The Giraffe Conservation Alliance

The Giraffe Conservation Alliance

Giraffe by Elena Zhitko : Giraffe™ The Giraffe Conservation Alliance : http://www.giraffealliance.org

3 APPLES THAT CHANGED THE WORLD

3 APPLES THAT CHANGED THE WORLD

3 APPLES THAT CHANGED THE WORLD : One seduced Eve, one awakened Newton, and the third one was in the hands of Steve Jobs. HUB09 Brand People http://hub09.it/blog/2011/10/graphic-design-three-apples-that-changed-the-world/ #Apple #Design #AndreaCaviglia #GraphicDesign #HUB09 #HUB09design #HUB09SocialDesign #HUBspiration09 #Infographic #iPhone #Mac #SteveJobs

FRUSTRO typeface by Martzi Hegedűs

FRUSTRO typeface by Martzi Hegedűs

Frustro is a display typeface inspired by an impossible object called the Penrose triangle. https://www.behance.net/gallery/2525513/FRUSTRO-typeface

NINJA DAY JAPAN

NINJA DAY JAPAN 2/22

BBC News 22 FEB: Japan’s been celebrating Ninja Day. The reason is the number two is pronounced “ni” in Japanese, so the date “2/22” sounds a bit like ninja. Koka city in Shiga prefecture is one of the better known places to celebrate this occasion, with town hall staff dressing as elusive assassins. Read more: bbc.in/cat_ninja #Ninja #NinjaTheMonster #NinjaWarrior #Japan #Iga #Mie #Anime #AnimeMatsuri #Anime_Eupho #Shiga @BBCNews #BBCNews
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B /bē/ Bees are flying insects closely related to wasps and ants, knownfor their role in pollination

B /bē/ Bees are flying insects closely related to wasps and ants, known for their role in pollination and, in the case of the best-known bee species, the European honey bee, for producing honey and beeswax. Bees are a monophyletic lineage within the superfamily Apoidea, presently considered as a clade Anthophila. There are nearly 20,000 known species of bees in seven to nine recognized families, though many are undescribed and the actual number is probably higher. They are found on every continent except Antarctica, in every habitat on the planet that contains insect-pollinated flowering plants.

Some species including honey bees, bumblebees, and stingless bees live socially in colonies. Bees are adapted for feeding on nectar and pollen, the former primarily as an energy source and the latter primarily for protein and other nutrients. Most pollen is used as food for larvae. Bee pollination is important both ecologically and commercially; the decline in wild bees has increased the value of pollination by commercially managed hives of honey bees. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bee

Colony collapse disorder (CCD) is the phenomenon that occurs when the majority of worker bees in a colony disappear and leave behind a queen, plenty of food and a few nurse bees to care for the remaining immature bees and the queen. While such disappearances have occurred throughout the history of agriculture, and were known by various names, the syndrome was renamed colony collapse disorder in late 2006 in conjunction with a drastic rise in the number of disappearances of western honeybee (Apis mellifera) colonies in North America. European beekeepers observed similar phenomena in Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain, Switzerland and Germany, albeit to a lesser degree, and the Northern Ireland Assembly received reports of a decline greater than 50%. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony_collapse_disorder

SOLAR-POWERED SEA SLUGS STEAL DNA FROM ALGAE

Several species of sea slugs can actually photosynthesize like plants, harnessing energy from the sun to produce food. Perhaps the most impressive example is a little green creature called; Elysia chlorotica, which can eat algae when it's very young and then spend the rest of its 10-month life basking in the sun, no eating necessary. http://www.newsweek.com/solar-powered-sea-slugs-steal-dna-algae-304783

Dog Adopts Orphaned Opossums, Gives Them Awesome Rides On Her Back

Dog Adopts Orphaned Opossums, Gives Them Awesome Rides On Her Back

These baby opossums were orphaned when their mother was killed by a dog in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. They were found by Stephanie Maldonado, a dog trainer, who tried to save them, but it didn’t look good for the four joeys; they were so little that they had yet to open their eyes.

And that’s when Maldonado’s dog, Pretinha, came to the rescue. She began to nurse them, and soon, the joeys had gained enough strength to climb onto Pretinha’s back. She even gave them piggy-back rides!

“It’s very nice to see all the care that she has with them, licking them all the time and nestling them,” Maldonado wrote on Facebook. When the joeys are older, she hopes to return them to the wild. http://www.boredpanda.com/dog-adopts-oppossums-baby-orphans-stephanie-maldonado

R@ /ræt/ Rat

R@ /ræt/ Rats are various medium-sized, long-tailed rodents of the superfamily Muroidea. "True rats" are members of the genus Rattus, the most important of which to humans are the black rat, Rattus rattus, and the brown rat, Rattus norvegicus. Many members of other rodent genera and families are also referred to as rats, and share many characteristics with true rats. Rats are typically distinguished from mice by their size. Generally, when someone discovers a large muroid rodent, its common name includes the term rat, while if it is smaller, the name includes the term mouse. The muroid family is broad and complex, and the common terms rat and mouse are not taxonomically specific. Scientifically, the terms are not confined to members of the Rattus and Mus genera, for example, the pack rat and cotton mouse. The best-known rat species are the black rat (Rattus rattus) and the brown rat (Rattus norvegicus). The group is generally known as the Old World rats or true rats, and originated in Asia. Rats are bigger than most Old World mice, which are their relatives, but seldom weigh over 500 grams (1.1 lb) in the wild. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat