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Saturday, February 28, 2009

Porcupine

Porcupines are large, spine or quill-bearing rodent in the families Hystricidae (Old World) and Erethixontidae (New World) of the mammalian order Rodentia. The often large spines, or sharp hairs, which act as defense organs, are controlled by erectile muscles in the skin. The arboreal North American porcupine, Eretizon dorsatum, ranges across Canada and most of the United States into northern Mexico. It is about 58 cm (23 in) long, weight up to 18 kg (40 lb), and eats bark, buds, twigs, and leaves. The prehensile-tailed porcupines, genus Coendou, of Mexico and Central and South America, comprise about 20 species. The spines are shorter but denser than those of the North American porcupine. The Old World porcupines include the common or crested porcupine, Hystrix cristata, found in sourthern Europe and Africa. A large nocturnal rodent, about 61 cm (2 ft) long, it has a crest of white tipped quills. After a gestation period of nearly four months, the female gives birth to two or three young, which initially have soft fur rather than quills.


The north America porcupine defends itself by raising its barbed quills and thrashing its fail to drive them into an attacking animal.

Monday, February 16, 2009

Poisonous Toilet Spider

This is important for you that want to defecate using sit-toilet and find a spider like on the drawing below.

This spider called as Stripped Telamonia, this spider have small size about as big as corn seed and have unique color. Three women get into hospital and being treated for 5 days and died. All the patient have the same symptom such as cold, fever and vomit continue with loose feeling on all the muscle, look there is no traumatic syndrome.

An autopsy result that the poisonous contains on the blood and there is a small bitten wound on their right bottom. Then known that all victim just visit to the certain restaurant before they are died. Health of Department then closed the Restaurant for observation, food, water AC system and all observed, without any result.

The clue founded after the servant said that 3 of the victims are not eat in the restaurant, they just using toilet. Then the Toxicologist remember to certain article they read, he back to the restaurant and go to the toilet, and up the toilet base. Under the chair is not seen by eyes, there is a small spider. The spider then being captured and bring to the laboratory. Then they know that that spider is Telamonia with two stipped or Two Stripped Telamonia (Telamo nia Demidiata), called like that because their meat is red color.

This spider is very poisonous but need for several days before the effect merge. This spiders is life in cold place and high humidity. The toilet base is the perfect place for this spider.

Sunday, February 8, 2009

Finch Bird


Finch is a general term popularly applied to more than 1000 species of stout billed, seed eating birds that are classified in several different families and subfamilies. Among the weaverbirds, family Ploceidae, for instance, are many species called finches. The waxbills, Estrildidae, are also a type of finch. Charles Darwin based much of his theory of evolution on birds now known as Darwin’s Finches (Geospizidae). In a more restricted sense, however, finches belong primarily to the subfamily Carduelinae of the great family Fringillidae, which also includes the cardinal of the great family Frimarily to the subfamily Carduelinae of the great family Fringillidae, which also includes the cardinals, buntings, grobreaks, towhees, sparrows, and many other birds. Other carduelines that are not specifically named finch include the siskins, redpolls, crossbills, and pine grossbreaks.

Most finches, regardless of their classification, are primarily seedeaters, with stout bills and a well developed gizzard. But even the seedeaters usually feed their young, for a few days at least, on more easily digested insects. Exceptions occur among the Goldfinches, redpools, and some other carduelines.

Many finches are brightly colored with red, yellow or blue predominating. Most finches are very musical, with songs that vary from the soft twittering of goldfinches and canaries to the printed warble of the purple finches in flight. Many authorities consider finches the highest and latest development on the avian evolutionary ladder.