undersides intensify their ghostly image.
This is the largest bat in the group of those called microchiroptera (that excludes the huge flying foxes) and it is a vicious predator, consuming besides insects frogs, lizards and mice, but also other bats. Read More »
