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Plant Sciences, Zoology & Evolution / Re: Are Moths good for your health ?

« on: 02/09/2016 05:02:46 »

Glad it was just a moth. When I was 10, I bit a small bee thinking it was some crumbs of chocolate biscuits I ate earlier. The sting tasted spicy.

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Plant Sciences, Zoology & Evolution / Re: Aren't Lakes just big puddles ?

« on: 01/09/2016 04:04:36 »

Reading the thread title, I remembered when I learned that the Japanese word for "lake" is "mizuumi" which is ironic since its literal meaning is "sea of water". A sea is larger than a lake and made of water.

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Plant Sciences, Zoology & Evolution / Re: How do Bats know the time of day ?

« on: 30/08/2016 05:43:07 »

if you ever find yourself in a large bat flight, sit down close to the ground and hold something hard up next to your head (flashlight, cigarette lighter etc. They can echo locate off of something hard better than they can off of your Big Hair (southern term) or a soft hat.

Huh? In Detective Conan it was said that all you have to do if you are attacked by bats is stay still and they will get past you. Is that false?

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Plant Sciences, Zoology & Evolution / Re: insects

« on: 30/08/2016 05:32:00 »

Well, when people hear about nocturnal insects, they immediately think about mosquitoes. Mosquitoes avoid light, though.

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Plant Sciences, Zoology & Evolution / Re: Mushrooms rock..

« on: 30/08/2016 05:17:48 »

that individuals with a latex allergy can tolerate this new form of rubber without problems.

There are people with latex allergy? No wonder why my QC is afraid of rubber band so much, I think she must have one. At first I thought she was being phobic due to maybe past experience seeing a molten rubber band which looked like a worm (and yes, rubber bands melt in room temperature). However, it was then revealed that she doesn't fear real worms. Now I think I have found the answer why she fears rubber bands so much.

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Plant Sciences, Zoology & Evolution / Re: Are birds born KNOWING the songs they sing?

« on: 29/08/2016 05:45:06 »

What about talking cockatoos? Can they mimic other birds' song?