Showing posts with label biology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label biology. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Moth Vampire in Siberia

Siberia, it - This is not just a Rumor Haloween towards the end of October. The researchers insect recently found a collection of moth Vampire in Siberia. The discovery is surprising because the moth is generally only eat fruit and pollen, not human blood.

However, only the male moth, which shows the strange behavior. This shows that this behavior may be related to the sexual reasons.

Physical form only slightly different pattern on the wing with species of moth Calyptra thalactri normal life in the area of Russia. Entomolog from the University of Florida, Jennifer Zaspel even predict the moth from the developing fruit moth sweeping.

"We see the change from sweeping fruit nectar or pollen awl into the fruit until the skin and blood," he said. However, to ensure that the differences with the moth moth is usually genetic studies should be conducted to track the behavior when the start developing in their lives.

The next question is why the behavior appears? With only the fact that the male moth, Zespel sure pejantan attempt to get more salt. The body needs salt may be transferred to a female moth during mating.

Feed mineral content of the blood is also useful to add nutrition for the young flyblow only eat the leaves. Minerals that are needed, particularly to supply a lot of sodium that is not obtained from the leaves.

Sumber
- Kompas
- National Geographic

Monday, October 27, 2008

6 twin has been born

NEW YORK, SELASA — During seven couple year Victor and Digna Carpio only coexisting Jhancarlos, they are the single. All changing when [at] 6 October, Digna bear six baby at the same time.

Couple Carpio awarded by four men baby and two woman baby. But, they close over that extraordinary news from mass media because their babes condition enough worry of.

Sixth of that twin baby born in Pusat Medis Mount Sinai, Manhattan, New York. Weight each between 750 gram and 1 kilogram. “ Dokter-Dokter unconvinced see our babes weight,” word Victor Carpio, officer of conservancy in Housing Authority, New York.
“ Small them,” say Jhancarlos, the sister, at the same time look into sixth brother which up to now still stay in the incubator.

One of the woman baby, according to medical, only having 25% of opportunity live caused by problem with spillway the heart of. But, condition of him is now good gradually after medical operate for it. Opportunity of his life now reach 75%.

“ Every day I see each;every baby I struggle for living on. But, we thank goodness,” word Digna Carpio to newspaper Daily News New York.

Till now Victor and Digna Carpio not yet given their babes name so that identify them only baby A, B, C, D, E, and F. Baby E and F is two woman baby. Victor and Digna plan to give the next weekend name of babes moment is of old age one month.
Even happy excrutiatingly, the couple is fixed panic to conceive have to take care of six baby at the same time. “ I cannot sleep to think of the way we take care of them,” word Victor Carpio. Iucky them because aid have come from Tony Avella, city fathers of is place of they remain. Avella have collected the bottle drink, baby cart, and other requirement.

Source
- Kompas

Bee can do math

SYDNEY, MINGGU - Some researcher find the fact that honeybee actually can [count/calculate] so/till number 4. One of the researcher from University of Queensland put down 5 number in a tunnel;cutting and place nektar in one of the number.

According to Radio Australian Broadcasting Corporation, the honey bees put down in the tunnel;cutting is then make a move to go to sign with water have sugar yielded by theX gist;nectare of the flower. Bees that honey still gather around around the sign moment number nektar have pulled from his location.

"Honey bees will recognize the number of three if they are showed with sign number of three," word Mandyam Srinivasan. " If we show sign number 4, attention of bee- the bee will be gone to the the number. But, likely ability of that bees count only shall number 4.

Bees cannot calculate above number of 4," adding Mandyam Srinivasan.
According to Professor Mandyam Srinivasan, bee can study difference of public on the a flower or environment be like warna,simetri, orientation and them can use the the information to recognize obyek which they have never met. Even they can pass the given by theX labyrinth of selected symbol. This matter marvellous very more than anything else bee only have brain equal to sesame seed.
Become us as human, do have used our brain with efficient and effective??

Source
- Kompas
- www.science.org.au