The Legend of Blue Tounge Lizards Skink

Blue Tounge Lizard

Have you seen the picture above? Wow... I was so amazed with this Lizard. We can find them in Australia and Papua Nuginea. In australia some people loves to make this blue tounge lizard as their pet. But hardly we can find in the pet shop. The blue tounge lizard same popular as Brazilian gecko or iguana. Blue tounge lizard is easy to find on the sidelines - even stones or between the grass. 

There is a legend about this blue tounge lizard due their closest friend with Aborigin. They have been friends for thousand years. The legend is that long time back, the lizard didn't have blue tounge, but one time the lizard made one of the Aborigin Tribal chairman piss-off, that time they were gathered in bonfire to keep warm from the cold. The Aborigin found a lizard and tried to get rid of it. But the lizard didn't want to go. While the lizard evaporated, the Aborigin threw the blue ground inside to its mouth, since then the lizard's tounge become blue color and they become friendship until nowadays even to human-beings. The blue tounge lizard is docile, calm and cool as our pet. 

Lizard is a cold-blooded animal, but they are nice animal. Not like serial killer. Hahhahahhahaa... They love to be get warm all the time and its annual activity is to do sun bathing in the morning before doing activities. as like hunting snail or eating grass. The Latin name of this Blue Lizard is Tiliqua sp. The function of this blue tounge is for bluffing and intimading its enemies: when they feel in danger, its body would be wide puff up, its mouth dropped open and its tounge become blue. This lizard is unique, its head is bigger than its body and the color of  its mouth is pink. The blue tongue's underbelly turning from a brilliant orange to a cloudy creamy white. All lizard all same including the blue tounge lizard can lose their tails as a defense mechanism. So, Never hold your blue tongue by the tail, or grab the tail if it's trying to get away. The tail can break or pull-off. 

Lizards have lived for as long as 20 - 30 years. The main predators that may cut a blue-tongued lizard's life short are lawn mowers, cars, and cats and dogs. Their predators are cats and dogs mostly. Cats are the worst. Dogs are often perplexed enough by the blue tongue and the threatening behaviour of the lizard to keep a distance. But cats are ambush predators and the lizard doesn't get a chance to show its scary tongue. Baby blue tongue lizards may also end up as dinner for currawongs, kookaburras, raptors or snakes.

So, teach your cats if you want to have blue tounge lizard as your pet at home. Start planning, making a small garden with rocks and enough food for the blue tounge lizards due their habitat and also they love snails and grass. Anyway they are good in semi-tropical climate. They are defender though and human's friendly pets mostly in common.

Here is link to find out more about the blue tounge Lizard : http://www.davidvella.com.au/BlueTongue_dvella.pdf

Happy  Sunday to All !!!

Bits About Dragonflies

Bits Introducing The Dragonflies' Anatomy

Respective Honor to www.irdg.org.uk for The Anatomy Picture of Dragon Fly

Dragonfly is one of insects. In category ordo Odonata. The special things about dragonfly are the eyes, 3 pairs of legs, and 2 pairs of wings. Take a look in below pictures :

(c) <a href="http://www.free-nature-photos.org/" title="Pictures of Nature">Free nature photos</a>

Basically, habitat of dragon fly are in the nearest areas where is the clean water exist as like in forests, kaleyards, farms, rivers or lakes. Dragon fly can be stay also in our house once in our house has clean water area as like in my house' small garden. We can also find dragon fly in the mountains in 3,000 metres heights or in the sea shore.

The life cycle os dragon fly, start from eggs to grown up as we see grown up dragon fly above is about 6 months of ages. They like to lay their eggs amongst the hydrophytes inside the water but some of them they can lay the eggs in the rushing waters areas. Most of the times they spent inside water when the dragon flies still in shape of nymphs. They become frey for frog tadpoles and fishes. However when they are grown up, dragon flies become predators for hunting smaller animals such as mosquitos, flies, or bees.

The Special Body Parts of Dragon fly

Respective Honor for www.dreamtime.com for the picture for the Multi Faceted Eyes picture

Respective Honor to www.asiadragonfly.net for the Thorax picture

Respective Honor to www.jakheath.com for the Abdoment Picture

1. Head, in the part of its head : there is multifaceted eyes. Don't we notice it that they have big eyes? In these multifaceted eyes have thousand lenses terms as like we can find in the bees. That's the reason why dragon flies can be able seeing from many directions and so sensitive. It is the reason too that hard sometimes to caught dragon fly even we try to caught them from its behind. Look above the picture of the eyes
2. Thorax. In this part, we can find the 3 pairs of legs and 2 pairs of  wings in it. At left and right side of the dragonfly's body. Although they have 3 pairs of legs, they can't walk properly. They just use their legs just to stand up and stick it in tree once they alighted in a tree when they don't want to fly. The one pair of front wings is bigger and longer than the second and the third wings. It is the reasons why dragon fly can fly with 97km/hour speed.
3. Abdoment areas. In this part, dragon fly has ten segments and long size that make up such as needle. This part is very important for dragon fly, in here located digestion tool, respiration tool, reproductive tool and heart.

Differences Between Dragonflies & Damselflies

They have 2 sub ordos :

• Anisoptera / Dragon flies, they have bigger body than damselflies and when they alighted in tree the wings would stretched out to the side.
• Zygoptera/Damselflies, they are smaller than dragonflies and the body is shape totally as like needle shape and when they perched to the tree, the wings closed together on its back fused.

Let's see the picture to see the differences :

Respective Honor to www.ballinderryanglers.co.uk For Dragon Fly Picture

Respective Honor to www.habitas.org.uk For the Damselflies Picture

 I hope with this quick summary of dragon flies and damsel flies we are more respect to them due their abilities for detecting at the beginning to the pollution of our water sources. They are our natural scientists in this scheme in the matter of facts. Once they were gone, this beautiful sources of universe specially our water would be in damage and not healthy for us anymore.

If you want to know more about dragon flies please kindly visit these articles :

http://www.asia-dragonfly.net/Articles/Articles.php

The Quick Summary of Dragonfly which can Be Detector for The Pollution In River, Lakes, Water Sources etc

" Dragon fly can be use for determine the River Polution ", said Prigi Arisandi : the Green Noble Goldman Environmental Foundation 2011 winner. He examined that dragonfly has been chosen refer to their lifestyle habitat around the the water areas. Because of it, dragonfly is sensitive to the pollution specially to water.

So far, US uses physic and chemical parameter for determining the pollution in the water, but there is weakness by using these 2 tools due the slack in detecting the environment once the pollution already worst happened. We can't find out soon and avoid the worst thing.

The reason of good thing by using dragonfly, Prigi Arisandi was explaining that we can involve the society easier to participating the program for detecting the pollution once before it happens more over. He and his team ( ECOTON ) practised how to doing it. They practise in Kali Surabaya and Brantas River, in East Java. More benefit by involving society, it doesn't need smart people, even just ordinary people can be participating in this program.

It was proven that the pollution in Kali Surabaya is included in the medium - high rank of polluted. In fact, society use this Kali Surabaya as their main drinking water source. His experiment gets attention from The White House USA. Nancy Sutley is interested to follow this way and more others countries start to do the same thing though.

It is very simple idea of  Prigi Arisandi and his team. They understand and pay attention the behaviour of the dragonflies that they can't stay without water. Even when they are breeding, they put the nymphs inside the water, and the main thing is that dragonflies just can live in clean water only. Once the nymphs get older and grown up, still they can not be far from water. It is already their habitat. As we should know also that dragonflies is the main food source for birds, fishes, frogs, and water beetles. So meaning is once we can't find the dragonflies around our river, pollution and the ecosystem got disturbance are happening in our areas. There is no more healthy fishes that sometimes we eat them, no more singing birds, frogs can not sing anymore even their voice is ugly and naughty water beetles who always fly here and there with buzzzzzzz voices.

So in here we should start paying attention to the nature itself. Don't we get the points of Prigi and His team try to teach us, that even a small creature as like dragon fly show us the sign of what would be happen if they are not exist. All creatures in the earth, in this universe have parts in every aspects of humans' life. Once I read the article in newspaper about this, I start realize that sometimes we forget the existence of things and just forget that it has contribution to make thing happens.

Lucky, I went to small city park near my area, still lots dragon flies here and there. But still it is not just feel lucky, once I realize this Jakarta needs to restore our small city park in Srengseng and make wider the watering system in there since it can help also once the rain season comes. Good drainages in the city, water catchment areas need to be build too. It is not enough only using dragonfly, it is need more efforts due the garbages also that so easy people throws them in anywhere they want including in the streets which can be run into the watering system of the city.

Start from ourselves, because we do already use too much chemical by the household garbages as like usage of soap when we wash our clothes, dishes, etc which contain strong chemicals through water flow, so reduce it by putting and throwing the physical garbages into the right place. This universe, is too nice for being wasted and spoiled.

Best Regards and happy Saturday !!!

The Fastest Animals in Hinterland

These are the Fastest Animals in hinterland : 


Cheetah 

Cheetah is the fastest creature who can run fast in the land mammal of earth. The speed of cheetah can reach 112km/hour - 120km/hour in the range of 460m areas. The accelarate ability of this cheetah can not be compare to any others animal even to human being. Cheetah can be reach the speed of 0km/hour - 110km/hour within 3 seconds. Aw Aw Aw...

Don't be curious between cheetah and leopard, okay !!

The difference between two of them is on their nose. If Pinocchio is getting long and long in the nose when lie but cheetah has a long tear-drop shaped on each sides of the nose from the corner of its eyes to mouth. LOL... ( Not related right between Leopard, Cheetah and Pinocchio ) LOL... But, I think you understand what I mean. I vote for cheetah because he looks awesome than Pinocchio with his nose and tan skin coated or buff color with spoted around 78mm but cheetah don't have spotts in the belly area. ( Do you dare to check his belly guys ? ... LOL )

These cheetah can be found in Asia and africa in 44 countries and were originally found in in all suitable habitats from the Cape of Good Hope to the Mediterranean, throughout the Arabian Peninsula and the Middle East, from Israel to India, and through the southern provinces of the former Soviet Union. Today the Asian Cheetahs nearly to be extinct in India since 1952, and the last seen cheetah in Israel was in 1956. Only less than 100 can be confirmed in Iran that now they settle in small isolated populations. 

If you want to know more, check in this link : http://naturescrusaders.wordpress.com

They are so beautiful right !!! So, start appreciate them and give more even they are carnivore but at  the end they have rights to live !!!

Antelope

Antelope also having the a credit title as the fastest animal mammal in the land of earth. The maximum speed of antelope can not be measured accurately because every individual has different ability. But the Proghorn who lives in America can run up to 96km/hour, antelope also can be a very outstanding sprinter longer than others animal because they have the length of bigger lung and hearts. 

Majority of the antelopes are found in Africa, with a few inhabiting parts of Asia and America too.

We can find the Arabian Oryx and Dorcas Gazelle in Arabian Peninsula, while India is home to Nilgai, Chinkara and Blackbuck. Russia and Southeast Asia are inhabited by the Four-horned Antelope, Tibetan Antelope and Saiga Antelope.

For the physic appearance of antelope they look alike with deer, the different is in the horn. Antelope having permanent horn and strong.They use their horns mainly for the purpose of defending their antelope herd or fighting other antelopes.The physical characteristics of antelopes, all of them have even-toed hooves, horizontal pupils, ruminating guts, and (in at least the males) bony horns. Their longevity life is about 8 - 10 years old since they always hunted by others animals. 

If you want to know about antelope check in this link below ;

http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/antelope.aspx

This is the picture of the sexy antelope :

Wildebeest ( Connochaetes taurinus )

This wildebeest is included in family of antelope and also categorized as one of the fastest animal in earth due the enemy who likes to hunt them. Wildebeest is a type of a social animal who love always in group member, that the reason the big cat like as like lion, spotted hyena, large cats or wild dog to hunt wildebeest. Even human being hunts them for their skin for those funny wallet or tra lala more even its tail for making fly swatters called chowries. The average speed of wildebeest is around 80km/hour. 

Generally we can find them  in central and southeastern Africa, from southern Kenya to South Africa and from Mozambique to Namibia and southern Angola. 

Anyway antelope having funny face.. Odd .. The have head as like ox, the mane and tail as like horse, and the horns as like buffalo. So, what are you antelope? LOL

Again here is the link to know more about antelope : 

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/wildebeest/
Lion ( Panthera Leo )

Here is our courageous King Of Jungle on the line !!!! Yahuwwwwww... But, I just found out strange that female lion who is capable to hunt and run faster than male because the female who run and hunts for the food !!! They can run up to 80 km/hour. 

The lion was once found from northern Africa through southwest Asia (extinct in most countries within past 150 years), west into Europe (extinct 2000 years ago) and east into India (relict population in Gir Forest only). Nowadays, the majority of Africa’s lions can be found in east and southern Africa, with a small number in west Africa and stay in reservation areas. Estimation numbers that lions existence only around 30,000 - 100,000. How sad... I love them though... specially the Narnia Movie... They are gorgeous !!!! Even I plan to have their picture in big canvas on my wall because their lovely arrogance face and appearance...  

And Again, you should better check this link about their details : http://www.lions.org/lion-the-animal.html

Thomson Deer]
Here is the picture of its innocence and beautiful face of Thomson Deer :

This deer named Thomson was taken by its inventor, Joseph Thomson. We can find them lots in Africa. Thomson can run up to 80km/hour and it also build the ability of speed its has because they are hunted by big larger animal for their dinner, I think. The Thomson not also a runner, its also a jumper.. It can jump and run... As like in swan ballet dance. LOL...  It's Beautiful Creature !!

Again Punk Fishes Just Found!!!

I just browse the google today to find out something interesting in here. oh yes for sure i found something interesting at http://www.news.nationalgeographic.com, again so cute fishes just found in Australia and Tasmania. The family name of these fishes is Brachionichthyidae, taken from the Latin root name is bracchium which is meaning hand.

These fishes called by the handfish is not because they are really have hands, but it is the fins. They don't like swimming, they walk with their hands !!! The things which make them look so cute because they have shape at their head as like punkers' hair !!!!! Hhahahahahahhaha... They look so fun with the color hair on it with red, spotted balck & yellow, pink and now they found with purple color too.

Look at these how this universe so beautiful !!!

Brachionichthys
which has meaning The Flaming Red

Ziebells
This one so look like punkers right !! 

The Pink Ziebell
The Rare ones & Almost extinct

Brachionichthys hirsutus
The spotted Fishes & they have different types of spottes colors

These fishes has length 12 cms and they almost going to be extinct, it was noted in 1996 about it. In Australia & Tasmania they make nature reservation for them due the decreased numbers of sand where they love to stay and survive. Is it our fault , I guess. (-: And they ecome extinct too because their predators the star fish Asterias amurensis always chasing them for their meals.

This is so great value of mother earth right. At least I noted these fishes in my blog page. I love them when I just meet them in here in google. Check them out at : http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/05/photogalleries/100524-new-species-handfish-walk-science-pictures/#/new-handfish-species-pink_20881_600x450.jpg

The Spider Punk

I was watching tv about spiders how smart they are making the nets... And then at the end I understand how they making nets to gain their food, their victims, But it is in good way. They need food anyway, just I notice the making of the web how neat it is. As like making link to one another, which is the philosophy of the spiders how we link ourselves to our own strengths to gain our goals. Sometimes in making a web, they can be individual or maybe a gang. At final moment, I saw the coolest spiders that they are colorful in skin. Again I admire this universe, the sky, the trees, in plants, in animals we have rainbows everywhere... Meaning is that the creature of this universe giving us a sign that every single creature having their own colorful, the happiness symbols for us to learn and understand.

The funny things that I can find from spiders that they can be able stay alive without food for 208 days, can you imagine that? If us maybe 2 days already passed-out. And more interesting that what I mentioned before that there are punk spider in color. And they look like punkers' hair with red or yellow color on hair. So cutteeee !!!! But most of people called them Crab spiders due to the appereance of theirs.

These spiders in Latin is Gasteracantha cancriformis. They have 6 horns and with color can be black or red in it. With dots black in body, and skin color can be yellow, white or green. These punk spiders can be found in USA, central America, Jamaica, Cuba, Dominica, South America, Bahama Island, Australia & Phillipines. The love to stay in Citrun lemon trees where they found them in Florida, USA.

They are so tiny, 5mm - 9mm for the female with the width body is 10mm - 13mm: and the male is 2mm - 3mm. They love to eat the flies, moths, and beetles.  They are so fragile though, after spawned the female would die, and the males would die couple days after spermed the females. Of course the female would die after spawned since she can have eggs around 100 - 260 eggs.

The things is which is interesting that the spider babies already independent soon after their mom dead.
Here are the pictures of punk spiders :

Ants is the Hard Worker, The Polite Animal & Colony Team Work

Yesssss !!! I learn lots from Ants !!!

Have you ever noticed the behaviour of ants guys ? I mean in our real life ? Since my house always have animal guests specially ants !!! So, I notice their behaviour. It is good for me to learn from them for such things. I notice that ants are the most hard workeranimal, they are colony !!! Meaning is their main-stream of mentality is TEAM WORK.
I do believe that we couldn't achieve anything without a cold-hand from someone else involved. That's what I learn at first. They are together as one, hand in hand collecting foods of bread crumbs etc, or bring their friend's dead body once they found out their friend was dead. Don't you see that??? I shy once at work I remember the ants, when I got pissed of things specially refer to my team.

I also notice that ants always keep-on working time to time. They are not tired until the mision accomplished in achieving things they need for the colony. Meaning is that ants the symbolized of HARD WORK.

I also notice that ants always forgive and forget. I notice, everytime ant meet each other, they always shake hand and hug each other and say regards ( in ants' language of course. LOL.. I interpreted their behaviour like this ).
What is it meant ? It's about FORGIVE & FORGET !!! They are nice creatures, It is the main scheme of Customer satisfaction in life because the main is always inside ourselves how to deal with the things to someone else to get the same perception to achieve the mission accomplished. We do need simple things only, 'smile' as like them once they meet each others, 'hugs' as like they try to ask them and communicate their feelings, and say thank you by regards. We do just need to do this simple things in social-life. To avoid clash.

As the colony meaning is they love to compromise things. It needs strong leadership how to make the guys working-out to the mission. So, we should compromise too for the things we have in life. Their leader is a female ant as the queen. Why female? because female has the sensitivity of things that work-in things in details. Even, in fact in real life, female also too much reacted. But in leadership need reactive-pro active type of person in a leadership personality.

I just notice from the ants. How simple is their life. Of course all things we can learn, but as I said I learn from the things I see in this earth. How nice it is !!

So, here is the blog that I love because it has lessons refer to the ants' philoshopy. http://blog.illustrationcastle.com/
Have a great Times Guys !!!