Apes can imagine!

And we thought we are the only species that can use our mind to imagine and plan for our future? Not any more gentlemen!

Studies supported by evidence have indicated that great apes too can exercise their mental skill and act like humans.

Two Swedish scientists have published articles on their study of apes who have exercised self control, which means the suppression of immediate drives in favour of delayed rewards; and mental time travel, which means the detached mental experience of a past or future event -- facilitate planning for future needs in humans.

What does this imply? So much before humans, the mental capacities that we believed to be exclusive human skill evolved much earlier.

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Donkey sent to prison?

A donkey has been lodged in a prison-the (ass)aulting news received widespread read from "yes, you are right, the animal lovers".

After reading the story, I suspect the cause for the assault by the donkey might be totally different than reported. Donkey is an extremely patient and harmless animal. t is not easy to provoke a donkey.

So, I will leave it your imagination as to why the donkey has landed in a jail which usually holds people for public drunkenness and other disturbances. (Smile)

Let me brief you on this sensational story:
"The animal was locked up at a local jail that normally after it bit and kicked two men near a ranch in the state of Chiapas.

The two victims accuse it of biting one of them in the chest and then kicking the other as he came to the rescue, fracturing his ankle."

A dangerous beach in Northern Australia.

Yes, a beach can be a place of fun and frolic but also can be dangerous at the same time.
I know you will think of Shark immediately when you read 'dangerous beach'. But there are other dangers lurking dear; an innocuous looking Jelly Fish is also very dangerous.

You don't believe-eh?

The coastline of Northern Australia is said to be the habitat for chironex fleckeri, also known as the box jellyfish. (see picture).

Of course, the attacks are rarely fatal but there are attacks. About 40 people are attacked and hospitalized every year in Northern Territory--a quiet state with just 215,000 residents and over 3,000 miles of coastline.

Just last year, a 6-year-old boy died in the Tiwi Islands, north of Darwin. The box jellyfish has rapidly acting venom that can cause cardiac dysfunction (resulting in loss of consciousness), cardiac arrest and death within five minutes of a sting.

And we thought jelly fish is harmless!

Source: Forbes

Six legged cat in Florida.

Do you find anything strange with this cat? No?

Look at again carefully under it's belly. It has six legs dear!


Usually I avoid looking at such odd nature. The memory lingers and we have no way to voluntarily erase anything off our memory.

This kitten is named Hex. It was born in Florida, six weeks was born six weeks ago. The extra two legs are protruding from her stomach.

Won't that they get in the way? Oh, poor cat!

But vets say she is likely to die if she does not go under the knife to have the extra limbs removed.

The cause:
The feline was meant to be one of a twin but half of the other cat fused to her in the womb, leaving her with the extra limbs.

May her soul rest in peace!

Source: Sky news

Beautiful Bluestripe Snipper.

Look at this fish below called Bluestripe Snipper. It was once a sports fish in Hawaii.

Though not a native of Hawaii, it was introduced in the 1950s to be used as a food and sport fish. But unfortunately that plan misfired.

It is reported that this wonderful fish is fighting with the native species for food and space!
It is usually marketed fresh, and is common in the markets of many countries. It is one of the principal species in the Hawaiian handline(a form of fishing) fishery but it fetches low prices at market.

Want to name a two headed turtle?

My husband used to me about his weird experiences when he was a school boy.

He grew up in a small town where temple festivals were celebrated with a lot of enthusiasm. There will be several stalls where one can buy many things and eat strange candies. A few stalls will display a woman with the the body of a snake or a two headed child.

I never believed them until I read this story about the two headed turtle.
"It has two heads sticking out from opposite ends of its shell, along with a pair of front feet on each side. But there is just one set of back feet and one tail."












It is reported that the turtle has not yet been named. Would you send in your suggestions?
If so, please contact Jay Jacoby, manager of Big Al's Aquarium Supercenter in East Norriton.

The serial killer of cubs.

This is a true story of about a mother panther that has killed all her cubs since 1999.

It is believed that the reason for this habitual killing is because she has been traumatized by the sound of NATO bombs during airstrikes in the Serbian capital intended to stop former President Slobodan Milosevic's crackdown against ethnic Albanian separatists in 1999.

However, her latest attempt to her baby was foiled and the 15 days old cub is rescued and now taken refuge with a dog.

Now Milica, the new cub fights with several newborn puppies over milk from her adopted mother. She also appears to enjoy every bit of attention she gets from her new family.

Courtesy: USA Today

Cow's burp reduce global warming.

This is absolutely bewildering-isn't it?

But you can't reprimand the cows that burp as bad manners.

Using modern plant-breeding methods to find new diets for cows that make them belch less is a way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, scientists said on Monday.

The key is developing new varieties of food that are easier for cattle to digest and also provide a proper balance of fiber, protein and sugar, said Michael Abberton, a scientist at the UK-based Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research.

He noted the average dairy cow belches out about 100 to 200 liters of methane each day, making diet changes a key potential factor in reducing this greenhouse gas.

"There is a common misperception about how methane gets into the atmosphere," he said. "It is actually through belching rather than the other end."

We know that green houses gas is responsible for global warming.

Abberton said introducing easier-to-digest legumes that tend to reduce methane emissions is an example of an approach scientists are beginning to explore. Legumes such as clover and alfalfa are commonly used for animal fodder.

Source: Yahoo news

Spiders saved a fire accident.

Danielle Vigue is not alone. My son Roshan gives her company.

I mean both hate spiders. Sometimes, when my son spots a spider in the bathroom, he will skip his bath.

Unmindful of the hatred, a few spiders saved the house of Danielle from a major fire accident.

Danielle Vigue, 18, says she awoke early Tuesday to find spiders in her room, and started killing them. When more showed up, she says she went across the hall and got into bed with her 15-year-old sister, Lauren.

It seems that those spiders took refuge in her from to escape the fire in the attic.
A few hours later, Vigue's 48-year-old mother, Debra, and 8-year-old sister, Shelby, smelled smoke, and flames greeted the family when they opened the door to the room Danielle Vigue had earlier left.

"I will never kill another spider again," she told WNEM-TV in Saginaw.

What a story!

Credit. CBS news.

Dinosaur bone soup for children.

Dinosaurs may have been dead millions of years ago but they still fascinate men.

Villagers in China feed their children soup made up with the bones of a dinosaur and believed that it cured children of dizziness. But they believed that bones belong to flying dragons.

Other times they were ground up and made into a paste that was applied directly to fractures and other injuries.

This practice is in existence for over two decades.

Later, they learnt that they are bones of dinosaur not of flying dragon and donated 200 KGs of the said bones to research.

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