Showing posts with label Animals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Animals. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

10 most bizarre Bats

10 most bizarre Bats
1. Bananas bat

Species exclusive to western Mexico, known for its banana bat snout is very long, the longest of any bat (relative to size). These animals nectarivorous, which means feeding on nectar which is an important pollinators in tropical forest habitat. He got his name because it is often found in banana plantations.


2. Bats Ghosts

Fluffy white bat is found in tropical rain forests from Mexico to Brazil, and also on the island of Trinidad, in the Caribbean. It is a solitary animal that spends daytime nesting under palm leaves, and then flying high in the night, hunting moths and other flying insects.

3. Chapin's bat

This bat has a "hair" is strange, and strange odors bats males to attract females during mating season. They eat insects and live in the rainforests of Central Africa.

4. Bat-faced Wrinkles

This fruit-eating species found in Mexico and Central America, where he was known as "viejito Murcielago" ("old man bat") or Murcielago Zopilote ("Bats KONDOR"), because the body is a bit bare and wrinkles. They have large folds of skin that they use as a mask to cover their faces when they sleep.

5. Big-eared bat

These bats eat insects fly fly, like other bats, use echolocation to find their prey. Their large ears give them a much better hearing than the small-eared bat. They have diverse genera and are found in many parts of the world.

6. Bats Anglers

The big bats live in Mexico, Central and South America and mostly eat fish. Using long-clawed feet to grab the fish in the water and then eat through the wings. Relatively smaller than the type of Fishing Lesser Fishing Bat Bat is that food is aquatic insects.

7. Ghost-faced bat

Ghost-faced bats are widely spread in the world, from the United States, south to Peru. They barely nosed, have a strange skin flap loudly in their face and a very prominent forehead which gives them a very strange appearance. They eat nocturnal insects.

8. Sucker Footed Bat

This bat, endemic to Madagascar, initially estimated using a vacuum on the wings and ankle for hanging on palm leaves and other smooth surfaces. However, when it is known that they do not use suction power, but rather adhesion, by producing a sticky substance that acts as a sort of glue-like adhesion found in tree frogs and salamanders.

9. Tube-nosed bat

Found in the rainforests of the Philippines, this bat has a strange face among mammals. Dark ears with specks of yellow, orange eyes and, especially, the nose-like tubes, giving the appearance of his face like a cartoon character. They eat mostly figs and other fruits, but in certain circumstances they also eat insects.

10. Hammer-Headed Bat

Found in the rainforests of Africa, this large bat gets its name because of the shape of his head is too weird, but this is only in the male. Most of the male thorax bat is resonating chamber for allowing them to produce a very loud sound to attract females bat. They eat fruit and sometimes, also eats other animals.

Thursday, May 16, 2013

7 Most Intelligent Animals In The World

1. Jumping Spider Portia Labiata


7 Most Intelligent Animals In The World
This species is a member of the genus Portia spider and definitely the smallest creatures in the list. Also known as the White-whiskered Portia, they inhabit wastelands and secondary forests in Africa, Asia, and Australia. These spiders have demonstrated learning abilities in laboratory tests and the bug has been labeled the smartest in the world. They performed surprisingly well on a variety of problem-solving tasks. One of their principle skills of luring other spiders webs to their food. To do this they will pluck rhythm in the corner of the web to mimic the trapped bug or insect intruders. If Portia has encountered this type of spider before, it will remember what rhythm pattern used to achieve success.

Portia Labiata who have great eye sight and have been seen using extraordinary instinctive behavior. Spiders planned to use trial-and-error approach to hunting and cognitive showed a strong base. When prey comes and goes, the spider will sit and wait for hours to have the right moment to attack. Furthermore, plan ahead and understanding that will eventually eat again. This spider has also shown signs of selective attention by identifying specific objects and prey over others.


2. Rat
7 Most Intelligent Animals In The World
There are hundreds of species of rat in the world. The mouse is one of the most studied and tested the animals on this planet. They have been the subject of research and experiments for various well-known and influential physiological studies. The reason for this is that mice, like humans AOS psychology and they are great for experimental comparisons. All rats learned new behaviors and tricks very easily.

A 2007 study found that mice have metacognition, which is a mental ability previously only been documented in humans and some primates. Mice have a remarkable sense of smell and hearing. They have been trained to detect landmines and bombs. Research and latest technology has been suggested that rats can even smell and identify human sputum samples infected with TB. These magnificent animals solve the maze. Rats are social animals and show signs of remorse, joy, loss, and stress. They dream in a very similar way as humans. They also demonstrate exceptional organizational and technical maintenance. Just remember, mice are intelligent and friendly creatures so do not put fear them. I included this funny rat clip.


3. Dogs Border Collie

7 Most Intelligent Animals In The World
Border Collie is widely regarded as the most intelligent dog breed in the world. They usually spend their time tending sheep and cattle handling various forms, but it also makes a great pet. With physical exercise and various forms of mental stimulation this dog is the fastest to learn. Descendants originated in Scotland, Welsh, and English border and the dogs make an immediate impact on the agricultural industry. It has been established that in certain areas Australian Outback a trained collie will do five times the amount of work that can manage people.

Border Collie dominates dog sports above all breeds. They excel in the high jump, utility courses, fly-ball, and even can take first place in dog dancing competitions. They have an extraordinary sense of smell and is widely regarded as sniffer dogs were great. They can be trained as drug dogs or in search and rescue as well. This dog obviously will recognize you as an individual personality, they will learn your routine, anticipate what will happen next, and find a way to get what they want.


4. North Pacific Giant Octopus

7 Most Intelligent Animals In The World
These creatures lived in the depths of the sea. They are a family owned and cephalopod molluscs class. All types of cephalopods are known to have exceptional intellectual ability. Octopus is considered the most intelligent invertebrate life. In experimental conditions these animals have shown short-and long-term memory. They have an extraordinary observation learning and problem-solving abilities. Octopus nervous system has a very large, but only partially found in their brains. About two-thirds of octopus, neurons ao can be found on the rope around and the arm. There arm has a very large autonomy. They are masters of mimicry and camouflage.

They are professional escape artists and can often be found in the hull crabs, eat the catch. This animal is very keen eyesight, sense of touch, and very fast. There are reports from the North Pacific Giant Octopus reaching 600 pounds, with a range of hands 30 feet. They don, Äôt make a pet or a great zoo attractions. In one recent story, an octopus flooded the Santa Monica Pier Aquarium by turning the valve and let the hundreds of gallons of water to overflow the tank.


5. Green parrots Africa

7 Most Intelligent Animals In The World
is a species of parrot found in West and Central African rain forest. Parrots have long been able to show that they can imitate human speech, but the African Green Parrots can associate words with meaning and form small sentences. This bird communicate with each other through songs, calls, and body language. African Green parrot can easily be trained to have conversations and perform activities. They managed to imitate, create voices and sounds perfect household. One specific example of Alex birds.

Alex can identify more than fifty objects, seven colors, five shapes, and a numeric value to six. He understands the difference between big and small, above and below, and even show emotion understanding by telling handlers "to go away" when becoming bored with testing. Then there is the story of African Grey Parrot in Nagarey, Japan lost by the owner, wounded, and sent to the animal hospital. While in the hospital the bird began talking with a veterinarian stating "I'm Mr. Yosuke Nakamura." She also provides a complete home address to the last number. But the bird was not directly [back to the house, but did not entertain the whole hospital with a song and dance first.

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Lobster

Lobster
Lobsters are invertebrates, which belong to the Crustacean class of the Phylum Arthropoda. There are two different families of lobsters existing in the United States. They are the American lobster and the spiny lobster. American lobsters are clawed lobsters which are classified under the taxonomic family Nephropidae, or large marine crustaceans. Spiny lobsters are without claws, but with a pair of horns that can be seen above the eyes. You can find five pairs of jointed legs in a lobster. They come in a variety of colors, sizes, and forms. Their sizes range from 1-12 inches.


The basic parts of a lobster include abdomen, antennules, antennae, crusher claw, pincher claw, carapace, cephalothorax, pereiopods, eye, maxillipeds, telson, uropods, and mandible.

Abdomen is the tail section of the lobster which is composed of seven segments. Antennae are sensory organs, which functions as a chemoreceptor. Antennules help to perceive distant odors. The external shell of the cephalothorax is called carapace. Cephalothorax, one of the main parts of a lobster, is covered by the carapace. It is made up of the head and the thorax. The larger claws are called as the crusher claws. These are very useful for crushing prey. Ripper or pincher claws are the smaller claws. A lobster has a pair of compound eyes providing sense of sight. The functions of the mandibles and maxillipeds are to grip and shred its food. Pereiopods are two sets of walking legs suitable for burrowing. Central tail fin is called telson and outer pairs of tail fins are known as uropods.

Lobsters live in burrows in the muddy areas at the bottom of the ocean. Smaller ones are called as lobsterettes. Similar to all arthropods, lobsters must molt in order to grow, leaving them vulnerable during this time. Most lobsters are carnivores and feed on clams, carrion, mussels, snails, worms, sea urchin, and other lobsters.

Like the grasshopper, the nervous system of a lobster is very primitive. Approximately 100,000 neurons are present in a lobster. Usually, the color of its blood is grayish. The large blood vessels circulate its blood from the heart which is located behind the stomach. Lobsters take in oxygen from the water through the gills, found in the lobsters' thorax section.

Saturday, March 9, 2013

7 Process Animations Shaun the Sheep

Shaun The Sheep first appeared on television in 1995 in the film A Close Shave Wallace and Gromit character dog. Duration is only four minutes but made the crowd love it. And since then, Shaun has his own TV show on the BBC that was made by the Aardman production studio.


Here are  7 Process Animations Shaun the Sheep

1. Making Storytime

An episode began with a simple story idea. The idea was presented to the team scriptwiters to be made into a good story.

Then submitted to the storyboard artist to create a story linenya, this stage also helps set dressers, prop-makers, model-makers, riggers and cameramen to prepare and what shots are needed.




2. Preparation SceneThe grass on the farm purchased from a hobby center, painted green to get the right shades of grass, coupled with thatch grass and daisies.

Also deployed a small black blob to get the effect of sheep dung. The grass is then laid on top of perforated steel to get a good foundation. Animators can then use a magnet to keep the characters in place, and use the steel to put up the tree, farmhouse, barn and other parts of the set are still in place.


3. Modelling

Model-makers made the first sheep to make up the body, then wrapped them with white wool. Fur is then stained slightly and legs made of silicon ditambahakan. final head-off that can be mounted on the body fitted.

"We have a number of bodies, some have four legs, and some only two, depending on the scene," said Chris.





4. Propping Up

Property maker called to make everything from sheep-sized beach towel, for bath toy for Timmy, and even a table for magic scene.

Prop maker Helen Javes said: "Everything is manual, so it is very complicated. "Even the legs of the table are made manually to get the right shape." But the job is not without risk prop maker. Finger cut sharp knife, and burned from the heat of the glue is a risk of their daily work.






5. Expressions Eye

Eyes sheep have small holes so they can be manipulated to make them look left, right, up, down. Each animator also has dozens of special artificial eyelids - small pieces of plasticine purple dome-shaped which can be added to create a blinking sheep eyeballs, or look sleepy.

Because sheep do not talk, they use expressions to tell the story or provide comedic moments. "Merka eyelid animator is torture for the eyes".



6. Storage

When not in use, sheep and lamb cuts can be found stored on a shelf in the room at the Aardman studios.

It's here that the animators can find parts for Shaun feet, a little extra fur, or one or two sheep that was broken!


7. Comedy Slapstik


In spite of some bleating from Shaun and his friends, gongongan of Bitzer and grunts from the farmers, Shaun and the sheep is silent TV series. But while the sound Wallace Gromit have to keep the story going on in their films, Shaun did not have that luxury. "It's easier to lip-sync menganimasikannya because is one of the most time-consuming aspect for animators," says Chris.


Patient and Thorough


The characters in Shaun and the sheep moved 25 times per second, the animators had to rearrange the scene 1,500 times just one minute of footage. They average finish seven seconds recording / day. does not seem much, but when compared to the Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit and Chicken Run, their work at breakneck speed.

Sunday, February 3, 2013

7 Important News About Cats

1. Cats typically weigh between 2.5 to 7 kg and rarely exceeding 10 kg, except for being fed in excess.

2. In captivity, cats can live for 15 to 20 years, with the oldest cat ever known 36 year old! Feral cats living in the modern urban environment can only live for 2 years or even less than that.

3. Cats are very clean animals included. They often take care of themselves by licking their hair. Saliva or saliva they have a strong cleaning power, but can trigger allergies in humans.

4. Cats are powerful animals sleep. Sleep time varies between 12-16 hours per day, with an average of 13-14 hours. But it is not rare for a cat who slept for 20 hours in a day.

5. Believe it or not, in the middle ages cats are considered associated with witches and often killed by being burned and thrown from a high place. Some historians believe that the outbreak of the Black Death or bubonic plague spread rapidly in Europe in the 14th century was due to superstition. That is because the number of murders committed cat thereby increasing the population of mice carrying the bubonic plague.


6. In the eyes of a cat no reflective layer called the tapetum lucidum, which causes cats' eyes glow in the night. This reflective layer can absorb light 6 times more powerful than the human eye, allowing the cat to be able to see in the dark.

7. In Indonesia, the cat often written with the word "meow". In the English language used in the United States, the cat is often written with a "Meow". In the UK alone, the cat's written "Miaow". If the Japanese are often written with the word "him".

7 Myths Cat Yawning

7 Myths Cat Yawning1. Adult cats have about 30 teeth in its mouth, while the kittens have 26 teeth.

2. Cats with white fur and blue eyes are usually born deaf, although once they develop other senses instead.

3. Whiskers in cats are very sensitive and can sense changes in air pressure that even the small ones. This capability makes the cat can use it as a guide to an alternative to move in the dark when he can not see.

4. Although cats have 5 fingers on the front foot, they only have 4 fingers on the back foot. However, in some cats can be born with a lot of fingers to 7 even with the extra bone and cat At 6 months old, it is equivalent to 10 human years of age.

5. If you need a UV light to see, just use cat pee, pee because they glow in the dark.

6. Do you know, cats (Felis catus silvestrid-), especially the house cat is one of the most powerful predators in the world. The cat was able to kill and or take a few thousand species, beat big cats (such as lions, tigers, and the like) are only able to prey on less than 100 species. However, because of relatively small size, it is not harmful to humans. But still it is very dangerous if a cat is infected with rabies.

7. Cats have been associated with human life at least since 3500 years ago. When that ancient Egyptians had used the cat to repel pests rats and other rodents from their harvest.