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Thousands of people lost their lights after a raccoon damaged equipment at a major power company’s plant in downtown Toronto, Canada. A few hours after the incident, the power supply was restored.
A similar case occurred in Sacramento (USA): the population was left without electricity due to a turkey that got tangled in the wires and damaged them.
The feathers under the wings of the pigeon had hieroglyphs on them that looked very similar to Chinese characters. In addition, the feathers under the wings of the pigeon had Chinese characters on them. Law enforcement officials suggested that the bird could have been sent by Celestial residents to gather intelligence. The police even initiated a criminal case, but after a few months, all charges against the feathered bird were dropped.
The Scientific Committee for the Study of Antarctica, in a publication on its official website, is sounding the alarm that a highly contagious variant of avian influenza has caused the demise of populations of king and sub-Antarctic penguins that inhabit the Falkland Islands as well as the South Georgia Archipelago.
It is noted that this variant of the H5N1 virus got to Subantarctica last autumn. As of the current moment, it is known that the victims of the disease were several dozen representatives of these species. We are talking about those cases that have already been confirmed, as well as the alleged victims of bird flu.
The Japanese University of Chiba devoted a study to the flight characteristics of owls and learnt how this bird of prey manages to remain silent in motion.
It turned out that there is a special microscopic “fringe” on the wings of owls, and it is this fringe that has a key role in “noise cancellation” during flapping.
Experts created models of owl wings, one of which was without a fringe, and tested them on an aerodynamic stand, simulating the real speed of the bird.
Everyone has wondered at least once in their life why insects are so fond of swarming around artificial lights and even batting against them. Scientists from Florida International University and Imperial College London have found the answer to this question by using high-speed cameras and motion capture technology to generate a 3D map of insect flight.
In the course of their research in laboratories and jungles of Costa Rica, the researchers found that insects are not generally attracted to artificial light. According to their data, because of him suffer navigation systems of beetles, which have been honed over tens of millions of years of evolution.
It is noted that insects perform aerial manoeuvres because they cannot rely on their sense of gravity to keep track of where the top is and where the bottom is, resulting in them focusing on the sky as the brightest point to maintain the correct position – with their backs to the light.
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