Scientist have found that great white sharks are
naturally curious creatures, and don't usually mean to
eat humans. Instead, They are "Sample biting" then
realeasing their victims. such a comforting thought
In feudal China, around the year 950, scholar Tao Gu wrote in his book
Records of the Unworldly and the Strange : "An ingenious man devised
the system of impregnating little sticks of pinewood with sulphur and storing
them ready for use. At the slightest touch of fire they burst into flame"
articles from discovery magazine
By Frans Lanting
I just love it so i ReBlog it for you to know
If you're a small fish living in the waters off Brazil, Argentina,
or southern Japan, delicate tendrils and a distinctive pinstriped bell may be the last
thing you ever see. The flower hat jelly (Olindias formosa) is rare species of jellyfish
that can grow up to 15 centimetres or so. It may look fragile to us, but this jelly is
an effective predator of the sea. Normally its tentacles, and the venom-filled
stinging cells, are coiled up and kept near its rim, but just let an anemy or prey come to near, and these weapon get whipped out in a flash. Although its venom is not likely to kill humnas, getting stung by one will still hurt, so look out!