And it’s sooo colorful that its most likely to be very, very poisonous! o_O Oh, yeah, this sea slug is called Nembrotha megalocera. It can be found at the Protector Reef in Red Sea, off Sudan at a depth of 8 meters. This species has close similarities in colour to a group of western Pacific species, including Nembrotha rutilans. It is reported to swim by lateral flexion when disturbed.
Looks familiar huh?? It’s actually the Australian version of the anteaters and it is called an Echidna. These are small mammals that are covered with coarse hair and spines, differentiating them from the anteaters of South America. Weird facts about them: 1. Female echidna lays egg — one of the two mammals that does so! The other is the platypus. 2. Male echidnas have a four-headed penis, but only two of the heads are used during mating. The other two heads “shut down” and do not grow in size. The heads used are swapped each time the mammal has sex. NICE! Hehe!
Below is the background story of this very touching and popular (3 million hits and counting!) video. I dare you to watch this and not get misty-eyed! Full story HERE.
Anthony “Ace” Bourke and John Rendall, two Australians living in the hip Chelsea section of London in 1969, one day bought a 35-pound lion cub in Harrods department store. Rendall and Bourke named the lion “Christian” and exercised him in the nearby St. John’s Church yard. After a year, the 35-pound cub had grown to 185 pounds, and feeding him became too expensive. Luckily, Rendall and Bourke made contact with a conservationist in Kenya (George Adamson) and flew Christian there.
In 1974, Adamson lost touch with Christian for three months. When he told Rendall and Bourke, the men decided to make one last trip to Kenya to attempt to say goodbye to Christian. A day before they landed in Kenya, Christian apparently waited for them near the camp. And when Rendall and Bourke finally arrived, the huge lion approaches from a distance, slowly at first. Then recognition sets in, and soon everyone — men and beast — are hugging and crying. And now, it’s time to watch the video! GO GO GO!!! =)
Guess who attacked first and guess who won?? And we all thought that the mongoose is a helpless animal and that the cobra snake is the one that we must fear — this video will change all your perceptions! Go watch!
Yes, these Beluga whales are from Japan and they are trained by Japanese scientists. Is there anything that the Japs can’t do?? They even make the whales go happy by giving them the knowledge to make bubble rings! LOL =) The video of Beluga whales making bubble rings is really amazing so go watch!
Sorry for the back-to-back animal robot posts, I just couldn’t resist them! LOL! This video is a Budweiser beer commercial featuring a robot dog and an ordinary dog. And it will show that your old dog could be better than a new robot
Who would have thought that snakes will someday be made robotic? And a water / sea snake at that! Here’s what the video submitter has to say about their amazing project:
“Why can snakes move ahead on without legs?” From this problem, we started research of snake biomechanisms, which resulted in the “Why can snakes move ahead on without legs?” From this problem, we started research of snake biomechanisms, which resulted in the development of “Snake Robots”. Snake Robots have many possible applications, even though the structures are simple. Hirose Fukushima Robotics Lab”