tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705478Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:43:58 +0000http://www.demnos.com/blog/index.htmDemnosBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705478.post-7289998158229913795Wed, 03 Jan 2007 15:06:00 +00002007-01-03T10:09:05.810-05:00insectswildlifeWow, apparently a Praying Mantis can catch and eat a hummingbird. Check out the link below for some pictures of this. Hummingbirds are small I know, but Praying Mantis' aren't very big either. Link: Praying Mantis Eats Hummingbirdhttp://www.demnos.com/blog/2007/01/wow-apparently-praying-mantis-can-catch.htmlDemnostag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705478.post-1934175957958360694Wed, 20 Dec 2006 14:22:00 +00002006-12-20T09:42:30.926-05:00computersadvertisinginformativebodyHere's a video that I've posted to my Video Picks blog as well. It's a message that I think everyone should hear, especially young girls. This'll make you think twice before admiring that model in a magazine or catalog. http://www.demnos.com/blog/2006/12/heres-video-that-ive-posted-to-my-video.htmlDemnostag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705478.post-5711413569121407829Fri, 15 Dec 2006 21:05:00 +00002006-12-15T16:10:43.320-05:00healthbodyBelow is a link for a cool article about your joints and what causes the sounds as your joints 'crack.' It turns out that your joints aren't actually cracking. The sound we hear is actually either a release of gas or a ligament snapping back into place. Apparently there are gases like nitrogen and oxygen in our joints. When there is pressure placed on these joints the first thing to happen ishttp://www.demnos.com/blog/2006/12/below-is-link-for-cool-article-about.htmlDemnostag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705478.post-6744759879837729119Tue, 12 Dec 2006 20:15:00 +00002006-12-12T15:23:58.043-05:00wildlifeturtlesAll but Ageless is the title of the New York Times article I just read. It is an article about turtles and their unique physiology. Apparently turtles rarely, if ever, die from old age. They are killed either by disease, starvation, or by getting squashed. According to the article studies have shown that an old turtles organs are virtually the same as a young turtles organs. They do not showhttp://www.demnos.com/blog/2006/12/all-but-ageless-is-title-of-new-york.htmlDemnostag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705478.post-1074578352099832167Wed, 06 Dec 2006 14:21:00 +00002006-12-06T09:33:00.752-05:00healthbrainI found a great article/blog post that describes a few short things you can do every day to keep your brain functioning at peak efficiency. Some of the things are obvious but I bet you haven't heard of a few of these. They all make sense and many are just good things to practice anyway, such as eating right. Anyway, this is definitely worth a read so check it out. 1.) 6 Ways To Boost Your http://www.demnos.com/blog/2006/12/i-found-great-articleblog-post-that.htmlDemnostag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705478.post-2019178316774280552Fri, 01 Dec 2006 23:16:00 +00002006-12-01T18:21:04.283-05:00eatinghealthfoodAn excellent and very interesting article here:http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/top_10_badthings_good.html In the article you will read about 10 things that you often hear are bad for you that may actually be quite good (in moderation of course). For instance, chocolate has some very good benefits, but the chocolate that is best for you is the kind that isn't very sweet. Sugar, of http://www.demnos.com/blog/2006/12/excellent-and-very-interesting-article.htmlDemnostag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705478.post-3382630407053937269Thu, 16 Nov 2006 14:53:00 +00002006-11-16T10:11:52.926-05:00This is something that has been bothering me as of late. My hearing is something that I especially worry about. We are bombarded constantly by noise. Listening to loud music via headphones is definitely bad but there are a myriad of other noises that blast our ears each day as well. If you live in an urban or even sub-urban area you are surely listening to the racket that cars and trucks makehttp://www.demnos.com/blog/2006/11/this-is-something-that-has-been.htmlDemnostag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705478.post-115920188640025211Mon, 25 Sep 2006 16:22:00 +00002006-11-09T16:51:22.475-05:00Ultimately we have to work toward an energy source independant of oil. That certainly isn't going to happen overnight but we can start that journey now. One of things that really bothers me about President Bush and the current US Government is their super poor environmental policies. One of the big problems in the environmental sense right now is their determination to drill in the Arctic http://www.demnos.com/blog/2006/09/ultimately-we-have-to-work-toward.htmlDemnostag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705478.post-115763689888414775Thu, 07 Sep 2006 13:17:00 +00002006-11-09T16:51:22.415-05:00Zoo's are great. I remember going to the Philadelphia Zoo in Pennsylvania when I was a kid. I'm not sure if my first visit was with school or with family but in any case I loved it. I remember just falling in love with the place. So many animals, some amazing, some frightening, but all wonderful. I remember the vampire bats and the prairie dogs being of particular interest. All of these http://www.demnos.com/blog/2006/09/zoos-are-great.htmlDemnostag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705478.post-115747038509690812Tue, 05 Sep 2006 15:18:00 +00002006-11-09T16:51:22.351-05:00Sad, sad, news. Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin has been killed. This really saddens me. The Crocodile Hunter was always a hero of mine. Sure he was a bit quirky and weird but that's what made him unique and cool. I loved watching his TV shows and documentaries. No one could ever say he was boring. Watching his shows I learned so much about the animal world and made me realize what a http://www.demnos.com/blog/2006/09/sad-sad-news.htmlDemnostag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705478.post-114892404275482210Mon, 29 May 2006 17:12:00 +00002006-11-09T16:51:22.278-05:00 Why is ice slippery? That is definitely something that we all take for granted. Ice is just slippery because it is right? I can honestly say that I haven't thought about it a great deal. You just know to be careful when you are walking or driving on ice. It turns out that there are a lot of different thoughts and possible reasons why ice is slippery. It's seems odd that we have made so http://www.demnos.com/blog/2006/05/why-is-ice-slippery-that-is-definitely.htmlDemnostag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705478.post-113716543687099760Fri, 13 Jan 2006 14:31:00 +00002006-11-09T16:51:22.211-05:00Yesterday was a weird bug now today I have a weird sea creature. The octopus. The octopus is definitely a strange animal. Strange but certainly one of the most wonderful creatures in the sea. They are extremely smart and very versatile in the things they can do. There are 289 different octopus species and some of the things I'm going to let you know probably don't apply to every species. http://www.demnos.com/blog/2006/01/yesterday-was-weird-bug-now-today-i.htmlDemnostag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705478.post-113690625782847911Tue, 10 Jan 2006 14:56:00 +00002006-11-09T16:51:22.143-05:00 Ahh, another parasitic insect that does a really remarkable, yet freaky, thing to its host. A while back I posted a note about Phorid Flies. They were the insect that laid its eggs in the head of an ant. Then, as the larva matured, they fed on the ants brains and when they got too big the ants head would pop off and the adult fly would emerge (read full note here). Anyway, this is just as http://www.demnos.com/blog/2006/01/ahh-another-parasitic-insect-that-does.htmlDemnostag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705478.post-112965013071227633Tue, 18 Oct 2005 15:14:00 +00002006-11-09T16:51:22.077-05:00    One of nature's oddities is the Aye-Aye. The pictures above show this creature and a close-up of it's hand. You see that one weird boney finger. Creepy huh? To get some really creepy shots check out the first link below, there is even some video of this wonderful little thing. So anyway, the Aye-Aye is a small primate, more specifically a member of the lemur family, that lives in http://www.demnos.com/blog/2005/10/one-of-natures-oddities-is-aye-aye.htmlDemnostag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705478.post-112471955804887932Mon, 22 Aug 2005 14:06:00 +00002006-11-09T16:51:22.015-05:00I recently went and saw the movie 'March of the Penguins.' I thought that this was an excellent movie and one that I hope they (meaning Hollywood) make more of. I'm real tired of the normal smut and filth that is being pumped out. There is no intelligence or moral value in those movies. Just an attempt to score some money by exploiting the masses. Anywho, enough ranting already. The movie 'http://www.demnos.com/blog/2005/08/i-recently-went-and-saw-movie-march-of.htmlDemnostag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705478.post-111776786276929750Fri, 03 Jun 2005 02:44:00 +00002006-11-09T16:51:21.956-05:00As I was staring at one of my two warts the other day I started to wonder where I got them. You see I'm currently trying to get rid of them and they have been quite resilient. Anyway, all of this made me think, do warts really come from Toads? I know I haven't been in contact with a toad for a while so I am sure I haven't gotten my warts from there but that made me wonder this all the same. http://www.demnos.com/blog/2005/06/as-i-was-staring-at-one-of-my-two.htmlDemnostag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705478.post-111470972812103548Thu, 28 Apr 2005 17:21:00 +00002006-11-09T16:51:21.891-05:00Ahhh, the Komodo Dragon. One of my favorite animals. I've seen a couple of them over the years in zoos and such. I just love seeing/reading documentaries about them. One of the neatest things is their spit. The saliva in their mouths is extremely toxic. Many times when they attack an animal the animal will often get away. The dragon then just has to track the animal at a leisurely pace http://www.demnos.com/blog/2005/04/ahhh-komodo-dragon.htmlDemnostag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705478.post-111029276943715156Tue, 08 Mar 2005 14:20:00 +00002006-11-09T16:51:21.832-05:00Where did the potato chip come from? This is an interesting story that I learned while watching the food network. I believe the first time I heard this was on the show UnWrapped (an excellent show by the way). Anyway, the history of the potato chip goes something like this. The French had popularized the French Fried Potato (called French Fries today) in the 1700s. Thomas Jefferson once http://www.demnos.com/blog/2005/03/where-did-potato-chip-come-from-this.htmlDemnostag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705478.post-110971381080182242Tue, 01 Mar 2005 21:34:00 +00002006-11-09T16:51:21.769-05:00I recently returned from a trip to the West Coast. I stayed in the Anaheim area but visited many things in the region. The one thing that I learned through this trip was that Hollywood is a very "fake" place. I already knew this but to experience it first hand just cemented the fact. During my stay there I took some time to drive around the Hollywood area. I drove on Rodeo Drive, Sunset Blvdhttp://www.demnos.com/blog/2005/03/i-recently-returned-from-trip-to-west.htmlDemnostag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705478.post-110791894114472181Wed, 09 Feb 2005 02:50:00 +00002006-11-09T16:51:21.709-05:00Have you ever heard the saying, "Sleep tight, don't let the bedbugs bite"? I've often wondered why people said that and whether or not a bed bug was a real thing or just something made up. Anyway, I saw a special on Animal Planet about the worlds biggest blood suckers and the bed bug was mentioned there. I decided to look up a little more information on it. Anyway, here are some of the facts http://www.demnos.com/blog/2005/02/have-you-ever-heard-saying-sleep-tight.htmlDemnostag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705478.post-110668638754740951Tue, 25 Jan 2005 20:11:00 +00002006-11-09T16:51:21.646-05:00I've been getting into the field of bird-watching as of late. Very amateur of course. I've just setup a couple of bird feeders at my house. Its great fun just to watch to see which birds show up. It winter now so there are a lot of birds eating at the feeders. Anyway, one of my favorites is the Northern Cardinal. First off, did you know that not all cardinals are bright red? Of course, http://www.demnos.com/blog/2005/01/ive-been-getting-into-field-of-bird.htmlDemnostag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705478.post-110295773979319696Mon, 13 Dec 2004 16:53:00 +00002006-11-09T16:51:21.588-05:00Oh Man! This is one of the weirdest things I have come across yet. A Phorid Fly (aka the Humpback Fly), specifically the Pseudacteon Tricuspis species (pictures at the right), lays it eggs on the head of a fire ant. When the eggs hatch the larva burrow into the ants head and consume the contents. When the larve is matured and ready to leave the ants head, it releases a chemical the makes the http://www.demnos.com/blog/2004/12/oh-man-this-is-one-of-weirdest-things.htmlDemnostag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705478.post-110268855959717105Fri, 10 Dec 2004 13:18:00 +00002006-11-09T16:51:21.528-05:00Well, I'm sure that everyone reading this is familiar with the two symbols pictured here. Both are used throughout the world as symbols of health and medicine. What do they mean and were do they come from though? I was curious so I looked it up. The symbol on the left is the one that Americans will probably recognize more. The name of this symbol is the Caduceus. This symbol is often seenhttp://www.demnos.com/blog/2004/12/well-im-sure-that-everyone-reading.htmlDemnostag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705478.post-110009728687410308Wed, 10 Nov 2004 14:15:00 +00002006-11-09T16:51:21.468-05:00Hmmm, the rhinoceros. How much do we know about the rhino? I would say not too much personally. It wasn't until I became a member of the WWF. No, not the World Wrestling Federation, they don't use that acronym anymore. I am a member of the World Wildlife Fund, the real WWF. Anyway, I was just reading their newsletter and I learned a few interesting tidbits about rhino's. First of all they http://www.demnos.com/blog/2004/11/hmmm-rhinoceros.htmlDemnostag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705478.post-109819187471524963Tue, 19 Oct 2004 12:58:00 +00002006-11-09T16:51:21.398-05:00My wife was watching the Food Network last night and passed this interesting little tidbit on to me. Eggplants apparently have two sexes, male and female. The male fruits (that's right, they are a fruit not a vegetable), are said to have less seeds and are a bit better to eat. Some people say that this is total nonsense and it is only the age of the fruit that matters. Anyway, to tell whetherhttp://www.demnos.com/blog/2004/10/my-wife-was-watching-food-network-last.htmlDemnos