Medusa killer size of a fingernail. It lives in Australia. Unlike other jellyfish, a brain and eyes. The consequences of the fatal meeting with her, from paralysis to brain hemorrhage. 4 tentacles, 5 thousand. Stings. The poison 100 times more dangerous than cobra venom. Antidotes yet.

The longest snake living in captivity has become a python Fluffy (7.3 m.)

                 Great colorful dove

Scientists: Based on gold created the darkest material

Employees Technological University. Abdullah created a material that can absorb 98.43 visible and infrared spectrum, which makes it almost completely black. For more information on this in the journal Nature Nanotechnology.

Physicists said that while working on a story inspired by the structure of beetle elytra Cyphochilus, which is one of the white creatures on the planet. The new material was made from gold, or rather of the gold nanoparticles, each of which is an object of complex shape, but rather the scope of which is attached a rod. The nano-sized spheres literally absorb photons in itself, working as a kind of waveguide if arranged randomly.

According to the authors, these technologies have, in principle, there is no limit to the absorbed light. Based on the gold nanospheres can develop a dye capable to absorb and 100 percent of the light from violet to infrared.

It should be noted that in the experiment using the physics of the material layer, whose thickness does not exceed 10.2 micrometer - absorption was 98.43%. In the event of the same 60-degree angle from the vertical allowed to achieve absorption of 99.7%.

Banana spider or a Brazilian Wandering Spider.

In 2007, the monster hit the Guinness Book of Records as the originator of the largest number of human deaths. These spiders are dangerous not only to their poison, but also their own behavior. Banana spider - the most poisonous spider creatures do not sit still, and wander through the land, hiding in cars, houses, clothes and shoes. This increases the probability of encountering poisonous animals.

NASA released a list of 20 most intriguing extrasolar planets


Staff at the US space agency NASA released the main site office list, which included 20 of the most intriguing extrasolar planets. Such work experts conducted specifically for the 20th anniversary of the opening of the first such planet.

By the 20 th anniversary of the discovery of the first exoplanet NASA staff compiled a list of 20 such planets, as experts believe, it has become the most intriguing. The list was posted on the main site office. In the first place in this list was the extrasolar planet called Kepler-186. Its scientists have discovered a year ago. The radius of the planet is similar to Earth's radius.

Second place went to Osiris exoplanet that orbits a star resembling the sun. On this exoplanet blowing very strong wind. In third place was a system called Kepler-11, there are six planets. Recall that called exoplanets planets orbiting a star that is not the sun.

                          Poitou Donkey

Poitou Donkey (Baudet de Poitou), or mammoth donkey well, or "age-donkey" extremely friendly, gentle and obedient creature belongs to one of the oldest breeds in France.

Despite his advanced age, this breed is still obscure. It is believed that long-haired donkeys came to the territory of the province of Poitou in France since the Roman conquerors, who appreciate them long thick hair and high performance quality.

The result is a breed of Poitou, whose members today are the largest in size and the best workers among donkeys.

In the Middle Ages in the circles of the French nobility possession of Poitou donkey it was considered a symbol of high status and its excellent qualities have been known even at the royal court.

At the end of the last century, this rare breed was virtually forgotten - in 1977 around the world there are 44 Poitou donkey. However, the joint efforts of breeders breed managed to revive, bringing the number of mammoth donkeys up to 400 individuals, 180 of which - Thoroughbreds. Due to the successful breeding program, every year a few lucky ones are able to buy these amazing animals in private ownership.

The greatest pride of the Poitou donkey - shaggy dark brown or black hair, called «cadanette», which is in the form of long cords hanging down almost to the hooves.

It is not trimmed because Poitou fur softer and longer than that of other breeds. Animals with long hair are valued above all. Thoroughbred Poitou donkey must have a white belly and two white rings - around the eyes and nose.

80-year-old man rolls the stray dogs on the small train
There are people who can never sit idle. These, of course, applies to 80-year-old pensioner Eugene Bostic from Fort Worth (Texas). In recent years, he did nothing that was engaged in the construction of the steepest trains in the world. The only clarification - this is the coolest train ... for the homeless dogs! This vehicle Eugene rolls abandoned animals from which was once abandoned by their owners.

                               Fenech

An animal with a funny name "Fennec" (accent on the first syllable) - a relative of our normal fox, greatly inferior to her in size. Fenech (lat. Vulpes zerda) belongs to the family of canids, being the youngest of his representative - it is less than the normal domestic cat. Fenech has an unusual appearance: short pointed muzzle, large eyes, small teeth, hairy paw feet, and most importantly - the huge, fifteen centimeter ears.

Homeland Fenech - deserts of Africa (they are most common in the Sahara), which determines the lifestyle and habits of the animal. To escape the heat, Fenech burrows, which is carried out day and night come out to hunt. Fenech prefer to live in the thickets of grass and bushes, where they find food. These little foxes live in large families, consisting of a pair of parents, young puppies, and sometimes - a more grown-up children. Sometimes in one den settles several clans. Fenech like to "talk", delivering information through barking, yelps and howls.

The hunt Fenech prefer an individual style, as well as other foxes. Interestingly, the animals are omnivorous and consume everything that can dig eggs, small animals, including insects, roots and fruits of plants. Fenech thrifty - they set aside some food for a "rainy day", can be a long time without water.

Another feature Fenech - agility and jumping ability. With his modest growth they can make jumping height of 70 centimeters! Nocturnal allowed Fenech develop phenomenal hearing, smell, and vigilance in the dark.

Fenech create permanent pair parents own their own territory. Estrus females lasts only two days, and the males at this time are very aggressive, seek as much as possible to tag your site. Mating season begins in January and fevarle, and in March or April is born offspring. In the hole with soft bedding appears two to six pups, which weigh only 50 grams.

Over the next two weeks the female remains in the nest with her cubs and the male brings her food. The mother does not admit it to the newborn, therefore, food Fenech-Pope puts at the entrance to the burrow. The first time the kids at risk to leave the den at the age of five weeks. Up to three months, they learn the surrounding area, and then begin to make more distant attacks. Just at that moment, the female stops producing milk.

Starting from 6-9 months of age, young Fenech reach sexual maturity, but some of them stay with their parents, helping them to raise these litters. Fenech live up to 10-12 years.

In areas of its natural habitats Fenech being destroyed because of the valuable fur. However, these animals are caught and alive, because it is the only species of fox, which can be tamed and contain at home!

                             Pangolin

This wonderful animals appeared on Earth 66 million years ago! These little creatures mammals. Their body length of 30 to 88 cm, tail is about the same. These amazing creatures live in Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. They live in forests and in open areas. In pangolin very long tongue (40 cm), covered with sticky saliva. This saliva attracts many insects. They feed exclusively termites and ants. Pangolin nests are not only dining room, but also a kind of "cleaning station": an animal to sit in front of angry ants and rastopyrivat flakes and insects crawl under them, starting to bite pangolin, but he suffers; after a while pangolin scales dramatically closes crushing ants.
They live alone. It breeds once a year. After 150 days after mating, 1-3 cubs are born. The kids are well developed, covered with soft scales, which hardens in a few days. A month later, the little pangolin begin to feed on insects.

In an emergency, pangolins curl up into a ball, which is open only to the power of a lion or a tiger.
This kind of dying out due to the fact that many illegal companies are killing these animals for meat and scales.

                           Sacred Scarab

Surprisingly, the most common beetle, the whole meaning of life consists in driving dung balls, may be associated with any deity.

And, nevertheless, the sacred scarab (lat. Scarabaeus sacer) in ancient Egypt was a highly respected member of the order Coleoptera. Priests even inserted it instead cut the heart of the dead during their mummification. This unusual action was to symbolize the flight of the soul and the rebirth of a person in the spiritual world.

The very same ice balls from the ancient Egyptians was the symbol of movement sunlight, because Scarab directs his load always strictly from east to west, as if repeating the path of the sun across the sky. He does it for very practical reasons - so much easier to navigate in space. All beetle gathered will serve him for the food and for the development of the offspring.

Interestingly, the scarabs themselves agree there any manure, while for their children, they are choosing the best, in their opinion, the best - sheep. It is in the process of skiing, the period which lasts from March to July, and an acquaintance of the future married couple.

After the male and female knurled few balls, they buried them in separate wells and sprinkle on top of the ground. Now we can begin to procreation. Perhaps scarabs shy, again especially for mating dig a deep hole, a length of 10 to 30 cm, which ends with a large nest chamber.

Fertilize the female, the male goes about his business, and future mother puts a rather large egg in one of the balls, following the cardinal rule: Every kid should have its own house. And for the season it may have about a dozen offspring. This and its mission ends - scarabs, like most bugs, do not care about posterity.

After 5-12 days the egg hatches the larva, which is a month with a slight turn into a pupa. It will take another two weeks to pupa developed into an adult. However, young scarabs are in no hurry to get out into the hostile outside world: they prefer to sit in the so-called "False cocoon", while seasonal rains soften its hard shell. Some even manage to spend so winter.

Adult black scarabs. Matt Young and old beetles, whose life had time to pull and "rub" is shiny. The average specimen of 2.5 to 3.7 cm, and the sexual dimorphism underdeveloped, i.e. layman is very difficult to distinguish male from female. Experts also note on the inside edge of hind tibia of male red-haired golden fringe, which is not in females. The eyes of both sexes are large, and a weak frontal keel. The back of the cheeks and the crown in the small seed. The legs and lower body are covered with dark brown hairs.

Interestingly, the sacred scarab live not only in Egypt. They can be found in all the southern regions of Western Europe: in France, Italy, Greece, Bulgaria, and in the extreme south of the steppes of Ukraine, in the Crimea and Georgia.

   Why the cat lies on a sick man's place?

The most common home "healers" are considered to be a cat. If the landlord fails to establish a relationship of trust with them, the cats are able to find and treat the sore spots of the owner. They lay down on this place, purr, warms it with its warmth - and the pain recedes. The serious situation the cat for several hours can not move away from the patient. According to statistics, cat lovers are turning to doctors almost 5 times less often than those who do not.

1. With Cardiovascular Disease
There are many stories about how the cats rescued people from heart attack and hypertensive crisis. Cat may even warn of a possible attack. Cat owners know that their pets are sometimes begin fins, when their host is severely irritated or tense.
The cat in the house reduces the risk of recurrent myocardial infarction. The man who recently had an attack, normalize blood pressure and pulse after it for a few minutes pat beloved cat.

2. In diseases of the gastrointestinal tract
Stroking cats good for digestion. Short-haired or hairless cat (Sphynx, Siamese, Oriental, Abyssinian, Tonkin, Korat, Egyptian Mau) is usually better than other breeds treat diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and urogenital system.

3. When stress and fatigue
Cats are able to relieve fatigue, stress, migraine, lower blood pressure, normalize the heartbeat. Excellent therapists and neurologists are considered long-haired cats - Siberian, Angora, Persian, Burmese, Norwegian Forest Cats that help people who suffer from insomnia, irritability, depression.

Black cats take a person twice as much negative energy than cats of other colors. Red cats themselves give positive energy. Cats cream color "tone" our energy, well, gray-blue - calm. White the cat - unsurpassed in terms of doctors.

4. To enhance immunity
If you listen to every day a cat purring, running on a frequency of 4 - 16 Hz, this is a positive effect on immunity. Scientists suggest that purring is similar to ultrasound treatment that speeds healing, growth and strengthening of bones. Persian cats are able to relieve joint pain and symptoms of osteoarthritis.

5. To increase the life expectancy
Scientists of the Institute of Gerontology investigated the effects of cats on the life expectancy of their owners and came to the conclusion that people who all their lives were held in the house cat live on average 10.3 years longer than those who did not have cats. In cat owner indices blood pressure and better blood cholesterol were lower.

6. Cat and acupuncturists
Cats can also act as "acupuncturist" when they climb on the host and Murch, produce claws that irritate the reflex zones, as in the present session of acupuncture. This method of treatment has long been used in folk medicine.

7. Cats as the energy information unit
Bioenergy believe that the cat - it's a real energy-meter. In their view, if the cat is often rests on the head of his master, he is likely to hypertension or a tendency to headaches. If the favorite rests on the left shoulder or arm, it speaks about the problems with the heart. The cat lies on the back, if the "feel" of kidney problems, his feet - if the owner is suffering reduced pressure or frequent colds.

   

4-year-old Dutchman Mario spent his adult life working at the zoo in Rotterdam, caring for giraffes. Recently, a man found a severe form of cancer.
   He asked the administration of the zoo for a while to live close to their pets.

Diergaarde Blijdorp zoo management has allowed Mario to live close to giraffes, for whom he cared for many years. According to employees of the zoo, the animals know man and understand how difficult it is now necessary.

Mario virtually unable to walk. To carry out the last wishes to help the representatives of the Dutch special volunteer service. In addition to the farewell to the animals, the man wanted to have a little party to the last time to communicate with their colleagues around the zoo in an informal setting.

Benefactor of abandoned animals in the Fukushima exclusion zone

All we know about radiation accident at the Fukushima-1. More than 150 thousand people were forced to leave the infected area, unfortunately, not all the owners took with them pets. He was a man who did not leave the animals starve. His name is Naoto Matsumura, is a construction worker who lives in the Exclusion Zone, and takes care of the smaller brothers. Naoto - the only person living in the 20-kilometer exclusion zone.

     Six years of living with the wolves

The couple, Jim and Jamie Dutcher (Jim and Jamie Dutcher) spent six years living in a tent in the woods among a pack of wolves in an attempt to understand the way of life and the essence of these animals. They lived without electricity or running water, in the most savage primitive conditions, without leaving the place, even in winter, when in the woods of Idaho crackled almost Siberian frosts. Judging from the photos made by them, and then published on their website and in the media, they have managed to establish a very close with the wolves, almost familial relationship and look there, where few of the people managed.

                             Tuatara

It belongs to the genus that inhabits the earth 95 million years. Her relatives were plesiosaurs Award (marine reptiles that lived during the Jurassic period). Currently tuatara is the only member of this wonderful family, but this kind of dying out.
The body length of 76 cm, weight 1.3 kg. The life expectancy of these beautiful creatures 60 years, but can live 100 years and more. They reach sexual maturity at the age of 15-20 years. Lay 8-15 eggs.
Tuatara are listed as endangered by IUCN. As they reproduce slowly, they protect their hard to save the species.

           The tiger as a pet and animal

A Brazilian family has got as a pet real tigers.

It so happened that many years ago Ary Borges and his wife had saved two tigers from the zoo, they decided to temporarily shelter the animals in his house.

But soon become attached to them and could not refuse. Now in their home lives of seven Tigers. They behave like ordinary domestic cats love to play, sleep and eat a lot of meat.