interesting facts and wonders

HOW WIDE IS CORAL TRIANGLE

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There are at least 5 countries that were covered by the popular CORAL TRIANGLE. They are the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands. CORAL TRIANGLE is a geographical term because if you were to look the geographical settings of the 5 countries it forms a triangular shape.

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Now let's talk how wide it is. CORAL TRIANGLE covers 5.7 million square kilometers of ocean waters and houses 3,000 species of fish only. That's why many fishing boats are visiting these waters everyday.

Which fish has its own light?

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The angler fish has its light located at a long fin on its long face. At the end of the fin is a blob which glows which the fish use to attract smaller fish. When the small fish are drawn towards the glow, the Angler fish have all the chance to eat the smaller one.

The glow or bioluminescence is a result of symbiosis with bacteria. The bacteria enter the blob (esca) from the seawater through small vents. In the confines of the esca they can multiply until their density is such that their collective glow is very bright.

How many stuntriders can balance and ride a bike?

2009-12-15T14:19:00.001+08:00

In 1987, forty six stuntriders managed to balance and ride on a single bike. They are the members of an Australian motorcycling club that put an amazing stunt.

What material does the earliest practical submarine made of?

2009-12-15T14:08:00.001+08:00

One of the earliest submariens that was built was made of wood and covered by a grease leather. It was built by a Dutchman Cornelius van Drebbel and was tested in the 1620's below the surface of the Thames River in England. It requires a twelve Oarsmen to rowe the wooden boat and successfully submerged and maneuvered at a depth of 12 to 15 feet below the surface.

Which eagle is the largest?

2009-12-15T10:23:00.002+08:00

The Philippine Eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi) is the world's largest living eagle in terms of length. The wingspan is approximately 2 meters. The Philippine Eagle's nape is adorned with long brown feathers that form a shaggy crest. These feathers give it the appearance of possessing a lion's mane, which in turn resembles the mythical gryphon. The eagle has a dark face and a creamy-brown nape and crown. The back of the Philippine Eagle is dark brown, while the underside and underwings are white. The heavy legs are yellow with large, powerful dark claws, and the prominent large, high-arched, deep beak is a bluish-gray. The eagle's eyes are blue-gray. It is also the rarest most powerful birds in the world

These can be found on four major islands of the Philippine: eastern Luzon, Samar, Leyte and Mindanao. The Philippine Eagle was named the national bird of the Philippines in 1995 by President Fidel V. Ramos under Proclamation No. 615

Which bird is a night sniffer?

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New Zealand kiwis hunts usint its nose to sniff out worms, insects and other titbits at night. It has a long beak which at the end is its nostrils. All it has to do is stick its beak in the soil and take a jolly good sniff. Kiwis are around the size of the chicken but they lay eggs relatively larger in relation to their sizes. These birds dont fly, they just run and endangered. If you are domesticating one, please surrender it to the zoo or if you prefer not just make sure you domesticate it well.

When was the first restaurant opened?

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The very first restaurant in the world was opened in 1765 and is located in Paris. It served a single dish a sheep's feet simmered in a white sauce. Monsieur Boulanger is the owner of this restaurant and his business is centered mostly in food not in any other stuff. When he opened his restaurant it became the first novelty in the 18th century. Why because most people on that time eat mostly at home.

What a dolphin looked like 50 mya?

2009-12-14T15:04:00.001+08:00

At about 50 million years ago, the dolphins are land animals, it looked like a little wolf. These animals lived and haunt for food in swallow waters. Then by and by, adapted itself to live in water, the the hindlegs disappeared and the fluke evolved, the forelegs became flippers, the fur disappeared and the nostrils moved to the top of the head.

Why Taal is the smallest volcano?

2009-12-11T15:54:00.003+08:00

Taal Volcano is about 400 meters above sea level and is located at Talisay and San Nicolas, Batangas, Luzon, Philippines 50 km from The Capital Manila. It consists of an island in Lake Taal, which is situated within a caldera formed by an earlier, very powerful eruption. Thirty three eruptions have been recorded since 1572 at Taal, mostly on Volcano Island and the greatest recorded eruption was on 1754 and the last was in 1977. Volcano Island contains a lake about 2 km across, called Crater Lake. Within Crater Lake is another small volcanic island, called Vulcan Point.

Here in the Philippine it is dubbed as a "A volcano inside a volcano"

What is the longest man made land structure?

2009-12-11T14:55:00.001+08:00

In 1995, Banaue Rice terraces has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This spectacular creation has been built mostly by hand and minimal only with the use of equipments which shows Ifugaos great craftsmanship and creativity for almost 2000 years ago. It is also the stepiest rice terraces ever built. The location of Banaue rice terraces is 1, 500 meters above sea level and it covers 10, 630 square kilometers about 4, 000 square miles of the mountainside. If Banaue rice terraces will be connected end to end, the length is ten times longer than the Great Wall of China and will cover halfway around the world.

Banaue Rice Terraces is also known as the "Eight Wonder of the World".

What is the longest underground river?

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Inscribed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site on December 4, 1999, Palawan subterranean river (St. Paul Underground river) is the longest underground river, it stretches for about 8.2 kilometers underground. It features a stunning limestone karst mountain landscape and has been nominated for the "New Seven Wonders of Nature" competition.

Located about 50 kilometers north of the city of Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Philippines. The National Park is located in the Saint Paul Mountain Range on the northern coast of the island. It is bordered by St. Paul Bay to the north and the Babuyan River to the east.

How much a mosquito can kill?

2009-12-10T14:57:00.003+08:00

Mosquitoes can kill over a million people a year. In some hot countries, a mosquito caries a deadly illness called malaria. It is estimated that between 1 and 2 million people die every year.

Almost ninety percent of the malaria death cases occures in Sub Sahara Afrrica. Malaria is transmitted naturally by the bite of the female mosquito. When a mosquito bites an infected person, a small amount of blood is taken, which contains malaria parasites and transmitted to another biten person.

How high is the first horse?

2009-12-10T14:29:00.003+08:00

Hyracotherium was first to bear recognizably horse-like anatomy. It lived about 52 million years ago. It is an animal approximately the size of a cat(250–450 mm in height), with a relatively short head and neck and a springy, arched back. It had 44 low-crowned teeth, in the typical arrangement of an omnivorous, it had toes instead of hooves. All of the major leg bones were unfused, leaving the legs flexible and rotatable.

Hyracoterium evolve with a few significant changes for a span of 20 million years.

Who is the person behind the invention of raincoats

2009-12-09T15:23:00.002+08:00

Raincoats are often called "macs", invented in the year 1823, it came from the Surname of Charles Macintosh. He made a cloth waterproof by sandwidhing a layer of rubber between two lengths of a cotton.

Back then, when it get wet it weighed a ton and smell awful. Todays raincoats are made of waterproof fabrics like Gore-Tex and coated nylons. These fabrics allow some air to pass through, allowing the garment to 'breathe' so that sweat vapour can escape.

Which animal walks upside down

2009-12-09T14:50:00.002+08:00

The Geckos are the only animals that can walk upside down, belogning to the family Gekkonidae. They cling on by their special toes which has ridges, these ridges have tiny bristles and each of which end in a tiny sucker pads. Recent studies shows that the attractive forces that hold geckos to surfaces are van der Waals interactions.Every square millimeter of a gecko's footpad/sucker pads contains about 14,000 hair-like setae