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Thursday, July 14, 2005

A creature with 5 eyes

Here is a creature with not 2, not 3, but 5 eyes! The bee has 2 large compound eyes on either sides of its head, and another 3 ocelli (primitive eyes) on top of its head. The function of the ocelli is to detect light intensity.

Friday, July 08, 2005

Short lived conservation

What is the shortest ever conservation effort? Could this be the one?

It cost an average $80,000 to rehabilitate a seal after the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska. Two of these very expensively saved animals were released back into the wild accompanied by cheers and applauses from wellwishers. A minute later, both of them were eaten by a killer whale!