Posts Tagged ‘science’

Blue bottle jelly fish- an organism with a difference

The unique form of jelly fish called the blue bottle jelly fish is seen in the waters of the coastal Australia and New Zealand. This fish can be quite fatal to humans at times and goes by another name 'Portuguese-man-o-war' as it is similar in appearance to a Portuguese battle ship with its sail. As the name signifies, it is blue in color and the various parts of its body are capable of performing different functions.

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Lion’s Mane Jellyfish, The Largest Jellyfish Known To Man

The largest jellyfish known to man is perhaps the Lion's Mane Jellyfish. The largest Lion's Mane ever recorded had a massive bell shaped body over 7 feet long with 120 foot tentacles, much larger then common household freezers, and longer than even a blue whale. It's massive size makes it considered to be the longest animal on earth known to man.

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Potatoes genetically engineered with Jellyfish

Jellyfish are found in oceans all over the world in more than 200 types. It is a commonly asked 'does people really eat jellyfish?' To this it can be said that tastes vary with people and there are many who may find it utterly disgusting to eat jellyfish. Some of the people who have eaten it state that the consistency is rather like a rubber-band with a bland taste. The Japanese, Koreans and Chinese people treat jellyfish as a delicacy and so with respect to them, if you ask does people really eat jellyfish, it is true that they eat it. You need to have a taste for it or belong to the culture that eats it.

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Irukandji Jellyfish, The Most Deadly Jellyfish, Tiny and Fatal

The Irukandji Jellyfish is really tiny but fatally venomous - it is just one cubic centimeter. It is found in the marine waters around Australia. The symptoms are known as the Irukandji Syndrome. There are two kinds of Irukandji Jellyfish - Malo Kingi and Carukia Barnesi. Hugo Flecker first documented the symptoms of the Irukandji Syndrome in 1952 - named after the Irukandji folk who inhabited the coastal strip tat lies north of Cairns in Queensland. Carukia Barnesi was the first species to be identified by Dr. Jack Barnes in 1964. Dr. Barnes, wanting to prove that this jellyfish had caused these symptoms, got himself to be stung by it, along with his son and a life guard.

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How To Care For Ants In An Ant Farm

Have you ever wanted to examine ants? The way in which they construct a nest, look after their offspring and feed? If you have then you could get an ant farm. However, you cannot just build your ant farm, stock it and then walk away.

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How To Feed Ants In An Ant Farm

If you are thinking about buying an ant farm, there are several things that you need to learn about keeping ants before you set up or at least colonize your farm. In fact, even before you purchase your ant farm, you should look around for which varieties of ants you can get hold of and then read up on what sort of nests those ants create.

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Need I worry About Carpenter Ants?

Carpenter ants are large ants that live in many parts of the world. They like to build their nests or colonies from dead, damp timber. However, contrary to popular opinion, they do not eat wood as termites do.

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Fire Ants

Fire ants live in many of the warmer regions of the world and in the majority of countries and in the majority of languages, from Thai to French and English, the word 'fire' is part of its name. This is because the sensation of pain after having been stung, not bitten, by one of these ants is similar to the pain received from a burn.

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How To Destroy A Colony Of Carpenter Ants

There are over 1,000 species of carpenter ants. The majority of of them are big, between a quarter of an inch and an inch long, and black, although there are red ones too. There are even a few species in South East Asia which will explode if attacked, ejecting a gluey liquid out through their heads which immobilizes the invaders. The exploding carpenter ant dies.

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Science Summer Camps

Animals at Summer Science Camps? Say Yes to Letting your kids play with animals this summer as a part of the fun they can have at camp. Find a science camp, or a more broadly defined summer camp that includes animals as a part of their program offerings.

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