Each spring, the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science organizes an underwater photography contest open to amateur photographers who earn no more than 20 percent of their income from photography. Started in 2005, the contest has grown in popularity drawing entrants from across the globe. This year over 700 entries were submitted from participants located in 23 countries. Photographs are judged in five separate categories: Fish or Marine Animal Portrait, Macro, Wide Angle, Student, and Best Overall. The winning images are announced at one of the Rosenstiel School’s Sea Secrets lectures and are displayed in a traveling exhibit throughout the South Florida community. The following photo by Kyle McBurnie, from California, own this year’s contest. The beautiful beastie is a harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) in a kelp forest at Cortes Bank, about 100 miles west of San Diego, California. Fan Favorite Pietro Cremone, Italy Mating Mandarin dragon...
In some areas of Africa and South America, certain ants are used for surgical sutures. Dorylus gribodoi is the scientific name of one of the 60 species of ants that inhabit Africa, also known as army or legionary ants, these ants are found mainly in central and eastern Africa. Their bite is so strong and persistent that the natives use these insects as stitches, they will hold the ant by the back of its body, align its mandibles with the wound, then the ant will bite using its mandibles. Once the mandible brings both sides of the wound together, they will break off the ant's body, leaving only the head and mandibles. This creates a natural suture that can be used in the wild if no other supplies are available.
This worm can eat plastic waste 25 April 2017 Scientists at Cambridge University say a caterpillar who can eat bee hive can also eat plastic. This can be effective treatment of insect pest control. In the experiment it was discovered that this worm breaks the chemical structure of plastic in the same way as it digests the bee hive. Every year, eight million tons of plastic polyethylene are produced around the world. This plastic is used in shopping bags, food packaging industry. But it takes hundreds of years to completely decay them. Risk of 'gas chamber' on Delhi-NCR? Attitude: Ganga can be saved like this? But this worm named Galleria Melonella can penetrate into plastic bags within hours. University of Cambridge's biochemist Dr. Paolo Bombelli is involved in this research. They say, "This caterpillar is a start, we need to understand how they do it. We hope that a technical solution will be provided to reduce the problem of plastic waste." ये कीड़ा खा स...
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