Saturday, 21 December 2013

Stay away from me

Hello.
Searching about new topic this one grabbed by eye balls.
Certainly interesting one hope you enjoy reading this.
If you are animal lover surely you would not have met these dangerous animals
Below is the list of 5 deceptively dangerous animals in the world.
Stay from me guys...
(courtesy:http://www.realclear.com)

 these adorably ferocious animals can all be found in Australia.

Cone Snails

What appears to be just an ordinary cone-shaped seashell may actually be harboring the potentially deadly cone snail. These molluscs actually sport a harpoon-like appendage with jagged edges, which is used to neutralize prey with a paralyzing venom so that they are more easily consumed. Though the smaller cone snails have a sting that hurts no worse than that of a bee, the larger varieties have proven fatal to humans. Keep that one in mind next time you're walking down the beach.

Platypuses

With a duck bill, a beaver tail, otter feet, and an egg laying reproductive system, the platypus is universally known as nature's mistake. Just make sure you don't say that to a male platypus' face. Otherwise you may be on the receiving end of a vicious scratch from their venomous hind claws. Though the venom hasn't been shown to kill a human (yet), it will still cause nearly unbearable pain. It almost makes up for the appearance that evolution granted them.

Cassowaries

The animal above looks to be nothing more than a slightly fabulous emu/turkey hybrid. Peculiar and hilarious, yes. Dangerous? No. What may not be immediately apparent is the monstrous 5-inch long, razor sharp middle toe that all cassowaries wield. Combine that with their powerful legs and territorial attitude, and suddenly you have a natural killer. These animals' toe daggers have been proven to fatally sever human veins and arteries.

Mantis Shrimp

A general rule of thumb about nature seems to be that the more colorful something is, the more it wants to see you suffer. The mantis shrimp is no exception. Thankfully, because of their fairly small size, they can only really hurt humans via deep gashes to the skin. Were they any bigger than a few inches however, we could have a serious problem. The strike created by the snapping motion of these animal's claws is so powerful that the surrounding temperature can reach surface of the sun levels. They've also been known to break and shatter improperly reinforced aquariums just by striking the walls. They also have some of the most advanced eyes in the animal kingdom, so don't plan on running from one for too long when it backs you into a corner.

Slow Lorises

Look at those adorably buggy eyes. Wide, innocent, and perpetually inviting you over for a hug, the slow loris seems to have nothing but love to give. That is, of course, if you consider a potentially lethal toxin love. Many types of slow loris have what is known as a "brachial gland" on the inner side of it's elbow. This gland can secrete a clear substance that, when mixed with the slow loris' salilva, forms a potent toxin. Being on the receiving end of one of these toxic bites from the world's only poisonous primate may spell disaster. We're sure you can now see why they're quickly becoming one of the most popular pets in some Asian countries.


Thats what I have...but before i end a point to be noted down, We are the most dangerous species on the earth keep in mind.

Happy reading.

Saturday, 23 November 2013

Will you Marry Me !!!!


Today I am concentrating on one of the topic where humans got married to animals.
It might sound funny but do read it and decide if its Human stupidity or affection towards animals
.
Here are some of the incidents (Courtesy: oddee.com)
1.The Man Who Married His Pony (1992)
The Man Who Married His Pony (1992)
In 1992, Mark Matthews married his pony named Pixel.

The television personality Jerry Springer tried to unravel the mystery of these relations on his talk-show in 1998. However, he failed because talking about zoophilia seemed too outrageous for some TV directors. Therefore, the show was never broadcast.

2.The Balinese Teenager Who Married a Flirty Cow (2010)
The Balinese Teenager Who Married a Flirty Cow (2010)

Ngurah Alit, an 18-year-old Balinese teenager, was caught in the act of intercourse with a cow after claiming that it had flirted with him.

So in June 2010, Alit was forced to marry the animal in a ceremony as part of a Pecaruan ritual, a ceremony to cleanse the village of the unholy act of a man mating with a cow. After that, Alit's victim and new bride was drowned in the ocean :( (poor cow). Thankfully, Alit was just "symbolically" drowned.

3.The Millionaire Woman Who Married a Dolphin (2005)
The Millionaire Woman Who Married a Dolphin (2005)

In December 2005, Sharon Tendler, a 41-year-old eccentric British millionaire, married the love of her life — a dolphin named Cindy — at an Israeli resort.

Sharon Tendler met Cindy 15 years earlier when she first visited the resort. Tendler took a liking to the dolphin and made a habit of traveling to Israel two or three times a year and spending time with her underwater sweetheart.

After a years-long romance, Tendler decided to embark on the highly unusual path of tying the knot with her beloved dolphin.

On the afternoon of December 28, the thrilled bride, wearing a white dress, walked down the dock before hundreds of astounded visitors and kneeled down before her groom, who was waiting in the water.

Cindy, escorted by his fellow best-men dolphins, swam over to Tendler and she hugged him, whispered sweet nothings in his ear, and kissed him in front of the cheering crowd.

After the ceremony was sealed with some mackerels, Tendler was tossed into the water by her friends so that she could swim with her new husband.

Regrettably, Cindy died on the afternoon of June 18, 2006, and her remains were disposed in the ocean.

4.The Indian Man Who Married a Dog to Get Rid of a Curse (2007)
The Indian Man Who Married a Dog to Get Rid of a Curse (2007)


When the Indian young man Selva Kumar was 18 years old he stoned and clubbed to death two dogs he had found engaged in mating. He then hung their carcasses from a tree. That's the moment when he claims that his personal suffering began. His legs and hands became paralyzed and he lost hearing in one ear.

Fifteen years later, Kumar could no longer take the physical pain of the "dog curse," so he sought the advice of an astrologer.

What was the cure for his maladies? "Marry a dog."

That is just what Kumar did in November 2007 with a 10-year-old female dog named "Selvi."

5.The German Man Who Married His Asthmatic Cat (2010)
The German Man Who Married His Asthmatic Cat (2010)


In 2010, Uwe Mitzscherlich, a German man, wanted to tie the knot with his asthmatic cat Cecilia as soon as vets told him that she didn't have long to live.

However, because marrying an animal is illegal in Germany, the 39-year-old Mitzscherlich had to stage the bizarre ceremony, which he paid an actress US$ 395 to officiate.

Actress Christin-Maria Lohri asked him to say "I do" and Cecilia to say "meow" before pronouncing them man and cat-wife(ROFL).

6.The 9-Year-Old Indian Girl Who Married a Stray Dog to Ward off Evil Spirits (2003)

The 9-Year-Old Indian Girl Who Married a Stray Dog to Ward off Evil Spirits (2003)

On June 11, 2003, Karnamoni Handsa, a nine-year-old tribal girl in eastern India, married a stray dog as part of a ritual to ward off an "evil spell" on her (she had a tooth rooted to her upper gum, which is considered a bad omen by her Santhal tribe).

The tribe elders said that the marriage would not affect the girl's life, and that she would be free to marry again later and did not need to divorce the dog.

7.The Sudanese Man Who Married a Goat (2006)
The Sudanese Man Who Married a Goat (2006)
In February 2006, Charles Tombe, a Sudanese man, was forced to take a goat as his "wife" and pay to the goat owner a dowry of 15,000 Sudanese dinars (US$75) after he was caught having sex with the animal.
8.The Australian Young Man Who Married His Labrador (2010)
The Australian Young Man Who Married His Labrador (2010)

In December 2010, Joseph Guiso, a 20-year-old Australian man, married his best friend, a five-year-old Labrador.

Joseph Guiso and Honey were "joined in matrimony" at Toowoomba's Laurel Bank Park in Australia - and the real surprise is that 30 friends and family members turned up to witness the event.

Guiso calls himself "religious" and claims that he felt guilty living with Honey out of wedlock. Even so, he assured people that "it's not sexual. It's just pure love."


9.The 75-year-old Nepalese Man Who Married a Dog for Luck (2004)
The 75-year-old Nepalese Man Who Married a Dog for Luck (2004)

In 2004, a 75-year-old man in Nepal married a dog in a local custom to ensure good luck. However, this doesn't seem to have worked since the old man died three days later.

According to the information, he was following a custom of his Tharu community, which holds that an old man who regrows teeth must take a dog as a bride.

10.The 7-Year-Old Tribal Indian Girls Who Married Two Frogs (2009)

The 7-Year-Old Tribal Indian Girls Who Married Two Frogs (2009)

In January 2009, in a bizarre ritual, two seven-year-old girls from the remote Pallipudupet village in India were married to frogs. The ceremony was conducted "to prevent the outbreak of mysterious diseases in the village.''

The girls, Vigneswari and Masiakanni, dressed up in traditional bridal finery -- gilded sarees and gold jewellery -- and married the frog "princes" in separate, elaborate ceremonies at two different temples in the presence of hundreds of villagers.

The villagers threw themselves into the ceremonies with gusto, while residents living in the western part of the village acted as relatives of the brides and those from the eastern part play-acted as relatives of the grooms. The ceremonies had all of the usual elements of a traditional marriage including a sumptuous feast.

11.The Ghanaian Woman Who Married Her Dog (2009)
The Ghanaian Woman Who Married Her Dog (2009)

In 2009, a 29 year-old Ghanaian woman, Emily Mabou, married her dog (not pictured) because it has qualities that she had seen only in her late father. The a ceremony was attended by a traditional priest and curious local villagers.

Ms. Mabou said, “For so long, I've been praying for a life partner who will have all the qualities of my dad. My dad was kind, faithful, and loyal to my mum, and he never let her down. I've been in relationships with so many men, and they are all the same: skirt-chasers and cheaters. My dog is kind and loyal to me, and he treats me with so much respect.”

Her family boycotted the wedding due to the fact that they felt it was a stupid step to combat her loneliness, however the priest warned villagers not to mock the wedding but to “rejoice with her as she has found happiness at last.

12.Fashion Designer Karl Lagerfeld Who Wants to Marry His Cat
Fashion Designer Karl Lagerfeld Who Wants to Marry His Cat

In June 2013, the Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld announced that he wished to marry his cat Choupette. The 77-year-old fashion guru said that he never thought it was possible to love 22-month-old Choupette as much as he does.

Lagerfeld is so enamored with the animal that her eyes are said to have been the inspiration for a cornflower-blue couture collection for Chanel, the fashion house for which he is head designer.

When Lagerfeld is not at home, the maids write down everything she does in little books so he can catch up on it later.

Lagerfeld adopted Choupette a year ago after looking after her for a friend for two weeks. He refused to give her back, and the pair have been inseparable ever since.

The fashion world is certainly waiting for the wedding of the year


So these were some of the incidents where Humans married to animals.
I will get back yo you with more topics about animals.
Until then happy reading :) .

Monday, 4 November 2013

Eathquakes....We sense it :)


Hello once again....
In the past week, I found out one interesting topic about animals....
Animals sensing the Earthquakes...yes you read it properly animals do sense earthquakes...
The human kind as usual started to find ways to predict earthquakes and found out that animals do sense earthquakes and many studies happened around that till now.
Rats and snakes started deserting your place,Catfish moving violently,chicken stop laying eggs,Bees leaving their hive,Your pet it may be Cat or Dog started behaving strangely.These are the few signs which have been reported so far by some studies.
According to BBC,Animals may sense chemical changes in groundwater that occur when an earthquake is about to strike.This, scientists say, could be the cause of bizarre earthquake-associated animal behavior.

There are some incidents where people have spotted strange behavior,below are some of them
  • In 373 B.C., historians recorded that animals, including rats, snakes and weasels, deserted the Greek city of Helice in droves just days before a quake devastated the place
  • A colony of toads abandon its pond in L'Aquila, Italy, in 2009 - days before a quake
  • In 1975, in Haicheng, China, for example, many people spotted snakes emerging from their burrows a month before the city was hit by a large earthquake.This was particularly odd, because it occurred during the winter. The snakes were in the middle of their annual hibernation, and with temperatures well below freezing, venturing outside was suicide for the cold-blooded reptiles.
  • Before China's devastating 2008 earthquake, zebras banged their heads against doors, elephants swung their trunks wildly, lions and tigers paced when they should have been napping, and peacocks screeched simultaneously just 5 minutes before the tremors struck. Similar stories came from the Asian tsunami in 2005.

 I guess by now you would be thinking to step out of your house once when your dog starts behaving weirdly.Here is the bad news for you. After years of study, the U.S. Geological Survey has this to say: “Changes in animal behavior cannot be used to predict earthquakes. Even though there have been documented cases of unusual animal behavior prior to earthquakes, a reproducible connection between a specific behavior and the occurrence of an earthquake has not been made. Animals change their behavior for many reasons and given that an earthquake can shake millions of people, it is likely that a few of their pets will, by chance, be acting strangely before an earthquake.”

As usual for each and every topic in this world some people will stand for it and some people will be against it.
This topic is also not different in that case.Some studies would be going on to prove it right and some would be to prove it wrong.Lets wish both of them good luck.

Until then Happy reading :)


Sunday, 13 October 2013

ANMBRID...Animal hybrid

Animal Hybrid... yes a topic which most of us are unaware of.To simplify i would like to put it in Layman's term.It is nothing but Offspring resulting from the mating of two genetically different species or genetically distinct individuals.

There are many types of hybrids
  • Single cross hybrids
  • Double cross hybrids
  • Three-way cross hybrids
  • Triple cross hybrids
  • Population hybrids
  • Hybrid Species
Anyways i am not going in detail about each types.My main purpose of authoring this blog is to just list down some well known hybrids which have happened across the globe.

Below is the interesting list,have a look.

Zebra + Equine=  Zebroid
Zebroid
Zebroid:A hybrid of Zebra and Equine
Zorse:Hybrid of Zebra and horse
Donkra: Hybrid of Donkey and zebra all belong to similar categories
For more details Zebroid
Liger
Liger
Liger:Cross of a Male lion and female Tiger
For more details Liger

Grolar bears
Grolar Bear
Grolar Bear:Cross of Polar bear and grizzly brown bear
For more details Grolar Bear
Dog + Wolf = Wolf Dog
Wolf Dog

Wolf Dog: Cross of Wolf and Dog 
For more details Wolfdog

Sheep + Goat = Toast of Botswana
Sheep-Goat Hybrid
Toast of Botswana(Sheep-Goat):Hybrid of Sheep and Goat
For more details Sheep Goat Hybrid

Camel + Llama= Cama
cama
Cama:Hybrid of Camel and Llama

For more details Cama
Yak + Domestic Cow = Dzo
Dzo
Dzo:It is a hybrid of Yak and domestic cow.
For more details Dzo
Buffalo + Cow= Beefalo
Beefalo
Beefalo:Offspring of Buffalo and Cow
For more details Beefalo

 Leopard + Lion = Leopon
Leopon
Leopon:Hybrid of Male leopard with Lioness
For more details Leopon
Midas Cichild + Red Devil fish = Blood parrot
Blood Parrot cichild

Blood Parrot: Hybrid of midas cichild and red devil fish
For more details Blood parrot

Domestic Tamworth Pig + Wild Boar = Iron Age Pig
Iron Age Pig

Iron Age pig :Cross of Wild boar and Domestic Pig
For more details Iron Age Pig

Serval + Domestic Cat = Savannah
Savannah Cats
Savannah Cats:Hybrid between domestic cat and Serval(large eared wild African cat)
For more details Savannah_(cat)

Bottlenose Dolphin + False Killer Whale = Wolphin
Wholphin

Wholphin:Hybrid of  female Bottlenose Dolphin with a male false killer whale.
For more details  Wholphin

and so on..
Thank You.



Friday, 11 October 2013

Gods do love animals.....Not only we ....

Starting the blog with the name of god....As the above header says....its true that Gods Love animals...Because they had their vehicles as animals.
Sounds funny but its true that they didn't had to drive BMW,Jaguar,Mercedes or even Ferrari.
So it made me to list out all the gods and their own vehicles accordingly ...just googled and below was the list which i found...
Watch out its interesting..


Lord Ganesha
First god comes to my mind when we talk about the hindu mythology is Lord Ganesha.His vehicle is the most popular one "Mouse".
Surya on Chariot
Lord Surya
Next comes our own Sun or Aditya or Surya....the chief of Navgrahas has been depicted riding a chariot with "seven horses" or one horse with  seven head.
Lord Agni
Now third in the list is the God of fire Agnideva, his vehicle is "Ram".
Lord Brahma
Our Creator Lord Brahma chose a bird as his Vahana(Vehicle).Its the "Swan".
Maa Durga
Next comes the turn of a Goddess Maa Durga.She is depicted riding a "Lion".
Maa Lakshmi
    This was a surprise to me.Goddess Lakshmi's (Goddess of Money) vehicle is "Owl"

Maa Saraswathi
Goddess Saraswathi(Goddess of knowledge) had "Swan" as her Vahana.

Lord Vishnu
   Lord Vishnu has "Garuda",the "Eagle" as his vehicle as per hindu mythology.

Lord Shiva 
 Next in the list is Lord Shiva,he has Nandi,"The Bull" as his vahana.

Lor Kartikeya
  Lord Kartikeya also known as Lord Subramanya in some parts of our country is been depicted riding a peacock.
Lord Indra
  The leader of Gods Lord Indra has "White Elephant" as his vehicle which is also known as "Airawat"

Lord Shani
  "Crow" is the vehicle of Lord Shani Mahatma.

Lord Yama
               Finally I would like to end this blog with the Lord of The End Lord Yama .He has "The Buffalo" as his vehicle.List is so long would like to continue it in some other blog.Now ending it with caution " Be careful guys with the Buffalos out there".
Thank you for reading.