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Ants

Ants colonies are fascinating and they have been the subject of endless resarch. The fact that ants actually work together shows that they might be one superorganism. Recent resarches show that their bodies make substance similar to milk and it provides crucial nutrients to the colony. And its not just in one species, milky excretions may be common in more ant species. Milk-alike liquid was discovered by Orli Snir, she worked in Kronauer lab but she never worked with ants before. But she quickly noticed different behaviours of ants. She watched pupae in isolation instead of being groomed. Pupae started producing lots of liquid, many were drowning in it. When pupae was back in the colony, adult ants were removing the liquid and swallowing it. Also young larves were feeding on the liquid. Sharing of nutrients amon ants may be the roof of their social lifestyle that these insects have evolved over years. This makes ants depend on each other in different life stages and it keeps them toget...

Indonesia earthquake

On the Indonesian island of Java had been an earthquake. Many children were injured or killed. Rooms have been collapsing, roofs and a lot of people were trapped and couldnt get out from collapsing buildings. Actually there were more than 1,000 people injured and 151 people is still missing. Also 22,000 houses had been damaged and many people have to take a shelter. Villages were burried by earthquake. Most of victims were children because they were still at school when it happened. Earthquake struck at depth of 10km and was followed by many afterschocks. President of Indonesia instructed to rescue poeple which are still trapped under rubble. Hundreds of police and rescuers are taking effort to find victims because still many people is missing.

Egypt

Egypt is large, about twice size of France and u can find there some tourist entertainments and a lot of poeple come there. Later this year a new archareological museum is going to be opened, Grand Egyptian Museum. It will be the largest in the world. Built near by pyramids of Giza and it will cost more than billion dollars to build. There we will be able to see a lot of Egypt's ancient artifacts and treasures. It will attract many people. Egypt have desert climate, so days are hot and nights cooler. The most comfortable time to visit Egypt is between March and June, also in early fall. There are many good places to stay like Cairo, most of hotels are really well located for sightseeking and safety. There u can also take a Nile cruise, two to five day cruise. You can find museums with galleries and many artifact like animal figurines, it also offers getting to know Egypt's history better. Pyramids are really popular when it comes to sightseeing as well. Egypt have a lot to offe...

Animals dream too

  Studying animals dreams is difficult because they wont telll us about them. But we know that animals have emotions and imagination. They even have visual dreams like spiders do. Resarchers are trying to understand what happens during sleep that might influence their behaviour.     First animals subjected to dream resarch were domesticated cats. There were made observations of behavior during their sleep. While cats sleep and their brain is in deep sleep, they began to move like they were awake, hunting or jumping. Its called period paradoxical sleep, body is still but brain remains active. Similar thing with rats, while asleep their brain reproduces patterns from their day. Because their brain makes strong memories during day and at night these things are being recalled. Its really interesting and animals dreams and behavior is still investigated.  https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/animals-dream-too-heres-what-we-know