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http://animals.mom.me/dangerous-bugs-spiders-tennessee-9287.html | Skip to main content . Dangerous Bugs & Spiders in Tennessee By Jennifer Mueller Tennessee ' s temperate climate hosts many insects and spiders that are potentially dangerous if you ' re bitten or stung . Some have venom used to disable prey . They do n ' t consider humans food and only attack if threatened . Others feed on blood and are n ' t picky about their host - - any warm - blooded creature will do . Wearing protective clothing and insect repellant when outdoors , especially in wooded areas , can keep these bugs at bay . More than an Itchy Irritation Mosquitoes are a common pest during Tennessee summers , but the small , itchy spots their bites leave on your skin are the least of your worries . These blood - suckers carry several diseases that can infect people - - most notably West Nile virus . Only a very small percentage of people infected will become seriously ill as a result , primarily those with weaker immune systems such as children and the elderly . Nonetheless , the virus is a serious health concern . According to the Metro Public Health Department , 21 batches of mosquitoes captured and Once Bitten Twice Shy Of the many spider species in Tennessee , only two have venom that is poisonous to people : black widows and brown recluses , both of which live in every county in the state . As their name suggests , brown recluses are shy , typically weaving their webs in dry , sheltered areas . The violin - shaped marking on their backs sets them apart from other brown spiders you might see . Contrary to popular belief , they only bite people if they ' re injured . Their bite results in fever and chills , headache and weakness A Good Hike Spoiled Ticks are n ' t actually insects - - they ' re arachnids , like spiders . They feed on the blood of mammals , including people , and their firm attachment to their host while feeding makes them quite efficient carriers of disease . Ticks ca n ' t fly or jump , and typically wait on tips of tall grasses for a potential host to brush past and pick them up . At least 15 tick species live in Tennessee , although people encounter relatively few of them . Dog ticks and deer ticks in particular are most Come Out Stinging Honeybees are common in Tennessee and play an important role in pollination of plants . Honeybees , however , are n ' t a big concern ; their barbed stingers mean they can only sting once and will die afterward , so they only sting as a last resort if being seriously harassed . Wasps and hornets , however , are more unpredictable than honeybees - - and far more dangerous . Because they can sting repeatedly , they do n ' t hesitate to use that stinger if swatted or alarmed . For most people , bee stings result Video of the Day Brought to you by Cuteness Brought to you by Cuteness References ( 6 ) Photo Credits Author Jennifer Mueller began writing and editing professionally in 1995 , when she became sports editor of her university ' s newspaper while also writing a bi - monthly general interest column for an independent tourist publication . Mueller holds a Bachelor of Arts in political science from the University of North Carolina at Asheville and a Juris Doctor from Indiana University Maurer School of Law . Home Wildlife and Exotic Animals Dangerous Bugs & Spiders in Tennessee | [
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http://animals.mom.me/desert-animals-suitable-habitat-4767.html | Skip to main content . Why Are Desert Animals Suitable for That Habitat ? By Lee Parker Wild animals that live in the desert must cope with an extreme climate to survive . These desert - dwelling creatures receive heat from the sun ' s radiation , convection heat from the stifling air and heat conducted from the soil and rock around them . This intense warmth , combined with scarce hydration resources and rapidly fluctuating temperatures , means that only animals that have adapted to these surroundings can survive . Avoid Heat For birds of the desert , avoiding heat means breeding in the cooler spring and winter temperatures . They are also largely crepuscular , as are most desert animals - - they come out during dawn and dusk , and keep to cool , shady areas during the day . Other desert fauna such as snakes , foxes and rodents avoid heat by living nocturnally , only emerging from burrows at night . Burrowing is another tactic used by desert - dwelling lizards and amphibians ; desert toads dig into the sand and remain dormant until summer rains bring cool Biological Adaptations In addition to learned and instinctual avoidance behavior , animals that live in the extreme heat of the desert have biologically adapted to be better suited to that environment . Desert mammals have evolved long legs , ears and tails that dissipate heat from numerous blood vessels throughout the appendages . Dark - plumed birds such as vultures utilize a method known as urohydrosis ; they will urinate on their feet . As the urine evaporates , it cools the feet , then the cooled blood is circulated throughout the rest of the body . Finding Hydration The most common source of water for desert - dwelling creatures is derived from plants , especially succulents . Birds of prey are able to stay hydrated from the blood and water retained in their victims . Small rodents , such as the kangaroo rat , will block the holes of their burrows to recycle the moisture from their own breath . Insects in the desert thrive by tapping stems or leaves for their hydration ; benefiting in turn the numerous animals that live on insects , such as bats . Retaining Water Reptiles and some desert birds do not waste any water in urinating ; instead , they excrete an insoluble compound called uric acid . Some desert rodents have unique kidneys that filter most of the water in their blood stream and re - circulate it into the body . Mammals in the desert also sweat much less than mammals in more temperate zones . In desert insects , there is a gland in the rectum that absorbs leftover water , excreting dry pellets as feces . Video of the Day Brought to you by Cuteness Brought to you by Cuteness References ( 6 ) Resources ( 3 ) Photo Credits Home Wildlife and Exotic Animals Why Are Desert Animals Suitable for That Habitat ? | [
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http://animals.mom.me/different-giraffe-species-2590.html | Skip to main content . Different Giraffe Species By Betty Lewis It was long believed that a giraffe is a giraffe is a giraffe . The world ' s tallest animal was considered to be of one species , Giraffa camelopardalis , but a 2007 study supported by the Wildlife Conservation Society challenged this assumption . Since the study , nine subspecies of giraffe have been identified . From One to Nine Giraffes are easily recognizable , with their long legs , extended necks and beautiful coats . The inclination to lump them together as one species is understandable . However , the 2007 study highlighted geographic differences according to hair coat color , suggesting subspecies that reproduce only within their group . Though giraffes can cover great distances , meaning different populations and species can cross paths , they do n ' t reproduce between subspecies . Recognizing the different subspecies illuminates the sad fact that giraffes are becoming endangered - - some subspecies only number a few hundred worldwide . The Most Populous Subspecies The G.c. angolensis , commonly known as the Angolan giraffe , is n ' t found in Angola any longer . The Giraffe Conservation Foundation estimates that there are fewer than 20,000 Angolan giraffes in the wild and less than two dozen in zoos . The South African giraffe , or G.c. giraffa , has even fewer numbers , estimated to be fewer than 12,000 in the wild . These guys sport blotchy , star - shaped spots on a tan - colored background . The Masai or Kilimanjaro giraffe , technically called G.c. tippelskirchi , is the most populous Declining Numbers The reticulated or Somali giraffe ' s scientific name is G.c. reticulata . In the late 1990s it was estimated that 28,000 Somali giraffes were in the wild ; at the time of publication estimates are at fewer than 5,000 in existence . There are about 450 in captivity . Reticulated giraffes have brownish - orange patches defined by thick and extremely white lines . There are fewer than 3,000 G.c. antiquorum , commonly known as the Kordofan giraffe , in the wild . Kordofan giraffes ' spots are pale and irregular and cover their inner legs . Thornicroft ' Most Endangered Giraffes Three subspecies have populations in the mere hundreds in the wild . Rothchild ' s giraffe , G.c. rothschildi , numbers fewer than 670 . Rothchild ' s giraffe has large , dark rectangular - shaped blotches on a cream background . There are an additional 450 of them in captivity . The West African , or Nigerian giraffes , G.c. peralta , live in an isolated pocket with fewer than 250 members . Possibly the rarest giraffe , it has rectangular , tan - colored spots on a cream background . The Nubian giraffe , G.c. camelopardalis , is Video of the Day Brought to you by Cuteness Brought to you by Cuteness References ( 4 ) Photo Credits Home Wildlife and Exotic Animals Different Giraffe Species | [
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http://animals.mom.me/diseases-affecting-squirrels-8634.html | Skip to main content . Diseases Affecting Squirrels By Deborah Lundin The United States is home to various species of ground , tree and flying squirrels , such as the gray squirrel and California ground squirrel . Tree and flying squirrel species reside in trees and forests , while ground squirrels live in underground burrows . Unfortunately , these rodents are susceptible to some common diseases , many of which can spread to humans . When Squirrels Close a Park The bubonic plague , caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis , is common in ground squirrels , particularly in the Southwest . Squirrels , as well as other rodents , are common reservoirs for the bacteria . While some squirrels may show no symptoms at all , others may experience weakness , fever , gangrene and a petechial rash due to hemorrhaging underneath the skin . Plague spreads to humans through bites from the squirrel or from fleas that have fed on the squirrel . When squirrels infected with plague are discovered in parks or campgrounds , officials close the A Squirrel With Spots A common viral disease infecting squirrels is squirrel pox , or squirrel fibroma . The spread of the virus occurs through insect bites , such as from mosquitoes . The virus causes skin tumors to appear on the body . Typically , these tumors cause no other problems for the squirrel unless secondary skin infections develop . Occasionally , the tumors may spread to the lungs , liver , kidney or lymph nodes . Bugs , Fungus and Squirrel Balding If the squirrels in your back yard appear to be balding , notoedric mange may be responsible . Microscopic Notoedres douglasi mites burrow into the squirrel ’ s skin , leading to hair loss and thickened , dark skin . Typically , notoedric mange does not cause any additional symptoms and full recovery often occurs . Another cause for squirrel balding is fungal infections , or dermatophytoses . Fungal infections leave hair brittle , causing it to break off and leave short stubble , making the squirrel appear bald . When Squirrels and Humans Meet In addition to the possibility of spreading plague to humans , squirrels can spread a variety of additional diseases . Tularemia , caused by the bacterium Francisella tularensis , spreads through bites from infected animals , skin contact with sick or dead squirrels , ingestion of contaminated water or tick and deer fly bites from insects feeding on infected squirrels . Leptospirosis is another common disease spread by squirrels . Leptospirosis can lead to kidney and liver failure though infected squirrels may show no symptoms . To avoid contracting a disease from squirrels , do not attempt to feed or Video of the Day Brought to you by Cuteness Brought to you by Cuteness References ( 9 ) Photo Credits Author Deborah Lundin is a professional writer with more than 20 years of experience in the medical field and as a small business owner . She studied medical science and sociology at Northern Illinois University . Her passions and interests include fitness , health , healthy eating , children and pets . See More Animals Diseases With Rashes & Fevers in Dogs Do Ticks Leave Droppings Behind ? Home Wildlife and Exotic Animals Diseases Affecting Squirrels | [
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http://animals.mom.me/effects-exxon-valdez-oil-spill-alaskan-wildlife-5478.html | Skip to main content . The Effects of Exxon Valdez Oil Spill on Alaskan Wildlife By Michelle A . Rivera The Exxon - Valdez oil spill of March 24 , 1989 , had long - lasting effects on Alaska ' s environment , animals and way of life . At the time of the spill , hundreds of volunteers stepped forward to clean up seabirds and other animals drenched in oil . Their work helped a modest number of animals , but many still died , and recovery efforts for a number of species continue after 24 years . Sad Statistics According to the National Wildlife Federation , the death toll of individual species of native Alaskan wildlife is still being tallied as of 2013 . In the days immediately following the spill - - which , at the time was the worst in U.S. history - - many animals died including upwards of 100,000 and possibly as many as 250,000 seabirds . More than 2,800 sea otters and 12 river otters immediately expired . At least 300 harbor seals and almost 250 bald eagles were also instantly destroyed . Orcas living in the area at the time , 22 in How They Died Aside from the reef fish and other animals nearby when the Exxon Valdez ran aground , millions of animals died as a direct or proximate cause of the spill . Animals covered in oil tried vainly to clean their bodies by licking themselves , only to be poisoned by the toxins in the oil . Birds weighted down by the heavy oil were unable to fly . Otters depend upon the unique design of their fur to help them tolerate extreme cold climates . When covered in oil , their fur is unable to act as a protective covering , Ten Years After Ten years after the Exxon Valdez oil spill , scientists from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill reported in the journal " Science " that many animal species were still recovering and the damage to their habitats had not significantly decreased . It was once thought that the number of animals killed acutely - - that is , immediately following the spill - - would be much higher than any subsequent numbers . But Chapel Hill ' s researchers reported in 2009 that Alaska ' s coastal ecosystem continues to show toxins that affect wildlife . Twenty Years After In 2007 - - two decades after the oil spill - - the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported that 21,000 gallons of crude oil still pollutes the ecosystem within a 450 - mile radius - - and the oil continues to kill animals within its sphere . The problem persists because the spill is contained within the Prince William Sound , so it does n ' t biodegrade as it would in the open ocean . The orca pod affected by the spill never recovered . Sea otters and ducks , who forage for food in the beaches , Video of the Day Brought to you by Cuteness Brought to you by Cuteness References ( 7 ) Resources ( 1 ) Photo Credits Author Michelle A . Rivera is the author of many books and articles . She attended the University of Missouri Animal Cruelty School and is certified with the Florida Animal Control Association . She is the executive director of her own nonprofit , Animals 101 , Inc . Rivera is an animal - assisted therapist , humane educator , former shelter manager , rescue volunteer coordinator , dog trainer and veterinary technician . Home Wildlife and Exotic Animals The Effects of Exxon Valdez Oil Spill on Alaskan Wildlife | [
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http://animals.mom.me/florida-crocodiles-food-6209.html | Skip to main content . How Do the Florida Crocodiles Get Their Food ? By Robert Morello The American crocodile is one of only two crocodilians in North America , the other being the American alligator . The American crocodile or Crocodylus acutus , grows to a maximum size of 13 feet in length and is less confrontational than its larger cousins in Australia and Africa . The state of Florida is as far north as the Florida crocodile is found , although its range reaches as far south as the coastal jungles of Central and South America . Diet The American crocodile is similar to other crocodiles found around the world in that it will eat whatever it encounters . The size of a crocodile ' s prey will tend to depend on the size of the crocodile . For example , young crocodiles will eat insects , shellfish , snails and fish since they are small enough to manage and readily available in a watery environment . Full grown crocodiles will eat snakes , turtles , birds small mammals and larger fish since they are able to catch and digest more substantial meals . Florida crocodiles are also Hunting & Habitat The amount of food a crocodile eats , along with the temperature of its environment directly influence its size . Since Florida is at the northern limit of the crocodile range , crocs there are smaller in size than those in equatorial regions . Crocodiles hunt along the edges of swamps , rivers and canals where unsuspecting animals and birds come to drink and feed . They use stealth to approach their prey then trap it in their jaws and drag it into the water where it is drowned and eaten . Crocodiles are also common to the brackish waters Feeding In many cases , Florida crocodiles are fed by humans either directly or indirectly . In the Florida Keys for instance , many people come to fish in the coastal waters using chum to attract the catch . Crocodiles are instead drawn to this food source and may begin to associate it with the boats and humans who supply it . This can be a dangerous development . Crocodiles are also known to frequent the backyards of homes that abut against waterways since they may find garbage or other food sources including pets that make for an easier meal than When Florida crocodiles do most of their hunting and eating at night . Darkness offers crocodiles natural cover and makes the element of surprise all that more effective . Like most opportunist hunter , Florida crocodiles will hunt during the day if their food supply is more accessible during that time or if the potential for an easy meal arises . Video of the Day Brought to you by Cuteness Brought to you by Cuteness References ( 6 ) Photo Credits Author Robert Morello has an extensive travel , marketing and business background . He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Columbia University in 2002 and has worked in travel as a guide , corporate senior marketing and product manager and travel consultant / expert . Morello is a professional writer and adjunct professor of travel and tourism . Home Reptiles , Rodents and Small Animals How Do the Florida Crocodiles Get Their Food ? | [
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http://animals.mom.me/foxes-prey-on-4041.html | Skip to main content . What Do Foxes Prey On ? By Jo Jackson Popular culture gives the impression that foxes live on rabbits , but they actually eat a wide variety of food . They are highly adaptable and their diet varies with location and seasonal availability . Species include the red fox , fennec fox , gray fox , kit fox and arctic fox . The red fox is found throughout Europe , Asia , North America and the United Kingdom and is the most widely distributed carnivore in the world . What Foxes Eat Foxes are omnivores and eat small mammals , birds , reptiles , frogs , eggs , insects , worms , fish , crabs , mollusks , fruits , berries , vegetables , seeds , fungi and carrion . In winter they mainly eat mammals , such as mice , rabbits and other small animals . In autumn their preference is fruit and berries like blackberries , apples and persimmons , plus acorns , sedges and tubers . In summer they eat lots of insects like crickets , beetles and caterpillars as well as frogs and mice . In spring they How They Hunt Foxes do a lot of hunting at dawn and dusk , but can hunt anytime . They hunt by stalking their live prey . They have excellent hearing and use a pouncing technique that allows them to kill the prey quickly . They listen for animals moving underground or under the snow in winter and use a combination of pouncing and digging to get to it . With larger prey such as rabbits , they stalk until they are close , but wait to attack until the rabbit turns to run away . How Cubs Learn to Hunt The cubs initially live on their mother ’ s milk , but when they are about a month old their mother will begin to regurgitate meat she has eaten for them . Soon after , they will be allowed to leave the den for play sessions and she will bring back small live prey like mice , frogs and grasshoppers in order to teach them how to kill . Eventually they will be allowed to go hunting with her . She ' ll teach them to hide unused food in caches for later . Rural vs . Urban Fox Diets Human activities often attract mice and rats , and traffic increases the amount of carrion through roadkill . Urban foxes take advantage of these food sources and are more likely to eat rats and pigeons than their rural counterparts . Sometimes people leave food out for foxes and they will also scavenge pet food left in gardens , and bread and other food left out for birds . They are opportunistic and will also scavenge edible matter from garbage bins . References ( 4 ) Resources ( 8 ) Photo Credits Home Wildlife and Exotic Animals What Do Foxes Prey On ? | [
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http://animals.mom.me/giraffe-own-pattern-spots-2908.html | Skip to main content . Does Every Giraffe Have Their Own Pattern of Spots ? By Rob Harris It ' s not only a giraffe ' s long neck that distinguishes him from other animal species , but also his distinctive spot pattern . The spot pattern on each giraffe is unique , although the different subspecies of giraffe are separated in part by the normal shapes of their spots . Different Patterns A giraffe ' s spot pattern is similar to one of our fingerprints . It ' s a unique identifier for each animal , helping other giraffes recognize who is in their family groups . Reticulated giraffes have the most complicated spot patterns of any giraffe subspecies , although it ' s often difficult for the untrained eye to distinguish differences between species or individuals . Subspecies Each subspecies of giraffe has its own pattern style . Within those styles , each giraffe has his own distinct pattern . Although there is some disagreement in the scientific world about the exact number of subspecies , there are nine possible ones . These include Reticulated , Kordofan , Nubian , Angolan , South African or Cape , Rothschild ’ s or Ugandan , West African or Nigerian , Thornicroft ’ s and Masai . All are immediately recognizable as giraffe spots , but some stand out a bit more from the other subspecies ' patterns . Angolan giraffes What Good are Spots ? Spots make giraffes easy to spot in a zoo setting , but it works as a type of camouflage in the wild . They live mostly on African savannahs , full of tall grasses and trees that provide dappled shade . The random spots help them blend in with the moving shade patterns , making them more difficult for predators to identify . Color Differences While all giraffes are shades of cream and brown , the colors vary significantly by subspecies . For example , Masai giraffes are the darkest , with spots that appear almost black . The lighter color between the spots also is darker than that of other giraffes . Reticulated giraffes have dark brown spots with tiny lines in between - - narrower lines than other subspecies . This creates a web - like effect , and it makes them appear darker than some other species . Angolan giraffes sometimes are described as " smokey " because they are so light Video of the Day Brought to you by Cuteness Brought to you by Cuteness References ( 4 ) Photo Credits Home Wildlife and Exotic Animals Does Every Giraffe Have Their Own Pattern of Spots ? | [
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http://animals.mom.me/goldfish-live-4748.html | Skip to main content . Where Do Goldfish Live ? By Naomi Millburn Goldfish ( Carassius auratus ) are much - loved aquatic pets that are seen all around the planet in aquarium environments . These family Cyprinidae freshwater fish are originally from the eastern portion of Asia , and have enjoyed popularity in the western world as pets from the 1700s onward . Many goldfish also still live in their natural environments , too . About Goldfish Goldfish are diverse , and they differ widely in terms of appearance . Some of them can be as big as two feet long , while others are only around two inches long . A lot of factors can help to determine their size , including living environment . Free roaming goldfish consume a blend of meat and plant sustenance , with common elements such as zooplankton , detritus , fish eggs , crustaceans and bug larvae . Goldfish kept as pets feed readily on commercial pellets , flakes and diced fresh vegetables such as lettuce , zucchini and peas Geographic Locations Goldfish in nature reside in China , and maybe even in nearby nations such as Japan and Korea . As a result of introduction , goldfish also can even be found in waters all throughout the United States - - most likely via discharge from bait containers . They have been spotted in most of the states , including in California , North Carolina , New Jersey , Missouri , Wisconsin , Nebraska , Iowa , Louisiana , Minnesota , New Mexico , Rhode Island , Arkansas and Massachusetts . Natural Habitat Goldfish are prevalent in freshwater settings , particularly those that are sluggish and calm . They tend to prefer water that is a little on the thick and muddy side . Goldfish also frequently occupy stagnant backwaters that do not experience currents - - especially environments that feature ample aquatic plants . They can usually manage without problems in cloudy , dense and hazy waters . Aquarium Living Environment In aquarium settings , goldfish need lots of space - - a minimum of double the space that tropical fish require . Aquariums with soil bottoms are optimal , but tiny pebbles also are effective as bottoms . Goldfish generally flourish in water temperatures that are anywhere between 64 and 72 degrees Fahrenheit . It is important to never allow any goldfish to live in tropical aquariums , as they strongly prefer cooler waters . With proper living circumstances and diets , goldfish that are kept as pets often survive for around 10 years - - and sometimes even longer Video of the Day Brought to you by Cuteness Brought to you by Cuteness References ( 5 ) Photo Credits Home Fish Where Do Goldfish Live ? | [
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http://animals.mom.me/hippos-mostly-found-2253.html | Skip to main content . Where Are Hippos Mostly Found ? By Naomi Millburn If you ' re a hippopotamus enthusiast , there are only two remaining species of the massive creatures that you can see with your own eyes today : the common hippopotamus ( Hippopotamus amphibius ) and the pygmy hippopotamus ( Choeropsis liberiensis ) . Although the two have a lot in common , the latter is of significantly more diminutive size . Geography of the Common Hippopotamus You can find the common hippopotamus in areas of Africa below the Sahara Desert and in the eastern central region of the continent . The semi - aquatic creatures also reside in many African countries , including Botswana , Eritrea , Burkina Faso , Senegal , Kenya , Gambia , Rwanda , Chad , Mozambique , Ghana , Tanzania , Malawi , Zambia , South Africa , Sudan , Cameroon , Swaziland , Central African Republic , the Republic of Congo , Uganda and Togo . Common Hippopotamus Natural Habitat The common hippopotamus is a companionable creature that lives mostly in swamp , stream and river settings . These hippopotamuses are also often found in lakes , as long as the water is n ' t too deep or shallow . Depth of around 6.5 feet is optimal , according to Animal Diversity Web of the University of Michigan . The common hippopotamus is never too far from water . H20 is vital for the animals , as it cools them down and stops dehydration . Geography of the Pygmy Hippopotamus The pygmy hippopotamus is a more timorous species that lives in Western Africa . These mammals , which appear to be scaled - down versions of common hippos , are prevalent in African nations such as Cote d ' Ivoire and Liberia . Pygmy hippopotamuses also inhabit Guinea and Sierra Leone , although to a lesser degree . Pygmy Hippopotamus Natural Habitat Pygmy hippos tend to live in swamps , damp forests and areas close to creeks . They are common along rivers that goes through woodlands and often set up residence in burrows by the water . They are very often in the water as their skin dries very easily and quickly . Pygmy hippos usually live in areas of very ample vegetation . Captive Hippos If you want to find hippopotamuses out in the wild , Africa is the place to be . However , some common and pygmy hippopotamuses live in captive environments . The ZSL Whipsnade Zoo in London , England , is home to both common and pygmy hippos , for example . Video of the Day Brought to you by Cuteness Brought to you by Cuteness Ads by Revcontent You May Like This Photo is Unedited . Look Closer Play Junkie The $ 250 Investment That ' s Making People Rich Crypto Soft Why Doctors Will No Longer Prescribe Blood Pressure Meds Healthier Patriot Md : Do This Immediately if You Have Diabetes ( Video ) Healthier Patriot Getting Rich with Bitcoin , Without Even Buying Bitcoin Crypto Soft Eat These to Burn Fat Efficiently - 30 Powerful Fat Burning Fruits Inspiredot References ( 8 ) Photo Credits Home Wildlife and Exotic Animals Where Are Hippos Mostly Found ? | [
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http://animals.mom.me/honey-badger-habitats-6089.html | Skip to main content . Honey Badger Habitats By Jennifer Mueller The honey badger ( Mellivora capensis ) is part of the weasel family , related to animals like skunks , ferrets and other badgers . It has thick black - and - white fur and a scent gland at the base of its tail , like a skunk , that it uses to dispense a smelly liquid if threatened or to mark its territory . An adult honey badger is between 29 and 38 inches long with a tail between 5 and 9 inches long . The average honey badger weighs between 13 and 30 pounds , although females are Geographic Distribution Many people know of the African honey badger , known as the " ratel " in South Africa , but the animal not only lives in sub - Saharan Africa but also Asia , the Middle East and India . The species ranges as far north as Afghanistan and Nepal and as far south as South Africa . The honey badger is opportunistic and adapts itself to all sorts of habitats , including grasslands , deserts and mountains . Although it prefers drier areas , the creature also makes its home in forests and is adept at swimming and climbing What ' s in a Name ? With a name like " honey , " you ' d think honey badgers would be sweet animals , but they are tenacious and persistent creatures . They got the name because they like to raid beehives , and although they do eat the honey , it ' s the bee larvae they ' re really after . They doggedly pursue their prey and somehow manage to survive bites from cobras and puff adders as well as stings by bees and scorpions . How they do this is still a mystery to scientists , but it ' s likely most Home Sweet Home Honey badgers move about and forage during the night , and they dig burrows as much as 9 feet long and 5 feet deep to sleep during the day . Honey badgers are n ' t picky , though , and they readily take advantage of any sort of shelter available to them in their home ranges . They sleep in rock crevices or holes under tree roots , and also take over dens dug by other animals such as aardvarks and mongooses . Except for mothers and their young , honey badgers are solitary animals with expansive home ranges Conservation Issues While the species as a whole is n ' t considered endangered or threatened , honey badgers have disappeared from areas such as Morocco and Israel where they were previously common . The country of Niger considers them endangered within its borders , and they are protected by national law in Israel and India . Beekeepers consider honey badgers a nuisance , and they also fall victim to poison and traps set indiscriminately by farmers intending to catch other animals . Honey badgers ' solitary , nocturnal activity makes them difficult to count using traditional survey methods , and their Video of the Day Brought to you by Cuteness Brought to you by Cuteness References ( 4 ) Photo Credits Author Jennifer Mueller began writing and editing professionally in 1995 , when she became sports editor of her university ' s newspaper while also writing a bi - monthly general interest column for an independent tourist publication . Mueller holds a Bachelor of Arts in political science from the University of North Carolina at Asheville and a Juris Doctor from Indiana University Maurer School of Law . Home Wildlife and Exotic Animals Honey Badger Habitats | [
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http://animals.mom.me/life-span-ringneck-parakeet-7947.html | Skip to main content . Life Span of the Ringneck Parakeet By Barbara Bean - Mellinger African and Indian ringneck parakeets in captivity can live to be 20 to 30 years old . There are some reports of ringnecks living up to 50 years . Taking conscious steps to keep them healthy and happy is the key to a long life span . Pay Attention Though ringnecks do n ' t usually like to cuddle , they do thrive on interaction with people . With gentle handling and patience , they ' ll sit on their humans ' shoulders . They form strong bonds with their human companions , and many imitate their speech . Playtime Toys that can be rotated in and out of use will keep a ringneck from becoming bored . They are n ' t big chewers , but toys with bells , ropes and wood are good choices . A play stand outside the cage will keep them amused , too . Varied Diet A well - rounded diet helps a ringneck parakeet live a long , healthy life . Alternate between pellets and seeds and add fresh foods . Ringnecks love fruit : apples , strawberries , melon , grapes , oranges , kiwis , pears and mangoes . Also offer vegetables such as raw baby carrots and lettuce leaves . Avoid Hazards Birds can die from eating avocados , fruit seeds , onion , chocolate and alcohol . Also check for dangers - - including open windows , young children and other pets - - before bringing your ringneck parakeet out of her cage . Take her once a year to an avian vet for a checkup , or more often to have her nails trimmed and wings clipped . Video of the Day Brought to you by Cuteness Brought to you by Cuteness References ( 4 ) Photo Credits Author Barbara Bean - Mellinger is an award - winning writer in the Washington , DC area . She writes nationally for newspapers , magazines and websites on topics including careers , education , women , marketing , advertising and more . She holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Pittsburgh . Home Birds Life Span of the Ringneck Parakeet | [
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http://animals.mom.me/long-canaries-hatch-11538.html | Skip to main content . How Long Do Canaries Take to Hatch ? By Olivia Kight Breeding and raising canaries is not a simple process , but hatching is fairly simple and natural . By providing the ideal conditions and maintaining a healthy environment for your canaries , hatchlings will thrive to become beautiful and happy adult canaries . Incubation Canaries are normally not very social domestic birds , but you can bring males and females together in the spring for breeding . After breeding , the female canary will lay up to eight blue eggs , though five is more typical . After she has laid the last egg , the female will sit on her eggs for about two weeks . Hatching Fourteen days after the female begins sitting on the eggs , the canaries will be developed enough to hatch . Baby canaries break out of their shells without assistance and are born featherless and sightless . They depend completely on their mother for food and shelter . Conditions Before and after hatching , the bird cage ought to be kept clean and out of the way of drafts . The mother may appreciate having a water bath nearby . It will keep her feathers clean and also provide good moisture for the eggs to aid the hatching process . Ideal breeding temperature is around 70 degrees Fahrenheit , and the cage should be kept around that temperature throughout the incubation and hatching . Considerations Baby canaries are normally independent from their parents by the time they are 31 days old . Between hatching and maturity , the canaries should be kept separate from adults besides their mother . Keep the bedding under the nest clean , as the baby canaries will eliminate on or just over the edge of the nest . Video of the Day Brought to you by Cuteness Brought to you by Cuteness References ( 2 ) Photo Credits Author Olivia Kight is an experienced online and print writer and editor . She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 2012 , and has worked on education , family life and counseling publications . She also gained valuable knowledge shadowing a zoo veterinarian and grooming and socialize show dogs , and now spends her time writing and training her spunky young labradoodle , Booker . Home Birds How Long Do Canaries Take to Hatch ? | [
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http://animals.mom.me/long-emperor-penguins-care-young-10940.html | Skip to main content . How Long Do Emperor Penguins Care for Their Young ? By Tom Ryan Emperor penguins are doting parents from the moment their egg is laid , long before it hatches . They have to be , for the chick to survive - - they breed during the winter , and the egg must incubate in harsh weather . After the egg hatches , the chick ' s parents continue taking care of him for several months , until he is grown enough to learn to hunt for his own food . Protecting the Egg Emperor penguins always breed during the Antarctic winter , laying their eggs in May . After the female lays her egg , she passes it off to the male , who keeps it warm by tucking it under a pouch of skin above his feet . He balances the egg there for about 64 days , during which time the female travels to the ocean to hunt . The male huddles with the other males in his colony , and they help each other stay warm while they fast , incubate their eggs and dutifully wait for their partners to Post - Hatching Feeding The colony ' s females return around the time that the eggs hatch , with bellies full of food to feed their young . They take over caring for the hatchlings , regurgitating the food they caught while the males travel to the ocean for their first meal in more than 100 days . For the next 50 days or so , the parents continually switch back and forth , one hunting while the other stays with and feeds the chick . Time Apart When the chick is about 2 months old , he starts spending more time away from his parents , though he still depends on them for food . The parents leave him in a group of chicks called a creche , which is supervised by other penguins in the colony . They can then go hunt together ; this is not as time - consuming as it was during the winter , as the warmer spring weather brings the shoreline closer to the colony ' s nesting site . When the parents return to the colony , they reunite with Full Independence At the beginning of summer , the colony ' s chicks become fully independent and the colony travels as a group to the sea for hunting . Because emperor penguins breed and incubate their eggs during the harsh winter , the young are old enough to transition to independence during summer , when food is most abundant . At this point the chicks are about 150 days old and only beginning to lose their fluffy down feathers , but they are mature enough to no longer depend on their parents , and they learn to hunt and feed themselves . Video of the Day Brought to you by Cuteness Brought to you by Cuteness References ( 4 ) Photo Credits Author Tom Ryan is a freelance writer , editor and English tutor . He graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a degree in English writing , and has also worked as an arts and entertainment reporter with " The Pitt News " and a public relations and advertising copywriter with the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh . Home Wildlife and Exotic Animals How Long Do Emperor Penguins Care for Their Young ? | [
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http://animals.mom.me/long-hatch-corn-snakes-10509.html | Skip to main content . How Long Does It Take to Hatch Corn Snakes ? By Todd Bowerman Corn snakes grow to lengths of up to 4.5 feet and are generally considered an easy snake to keep in captivity due to their tolerance of human interaction and their relatively low need for food . If your corn snake has recently laid eggs , they may eventually hatch into baby snakes , but they have a long way to go before this happens . Typical Clutch Sizes Corn snakes have the ability to produce quite a few young snakes per breeding session . The typical corn snake clutch contains roughly 15 eggs , almost all of which will hatch if conditions are kept right . Once the eggs hatch , the young snakes will quickly acclimate to their environment . Corn snakes come out of their eggs ready to eat and explore . Ideal Conditions If your snake has already laid her eggs , they should be placed in an incubation container with a lid . This container needs a moist substrate base - - peat moss , perlite , and ready - to - use hatching substrates are available at most pet specialty stores . The incubation container must be kept between 78 and 84 degrees Fahrenheit , and the eggs will take 58 to 62 days to hatch . Once hatched , snakes may remain in the egg for a few days soaking up its nutrients . Feeding Baby Corn Snakes Even baby corn snakes can eat a small pinkie mouse . Snakes will be hungry after emerging from their eggs and should be fed as soon as possible . A clutch of 15 eggs can consume around 30 mice per week ; two mice per snake per week should be sufficient to keep them healthy and growing . If the snake does n ' t seem to want to eat , you can try cutting a pinkie in half to make the meal more enticing and easier to consume . After the Hatching Baby corn snakes should be separated into their own small containers with water to drink and a simple substrate . Include a piece of newspaper for the snake to hide under and keep the containers in a temperature - controlled area away from chaos and noise . Small containers are best for baby snakes , as the babies are more sensitive to temperature changes than adults and it ' s easier to manage temperatures in a small space . Corn snakes are mostly solitary and prefer to have their own enclosures . Video of the Day Brought to you by Cuteness Brought to you by Cuteness References ( 4 ) Photo Credits Home Reptiles , Rodents and Small Animals How Long Does It Take to Hatch Corn Snakes ? | [
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http://animals.mom.me/long-keep-uv-light-turtles-10414.html | Skip to main content . How Long Do I Keep My UV Light on for My Turtles ? By Jodi Thornton - O ' Connell Basking on sunny rocks and logs in nature helps a turtle produce vitamin D3 required to metabolize calcium for a strong shell and other nutrients vital to his health . In the home aquarium artificial UV light provides the same benefits . Too little UV exposure results in metabolic bone disease , stunted shell growth and premature death . Your turtle will get adequate UV light if you leave the light on 10 to 12 hours per day . Catching Some Rays UV light consists of both UVA and UVB rays . While UVA rays help your turtle maintain feeding , breeding and activity , it is the UVB light that is crucial to processing nutrients . UVB light does not penetrate glass , so setting your turtle in a sunny window will not provide the full spectrum he needs . Hang your UV light 12 to 15 inches above the top of your turtle ' s shell . A bulb emitting 3 to 5 percent UVB left on for 10 hours a day will decrease in UVB output after about 10 Video of the Day Brought to you by Cuteness Brought to you by Cuteness References ( 2 ) Photo Credits Author Indulging her passion for vacation vagary through the written word on a full - time basis since 2010 , travel funster Jodi Thornton - O ' Connell guides readers to the unexpected , quirky , and awe - inspiring . Home Reptiles , Rodents and Small Animals How Long Do I Keep My UV Light on for My Turtles ? | [
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http://animals.mom.me/natural-habitat-wolves-1374.html | Skip to main content . The Natural Habitat of Wolves By Christina Stephens Wolves are members of the canine family , but they ’ re not exactly domesticated like your average German shepherd . Though numerous subspecies of wolves exist , scientists and researchers have recognized four distinct species : gray wolves , eastern timber wolves , Ethiopian wolves and red wolves . With habitats from Alaska to the highlands of Ethiopia , these wolves remain some of the world ’ s most recognizable predators . Gray Wolf Gray wolves are the quintessential image we picture when we think of the species . Historically found throughout the entire northern hemisphere , these endangered carnivores are now mostly confined to the tundra , forests , grasslands and deserts of the US and Canada . A peripatetic species , gray wolf packs can cover territories that range from 10 square miles to 1,000 square miles , and they can do so for quite a long time . Members of the pack can live for 8 to 13 years in the wild and more than 15 in captivity . Eastern Timber Wolf The eastern timber wolf has long been classified as a subspecies of the gray wolf ; however , a 2012 genetic study by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the journal " North American Fauna " has suggested the eastern timber wolf is its own distinct species . These wolves live in packs in remote regions of Canada and Alaska , but a small number live in the northern forests of Minnesota , Michigan , Wisconsin , Montana , Idaho and Washington . Like gray wolves , eastern timber wolves are always on the move and tend to go Ethiopian Wolf Indigenous to the Ethiopian highlands in Africa , the Ethiopian wolf is smaller than its cousins and more closely resembles a jackal than a gray wolf . It is listed as an endangered species and holds the title of the rarest wolf species in the world ; only around 500 adult Ethiopian wolves exist today . These wolves prefer to live in isolated Ethiopian mountain ranges where rodent populations are high and grasses are low , making hunting a bit easier for the pack . Red Wolf The endangered red wolf originally populated the southeastern United States through the Ohio River Valley and even as far north as Pennsylvania . These reddish beauties are now primarily confined to national wildlife refuges and a 1.7 million - acre restoration area in their native North Carolina . As social animals , red wolves prefer to live in packs , with pairs often mating for life , in forests , swamps and prairies . They often build their dens in hollow trees , stream banks and sand knolls . Video of the Day Brought to you by Cuteness Brought to you by Cuteness References ( 10 ) Resources ( 2 ) Photo Credits ruhender Wolf image by stefanie3 from Fotolia . com Author Christina Stephens is a writer from Portland , Ore . whose main areas of focus are pets and animals , travel and literature . A veterinary assistant , she taught English in South Korea and holds a BA in English with cum laude honors from Portland State University . See More Animals List of Animals on Mount Everest The Habitat of an Iberian Lynx Foxes Found in Michigan The Habitat of the Ethiopian Wolves Home Wildlife and Exotic Animals The Natural Habitat of Wolves | [
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http://animals.mom.me/newborn-goats-nurse-5240.html | Skip to main content . How to Get Newborn Goats to Nurse By Deborah Lundin After delivery , newborn goats , called kids , rise up on wobbly legs in the search for their first taste of mother ’ s milk . This first milk , full of colostrum , is essential to getting a newborn off to a healthy start . Sometimes , due to illness , premature birth or other factors , newborn kids struggle to nurse , and human intervention is necessary . Weak Kid Syndrome Weak kid syndrome is a condition that refers to newborns who are unable to stand or nurse . Without human intervention , these kids are likely to die . If the newborn is unable to stand , try assisting them into the standing position . If they are unable to remain in the standing position , you need to milk your mother doe and feed a small amount of the colostrum to the kid by bottle - feeding . If the kid continues to appear weak and lethargic after receiving some colostrum , consult your veterinarian immediately . A Little Confusion Some newborn kids are just a little confused and unable to find momma ’ s udders and teats . If your kid is standing , guide her to the teats for feeding . Squeeze a small amount of milk out from a teat for the kids to smell and taste . Often this is enough for the misguided kid to learn where milk comes from . Enlarged Udders Often times , especially when the mother doe has large udders and teats , a newborn kid is unable to position his mouth to nurse . In this case , you will need to manually milk your doe to reduce the teat size and enable the kid to nurse . If this is the first feeding , collect this rich colostrum milk and offer it to the newborn kid through bottle - feeding . Bottle and Tube Feeding If , despite your best efforts , a newborn kid will not nurse , bottle - or tube - feeding is necessary . Weak kids often do not have enough energy to nurse . To check a kid ' s sucking ability , squirt some milk onto your finger and place it in the kid ’ s mouth . If the kid is too weak to suck , tube feeding is necessary . For bottle - feeding , milk your goat , strain the milk and place it into bottles . Offer the bottle to the newborn kid with a Ads by Revcontent You May Like Homeowners May Receive $ 260 Monthly Federal Check ( Find out How ) Smart Lifestyle Trends Chicago Residents : Pay off Your Home ASAP with This Little Known Program Smart Lifestyle Trends Win $ 7000 a Week for Life ! Enter Now at Pch . com ! Publishers Clearing House Publicity Stunt That Ended ' I Dream of Jeannie ' Routinejournal If You Have Ear Ringing Do This Immediately ( Ends Tinnitus ) Ear Clear This Bizarre Photo Caused Mayhem , Try Not to Gasp when You See Why Routinejournal References ( 3 ) Photo Credits Author Deborah Lundin is a professional writer with more than 20 years of experience in the medical field and as a small business owner . She studied medical science and sociology at Northern Illinois University . Her passions and interests include fitness , health , healthy eating , children and pets . Home Farm Animals How to Get Newborn Goats to Nurse | [
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http://animals.mom.me/north-carolina-timber-rattlesnakes-6121.html | Skip to main content . Facts About North Carolina Timber Rattlesnakes By Naomi Millburn When you ' re in North Carolina and happen to encounter a sizable and slithery reptile , there ' s a good chance it ' s a timber rattlesnake ( Crotalus horridus ) . Although North Carolina is n ' t the only home state for these carnivorous animals , it ' s certainly one of them . Timber rattlesnakes exist in many different parts of the eastern United States , from Alabama up to Massachusetts . They are sometimes even seen as far west as Nebraska , Minnesota and Texas . In North Carolina In North Carolina , timber rattlesnakes are especially widespread throughout the eastern portion of the state , which is also commonly referred to as the Coastal Plain region . In history , timber rattlesnakes roamed the Piedmont area , although they are now hard to find there due to a combination of excessive human expansion and farming activities . Timber rattlesnakes are prevalent within the state ' s woodlands , and they are fixtures in many mountainous settings ; they are common within the Blue Ridge mountains , particularly in areas that do n ' t have many people . Other Names and Longevity People in the Coastal Plain area of North Carolina often call timber rattlesnakes " canebrake rattlesnakes . " The snakes sometimes are known as " banded rattlesnakes . " Regardless of what they ' re called , these rattlesnakes have long lifespans . In the wild , they can survive for upward of 30 years . In captive environments , they can live longer - - a maximum of 37 years . Physical Appearance When mature , timber rattlesnakes often grow to between 30 and 68 inches in length . The females are usually a little smaller than the males . These snakes typically sport slender necks and broad heads . They often have black , whitish - green , grayish or pale yellow bodies , especially when they inhabit mountain locales . In other areas , specifically the foothills of Piedmont and the flat Coastal Plains , timber rattlesnakes are usually gray with a peachy - pink tinge . Their backs usually are adorned with long brown or orange streaks . They also Venomous Timber rattlesnakes are venomous creatures , and it ' s no joke . Because of that , it ' s important to be extremely cautious should you ever encounter one . Stay away from them . They usually bite humans only when they ' re feeling scared and protective . However , their bites can indeed be extremely perilous to people . If you ever experience a timber rattlesnake bite , get medical help as soon as possible . These bites sometimes can be life - threatening . Diet Timber rattlesnakes deploy their poison immediately to disable and kill their prey . Some typical meals for these venomous creatures are wee mammals including rabbits , squirrels , rats and mice . Many timber rattlers are partial to chipmunks . They also readily consume fellow reptiles , such as lizards and other snakes . Birds and amphibians make up a fraction of their menu . Video of the Day Brought to you by Cuteness Brought to you by Cuteness References ( 10 ) Photo Credits Home Reptiles , Rodents and Small Animals Facts About North Carolina Timber Rattlesnakes | [
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http://animals.mom.me/other-names-puma-7115.html | Skip to main content . Other Names for a Puma By Tom Ryan The puma ( Puma concolor ) is known by a wide variety of names - - in fact , one nickname for this cat is " the cat of many names . " This is partially because pumas are found in countries where different languages are spoken . Named and renamed by European explorers to North and South America , as well as natives of those regions , the puma has collected more than 80 names in his history . Different Names While the puma goes by a wide range of names , the ones most commonly used by English speakers are puma , cougar , mountain lion and panther . But " black panther " is a misnomer used to describe other black cats , like leopards and jaguars . There is no such thing as a black puma . In fact , the puma ' s scientific name translates to " lion of one color , " because each specimen sports the same distinct , tan coat . Roots and Alternatives Even the most common English - language names for the puma have non - English roots . Mountain lion takes its roots from " gato monte , " the name given by Spanish explorers , which translates to " cat of the mountain . " Cougar is derived from a South American Indian word , " cuguacuarana . " Even " puma " was the name bestowed on this cat by the Incas . According to the Mountain Lion Foundation , other terminology still used today outside the United States include the names painter , catamount and " el leon Video of the Day Brought to you by Cuteness Brought to you by Cuteness References ( 2 ) Photo Credits Author Tom Ryan is a freelance writer , editor and English tutor . He graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a degree in English writing , and has also worked as an arts and entertainment reporter with " The Pitt News " and a public relations and advertising copywriter with the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh . Home Wildlife and Exotic Animals Other Names for a Puma | [
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http://animals.mom.me/penguins-drink-3006.html | Skip to main content . How Do Penguins Drink ? By Rob Harris Many penguins live in environments that do n ' t offer fresh water . Those who live in Antarctica , for example , have a choice of ice or saltwater . Saltwater is more convenient and easier to obtain , so that ' s where penguins tend to get their water . They have a special adaptation to help keep their bodies ' salt levels balanced . How They Drink Penguins drink the same way most birds do : by swallowing water . Although that ' s nothing special , penguins often have little choice but to swallow saltwater . When they ' re swimming in the ocean , they use their strong beaks to catch fish and other prey . Opening their mouths while they ' re swimming at full speed means they ' re going to catch some water while snagging dinner . They often swallow prey whole , taking saltwater down with it . Supraorbital Gland Penguins are specially designed to process saltwater , even though their bodies do n ' t need more salt than other animals . They have a supraorbital gland located near their eyes that filters salt out of their systems . Their blood travels through the gland , which traps the salt before it travels through their bodes . Runny Nose When the supraorbital gland filters salt out of a penguin ' s blood , it must still get the excess salt out of the penguin ' s body . Salt in the gland mixes with a small amount of moisture inside the gland and travels down the nasal passages . These salt - laden drops drip out the penguin ' s nose . Penguins often shake their heads to release the drops and get salt off their beaks . Freshwater Penguins Penguins can drink saltwater , but they have no trouble drinking fresh water if it ' s available . Some even eat snow as a source of water . Penguins in zoos live in fresh water , and some species , such as rockhopper penguins , prefer to live around fresh water instead of saltwater . The supraorbital gland serves only one purpose - - to filter salt from the blood - - so it ' s not used when penguins drink only fresh water . There are no health problems associated with penguins taking a clear drink , hold Video of the Day Brought to you by Cuteness Brought to you by Cuteness References ( 4 ) Photo Credits Home Birds How Do Penguins Drink ? | [
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http://animals.mom.me/smelly-rabbits-pets-1105.html | Skip to main content . How Smelly Are Rabbits as Pets ? By Carlye Jones Not as needy as dogs , but typically more cuddly than cats , a pet rabbit can be an ideal addition to your family . Like any animal kept indoors , however , there are a few potential drawbacks , including possible odors . Fortunately , rabbits are n ' t known for smelling bad , and any odor is probably a result of improper care . Body Odor Unlike dogs , rabbits do n ' t have a body odor . You should n ' t notice any odor emanating from them . If you do , the rabbit is probably sick or has an infection . An ear infection , for example , can give off a musty smell . Occasionally , an intact male rabbit , or buck , will produce a musky scent when he ' s around a female , or doe . Otherwise , if your rabbit has body odor a trip to the vet is in order to determine the cause . Feces In a healthy rabbit , the feces should be nearly odorless . Rabbit feces are small , round brown pellets that should be somewhat firm and dry . If your rabbit ' s feces are watery , look like cow patties or have an odor , he might have intestinal parasites or another illness . If you notice a smell coming from the feces , check with your vet . Urine Nearly all the smell produced by rabbits comes from the urine . It has a distinctive ammonia - tinged odor that is especially strong right after urination and can be quite strong . The urine from a buck tends to have a stronger smell than that from a doe . Bucks also use urine to mark their territory , so they urinate more often , producing more scent . Litter Box Containing your rabbit ' s urination in a litter box is very effective at reducing odor . Since rabbits tend to choose a single spot to relieve themselves , it ' s very easy to train your rabbit to use a litter box . Litter with a natural odor reducer , like baking soda , will help keep the smell down even more . Scented litters are not a good choice for rabbits , however , since it irritates their sensitive noses . Also wood shavings , specifically pine and cedar , can be poisonous to rabbits and are not Cleanliness When the living quarters and litter box are kept clean , with soiled litter removed regularly , a pet rabbit is virtually odorless , except for a few minutes following urination when the smell is strongest . However , if the cage and litter box are not kept clean , odor can build up very quickly and the smell can be stronger than that produced by a cat . If your rabbit smells , it ' s probably because his cage and litter box need cleaned . Sterilization Having your rabbit spayed or neutered can help reduce odors in two ways . First , it reduces the musky odor in the urine and gives it a milder , less offensive smell . Second , it stops bucks from spraying to mark their territory . When your buck is n ' t urinating as much , there is a lot less odor . Video of the Day Brought to you by Cuteness Brought to you by Cuteness References ( 4 ) Photo Credits Rabbit image by veseliysyslik from Fotolia . com Home Farm Animals How Smelly Are Rabbits as Pets ? | [
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http://animals.mom.me/snakes-shelter-wild-11802.html | Skip to main content . Where Do Snakes Shelter in the Wild ? By Lisa Miller Snakes , like all animal species , require a few specific things in order to survive : food , water and some form of shelter . Because they live in diverse habitats ranging from forest canopies to desert floors , snakes have adapted to the many different types of shelters available to them . They have also evolved to using these shelters for a number of purposes , including hiding from predators , avoiding extreme temperatures and hunting for prey . Types of Shelters Snakes will seek shelter in practically any stable place that is hidden from view and provides protection from the elements and potential predators . They may shelter in underground rodent burrows or dens ; under rocks , logs or bushes ; in stumps or root systems ; in tree knots and joints ; or under sand , debris or gravel . Snakes will make use of their particular habitat features in deciding where to seek shelter , and they may opt to find shelter for several reasons . Hiding From Danger One of the primary reasons snakes seek shelter is to hide from potential predators . Threats can come from the air - - as with birds of prey - - or from the ground by any number of carnivores , as well as humans . By hiding from sight , snakes can help to ensure their safety during the parts of the day when they are not actively hunting . They can choose shelters for times when they might be vulnerable , such as when they are giving birth or preparing to shed their skin . Ambushing Prey Many snake species , like North America ' s rattlesnake species , will use their shelters to remain out of sight of potential prey . These snakes find a suitable shelter to hide in , wait for their prey - - which in many cases are rodents or other small mammals - - and use their hidden position to strike and kill their prey by surprise . Snakes are patient ambush hunters , some waiting up to 48 hours in a single location for prey to cross their hiding spot . Avoiding Extremes Many species of snakes thrive in hostile habitats like deserts . The extreme temperatures of these environments are especially tough on ectothermic , or coldblooded , reptiles , as they can not regulate their body temperatures internally . In order to maintain their homeostasis , many species of snakes will spend the hottest parts of the day in burrows or holes , under rocks and bushes , or even under the sand . During months of cold weather , some snakes will also take shelter in human - constructed habitats , like crawlspaces , basements , wood poles or sheds Video of the Day Brought to you by Cuteness Brought to you by Cuteness References ( 6 ) Photo Credits See More Animals How to Identify Copperhead Dens How Long Can Rattlesnakes Grow ? Home Reptiles , Rodents and Small Animals Where Do Snakes Shelter in the Wild ? | [
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http://animals.mom.me/starfishs-adaptations-stay-alive-6179.html | Skip to main content . What Are the Starfish ' s Adaptations to Stay Alive ? By Carlye Jones Unlike many sea creatures , starfish , also called sea stars , do n ' t have gills or fins . In fact , they do n ' t even have brains , hearts or blood . What they do have , however , is several specialized adaptations that allow them to survive in a constantly changing and dangerous environment filled with predators . Regeneration If a starfish loses an arm , an organ or even most of his body , he can regrow whatever part he needs as long as part of the central ring is intact . Thanks to this ability , if a predator attacks and manages to take a bite , a starfish wo n ' t bleed to death , get an infection or be permanently crippled . In fact , one starfish may become two if part of the central ring is attached to the part separated from the main body . Some starfish intentionally reproduce this way , Feeding A starfish can eat anything he can fit in one of his two stomachs . He does this by pushing a stomach out of his body where it can safely digest large prey , like an oyster , and then pulls it back into his body after the food is mostly digested . The ability to eat prey of varying sizes is an advantageous adaptation for the starfish . Tube Feet A starfish ' s arms are covered with hundreds of small suckerlike feet . These feet not only help him walk but give him strength to pry open shelled prey like clams and oysters . Since a starfish moves so slowly , he relies heavily on prey that does n ' t move . The tube feet also help keep him anchored in place , such as on a rock , coral branch or the ocean floor , during a storm and against tide forces and ocean currents . Vascular System What passes for a starfish ' s circulatory system uses ocean water instead of blood . This is essentially a series of tubes that extend from the stomach to the arms to transport nutrients . A starfish does n ' t have a heart , but water running through the arms and feet provides oxygen . Video of the Day Brought to you by Cuteness Brought to you by Cuteness References ( 3 ) Photo Credits Home Fish What Are the Starfish ' s Adaptations to Stay Alive ? | [
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http://animals.mom.me/there-flamingos-america-4272.html | Skip to main content . Are There Flamingos in America ? By Betty Lewis Flamingos are birds who prefer tropical and subtropical regions . There are six species of these distinctive birds worldwide , varying in size and coloring . These are social birds , tending to stay in very large flocks , regardless of where they call home . In fact , colonies in tens of thousands are normal . Flamingos in the US Unless you come across them in captivity , chances are you wo n ' t find too many flamingos in the US . Phoenicopterus ruber , otherwise known as the Caribbean flamingo , American flamingo , Cuban flamingo or pink flamingo , is the only species of flamingo native to the US . If you want to see this bird in its natural habitat , you should probably focus your search to southern Florida , although he is occasionally spotted in warmer southern and gulf coast states . This guy is also found throughout the Caribbean , the Yucatan Peninsula Pinkest of the Pink The American flamingo is the most vibrantly pink of all the flamingos , and it ' s the only one that does n ' t share its range with other species . These flamingos are around four feet tall , with a wingspan of about five feet . Their bright plumage makes them quite recognizable and their bills are pink and white , tipped with black . Though they ' re sociable with each other , they ' re skittish birds and will take flight when disturbed . Salt marshes and mudflats make great sources of nourishment , providing them South American Flamingos Unless you ' re at the zoo , you wo n ' t find other flamingos in the US , but South America is home to several other species of flamingos . Chilean flamingos can be found in central Peru , Argentina , Paraguay , Bolivia , Uruguay , Peru and southern Brazil . Both coasts of South America are also popular for these medium - sized , pale pink birds during the winter . They share their range with Andean flamingos , in parts of Peru , Chile , Bolivia and Argentina . The Andean flamingo is the largest Across the Atlantic The greater flamingo covers a lot of ground . The palest and largest of all flamingo species , he can be discovered in the Middle East , northwest India , Africa and western Mediterranean . Smaller groups can also be seen throughout northern Europe . The lesser flamingo is confined to Africa as a rule , although there is a population of them in India and once in a while , a few will wander towards southern Spain . Small in size , but many in number , this is the most populous of all species , estimated to be Video of the Day Brought to you by Cuteness Brought to you by Cuteness References ( 5 ) Photo Credits Home Wildlife and Exotic Animals Are There Flamingos in America ? | [
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http://animals.mom.me/type-bugs-come-out-cocoon-11766.html | Skip to main content . What Type of Bugs Come Out of a Cocoon ? By Lisa Miller Insects that change from egg to larva to pupa to adult - - a process called complete metamorphosis - - often build protective cocoons . Insects spin cocoons to provide protection for the vulnerable pupal stage of development , when insects undergo their transformation to their adult stages . A wide variety of insects build cocoons , and cocoons come in a wide variety of shapes , colors and materials . The Butterfly Chrysalis Butterflies are perhaps the most well - known cocoon - encasing insects . When butterflies transform from their larval caterpillar stage to the pupal stage , they will create hard , solid , hanging cocoons called chrysalises or chrysalides . Chrysalises form around the body of the butterfly pupae and hang from twigs , leaves or other structures by silken threads or disks . These cocoons house the butterflies as their bodies rearrange into adult form . Moth Cocoons Like butterflies , moths begin their larval stage as caterpillars and enclose their pupae in cocoons , though their cocoons are distinctly different . Moths form several kinds of cocoons , but most are spun of silk and completely enclose the insects . Some caterpillars , like the woolly bear larvae of the Isabella tiger moth , simply use their silk to bind their hairs together into a protective covering . Moth silk used in cocoons can be valuable to humans , too , as in the case of the silkworm , whose silk is used to make silk textiles Cocoons of Bees and Wasps Bees and wasps create cocoons in the vulnerable pupal stage , as well . The familiar honeycombs of honeybees are composed of individual cells where young bees will live until they reach adulthood , cared for by workers as they develop . During the pupal stage , they spin cocoons within their cells to develop into adults . The celled nests of wasps function in a similar way , with pupae enveloping themselves in cocoons within the cells of the nest . Some wasp species , like the grass - carrying wasp , use found materials like grass blades to Other Cocoon - Building Insects Countless other species of insects build cocoons , including insects that might not immediately come to mind as cocoon - spinners . Fleas and ants , for example , build cocoons during their pupal stage . In the case of ants , adult worker ants are tasked with the care of many individual cocoons . Other insects make use of materials around them to create secure cocoons in which to pupate . Ant lion larvae will make use of grains of sand to embellish their cocoons , and insects that pupate underground will often incorporate earth into their cocoons . Video of the Day Brought to you by Cuteness Brought to you by Cuteness Ads by Revcontent You May Like This Photo is Unedited . Look Closer Play Junkie Why Doctors Will No Longer Prescribe Blood Pressure Meds Healthier Patriot Md : Do This Immediately if You Have Diabetes ( Video ) Healthier Patriot 15 Photos That Prove That Everything On Instagram Is A Lie Inspiredot Chiropractors : This Simple Solution Ends Decades of Back Pain ( Watch ) Trump ' s IQ is Finally Revealed - Try Not to Gasp ! Ready Set Health References ( 7 ) Photo Credits Home Insects What Type of Bugs Come Out of a Cocoon ? | [
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http://animals.mom.me/types-bats-brazils-rainforests-10429.html | Skip to main content . Types of Bats in Brazil ' s Rainforests By Slone Wayking The Amazon rainforest is the largest in the world , and 60 percent of it is in Brazil . Ten percent of the world ’ s known species lives in the Amazon , including several varieties of bats . Bats play a valuable role in insect population control . However , not all bats are only insectivores . Some live on fruit , fish - - and blood . Vampire Bats Vampire bats are the only mammals that have evolved to live solely on blood . They feed mainly on cattle and horses , but will feed on birds and humans . Once they find their prey , they approach it from the ground . The bat has a heat sensor in its nose that detects warm blood flow near the skin , and an anticoagulant in its saliva to keep the blood from clotting as it drinks . They drink approximately a teaspoon - - not enough to deplete a victim . However , they are a carrier of rabies Greater Bulldog Bats With an average wingspan of 2 feet , greater bulldog bats are one of the largest bat species in the world . Their chin has skin folds that give them a bulldog appearance . They ’ re one of the few bats that feed on fish . They use their long legs and curved claws to skim the water as they fly , and echolocation to detect ripples made by fish just below the surface . The can eat up to 40 fish a night and will also feed on shrimp , scorpions and crabs . Vesper Bats There are more than 300 species of vesper bats , making them the largest bat family . Because of their numbers they come in assorted colors and weights . They ’ re not only found in Brazil and other tropical climates , but in temperate climates as well . When living in colder weather , females can delay giving birth . After mating in the fall , they can either store sperm in the uterus until they ovulate in the spring or delay the embryo from implanting . Others carry an implanted embryo , yet it does n ’ t Mustache Bats The highly developed echolocation ability of mustache bats has been the focus of many scientific studies . Not only do they detect their prey by radar like most bats , but their hearing is so fine - tuned they can tell the species of an insect simply by the echo of the wing beat . Once they hone in on the sound , they have the ability to drown out background interference . The echo tells them the size of the prey , the distance and whether it ’ s a meal they wish to pursue . Brazilian Free - Tailed and Disc - Winged Bats The Brazilian free - tailed bat is named for its noticeably longer tail , which - - combined with their pointed wing design - - makes them excellent long - distance flyers . They ’ ve been recorded flying more than 30 miles to forage , and flying at heights up to 10,000 feet . Disc - winged bats are named for the suction cups located on their ankles and wrists . These cups allow them to stick to the insides of unfurled banana leaves where they are protected from rain and hidden from predators . Video of the Day Brought to you by Cuteness Brought to you by Cuteness Ads by Revcontent You May Like Government Will Pay off Your Home if You Live Near Chicago Smart Lifestyle Trends Illinois : Seniors with No Life Insurance Should Do This ASAP Smart Insure 23 Retro Photos That Captured More Than Expected Routinejournal If You Have Ear Ringing Do This Immediately ( Ends Tinnitus ) Ear Clear Horrifying Woodstock Photos That Were Classified Routinejournal American Picker Mike Wolfe ' s Mansion Will Leave You Scratching Your Head References ( 7 ) Photo Credits Author Slone Wayking worked as a professional in the veterinary field for 20 years . Though her interest in animal health led to this path , Wayking initially studied creative arts . She has been article writing for more than a year and is currently working towards her degree in multimedia . Her certifications include business writing and basic web design . See More Animals What Likes to Eat Mosquitoes ? Homemade Fly Spray for Horses Using Tea Tree Oil Home Wildlife and Exotic Animals Types of Bats in Brazil ' s Rainforests | [
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http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birding/brown-creeper/ | Photograph by Tim Zurowski , Getty Images Read Caption A brown creeper perches on a branch in British Columbia , Canada . Photograph by Tim Zurowski , Getty Images Animals Reference Brown Creeper About the Brown Creeper The brown creeper is quite vocal , but its high - pitched vocalizations are easily missed . It is generally solitary , but it sometimes migrates and winters with flocks of titmice , nuthatches , and kinglets . Polytypic ( 15 ssp . ; 9 north of United States - Mexico border ) . Length 5.3 " . Identification Distinctive shape and foraging behavior . Male and female : identical plumage ; male larger . Cryptic upperparts streaked brown , buff , and black ; underparts pale with warm wash on flanks ; rump buff , tawny , or rufous . Flight : broad , pale wing stripe at base of flight feathers prominent in flight . Geographic Variation Subspecies north of the United States - Mexico border divide into 3 groups : western birds ( alascensis , occidentalis , stewarti , phillipsi , zelotes , montana ) are small , dark , and long billed ; eastern birds ( americana , nigrescens ) are larger , generally paler , and shorter billed ; the Mexican albescens , darker with white spotting that contrasts more , extends into southeast Arizona and southwest New Mexico . Rufous , brown , and gray morphs in several populations complicate identification . Similar Species None ; vaguely similar to some wrens , but shape and behavior very different . Voice Very high - pitched . Call : a soft , sibilant seee , usually buzzier and doubled in western birds , tseeesee . Flight call : a short , weak tsf ; shorter and softer than golden - crowned kinglet and chickadees . Song : variable , but consists of several notes , seee seeedsee sideeu . Eastern songs more complex , quavering , and usually end on a high note ; western songs more rhythmic and often end on a low note . Status and Distribution Fairly common ; uncommon or rare breeder in southeast portion of range . Breeding : coniferous , mixed , or swampy forests . Highest densities found in old - growth forest . Wider habitat variety during migration and winter . Migration : resident birds complicate detection of migrants in some areas . Peak late March – mid - April and October – November in Midwest / Northeast . Winter : much of North America . Population Populations thought to have declined throughout much of North America with the felling of old - growth forests . Breeding populations listed as endangered in Kentucky and as of special concern in some midwestern and eastern states . — From the National Geographic book Complete Birds of North America 2006 | [
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http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/red-tailed-hawk/ | Common Name Red - Tailed Hawk Scientific Name Buteo jamaicensis Type Birds Diet Carnivore Average life span in The Wild 21 years Size Body : 18 to 26 inches ; wingspan : 38 to 43 inches Weight 24.3 to 51.5 ounces Size relative to a 6 - ft man IUCN Red List Status : Least Concern lc nt vu en cr ew ex Least Concern Extinct Current Population Trend : Increasing About the Red - Tailed Hawk These beautiful birds are North America ' s most common hawks . They are found all over the continent , in Central America , and in the West Indies . The first of these hawks to be scientifically studied was found in Jamaica . Characteristics and Behavior Red - tailed hawks are known for their brick - colored tails , but there are more than a dozen subspecies of various colorations , and not all of them have this characteristic . These birds of prey are also known as buzzard hawks and red hawks . By any name , they are keen - eyed and efficient hunters . Red - tails prefer open areas , such as fields or deserts , with high perching places nearby from which they can watch for prey . But these birds are adaptable and also dwell in mountains and tropical rain forests . Hawks have even embraced human habitats . They often perch on telephone poles and take advantage of the open spaces along the roadside to spot and seize mice , ground squirrels , Aerial Dives and Breeding Breeding season initiates a spectacular sequence of aerial acrobatics . Hawk pairs fly in large circles and gain great height before the male plunges into a deep dive and subsequent steep climb back to circling height . Later , the birds grab hold of one another with their talons and fall spiraling towards earth . Red - tailed hawks are monogamous and may mate for life . They make stick nests high above the ground , in which the female lays one to five eggs each year . Both sexes incubate the eggs for four to five weeks , and feed the young from the time they hatch until they leave the nest about six weeks later . Read More Did You Know ? Flying red - tailed hawks have a distinctive keee - eerrrrrr call . If you see a raptor in North America , it ’ s likely a red - tailed hawk . Young red - tailed hawks lack the adults ’ trademark reddish - orange feathers . Red - tailed hawks are often seen sitting atop utility poles or fence posts . Red - tailed hawks live among the skyscrapers of New York City . | [
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http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/california-sea-lion/ | Photograph by Joel Sartore , National Geographic Photo Ark Read Caption A California sea lion photographed at Indianapolis Zoo in Indiana Photograph by Joel Sartore , National Geographic Photo Ark Animals Photo Ark California Sea Lion | [
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http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/cheetah/ | Cheetah WATCH : Cheetahs 101 You may already know that cheetahs are the world ' s fastest land animal . But did you know their tails play a crucial role in hunting ? Check out these and other fun facts about cheetahs . Photograph by Joel Sartore , National Geographic Photo Ark About the Cheetah The cheetah is the world ' s fastest land mammal . With acceleration that would leave most automobiles in the dust , a cheetah can go from 0 to 60 miles an hour in only three seconds . These big cats are quite nimble at high speed and can make quick and sudden turns in pursuit of prey . Speed and Hunting Before unleashing their speed , cheetahs use exceptionally keen eyesight to scan their grassland environment for signs of prey — especially antelope and hares . This big cat is a daylight hunter that benefits from stealthy movement and a distinctive spotted coat that allows it to blend easily into high , dry grasses . When the moment is right a cheetah will sprint after its quarry and attempt to knock it down . Such chases cost the hunter a tremendous amount of energy and are usually over in less than a minute . If successful , the cheetah will often drag its kill to a shady hiding place to protect it from opportunistic animals that sometimes steal a kill before the cheetah can eat . Cheetahs need only drink once every three to four days . Breeding and Population Female cheetahs typically have a litter of three cubs and live with them for one and a half to two years . Young cubs spend their first year learning from their mother and practicing hunting techniques with playful games . Male cheetahs live alone or in small groups , often with their littermates . Most wild cheetahs are found in eastern and southwestern Africa . These populations are under pressure as the wide - open grasslands they favor are disappearing at the hands of human settlers . | [
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http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/fossa/ | Common Name Fossa Scientific Name Cryptoprocta ferox Type Mammals Diet Carnivore Average life span in The Wild 15 years Size Head and body : 23.5 to 30 inches ; tail : 22 to 28 inches Weight 15.5 to 26.5 pounds Size relative to a 6 - ft man IUCN Red List Status : Vulnerable lc nt vu en cr ew ex Least Concern Extinct Current Population Trend : Decreasing About the Fossa A relative of the mongoose , the fossa is unique to the forests of Madagascar , an African island in the Indian Ocean . Growing up to 6 feet long from nose to tail tip , and weighing up to 26 pounds , the fossa is a slender - bodied catlike creature with little resemblance to its mongoose cousins . Predator Adaptations It is the largest carnivore and top predator native to Madagascar and is known to feed on lemurs and most other creatures it can get its claws on , from wild pigs to mice . Unlike mongooses , and more like felines , the fossa has retractable claws and fearsome catlike teeth . Its coat is reddish brown and its muzzle resembles that of a dog . The fossa is also equipped with a long tail that comes in handy while hunting and maneuvering amongst the tree branches . It can wield its tail like a tightrope walker ' s pole and moves so swiftly through the trees that scientists have had trouble observing and researching it . Life in Madagascar The elusive fossa is a solitary animal and spends its time both in the trees and on the ground . It is active at night and also during the day . Females give birth to an annual litter of two to four young , and adulthood is reached after about three years . Madagascar is home to an enormous variety of plant and animal life , and a number of species are unique to the island — including over 30 species of lemur , the fossa ’ s prey of choice . Explorers first arrived on the island some 2,000 years ago , and scientists believe that they would have been met by a bizarre assemblage of now - extinct beasts , including lemurs the size of gorillas and a ten - foot - tall flightless bird . Presently , fossas are threatened due to habitat loss . Less than ten percent of Madagascar ’ s original , intact forest cover , the fossa ’ s only home , remains today . Did You Know ? Until recently , scientists had mistaken the puma - like fossa for a primitive kind of cat . A fossa ’ s tail is as long as its body . Fossas prey on lemurs . Fossas have retractable claws . Fossas are related to mongooses and civets . WATCH : Mysterious Madagascar “ Cat ” Blow - Darted for Science The catlike fossa “ will eat pretty much everything in the forest , ” but to survive , it ' ll still need help from conservationists . | [
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http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/giant-anteater/ | Common Name Giant Anteater Scientific Name Myrmecophaga tridactyla Type Mammals Diet Insectivore Average life span in The Wild 14 years Size Head and body : 6 to 49 inches ; tail : 7 to 35 inches Weight 40 to 140 pounds Size relative to a 6 - ft man IUCN Red List Status : Vulnerable lc nt vu en cr ew ex Least Concern Extinct Current Population Trend : Decreasing About the Giant Anteater Anteaters are edentate animals — they have no teeth . But their long tongues are more than sufficient to lap up the 35,000 ants and termites they swallow whole each day . The giant anteater can reach 7 feet long from the tip of its snout to the end of its tail . Feeding on Ants The anteater uses its sharp claws to tear an opening into an anthill and put its long snout and efficient tongue to work . But it has to eat quickly , flicking its tongue up to 160 times per minute . Ants fight back with painful stings , so an anteater may spend only a minute feasting on each mound . Anteaters never destroy a nest , preferring to return and feed again in the future . These animals find their quarry not by sight — theirs is poor — but by smell . Behavior Anteaters are generally solitary animals . Females have a single offspring once a year , which can sometimes be seen riding on its mother ' s back . Anteaters are not aggressive but they can be fierce . A cornered anteater will rear up on its hind legs , using its tail for balance , and lash out with dangerous claws . The giant anteater ' s claws are some four inches long , and the animal can fight off even a puma or jaguar . Read More Did You Know ? The giant anteater has the longest tongue of any animal . It can extend 2 feet beyond its mouth . A single giant anteater slurps up about 30,000 ants in a day . Giant anteaters are nearsighted and slow - footed . | [
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http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/gray-whale/ | Photograph by Konrad Wothe , Minden Pictures / Nat Geo Image Collection Read Caption A gray whale breaches in the northeastern Pacific Ocean while tourists watch . Photograph by Konrad Wothe , Minden Pictures / Nat Geo Image Collection Animals Reference Gray Whale | [
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http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/matschies-tree-kangaroo/ | Common Name Matschie ' s Tree Kangaroo Scientific Name Dendrolagus matschiei Type Mammals Diet Herbivore Average life span in Captivity Up to 20 years Size 37 to 70 inches Weight 15 to 22 pounds Size relative to a 6 - ft man IUCN Red List Status : Endangered lc nt vu en cr ew ex Least Concern Extinct Current Population Trend : Decreasing About the Matschie ' s Tree Kangaroo Tree kangaroos are found only in the rain forests of Australia , West Papua , and Papua New Guinea . Six of ten species are found in Papua New Guinea , in some of the last undisturbed rain forest habitat in the world . The Matschie ' s tree kangaroo is endemic to the Huon Peninsula on the northeast coast of Papua New Guinea . Habitat and Diet Matschie ' s tree kangaroos live in mountainous cloud forests at elevations of up to 11,000 feet . They spend most of their time in trees . Tree kangaroos primarily eat tree leaves . They also consume flowers , grass shoots , ferns , moss , and bark . Parenting Female tree kangaroos give birth to one offspring after a gestation period of approximately 44 days . After birth , the fetus - like young , called a joey , crawls to a teat located inside the mother ' s pouch , where it attaches itself to nurse . The majority of the infant ' s development occurs during this lactation phase . The joey remains in the pouch for about ten months . The mother will clean her pouch and groom the infant often during this phase . After the infant initially leaves the pouch at eight months , it will continue to return to the pouch to nurse . This “ in and out ” phase lasts for one or two months . During the final phase , the young still nurses but never climbs completely into the pouch . Young tree kangaroos are weaned when they are approximately 13 months old . They stay with their mothers until they are about 18 months old , when they disperse and establish a home range . Social Behavior Little is known about the social behavior of wild tree kangaroos . Researchers believe that Matschie ' s tree kangaroos are fairly solitary animals . Females and males have non - overlapping home ranges , but a male ' s range will overlap several females ' range . Researchers also believe that Matschie ' s tree kangaroos are polygamous and that males interact with several females . Males , however , appear not to establish harems , and females remain independent . The only strong social bond these animals form is between mother and offspring . In captivity , if females are isolated from all other animals after becoming pregnant , offspring almost always survive . These observations show that Matschie ' s tree kangaroos are mostly solitary animals . — Text courtesy Woodland Park Zoo Did You Know ? Matschie ' s tree kangaroos can leap 60 feet to the ground without getting hurt . Tannins in the leaves they chew give Matschie ’ s tree kangaroos their red hue . Whorls on the tree kangaroo ’ s back let water run right off . Tree kangaroo babies spend up to 18 months with their mother . WATCH : Real - Life Teddy Bears of the Rain Forest “ It ’ s a hybrid of a kangaroo , a koala , a sloth , a monkey , and a bear . ” Conservation scientist Lisa Dabek is on the prowl for the unimaginably cute tree kangaroo of Papua New Guinea . | [
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http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/polar-bear/ | WATCH : Polar Bears 101 How do polar bears survive their Arctic habitat ? Is climate change affecting their population ? Learn how polar bears have adapted to life on top of the world . Photographs by Joel Sartore Common Name Polar Bear Scientific Name Ursus maritimus Type Mammals Diet Carnivore Average life span in The Wild 25 to 30 years Size Head and body : 7.25 to 8 feet ; tail : 3 to 5 inches Weight 900 to 1,600 pounds Size relative to a 6 - ft man IUCN Red List Status : Vulnerable lc nt vu en cr ew ex Least Concern Extinct Current Population Trend : Unknown About the Polar Bear Polar bears roam the Arctic ice sheets and swim in that region ' s coastal waters . They are very strong swimmers , and their large front paws , which they use to paddle , are slightly webbed . Some polar bears have been seen swimming hundreds of miles from land — though they probably cover most of that distance by floating on sheets of ice . Arctic Adaptations Polar bears live in one of the planet ' s coldest environments and depend on a thick coat of insulated fur , which covers a warming layer of fat . Fur even grows on the bottom of their paws , which protects against cold surfaces and provides a good grip on ice . The bear ' s stark white coat provides camouflage in surrounding snow and ice . But under their fur , polar bears have black skin — the better to soak in the sun ' s warming rays . Hunting These powerful predators typically prey on seals . In search of this quarry they frequent areas of shifting , cracking ice where seals may surface to breathe air . They also stalk ice edges and breathing holes . If the opportunity presents itself , polar bears will also consume carcasses , such as those of dead whales . These Arctic giants are the masters of their environment and have no natural enemies . Breeding and Behavior Females den by digging into deep snow drifts , which provide protection and insulation from the Arctic elements . They give birth in winter , usually to twins . Young cubs live with their mothers for some 28 months to learn the survival skills of the far north . Females aggressively protect their young , but receive no help from their solitary male mates . In fact , male polar bears may even kill young of their species . Polar bears are attractive and appealing , but they are powerful predators that do not typically fear humans , which can make them dangerous . Near human settlements , they often acquire a taste for garbage , bringing bears and humans into perilous proximity . WATCH : Polar Bear Charges Nat Geo Photographers “ I ' m willfully jumping onto the beach , with a very hungry bear , who has lost the opportunity to escape with the ice pack . I ' m now food . I ' m part of the food chain . And I ' m certainly not the top of it . ” — photographer Cory Richards | [
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http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/spider-monkey/ | Common Name Spider Monkeys Scientific Name Ateles Type Mammals Diet Omnivore Group Name Troop Average life span in The Wild 22 years Size 14 to 26 inches Weight 13.25 pounds Size relative to a 6 - ft man About Spider Monkeys Spider monkeys live in the tropical rain forests of Central and South America and occur as far north as Mexico . Behavior They have long , lanky arms and prehensile ( gripping ) tails that enable them to move gracefully from branch to branch and tree to tree . These nimble monkeys spend most of their time aloft , and maintain a powerful grip on branches even though they have no thumbs . These New World primates are social and gather in groups of up to two - or three - dozen animals . At night , these groups split up into smaller sleeping parties of a half dozen or fewer . Foraging also occurs in smaller groups , and is usually most intense early in the day . Spider monkeys find food in the treetops and feast on nuts , fruits , leaves , bird eggs , and spiders . They can be noisy animals and often communicate with many calls , screeches , barks , and other sounds . Reproduction Typically , females give birth to only a single baby every two to five years . Young monkeys depend completely on their mothers for about ten weeks , but after that time they begin to explore on their own and play amongst themselves . Mothers continue to care for their young for the first year of their lives , and often move about with their offspring clinging to their backs . Threats to Survival Indigenous peoples often hunt spider monkeys for food , and the animals are usually agitated by human contact . Logging and deforestation continue to shrink the space that spider monkeys are able to call home . WATCH : Swing Through the Trees With Amazing Spider Monkeys Spider monkeys can let go with their arms and hang by their tail as they play and wrestle with each other high up in the tropical forest canopy . Baby spider monkeys also wrap their tiny tail around their mother ' s tail for security as they ride around on her back . | [
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http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/wolf/ | Gray Wolf Wolves 101 With their piercing looks and spine - tingling howls , wolves inspire both adoration and controversy around the world . Find out how many wolf species exist , the characteristics that make each wolf ' s howl unique , and how the wolf population in the continental United States nearly became extinct . Producer / Narrator : Angeli Gabriel Editor : Rich Winkler Associate Producer : Marielena Planas Research Managers : Madelyn Copeland and Todd Hermann Sound Recordist : Nick Anderson Photographs by Joel Sartore About the Gray Wolf Wolves are legendary because of their spine - tingling howl , which they use to communicate . A lone wolf howls to attract the attention of his pack , while communal howls may send territorial messages from one pack to another . Some howls are confrontational . Much like barking domestic dogs , wolves may simply begin howling because a nearby wolf has already begun . Population and Conservation Wolves are the largest members of the dog family . Adaptable gray wolves are by far the most common and were once found all over the Northern Hemisphere . But wolves and humans have a long adversarial history . Though they almost never attack humans , wolves are considered one of the animal world ' s most fearsome natural villains . They do attack domestic animals , and countless wolves have been shot , trapped , and poisoned because of this tendency . In the lower 48 states , gray wolves were hunted to near extinction , though some populations survived and others have since been reintroduced . Few gray wolves survive in Europe , though many live in Alaska , Canada , and Asia . Wolf Pack Behavior Wolves live and hunt in packs of around six to ten animals . They are known to roam large distances , perhaps 12 miles in a single day . These social animals cooperate on their preferred prey — large animals such as deer , elk , and moose . When they are successful , wolves do not eat in moderation . A single animal can consume 20 pounds of meat at a sitting . Wolves also eat smaller mammals , birds , fish , lizards , snakes , and fruit . Wolfpacks are established according to a strict hierarchy , with a dominant male at the top and his mate not far behind . Usually this male and female are the only animals of the pack to breed . All of a pack ' s adults help to care for young pups by bringing them food and watching them while others hunt . WATCH : Photographing the Wild Wolves of Yellowstone Hear photographer Ronan Donovan describe the challenge of documenting one of Yellowstone ' s most elusive and iconic species . | [
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http://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/andean-spectacled-bear | Threatened Andean ( Spectacled ) Bear Tremarctos ornatus Class : Mammalia ( Mammals ) Order : Carnivora Family : Ursidae Genus : Tremarctos Species : ornatus ABOUT Better to see you with ! The Andean bear of South America is also known as the spectacled bear for the rings of white or light fur around its eyes , which can look like eyeglasses ( or spectacles ) against the rest of the bear ’ s black or dark brown fur . These markings often extend down the chest , giving each bear a unique appearance and helping researchers identify each bear by its " mug shot " . The markings also give the bear its scientific name : Tremarctos ornatus , or decorated bear . As a midsize bear species , Andean bears are between four and six feet long , and stand two to three feet at the shoulder . Males are 30 to 50 percent larger than the females . Say what ? Andean bears are thought to use vocal communication more than any other bear except the giant panda . They make unique vocalizations that are quite " un - bear - like " : a shrill screech and a soft , purring sound . Mother bears may use different vocalizations to communicate with their cubs . HABITAT AND DIET Although this bear is typically diurnal , very little is known about them in the wild , as they are shy and tend to avoid humans , making them hard to find for researchers to study ! The bears are native to the Andean countries from Venezuela to Bolivia , living in forests , grasslands , and scrublands . Andean bears are true arboreal bears , using their long , sharp front claws to climb and forage for food . They build leafy platforms in the trees , both in the wild and in zoos , which they may use to feed and sleep . Because of their tropical native climate , Andean bears do not hibernate and are active year - round . Their biggest threats come from humans , directly or indirectly . Salad , please . Andean bears are mainly plant eaters , dining on fruit , bromeliads , and palms , and are the most vegetarian members of the bear family , aside from the bamboo - eating giant panda . Andean bears are the only bears known to eat bromeliads . Bears living in scrubland habitat are even known to eat cacti ! Farmers sometimes blame Andean bears for killing livestock , but studies of the bears ' droppings ( scat ) show that only around five percent of their diet is meat , usually rodents and insects . The bears are good swimmers While mostly solitary , Andean bears may gather together to eat where food is plentiful , such as a cluster of trees bearing fruit or corn ripening in a farmer ' s field . Eating so much fruit helps these bears play an important role in forest ecology : the seeds they eat are excreted in their droppings as the bears move around , spreading the seeds over long distances for the production of the next generation of fruit trees throughout the forest . At the San Diego Zoo , the Andean bears are fed biscuits made for zoo omnivores , apples , carrots , grapes , yams , bananas , oranges , and lettuce . For treats they may be offered crickets and mealworms . FAMILY LIFE Curious cubs . A female gives birth to one to three cubs in a protected , out - of - the - way den , but almost nothing is known about how she chooses her den site , which is thought to be a nest made under tree roots or rocks . The newborns ’ eyes do n ' t open until they are about 42 days old . Cubs first leave the safety of the den when they are about three months old . They can ride on the mother ’ s back , or she can carry a cub by clutching It is not known how long the youngsters stay with their mother in the wild , but it is believed that the cubs are at least one year old when they venture out on their own . AT THE ZOO The San Diego Zoo ’ s first three Andean bears arrived in 1938 as part of the Hancock Pacific Scientific Expedition . They were named Polly , Toby , and Punch . At the time , there were only two other Andean bears in captivity , so we were excited to have them join us . One of the three lived until 1958 , establishing a longevity record of over 20 years for the species . In 1986 , two young Andean bears arrived at the Zoo . One morning before the Zoo opened , the little female found a very small opening , too small for a bear , or so we thought , in a top corner of her bedroom . She climbed out , ran down the sidewalk , and jumped into a pool , which then held a 2,000 - pound sea lion named Charlie . Both animals were so astonished at this unexpected meeting that they did n ’ t react to each other at all , so keepers easily returned Miss Houdini surprised us again in 1990 when she became one of the youngest Andean bears at a zoo to give birth . She was too inexperienced to keep her cub warm , so he was rushed to the nursery . The cub was named Pepino , which means cucumber in Spanish , since he was as cold as a cucumber when the keeper found him . He became the first Andean bear ever hand - raised from birth . Miss Houdini and her mate , Tommy , had more cubs over the years , including twins , and she The Zoo is currently home to a young female Andean bear named Alba , born in 2015 ; and a male named Turbo , born in 2010 . CONSERVATION An uncertain future . Like too many animal species , wild Andean bears are vulnerable to extinction . The main risks to the bears are poaching , conflict between bears and humans when humans believe that the bears are a threat to their crops or livestock , and habitat loss . No one knows how many of these bears remain , but Andean bear habitat is being lost at a rate of approximately two to four percent per year , destroyed for mining operations , farming , and lumber ; and this loss is not slowing down . The construction of new roads fragments bear habitat as well . As their habitat shrinks , bears may stray onto farmland , feeding on the crops that replaced their natural diet . Hunted in the past for their meat , fat , and body parts , Andean bears are now protected by international trade laws . The plan . A Species Survival Plan ( SSP ) through the Association of Zoos and Aquariums ( AZA ) is in place for this bear species , and San Diego Zoo Global has an Andean Bear Conservation Program . Its goal is to help increase scientific knowledge about these bears to advance their conservation , to train and mentor Peruvian conservationists , and to promote an understanding that the bears are integral parts of a healthy ecosystem essential for all and worthy of conservation . One of the flagship species of national parks in the Andes , the Andean bear is an animal that people recognize easily and is used as the symbol of the parks . Local people in bear habitats are being educated about the benefits of preserving habitat for the bears for tourism , for the protection of water sources , and for the natural heritage of future generations . We work in partnership with the Spectacled Bear Conservation Society . This nonprofit organization has been working in the dry forests of northwestern Peru since 2006 , building strong relationships with the local communities , and together we ’ re making incredible discoveries about bear biology . 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http://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/reindeer | Stable Reindeer Rangifer tarandus CLASS : Mammalia ( Mammals ) ORDER : Artiodactyla FAMILY : Cervidae GENUS : Rangifer SPECIES : tarandus ABOUT Reindeer or caribou ? Even though no one has actually seen a reindeer fly , this special member of the deer family has a lot to live up to ! Reindeer and caribou are classified as the same genus and species , Rangifer tarandus . In Europe , they are called reindeer . In North America , the name reindeer is used when referring to Eurasian populations and the name caribou to refer to wild populations in North America . We also use reindeer to refer to domesticated individuals , even those in North America . Antlers are the reindeer ’ s most memorable characteristic . In comparison to body size , reindeer have the largest and heaviest antlers of all living deer species . A male ’ s antlers can measure up to 51 inches ( 130 centimeters ) long , and a female ’ s antlers can reach 20 inches ( 50 centimeters ) . Just as a tree has a trunk , so all antlers have a main beam and several branches or tines that grow from the frontal bones of the skull . Sometimes little branchlets or snags are also present . Males begin to grow antlers in February and females in May . They both finish growing their antlers at the same time but shed their antlers at different times of the year . A male drops his in November , leaving him without antlers until the following spring , while female reindeer keep their antlers through the winter until their calves are born in May . This fact has led many to believe that , based on the presence of antlers , Rudolph the red - nosed reindeer must have been a female to have those antlers on Christmas Eve But what are the antlers for ? They are handy weapons against predators , males use their impressive antlers ( which can weigh up to 33 pounds or 15 kilograms ! ) to woo the females , and females use theirs to clear away the snow to find food . Reindeer are thought to have first been domesticated by Arctic peoples at least 3,000 years ago ( and perhaps as long as 7,000 years ago ) in northern Eurasia ( Lapland ) and still remain the only deer species to be widely domesticated . They are used as beasts of burden and farmed for milk , meat , and their hides . HABITAT AND DIET Reindeer are built for staying warm in freezing temperatures . They originally inhabited the tundra and forests of Scandinavia and northern Russia , and were then introduced into Iceland , Greenland , Alaska , and Canada . They are covered in hair from their nose to the bottom of their feet ! Reindeer come in a variety of colors , depending on the subspecies , the region , the sex , and even the season . They range from dark brown in woodland subspecies to nearly white in Greenland . A reindeer ’ s coat is usually a bit darker in summer and lighter in winter . Reindeer have two coat layers : an undercoat of fine , soft wool that stays right next to their skin , and a top layer of long , hollow guard hairs . The air trapped inside the guard hairs holds in body heat to keep Having hairy hooves may look funny , but they give reindeer a good grip when walking on frozen ground , ice , mud , or snow . Spongy footpads help them walk in marshy fields , and in winter , their hooves harden so they can dig into the ice or snow and keep from slipping . Being broad , flat , and having two toes , a reindeer ’ s hooves also allow it to push water aside when the animal swims . The hooves are even used to scrape at snow while looking for food . A long Another outstanding feature is right under the reindeer ’ s nose — actually , it IS its nose ! The specialized nose helps to warm incoming cold air before it enters the lungs , and it also works as a super sniffer ! Its sense of smell helps the reindeer find food hidden under snow , locate danger , and recognize direction . Reindeer mainly travel into the wind to pick up scents . Reindeer are the only deer species to have hair completely covering their nose . Depending on where they live , reindeer have to watch out for golden eagles , gray wolves , brown bears , Arctic foxes , mountain lions , coyotes , lynx , and dholes . A healthy adult reindeer is usually safe from predators , especially in a large herd , where many individuals can watch for danger . It is the youngest reindeer calves that are most susceptible to predation . Old , weak , ill , and injured reindeer are also vulnerable . After the breeding season , many bulls are exhausted or injured , and they are also Reindeer are ruminants . When available , they eat mosses , herbs , ferns , grasses , and the shoots and leaves of shrubs and trees , especially willow and birch . In winter , they make do with lichen ( also called reindeer moss ) and fungi , scraping the snow away with their hooves to get it . A special enzyme in their stomach breaks down lichen , an energy - rich food . An average adult reindeer eats 9 to 18 pounds ( 4 to 8 kilograms ) of vegetation a day . At the San Diego Zoo , the reindeer are fed alfalfa hay , acacia browse , and low - starch , high - fiber biscuits . FAMILY LIFE Reindeer love a crowd . They travel , feed , and rest together throughout the day in herds of 10 to a few hundred . During the spring , they may form super herds of 50,000 to 500,000 animals . The herds generally follow food sources , traveling south ( up to 1,000 miles or 1,600 kilometers ) when food is hard to find in winter . Reindeer chat with each other with snorts , grunts , and hoarse calls , especially during the breeding season or rut . Calves bleat to call to their mother . After males rub the velvet off their antlers , their body continues to prepare for the rut . Their neck swells , their stomach draws in , they grow a mane of hair under their neck , and they start to fight with each other , sometimes resulting in death . The winner chooses 5 to 15 females to be in his harem . This is a stressful time for the males , and they lose up to 25 percent of their body weight . Females that become pregnant leave the herd in the spring and travel to a traditional Mother reindeer usually give birth to a single calf , although there may be twins , and three and four have been recorded . The calf is not spotted like other deer species . Newborns are able to stand just one hour after birth , can follow their mother at five to seven hours old , and can outrun a human when one day old ! A reindeer calf drinks its mother ’ s rich milk , and at one week old , it begins to add solid food to its diet . By two weeks , it has doubled Antlers first appear as little hairy buds when the reindeer is in its second year . They soon grow into spikes called dag antlers . The young reindeer may grow these for several years , but more than likely , the third year will bring forth a forked set . The next year , another point emerges . In its prime , at about six years , the antlers are at their best . AT THE ZOO Our first reindeer , Donder and Blitzen , arrived as calves in 1932 as a donation . Two years later , we welcomed the birth of Blitzen ’ s first calf . More reindeer were donated from Alaska in 1938 . Today , our small herd of reindeer is exhibited on the hillside behind the polar bear exhibit in the Northern Frontier . They are descended from Siberian reindeer . CONSERVATION The worldwide reindeer population , including domesticated reindeer , is about 5 million , including about 900,000 caribou in Alaska . Today , population density , predation , and disease seem to determine herd sizes of wild reindeer . Historically , overhunting has caused some reindeer populations to decline . Despite strict anti - hunting measures , poaching is still a major threat in Russia . In Finland , logging and winter sporting activities may disturb reindeer habitat . And hybridization with domesticated reindeer is a potential problem for some populations . The Arctic is changing , and as temperatures rise , white - tailed deer move into areas occupied by reindeer . These deer carry a worm parasite that is fatal to moose and reindeer populations . Warmer summers also mean more insect activity . Reindeer that are harassed by insects may not be able to forage enough to put on the weight they need to last through winter . People are changing the tundra , too . Expanding oil exploration , industrial development , and increased disturbance from aircraft and snowmobiles are just some examples . So far , reindeer have been able to adapt to the presence of people and machines . But as people continue to develop the Arctic , the ongoing challenge will be to consider the needs of reindeer herds . You can help us bring species back from the brink by supporting the San Diego Zoo Global Wildlife Conservancy . Together we can save and protect wildlife around the globe . | [
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http://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/scorpion | Some Endangered Scorpion CLASS : Arachnida ( Arachnids ) ORDER : Scorpiones FAMILIES : 13 to 20 GENERA : 170 SPECIES : 1,500 have been classified , but there may be as many as 2,000 worldwide ; over 40 can be found in the United States ABOUT Scorpions strike terror in many people and have been both hated and admired since ancient times . This is probably due to their fearsome look , with pincers called pedipalps at one end and a stinger filled with venom at the other . Scorpions are not insects but arachnids , like spiders , and have eight legs and two main body regions , the prosoma , or cephalothorax , and the opisthosoma , or abdomen . The prosoma has two eyes on top and two to five lateral eyes along each side ( as many as five pairs ) . Even with all those eyes , scorpions ca n ' t see very well ! Yet the sensitivity of their eyes is among the highest in all arthropods and dependent on the kinds of habitats in which they live . In general terms , however , their eyes mostly tell movement and light from dark . The scorpion ' s four pairs of legs are attached to the prosoma as well . Scorpions find their way through sensory structures in their legs , by feeling along with brush - like structures called pectines attached to the underside of the abdomen , and through fine sensory hairs to detect vibrations . Male scorpions also use the pectines to find an available female , and newborn scorpions use them to recognize their mother . Though scorpions have no true “ tail , ” the appearance of one on the abdomen is called the metasoma , and it ends Scorpions have been on Earth a long time and are among the first animals to have adapted to land living — around 420 million years ago . There are fossil records from that time period of a marine scorpion that grew up to 3.3 feet ( 1 meter ) long ! Today , scorpions use book lungs to breathe , a type of breathing organ also used by some spider species and very similar to gills . Scorpions are numerous in many regions but are rarely seen , due to their nocturnal and secretive nature . Even so , many cultures have myths involving scorpions and their powers . Some people believe that scorpions commit suicide by stinging themselves when threatened by fire . This is not true , as they are immune to their own venom . In Africa , it is a widely held belief that a dead scorpion attracts all the other scorpions in the area . This is also not true , as scorpions usually prey on live animals and do not seek out their own species except to mate . In Egyptian mythology , the goddess Isis was linked with scorpions , as she was a symbol of a devoted mother , and scorpion mothers protect and carry their young on their backs . HABITAT AND DIET Scorpions are found on every continent except Antarctica , in habitats ranging from tropical rain forests to grasslands and deserts . As adults , most scorpions are nocturnal and solitary , usually staying in the same territory throughout their lives . Many species live in burrows they dig or claim and defend from other animals . Scorpions use the burrows and other types of shelters to hide from predators and to stay cool during hot days and warm during cold nights . Their burrows are typically small and snug . Scorpion species that do not burrow may climb trees or hide under bark or leaf litter for shelter Scorpions use different ways to get a meal , which may be an insect , spider , or even a small mouse or lizard . Many species wait by their burrow with pedipalps open and stinger raised until their unsuspecting prey wanders by . Others forage for their prey , and some species may even dig pitfall traps in the sand for prey . Scorpions have such sensitive hairs on their pedipalps that they can even locate and snap up an insect in flight . Once the prey is within reach , it is grabbed with the pincers and crushed Scorpions have a very tiny mouth and can only suck up liquid , so prey that is caught is mashed up and bathed in enzymes that dissolve the prey ' s insides , a process that may take up to an hour . Scorpions do n ' t eat every day like we do , and some species in drier habitats have been known to go without food for up to 12 months , as long as they have water . Usually , scorpions find a meal at least every two to three weeks and play an important role in Scorpions may have as many as 45 different toxins in their venom . Some toxins are more useful on insects , some on crustaceans , and some on vertebrates . Scorpions use their venom to subdue their prey and for protection . Their predators include centipedes , shrews , owls , bats , hornbills , and coyotes . Some animals , like meerkats and mongooses , are immune or resistant to their venom . A scorpion ' s first sting is made up of different toxins than later stings . The first is usually strong enough to stun a vertebrate prey or predator ; later stings are usually milder or used on invertebrates . All scorpions have venom , but of the 1,500 or so species , only about 25 are considered life threatening to humans , and only 2 of those are found in the U.S. The sting of most species is enough to kill an insect or spider but is merely painful to humans , like a bee sting . Few stings FAMILY LIFE A male may leave his home territory to seek out a female by searching for her scent . Mating rituals vary from species to species , but in general , if the female is interested , the male begins a courtship dance : he grasps the female ' s pedipalps and turns her in circles , moving her back and forth . The two raise their metasomas over their back , sometimes touching them together , sometimes gently bumping each other without stinging in a behavior called clubbing . This dance may last from a few minutes to hours . The male feels the ground with his pectines for a flat surface to deposit his packet of sperm One species , the devil scorpion from Brazil , is capable of reproducing by parthenogenesis , meaning the female does n ' t need a male to fertilize her eggs . Unlike most other invertebrates , female scorpions give birth to live young 2 to 18 months after mating , depending on the species . The babies resemble miniature adults , except that they are usually white and soft bodied and can not sting or feed . The newborns immediately climb onto their mother ' s back , where they remain for several days until their first molt . During this time , they absorb a nutritious yolk sac and are fiercely guarded by their protective mother . After their first molt , the young typically disperse . In some species , the mothers kill a prey item and leave it for her babies , and in these species the young ( not surprisingly ! ) stay with Mom as long as two years . This is a tricky time for the young , however , because if the mother gets hungry , she may no longer recognize them as hers and might eat them ! After that first molt , the young scorpions leave to establish territories of their own . The average time to maturity is AT THE ZOO The San Diego Zoo periodically displays the flat rock scorpion and the desert hairy scorpion in the Zoo ’ s Elephant Odyssey . The San Diego Zoo Safari Park ’ s Hidden Jungle has been home to emperor scorpions for many years as well . This is the species frequently used in television programs and movies as they are quite large and scary to look at , though fairly docile and reluctant to sting , so they are easy for actors to work with . However , their large claws can deliver a painful pinch ! We recommend keeping your hands off any scorpion species , just to be safe . Now that you know more about scorpions , we hope you ' ll remain cautious but not fearful of these interesting arachnids ! CONSERVATION Many scorpion species are threatened by habitat loss and over - collection in the wild . The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species , or CITES , develops multi - national conservation agreements in an effort to limit the potential for extinction of living species that are part of international trade . Special permits are now required to bring emperor scorpions Pandinus imperator into the United States and other participating countries ; this helps control the numbers that are collected in the wild . | [
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http://animals.wikia.com/wiki/Frilled_Shark | in : Animalia Chondrichthyes Animals Described in 1884 and 5 more Frilled Shark Frilled Shark Information Common Name Lizard Shark , Scaffold Shark , and Silk Shark Range Atlantic and Pacific Oceans . In the eastern Atlantic , it occurs off northern Norway , northern Scotland and western Ireland , from France to Morocco including Madeira , and off Mauritania . In the central Atlantic , it has been caught at several locations along the Mid - Atlantic Ridge , from north of the Azores to the Rio Grande Rise off southern Brazil , as well as over the Vavilov Ridge off West Africa . In the western Atlantic , it has been reported from off New England , Georgia , and Suriname . In the western Pacific southern african frilled shark , in 2009 . Scientific Classification Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Chondrichthyes Order Hexanchiformes Family Chlamydoselachidae Genus Chlamydoselachus Species C . anguineus Conservation Status Near Threatened The Frilled shark , ( Chlamydoselachus anguineus ) is one of two extant species of shark in the family Chlamydoselachidae , with a wide but patchy distribution in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans . This rare species is found over the outer continental shelf and upper continental slope , generally near the bottom , though there is evidence of substantial upward movements . It has been caught as deep as 1,570 m ( 5,150 ft ) . In Suruga Bay , Japan it is most common at depths of 50 – 200 m ( 160 – 660 ft ) . Exhibiting several " primitive " features , the frilled shark has often been termed a " living fossil " . eel - like body with the dorsal , pelvic , and anal fins placed far back . Its common name comes from the frilly or fringed appearance of its six pairs of gill slits , with the first pair meeting across the throat . Seldom observed , the frilled shark may capture prey by bending its body and lunging forward like a snake . The long , extremely flexible jaws enable it to swallow prey whole , while its many rows of small , needle - like teeth make it difficult for the prey to escape . It feeds mainly on cephalopods , leavened by bony fishes and other sharks . This species is aplacental viviparous : the embryos emerge from their egg capsules inside the mother ' s uterus where they survive primarily on yolk . The gestation period may be as long Contents show Taxonomy and Phylogeny The frilled shark was first scientifically recognized by German ichthyologist Ludwig Döderlein , who visited Japan between 1879 and 1881 and brought two specimens to Vienna . However , his manuscript describing the species was lost , and so the first description of the frill shark became authored by American zoologist Samuel Garman , working from a 1.5 m ( 4.9 ft ) long female caught from Sagami Bay in Japan . His account , entitled " An Extraordinary Shark " , was published in an 1884 volume of Proceedings of the Essex Institute . Garman placed the new species Distribution and Habitat Rather uncommon , the frilled shark has been recorded from a number of widely scattered locations in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans . In the eastern Atlantic , it occurs off northern Norway , northern Scotland and western Ireland , from France to Morocco including Madeira , and off Mauritania . In the central Atlantic , it has been caught at several locations along the Mid - Atlantic Ridge , from north of the Azores to the Rio Grande Rise off southern Brazil , as well as over the Vavilov Ridge off West Africa . In the western Atlantic , southern african frilled shark , in 2009 . The frilled shark inhabits the outer continental shelf and upper to middle continental slope , seeming to favor upwellings and other biologically productive areas . Though it has been caught from a depth of 1,570 m ( 5,150 ft ) , it usually does not occur deeper than 1,000 m ( 3,300 ft ) . In Suruga Bay , it is most common at a depth of 50 – 200 m ( 160 – 660 ft ) , except from August to November when the temperature at the 100 m ( 330 ft ) water layer exceeds 15 ° C Description With its elongated , eel - like body and strange appearance , the frilled shark has long been likened to the mythical sea serpent . The head is broad and flattened with a short , rounded snout . The nostrils are vertical slits , separated into incurrent and excurrent openings by a leading flap of skin . The moderately large eyes are horizontally oval and lack nictitating membranes ( protective third eyelids ) . The very long jaws are positioned terminally ( at the end of the snout ) , as opposed to the underslung jaws of most sharks . The corners of the mouth The pectoral fins are short and rounded . The single , small dorsal fin is positioned far back on the body , about opposite the anal fin , and has a rounded margin . The pelvic and anal fins are large , broad , and rounded , and also positioned well back on the body . The caudal fin is very long and roughly triangular , without a lower lobe or a ventral notch on the upper lobe . There are a pair of thick skin folds of unknown function running along the belly , separated by a groove . Biology and Ecology Highly specialized for life in the deep sea , the frilled shark has a reduced , poorly calcified skeleton and an enormous liver filled with low - density lipids , allowing it to maintain its position in the water column with little effort . It is one of the few sharks with an " open " lateral line , in which the mechanoreceptive hair cells are positioned in grooves that are directly exposed to the surrounding seawater . This configuration is thought to be basal in sharks and may enhance its sensitivity to the minute movements of its prey . tapeworm in the genus Monorygma , the fluke , and the nematode Feeding The long jaws of the frilled shark are highly distensible with an extremely wide gape , allowing it to swallow whole prey over one - half its size . However , the length and articulation of its jaws means it can not deliver as strong a bite as more conventionally built sharks . Most captured individuals are found with no or barely identifiable stomach contents , suggesting a fast digestion rate and / or long intervals between feedings . This species preys upon cephalopods , bony fishes , and smaller sharks . One 1.6 m ( 5.2 ft ) long individual , caught off Chōshi , was found to have swallowed a 590 g ( 1.3 lb ) japanese catshark Squid comprise some 60 % of the diet of sharks in Suruga Bay ; this includes not only slow - moving , deep - dwelling types such as Chiroteuthis and Histioteuthis but also relatively large , powerful swimmers of the open ocean such as Onychoteuthis Sthenoteuthis , and Todarodes How the ostensibly weak - swimming frilled shark captures active , fast - moving squid is a matter of speculation . One possibility is that it takes advantage of injured squid , or those that are exhausted and dying after spawning . Alternatively , it may surprise its prey by curving its body and , bracing itself with its posteriorly positioned fins , launching a quick strike forward in the manner of a snake . It may also be able to close its gill slits and create negative pressure to suck prey into its mouth . The many small , Life History The frilled shark is aplacental viviparous ; the developing embryos are mainly nourished by yolk , though the difference in weight between the egg and the newborn indicates that the mother also provides additional nutrition via unknown means . Adult females have two functional ovaries and one functional uterus , on the right . Unsurprisingly , there is no defined breeding season for either sex , as this shark inhabits depths at which there is little to no seasonal influence . [ 15 ] A possible mating aggregation of 15 male and 19 female sharks has been recorded over a Newly ovulated eggs and early - stage embryos are enclosed in a thin , ellipsoid , golden - brown capsule . When the embryo is 3 cm ( 1.2 in ) long , the head is pointed when seen from above or below , the jaws are barely developed , the external gills have begun to appear , and all the fins are present . The egg capsule is shed when the embryo grows to 6 – 8 cm ( 2.4 – 3.1 in ) long , and is expelled from the female ' s body ; at this time Human Interactions The frilled shark has seldom been encountered alive , and thus poses no danger to humans ( though scientists have accidentally cut themselves examining its teeth ) . On August 27 , 2004 , the first observation of this species in its natural habitat was made by the ROV Johnson Sea Link II , on the Blake Plateau off the southeastern United States . On January 21 , 2007 , a Japanese fisherman discovered a 1.6 m ( 5.2 ft ) long female alive at the surface , perhaps there because of illness or weakness from the warm water . Small numbers of frill sharks are caught incidentally by various deepwater commercial fisheries around the world , using trawls , gillnets , and longlines . n particular , it is regularly taken in Suruga Bay in bottom gillnets meant for sea breams and gnomefishes and in midwater trawls meant for the shrimp , Sergia lucens . Japanese fishers regard it as a nuisance , as it damages the nets . This shark is sometimes sold for meat or processed into fishmeal , but is not economically significant . Because of its very low reproductive rate and the continuing expansion of commercial fisheries into its habitat , the International Union for Conservation of Nature ( IUCN ) has listed it as Near Threatened . Video Prehistoric Frilled Shark Categories Animals Described in 1884 Near Threatened Species Chordata Living Fossils Deepsea Fish | [
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http://animalsmart.org/feeding-the-world/food-safety/rbst | Animal Smart > Feeding the World > Food safety rBST What is rbST ? Email App Bovine somatotropin ( bST ) is a hormone produced in a cow ’ s pituitary gland , which is located at the base of the brain . Somatotropin is naturally produced in all cows . Somatotropin regulates the cow ’ s metabolism and determines how efficiently the cow converts feed into milk . Bovine somatotropin ( bST ) is also called Bovine Growth Hormone ( bGH ) . Dairy farmers can now inject cows with a man - made version of bovine bST called recombinant bST ( rbST ) . To develop bovine rbST , scientists used special DNA techniques for bacteria to produce large amounts of bovine rbST . Bovine rbST has the same structure as natural bovine bST . How does rbST work ? Administration of rbST helps dairy cows produce more milk for more people . When cows are administered rbST , they convert feed into milk more efficiently . Cows only produce milk after having a calf , and their milk production usually declines by 60 to 90 days after having the calf . If the dairy farmer begins administrating rbST to a cow around day 57 of lactation , the cow can make more milk for a longer period of time . With rbST , the average cow can make an extra gallon of milk each day . This increase in milk production and efficiency means that milk production can be more environmentally sustainable . By using rbST , dairy farmers need fewer cows , less land , less water and even less feed . Is rbST safe for humans ? Human growth hormone is very different in structure from bovine growth hormone and bovine rbST . The differences in the DNA structure of natural human bST and natural bovine bST means this bovine growth hormone ( rbST ) can not work in the human body . Some worry that humans could be affected by an increase in the bovine insulin - like growth factor - 1 ( IGF - 1 ) when using rbST for milk production . Though some early studies found a link between IGF - 1 and certain tumors , later studies found weaker links and failed to confirm those findings . According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) , studies show that IGF - 1 levels in cows using rbST are within the range of levels of IGF - 1 found in cows not using rbST . These concerns over human health were thoroughly investigated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration during the approval process for rbST . Over the course of nine years , the FDA studied whether rbST had any effect on different parts of the human body , infants or children . After reviewing the data , the FDA approved the use of rbST in 1994 for lactating dairy cows . Is rbST safe for cows ? Some scientific studies have found a connection between rbST use and an increased incidence of mastitis in dairy cows . In cows , mastitis is an infection of the udder or mammary gland tissue . Recent studies evaluating rbST and mastitis have shown mixed results Because mastitis is an infection , some consumers worry that milk from cows having mastitis could contain antibiotics or antibiotic - resistant bacteria . It is important to remember that all milk in the United States is tested for antibiotic residues . All contaminated milk is discarded before it reaches the food supply . Research on antibiotic - resistant bacteria is ongoing , but academic scientists and the FDA have found no link to date between rbST use and antibiotic resistant bacteria . Why choose not to use rbST ? Whether or not to administer rbST to lactating dairy cows often comes down to economics . Certain retailers and dairy companies require farmers to not use rbST on their dairy cows . For example , Costco ’ s “ Kirkland ” brand does not use milk from rbST cows . Companies are often willing to pay a higher price for non - rbST milk . But not using rbST means dairy farmers will also produce less milk for human consumption and have lower incomes . These decisions can also affect consumers . Milk from non - rbST cows usually costs more at the grocery store . In the United States , consumers can buy milk from rbST - cows and non - rbST - cows . Some companies label their milk as “ rbST free ” or “ rbGH free . ” However , because scientists have found no differences in milk from rbST cows compared to no rbST cows , many labels also say , “ No significant difference has been shown between milk derived from rbST [ or rbGH ] cows and non - rbST cows . ” Learn more about why farmers choose to use rbST Learn more about how rBST affects the dairy industry | [
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http://animalstime.com/arctic-wolf-facts-arctic-wolf-diet-habitat/ | Arctic Wolf Facts | Arctic Wolf Diet & Habitat Here are some of the most interesting Arctic wolf facts such as Arctic wolf habitat , diet , reproduction , and its behavior in the wild . The arctic wolf ( Canis lupus arctos ) , also known as white wolf or polar wolf , is a subspecies of the gray wolf that belongs to the family of Canidae . Arctic wolves inhabit all along the Alaska , northern areas of Greenland , and Canadian Arctic . These animals , gray wolf , also display large canines together with the white fur . The legs of the arctic wolf are shorter to keep them closer to the ground so that they can manage their body temperature . Arctic wolves are classified as Least Concern by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature . Now let ’ s check out all these amazing facts about arctic wolves . Arctic Wolf Facts The length of the arctic wolf measures around 1 – 1.8 meters including tail , with the weight up to 45 – 70 kg . Thanks to the detailed insulated fur , the arctic wolf is capable to bear tough arctic weather . They are adept enough to withstand sub - zero temperatures for several years , even in absolute darkness for 4 – 5 months each year , and without food for many weeks . Arctic wolves typically venture their journey in 2 – 20 packs . They are found in small groups comprising one male and one female together with their pups . All the members of the same pack are presumed to feed and look after their pups . The young arctic wolves soon leave their pack to seek their own territories . They tend to get rid of other wolves , unless they are able to mate . Once a lone arctic wolf discovers an abandoned territory , he will mark the territory with its aroma , then he attempts to congregate other wolves to form a pack . The female when pregnant , dispense with the pack in order to dig a den for raising her pups . The average lifespan of arctic wolves is 7 – 10 years in the wild while in captivity they can live up to 20 years . Arctic wolves tend to cover with the additional layer of coat with the arrival of winter season to keep them warm . The white coat not only keeps them warm but it also offers a natural camouflage to these animals against predators , if any . Thanks to the coat , wolves can enjoy sound sleep even below 20 degree centigrade . The males are fairly larger and heavier as compared to females , with the weight of 175 lbs . The body - length of these males vary from 3 – 5 feet . The shoulder height of arctic wolves measure around 65 – 80 cm . Wolves are the excellent swimmers . The males turn out to be mature after 3 years while the females reach maturity at 2 years of age . See also : Wolf Facts For Kids Arctic Wolf Howling Image Courtesy of 8twilightangel8 . deviantart . com Feeding Ecology and Diet Arctic wolves , like other wolves , tend to hunt in packs comprising 2 – 20 members . They primarily prey on muskoxen and caribous . These wolves also prey on seals arctic hares , lemmings , waterfowls , ptarmigan , and smaller animals . For the reason that prey is not easily found in heavy snow , they had to roam around 2,600 sq . km ( 1,000 sq . miles ) while chasing caribou south in the winter . Arctic wolves are not swift runners ; however , they often outrun their prey in the long run through their stamina . Arctic wolf has 42 teeth which is the only weapon to take down their prey . They are known to consume large chunks without chewing it . These wolves are also capable to eat the bones and thus leaving nothing behind . Wolves typically consume 20 pounds ( 9 kg ) of meat in a single meal . On their return from the hunt , wolves regurgitate some of the food with them for their hungry pups . See also : What Do Arctic Wolves Eat in the Wild ? Arctic Wolf Distribution and Habitat Arctic wolf is the inhabitant of Canadian arctic , northern areas of Greenland , and are known occupy some parts of Alaska . These wolves bear a range of its habitat 70 ° North latitude and higher . They are believed to have appeared in North America some two million years before . Whenever arctic wolves find a den , they make one or two chambers for raising young and for food . Arctic wolves can be found in the original range of their habitats as there are no real threats from humans . Because of the fact that they have tough and remote habitats , a handful of scientists have successfully ventured while going through the long dark winter . Some of these species can be found in northern Alberta in the Wood Buffalo National Park , or at 60 degree latitude of Canada . One of these wolves is also sighted as far south as northern Minnesota . Arctic wolves often disperse straight - line distances of more than 550 miles . Most , if not all , arctic wolves are white . Consequently , not many facts have come to the fore . Two Arctic Wolves Standing Side by Side Reproductive Biology The female arctic wolves are often engaged in digging hard snow for making den to ensure a safer place for her cubs to breed for food . However , when she finds difficult to dig it , she begins to search some caves or rock outcroppings or even shallow depressions for employing them as a wolf ’ s den . The gestation period lasts for 63 – 75 days . The young are usually born in months of May to the early June . The female litters 2 – 3 pups , with the maximum littering is recorded at 12 pups . Gray wolves lay four to five pups in contrast to their counterparts . Scientists argue that the lower numbers of pups are possibly due to the scarcity of a prey in the Arctic . Pups are blind and deaf soon after their birth , with the weight measuring at one pound . The mother will usually look after these pups and when these juveniles become 5 weeks older , they are allowed outside the den . However , other members of the same pack also take care of the pups until the return of the mother . TAGS Arctic Wolf Wolf Waleed Khalid http : / / animalstime . com A professional writer and a passionate wildlife enthusiast , who is mostly found hooked to his laptop or in libraries researching about the wildlife . 16 COMMENTS Kierra Jenkins April 16 , 2013 at 7 : 05 pm I kinda hate wolves all that blood when they eat . Thats nature but that naaaaaaaaaasty . Sure I like their fur and yah wateva but Dogs and Endangered Animals I love except dogs who bite you I do n ’ t care if they bite my enemies . chicken = ) ! Reply owen May 12 , 2017 at 12 : 49 pm hey i love wolfs and my research project is about it Reply jaeden May 28 , 2018 at 4 : 56 pm same i am doing a project on the artic wolf Abby March 19 , 2019 at 3 : 51 pm Same as well . Colorado Wolf Lover September 17 , 2014 at 8 : 49 pm I LOVE wolves . I am so glad they exist to keep the ecosystem in balance . Thank you animalstime for making a fact page for them ! Matty February 18 , 2015 at 8 : 17 am I Love wolves too ! They ’ re so adorable ! I love their cubs , too . Krystal February 24 , 2015 at 6 : 17 am Wolves are awesome ! Thanks for making a page on arctic wolves . colin March 9 , 2015 at 7 : 59 pm I love Artic wolves to ! beacause of there fuzzy white fur Isabella Deloske April 2 , 2015 at 5 : 24 am I am doing a speech on them little more facts please Kayleigh April 23 , 2015 at 8 : 34 pm Facts plz for now thomas April 29 , 2015 at 12 : 08 am Artic wolf ’ s are some times huskies reason why is that huskies are part wolf KYLE May 19 , 2015 at 1 : 56 pm BRAHH Huskies ant Wolfs u just saying that cause u think they look like a wolf Reanna June 4 , 2015 at 6 : 25 am I love arctic wolfs ! they are my fervent wolf ! Cathy July 21 , 2015 at 5 : 44 am Wolfs are soooooo cute wish dat dey were n ’ t endangered ! ! ! ! ! Brenda February 18 , 2017 at 8 : 35 am I love Arctic wolfs they can be trained when pups to be as genteel as any dog you could ever have . They love their owner and are great protector of children . vghjvghjvgh February 21 , 2018 at 7 : 45 am I kinda hate wolves all that blood when they eat . 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http://animalstime.com/do-killer-whales-eat-people/ | Do Killer Whales Eat People You might be wondering do killer whales eat people . Well , the answer is No as there has been no evidence found in the past and at present regarding killer whales or orca eating human . While you ask about the killer attack on humans , you must not forget that they are highly esteemed mammals in captivity which can be displayed in Aquaria theme parks where people enjoy the striking appearance of killer whales . On the positive side , there are few organizations that are against the behavior of keeping these whales in captivity . Read More : Do Killer Whales Eat Polar Bears ? According to them , this has adverse impacts on whales ’ life , their lifespan , their mating behavior , and finally their state of mind . Killer whales are known to travel more than 160 km / h ( 100 mph ) per day which means they could not practice this much migration during their captivity . Coming back to the question ‘ do killer whales eat people ? ’ , no , they do n ’ t but recently there is an incident that took place at the World ’ s Shamu Stadium in Orlando in which the killer whale ( name Tilikum ) killed a 40 - year - old Trainer . This incident took place in February 2010 and killer whale was a 12,300 lb male . Do Killer Whales Eat People According to scientists , killer whales are not regarded as a real threat to humans . These whales are widely known to behave friendly with humans who can be observed in aquarium parks including sea world . Nonetheless , there have been certain cases of killer whale trainers that were being attacked during the whale ’ s captivity and in those instances the whales get hold of trainer ’ s hair or dragged him down deep underwater , but they never attempted to kill or eat humans entirely or partially . Despite these attempts , these instances are too rare to be noted and only a few number of incidents have been reported each year . The trainers that were being attacked only suffered from negligible bruises or cuts . There is no recent killer whales attack noted due to the introduction of new rules to restrict the trainer from direct contact with killer whales both during the live shows and at live shows . Some scientists are not in favor of keeping killer whales in captive as they tend to become too much aggressive during captivity . These scientists hold the opinion that killer whales behave abnormally in captivity as they are separated apart from their family members and other killer whales . Besides , these mammals also undergo a great amount of threats in a strange surrounding . Killer whales are also very intelligent mammals . While in group whales behave socially and hunt in a cooperative way . Certain biologists believe that killer whales are very much similar to the elephants and humans . They are concerned about why killer whales do not eat people and are trying to figure out precisely the whale ’ s desire to kill people . One of the foremost frequently put forward is that these whales do not find humans in a good taste . Moreover , humans are not similar with the type of killer whales food . Learn more : Do Killer Whales Eat Polar Bears Do Killer Whales Eat People | Video Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available . Click here to visit our frequently asked questions about HTML5 video . TAGS Killer Whale Whale Waleed Khalid http : / / animalstime . com A professional writer and a passionate wildlife enthusiast , who is mostly found hooked to his laptop or in libraries researching about the wildlife . 1 COMMENT Janis Burt Kozak May 9 , 2015 at 8 : 03 pm These magnificent creatures are being treated as best they possibly can . But is is about like one of us being treated under the best of circumstances while living out our lives in a closet away from human contact ; isolated , lonely , frustrating , any very unfulfilling to say the least . Janis Reply Express yourself about the animals | [
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http://animalstime.com/frilled-neck-lizard-facts/ | Frilled Neck Lizard Facts | Anatomy , Diet , Habitat , Behavior The frilled neck lizard ( Chlamydosaurus kingii ) is a large lizard that seems quite threatening when it expands the frill like some dinosaurs used to do . The lizard has evolved to scare off predators in this unique fashion . Yet another unique feature about this lizard is that it is capable to run extremely fast on its hind legs . It ’ s so fast that can see the legs of a running lizard only on a rerun . Frilled Neck Lizard Facts Anatomy Adult lizards grow about 85 cm ( 2.79 ft ) in length . Frilled neck lizards are mainly recognized by their brown to grey body . The lizard earns its name because of two large folded skins that are set at the lizard ’ s shoulders . These frills are usually activated when the lizard feels threatened . Frills around the lizard ’ s neck make it rather more frightening ( when it expands ) . Besides exposing frills , frilled neck lizards employ many other techniques to scare off predators . They are thought to show bright pink lining , raising its body , or sometimes holding the tail above its body . They can climb up the nearest tree to escape potential predator . Males are larger than females . They are also different in physical appearance . Frilled lizards have an amazing ability to camouflage its body into the trees . Frilled Neck Lizard © www . australiangeographic . com . au Range & Habitat Frilled neck lizards are likely to survive in woodlands and shrubby understorey . The lizard spends most of its time into the trees . Frilled lizards occur in the hot tropics of northern and northwestern Australia including as far as Papua New Guinea . It is less likely to survive in the deserts of Australia . Behavior The frilled neck lizard basks in the sun for as long as 30 minutes . They will typically avoid the hottest hours of the day . The basking mostly occurs in morning or in early noon . When they bask they stand motionless at the bottom of the trees or under the forest canopy . By doing so , lizards make sure that they receive maximum sunlight . It is an arboreal species as the lizard spends hours into the trees . Frilled Neck Lizard © www . shutterstock . com Feeding Ecology & Diet Frilled neck lizards typically consume small invertebrates ( including spiders ) , cicadas , mice , termites , beetles , small mammals , insects , and reptiles . They would like to feed on butterfly larvae and moths . Insects make up much of the lizard ’ s diet . Reproductive Biology The breeding season begins in September and ends in October . The female lays 8 to as many as 25 eggs . From November to February the female lays eggs in a nest and the nest is 5 – 20 cm beneath the ground . The incubation period lasts 60 – 90 days . During breeding season , adult males fight for the females . Hatchlings will display gaping mouth when they are threatened . The hatching period lasts 90 – 120 days . Predators of frilled neck lizard include dingoes , quolls , owls , snakes , large lizards , and eagles . TAGS Frilled Neck Lizard Lizard Waleed Khalid http : / / animalstime . com A professional writer and a passionate wildlife enthusiast , who is mostly found hooked to his laptop or in libraries researching about the wildlife . Express yourself about the animals | [
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http://animalstime.com/ladybird-facts-for-kids-facts-about-ladybirds-for-kids/ | Ladybird Facts For Kids | Facts about Ladybirds For Kids Make up your mind for some of the most wonderful ladybird facts for kids including ladybird behavior , physical markings , and its usual habitat . The ladybird is an insect that belongs to the family of Coccinellidae which is the beetles ’ family . The ladybird falls in the order of Coleoptra and is widely distributed all throughout Ireland , Sri Lanka , Pakistan , Malta , India , Australia , UK , New Zealand , few parts of U.S. and Canada and South Africa . These insects are also known as lady bugs especially across North America . There are some entomologists that tend to call this species by the name of lady beetles or ladybird beetles for the fact that they can not be regarded as true bugs . Even though occasionally , ladybirds are also called as lady cow or lady fly . Ladybirds are actually small insects and their sizes may range from 1 mm to 10 mm ( 0.04 – 0.4 inches ) . They may display orange , yellow or scarlet colors together with dark black spots making it easily distinguishable . These species have , like mosquitoes , antennae and black legs . The sizes of these black markings differ considerably from species to species . For example , there are certain species that have large black spots so much so that it tends to merge , thereby leaving vivid colors as markings on a black background . There are more than 5,000 ladybird species in the world out of which about 450 species are endemic to North America . In general , the ladybirds are regarded as valuable species for the reason that they feed on scale insects or aphids that acts as pets in agricultural - fields , gardens , and orchards . Some of these insects primarily rely on plants for their daily consumption . Epilachninae is one of these that mainly feed on beans , potatoes , grains and other similar crops . The numbers are rapidly increasing due to the fact that they have no or less natural enemy altogether . Only parasites can restrict their population to a certain extent . Contrary to a common belief , the number of black spots on the insect ’ s wings do not justify its age rather in species like beetles this is far more true and believable . Fascinating Ladybird Facts For Kids Nearly all ladybird species have six legs and bodies that resemble like a dome . The numbers of spots or markings on the insect ’ s body are not same in all the species and can vary a great deal . The ladybirds are the natural predators of scale insects and aphids . The members that belong to the Epilachninae subfamily are exclusively herbivorous and can be too much harmful agricultural pests . One such example is Mexican bean beetle . Some of the most common ladybirds predators are birds , spiders , wasps , frogs , and dragonflies . However , the dark markings and the bright colored - body of ladybird often put off their natural predators to prey on them . These species are also the first insects to come out during the spring season . There are certain ladybirds that prefer to move towards higher land including mountains and the like . There is prevailing belief among biologists that ladybirds tend to lay infertile eggs along with the fertile ones . This helps to offer a backup food for the larvae when there is not enough food . These species are more often found on plants or leaves that give refuge to their prey . One of the strange facts about ladybirds for kids is that these insects lay eggs close to their prey so that larvae do not have to search for food . The hatching period lasts for about 3 – 4 days and the clutch size may contain 3 – 4 and sometimes 10 – 12 eggs . The lifespan of ladybirds is about 1 – 2 years on an average . Ladybugs are by far the most common and colorful groups of insects . Apparently it seems like they are no different from other insects in that they have the same lifecycles consisting of egg , larval , pupal , and adult stages . But if we dig deeper into the behavior and habits of ladybug we may come up with some interesting ecological and evolutionary features such as cannibalism , color pattern polymorphism , and extreme promiscuity . It goes without saying that ladybugs are the most popular beetles . The reason behind is their colorful physical appearance together with the reputation of being beneficial as many species remove plant pests . Ladybug Facts For Kids Description Ladybugs are beetles that belong to the family of Coccinellidae . This family has more than 5,000 known species ranging from small - medium to oval - oblong to hemispherical beetles . The forewings of ladybugs are called ‘ Elytra ’ . These wings are not only brightly colored but they are very strong . All ladybugs do not have red color with black spots on it . Biologists believe that almost every color of the rainbow is found in ladybugs though not in a single species . It means that ladybugs not only have red - and - black color rather they can have yellow - and - black , dark blue - and - orange , black - and - white , and so on . Some species do not even have spots ; they may show stripes or checkered pattern . The forewings are meant to cover the flight wings that are folded away when the beetle does not fly . THE LADYBUG LIFECYCLE ( Ladybugs through the Year ) The lifecycle of beetle consists of four stages ; egg , larva , pupa , and adult . Depends on the geographic region each stage has different length and timing . Mating takes place when food is abundant . The female lays eggs near the larval food . Unlike other insects , two stages ( larvae and adults ) have the same diet . During winter or summer season , reproduction takes place in late spring or in early summer . Some regions offer a mild summer which is why beetles continue to reproduce throughout the summer season . However , ladybugs remain dormant in regions where the summer is too hot . They do not like winter season as they ’ re unlikely to reproduce . The egg stage lasts from 4 – 8 days ; larval for about 3 weeks . The pupal stage lasts for 7 – 10 days . When the pupa grows into an adult the forewings become pale yellow and unpatterned . Adult ladybug has a lifespan of almost one year . LADYBUG COLOR PATTERNS Warning Colors and Chemical Defense Thanks to the fascinating colorful patterns as it offers ladybug a reasonable defense against potential predators . These predators are repeatedly warned off as they think that beetle might have some hidden defense apart from foul smelling and evil taste . Ladybugs have chemical defense that involves a great deal of chemicals such as histamines , quinolenes , pyrazines , alkaloids , and cardiac glucosides . If you happen to pick up a ladybug roughly you may observe that these beetles secrete a yellow fluid . They secrete this fluid out of their defense and the behavior is known as reflex bleeding . Cannibalism Ladybugs are often involved in cannibalism which means they can eat their counterparts if food is not available . Facts About Ladybirds For Kids | Video Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available . Click here to visit our frequently asked questions about HTML5 video . TAGS Ladybird Waleed Khalid http : / / animalstime . com A professional writer and a passionate wildlife enthusiast , who is mostly found hooked to his laptop or in libraries researching about the wildlife . Express yourself about the animals | [
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http://animalstime.com/types-crocodiles-world/ | Types of Crocodiles in the World | 10 Crocodile Species If we wish to list the most ferocious organisms on this earth , missing out crocodiles would rather be a blunder . Crocodiles are large aquatic tetrapods who could be crowned as the most aggressive creature surviving till date . Let us see how dangerous they really are and reveal some unknown facts about the various different types of crocodile in the world Types of Crocodiles in the World Physical features of Crocodile Crocodiles are tropical reptiles found in freshwater habitat around the world . There is a total of 14 species present ranging from the 2 m ( 7 ft ) long dwarf crocodiles of Western Africa to the huge man - eating 7.5 m ( 25 ft ) long Indo - Pacific crocodiles The Indo - Pacific , American , and Nile crocodiles can live equally well in the sea as in freshwater . They live near marshes and swamps . Even lakes , estuaries , and Mangroves are accounted as their habitats . Breeding of Crocodile Loud bellowing proceeds mating under water . One month later female lay up to 90 leathery - shelled eggs that they incubate for 2 - 3 months in nests . Some species lay eggs in a special location in order to avoid total loss by flooding or predation . High temperature during incubation results in more males than females . A baby calls its mother with squeaks and breaks out of the egg shell by “ pipping ” with an egg tooth on the tip of the snout . The mother carries young to crèche where she will guard them until they become independent , which clearly means that there is a great amount of parental care provided to the young ones . How do Crocodiles move On land crocodiles may slide along on their bellies , scooting with their feet . Sometimes they adopt the “ high walk ” and raise their bodies fully off the ground . The “ gallop ” is when the crocodiles run with their tails in the air , usually seen when they are being chased . The “ tail walk ” is used to snatch prey from branches above the water . In water , crocodiles swim using powerful sweeps of their tails . What do Crocodiles Eat After lying hidden for hours , a crocodile suddenly seizes prey from riverbanks and drag it under water until it drowns . Crocodiles can not chew , so prey is dismembered by shaking and spinning . The whole animal is eaten . Strong juices and pebbles in the stomach help break down the food . Unique features of Crocodile During the night , crocodiles can easily be detected due to their “ eye shine ” which works as a red reflective look that they assume when illuminated in the dark . The tail of an estuarine crocodile measures to be 49.5 % of its total body length which is also the longest for any crocodile . The tool helps to push the animal through the water and spikes located along the top of the tail become an important entity of the tail . It ’ s not just that they increase the surface area and henceforth thrust for the tail but as they are made of cartilage they have a considerable blood supply and choose to be an important device in thermo - regulation processes . Different Types of Crocodile This group contains different types of crocodiles and somehow all are equally unique and fascinating for a nature lover . Let ’ s acknowledge their varieties by knowing a little about them . 1 ) Cuban crocodile : As the name itself indicates that they are only found in certain swamps of Cuba and Isla de la Juventud , unfortunately this crocodile is highly endangered nowadays . At a mere length of being three meters ( 9.84 ′ ) long , it surely ca n ’ t be considered as a large one among crocodiles , and it does n ’ t wear a very unusual appearance either , but do n ’ t get fooled by this ; it is indeed one of the most extraordinary crocodilians , and according to zookeepers who have worked for a long time with them , suggests it to be among the most aggressive of them . Well ! A far a humans are concerned , attack on humans are 2 ) African dwarf crocodile : These are inhabitants of tropical rivers and swamps of western and central Africa , they are honoured to be the smallest true living crocodile species . It just measures 1.5 meters ( 4.92 ′ ) long ( rarely 1.8 meters – 5.90 ′ ) Quite shy predator which eats insects , frogs , fishes and whatever body it comes across . Thankfully it is not that dangerous to humans unless harassed ( though a female protecting her eggs in the nest may attack any invader , as all fellow crocodilians ) . A fascinating physical appearance is that they are not just plated on the back , as in every other crocodilian , but also in the belly including the throat region . 3 ) Slender snouted crocodile : South East Asia , particularly Malaysia and Borneo are their habitats . They are not so oftenly reported as one of the largest crocodiles but there is plenty of proof of them reaching incredible sizes like 6 to 7 meters . 4 ) Yacare : Sometimes known as the “ piranha yacare ” , the Yacare are a part to the group of the caimans , mostly South American siblings to the famous alligator . The piranha seems to be its most preferred prey , and so is its popular name . 5 ) Spectacled Caiman : only caiman that can be spotted in the Northern Hemisphere ( its northernmost point marks the states of Chiapas and Oaxaca in Mexico ) , and is also a very common crocodilian present in the world . 6 ) Dwarf caiman : In reality there are two species of dwarf caiman . As for their small size ( usually under 2 meters ( 6.56 ′ ) length ) and somewhat cute appearance ( big eyes , short upturned snout ) , and the basic fact that they are not endangered . Dwarf Caimans have lately renowned as a popular as exotic pets . 7 ) Chinese alligator : Credited as an inspiration for the Chinese dragon myths . The only species of genus Alligator , leaving the more famous American alligator . The latter can easily grow up to lengths of 5 meters ( 16.4 ′ ) Is aggressive and powerful enough to destroy humans . 8 ) Freshwater crocodile : This Australian freshwater crocodile is another crocodile having a slender snout adapted to prey upon fishes . Although it attacks people on seldom occasions , which happens only when the crocodile is trying to protect its nest or territory , or when it has been infuriated but most of the time it is a very calm and harmless animal . 9 ) Gharial : The Gharial is considerably the most bizarre looking crocodilian . Its very long , very slender snout is adapted to catch fish , as are the interlocking , needle - like teeth . Gharials are possibly the most aquatic of all crocodilians , and they have very short and weak legs ; they actually only leave water to bask in the sun and to lay their eggs . They are found in India and Nepal and is among the largest of its fellow mates . 10 ) Broad - snouted caiman The broad - snouted caiman is a crocodilian reptile spotted in eastern and central South America , including southeastern Brazil , northern Argentina , Uruguay , Paraguay and Bolivia . It is found mostly in freshwater marshes , swamps , and mangroves . Do you know any other types of crocodiles ? How about sharing them with us in the comments below . Reference http : / / crocodilian . com / cnhc / csl . html TAGS Crocodile Waleed Khalid http : / / animalstime . com A professional writer and a passionate wildlife enthusiast , who is mostly found hooked to his laptop or in libraries researching about the wildlife . 1 COMMENT kennyredefine February 17 , 2017 at 11 : 21 pm Hello Waleed , Thanks for this article about crocodiles ! I actually have a blog dedicated for reptiles ( crocodiles , lizards , etc ) . I recently have wrote an article about crocodiles too by including some of your infos in it ! I have also linked my site to your article . Check it out : http : / / reptilianzone . com / crocodile - guide / Thanks & Regards Kenny Reply Express yourself about the animals | [
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http://animalstime.com/what-do-black-bears-eat-what-do-black-bears-like-to-eat/ | What Do Black Bears Eat | What Do Black Bears Like To Eat In this article I ’ ve gathered all the essential facts about what do black bears eat . Most of these are not commonly known elsewhere . Black bears are one of the widespread bear species across North America . Bears belong to the Carnivora order of mammals whose members consume meat ; some other carnivores including skunks , raccoons , cats , weasels , and dogs . Bears are the mammals that are predominantly omnivorous of the carnivores , consuming several vegetables and foods apart from flesh . The feeding habits of bears help us in determining almost anything about these species such as their shape , skeleton , size , musculature , paws and claws . These bears are more readily found in forests , swamps , and mountains ; besides , they are excellent tree climbers . Black bears are not entirely black rather they display blue - black , blue - gray , and cinnamon color . They can be as heavier as 200 – 600 lbs ( 90 – 270 kg ) , with the length measuring at 5 – 6 feet . In general , black bears are black bears diet . What Do Black Bears Eat Black bears are the opportunistic feeders . Many black bears primarily prey on berries , grasses , roots , and insects . These bears are omnivorous and the bulk of the diet is composed of vegetation ( around 85 % of vegetation and plants matter ) . They are known to dig less as compared to brown bears , consuming corns , roots , bulbs , and tubers . Those bears that are developing from hibernation , tend to feed on shrubs and shoots from trees in the spring season . These shrubs are essential in upgrading muscle as well as strengthening the skeleton and are often the only fares that are available at times . Black bears also consume buds , nuts , berries , fruits , and grasses . The black bears are often observed to raid the nut caches of squirrels . They supplement their diet with honey by breaching honeycombs altogether without regard to the number of bees ; instead bears eat all those bees coming in their way to consume honey regardless of stings from the bees . Bears are very fond of honey as it 38.5 percent fructose 31.0 percent glucose 17.1 percent water 12.9 percent maltose , sucrose and other sugars 0.5 percent proteins , amino acids , vitamins and minerals . Read More : What Do Polar Bears Eat ? Black Bear What Do Black Bears Eat in the Wild ( What Do Black Bears Like to Eat ) Many black bears rely on insects including ants , larvae , bees and yellow - jackets . They are known to prey salmon during night as these fishes will spot them in the daytime for the black fur . According to a study , the white furred bear species dwelling in the western Canada have 30 % greater success rate as compared to the black fur species . Some of the black bears also hunt white - tailed deer fawns and mule in certain areas . Besides , these mammals will also prey on moose calves ( in Alaska ) Read More : What Do Polar Bears Eat for Kids ? Black bears are not often sighted preying on adult deer but on rare occasion . They are , however , capable to bring down as large animal as adult moose by dragging them to a shelter where they will eat the whole . Black bears do not leave the remains of their kills like other predators such as coyotes and wolves usually do . They will also attempt to cover the carcass of larger preys but are not capable to cover it completely . Black bears are capable to climb trees as well which is particularly observed when they prey Polar Bear Digestive System Black Bear Eating Salmon Image Courtesy of moelynphotos ( Flickr ) Now you know what do black bears eat ? Black bears are also regarded as the least carnivorous across North America . They will chew diverse kinds of forbs , nuts , abundant herbs , berries , and other plants matter . In the spring season , bears usually rely on protein - rich diet such as sedges , shoots , and grasses ; insects include ants , beetle larvae , and wasps . However , when the summer arrives , the diet is composed of raspberries , cherries , huckleberries , grapes , and blackberries . TAGS Bear Black Bear Waleed Khalid http : / / animalstime . com A professional writer and a passionate wildlife enthusiast , who is mostly found hooked to his laptop or in libraries researching about the wildlife . Express yourself about the animals | [
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http://animalstime.com/what-feed-rabbits-what-feed-baby-rabbits/ | What To Feed Rabbits | What To Feed Baby Rabbits Feeding rabbits can be a daunting task especially when you ’ re not aware as to what to feed rabbits . There is a general belief regarding rabbits diet in that the species can be fed on lettuce and carrots ; yet the truth is that feeding these items to bunnies might lead to the death . Therefore , without the proper know - how about the rabbits diet , you must not feed it . At first , feeding rabbits seem to be a straightforward task since you know most of these species are grazers and they mainly feed on grass or plants . That ’ s right ; rabbits like Cottontails are regular grazers and browsers with so much What To Feed Rabbits The rabbits diet include several vegetables and their habit of feeding on seedlings and uprooting young crops makes them disliked among farmers . Hence , you can feed your bunnies with grass hay and alfalfa hay but bear in mind these vegetables are not good for the regular feeding because of the excess calcium involved . Before feeding your bunnies grass , make sure that it ’ s completely dry and is has not emerged from a place with pesticides . One thing is for sure that most of the rabbits diet must be composed of grass or hay which Hay As mentioned earlier , grass hay including oat hay and timothy are ought to be presented all the time to ensure a smooth running of a digestive system . Having said that , some rabbits do not accept hay initially ; in this case you might supplement hay with vegetables two to three times a day , and with the limited amount of pellets rabbits might starve enough to eat the hay . According to the House Rabbit Society , baby bunnies must be fed with alfalfa hay with the introduction of some grass in the first 6 to 7 Vegetables As evident from the rabbits digestive system , vegetable should comprise most of their diet . In general , rabbits must be fed with 2 to 4 fresh veggie cups in a 24 hours window despite the fact that it can be varied according to the size of your rabbit . It ’ d be rather better if you change the rabbits diet on alternate days to make sure an absolute balance in their diet . However , if your rabbit is accustomed to devour pellets then perhaps the change must be introduced immediately to enable the digestive system to “ Collard Greens , Turnip Greens , Parsley , Spinach , Endive , Dandelion Greens , Mustard Greens , Romaine Lettuce , Kale , Broccoli , Carrot Tops , Simple Carrots , Watercress , Sprouts , Beet TOPS , Wheat Grass ” If you do n ’ t know about your rabbits diet then perhaps you need to visit vet doctor who will suggest you what to feed rabbits . Amongst the above vegetables , mustard greens , spinach , and kale are known to be superfluous in oxalates , their feeding must be limited accordingly . Some of the most common items that give rise to the predicaments are potatoes , cauliflower , cabbage , and beans so they ought to be evaded . There is no nutritional worth in the iceberg lettuce and hence they should also be avoided . Pellets Pellets are essentially embedded with the highest calories and are therefore recommended for commercially rabbit production . As for the house rabbits , pellets should be sought in a limited quantity else it might lead to obesity and other health - related problems . First thing to do is to buy a good quality and fresh pellet . The House Rabbit Society proposes at least 20 to 25 % fiber , along with 14 % protein , and less than 1 % calcium for nearly all rabbit species . Feeding is largely determined by the size of the species ; Now you ’ d probably be aware of what to feed rabbits ! Let ’ s come what not to feed rabbits . What To Feed Baby Rabbits Fiber plays a significant role in the regular digestion of rabbits . Fresh vegetables and grass hay should make up the bulk of their nutrition ; this is especially true for house rabbits . Feeding pellets all the time may lead to obesity or enhance the odds of digestive system . Cellulose also assists in averting hair balls . Bear in mind , if you ’ re feeding anything other than vegetables , grass hay , or pellets that must be fed in a limited manner . The rabbits digestive system is extremely prone to the serious upsets provided the Recommended Vegetables For Bunnies Watercress Sprouts Wheat Grass Beet Tops Carrot Parsley What Not To Feed Rabbits It ’ s vital that you should be aware as to what to feed rabbits and what not to feed rabbits . Assuming rabbits diet to be straightforward and restricting it to a few plants or leaves is certainly bizarre . This can easily lead your pet rabbit to a painful death . Some foods that are thought to be natural and good for the rabbits are in fact worse than any junk food . You should not feed your rabbit especially bunnies with lettuce for it contains lactucarium which can lead to diarrhea . Other non - recommended foods Some of the noteworthy plants that can trigger several digestive problems in rabbits are Poppies , Nightshade , Buttercups , Iris , Honeysuckle , Clover , Bluebells , Fairy Primrose , Dahlia , Larkspur , Tulips , Snowdrops , Hemlock , and Anemonies . You should allow your bunny to hover around within the defined vicinity . What To Feed Rabbits | Video TAGS Rabbit Waleed Khalid http : / / animalstime . com A professional writer and a passionate wildlife enthusiast , who is mostly found hooked to his laptop or in libraries researching about the wildlife . Express yourself about the animals | [
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http://animalstime.com/what-lizards-eat/ | What Do Lizards Eat | Lizards Diet Many lizards are insectivorous , relatively long tail , four legs , and live a fairly short life . A very limited number of lizards are herbivorous and non - insect eating carnivores ; they are readily found outside South Central Texas . Humans have also realized the importance of lizards as they eat almost every insect from gardens or other human habitations . What Do Lizards Eat in the Wild Geckos ( Family Gekkonidae ) Texas Banded Gecko These lizards primarily eat soft - bodied insects ( termites in particular ) such as beetles , small terrestrial arachnids , and some other arthropods that are almost entirely nocturnal . Geckos typically prey these victims in the dark and they also eat their skin which they shed . Mediterranean Gecko These geckos are known to consume cockroaches ( especially American baby cockroaches ) , caterpillars , beetles , moths , ants , homopterans , earwigs , and even mosquitoes . In fact , Mediterranean geckos capture almost every insect that is observed flying in the night . Iguanids ( Family Iguanidae ) Green Anole Green Anoles usually rely on moths , lacewings , cockroaches , mayflies , caterpillars , flies , beetles , crickets , mealworms , and damselflies , insect larvae , soft - bodied insects , and many kinds of spiders . Though they are arboreal creatures , anoles often come down on ground to feed between shrubbery and vegetated areas . Texas Earless Lizard It has a diet of crickets , small beetles , winged termites , grasshoppers , spiders , and larvae . Eastern Collared Lizard These lizards are insectivorous and are opportunistic foragers . Generally they eat grasshoppers , crickets , wasps , cicadas , butterflies , beetles , wolf and jumping spiders , together with other soft - bodied arthropods . They also prey small vertebrates such as small skinks , baby cotton rats , earless lizards , and small snakes . Plateau Earless Lizard The diet of plateau earless lizard includes crickets , grasshoppers , small beetles , spiders , and other soft - bodied insects . Keeled Earless Lizard The most common diet of these lizards includes beetles , grasshoppers , spiders , and beetle larvae and this makes up 76 % of the total diet . However , they also eat leafhoppers , crickets , flies , and ants . Texas Horned Lizard These horned lizards predominantly feeds on large ants especially ‘ Harvester ’ ant Pogonomyrmex . However , they are exclusively ant - eaters . Other diet includes grasshoppers , small ground beetles , weevils , true bugs , and crickets . They have a very specialized diet and are NOT opportunistic eaters which is why Texas horned lizards have less competition . Texas Spiny Lizard Like other North American Lizards , Texas Spiny mostly feeds on insects and other arthropods . Most of their diet is composed of grasshoppers but they also eat June beetles , Lepidoptera larvae , blister beetles , and arachnids including spiders and mites . They occasionally eat flying insects . Crevice Spiny Lizard These are rock - dwelling species and they feed on arthropods but they are insectivores . Other foods in the lizard ’ s diet includes grasshoppers , wood - boring beetles , crickets , weevils , darkling beetles , cockroaches , large ants , termites , caterpillars , mantids , moths , terrestrial spiders , true bugs , and flies . They rarely feed on berries , flowers , leaves , and soft buds . Skinks ( Family Scincidae ) Skink is known to consume caterpillars , grasshoppers , snails , leafhoppers , crickets , centipedes , arachnids , and small invertebrates . It has fed on young collared lizards ( Crotaphytus collaris ) but they do not eat vertebrates of other species . In general , they are opportunistic feeders . Some skinks species prefer to eat roaches Diptera , and leafhoppers . Their diet is composed of other invertebrates including mealworms , small arachnids , maggots , isopods , pupae of other species , and amphipod crustaceans . Teiids ( Family Teiidae ) Teiids diet is composed of terrestrial arthropods such as moth larvae , beetles , ticks , termites , grasshoppers , and spiders . Praire - lined Racerunner The diet of these lizards consists of adult moths , crickets , true bugs , wasps , beetles , planthoppers , leafhoppers , flies , and ants . They rarely feed on snails but they do eat spiders . Anguids ( Family Anguidae ) Anguids typically feed on flying and ground insects such as grasshoppers , roaches , beetles , cicadas , beetle larvae , moths , mealworms and other slow - moving insects . Scorpions , lizards ( Holbrookia texana , Eumeces obsoletus , Sceloporus ) , spiders , worms , small snakes ( young Thamnophis sirtalis , newborn Elaphe guttata , and adult Storeria dekayi ) . 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http://animalstime.com/white-tiger-facts-white-tiger-habitat-diet/ | White Tiger Facts | White Tiger Habitat & Diet Facts For Kids These White tiger facts guide us toward a better understanding of tigers ’ physical characteristics , habitat and diet White Tiger ( Panthera ) is an inhabitant of Bengal , Bihar , and Assam in India . These tigers belong to the family of felidae . This tiger is transmuted from the Bengal tiger . These animals are smaller in size in comparison to other tigers . Most of these species are captive in different parts of the world and a good many number is held in India . One of the good news about white tigers is that the population has been dramatically increasing with the passage of time . The unmistakable appearance of white tigers appeals most of the zoo visitors . The white tiger is not a subspecies of tiger but rather a mutant variant of the extant tiger . White tigers are too rare in the creature monarch . These tigers are not a true albino but simply have less dark pigment in its coat . This is called “ chinchilla mutation ” . It inhabits across the Indian Subcontinent range . These tigers are also called white Bengal tigers and are often sighted in Bengal , Bihar , and Assam , of India . It is the masked mutant of Bengal tiger . White tigers are seemingly bigger as compared to the original tigers both at birth and at maturity . Currently , there are hundreds of white tigers that are kept in captivity globally , of which almost one hundred are found in India alone . On the positive side , the population of these tigers is increasing . White Tiger Facts White tigers are widely found in the dense jungle , mangrove and swamps . These species weigh around 140 – 300 kg ( 309 – 660 lbs ) . The average lifespan is 10 years in the wild . They become fully mature after 3 – 4 years . The period of gestation lasts for 103 days . Females litter 2 – 3 cubs . The length of the white tiger measures around 1.4 – 2.8 meters ( 41 / 2 – 9 feet ) , with the tail measuring 3 – 4 feet ( 90 – 120 cm ) . The newly - born cubs weigh around 1 kg ( 2 – 3 pounds ) .These juveniles begin to hunt after 18 months or so . The white tiger showcases unique white coloration which makes it rather more popular in zoos amongst other exotic animals . According to a rough estimate , around 15,000 Bengal tigers result in a white tiger . The natural breed of white Bengal tigers is too rare to take place . These tigers are bigger in size as compared to the orange species . They have blue - colored eyes , and their fur is pale in color . The mean weight of white tigers measure around 400 – 550 lbs , with the length measuring at 9 – 11 feet . The female tigers lay 1 – 6 cubs and these juveniles stay with their mother for about 2 – 2.5 years of age . White tigers are not found commonly in the wild ; however , in captivity they are available in hundreds of numbers . They are the only tigers that are more readily found and are in greater numbers in captivity than in the wild . There are around hundred white tigers all throughout the India . White tigers for the most part are associated with each other . Inbreeding is needed for the recessive gene liable for the white color fact . The average lifespan of white tigers is low as compared to the orange cats perhaps due to the mutated genes . Besides , inbreeding depression can be another reason for the short life expectancy . There is still a debate among scientists about the white tigers in Siberia and their probability of occurrence of recessive gene in Siberian tigers is low . White tigers have similar visionary problems as that of standard orange tigers . Contrary to a belief , white tigers do not have crossed eyes and black striped . There is a general belief that white tigers undergo a wide range of birth defects which is not quite right as many white tigers are as healthy and their orange counterparts . There is a general belief that white tigers rely more on caretakers because of mental disorders which is incorrect . No scientific evidence has been proposed in favor of this idea . Variation in tiger ’ s behavior is expected and normal and it arises out of their own personality traits . These tigers tend to hunt at night and spend the whole day in their den while sleeping . White tigers are solitary animals . Read More : Tiger Facts For Kids White Tiger Feeding Ecology and Diet Because of their carnivorous nature white tigers predominantly feed on medium or large sized animals such as chital , wild boar , nilgai , buffalo , gaur , sambar , and barasingha . These animals are also found to prey on pythons , sloth bears , crocodiles , sika deer , Manchurian wapiti , Malayan tapir , moose , roe deer , musk deer , saiga antelope , Caucasian wisent , yak , muntjac , camels , horses and other leopards . They also like to eat smaller animals like hares , rabbits , peafowls , fish , and monkeys . Conflicts often arise between tigers and elephants even though elephants do not serve as a gentle prey for white tigers . On rare occasion , young elephants or rhinoceros had been preyed by tigers . White tigers move towards domestic livestock when the prey is not abundant . These domestic animals include cows , donkeys , cows and dogs . Since these tigers have extended their killing to the domestic livestock , they are often seen in confrontation with humans and even some tigers have been reported to hunt down few villagers or local fishermen . Unlike other tiger breed , these species are also known to hunt at night because of their nocturnal nature . They are considered to be the solitary hunters and they chase down their prey at a speed of about 49 – 65 km / h ( 35 – 40 miles / h ) though for a short while . Different techniques are applied to the different animals , depending solely on the size of them . Larger sized animals like yak or buffaloes are normally attacked at their spinal cord first and then bring down to the ground . are one of the best swimmers . Read More : What Do Tigers Eat What do White Tigers Eat White Tiger Side Pose Distribution and Habitat White tiger facts about its habitat proves the existence of these animals in different parts of the world . These types of tigers usually cover wide area of about 26 – 78 sq . km ( 10 – 30 sq . miles ) . The territories between male and female are often known to overlap . The range of habitat depends wholly on the extent of food available . Some of these species come across a lot wider areas . These animals are the inhabitants of tundra , south Malaya and Indonesia . are commonly found in the coniferous forests , tropical rain forests , and mangroves . They live at an altitude of about 1,300 meters even though some are also found beyond the height of 2,000 meters . Read More : Where Do White Tigers Live ? White Tiger Facts Eye - opening Facts about White tiger Does Breeding White Tigers have no Conservation Value ? White tigers are one of the rare cats in the wild probably due to its less camouflaging ability . The last specimen was thought to kill in 1951 in India . White tiger is a figure of illegal inbreeding of orange - colored cats if breeder intends to conserve tigers then perhaps he should focus on keeping orange cats rather than white . “ The white tiger controversy among zoos is a small part ethics and a large part economics . Owners of white tigers claims they are popular exhibit animals and increase zoo attendance and revenues as well . ” warns Dr . Ron Tilson , one of the famous managers of Tiger Species Survival Plan and also the conservation director of the Minnesota Zoo . “ The tiger Species Survival Plan holds that this kind of inbreeding which indeed gives rise to white tigers must be condemned because of their mixed ancestry and since it offers no conservation value , ” he added . “ Some breeders do this in order to facilitate people at zoo since white tigers attract more than the orange ones , but at the cost of tiger ’ s infertility . ” Whoever claims that he ’ s saving tigers in this fashion , is a liar , he ’ s actually breeding them for profit . Many genetic defects are deemed to be recessive and give rise to disabilities and high mortality rates . “ More than eighty percent of white tiger cubs are suffering from this plague of infertility , some may even die , due to this inbreeding which is necessary to cause a white coat . ” Dr . Daniel C . Laughlin , a Consultant for Big Cat Rescue . Leaving aside dead cubs , those that survive do not seem to be normal as they undergo retinal degeneration , clubbed feet , strabismus ( cross eyes ) , cleft palates , scoliosis , kidney abnormalities , and immune deficiency . This follows that only a small percentage is good enough to perform at zoos but after the great expense . Moreover , some may also face mental impairments especially stress , depression , and other unpredictable behavior . Tilson believes that multimillion - dollar - industry of the exotic animal also provokes breeders to commit this act since it falls just below the illegal drug trade in profit making . Credit : www . rlsbb . com Should breeding of white tigers in captivity be banned ? Inbreeding has led white tigers to extreme suffering and also becomes the cause of a good many number of health problems in white tigers . It also weakens the bloodline within white tiger . One of the worst consequences comes in the form of blindness in these tigers . Knowingly breeding white tigers with a belief that it would not cause them any pain is not only malpractice but also stands no value in the modern animal care . The worst part of inbreeding is that people do not seem to realize that tiger will soon lose its dignity and remarkable universality which it often speaks , not only this , but also the pride which makes it best among the rest . It goes without saying that excessive inbreeding is seemingly a worldwide tragedy . Bengal as well as Siberian tigers are bred in order to increase its size abnormally . If this inbreeding continues , the pure bred of Big Cats wo n ’ t be endangered , they will go extinct . White tiger is not a gem of nature that ’ s for sure . Ironically , perhaps white tiger is rather a gem of inhuman act of certain breeders . It would also be correct to say that white tiger is a product of man ’ s manipulation to promote a million - dollar - industry embracing zoos , parks , circus , and even restaurants . Consequently , white tiger can not be considered as a majestic species , but a genetic mutation arising out of father - son mating , brother - sister mating , or even father - daughter mating , leading to barbaric consequences . They can neither survive in captivity nor in the wild for their mixed characteristic features . You know what ! in order to get on profitable white tiger cub , breeders destroy 30 to 60 cats … “ In short , We must agree that White Tigers are the only species which should go Extinct in near future ! ” Do you agree or disagree ? Join the discussion and Have your say in the comments below . White Tiger Facts | Video 00 : 00 00 : 00 02 : 55 Sorry ! Please update your browser or try a different one . TAGS Bengal Tiger Tiger White Tiger Waleed Khalid http : / / animalstime . com A professional writer and a passionate wildlife enthusiast , who is mostly found hooked to his laptop or in libraries researching about the wildlife . | [
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http://animalstime.com/why-are-tigers-endangered-top-two-reasons/ | Why Are Tigers Endangered | Top Two Reasons Scientists are concerned why are tigers endangered and what immediate steps must be taken in order to prevent remaining species from disappearing once for all . Tiger is an endangered species and most of all humans are responsible for leaving the nature ’ s majestic killing machine at the verge of extinction . Some of the most usual causes of the rapid decline are poaching for fur and trading in different parts of tiger for commercial purposes , as well as habitat destruction . In the beginning of the 20 th century , there were 100,000 tigers in the wild but the population diminished outside of captivity to between 1,500 and 3,500 . The increasing demand for tiger ’ s parts for using it in the Traditional Chinese Medicine also presents a real threat to these species . According to few scientists , there are no more than 2,500 species remaining in the wild . The exact figures are still unknown . Why Are Tigers Endangered Poaching | India The largest population of tigers is in India . There are around 3,500 tigers worldwide , out of which 1,400 inhabits in India . Bad news is that only 11 % of the original Indian tiger ’ s habitats are left as they are subject to continuous hunting or poaching . Referring to the 2008 survey which was conducted in India , there is a 60 % decline in the tiger ’ s population since 1973 . It follows that the main reason for this much reduction was poaching at an extreme level . On the positive side , Indian government took an initiative in response to these figures , by pledging $ 153 to assist the Project Tiger . The Government also set up a Tiger Protection Force to contest with poachers . They are also making efforts for devising ways as to how can we lessen the tiger - human conflict . Considering these , Indian Government also established Ranthambore National Park to deal with poachers which was indeed a great success . Russia The poachers have been engaged in poisoning waterholes as well as setting steel wires to kill this beautiful creature apart from selling tiger ’ s skin to the medicine industry . Despite all the above conservation efforts , tiger ’ s population continues to decline and is classified as critically endangered species . According to the estimate in 1940 , there were only 40 Siberian tigers remaining in the wild . While the Soviet Union ruled , poaching was strictly forbidden which results in the rise of tigers to several hundred species within few years . However , the concern arose again in 1990 when the Russian economy flopped and more and more hunters sought access to poaching . Today there are 400 to 550 Siberian tigers surviving in the wild . Learn More : What Do Siberian Tigers Eat ? Tibet Although trading in tiger ’ s skins is illegal throughout China , people living in Tibet did not seem to believe it . It was not known until 2000 when the Wildlife Protection Society of India released news and pictures about Tibetans wearing tiger skins . Further investigations revealed that the trading commenced from India and high - level smuggling continued in the tiger ’ s skin in between India and Nepal . One can assess the diminishing numbers by analyzing these facts ; Caspian tigers became extinct in 1970 , while Bali tigers disappeared in 1930 , followed by the Javan tiger that were extinct in 1980s . Of all the tiger species , only five are remaining ; Siberian tiger , Bengal tiger , South China Tiger , Indochinese tiger , and Sumatran tiger . A handful number of these species exist in few pockets of Bangladesh , Nepal , Russia , and India . Loss of Habitat With the explosion of human population , natural habitats of several species were brought into question and remained a subject of debate among scientists for many years . Tiger is one such species . Rise in population forced these cats to leave their terrestrial habitats some of which fell prey to poaching and excessive hunting . It so happens that once the male tiger is killed , it becomes difficult for female alone to defend her territory from other adult males . The intruders often kill her cubs indeed disrupting a breeding cycle . One way or other , villagers or the native people who feel threats from tigers are often involved in killing these animals . Learn more : Bengal Tiger Habitat TAGS Carnivores Tiger Waleed Khalid http : / / animalstime . com A professional writer and a passionate wildlife enthusiast , who is mostly found hooked to his laptop or in libraries researching about the wildlife . 1 COMMENT candi November 16 , 2014 at 10 : 09 pm I like all the animals ! Great information that you have Reply Express yourself about the animals | [
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http://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/894/what-does-moe-mean | What does ' moe ' mean ? Ask Question 60 10 I ' ve now watched quite a few anime and I ' m still at a loss as to what the term moe represents . Is there an agreed upon definition for it ? If a character is moe , what does that mean ? japanese - language terminology share improve this question asked Jan 10 ' 13 at 14 : 36 coleopterist 4,416 2 22 41 4 From Wiki : " Moe is not considered as a concrete term . " So I guess the answer is no . There is no agreed upon definition for it . Mysticial Jan 10 ' 13 at 15 : 30 7 You might want to try this over at japanese . stackexchange . com if you do n ' t get a good enough answer here . Michael Celey Jan 10 ' 13 at 19 : 31 Kiniro Mosaic defines " moe " as " the ( onomatopoeic ) sound you make when you see something cute . " кяαzєя ♦ Jan 30 ' 14 at 22 : 19 add a comment 3 Answers active oldest votes 39 Here is an academic paper 1 with an analysis of the concept of moe , including its history and origin , relationship to the socio - economics of Japan , previous academic studies of moe , otaku and fujoshi psychology , and a very in - depth analysis of what moe actually is A short table of contents of the topics covered : Japanese critical discourse Emergence of the form Otaku discussions of Moe desire and sexuality Moe in relation to ' reality ' The female approach to Fujoshi exposing virtual potential in reality To quote from its conclusion , Both otaku and fujoshi describe fantasy as ' pure , ' or set apart from reality , and it precisely because it is pure that it can give birth to such perverse and polymorphous possibilities . The character is a ' body without organs ' and it engenders virtual possibilities without limits or control . Stated another way , describes affect , or an unstructured intensity in response to the virtual possibilities of fantasy characters . Whether it is the girl - child popular among men or the homosexual boys popular among women , these young characters are not part of the ' real ' world and do not demand their partners be socially mature and responsible adults ; with characters , men can experience love outside the confines of manhood ( defined by work ) and women love outside the confines of womanhood ( defined by childbirth ) . 1 " Moe : Exploring Virtual Potential in Post - Millennial Japan " , by Patrick W . Galbraith . Published in the Electronic Journal of Contemporary Japanese Studies , article 5 of 2009 ; first published on 31 October 2009 . share improve this answer edited Apr 8 ' 14 at 6 : 10 senshin ♦ 28.7k 15 110 213 answered Jan 12 ' 13 at 8 : 59 Arturia Pendragon 2,039 2 16 23 Well , moe just a lot creepier . Like Kyubey levels . Suman Roy Apr 3 ' 17 at 12 : 26 add a comment 17 Coined in Japan in the late ' 90s , " Moe " ( 萌え , pronounced as " Mo - Eh " , derived from a Japanese word that means " budding , to sprout / bloom " ) is an ill - defined otaku term that means , amongst other things , " cute " , " huggable " , or " endearing " . While it ' s sometimes used to describe a series , it ' s more about a specific ideal or kind of character , similar to Kawaisa . When used as an interjection , figuratively , it ' s used to convey that " something blooms inside your Read more at tvtropes : improve this answer edited Apr 8 ' 14 at 6 : 13 senshin 28.7k 15 110 213 answered Jan 10 ' 13 at 15 : 50 Masked Man 12 Here ' s a desctiption from Anime News Network Moe is a Japanese term used in connection with manga or anime to describe something precious , usually ( but not always ) the ideal of youthful and innocent femininity . Written with the kanji for " to bud or sprout " ( 萌 ) , the concept covers a range of ideal behaviour for youthful female characters in manga or anime . To be moe , a character can be eager or perky , not overly independent , and call forth a desire in the viewer to protect them and nurture them . The term is also used to describe any preciously cute item ; there is an animal mascot character store in Tokyo called Moe . There is a lot of debate over the crossover between moe fandom and lolicon . While the crossover exists among fans and products the two genres are not synonymous . I think it ' s a good enough definition , but just for you to be able to consider , here are a few others : on manga . about . com on animevice . com Basically , all of those define moe in the same way , but with different words or phrases . Jan 10 ' 13 at 15 : 53 SingerOfTheFall 8,491 36 70 Not the answer you ' re looking for ? Browse other questions tagged japanese - language terminology or ask your own question | [
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http://animecons.com/guests/bio.shtml/4719/Pat_The_NES_Punk_Contri | Pat Contri Information Pat Contri Writer San Diego , CA Biography : Pat Contri is a video game player , collector , and historian known for his web shows Pat the NES Punk , Flea Market Madness , and The Completely Unnecessary Podcast . He is the author of Ultimate Nintendo : Guide to the NES Library , and conducts the live annual NES Charity Marathon benefiting children ' s hospitals . In his spare time he enjoys eating nachos , and hanging out with an old Jersey hippie named Frank . Anime Convention Guest Appearances 2014 ConBravo ! 2014 - July 18 - 20 , 2014 in Hamilton , ON , Canada 2013 ConBravo ! 2013 - July 26 - 28 , 2013 in Hamilton , ON , Canada View Pat Contri on FanCons . com for 13 additional guest appearances Tweets by patthenespunk Update Information Add or Update Information for Pat Contri If you use information from this page , a link to AnimeCons . com would be very much appreciated . | [
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http://animemagics.wikia.com/wiki/Rasengan | in : Jutsu Ninjutsu Rank - A Rasengan Rasengan All Types Rasengan The non - canonical Rasengan ' s variations Translation : Spiral Wind Sphere or Wind Release . Type : Ninjutsu Element ( Style ) : Wind ( Futon ) . Hand Seals : None . Rank : A . Description : Rasengan is a technique developed over the span of three years by the Fourth Hokage , who created it as an Futon element . The technique has been taught to his sensei Jiraiya , who then passed it on to the young ninja Naruto years later . Like Kage Bunshin no Jutsu , Naruto would adopt the technique as a signature move and make it all his own . The technique is unlike other jutsu in that it does not require any hand seals , it just relied on the ninja ' s ability to mold chakra . The ninja concentrates a contained , fast , rotating sphere of chakra in the palm of their hand which can cause much destructive impact . Thus the technique was pure shape manipulation of chakra , which was based on the Tail Beast bomb , however , the Rasengan is an incomplete jutsu which also required the users chakra affinity . However , it was too difficult for Minato to complete before his death . Hatake Kakashi stated the technique was unfinished for this reason , as the Yondaime Hokage did not get a chance to add some form of nature manipulation to it and it was even unclear whether it is even possible for an elemental nature to be added . Naruto dedicated himself to Kage Bunshin ' s memory absorption capabilities . He was able to finish the Jutsu in the span of a few weeks what would have taken a normal ninja numerous years . Based on : Kinobori no Waza Variations : Odama Rasengan Futon • Rasengan Futon • Rasen Shuriken Senpo • Rasenrengan Senpo • Odama Rasengan Senpo • Cho Odama Rasengan Kyubi no Rasengan Cho Chakra Rasengan Users : Uzumaki Naruto , Jiraiya , Namikaze Minato , Hatake Kakashi and Sarutobi Konohamaru . Classification Edit → → Rank - A Categories Add category | [
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http://anmolmehta.com/10-things-you-should-do-everyday-for-a-happy-meaningful-good-life-combined/ | 10 Things You Should Do Everyday For a Happy , Meaningful & Good Life ( Combined ) 34 Comments in Emotional Mastery Health and Wellbeing Meditation Personal Development Yoga by Anmol Mehta Tips to Live a Happy and Meaningful Life ( For ease of reference , this is a combined post of parts 1 & 2 which were written and published a few months ago ) . Our good buddy Lazy Yogi Ponchie had just read a great blog on Meditation ; - ) , where the author had revealed the secrets of how to live a happy , meaningful and good life and the highly inspired Yogi Ponchie immediately went about implementing the recommendations — in his own special way of course . The article , he read , explained that the secret to a happy and fulfilling life was to live life one day at a time . Not only that , the author had provided his thoughts on what 10 activities one should include daily basis in order to accomplish this . Here was how Ponchie spent some of his day , which he felt met the requirements laid out in the post . 5 : 00 am : Ponchie checked the time and smiled 5 : 00am Woo Hoo ! The recommendation was to wake up early , but since waking up early was impossible for our lazy yoga friend , he had decided instead to stay up all night . Thus , he would be awake during the early morning hours and be able to take advantage of this most spiritual time of day . 6 : 00 am : Ponchie headed to the Gym to get his daily recommended sweat . He spent the next hour in the sauna . 7 : 00 am : Ponchie listened to a meditation tape in his car on the way back home from the gym , thus meeting the most important criteria for doing his daily meditation practice . 8 : 00 am : Ponchie watched Sunrise Earth on Discovery by sitting very close to the television … spending time with nature … done . 9 : 00 am : Ponchie called his dad and asked him to pay his credit card bills and help fix the leaky faucet in the kitchen . He told his dad that this had to be done today itself , since he was eager to meet the requirement of “ completing your daily affairs ” as had been suggested … that was easy . So here we are , with Pochie at the half way mark of meeting the daily activities that the article laid out . Let ’ s summarize this article that has so profoundly inspired Mr . Ponchie . Essentially , the secret to a Happy , Meaningful and Good Life , the article said , was to live one day a time . This did not mean not to plan , it meant not to obsess with the outcome . Put money away in the retirement fund , enroll in an MBA program , start a daily fitness routine , 1 . Wake up Early : This gets the day off to a great start . The early morning hours are full of spiritual energy and prana ( life force ) and are an ideal time for your daily sadhana ( meditation , yoga or other spiritual practice ) . 2 . Sweat Everyday : If possible try to break a sweat everyday , and a sauna does not count . This means to get some form of exercise and keep the body in tip top shape . The body is not you , but is the vehicle through which you live and worship , so treat it like a temple and take care of it . 3 . Daily Meditation : This is the most important criteria . If you have come to the Mastery of Meditation website , something is stirring within . This invitation by the Divine should not be taken lightly . Not all receive the invite , or at least not all are aware of the beckoning , so if you are being roused from the dream by the gentle hand of your Divine Nature do everything you can Wake Up ! 4 . Spend Time is Nature : The spiritual path can be described in 1 word — CONNECT . That one word describes all the Vedas , Gita , Upanishads , Bible , Koran , Tantras , etc . One of the best ways to connect is to be with Nature intimately . Hopefully the author will write an article on this topic of Connection as well as is it a very interesting and powerful concept : - ) . 5 . Complete Your Daily Affairs : Do n ’ t procrastinate , do n ’ t delay , do n ’ t put off what needs to done . The old proverbs are very wise . “ A stitch in time saves nine ” and “ Do n ’ t put off till tomorrow what can be done today ” . Life , the moment , provides challenges to you and when you meet them , life opens up . If they linger , they are like blockages , they prevent your life from moving forward . Your inner voice will constantly remind you what needs In part 2 of this series I will go into the last 5 suggestions for what should be done everyday in order to live a happy , meaningful and good life , and we will also see how the rest of Lazy Ponchie ’ s , I mean Yogi Ponchie ’ s , day went . Part II In part 1 of this series we followed lazy and crazy Yogi Ponchie through the first half of his day as he looked to complete the “ 10 must do everyday activities for a happy , meaningful and good life ” that he had just read about . In part 2 of this series we will explore the final 5 daily recommendations and see how Yogi Ponchie manages them in his own unique way . In fact , I will just outline how Ponchie spends the rest of his day and see if you , the reader , can guess We left Ponchie at 9 : 00 am when he was convincing his dad to pay off his bills and help with with household chores . Once he managed to pull that off , here is how he spent the rest of his time … 10 : 00 am – 10 : 00 pm : A very tiered Ponchie , from having stayed up all night , locked his puppy in the bathroom and hit the sack . 10 : 00 pm : Ponchie spent 2 minutes reflecting on how well he had slept . 11 : 00 pm : He called up his dad and asked his father to be grateful for being allowed to pay his credit card bills and for being asked to fix his leaky faucet . 12 : 00am : He chugged down 2 bottles of wine . 1 : 00 am : He struggled hard to stay awake again , so he could once be awake for the early magical part of the day . There you have it . The last 5 activities Yogi Ponchie indulged in , in order to complete the last 5 “ must do everyday activities for a happy and successful life . ” Any guesses ? Here are the suggestions from the author and how Ponchie thought he was meeting them . 6 . Spend Some Time Alone : Each day we should try to make some space for spending time alone . Not only that , we should spend this time not in entertainment . In other words sitting alone watching TV , or surfing the internet , or locking your puppy up in the bathroom and going to sleep does not count . One should try to just be alone without excessive stimulation and of course be Awake . When one is alone in this way , not escaping into some entertainment , it will give one visibility into the self in action . This is essential 7 . Do Your Daily Accounting at the End of the Day : This is a wonderful meditation to adopt into one ’ s lifestyle . It does not require much effort to do and the rewards gained from this simple technique are enormous . At the end of the day spend some time and reflect back on the day chronologically , from the time you woke up to the present time . Look back and see how you acted , what you said , how you said it , what you felt , what you thought etc . Especially reflect on situations that posed a challenge or were emotional in nature . 8 . Do at Least One Good Deed : Everyday do something good for someone else . Do something thoughtful , kind , generous . Greed , aggression , competitiveness , arrogance , ambition are so widespread , take a moment and contribute to the energy of thoughtfulness , generosity , compassion , humility and giving . Do it without focusing on the reward . My grandfather would daily , randomly and secretly give some money away to the poor who he would encounter on the street . Just because it was a nice thing to do . Our Yogi friend thought giving his dad a chance to do 9 . Get Some Entertainment : You need to relax and enjoy yourself daily as well . You will find that when you do n ’ t endless pursue the pleasure principle all day , the time when you do indulge , is so much more fun and enjoyable . You will really be able to laugh and be happy . You will be full of joy and humor . Try to not go overboard during this time and chug down bottles of wine like our buddy , but do spend some time just in healthy entertainment everyday as well . It is important for your 10 . Do Something Difficult : Everyday you should take on the challenge of doing something which is outside your comfort zone . It is easy to live in a cocoon , with a do not disturb sign on the door , but then chances are you are not growing and are instead falling into a pattern of reactive living . So have courage and take on the challenge of doing those things which you know deep inside you need to do , but have been able to cleverly avoid . It does not have to be running the New York Marathon , it could be So there you have it . The 10 activities you should do daily to have a happy , meaningful and good life . So take one day at a time the best you can and include in it these 10 pearls of wisdom . 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http://annals.org/aim/article/713730/association-between-medications-relax-lower-esophageal-sphincter-risk-esophageal-adenocarcinoma | This Issue NEXT ARTICLE › Original Research | 1 August 2000 Association between Medications That Relax the Lower Esophageal Sphincter and Risk for Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Jesper Lagergren , MD , PhD ; Reinhold Bergström , PhD ; Hans - Olov Adami , MD , PhD ; Olof Nyrén , MD , PhD Abstract Background : The incidence of esophageal adenocarcinoma is increasing rapidly . Gastroesophageal reflux is a strong risk factor for this disease . The increase in incidence of esophageal adenocarcinoma coincided with the introduction of medications that promote reflux by relaxing the lower esophageal sphincter ( LES ) , such as nitroglycerin , anticholinergics , β - adrenergic agonists , aminophyllines , and benzodiazepines . Objective : To test the possible association between use of LES - relaxing medications and risk for adenocarcinoma of the esophagus and gastric cardia . Design : A nationwide population - based case – control study with in - person interviews . Setting : Sweden , 1995 through 1997 . Patients : 189 patients with newly diagnosed esophageal adenocarcinoma , 262 with adenocarcinoma of the gastric cardia , and 167 with esophageal squamous - cell carcinoma were compared with 820 population - based controls . Measurements : Estimated incidence rate ratios , calculated by using multivariate logistic regression from case – control data with adjustment for potential confounding . Results : Past use of LES - relaxing drugs was positively associated with risk for esophageal adenocarcinoma . Among daily , long - term users ( > 5 years ) of LES - relaxing drugs , the estimated incidence rate ratio was 3.8 ( 95 % CI , 2.2 to 6.4 ) compared with persons who had never used these drugs . Drugs of all classes contributed to the increased risk , but the association was particularly strong for anticholinergics . Short - term use of other types of LES - relaxing drugs did not seem to be strongly associated with risk Conclusions : The widespread use of LES - relaxing drugs may have contributed to the increasing incidence of esophageal adenocarcinoma . FULL TEXT | [
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http://annetteshealthaction.com/whole-food-nutrition/cherries-a-natural-laxative-and-iron-builder/ | You are here : Home Whole Food Nutrition / Cherries – a natural laxative and iron builder . Cherries – a natural laxative and iron builder . July 4 , 2011 by Annette Leave a Comment Summer is here , and so is your access to fresh , alive food ! This is exactly what your body requires to feel more energetic . The other day I was mentioning to my sister about how black cherry juice will help her build or maintain her iron levels in her blood . Her response was that she did n ’ t want to become constipated , and this reminded me of how the average person may have this experience or belief of relating “ iron pills ” to “ constipation ” . If you are looking to build strong healthy blood , without constipation , look no further . Now is the season for cherries , and cherries are a wonderful food that is high in iron , is a natural laxative , and a wonderful blood builder . This is the amazing benefit of using whole foods for improving your health , the side effects are actually “ side benefits ” , nature ’ s wisdom at it ’ s finest . Other benefits of cherries and cherry juice include : – it is wonderful for elimination – it is a gall bladder and liver cleanser – drink a 6 oz . glass of black cherry juice each morning before breakfast as a mini gall bladder and liver cleanse . – it benefits the stomach , and joints too . Cherries are best eaten alone , or with other fruits , and not with starches . Now is the time to use the foods in season to build your health , naturally . If you want to watch a short “ Cherries and Your Health ” Video I created last year , you can see me in a cherry orchard , going over the benefits of cherries for you and your family , you can view it here : ( it ’ s only 3 minutes ) , . It ’ s important to also note that cherry juice is higher in sugar content than eating the whole fruit , and therefore if you are a diabetic or wanting to manage your blood sugar levels , the whole fruit with the fiber may be a better choice for you . I wish all of you a Happy Canada Day , and USA Indepencance Day week - end . Your Natural and Spiritual Health Coach , Annette PS Health Tip : Keep your eyes open for local u - pick farms , you and your family will enjoy the experience . Whole Food Nutrition | [
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http://annex.wikia.com/wiki/WIAT | in : Wcbs 1 1941 - 1946 2 1946 - 1951 and 4 more WIAT Edit Share WIAT is the CBS affiliate in the Birmingham Tuscaloosa Anniston , Alabama television market . It is a UHF television station licensed to Birmingham , on digital channel 30 , although through the use of PSIP technology the stations channel number is displayed as 42.1 . Its transmitter is located on Red Mountain , just by the city ' s southern edge WIAT Birmingham , Alabama Branding CBS 42 ( general ) CBS 42 News ( newscasts ) Slogan The Names You Know . . . The Experience You Trust Channels Digital : 30 ( UHF Virtual : 42 ( PSIP Subchannels 42.1 CBS 42.2 Untamed Sports TV 42.3 Weather Translators 42 ( UHF ) Tuscaloosa ( construction permit ) Affiliations Owner New Vision Television , Inc . ( NVT Birmingham Licensee , LLC ) First air date October 17 , 1965 Call letters ' meaning I t ' s A bout T ime ( former station slogan ) Former callsigns WBMG ( 1965 - 1998 ) Former channel number ( s ) Analog : 42 ( 1965 - 2009 ) Former affiliations Secondary NBC ( 1965 - 1970 ) Transmitter power 1000 kW Height 426 m Facility ID 5360 Transmitter coordinates 33 ° 29 ′ 4.5 ″ N86 ° 48 ′ 25.4 ″ W Website www . cbs42 . com Contents show As WBMG The station signed on October 17 , 1965 as WBMG ( standing for B ir M in G ham ) . It was owned by Bill DuBois , a local investment banker . A minority owner was Southern Broadcasting , owners of radio station WSGN As was the case at the time with most UHF stations in markets served by at least two commercial VHF stations - - in Birmingham ' s case , NBC affiliate WAPI - TV , now WVTM - TV ; and then - ABC affiliate WBRC - TV - - WBMG experienced considerable competitive disadvantages from the outset . Many households did not have TV sets capable of viewing UHF signals without a converter . Television set manufacturers had only begun including UHF tuning a year earlier , per a 1962 directive from the Federal Communications Commission ( FCC ) . The station ' s signal also left much to be desired . This was particularly problematic since central Alabama is a fairly large market geographically , with hilly - to - mountainous terrain . This was a major reason that it took longer for Birmingham to get a third station than other cities of its size ; Birmingham had been big enough to support a third station since the 1950s . At the time , UHF stations usually did n ' t get good coverage in areas with rugged terrain . As a result , only Birmingham itself and some inner - ring suburbs over Red Mountain received channel 42 clearly . As a result , although on paper WBMG took the CBS affiliation from WAPI , CBS continued to allow channel 13 to air some of its more popular programming . WBMG was left with numerous lower - rated CBS shows , and filled the schedule with some NBC shows that WAPI - TV turned down . One of them was , strangely given its popularity elsewhere in the country , The Tonight Show Another example is the Heidi Game , the infamous American Football League game played in 1968 One benefit , though , was that the CBS Evening News returned to Birmingham after several years ' absence . After the networks expanded their national newscasts to half an hour , NBC ' s The Huntley - Brinkley Report was the only national newscast seen in Birmingham for much of the 1960s . Both stations listed their affiliation as " CBS / NBC . " By 1970 , though , WAPI ' s owners , the Newhouse family , opted for an exclusive contract with NBC , leaving WBMG to take a full CBS affiliation more or less by default . With a poor signal , the lack of sets with UHF capability and two of the South ' s oldest and most respected stations as competition , WBMG found the going very difficult . But many of WBMG ' s problems were of its own making . Its newscasts often — inadvertently or not — became comedy shows . Examples of this include mid - 1970s sportscaster ( and local radio personality ) Tommy Charles wadding up scripts and tossing them over his shoulder after reading them , as well as even letting balloons fly around the set for no Furthermore , CBS ' decision in 1971 to cancel many of its rural - oriented sitcoms and variety shows , especially the country music showcase Hee Haw and shows hosted by Sylacauga native Jim Nabors , in order to comply with the Prime Time Access Rule may have hurt WBMG ' s ability to attract viewers in rural Alabama , where those programs were highly popular among viewers . Still , WBMG gained publicity in central Alabama for some local shows , such as live studio wrestling , and the children ' s show Sergeant Jack , which featured former WSGN radio disc jockey Neal Miller , who donned the uniform of a sheriff ' s deputy ( and actually was sworn in as an honorary deputy by the Jefferson County sheriff himself ) and engaged in fanciful banter with puppets Sergeant Jack ran on weekdays from 1965 to 1976 and on weekends from that point until 1982 . Mother Angelica , who would later launch the Christian cable network EWTN from Irondale in 1981 , began her career by taping faith - related programs at the WBMG studios for distribution on the station and other cable networks . Park Communications bought WBMG in 1973 . Park significantly boosted the station ' s signal , erecting a new tower in 1974 . It also tried to professionalize the newscasts , with little success . WBMG had no local newscasts at all from 1980 until 1987 , aside from hourly cut - ins . During this time , the station broadcast syndicated shows at both 5 and 10 p.m. Even when local news returned in 1987 , WBMG had no luck whatsoever competing with WVTM and WBRC . It was perennially one of CBS ' weakest affiliates , in marked contrast to its competitors , who WTTO , an independent station ( and later a Fox affiliate ) that had only been on the air since 1982 . Since WBMG ' s signal was still rather weak after the signal boost , many cable systems in the western and eastern portions of the market would n ' t carry it . As a result , CBS retained affiliation with two other stations in central Alabama , WCFT - TV in Tuscaloosa and WHMA - TV ( later WJSU - TV ) in Anniston . Both stations , started during WBMG ' s formative period , reached some Birmingham homes with UHF rooftop antennas . WCFT and WHMA / WJSU regularly trounced WBMG in their respective regions . This was especially true in Anniston since WBMG ' s signal did n ' t cover east central Alabama well at all during that period , again because of high elevations from the Appalachian foothills . By the early 1990s , WBMG was only ahead of WABM in the Birmingham ratings . Despite this , the station managed to make a name for itself while John Harrod was news director . He launched a very aggressive and hard hitting news department , concentrating exclusively on local stories and investigative reporting . During his time as news director from 1990 through 1995 , the station won awards from the Associated Press for its reporting . Unfortunately , critical acclaim was not rewarded with a ratings win . In 1995 , Fox purchased WBRC . ABC ' s affiliation with WBRC did not expire until September 1996 , so Fox continued to run WBRC as an ABC affiliate while ABC looked for a new affiliate in the central Alabama area . It first approached WTTO , but broke off talks after WTTO would only offer a secondary affiliation , carrying just prime time and sports . ABC ' s second choice , WBMG , at least had a news department and ABC even offered to buy the station . Instead , WBMG re - signed a long - WBMA , a low - powered station whose signal did not carry outside of Jefferson and Shelby counties . The switch took place in September . At that time , CBS decided to affiliate with yet another central Alabama station , WNAL - TV ( now WPXH ) in Gadsden , which put a fairly decent signal into the eastern portions of the Birmingham area , as well as eastern Alabama . However , WNAL simulcasted WBMG ' s newscasts during this time . As WIAT Park Communications merged with Media General . However , WBMG stayed in the ratings basement with a mere 1 % market share , trailing not only WVTM and WBRC but also WTTO and at times even WABM . After only a few months , new general manager Eric Land had seen enough . On New Year ' s Day 1998 , he canceled all newscasts and fired nearly all of the anchors and reporters . Over the next month , channel 42 rebuilt its news department from scratch . During that time , the station showed a picture of a countdown clock at 5 and 10 p.m. - - the slots where news would air once the product was re - launched . In order to signify a new start , Media General had the station ' s callsign changed to , which stood for I t ' s A bout T ime , the station ' s new slogan . The new format debuted on February 5 , 1998 — the same day as the start of the Winter Olympics - - with a new name , " 42 Daily News " . Land was seen just before the countdown clock expired speaking to an unseen audience , then throwing a switch that blew up an image of the WBMG logo , with the new WIAT logo emerging . At first , the station did not have any on - air reporters . All stories were narrated by the anchors , much as was the case for most television stations until the 1960s . Strict time limits were imposed on story lengths , leading to segments such as " Top Story in a Minute , " " Weather Minute , " " Neighborhood Minute , " a " 2 - Minute Drill " sportscast , etc . The new anchor team was mostly made up of talent from out of town , except for the two - person sports team . Sports Director Paul Finebaum ' s established popularity from his highly - opinionated newspaper column and radio show sparked some interest from sports fans . However , his sportscasts were often seen as incomplete since he had only two minutes to convey the day ' s sports . Weekend sports anchor Sam Smith was the only on - air WBMG staff member to survive the transition to WIAT ; however , he soon departed . Even with the time constraints , WIAT was seen as making a more credible effort at news than ever before . Ratings increased immediately but were still not enough to overtake the competition . However , that year the station received its first two Emmy Awards in station history . The station later updated its image to become " News 42 . " It also began adding reporters , and gradually eased its strict time limits on story lengths . In 2003 , Bill Ballard , who took over as President and General Manager , created a new path for the station which included numerous changes such as stronger programming like Dr . Phil Jeopardy ! Entertainment Tonight and Wendy Williams and a much more aggressive approach to news coverage . The moves which were implemented have dramatically altered the landscape of Central Alabama television . In April 2006 , Media General bought four NBC owned and operated stations , including WVTM . Since the Federal Communications Commission ( FCC ) does not allow one company to own two of the four largest stations in a single market , Media General opted to keep the then higher - rated WVTM and sell WIAT to another owner . On August 2 , 2006 , New Vision Television , LLC announced its purchase of WIAT and sister station KIMT in Mason City , Iowa for $ 35 million . The sale was finalized on October 12 , 2006 . [ 1 WIAT has seen some of the largest ratings gains in its history since this sale , posting higher late news ratings than WVTM since 2006 . WIAT is now considered one of the strongest CBS affiliates in the nation ; only a decade ago , it was one of the weakest . Additionally , CBS ' broadcasts of Southeastern Conference football garner higher ratings on WIAT than anywhere else in the nation . Previous owners of Channel 42 1965 – 1973 : William DuBois , Southern Broadcasting 1973 – 1997 : Park Communications 1997 – 2006 : Media General 2006 – present : New Vision Television Digital television The station ' s digital signal is multiplexed : Digital channels Virtual Channel Physical RF Channel Video Aspect Programming 42.1 30.1 1080i 16 : 9 Main WIAT programming / CBS HD 42.2 30.2 480i 4 : 3 Untamed Sports TV SD 42.3 30.3 480i 4 : 3 CBS 42 Weather SD Untamed Sports TV was added on a subchannel in 2009 . WIAT promotes 42.2 as a separate channel on the air and the station ' s website . In addition to Untamed Sports , 42.2 also carries live and tape - delayed local high school sports and the Rick and Bubba show . On April 5 , 2010 , the FCC granted WIAT a construction permit for a digital fill - in translator on their pre - analog allotment Channel 42 . The translator will serve the Tuscaloosa area . News operation This section does not cite any references or sources .Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged removed ( July 2010 ) Unlike most CBS affiliates in the Central Time Zone , WIAT does not air local news during the weekday noon timeslot . In October 2005 , WIAT teamed with former WB affiliate WTTO , now a CW affiliate ( as of September 2006 ) to begin producing a 9 p.m. newscast . Using the same set and anchors as WIAT and a modified graphics package , the CW21 News at 9 ( formerly WB21 News at 9 ) aired seven days a week . However , the newscasts were discontinued on October 13 , 2006 , after the finalization of the Media General / New Vision deal , therefore leaving WTTO with no evening newscasts , as WVTM opted not to continue them under the previous Media General agreement . In 2007 and 2008 , WIAT won more Alabama Broadcasters Association Awards than any other station , as well as numerous Associated Press Awards , including the following : Best Anchor : Sherri Jackson Best Reporter : Stephen Hauck Best Website : www . cbs42 . com Best Feature News Story ( twice running ) Best Station Promotion Best Commercial Production ( twice running ) Best Public Service Announcement Best Web Journalism On April 9 , 2010 , WIAT began broadcasting its local newscasts in High Definition , making WIAT the third station in the Birmingham - Tuscaloosa - Anniston market after WVTM and WBRC to do so . The news set and the graphics were also redesigned in the transition to HD . Ratings WIAT has seen some of the largest ratings gains in its history since this sale , posting higher late news ratings than WVTM since 2006 . WIAT is now considered one of the strongest overall CBS affiliates in the nation ; only a decade ago , it was one of the weakest . Additionally , CBS ' broadcasts of Southeastern Conference football garner higher ratings on WIAT than anywhere else in the nation . The ratings continue to climb in all dayparts , and as the other stations in Central Alabama continually lose household ratings from sign on to sign off , WIAT is the only station to post household growth year to year . News / station presentation Newscast titles 42 News ( 1965 - 1974 & 1992 – 1997 ) 42 NewsPlus ( 1974 - 1980s ) Metro News Action News Birmingham ( 1987 – 1991 ) Action News 42 ( 1991 – 1992 ) 42 Daily News ( 1998 – 2004 ) News 42 ( 2004 – 2007 ) CBS 42 News ( 2007 – 2014 ) WIAT 42 News ( 2014 – present ) Station slogans The Best in View : Channel 42 ( mid 1970s ) Looking Better than Ever ( 1980s ) Birmingham ' s News for the ' 90s ( 1990 – 1992 ) The Look of Birmingham ( 1992 – 1995 ) Coverage You Can Count On ( 1996 – 1997 & 2014 – present ) It ' s About Time ( 1998 – 2007 ) The Names You Know . . . The Experience You Trust ! ( 2009 – 2012 ) Alabama ' s Television Station of the Year ( 2012 – 2014 ) News team News team Current on - air staff Anchors Trent Butler - weeknights at 5 : 00 , 6 : 00 and 10 : 00 p.m . Cynthia Gould - weekend evenings ; also executive producer of special projects Stephen Hauck - weekday mornings Wake Up Alabama ( 4 : 30 - 7 : 00 a.m. ) Sherri Jackson - weeknights at 5 : 00 , 6 : 00 and 10 : 00 p.m . Gina Redmond - weekday mornings on Wake Up Alabama ( 4 : 30 - 7 : 00 a.m. ) Natalie Tejeda - weekend evenings CBS 42 Weather Gene Norman ( AMS Certified Broadcast Metorologist Seal of Approval ) - chief meteorologist ; weeknights at 5 : 00 , 6 : 00 and 10 : 00 p.m . Mark Prater ( AMS and NWA Seals of Approval ) - meteorologist ; weekday mornings on Ted McInerney ( member , AMS ; member , NWA ) - meteorologist ; weekend evenings Sports team Patrick Claybon - sports director ; Wednesday - Fridays at 6 and 10 p.m. , also sports reporter Jim Dunaway - sports anchor ; Mondays and Tuesdays at 6 and 10 p.m. , and weekend evenings Lauren Sisler - sports anchor / reporter Melissa Kim - sports reporter Reporters Melissa Crabtree - Jasper bureau reporter / photojournalist Leigh ( Kim ) Garner - Tuscaloosa bureau reporter Rick Jackson - weekday morning reporter / photojournalist Mike McClanahan - general assignment reporter ; also photojournalist Kaitlin McCulley - general assignment and health reporter Phillip Ohnemus - general assignment reporter ; also photojournalist Al Ratcliffe - general assignment reporter ; also photojournalist Tiffany Westry - general assignment reporter ; also photojournalist Chris Womack - general assignment reporter ; also photojournalist Former on - air staff Fred Barnhill - meteorologist ( 1990s ) Doug Bell - sports director ( 1987 - 1997 ; husband of WCFT / WJSU news anchor Brenda Ladun ; currently doing freelance sports reporting ) Sarah Black - weekend meteorologist ( 2005 – 2007 ; now at KALB - TV in Alexandra , Louisiana ) Barbara Bolding - anchor and reporter ( 1991 – 1993 ) Bill Bolen - anchor ( 1965 – 1969 , left to join WBRC - TV , where he remained until his retirement in 2010 ) Declan Cannon - meteorologist ( 1998 – 2002 ) Dale Cardwell - investigator reporter ( 1984 - 1987 ; now now has own consumer website called trustdale . com ) Lynda Cardwell - producer later news anchor ( late 1980s ) Valorie Carter - anchor ( 1995 - 1997 : currently on WSFA - TV in Montgomery , Alabama ) Keith Cate - anchor ( 1998 – 2000 ; currently at WFLA - TV in Tampa ) Tommy Charles - sports anchor ( 1970s ; better known as a local radio personality on WSGN WYDE WAQY WVOK WRKK / WQUS WERC Tim Coleman - weekend meteorologist ( 2001 – 2004 ) Ki Sanders Corley - news anchor ( late 1980s ) Ken Daily - weekend meteorologist ( 1996 – 1997 ) Don Davis - weather anchor later news reporter ( 1988 – 1989 ) Hank Erwin - anchor ( late 1970s - early 1980s ; later became a news reporter on WYDE , formerly a member of the Alabama State Legislature Mickey Ferguson - weekend news anchor ( 1990 – 1991 ; now weekday weather anchot at Paul Finebaum - sports director ( 1998 – 2001 ; currently hosting syndicated sports talk show based at WJOX Catherine Gee - weather reporter , then news anchor ( 1980s - 1992 ) Ryan Goswick - meteorolgist ( 2000 – 2002 ; now at The Weather Channel ) Julie Golden - weather reporter , then news anchor ( late 1980s ) Bob Greene - sports anchor ( late - 1980s - early 1990s ) Richard Jacks - weekend meteorogist ( mid - 1990s , now at WVTM - TV Lily Jang - weekend anchor reporter ( 1998 – 2004 ; now at KCPQ - TV in Tacoma Seattle , Washington Melony Johnson - weekday evenings anchor ( 1992 – 1998 ) David Lamb - anchor ( 2000 – 2008 ; currently co - host of Daytime Alabama on Tim Lennox - Reporter / News Anchor Host of " Southern Exposure " . . .weather + feature story , for three years . ( 1995 – 1998 ; now at WAKA - TV in Montgomery ) Andrea Lindenberg - anchor ( 1990s currently evening anchor on Marianne Matthews - anchor ( late 1980s ) Myke Motley - meteorologist and fill - in anchor ( 1998 – 2000 ) ( deceased ) Bonnie McLaughlin - meteorologist ( 1998 – 2002 ; married to former meteorologist Declan Cannon ) Bill Murray - meteorologist ( 1991 – 1995 ; now in hotel management ) Richard Ortner - meteorologist ( 1996 – 1998 ) Paul Ossmann - meteorologist ( late 1980s : formerly of WAGA - TV currently on WXIA - TV WATL in Atlanta ) Steve Ross - anchor ( late 1980s ) David Sawyer - meteorologist ( 2004 – 2009 ; now at WNCT - TV in Greenville , North Carolina ) Chris Schauble - anchor ( 1996 – 1998 ; now at KNBC - TV in Los Angeles , California ) Sam Smith - weekend sports anchor ( 1996 – 1998 ) Emily Stroud - anchor ( late 1980s - 1991 ; now at WBIR - TV in Knoxville ) Chip Tarkenton - sports anchor ( late 1980s ; currently at WRIC - TV in Richmond , Virginia ; nephew of former NFL quarterback Fran Tarkenton ) Jim Tice - weekend meteorologist ( late 1980s - early 1990 ) Regina Waller - morning anchor ( 1996 – 1997 ; now at public relations ) Tom Whitley - sports anchor ( late 1970s ) Charley Wideman - weather reporter ( 1960s ) Herb Winches - sports anchor ( 2005 – 2006 ) Transmitter The WIAT - TV Tower is a 365.8 meter high guyed mast , located at 30 ° 41 ' 17.0 " N and 87 ° 47 ' 54.0 " W . The WIAT - TV Tower was built in 1974 . http : / / www . skyscraperpage . com / diagrams / ? b17269 Listing 1059778 in the FCC Antenna Structure Registration database Station Logos 1965 - 1970 1970 - 1972 1972 - 1979 1979 - 1982 1982 - 1987 1987 - 1990 1990 - 1991 1991 - 1992 1992 - 1994 1994 - 1995 1996 - 1998 1998 - 2004 2004 - 2007 2007 - 2010 2010 - present References a b Nelson , Bob ( 2008 - 10 - 18 ) . " Call Letter Origins " . The Broadcast Archive . http : / / nelson . oldradio . com / origins . call - list . html . Retrieved 2008 - 10 - 31 . Tim Hollis ( 2008 - 10 - 25 ) . " The " Heidi " game in Birmingham " . Birmingham Rewound . http : / / www . birminghamrewound . com / features / heidi . htm . Retrieved 2009 - 01 - 17 . Broadcasting Yearbook 1975 I Want 42.2 - WIAT . com https : / / licensing . fcc . gov / cgi - bin / ws . exe / prod / cdbs / forms / prod / cdbsmenu . hts ? context = 25&appn = 101360911&formid = 346&fac_num = 5360 " CBS 42 Staff Bios " . 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http://annex.wikia.com/wiki/WNYW | in Channel 5 virtual TV Stations in the United States Fox affiliates Fox ownedandoperated television stations WNYW Share WNYWTV channel 5 is the flagship television station of the News Corporation owned Fox Broadcasting Company located in New York City The stations transmitter is atop the Empire State Building and its studio facilities are located in Manhattans Yorkville neighborhood WNYW is a sister station to Secaucus New Jersey based WWORTV channel 9 the New York areas MyNetworkTV flagship station WNYWTV New York New York Branding Fox 5 general Fox 5 News newscasts Slogan The Most Powerful Name in Local News news Experience the Magic general Channels Digital 44 UHF Virtual 5 PSIP Subchannels 51 Fox 52 MyNetworkTV WWORTV Affiliations Fox Owner Fox Television Stations Fox Television Stations Inc First air date May 2 1944 Call letters meaning disambiguation of former WNEWTV callsign Sister stations WWORTV Former callsigns WABD 19441958 WNEWTV 19581986 Former channel numbers 4 VHF 19441945 5 VHF 19462009 Former affiliations DuMont 19441956 Independent 19561986 Transmitter power 246 kW Height 367 m 1204 ft Facility ID 22206 Transmitter coordinates 4044544N735984W Website wwwmyfoxnycom In the few areas of the eastern United States where viewers can not receive Fox network programs overtheair WNYW is available on satellite via DirecTV which also provides coverage of the station to Latin American countries and on JetBlue s LiveTV inflight entertainment system WNYW is also available on cable in the Caribbean As of March 4 2009 WNYW is once again available on Dish Network as part of All American Directs distant network package Contents show The DuMont era The station traces its history to 1938 when television set and equipment manufacturer Allen B DuMont founded W2XVT renamed as W2XWV in 1944 an experimental station On May 2 1944 the station received its commercial license the third in New York City on channel 4 as WABD after DuMonts initials It was one of the few stations that continued broadcasting during World War II making it the fourtholdest continuously broadcasting commercial station in the United States The station broadcast from 515 Madison Avenue and on December 15 1945 WABD was reassigned from channel 4 to channel 5 Soon after channel 5 received its commercial license DuMont Laboratories began a series of experimental coaxial cable hookups between WABD and W3XWT a DuMontowned experimental station in Washington DC now WTTG These hookups were the beginning of the DuMont Television Network the worlds first licensed commercial television network DuMont began regular network service in 1946 with WABD as the flagship station In 1954 WABD and DuMont moved into the 5 million DuMont TeleCentre at 205 East 67th Street in the Yorkville section of Manhattan inside the shell of the space formerly occupied by Jacob Ruppert s Central Opera House A halfcentury later channel 5 is still headquartered in the same building which was later renamed the Metromedia Telecenter and is known today as the Fox Television Center The Metromedia era The Fox Television Center 205 East 67th St in New York City was opened by DuMont in June 1954 and is the stations current studio In the early 1960s WNEWTV produced childrens shows such as Romper Room until 1966 when it moved to WORTV The Sandy Becker Show and The Sonny Fox Show which was later known as Wonderama Bob McAllister took over hosting Wonderama in 1967 and by 1970 Wonderama was syndicated to Metromedias other stations WNEWTV also originated the Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon in 1966 and broadcasted it annually until 1986 In the 1970s local programming also included a weekly public affairs show hosted by Gabe Pressman and Midday Live a daily talkinformation show hosted by Lee Leonard and later by Bill Boggs By February 1955 DuMont realized it could not continue in network television and decided to shut down network operations and operate WABD and its Washington sister station WTTG also operating on channel 5 as independents After DuMont aired its last network broadcast in August 1956 DuMont spun off WABD and WTTG as the DuMont Broadcasting Corporation which changed its name in early 1958 to Metropolitan Broadcasting Corporation In 1958 Washingtonbased investor John Kluge acquired controlling interest in Metropolitan Broadcasting and installed himself as the companys chairman WABDs operations were merged with WNEW radio 1130 AM now WBBR and 1027 FM now WWFS also owned by Kluge Channel 5s call letters were changed on September 7 1958 to WNEWTV to match its new radio sisters Metropolitan Broadcasting would change its corporate name to Metromedia in 1961 however the Metropolitan Broadcasting name was retained for Metromedias TV and radio properties until 1967 By the 1970s the station was one of the strongest independent stations in the country Despite its two rivals eventual status as national superstations WNEWTV was the highestrated independent in New York From the early 1970s to the late 1980s channel 5 was a regional superstation available in large portions of the Northeast including most of upstate New York and portions of eastern Pennsylvania and southern New England Transition to Fox In 1986 Rupert Murdoch s News Corporation who had recently bought controlling interest in the 20th Century Fox film studio purchased the Metromedia television stations including WNEWTV The stations call letters were changed on March 7 1986 to WNYW and it and the other Metromedia stations formed the cornerstone of the Fox network with WNYW as the flagship station Initially WNYWs schedule changed little as Fox only aired network programming on weekends Channel 5 initially continued its format of cartoons and sitcoms into the late 1980s Murdoch had one local obstacle to overcome before his purchase of channel 5 could become final The News Corporation had been publishing the New York Post since 1976 and Federal Communications Commission rules of the time did not allow common ownership of newspapers and broadcast licenses in the same city Murdoch was granted a temporary waiver of this prohibition in order to complete the Metromedia television purchase The News Corporation would sell the Post in 1988 but reacquired the paper five years later with a permanent waiver of the crossownership rules Starting in the late summer of 1986 WNYW produced the nightly newsmagazine A Current Affair one of the first shows to be labeled under the tag tabloid television Originally a local program it was first anchored by Maury Povich formerly of WTTG and who would later do doubleduty albeit briefly on WNYWs newscasts as an anchor Within months of its launch A Current Affair was on the other Foxowned stations and in 1988 the series went into national syndication where it remained until its cancellation in 1996 On August 2 1988 the station dropped the morning cartoons in favor of a morning newscast called Good Day New York WNYW became the first Foxowned station as well as Fox affiliate with a weekday morning newscast and within five years of its launch it became the toprated morning show in the New York market Today it remains a viable competitor to the network morning shows and the success of Good Day New York led to other Foxowned stations launching morning shows of their own notably Fox Morning News on WTTG Fox News in the Morning on WFLDTV in Chicago and Good Day LA on KTTV in Los Angeles From 1999 to 2001 WNYW was the broadcast home of the New York Yankees displacing longtime incumbent WPIX In 2001 Fox bought most of the television interests of ChrisCraft Industries including WNYWs former rival WWORTV In the fall of 2001 WNYW dropped the Fox Kids weekday block and moved it to WWORTV where it ran for a few more months before being cancelled at the end of the year Some office functions have been merged but most of the stations operations remain separate Fox announced plans to merge the two stations operations in 2004 with WWORTV moving from its studios in Secaucus to the Fox Television Center However it backed off later in the year under pressure from New Jerseys congressional delegation As a result of the September 11 attacks in 2001 the transmitter facilities of WNYW as well as eight other local television stations and several radio stations were destroyed when two hijacked airplanes crashed into and destroyed the World Trade Center towers Since then WNYW has been transmitting its signal from the Empire State Building The station had previously transmitted from the Empire State Building until moving to the World Trade Center in the 1970s On September 16 2009 during the 10 pm newscast anchor Ernie Anastos cursed live on air while engaging in banter with chief meteorologist Nick Gregory The video in which Anastos said to Gregory I guess it takes a tough man to make a tender forecast and then added keep fucking that chicken gained some notoriety when it and multiple other videos of the onair gaffe were uploaded on YouTube and made him and WNYW the subject of a joke on ABC s Jimmy Kimmel Live Anastos apologized for the incident the following nights 10 pm newscast saying I misspoke during last nights broadcast I apologize for my remarks to anyone who may have been offended Digital programming The stations digital signal is multiplexed Digital channels Channel Name Programming 51 WNYWDT1 Main WNYWTV Programming Fox HD 52 WNYWDT2 Main WWORTV Programming MyNetworkTV HD WNYW will add the transmitter on top of the new 1 World Trade Center will be setting in 2013 Analogtodigital conversion At 1159pm ET on June 12 2009 WNYW discontinued regular analog programming on channel 5 The stations analog signal faded to black during the closing credits of The Simpsons although it did not show the copyright or closing logos It remained on its pretransition channel 44 using PSIP to display WNYWs virtual channel as 5 It carried WWORs programming on digital subchannel 52 until 2009 when it changed the PSIP data to identify the virtual channel carrying WWORs programming to 92 Subchannel 92 still remains multiplexed with WNYW 51 on RF channel 44 News operation WNYWs HD news open as of November 2008 In the early days Channel 5 had newscasts before The 10 OClock News starting way back on May 2 1944 when Channel 5 began their original newscast Late Night News which would seen for just one year In 1945 it rebranded as TV5 Late Report which would be on for 17 years And then from 1962 to March 10 1967 it rebranded again this time as TV5 24 Hours The station is home to one of Americas longestrunning primetime local newscasts The 10 OClock News now Fox 5 News at Ten premiered on March 13 1967 as New Yorks first primetime newscast Each night The 10 OClock News was preceded by the simple but nowfamous announcement Its 1000 pm Do you know where your children are While its exact origins are unknown staff announcer Tom Gregory was one of the first people to say this famous line that WNEW pioneered Other television stations in the country have adopted this for their own 10 pm or 11 pm slots which may depend on the start of the local youth curfew in each market Celebrities were often used in the 1980s to read the slogan and for a time in the late 1970s the station added a warmer announcement earlier in the day Its 600 pm Have you hugged your child todayWNYW broadcasts a total of 43 hours of local news a week 8 hours a day 2 hours Saturday and 1 hour on Sunday more than any other television station in New York City and New York state however as is standard with Fox stations that carry early evening weekend newscasts WNYWs Saturday and Sunday 6 pm newscasts are subject Another popular segment on The 10 OClock News starting in 1975 and continuing to 1985 were nightly oped debates which pitted conservative Martin Abend against liberal Professor Sidney Offit The debates could become shrill with Abend often descending into acrimonious personal invective citation needed WNYW also aired a 7 pm newscast from 1987 to 1993 known as Fox News at Seven In August 1988 WNYW launched Good Day New York a program comparable to the Today Show Good Morning America or The Early Show In 1991 a new and eventually very popular music package was composed for the show by Edd Kalehoff a New York composer who is best known for composing the themes and music cues for several game shows notably The Price Is Right Since the Fox takeover WNYWs newscasts have become more tabloid in style and has been fodder for jokes even to the point of being parodied on Saturday Night Live and the consumer reporting segment The Problem Solvers receiving the same treatment on The Daily Show citation needed In 2002 WNYW added a 90minute block of newscasts from 5630 pm on weekdays giving the station just under 40 hours of local news per week which is the most of any television station in New York City In 2004 two events occurred involving the WNYW news department Longtime anchor John Roland a 35year veteran of channel 5 retired from the station on June 4 2004 Len Cannon a former NBC News correspondent who had joined WNYW as a reporter and anchor some time earlier was initially named as Rolands replacement Then several months later veteran New York City anchorman Ernie Anastos signed a multiyear contract with WNYW despite the fact that he was at the time anchoring at WCBSTV The signing would displace Cannon as lead anchor and shortly after it was announced he asked for and was granted a release from contractual obligations with the station Anastos joined WNYW in July 2005 and Cannon joined KHOUTV in Houston as its lead anchor in the spring of 2006 In areas of New Jersey where the New York and Philadelphia markets overlap both WNYW and sister station WWORTV share resources with Philadelphia sister station WTXFTV The stations share reporters for stories occurring in New Jersey counties served by both markets On April 3 2006 WNYW revamped their entire onair appearance with a new set new music new graphics and a new logo The new graphics and logo package was later standardized for all of News Corps Fox stations Channel 5 is also one of the first Fox ownedandoperated stations to launch a MyFox powered website which features video more detailed news and new community features such as blogs and picture galleries On November 9 2008 WNYW began broadcasting their newscasts in highdefinition becoming the fifth New York City television station to do so On July 13 2009 a fifth hour of Good Day New York was added from 910 am In exchange for the hour the midday newscast was dropped In the fall of 2009 WNYW began sharing its news helicopter with NBC ownedandoperated WNBC The SkyFox HD helicopter operated by WNYW onair was renamed Chopper 5 However as of 2010 the SkyFox name has been reinstated for onair use while the Chopper 4 name continues to be used by WNBC Newsstation presentation Newscast titles Late Night News 19441945 TV5 Late Report 19451962 TV5 24 Hours 1962March 10 1967 The 10 OClock News March 10 19672001 Channel 5 News 1980s1987 Fox Channel 5 News 19871997 Good Day New York morning newscast August 1 1988present Fox 5 News 1997present Station slogans New Yorks Window On The World 19441973 Take 5 late 1970s Turn to 5 for a Change 1976 The Choice is Channel 5 Metromedia New York 5 19771978 We Give You a Choice 19781980 Your Choice is 5 19801984 Forty Years of Fine Tuning 19841985 Dont Let Fox 5 Weekend Pass You By 19871988 localized version of Fox ad campaign Fox 5 This is the Year 19881990 localized version of Fox ad campaign Its on Fox 5 19901992 localized version of Fox ad campaign Youre Watching Fox 5 19921993 localized version of Fox ad campaign Tough Enough for New York 19921993 news slogan It Could Only Happen on Fox 5 JanuarySeptember 1994 localized version of Fox ad campaign Fox 5 is Kickin It 19941995 The Spirit of 5 Were Gonna Keep it on Fox 5 19941995 localized version of Fox ad campaign NonStop Fox 5 JanuaryOctober 1996 localized version of Fox ad campaign Just One Fox 5 19972002 localized version of Fox ad campaign What New Yorkers Watch 20012006 Fox 5 NOW 20022006 The Most Powerful Name in Local News 2006present news slogan Fox 5 On 20072008 localized version of Fox ad campaign So Fox 5 20082009 localized version of Fox ad campaign Experience the Magic 20092012 general slogan Gallery WABD Channel 5 New Yorks Window On The World station id from 1944 WABD Channel 5 station id from the early 1950s WABD Channel 5 logo from 1957 WABD Channel 5 Production id from 1957 WNEW Channel 5 Metropolitan Broadcasting Corporation station id from 1959 WNEW Channel 5 Production id from 1965 WNEW Metromedia 5 logo from 1967 WNEW Channel 5 News The 10 OClock News Weeknight open from May 25 1977 WNEW Channel 5 News The 10 OClock News Weeknight open from July 14 1977 WNEW Channel 5 station id from 1977 WNEW Channel 5 News The 10 OClock News with Bill Jorgensen Weeknight intro from 1977 WNEWTV Hollywoods Finest open from 1977 WNEW Channel 5 News The 10 OClock News open from the late 1970s WNEWTV Movie Greats open from the late 1970s WNEW Channel 5 id from 1980 WNEW Channel 5 News Headlines bumper from 1980 WNEW Channel 5 News The 10 OClock News Nightcast close from 1980 WNEW Channel 5 News The 10 OClock News intro from 1980 WNEWTV Big Apple Minute bumper from 1980 WNEW Channel 5 Big Apple Minute close from 1980 WNEWTV Metromedia Movie id from 1980 WNEWTV Movie Greats id from 1980 WNEW Channel 5 id from the early to mid 1980s WNEW Channel 5 The DriveIn Movie open from the early 1980s WNEW Channel 5 News The 10 OClock Weekend News close from March 27 1982 WNEW Channel 5 id from 1982 WNEWTV Metromedia Movie open from 1982 WNEWTV Hollywoods Finest open from 1982 WNEWTV Academy Award Saturday West Side Story open from 1982 WNEWTV Academy Award Weekend open from 1982 WNEWTV Five Star Movie open from 1982 WNEWTV Big Apple Movie open from 1982 WNEW Channel 5 Movie Greats open from 1982 WNEW Channel 5 Next Movie Next ident from 1982 WNEW Channel 5 The Merv Show Next ident from 1982 WNEW Channel 5 The Merv Griffin Show ident from 1982 WNEW Channel 5 Mission Impossible Next ident from 1982 WNEW Channel 5 News The 10 OClock News Weeknight onair screen bug from April 25 1983 WNEW Channel 5 News The 10 OClock News Weeknight Still To Come bumper from April 25 1983 WNEW Channel 5 News The 10 OClock News Weeknight close from April 25 1983 WNEW Channel 5 News The 10 OClock News Nightcast bumper from June 5 1983 WNEW Channel 5 News The 10 OClock News Nightcast bumper 2 from June 5 1983 WNEW Channel 5 Breakaway Today promoid from 1983 WNEWTV Charlies Angels Weeknights id from 1983 WNEWTV Starsky And Hutch Weeknights promoid from 1983 WNEWTV Healthbeat Magazine Friday promo from 1983 WNEW Channel 5 HeMan And The Masters Of The Universe Weekdays promo from Fall 1983 WNEW Channel 5 PreAwards Special Sunday promo for February 26 1984 WNEWTV Happy Easter id from Spring 1984 WNEW Channel 5 id from 1984 WNEW Channel 5 Charlies Angels Next ident from late 1984 WNEW Channel 5 News The 10 OClock News Weeknight open from 1984 WNEW Channel 5 News Sports Extra open from 1984 WNEW Channel 5 News The 10 OClock News Nightcast open from 1984 WNEW Channel 5 News The 10 OClock News Weeknight close from late 1984 WNEW Channel 5 News The 10 OClock News We Give It To You Straight promo from 1984 WNEW Channel 5 News The 10 OClock News We Give It To You Straight promo 2 from 1984 WNEW Channel 5 News The 10 OClock News Next ident from 1984 WNEWTV Fame Tonight promoid from late 1984 WNEWTV Death Wish Tonight promo for late 1984 WNEW Channel 5 Star Search 85 Sunday promo from late 1984 WNEW Channel 5 Rituals Premieres promo for September 10 1984 WNEW Channel 5 PM Magazine WeeknightsBeginning id for September 10 1984 WNEW Channel 5 Too Close For Comfort Season Premiere id from October 1 1984 WNEWTV Happy Holidays Steve Dunlop promoid from December 1984 WNEW Channel 5 The Message Of Christmas With Archbishop John J OConnor Sunday ident for December 23 1984 WNEW Channel 5 Big Apple Minute close from 1985 WNEW Channel 5 The Savage Seven Sunday promo for early 1985 WNEW Channel 5 News The 10 OClock News Weeknight open from February 14 1985 WNEW Channel 5 News The 10 OClock News Update bumper from 1985 WNEWTV Hollywoods Finest open from 1985 WNEWTV Jayce And The Wheeled Warriors Coming promo for Fall 1985 WNEWTV Cartoons LineUp Coming promo for Fall 1985 WNEWTV Divorce Court Monday promoid from late 1985 WNEW Channel 5 Watch The Funnies LineUp Weeknights promo from late 1985 WNEWTV Whats Happening Tonight promoid from late 1985 WNEWTV Threes Company MASH Weeknights promo from late 1985 WNEW Channel 5 Threes Company Weeknights promo from late 1985 WNEWTV Dynasty Weeknights promo from late 1985 WNEWTV Dynasty Monday promo from late 1985 WNEWTV The Hobbit Saturday promo for November 30 1985 WNEWTV A Christmas Moment bumper from December 1985 WNEWTV A Night At The Opera promo for December 6 1985 WNEWTV First ChristmasYear Without Santa Friday promo for December 20 1985 WNYW Channel 5 station id from early 1986 WNYW Channel 5 News Midday With Bill Boggs Next id from early 1986 WNYW Channel 5 Hour Magazine Next id from early 1986 WNYW Channel 5 I Love Lucy Next id bug from early 1986 WNYW Channel 5 Charlies Angels Next id from early 1986 WNYW Channel 5 News The 10 OClock News We Give It To You Straight promo from early 1986 WNYW Channel 5 Taxi Next id from early 1986 WNYW Channel 5 Mission Impossible Next id from early 1986 WNYW Channel 5 Naked City Next id from early 1986 WNYW Channel 5 Leave It To Beaver Next id from early 1986 WNYW Channel 5 Kojak Next id from early 1986 WNYW Channel 5 News Sports Extra Sunday id from early 1986 WNYW Today promo from early 1986 WNYW Channel 5 Weeknights promo from early 1986 WNYW Channel 5 Friday promo from early 1986 WNYW Channel 5 Movie open from early 1986 WNYW Hollywoods Finest Will Return bumper from early 1986 WNYW Channel 5 The Channel 5 Movie Club open from early 1986 WNYW Channel 5 SignOff id from early 1986 WNYW Channel 5 Big Apple Minute close from early 1986 WNYW Channel 5 Movie open from Spring 1986 WNYW Channel 5 Starring New York Film Festival open from Spring 1986 WNYW Channel 5 American Treasure A Smithsonian Journey Sunday promo for March 23 1986 WNYW Channel 5 News Midday Next bumper from March 25 1986 WNYW Channel 5 Master Of The World Saturday promo for March 29 1986 WNYW Channel 5 Weeknight Comedy LineUp Begins This Week promo for the week of April 14 1986 WNYW Channel 5 Threes Company Weeknights promo from MidApril 1986 WNYW Channel 5 One Day At A Time Weeknights promo from MidApril 1986 WNYW Channel 5 MASH Weeknights promo from MidApril 1986 WNYW Channel 5 All In The Family Weeknights promo from MidApril 1986 WNYW Channel 5 Fast Break Sunday promo for May 4 1986 WNYW Channel 5 Conquest Of The Planet Of The Apes Sunday promo for July 27 1986 WNYW Fox Channel 5 A Current Affair Tonight promo from late July 1986 WNYW Fox Channel 5 The I Love Lucy Marathon Saturday promo for August 2 1986 WNYW Channel 5 Darker Than Amber Sunday promo for August 3 1986 WNYW Fox Channel 5 A Current Affair Tonight promo from late Summer 1986 WNYW Channel 5 Panic In The Year Zero Saturday promo for August 23 1986 WNYW Channel 5 Summer Fantasy Sunday promo for August 31 1986 WNYW Channel 5 The Jerry Lewis Telethon promo for Labor Day Weekend 1986 WNYW Fox Channel 5 id from late 1986 WNYW Channel 5 Movie open from late 1986 WNYW Tonight promo from late 1986 WNYW Fox Channel 5 Weekdays promo from late 1986 WNYW Saturday promo from late 1986 WNYW Fox Channel 5 Plastic Man Will Return bumper from late 1986 WNYW Silverhawks Weekdays promo from late 1986 WNYW Thundercats Weekdays promo from late 1986 WNYW Fox Channel 5 The Wonderful World Of Disney Sunday promo from late 1986 WNYW Fox Channel 5 The Best Of The National Geographic Special Monday promo for October 6 1986 WNYW Fox Channel 5 The AbsentMinded Professor Friday promo for October 10 1986 WNYW Fox Channel 5 The Late Show With Joan Rivers Late Nights Early Alternative Weeknights promo for the week of October 13 1986 WNYW Fox Channel 5 Clint Eastwood Week promo for the week of November 10 1986 WNYW Fox Channel 5 Happy Thanksgiving id from late November 1986 WNYW Fox Channel 5 White Christmas Saturday promo for November 29 1986 WNYW Channel 5 News The 10 OClock News Weeknight open from December 19 1986 WNYW Channel 5 News The 10 OClock News Weeknight onair screen bug from December 19 1986 WNYW Channel 5 News The 10 OClock News Update bumper from December 24 1986 WNYW Fox Channel 5 Big Apple Minute close from 1987 WNYW Elmer Gantry Sunday promo for early 1987 WNYW Channel 5 News The 10 OClock News Weeknight open from January 13 1987 WNYW Channel 5 News The 10 OClock News Weeknight onair screen bug from July 28 1987 WNYW Fox Channel 5 Hard Knox Sunday promo for Fall 1987 WNYW Fox Channel 5 logo from 1987 WNYW Fox Channel 5 logo 2 from 1987 WNYW Fox 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http://annie.wikia.com/wiki/Annie_(character) | in : Female characters Annie : A Royal Adventure ! Characters Orphans and 5 more Annie ( character ) Edit Comments ( 22 ) Share I think i ' m gonna like it here . Warning ! This article contains spoilers . Tomorrow , Tomorrow I love ya tomorrow You ' re always a day away This article was featured on the front page . Annie Warbucks Example Age 10 ( in 1982 film ) 11 ( broadway and 1999 & 2014 film ) 14 Annie : A Royal Adventure ! Occupation Orphan ( formerly ) Student Hair color Red Eye color Blue Skin color Fair Potrayers Andrea McArdle Aileen Quinn Alicia Morton Quvenzhané Wallis Ariana Grande Lea Salonga Ruby Stokes Lola Moxom Madeline Hayes Joanna Pacitti Brittany Kissinger Lilla Crawford Taylor Richardson Quote " Leapin Lizards ! " Annie , born Annie Bennett in the theatrical adaptations and later known as Annie Bennett - Warbucks , is the protagonist of the comics , the Broadway musical , and the films of the same name . She is a spunky , energetic eleven - year old girl . She has curly red / orange hair ( although she actually has straight auburn hair in the 1999 telefilm version , though it sometimes shown to be curly near the end ) . In the 2014 film , Annie had darker skin and her hair turned brown . Annie is friendly , good - natured , and usually positive . In the films , she was stated to Contents show Comic strip universe Little is known or revealed about Annie ' s origins in the comic strips . Kenneth Barker ' s article in Nemo , the Classic Comics Library # 8 mentions that Annie had been in Miss Asthma ' s orphanage since infancy . Annie describes the first thing that she remembered : " Bein ' in th ' ' Home ' and how mean Miss Asthma was . I guess I must have been there , right from th ' time I was born , almost . " There were in fact family records for Annie and her parents , but these were lost when the orphanage was razed on November 18 , 1928 . Despite much persuasion from Daddy Warbucks , Asthma refused to divulge what she remembered about Annie ' s biological family , apart from being left as a founding in front of the home . Theatrical rendition The novelization of the Broadway musical establishes that Annie was born to David and Margaret Bennett , two struggling and impoverished painters from Iowa who moved to New York in 1921 to study art at Cooper Union . A young couple , the Bennetts knew no immediate relatives in New York or back in Iowa , and when Margaret fell ill , her husband David left two - month old Annie at the orphanage in a last - ditch effort , leaving with the baby a note assuring Annie that they will be back for her . Since then , she hoped her parents would come to get her someday , counting each new year that has passed since . Annie has been miserable in the orphanage , no Miss Hannigan , since Hannigan often forces Annie and the rest of the orphans into labor all while she spends most of her earnings to alcohol . She also forces them to say , " I / We love you , Miss Hannigan . " to her , which the orphans sarcastically or begrudgingly comply . Fed up with the drudgery and yearning to find her true parents , Annie made her first attempt to escape from the orphanage , but not without getting caught by Hannigan . This did n ' t deter the orphan however , when Annie saw an opportunity by way of a laundry chute by a man named Bundles McCloskey . Annie smuggles herself into the chute and out of the orphanage . She later spends the next few months on the run from the orphanage , initially spending the winter as resident staff in Bixby ' s Beanery , a Personality Annie almost always maintains a good , positive attitude . She has a fairly good relationship with the rest of the orphans , though she has had a few quarrels with them , most especially with Pepper . In spite of her innocence and good - natured attitude , Annie does show her tomboyish side at points , being headstrong and more than willing to stand up for herself and her friends , such as when she got into a brawl as she rescued a stray dog ( whom she later christened as Sandy ) from a pack of street boys who were mistreating the dog . Abilities Being a young girl of eleven years , Annie does display skills typical of a child of the era . She is a skilled hand - to - hand combatant , able to knock out or out - punch boys and / or girls of her age ( such as when she defended Sandy from a band of bullies in the original musical , and tackled a girl named Kate McGuire who was coerced by Hannigan to pose as Annie in exchange for a huge sum of money in Annie II : Miss Hannigan ' s Revenge ) and even hold out on her own against older people ; she however only uses this as a last resort and would often resort to diplomatic means such as when she broke up arguments and fights between her peers at the orphanage . Such was her tenacity that even Pepper , the oldest among the orphans , was afraid of her ; the two would band together at school as a way to defend themselves and their fellow orphans from those who bully them . This made her the de facto leader of her group , especially when it comes to dealing with Miss Hannigan . She also proved to be adept at schoolwork , having taken interest in reading and geography and won the spelling bee at school , though her victory would be rendered null and void by the teachers who viewed her and the other orphans as pariahs due to their social status as destitutes . Similarities to other fictional characters Annie ' s backstory bore some similarities to Cosette and Cinderella but different personalities . The three were all subjected to slavery and cruelty from their respective masters or relatives , Cosette for one being forced into servitude in a similar manner to Annie , eventually being taken by Jean Valjean as his ward , and in the end became better off at life . A loose parallel may also be drawn with Victoria from Hitman Absolution , as both Annie and Victoria had spent some time at an orphanage and is subsequently rescued by well - to - do bald men who vowed to protect and care for the girls . Both Annie and Victoria were cruelly exploited and abused whilst under the care of their initial guardians , Annie and her fellow orphanage peers being forced into labour by Hannigan , and Victoria by Benjamin Travis of the ICA , who conceived her as an efficient and ruthless killing machine . Annie would later be taken in and eventually adopted by Oliver Warbucks who vowed Trivia All three original debuting actresses ' names started with an " A " , just like the character ' s : Andrea McArdle , who first played the role on Broadway ; Aileen Quinn , who played the role in the 1982 Columbia film , and Alicia Morton , who played the role in the 1999 Disney telefilm . She is played by Quvenzhané Wallis in the 2014 film . That went double for Ashley Johnson ( though she was n ' t introduced in this role ) when she played the role in the 1995 ( 1996 internationally ) Annie : A Royal Adventure ! ( See the picture above with all 4 of these Annies ) . The first person to actually play her that does n ' t start with an A is Lea Salonga . She has played her in the Broadway . If you want to see her sing . You can check three videos singing Tomorrow It ' s the Hard Knock Life , and Maybe online . This is also her first time to act on public . The reason why she ' s not that known to play Annie because she only played Annie when the Broadway went to Philippines . Similarly Ariana also made her debut by playing the role of Annie a video of her singing Tomorrow is found online . This was also mentioned on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon . Although in the original Broadway show and 1999 film , Annie ' s hair starts out straight and auburn , in the 1982 film , her hair is curly and red the whole time like Annie ' s appearance in the original comic strip , Little Orphan Annie The 2014 rendition of Annie is of African - American ancestry , a departure from the classic character who is hinted to be of Irish descent . 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http://annieshallmark.com/how-to-clean-pandora-jewelry/ | How to Clean Pandora Jewelry Made with the highest grade .925 sterling silver and 14 karat gold , Pandora jewelry designs start with quality . This jewelry is built to last a lifetime , but – like all silver jewelry – it will tarnish over time . To prolong the beautiful shine of your Pandora bracelet , never wear your bracelet in the shower , ocean , or pool . Take it off during physical activity where it can be banged ( or when you will sweat more ) and when you go to bed . Avoid contact with perfumes , skin creams , hairspray , chlorine , and sulfur . And remember to store your bracelet in an anti - tarnish container away from sunlight and heat . Sterling Silver and Gold To clean Pandora Jewelry at home you will need : • Clean , soft tooth brush • Bowl of warm water • Small amount of Dawn dish soap • Dry towel • Pandora polishing cloth Unclasp your bracelet ; if your bracelet is full , you may consider removing all or some of the beads and charms to ensure your bracelet is cleaned well . Put a small amount of Dawn detergent into a bowl of lukewarm water to make your cleaning solution . Use the soft tooth brush to scrub your jewelry with the cleaning solution . Rinse with clean water . Thoroughly dry and polish with Pandora polishing cloth . * Take off all wood charms and charms with cultured freshwater pearls prior to cleaning , as they will deteriorate over time with this method . Leather , Wood , Pearls If you need to clean a leather bracelet , use a very soft and dry cloth . Leather conditioner may be applied to protect the leather from stains while keeping it soft . Stains should be removed immediately before the substance soaks into the material . Cleaning should be done gently , by hand , with a mild professional cleaner free of chemicals . As an alternative to this cleaner , use mild soap . Create suds in a bowl , apply suds to the leather with a soft lint - free cloth . Do not immerse in soapy water NOTE : All Pandora jewelry products are covered by a one - year warranty covering manufacturing defects . Wearing non - Pandora charms can damage Pandora bracelets . Pandora will not replace , fix , or repair a product that has been used with non - Pandora products . The use of non - Pandora products on Pandora jewelry will void the warranty . To read the full Pandora warranty , click here View Blog Page | [
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http://annsfarm.com/Locker-Lamb.html | Locker Lamb When we sell our lamb , it is directly to our customers . That ' s a bit of a change for people who are used to buying their meat at a grocery store or from a butcher , so we ' ve put together a brief description of the process of buying locker lamb from us and a list of frequently asked questions . How it works : 1 . To reserve a lamb , call us at ( 208 ) 883 - 5548 . We will tell you what we are currently charging . 2 . We ' ll reserve a lamb and you mail me a deposit . This amount will be credited to your purchase . 3 . When the lamb is ready ( grown and finished to the proper weight ) , we ' ll take it into the butcher and call you with the hanging weight . At that time , we ' ll collect the rest of the cost of the lamb . 4 . You then call the butcher and tell him how you want the meat cut and wrapped . 5 . When the lamb is ready , you pick it up from the butcher and pay him the processing fee . FAQs : What does it cost ? You pay us a price per pound based on the hanging weight of the carcass . This is about one half of the live weight , but without you having to pay for things like feed in the gut , mud , wool , etc . You will also need to pay the butcher for the processing . You will need to talk to the butcher to find our the current charge . Remember that there are two costs here : the cost you pay us for the lamb and the fee you pay to the butcher for processing the meat . How much meat will we get ? For a 100 pound lamb with a carcass weight of 50 lbs , your actual yield in terms of cut up meat would be somewhere around 30 to 35 lbs , depending on how you want the meat cut . Generally , you will have more pounds of lamb if you request bone - in cuts and organ meats and less if you want boneless cuts and / or do n ’ t want the organ meats . Do you sell individual cuts of meat ? Sorry , but , at this time , we sell only whole lambs . When will the meat be ready ? After we take the lamb to the butcher , it takes about a week to two weeks before you can pick up the frozen lamb . | [
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http://annual69.ise-online.org/ | 69 th Annual Meeting 2 7 September 2018 Bologna Italy Conference Week Schedule Full Conference Program Short Program You are warmly invited to the 69th Annual ISE Meeting to be held in Bologna Italy from 2 to 7 September 2018 The meeting will be hosted by the Nuovo Polo Congressuale Bologna Bologna seat of the oldest university in the western world has been for centuries the place where academic knowledge is generated and transmitted throughout generations Now the town is the centre of a vibrant innovationdriven hightech area To mark the continuity between academic culture and technological progress the scientific theme of the meeting is Electrochemistry from Knowledge to Innovation The scientific program of the 69th Annual Meeting will comprise symposia sponsored by all ISE Divisions covering all the scientific interests of the ISE membership and of the electrochemical community at large Fundamental aspects of analytical molecular physical and bioelectrochemistry will be discussed as well as their applications to nanomaterials science energy environment and biomedicine Satellite Meetings Advanced Batteries Accumulators and Fuel Cells Brno Czech Republic 2628 August 2018 International Symposium on Electrocatalysis Recent Advances in Electrocatalysis and Photoelectrocatalysis Szczyrk Poland 29 August 1 September 2018 Power to X Fundamentals and Applications of Modern Electrosynthesis VillarssurOllon Switzerland 2731 August 2018 6th International Meeting on Ionic Liquids for Electrochemical Devices Rome Italy 911 September 2018 | [
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http://anonhq.com/new-secrets-of-easter-island-statues-revealed-the-heads-have-bodies-too/ | World New Secrets Of Easter Island Statues Revealed – The Heads Have Bodies Too ! By Vandita July 30 , 2015 38 This is a classic example of “ there is more to it than meets the eye ” . Images from the excavation of Easter Island ’ s renowned giant head statues has revealed that the heads actually have bodies that extend deep underground and the bodies are in fact marked with detailed tattoos . The Easter Island Statue Project has been excavating two of 1,000 - plus statues on the Easter Island , one of the most remote inhabited islands in the world , and the images uncover the secrets of the mysterious stones and the people who built them . The team of archeologists also found large quantities of red pigment , some of which may have been used to paint the statues . “ Our EISP excavations recently exposed the torsos of two 7m tall statues . Hundreds , perhaps thousands , of visitors to the island have been astonished to see that , indeed , Easter Island statues have bodies ! More important , however , we discovered a great deal about the Rapa Nui techniques of ancient engineering , ” said Jo Anne Van Tilburg , Director , EISP , on the project website . “ The reason people think they are [ only ] heads is there are about 150 statues buried up to the shoulders on the slope of a volcano , and these are the most famous , most beautiful and most photographed of all the Easter Island statues . This suggested to people who had not seen photos of [ other unearthed statues ] that they are heads only , ” he added . The team has also discovered that the dirt and detritus partially burying the statues was washed down from above and not deliberately placed there to bury , protect , or support the statues . The statues were erected in place and stand on stone pavements . Post holes were cut into bedrock to support upright tree trunks . Rope guides were cut into bedrock around the post holes . Posts , ropes , stones , and different types of stone tools were all used to carve and raise the statues upright . In the pavement under one statue , the scientists found a single stone carved with a crescent symbol said to represent a canoe , or vaka . The backs of both statues are covered with petroglyphs , many of which are also vaka . A direct connection between the vaka symbol and the identity of the artist or group owning the statue is strongly suggested . The Easter Island statues , called Moai , have dotted the Chilean Polynesian island since 1250 C.E. At 82 - tons , the tallest of them reaches an impressive 33 - feet high . Get Your Anonymous T - Shirt / Sweatshirt / Hoodie / Tanktop , Smartphone or Tablet Cover or Mug In Our Spreadshirt Shop Click Here This Article ( New Secrets Of Easter Island Statues Revealed – The Heads Have Bodies Too ! ) is free and open source . You have permission to republish this article under a Creative Commons license with attribution to the author and AnonHQ . com | [
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http://ans-wer.com/biography/gloria-borger-biography.html | Gloria Borger Husband , Net Worth , Salary , Married , Age , Children , Bio By Guido Koss on 2019 - 01 - 05 Gloria Borger Husband - Lance Morgan and Son Evan Morgan Gloria Borger has married to husband Lance Morgan in 1974 while the exact date of their marriage is not yet available in any online media . Gloria presently resides at Washington , D.C , with her husband , Lance Morgan who is a public relations executive . The couple together has a son named Evan Morgan who married Mary Anne Huntsman - daughter of politician - Jon Huntsman Jr . Gloria Borger Net Worth - $ 3 Million Dollars Gloria Borger is an American political pundit and columnist who has a net worth $ 3 million dollars . Gloria Borger Salary - $ 250 Thousand Dollars The TV journalist , Borger is reportedly receiving $ 250 , 000 dollars for reporting on breaking stories and interview with global newsmakers . With an annual salary that counts in thousands of dollar , she is relishing a lavish life . Gloria Borger Age and Bio She is a well noted American journalist and political pundit who serves at CNN . Prior to CNN , Borger was a contributing editor for U.S. News & World , she has written numerous articles and columns . She has been a part of many CNN ' s shows and most importantly - The Situation Room since she joined the network at 2007 . Birthday : September 22 , 1952 ( Age 65 ) Ethnicity : White Nationality : American Parents , Family and Early Life Gloria was born and raised in a place called New Rochelle in New York in a Jewish family . Her father was the owner of Borger ’ s , which distributed electrical appliances in the country . While living in the state she attended New Rochelle High School succeeded by Colgate University in Hamilton from where she graduated in 1974 . In the University , she was also the member of the board of trustees . Height - 5 feet 11 inches ( 155 cm ) Gloria , the CNN chief political analyst , and contributor is blessed with a height of 5 feet 11 inches ( 155 cm ) along with slim and svelte physique . Body Measurements and Weight Gloria is one of the exceptionally talented and stunning television anchors globally . She is forever winning the hearts of people with true simplicity , mesmerizing looks , and flawless body . She exudes glamour and charm even at the age of 66 . On screen or off , the Television journalist is always appearing in her best looks that oozes magnetism and charisma . Body Measurements : 32 - 24 - 34 inches Plastic Surgery : N / A Weight : 63 kg She looks elegant and shrewd in her casual outfit with volumes of subtle simplicity . Always being in the center of attraction for her true simplicity , she is also admired for her loving and warm personality as well as sleek hair , cut by the side . Mostly busy with stocked CNN assignment in the bucket , she spends her downtime traveling exotic and beautiful destination . TV shows - Political Pundits & Columnist Borger is a political analyst for CNN The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer . For CNN she has reported on high profile documentaries and before that co - anchored CNBC ' s Capital Reports . Gloria landed her first job at CNN in 2007 as a senior political analyst appearing regularly on The Situation Room with legendary Wolf Blitzer She is appearing on several network primetime shows including Anderson Copper ’ s AC 360 . Career Timeline : 2002 - 2004 : Co - host of CNBC ' s Capital Report 2007 : Joined CNN as a chief political analyst 2015 : Reported documentary on Bush vs . Gore She is also a contributor to CNN daily coverage while reporting on a wide range of political and hot stories that includes the 2015 Supreme Court rulings , America ’ s Choice 2016 and midterm elections in 2014 . With CNN she has presented documentaries : Almost President : The Agony of Defeat , All Business : The Essential Donald Trump . While in All Business was predominantly based on the life of President Donald Trump were traced and framed the entire life of Trump beginning from childhood to the days in Manhattan . In Almost President , she concealed the profiles of a former presidential candidate on how they lived after the loss of the American presidency . Besides , she has also reported developing inside stories and manual recount on Bush v Gore during the 2000 presidential election as well as 90 minute documentary with the coverage of Mitt Romney ’ s life , political journey , and career . At the helm of this documentary she traveled to France and conducted a candid interview with Romney and his family . She also reported on House Budget Chairman Representative Paul Ryan . Additionally , she is a correspondent for series of in - depths Gloria Borger Reports as a part of which she interviewed vice president Joe Biden as well as then news maker Leon Panetta , a Defense Secretary . Prior to joining CNN , she was a national political correspondent for CBS News and instrumental to Face the Nation , 60 Minutes II and network exclusive coverage of acclaimed events . She was the co - host for CNBC ’ s Capital Report . However , she started her career reporting political topics and issues for The Washington Star as well as co - authored daily serial . She also used to write a column for U.S. News & World Report and congressional report for Newsweek . | [
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http://ansci.illinois.edu/static/ansc438/Lactation/involution.html | Mammary Gland Involution Mammary Gland Involution The lactation function of the mammary gland is maintained by a delicate balance of systemic blood - borne factors and local mammary - derived factors , many of which are directly affected by the process of milk removal . Systemic factors include galactopoietic hormones such as growth hormone and suckling - induced prolactin secretion which generally stimulate milk secretion , but also include factors arising from competing physiological states such as pregnancy which may inhibit lactation function . Additionally , local control of milk secretion is directly linked to physical removal of milk . The impact of these factors on mammary function Maintenance of Lactation Function The role of galactopoietic hormones such as prolactin in maintenance of lactation is well established ( reviewed by Tucker 1994 ) , although specific cellular mechanisms of action continue to be investigated . Prolactin is considered the major galactopoietic hormone in nonruminants . Prolactin is released at the time of milk removal in ruminants and nonruminants , and it remains a key systemic modulator of milk secretion during lactation . Conversely , growth hormone is generally considered to be the predominant galactopoietic hormone in ruminants ( Bauman 1992 ; Tucker 1994 ) . Inhibition of prolactin secretion or administration of prolactin to lactating cows has Regardless of the hormones involved , all attempts to evaluate milk secretion must account for continued removal of milk . This is a reminder of the critical role of local mammary factors in maintenance of milk secretion . One such factor that plays a major role in regulating milk secretion in many species is a feedback inhibitor of lactation ( FIL ) found in milk ( Wilde et al . 1995 ) . FIL is thought to be produced by the mammary cells as they synthesize and secrete milk . Accumulation of FIL in the milk - producing alveoli results in feedback inhibition of milk synthesis and secretion . Frequent removal of milk from the gland minimizes local inhibitory Lactation in Decline In spite of continued milk removal ( with associated removal of FIL and stimulation of a post milking prolactin surge ) , milk yield in dairy cattle declines as lactation progresses . This decline occurs even with routine administration of growth hormone ( bovine somatotropin ) . Lactation persistency is of particular concern in the production of milk . Mammary tissue function declines after peak lactation and this is at least in part due to a decrease in mammary cell number ( Knight and Peaker 1984 ; Wilde and Knight 1989 ) . The cell loss during the declining phase apoptosis ( Quarrie et al . , 1994 ; Wilde et al . , 1997 ) . The mechanisms that control lactation decline remain important areas of investigation . Mammary involution is a greatly enhanced extension of these processes leading to a complete cessation of lactation function . Concurrent pregnancy also influences persistency of milk yield in the declining phase of lactation . Inhibitory effects of pregnancy on lactating cows do not become apparent until about mid pregnancy ( Wilcox et al . 1959 ; Bachman et al . 1988 ) . An inhibitory effect of pregnancy on lactation has been noted in a number of other species , as well ( Wilde and Knight 1989 ; Tucker 1994 ) . The mechanism of this effect is not fully understood . However , the timing of inhibition of milk yield in cattle coincides approximately with the period of Bovine Mammary Gland Involution Cessation of milk removal leads to rapid changes in the mammary tissue and initiation of the process of mammary involution ( Hurley 1989 ) . Changes in composition of mammary secretions during the early phases of involution indicate rapid changes in the normal mechanisms involved in milk synthesis and secretion ( see discussion below ; also Hurley and Rejman 1986 ; Hurley 1987 ; Hurley et al . 1987 ; Rejman et al . 1989 ; Hurley 1989 ) . These changes in mammary gland secretion composition include a rapid decline in lactose concentration in the mammary secretions , indicating Involution - associated ultrastructural changes in bovine mammary cells begin within 48 hours after cessation of milk removal ( Holst et al . 1987 ; Hurley 1989 ) . The most apparent change is the formation of large stasis vacuoles in the epithelial cells ( Holst et al . 1987 ) , formed largely as a result of intracellular accumulation of milk fat droplets and secretory vesicles ( Hurley 1989 ) . These vacuoles persist to at least 14 days of involution and are usually gone by day 28 ( Holst et al . 1987 ) . Alveolar lumenal area Histological and ultrastructural work on the bovine mammary gland during involution ( Holst et al . 1987 ; Hurley 1989 ) provides no evidence for the extensive tissue degeneration observed in other species , such as rodents and others ( Helminen and Ericsson 1968a , b ; Helminen and Ericsson 1971 ) . Limited autophagocytic processes occur only transiently during the initial two days after cessation of milking . Formation of autophagocytic structures in rodent mammary tissue is characteristic of involution ( Helminen and Ericsson 1968a , b ; Helminen and Ericsson 1971 ) . A detachment of epithelial cells Apoptosis and Mammary Gland Involution Mammary involution in the mouse is characterized by a rapid loss of tissue function and degeneration of the alveolar structure and massive loss of epithelial cells . This cell loss is due to programmed cell death or apoptosis ( Strange et al . 1992 , Walker et al . 1989 ) . Apoptosis is a both a natural and systematic method of cell suicide which takes place during normal morphogenesis , tissue remodelling and in response to infection or irreparable cell damage ( Wyllie et al . 1984 , Schwartzman & Cidlowski , 1993 ) . There are two distinct types of cell death , apoptosis and necrosis , which may be distinguished by morphological , biochemical and molecular changes in dying cells . The process of apoptosis was originally distinguished from necrosis on the basis of its A morphology consistent with apoptotic cell death can be observed in the murine mammary gland within two days of milk stasis . 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http://ansnuclearcafe.org/2011/12/13/henri-becquerels-discovery-of-radioactivity/ | Post navigation ← Previous Next → Henri Becquerel and the Discovery of Radioactivity Posted on December 13 , 2011 by ansnuclearcafe 3 Comments ↓ By Paul Bowersox December 15 , 1852 , was the birthday of French physicist Antoine Henri Becquerel , who discovered a completely unknown property of matter in March 1896 . Becquerel Some might say Becquerel ’ s discovery of “ radioactivity ” was a lucky accident — but as the Roman philosopher Seneca wrote in the 1st century , “ Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity . ” Becquerel was prepared and had the opportunity , and here ’ s how he made the astonishing discovery of radioactivity . X - Rays The first human x - ray : Bertha Roentgen ’ s hand In January 1896 , Wilhelm Röntgen astonished the world by circulating photographs of the bones in his hand , taken with the aid of his new discovery : X - rays . The photographs of the interior of the human body caused a worldwide sensation that year . It also stirred Antoine Henri Becquerel to action . Becquerel thought that the X - rays were coming from a region of Röntgen ’ s vacuum tube made phosphorescent by the cathode rays traveling through it , and as a world expert in phosphorescence , he immediately committed to find out whether all phosphorescent material produced these extraordinary X - rays . Phosphorescence First , let us illuminate the subject of phosphorescence , which was mysterious and a hot topic of research in the late 1800s . While luminescence is the emission of light by a substance not resulting from heat , phosphorescense is the special case of a material emitting light for some period of time after it has absorbed photons . It would take decades of research and the theory of quantum mechanics to construct a model of how a material could “ store ” energy and then slowly emit it in the form of light long after the source of energy had been removed . Normal fluorescence involves , roughly , an electron of an atom being excited to a higher energy state or “ orbital ” — by absorbing a photon of energy — and then returning to its ground state , releasing a photon of lower wavelength , almost instantaneously . But in the special case of phosphorescence in some materials , an electron can move to a so - called “ forbidden ” higher energy state by way of absorption of a photon of energy — and the process of releasing the energy from such a forbidden state occurs more slowly , Not phosphorescence Unaware of any of this , Becquerel nonetheless placed his potassium uranyl sulfate K 2 UO 2 ( SO 4 2 compound onto photographic plates , covered the plates with black paper to protect them from light , and put them on the windowsill so that the uranium compound could absorb light and begin to glow . As he expected , the rays from the phosphorescing uranyl sulfate penetrated the paper and exposed the photograph , and even penetrated metallic objects as well . Perhaps not as clearly as Röntgen ’ s vacuum tube X - rays would have done , but a marvelous result nonetheless . Becquerel radioactivity photo – a maltese cross medal is absorbing radiation in lower patch Then something unexpected and amazing happened . Becquerel was ready to perform more windowsill experiments , but cloudy days ensued and so he placed the plates and minerals inside of a dark desk drawer . No light absorption or phosphorescence was occurring in there , and simply on a hunch ( or more probably , he was just being thorough ) , Becquerel developed these plates anyway , expecting very faint or no image at all . Instead , he found intense images — in effect , the uranium was emitting X - rays all on its own . To We now know that the uranium was emitting a wide range of energy besides X - rays , in a spontaneous process soon to become known as radioactivity . We also know that the uranium was spontaneously decaying to a lower energy isotope while emitting alpha particles , with “ daughter nuclides ” emitting beta particles . Becquerel , as well as Marie and Pierre Curie , were instrumental in researching this new and incredible property of matter called radioactivity , and all three shared the Nobel Prize in physics in 1903 . And , while it is often stated and good — his lifetime of preparation in the study of phosphorescence and phosphorescent materials , his expertise in the scientific method and in laboratory uses of photography , and a great innate curiosity equipped him to make one of the more amazing discoveries in the history of science . Afternote : Becquerel ( Bq ) The Becquerel ( Bq ) is the international unit of radioactivity , named after our pioneer Henri Becquerel . It is defined as one atomic nucleus in a material decaying per second . Bowersox Paul Bowersox ’ s love for nuclear history will never decay . He is a regular contributor to the Nuclear Cafe ! 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http://ansonalex.com/tutorials/deactivate-product-key-in-microsoft-office-2011-for-mac/ | Home > Tutorials > Deactivate Product Key in Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac Productivity Software Tutorials Deactivate Product Key in Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac August 8 , 2011 Anson Alexander 2 min read Watch Later Cinema Mode Microsoft did not make it very easy to deactivate a product key for Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac . This is probably because they also did not put any mechanism in place to stop you from installing your version of Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac on as many computers as you want . Microsoft did not make it very easy to deactivate a product key for Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac This is probably because they also did not put any mechanism in place to stop you from installing your version of Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac on as many computers as you want . I did n ’ t even mean to find this out and , after purchasing 5 different copies , I mistakenly used the same serial on 3 different computers and have not received any errors when working in the program simultaneously . I did n ’ t want to be in violation of my service agreement with Microsoft so I decided to deactivate the serial from 2 of those 3 computers . After a great deal of searching with my incredible Google skills I found the only way to deactivate a serial in Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac . Removing License Files for Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac : In the Finder , click Go , and then click Computer Open your hard drive . For example , Macintosh HD Open the Library folder . Open Preferences folder . Select the file com . microsoft . office . licensing . plist and move it to Trash . These instructions were taken directly from the Microsoft website so I do n ’ t think there is any easy way to accomplish the same task . The website also has more detailed information if you ’ re look to completely remove Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac from your system microsoft office Previous Improve Your Google Search Results Next Search Google Within a Specific Date or Time Frame [ Tutorial ] Anson Alexander Anson Alexander is a blogger , author , educator and web conqueror . Anson records , edits , and publishes content for his site , provides technical and business services to clients and is an avid self - learner . He has also authored several digital marketing and business courses for LinkedIn Learning ( previously Lynda . com ) . View all posts | [
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http://answers.angieslist.com/Does-freon-leak-I-home-AC-unit-Can-I-leak-fixed-q51047.aspx | Questions Ask Leaderboard Top 30 Days Experts Rank Leader Points * 1 kstreett 240 2 Guest_9020487 110 3 Guest_9190926 105 4 GoldenKid 100 5 ahowell 95 6 KnowledgeBase 95 7 skbloom 80 8 Guest_98024861 70 9 Guest_9311297 70 10 Guest_9400529 * Updates every 4 hours Browse Projects By Category Angie ' s List [ + ] Auto [ + ] Health Home Lawn & Garden Personal Services Pet Care Question Details Asked on 6 / 30 / 2013 Guest_ . . . Does a freon leak mean I must get a new home AC unit ? Ca n ' t I just get the leak fixed ? A PSE&G technician was at my house to charge the freon in my AC . He told me that I ' ve got a leak & that I ' ll have to get a whole new unit . This seems a little far - fetched to me , especially because my unit is only 10 years old . Ca n ' t the leak just be fixed ? Do you have the same question ? Follow this Question In Home > HVAC Report It Tweet 5 Answers Voted Best Answer 4 Votes One thing I did not mention directly , but is in the referenced discussions on R22 ( Freon ) under the HVAC category , is that refilling your system will cost from $ 100 + to several hundreds of $ , because of the rapidly rising price of Freon . Therefore , unless the tech is certain he has found and totally fixed the leak ( by using an inert gas pressure test after the repair and BEFORE refilling the system with Freon ) , then you could end up sinking a hundred or two in repairs , and a That is why a quality , reputable , HONEST contractor is vital - an honest craftsman will explain your alternatives and truthfully say what he would do in your position , and give you honest pricing for the alternatives , not just give you one choice to take or leave . Answered 5 years ago by LCD Report It 3 Votes Call and get someone else to perform a proper leak check on your system , I ' ve got systems that we service that are 40 years old and still operating . The technicians are getting lazy , especially if the companies pay commission , then they would rather try to sell you a new system , than repair ! good luck Source : Owner of hvac company Answered 5 years ago by Luvboat10 2 9 out of 10 times if you have a good tech with enough technical skills he should be able to find your leak . if it is a single leak he should be able to fix it . But now a days it is more advantage to sell you a new system than repair it because the fix is time consuming and they would rather have the tech stick to schedule than waste time looking for the leak . time is money and techs are paid by the call then by the hour Raymond gonzalez Source : www . koolrayheatingandair . com Raymond Gonzalez 1 Vote Did he say where the leak is ? If in a fitting or line , simple and cheap to just repair or change that out . If in the exchanger coils , commonly they have to be replaced unless it is in a reachable spot that can be brazed . If in the compressor ( compressor bypass leak ) then that is a major component , and probably the most expensive part of the system to replace , so in that case you would be putting down a lot of money to fix a system that is out of warranty One other possibility which he may have been thinking but did not say , is if it is an R22 refrigerant system , that is costing hundreds of $ to fill now that it is going out of production , and will cost more in the future , so he may have figured you were better off with a system that uses the replacement refrigerants . For more on that subject and when the phaseout takes full effect , see the discussions in Home - HVAC ( link right below your question , above ) . I would call him back and find out where the leak is ( if he tested for that , rather than just checking the pressure and saying there was a leak somewhere ) , and why he recommended a new unit over repair . Then you can decide what you want to do , and if you wnt to get another opinion . You might want to check his firm ' s rating on Angie ' s List too , to see how much weight you want to give to his opinion . LCD Vote If the leak is in the " indoor " Evaporator coil , the cost to replace the coil , if not covered by a ten year parts warranty ( you should check warranty ) , is far greater then 50 % of a new system . These coils are not repairable , in most cases , there are numerous pin holes from Formicary Corrossion , and more on the way . The tech should and may have indentified the leak , if not ask that they do so . Most all new systems will have a 10 year parts warranty , though it must be registered with the manufacturer to be valid . Check out Carriers new Green Speed system , terriffic system , much lower utility bills . As always find the best contractors on Angie ' s List ! www . bayareacool . com BayAreaAC 0 It ' s smart to get a second opinion on any AC estimate or expected work . Although a freon leak could be a major concern and a new unit warranted , there may be another opinion among industry experts . Angie ' s List can help find local AC freon experts that can help assess if the unit needs to be replaced or not . Learn what is a fair price on Freon 7 months ago al - moderator Central AC unit Freon leak As suggested I replaced a new sears AC unit for freon leak but still leaks . If there is a leak in my airconditionting unit and the technician just adds more Freon , am I exposed to toxic fumes Is it possible for 4 lbs of Freon to leak out of ac unit in 24 hrs ? CAN A FREON LEAK BE FIXED ? | [
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http://answers.angieslist.com/How-I-figure-water-leak-backyard-q100065.aspx | Ask Your Question Questions Ask Leaderboard Top 30 Days Experts Rank Leader Points * 1 kstreett 240 2 Guest_9020487 110 3 Guest_9190926 105 4 GoldenKid 100 5 ahowell 95 6 KnowledgeBase 95 7 skbloom 80 8 Guest_98024861 70 9 Guest_9311297 70 10 Guest_9400529 * Updates every 4 hours Browse Projects By Category Angie ' s List [ + ] Auto [ + ] Health Home Lawn & Garden Personal Services Pet Care Question Details Asked on 6 / 5 / 2014 Guest_ . . . How can I figure out exactly where a water leak is in my backyard ? It has n ' t rained for days ( weeks ) , yet I have a couple of spots in my backyard that are " squishy " when stepped on . My backyard is all the same level ( no drain issues ) and I have a sprinkler system installed . I know there is a water leak in the squishy spots , but I do n ' t know how to actually narrow the leak without just digging holes . Any help , suggestions . . Do you have the same question ? Follow this Question In Home > Plumbing In Lawn & Garden > Irrigation Systems Report It Tweet 2 Answers 0 Votes Do you know there is a leak for certain ? Is the water bill more expensive , or have you checked your water meter for your home with all of the water - using faucets / appliances off ? If there is a leak , one way to get a better idea of where the leak may be is a thermal imaging camera . This can be rented from some big box home improvement stores . They can show where there is a lower temperature area on the ground ( i.e. cold water ) , and give you an idea of the source . The only issue with using this camera would be the outside temperature has to be higher than the temperature of the water ( ~ 55ºF in most areas ) . Save that , start digging in the wet areas of your yard . Ben Becker Source : www . chk2o . com Answered 4 years ago by bbecker Report It 0 Votes Assuming you have not used the sprinkler system for some days , then that would rule out a broken pipe from that . Take a good closeup smell - if it is septic / sewage water you will know it by smell , plus grass usually grows like crazy and turns lush dark green . Then have your septic tank / leach field checked , or sewer pipe ( if on city sewer ) run with a color camera by a sewer and drain cleaning contractor to check for breaks . Assuming is clean water with no sewer smell and not making the grass grow like crazy , then if you have a street meter , turn off all water consumption in the house and check the water meter reading - then again an hour or more later if not moving initially , to see if showing consumption . Of course , no one can use any water or flush or anything in that timeframe . If no movement on meter , then start thinking wet spots are from french drain outlet , or water seeping downhill from a neighbor , unless your area water table is high . If still think is a water leak and have no meter or meter is at house , then get a $ 10 - 15 metal headed ( NOT plastic ) stethoscope at box store or phrarmacy , and use it to listen for leak in water pipe . ( Will NOT work for sewer leak ) . Start at exposed pipe in the house near the wall closest to the wet spots so you know what it sounds like - and if you have gas appliances , listen at them first so you know what the gas pilot sounds like Works for sprinkler system leaks too - put rags or towels over sprinkler heads to stay dry and cut their noise and listen near wet areas for system leaks - will be quite loud because pipe is so shallow . Of course , you will only hear leak if that zone is on , and you will hear water flowing through the pipe while on so you are looking for unusually loud place , not any flowing water sound . Leaks tend to generally be more of a hiss or shrill sound , whereas the flowing water sound is like Then call your sprinkler repair or landscape guy if there , or plumber if your waterline - or city if on their responsibility area , which is generally everything on their side of the meeter , though in some cold climate areas with meters at the houses , their responsibility staarts at the keybox / shutoff valve at the street . Answered 4 years ago by LCD | [
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http://answers.angieslist.com/How-bundles-shingle-repair-1200-square-foot-home-archectural-shingles-q81988.aspx | Ask Your Question Questions Ask Leaderboard Top 30 Days Experts Rank Leader Points * 1 kstreett 240 2 Guest_9020487 110 3 Guest_9190926 105 4 GoldenKid 100 5 ahowell 95 6 KnowledgeBase 95 7 skbloom 80 8 Guest_98024861 70 9 Guest_9311297 70 10 Guest_9400529 * Updates every 4 hours Browse Projects By Category Angie ' s List [ + ] Auto [ + ] Health Home Lawn & Garden Personal Services Pet Care Question Details Asked on 1 / 28 / 2014 MSDevi . . . How many bundles of shingle to repair a 1200 square foot home with archectural shingles Do you have the same question ? Follow this Question In Home > Roofing Report It Tweet 7 Answers 1 Vote 42 bundles using a 10 % waste factor and assuming you have the easiest of easy roofs to replace . You ' ll also need underlayments , Ice & Water shield in some areas , proper venting ( 1 vent per 375 / sq ft ) and various other accessories Answered 5 years ago by cewoodford Report It Vote Depends on the shingle at the end of the day but I am going to assume 4 bundles per square . At that measurement , you need to figure on 52 bundles at a 10 % waste . You still need starters , Hip / Ridge , and other consumables too . Source : http : / / www . windowsonwashington . net / bl . . . Answered 5 years ago by WoWHomeSolutions 0 Votes if you are calculating 4 bundles per square ( which is new to me ) , there is no need for a waste factor cewoodford 0 Votes Most of the dimensional shingles are 3 bundles per square but is the poster is talking about a Triple laminate or other architectural shingles , they can run anywhere from 4 to 6 bundles a square . Davidhughes If you are talking about the sf of the home you can not give a goood answer . It is the size of the roof ! You need to measure the slope of each side of the roof by the length to come up with the sf of the roof . Most roofing is 4 bundles per 100 sf for dimensionals plus waste of about 20 to 30 per cent or 3 per square for regular shingles . Don ContractorDon Here is a link to a prior question on this subject - good info on things to remember , why you need extra shingles , etc . http : / / answers . angieslist . com / how - I - f . . . Note different manufacturers have different coverage per bundle - I even ran across one job where a square ( 100 SF ) was not an even number of bundles - drove the roofer crazy till he realized they had shipped in metric shingles from Canada . LCD If my house is 1,350 sq feet how many sq feet is my roof 2 years ago Keyonnap Related Questions how many bundles of shingles to repair a 665 square foot carport with 3 tab shingles What supply is needed to roof a 1,444 square foot house and patio shed ? . . . how many bundle of shingles to do 16x80 moble home ? There are 33.33 sq Ft per bundle . approximate cost of hvac duct for 1200 square foot home How many bundles of asphalt roofing to repair 1312 sq . roof on my home | [
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http://answers.angieslist.com/How-clean-toilet-brown-stained-q44955.aspx | Questions Ask Leaderboard Top 30 Days Experts Rank Leader Points * 1 kstreett 240 2 Guest_9020487 110 3 Guest_9190926 105 4 GoldenKid 100 5 ahowell 95 6 KnowledgeBase 95 7 skbloom 80 8 Guest_98024861 70 9 Guest_9311297 70 10 Guest_9400529 * Updates every 4 hours Browse Projects By Category Angie ' s List [ + ] Auto [ + ] Health Home Lawn & Garden Personal Services Pet Care Question Details Asked on 5 / 9 / 2013 Guest_ . . . How do you clean a toilet that is brown and stained ? The toilet has hard water stains in it . How do I clean it ? Do you have the same question ? Follow this Question In Home > House Cleaning In Angie ' s List > General Questions Report It Tweet 14 Answers 2 Votes Couple of things , depending on whether it is lime , sulfurous , or iron staining . These items work for various stains - do NOT mix any of these items with each other , try each one individually , to avoid releasing dangerous chemical fumes . Some types of cleaners and bleaches , when mixed together , even create nerve gas ! All these spray - on applications work best if you spray it on , place a layer of toilet paper over the stained areas and spray again till TP is saturated , so the liquid does not immediately run down the bowl rather than sitting there doing its job . All of these methods will require scrubbing with a sponge , bristle , or mesh toilet bowl brush after the sit time - none will magically wash the stains away . What you are doing is softening the stains up so they can be scrubbed off . Mold and lime buildup is the easiest to remove , iron the toughest and may take 2 to 4 cycles of leaving saturated and cleaning with a non - abrasie scrubbing pad to get it all . Never use an abrasive cleaner , sandpaper , or abrasive pads or steel wool - the very smooth ceramic finish will scratch , then it will be a constant cleaning problem as you will have provided scratches and pits for all types of buildup to hold onto rather than washing away during flushing . ( Ditto for tubs , basins , etc - Because the chemistry of the stains is different in each locale , one of these methods may work well in one area but not in another , so you may have to experiment to see which works best for you . Of course , read instructions on any commercial cleaners to be sure it says it is safe for porcelin and enameled surfaces . On any of these stains , tougher and harder stains can be scrubbed by sponge or non - abrasie pad with a white vinegar and baking soda paste . Lime ( white ) - commercial tub and tile cleaner like Lime - Away or Scrubbing Bubbles , or undiluted white vinegar ( do not use brown - will stain ) - spray on , let sit 15 minutes , scrub off - likely to take a couple of applications Iron ( rusty ) - Stain - Off , Iron OUt , Stain Aid , Clorox Tub and Tile Cleaner , Comet ( the tub type that says it will not scratch ) , WD - 40 spray ( will leave an oily residue that then has to be cleaned with normal toilet cleaner ) , lemon cut in half and liberally salted used as a scrub brush Sulfurous bacteria stains ( deep orange or greenish ) - same as for Iron stains above , White vinegar or rubbing alcohol - spray on , let sit 15 minutes , scrub off . Mold ( orange or black , occurs first at water line or under the rim in the bowl but can spread elsewhere if toilet is not cleaned weekly ) - 1 part bleach to 10 parts water sprayed on , let sit 15 minutes and scrub with brush . If you do not have good luck with any of these , google Toilet Stains and you will find dozens of suggestions - these are just the ones I have used or heard work . If the stains also exist below the normal water level in the bowl , you can do one of 2 things : 1 ) put a couple of cups vinegar into the water in the bottom of the bowl and see if that loosens up the stains , or 2 ) if that does not work , reduce the level in the bowl by bailing it out , or by taking the top off the tank and unhooking the small tube ( usually black ) that is clipped onto and feeding down into the vertical plastic or copper tube ( Regardless of how good a job you do getting these stains off , these encrustations ( except for mold ) are due to hard water ( which just means it has a high percentage of dissolved minerals ) , and will come back unless you either chemically treat your incoming water , or clean the bowl with white vinegar or a commercial lime - removing product at least weekly to keep it shiny clean , so they do not have a place to start building up . Answered 5 years ago by LCD Report It Votes I have found that Zep acidic bowl cleaner , available at Home Depot ( and probably Lowe ' s ) will clean just about any stain on a toilet bowl . For extra tough stains , I have painted the cleaner directly on the stain with an old paintbrush after dipping some of the water out so as to expose the bowl stains at the waterline . Let it sit for a while , then scrub with the brush . Works like magic . Source : http : / / www . homedepot . com / p / ZEP - 32 - oz - . . . Answered 5 years ago by Tergiversada 0 If it is staining from Iron the product called IRON OUT works pretty good . IT ' s quite strong probablly toxic , take care using . I was also told to try cokacola . Do n ' t use bleach it makes iron browner . ( like in clothing ) Guest_98972875 0 Most mild acids combined with a slight abrasive work well . I actually use the cooktop cleaner and have had very good success . WoWHomeSolutions I had rust - type stains around bathtub rim when old drywall was removed . They were so bad the tile expert wanted the drywall redone to cover the stains . After trying all methods , I purchased clorox Concentrated bleach and soaked clean rags in it . I then layed the bleach soaked rags over the stain and left for 24 hours . Eureka looks 100 % better . Now trying a second time to get perfect . However the surface will need to be dry so not sure how that will work on a toilet . Good luck Guest_93721493 I used a pumice stone on the porcelein bowl to remove mineral deposits . With a little elbow grease the job was done without all those nasty chemical . I suppose a pair of rubber gloves would also be helpful . 4 years ago ColleenM The problem with the pumice stone suggested by the last responder is like any other abrasive ( and pumice is VDERY abrasive - is volcanic high - silica rock so like grinding your surface with ground glass ) - steel wool , aggressive cleaners like regular Comet that have abrasive in them , they will scratch the porcelain - leaving small scratches and gouges that then readily accumulate organics and promote holding more mineral deposits as well and the bacterial and algal growth that causes the ring in toilets that are not brushed often . So - should not use an abrasive - same as with basins and kitchen sinks . This situation gets much worse with most economy and mmid - range products which are not true porcelain - instead of the entire unit being firede to the verge ofthe melting temperature of the clay , only the surface is glazed and fired , so the glossy sruface layer is thin and easily worn through tothe more porous and softer material below . 4 years ago LCD ZUD worked wonders for me when I volunteered to help my sister clean in her first house . The toilet and claw foot tub where both so brown with rust stains it was scarry . The sink was in the same condition , just not as bad . It took some time and elbow grease , but , it turned out great . Usually you can find ZUD in the cleaning supplies such as cleansers . Source : Personal Experience ! Guest_9187467 I have very hard water . Lots of calcium buildup in toilets . Drove me crazy trying to rid the brown hard stains . I finally tried using a smaller flat head screwdriver gently chipping getting under the deposits . It worked perfectly ! Large pieces of the calcium popped off . It did leave some light silver coloured marks from the screwdriver against the porcelain but barely visible if you ' re careful . I ' ll take those light marks over the brown deposits ! Same in shower but much harder to remove as deposits are small . 3 years ago horsedane if the stains are on the seat . . . .try the white magic cleaninG ERASERS . IT WORKS ! nothing else would . takes the stain completely off quickly . 3 years ago mstarwick Mineral stains at the water line and below are well handled by muratic acid ( readily available in the swimming pool sections of H.D. and Lowes ) . Turn off the water to the toilet , flush it , then force as much of the standing water that you can down the drain . Drizzle the acid on the stains then place paper towels on the stains and repeat ( the towels keep the acid in contact with the stains longer ) . Discard the towels in the trash , too dense for plumbing and ceptics . Rinse before using Firebus I have had that problem for ten years and nothing I tried could totally remove the stains , I remembered years ago when I bartend in this little hole in the wall place that she had a product we used everyday and it took every stain out , it was called sno - bol but they quit selling it in our stores so I looked for it online and found it and ordered a 12 bottle case . When I squeezed it under the rim and let it saturate all around the stool I could n ' t believe my eyes , after about ten minutes I went to check on it and all the brown was floating on top and the water level ring had gone and I just took the brush and swabbed it around to mix it all up then flushed and everything was gone , snow white . hurrytricia I have found that hard water stains can only be removed with a pumice stone . I have to do this to my toilets about twice a year . Much safer than nasty chemicals , but also more effective . Guest_9137012 I tried everything , bleach , vinegar , etc . . .so disappointed , went to Home Depot and bought Zed toilet cleaner . . . . . . . .I was amazed after months of trying everything else 2 years ago Lke i have a badly stained water tank on my toilet , not the bowl how do i clean it how clean bowel stains on bottom of toilet How do you clean a toilet that ' s been sitting dirty for years how do you clean a dishwasher of hard water stains I have brown water in my bathroom sink , toilet and shower - Should I call a plumber immediately ? | [
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http://answers.angieslist.com/How-cost-replace-flashing-chimney-q111646.aspx | Ask Your Question Questions Ask Leaderboard Top 30 Days Experts Rank Leader Points * 1 kstreett 240 2 Guest_9020487 110 3 Guest_9190926 105 4 GoldenKid 100 5 ahowell 95 6 KnowledgeBase 95 7 skbloom 80 8 Guest_98024861 70 9 Guest_9311297 70 10 Guest_9400529 * Updates every 4 hours Browse Projects By Category Angie ' s List [ + ] Auto [ + ] Health Home Lawn & Garden Personal Services Pet Care Question Details Asked on 8 / 18 / 2014 day111 . . . How much should it cost to replace flashing around a chimney Do you have the same question ? Follow this Question In Home > Chimney Repair Report It Tweet 1 Answer 0 Votes As with almost all home repairs , depends on your specific situation and construction . If you have a metal " chimney " - basically a fake chimney with a stainless steel flue duct inside , and are flashing just around the chimney where it penetrates the roof ( assuming shingle or membrane roof , not slate ) , can run around $ 300 - 500 commonly . If your chimney is stone and masonry and replacing existing flashing , the costs I have seen are typically around $ 500 minimum , on up to $ 1000 - 1500 range for large multi - flue chimney or one that also needs flashing down the sides of the chimney where the siding butts up against it . For new roof - only flashing ( not replacement ) on a larger brick or a stone chimney I would be figuring on $ 1000 - 1500 range , up to $ 2000 if needs " flank " flashing down both sides Generally , this can be done by a Chimnney Sweep ( normal first choice ) or a Mason - Search the List for local contractors and their reviews . Answered 4 years ago by LCD Report It Repair and replace small chimney flashing How much should it cost to put crown coat on a chimney , Chimney saver application , and flashing repair - seal ? Should I let contractor for chimney flashing repair open roof B4 telling me how much decking replacement cost is . cost for chimney repair chimney repair | [
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http://answers.angieslist.com/How-install-gas-line-kitchen-convert-electric-stove-Gas-q73916.aspx | Ask Your Question Questions Ask Leaderboard Top 30 Days Experts Rank Leader Points * 1 kstreett 240 2 Guest_9020487 110 3 Guest_9190926 105 4 GoldenKid 100 5 ahowell 95 6 KnowledgeBase 95 7 skbloom 80 8 Guest_98024861 70 9 Guest_9311297 70 10 Guest_9400529 * Updates every 4 hours Browse Projects By Category Angie ' s List [ + ] Auto [ + ] Health Home Lawn & Garden Personal Services Pet Care Question Details Asked on 11 / 4 / 2013 Guest_ . . . How much will it take to install a gas line to the kitchen and convert the electric stove to Gas ? The Atmos gas meter is a few yards outside the house . It should be a short gas pipe to connect to the stove area through the outer wall . We are looking for an estimate to install a gas line and convert the electric stove to a gas stove . We ' ll be buying the gas stove and oven unit . Do you have the same question ? Follow this Question In Home > Appliance Sales Report It Tweet 1 Answer 0 Votes You want a plumber for that - Search the List ( in green banner bar ) for local plumbers , and their ratings and reviews . Cost depends a lot on accessibility for running the pipe - obviously cheaper and less ( or no ) repair needed if can be run through exposed overhead floor joists in a crawlspace or basement , most expensive if have to cut into walls and ceilings . Sometimes running a branch line on the outside of the house ( though a bit unsightly ) can avoid some of the installation expense . Typical cost for an easy install about $ 250 - 350 range , but I have seen them run $ 1000 and more after all drywall repair and Answered 5 years ago by LCD Report It run gas line to stove What is the average cost for a plummer to change and or reposition the gas line for a gas stove ? How much should it cost to install gas stove in a home that already has gas ? What sort of repairman do we need to install a new gas stove / oven where an old gas range top was ? what does it cost to install 220 power to us electric stove / range | [
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http://answers.angieslist.com/On-average-long-air-conditioner-capacitor-last-q244160.aspx | Ask Your Question Question Details Asked on 6282017 gverno On average how long should an air conditioner capacitor last Do you have the same question Follow this Question In Angies List Troubleshooting In Home HVAC 2 Answers 0 Votes Hello Gvernot Thank you for reaching out At this time Angies List has no data or information we can use to answer your question If you need a capacitor replaced we have plenty of providers on our list that can help By setting up a membership at Angieslistcom and searching our Heating and Cooling you can find provider in your area to assist with your needs Thanks for your question Iann M Answered 1 year ago by Member Services 0 Votes Depends on how often your unit operates ambient temperature they tend to break down faster in hot conditions and most importantly whether your capacitor is constantrun or cuts out once the motor has started Some higher quality brands use the capacitor only when the compressor or fan is starting and have a solenoid cut it to cut it out of the circuit the rest of the time but probably most 5 ton and under size ones run the power for the motor through the capacitor so it is charging and discharging continually many times per second all the time the And of course quality matters a lot some name brand ones last a couple of decades or more some very cheap imports last less than a year sometimes dramatically less Average is hard to put a number on but probably about 37 years in very hot climates for a typical one which is direct wired to the motor maybe 610 years in cooler less frequent use areas Using a hard start assist kit which assists the main capacitor start so two capacitors are working at the same time can extend its life significantly on hardstarting units and the ones that httphvactalkcomvbbshowthreadp Answered 1 year ago by LCD | [
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http://answers.angieslist.com/Roughly-tree-removal-cost-100-foot-tree-partially-leaning-house-q76363.aspx | Ask Your Question Questions Ask Leaderboard Top 30 Days Experts Rank Leader Points * 1 kstreett 240 2 Guest_9020487 110 3 Guest_9190926 105 4 GoldenKid 100 5 ahowell 95 6 KnowledgeBase 95 7 skbloom 80 8 Guest_98024861 70 9 Guest_9311297 70 10 Guest_9400529 * Updates every 4 hours Browse Projects By Category Angie ' s List [ + ] Auto [ + ] Health Home Lawn & Garden Personal Services Pet Care Question Details Asked on 11 / 20 / 2013 Guest_ . . . Roughly how much should tree removal cost for a 100 foot tree that is partially leaning over my house ? I have a 100 foot tree in my back yard which leans towards my house , when it snows it really begins to lean over my house , and it makes me very nervous . I am looking to have the tree removed , since my back yard is mainly comprised of woods , the logs and trimmings can just be left in place . Last I spoke with a company about this they said they would need to either bring in a cherry picker or a climber to cut down the tree . Now this tree is one of those junk pines that grow like crazy in Virginia , not sure of the exact name of the tree , but it has very few branches , only at the top of the tree is where they grow . So really if the tree is cut up into 6 or 7 sections that would pretty much be all that is needed to be done . I got a quote for this project for $ 1300 , I thought that was crazy . Anyone have experience with this sort of thing ? What kind of ball park estimate should I be looking for ? Thank you ! ! Do you have the same question ? Follow this Question In Lawn & Garden > Yard Work In > Tree Service Report It Tweet 1 Answer 0 Votes Based on my experience , the only time I have seen $ 1300 for a single tree was for total removal ( including chipping and removal offsite ) of very large overhanging oaks and sycamores with lalrge branches actually overhanging houses , and 100 - 150 foot conifers which were right next to a house and had no space to fell to the side without damaging another house or powerlines , thereby necessitting " roping down " the tree - cutting into 3 - 5 foot lengths from the top down , and using ropes to lower each piece to For just removing without any disposal I would say more like $ 800 would be reasonable in your case unless you have a powerline or another house nearby you did not talk about or it is already actually overhanging your roof . If it is more than about 10 feet from the house and you have room away from the house to fell it in pieces - like you said , 4 - 7 pieces , then $ 500 - 700 range would be more typical , with no haulaway or chipping . If it can be taken down in I would say you need more bids , because in our area for 70 - 100 foot range cottonwoods ( which will be up to 6 - 8 feet in base diameter ) we can get crane removal for around $ 1000 ( without removal offsite ) - they take up the load with a crane , cut at ground level , swing away from hazards , then lay it down in an open spot like the driveway or along the sidewalk , and cut it up there . Answered 5 years ago by LCD Report It | [
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http://answers.angieslist.com/Should-I-replace-compressor-9-year-Frigidaire-refrigerator-Two-repair-guys-advised-buy-fridge-instead-q36114.aspx | Ask Your Question Questions Ask Leaderboard Top 30 Days Experts Rank Leader Points * 1 kstreett 240 2 Guest_9020487 110 3 Guest_9190926 105 4 GoldenKid 100 5 ahowell 95 6 KnowledgeBase 95 7 skbloom 80 8 Guest_98024861 70 9 Guest_9311297 70 10 Guest_9400529 * Updates every 4 hours Browse Projects By Category Angie ' s List [ + ] Auto [ + ] Health Home Lawn & Garden Personal Services Pet Care Question Details Asked on 8 / 3 / 2012 jah123 Should I replace the compressor in my 9 - year - old Frigidaire refrigerator ? Two repair guys advised me to buy a new fridge instead . The fridge stopped working a month ago but my husband vacuumed the coils and it worked for a couple more weeks . Last week there was no cold air . Had a repair guy in yesterday who said it ' s definitely the compressor . He recommended buying a new fridge as purchasing and installing a new compressor will cost about 1 / 2 of a new fridge . Do you have the same question ? Follow this Question In Home > Appliance Repair Report It Tweet 3 Answers Voted Best Answer 4 Votes Since you asked this question over a year ago , I ' m pretty sure you ' ve already made your decision but I ' d like to offer you some advice . You mentioned your husband vacuumed the coils and it worked for a couple more weeks . Chances are the condenser coils were very dirty when he did this . When refrigerator condenser coils are dirty , the compressor overheats and heat will cause a compressor to fail prematurely . You should vacuum or blow out your condenser coils regularly . Today ' s refrigerator compressors are not How To Avoid Appliance Repairs - Bob Meadows / B&D Appliance Repair Service / Palmdale , CA Answered 5 years ago by Bob Meadows Report It 1 Vote I ' d love to hear the professionals ' opinions , but also here ' s a piece we did about average life expectancy http : / / www . angieslist . com / articles / de . . . Answered 6 years ago by JP Vote It depends a lot on how old your refrigerator is . Look at it this way : What ' ll it be worth once it ' s repaired ? If the repair costs are more than the value of the working used refrigerator that you ' ll have once the repairs are completed , it ' s not cost effective to repair it . If , however , the repair cost is less than half the value of the unit , I ' d seriously consider having it fixed . Keep in mind that old refrigerators are n ' t worth a whole lot of money , even if they work . Finally , if repair people are telling you that you ' re better off replacing it , they ' re probably telling the truth . After all , they ' re talking themselves out of a repair job and that in itself should tell you : 1 ) That you ' re dealing with a reputable repairman , and 2 ) He ' s probably right : Fixing the unit just does not make good economic sense . 6 years ago davidpsr Replacing a compressor should n ' t cost half the price of a new refrigerator . The most it should cost is one forth the price . The technician that recommended you to buy a new refrigerator probably did n ' t have the knowlege or tools to replace the compressor . Not all appliance repairpersons have refrigeration experiance . If your refrigerator is still in good to excellent shape , a compressor replacement would have been your best bet . Todays refrigerators use the same freon that you use in your automobile which is R - 134A . You 3 years ago JLChristian | [
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http://answers.angieslist.com/We-mold-HVAC-plenum-Is-rebuild-option-plenum-cut-treated-resealed-q223780.aspx | Question Details Asked on 7292016 CHome We have mold in our HVACs plenum Is a rebuild our only option or can the plenum be cut treated resealed The evaporative coils and everything else looked cleanunit dates to 2012 and most of the ducts are hard not flexible I found a pdf on Internet that discussed cutting the plenum and spraying with moldresistant coating then resealing the unit as opposed to doing a complete rebuildAny feedback as to how this common issue is addressed will be greatly valued If a rebuild is our only option will an insurance claim be required What is likelihood this issue will recur We live in Memphis TN if there is a mold remediator with HVAC experience in the areaor a contractor with a lot of mold remediation experience Thanks for your advice and assistance Do you have the same question Follow this Question In Home HVAC In Home Mold In Home General Contractor 3 Answers 0 Votes If it has a terrible case sometimes replacing the ductwork is the only solution but I have never seen a rigid metal duct that could not be adequately cleaned Flexible corrugated ducting yes but that product is a whole nother ball of wax you dont need to hear my opinion on with respect to normal lowpressurelow velocity systems like almost all houses have Flexible ducting does not survive the cleaning process well it tears kinks blows out comes disconnected etc But rigid ducting can be cleaned by several air jet air blastrotating brush and spray disinfection followed by air jetting or brushing systems The ones I like best use a reverse jet air jetting tool similar to pressure washing or sewer jetting combined with VERY high airflow typically around 500010000 cfm cubic feet of air per minute so the jetting tool which is pushed through the duct to the end of the branch which is taped shut then backed out blasts loose the The ducting is cut but rarely is it actually cut through usually the entry point is a place it can be taken apart or a small hole is cut in the ducting for the hoses and later sealed with a sealed access panel but rarely is the ducting cut apart destructively Air Duct Cleaning is the Search the List category but you will have to weed out the 150250 guys with a shop vac or carpet cleaning vac which is nowhere big enough for ducts from those with the expensive but truly professional equipment which will normally for about 2000SF 2story home cost about 400600 My opinion the mold killing spray by itself is a waste first it does not penetrate the dust mat so could not kill it all anyway plus even if it kills it all right then if the dust mat which it needs as a substrate and food is not removed it will just grow again But done after the cleaning it can be a useful final step to surface kill the clean surface to force any mold regrowth to start from scratch with natural airborne mold Another factor who told you that you have mold Someone with a handydandy test kit which will read positive for almost any household surface that is not cleaned daily because there is substantial mold in the air all around us at least when ground is not snowcovered So the issue is not IS there mold because there almosat always will be detectable mold on surfaces but is it a substantial buildup which means it has an organic surface that it likes the taste of to grow on and continual or nearcontinual high humidty generally 5060 or higher to grow on If you dont find and cure the cause of the high humidity the mold will just come back Likewise if the humidity stays below the critical 50 or so range it will not have enough moisture to grow noticeably Common causes air conditioner not removing enough moisture from the humid incoming air so not getting cold enough or in rare cases is getting too cold so it ices up and does not remove the humidity it just sublimates changes back to vapor without liquid phase the ice back into the duct air as soon as the AC shuts down or One other thing are you sure you have significant mold or did you look in your duct and see a fuzzy grayish coating and assume it was mildew or mold when it might just be the normal fuzzy lint and dust buildup which can buildup inches thick in systems with improper or no filtration Generally this sort of buildup is not a concern unless it is thick enough to signficantly obstruct the ducts say commonly 12 inch thick or more It looks bad but it means the ducts are catching some of the dust moving through them and except if High efficiency HEPA filters with adequate airflow see specification in furnace owners manual AC air handler manual if it has a separate air handler will also remove a lot of the incoming mold spores reducing the tendency to grow mold in the ducts A good Heating and AC HVAC tech can check the coil operation and operating temperature and AC line pressures high and low side to determine if it is operating correctly and time the cycle and check with a hygrometer air moisture meter to see if it is actually removing significant moisture from the air Unless you have constant high humidity incoming air making sure the AC is operating correctly would be an important first step and common cure for mold growth once existing buildup is removed Common causes of high household humidity other than AC not removing it at the coil 1 high basement or crawl space moisture coming into the conditioned space 2 high attic humidity getting in 3 leaky doors and windows letting in too much outside air wood subfloors over unconditioned basement or crawlspace without vapor barrier or generally leaky house 4 running the AC with doors or windows open 5 significant number of indoor plants or uncovered terrariums or fish tanks 6 taking showers or hot baths without running the bathroom fan during the back or shower with the door closed then leaving the fan going or setting timer for typically 121 hour after wards to dehudify the bathroom 7 cooking without kitchen fan running and for at least 510 minutes afterwards especially boiling and frying and woking 8 in some new homes less than a few months old wetness in the framing from airdried lumber or framing that got wet before dyingin passing into the air 9 running unvented gas heater or fireplaces releasing the water vapor which is a SUBSTANTIAL portion of the exhaust gases into the living space to the tune of several gallons a day in may cases 10 excessive makeup air inflow to the furnaceair handler so you are bringing in constant flow of humid outside air so it can not keep up and reduce the indoor humidity enough 11 wrongsized ducting at AC evaporator coil so significant airflow can bypass the coil and hence does not have the moisture removed at the coil but that humid air hits the cooled air just downstream of the coil and condenses out the moisture on the cool ducts promoting mold growth This is a common and underdiagnoed problem because many AC installers just slap the coil into the duct without paying attention to proper duct sizing for it or installing seals or baffles around it to block of bypassing I have seen installations where only about half the crosssectional area was Basically speaking if you dont have excessive humidity in the airflow and the AC is removing a significant at the coil and dont have a major outside humid air inflow source you should not have a duct mold problem You can find some other comments in previous similar questions in the Home Air Duct Cleaning link in Browse Projects at lower left Here are links to a couple of articles on the subject too httpswwwangieslistcomarticlesa httpwwwtodayshomeownercomhvacd One other consideration if you do get your ducts cleaned and they do not have sealed joints sealed with seam sealer or mastic that is the best good time to have them sealed with internally sprayedmisted joint sealer One type is a sprayon coating that covers the surface including joint openings the mist type is a leaksealer that flows with the air in ducts with exit registers sealed and migrates to the places air is escaping and basically gums up the exit point until it seals it Answered 2 years ago by LCD 0 Votes Hi LCD Thank you for your reply We discovered mold growth on a couple of walls upstairs recently One wall was directly under HVAV unit 1 which had a clogged condensation line which makes sense The evap coil was found to be rusted which probably contributed to the clog But there is another wall with mold that is a mystery and still very wet according to wall humidity testeronly thing over head is a vent but recently that vent was ruled out and it was recommended we go into wall to check the wall stacks insulation We therefore had an inspection done Some history on house prior to mold issues My husband turned off AC upstairs so temp was 84 when I went up lastand former home owners had closed about 50 of the ceiling vents which we also discovered recently maybe they knew about mold We have been in the house about 2 years without known mold issues until nowthough we did have to replace the roof last year now ridgeline vents which had leaked prior covered up by former home owners they apparently let upstairs bath overflowso mold has probably been an issue in the past We live in the midsouth so high humidity is definitely an issue The HVAC tech did not test humidity of evap coil or anything else Should he have done this Also should we have the system balancedWe have had some heavy condensation on an overhead stairwell vent vaulted stairwell ceiling Makes sense hot air rises hits that vent and presto condensationbut should it be dripping that much water on the carpet I asked about balancing the vents but a condensationresistant spray was recommended instead Thanks much for your help and advice We are having all sorts of issues Answered 2 years ago by CHome 0 Votes One thing I did not answer before mold is almost never covered by insurance both because most homeowner policies usually specifically exempt it and also because it would be considered a chronic or longterm watermoisture problem rather than an acute one like from a pipe leak so would generally be excluded under that clause as well Check you policy but almost certainly not covered and if there is anything indicating it wouldnot be covered I would NOT contact your insurer about it both because any call about possible coverage sometimes is counted as a claim and raises your rates yeah On your answerback the moistureresistant spray as opposed to a mildewcide spray sounds like a misapplication in your case might protect duct metal somewhat against rusting from high humidity but as far as the moisture goes not going to do anything about mold The tech would have checked for moisture issues coil temp and moisture removal and such only if a problem were suspected there and as long as there is water draining from the coil drain tube should be a slight trickle or fast drips starting a few minutes after AC kicks on and sometimes continuing a minute or three after it shuts off it is not freezing up and is effectively cooling the house down as required then it is almost certainly working as it should I think your problem is explained by what you were saying about the upstairs unit being turned off you had a fullyconditioned living space throughout the house possibly excluding basement if you have one now you have a conditioned downstairs with unconditioned but still connected upstairs and the moist from outside humidity cooking bathing body evaporation and breathing moisture hot air tends to rise to the top floor which I would suspect is showing high humidity up there at least early in the morning when coolest Then you run one AC release point up there or is it two including Solution balancing between registers might be needed but usually with a thermometer you can do that yourself gradually adjusting not blocking off more than about 25 of total flow areas for a given AC unit the registers so each room is roughly the same temperature measured at the same elevation in the room usually at head height in center of room when the AC unit turns itself off Usually you adjust using adjustable if you have them return duct register rather than inflow so you are not reducing the total cooled air inflow just which rooms it is going to Basically I think the crux of the problem after unblocking the blocked drain line in one unit is to bring the other unit back into service could be set at a slightly higher temp if you want but you will have to watch that does not cause one unit to work too hard trying to cool the entire house by itself Of course keeping different temps upstairs and downstairs is easier if you have a stairwell door Running both units versus just one should not cost significantly different might even be cheaper because you would not have one unit running If there is a power problem with both units occasionally running at same time or one starting hard because other is already running it is possible to install unit control relays to prevent either thermostat from calling for cooling and hence unit from starting while the other is calling for cooling Sometimes called singlerun relays in the trade not commonly needed but sometimes in older houses with smaller amperage services or breakerfuse panels One other possible solution method if your ACs are shortcycling only running a few minutes at a time before shutting off is adjusting the setback temperature available on many or most digital thermostats so the temperature difference between on and off settings is greater making the unit run longer to get the indoor temperature back down to where it shuts off This longer run recycles the air in the house through the evaporator coil more in each cycle so it removes more moisture from the air dropping overall humidity Back on the balancing unless both units are feeding into the same duct system I would try the DIY route and possibly adjusting doors in rooms before paying the 300500 a balancing test can cost And of course look at the sources of moisture I gave in the previous answer and see if you can reduce some of those especially easy is kitchen and bathroom fan use to exhaust moisture from those sources And from any other open source of water which I did not mention like sauna hot tub pool etc Answered 2 years ago by LCD Report It | [
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http://answers.angieslist.com/What-average-cost-replace-sump-pump-parts-installation-teh-Columbus-Ohio-area-q79406.aspx | Ask Your Question Questions Ask Leaderboard Top 30 Days Experts Rank Leader Points * 1 kstreett 240 2 Guest_9020487 110 3 Guest_9190926 105 4 GoldenKid 100 5 ahowell 95 6 KnowledgeBase 95 7 skbloom 80 8 Guest_98024861 70 9 Guest_9311297 70 10 Guest_9400529 * Updates every 4 hours Browse Projects By Category Angie ' s List [ + ] Auto [ + ] Health Home Lawn & Garden Personal Services Pet Care Question Details Asked on 1 / 3 / 2014 Guest_ . . . What is the average cost to replace a sump pump for parts and installation in teh Columbus Ohio area ? Do you have the same question ? Follow this Question In Home > Plumbing Report It Tweet 1 Answer 0 Votes Assuming it fits in the same pit and is the same general configuration and capacity ( with just one piece of plumbing length and adapters needed to fit to pipe probably ) , is compatible with any emergency power backup system you may have connected to it , and the cord reaches the power outlet OK , then an hour or less should do it - about $ 75 - 125 usually except up to $ 300 or so in extremely pricey large cities for the labor , maybe an additional $ 10 - 20 for miscellaneous fittings and plastic The pump itself can run from about $ 75 for an economy submersible model to $ 200 - 300 range for a higher - grade pedestal type ( motor stands up above the pit with an extended shaft or tower down to the actual pump impeller unit ) . whether or not your current unit fit your needs ( while it worked ) be prepared to give make and model number to the plumber when you call , if he is going to provide the replacement , so he knows what and general size to bring - inall probablility he willhave to do an adapter or change the piping length a bit anyway , but if plastic discharge pipe that should not add more than a few bucks for parts to the cost . Answered 5 years ago by LCD Report It | [
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http://answers.angieslist.com/asphalt-paving-costs-price-square-yard-material-labor-q56728.aspx | Ask Your Question Questions Ask Leaderboard Top 30 Days Experts Rank Leader Points * 1 kstreett 240 2 Guest_9020487 110 3 Guest_9190926 105 4 GoldenKid 100 5 ahowell 95 6 KnowledgeBase 95 7 skbloom 80 8 Guest_98024861 70 9 Guest_9311297 70 10 Guest_9400529 * Updates every 4 hours Browse Projects By Category Angie ' s List [ + ] Auto [ + ] Health Home Lawn & Garden Personal Services Pet Care Question Details Asked on 7 / 30 / 2013 Guest_ . . . asphalt paving costs - what is the price per square yard for material and labor I have a driveway with a steep grade that is 50 feet long ending in a pad area that totals 245 square yards . Do you have the same question ? Follow this Question In Home > Driveways In Angie ' s List > Project Cost Info Report It Tweet Voted Best Answer 3 Votes Generally about $ 1 - 3 / SF ( note - measured by SF , not SY ) - $ 1 range is for a 1 to 1 / 2 - 2 inch overlay , $ 2.50 - 3.00 range normal for two 2 " layers for a new driveway or a rebuild ( remove and replace ) you really want to last . Most people pay around $ 2 / SF for a 2 - 3 " thickness . Answered 5 years ago by LCD Report It Related Questions Is there a way to sort the list by distance from home ? Water seeping in through add - on room . Not sure who to call . Who can fix my leaking Window frames ? How much does it cost to install a water line for an ice maker Need help movivg recumbent bike from garage to basement I could sure use some help . I have a 26 ' Fleetwood Travel Trailer that has to be junked . It would be good for parts | [
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http://answers.angieslist.com/is-high-efficiency-gas-boiler-worth-investment-maintenance-cost-q92487.aspx | Questions Ask Leaderboard Top 30 Days Experts Rank Leader Points * 1 kstreett 240 2 Guest_9020487 110 3 Guest_9190926 105 4 GoldenKid 100 5 ahowell 95 6 KnowledgeBase 95 7 skbloom 80 8 Guest_98024861 70 9 Guest_9311297 70 10 Guest_9400529 * Updates every 4 hours Browse Projects By Category Angie ' s List [ + ] Auto [ + ] Health Home Lawn & Garden Personal Services Pet Care Question Details Asked on 5 / 6 / 2014 Guest_ . . . is high efficiency gas boiler worth the investment ? what ' s the maintenance cost ? I am thinking to convert oil fired boiler and electric hot water tank into gas - fired boiler and gas hot water tank ? some plumbers told me to go with high efficiency gas boiler and other plumbers told me to go with standard gas boiler . My existing heating system is gravity hot water radiator , which system makes sense for my situation ? If you have converted into high efficiency gas boiler , do you like it ? how long has it been ? and any issues ? thanks Do you have the same question ? Follow this Question In Angie ' s List > Project Cost Info In Home > Water Heaters Report It Tweet 7 Answers Angie ' s List Member Answer Angie ’ s List Members can login here to view this answer . Not an Angie ' s List Member ? Join to view this answer . Members also get reviews on local service providers , plus save up to 50 % on popular home projects from top - rated professionals ! Voted Best Answer 8 Votes Couple of things to consider - you can also check out prior questions and answers on converting oil or electric to gas in the Home > HVAC in Browse Projects , at lower left : 1 ) figure your estimated fuel cost savings based on rated consumption of new furnace versus what you pay now for oil and estimated electric hot water heater usage - see Department of Energy or EnergyStar website for typical estimates - also on yellow tag on side of water heater , adjust their estimated cost proportionally based on your electricity cost . Commonly local utilities have website info to help you with this , as well as typical operating cost info for different size and efficiency units . 2 ) cost of removing oil tank and piping , and possible spilled oil contamination cleanup cost 3 ) Whether your larger gravity heating system can be used with a modern hydronic boiler , which depend on pump to circulate the fluid 4 ) A high - efficiency condensing boiler does not use a stack flue - it has to go by a short PVC pipe out the side of the house . The cost of doing this by itself is not significant , but it might mean the flue used by it will now be too large by code for a gas water heater , so it might have to be resleeved - and in difficult cases ( in old chimney say ) can run $ 500 or more additional cost - or you have to spend $ 500 or more 5 ) A high - efficiency furnace certainly costs thousands more , so you have to weigh that up - front cost ( with the reducting cost ) and including the lost of use of that money ( or interest payments , if being done with home improvement loan ) against the differential fuel cost savings - how much you will save in energy over the years . EnergyStar and Greenstar and other sites have calculators where you can put your local energy cost , info on selected unit , etc in and estimate the number of years it will 6 ) Clearly there are a range of results , but generally speaking , for the average american high - efficiency units do NOT pay off unless in an extreme weather or fuel cost area . High efficiency A / C units can pay off in desert or deep south areas for instance , and hgiher efficiency furnaces in northern tier and higher elevation mountain areas , for instance , as well as in very expensive fuel areas like California . This is partly because the average person only spends 5 - 10 years in a home and higher efficiency 7 ) The higher efficiency units do have more fans , sensors , switches , relays , and electronics hence their failure rate is higher both because the more items there are the more there are to fail and also because the computers / circuit board are far more prone to failure than the older electrical / relay controls , and they cost a LOT more to fix typically when they do fail . No longer the $ 125 - 250 typical repair cost for a simple gas - fired boiler repair - expect more on the order of $ 8 ) My recommendation , unless in very high gas cost area ( which brings into question the economics of the entire changeover scheme ) or extreme winter climate , I recommend the ordinary 80 - 85 % efficiency units in a reliable brand name for half or less the cost of a high - efficiency unit . Ditto to the water heater , which if you do the furnace change I would consider plumbing gas supply to while doing the furnace , but leave the water heater replacement till it needs changing out , unless it is already over 9 ) Of course , lcoal utility or state , or any new federal energy rebate or credit program , has to be factored into your decision - there are places , like in my area , that have had programs that paid for almost the total cost of high - efficiency unit conversions - which can totally change your decision . 10 ) As for the issue of a single combined hot water boiler / holding tank to serve both heating and domestic hot water , a lot of people have them and like them . Personally , I do not due to the added cost , plus I like the option of having the water heater available to run hot water through the hydronic heating system in case of a furnace failure in winter and you can not fix it immediately . 11 ) Hope this helped some - there are also a few articles in the AL articles section on this choice , and of course lots and lots on the web . Answered 4 years ago by LCD Report It 4 Votes I have spent months doing a LOT of research into this same scenario for us . We got our place 5 years ago but were only able to install gas this year , due to a moratorium on cutting the street to access the gas line on the other side . Let me address several points . 1 . You need to do a good heat loss analysis , to know how to properly size a gas boiler . - A good app can be gotten from slantfin . - The " old way " ( very conservative ) was square footage * .35 . Whatever this gives you is oversized but at least gives you a quick reference . .25 is probably a much better multiplier . But - do the job right and do a full heat loss analysis . - An oversized boiler is not a good thing . It ' ll cycle on / off too often , which shortens its life . And it ' ll use too much energy = $ spent . - So please take careful measurements and do n ' t be too surprised when you really only need a 50K or 65K or 75K boiler . Most people have boilers that are way too large - especially if they are oil boilers . They really do n ' t make " small oil boilers " . They start pretty close to 100K btu . 2 . While you are at it . . . figure out what can be done to help your house envelope . We did a bunch of air sealing and insulation ( our latest place is a victorian ) and saved $ 700 this year in heating oil - and this was a brutal winter . You can get big gains from sealing every penetration to the attic ( use fire rated foam ) , and adding more attic insulation . 3 . Some oil boilers CAN be converted . But . . . it may not make sense to do it , even if it ' s possible . - Many oil boilers are oversized for their needs . A conversion gas burner ca n ' t be " sized right for the house " if it is " too small for the boiler " . Here ' s an example . Let ' s say you have a 165K oil boiler . Let ' s say the real heat loss for your house is 70K . So , a 80K boiler is probably about perfect . BUT . . . you CANT install an 80K burner in a boiler designed for 165K . Sure it ' ll fit BUT it ' s just not big enough for the design and you can have nasty issues in your flue and boiler chamber , even leaking gaskets , etc . You CAN downsize say 10 - 20 % . But . . you can probably get an 85 % efficiency brand new gas boiler ( i.e. Burnham ESC series ) for close to the cost of a conversion burner . IF you are REALLY lucky , your oil boiler is only a 3 - 4 section . If YES and it is relatively new , then MAYBE it makes sense for a conversion boiler . BUT . . . your chimney would also need to be stainless lined ( state code dependent ) to allow this . Anyway . . . what I ' m really saying is PROBABLY a conversion gas burner for your oil boiler is n ' t going to make sense . But if your oil boiler is SMALL then MAYBE . . . 4 . High Efficiency Gas Boiler vs " Standard " Gas boiler . You CAN buy an 85 % efficiency Gas Boiler for only about $ 2100 - 2400 . These also qualify for the $ 300 rebate ( ends very soon ) . Several companies make these . Burnham is one of these companies - their ESC model qualifies . Think of this as good old cast iron with smarter electronics upgrades . It ' ll probably last 25 - 30 years . You can even add an outdoor reset to these . Ok so to me this is really a numbers game . A " high efficiency " wall mounted boiler will cost probably at least $ 1000 more than an 85 % efficiency model . They use aluminum or stainless steel for their chamber . It ' ll also probably only last about 15 years . It will also be more touchy and require more skilled annual maintenance than a good solid cast iron boiler . So . . any savings between 85 % and say 95 % with natural gas will be eaten up by annual maintenance and the high efficiency unit will probably be replaced in probably 15 years . So . . . it ' s just not worth it - in my opinion - to do a high efficiency modulating condensing boiler . Note : you MAY need to add one or more pumps to your system . You mentioned it is a gravity system , which usually means it is a great big system with big pipes that originally was steam or water - and perhaps coal - fired , back in the day . 5 . No matter what you decide . It is IMPORTANT that you have a good installer , and that he designs and builds " boiler protection " into the design - to ensure that cold return water is pre - heated to about 130 ( or X degrees ) before it gets back to the boiler ( different boilers have different tolerances on return water temp ) . Think of this as a loop near the boiler with a thermostatic valve to ensure that return water is mixed ( when needed ) with hot water to keep it at health levels . If cold water is allowed to come into the boiler , then you ' ll have a boiler that develops leaky seals in probably 2 - 3 years . And you ' ll think that the boiler is at fault instead of your installation . This is a more common problem today - since boilers are more often right - sized than they used to be ( or not massively oversized ) . Most old boilers were so powerful that they got by without this type of protection . Example - my current oil boiler is sized for 240,000 BTU 6 . You may wish to consider whether you wish to have a separate gas water heater OR to have an indirect water heater that is powered by the gas boiler . Burnham makes nice indirect units that are stone lined . Think of this as one additional circuit that takes PRIORITY when it needs it . You do NOT need to change your boiler sizing if you add an indrect water heater . A separate gas water heater needs it ' s own 4 " vent . But . . . if it goes , you just replace it . If your boiler has an issue you will still have hot water . An indirect 40 or 50 will give you basically unlimited hot water , for most people ' s needs ( unless you have a big hot tub ? and someone else wants to take a shower with jets ) . It ' ll also last probably 25 - 30 years . But . . . you will need to run your gas boiler all year round . It also wo n ' t need to be vented SUMMARY OK - well I could go on and on but this should give you something to chew on . If I were in your shoes ( and it so happens that I am ) , I ' d just get a solid cast iron 85 % gas boiler like the Burnham ESC3 or ESC4 , get a GOOD plumber who knows how to design boiler protection , and consider if it ' s better to have a separate 40 / 50 water heater or an indirect water heater . I hope this helps and wish you the best . Answered 4 years ago by Jefferson 0 The answers provided by Jefferson and LCD are extremely well thought out and should be read throughly . I would add my 2 cents that , 1 . : Do NOT convert an old oil boiler to gas and 2 . : You can not convert an electric water heater to gas . Depending on your square footage , you can purchase as small gas boiler for as little as $ 500 or spend as much as $ 1,500 to $ 2,000 for a high - efficiency model . You will ABSOLUTELY need to have your chimney professionally cleaned and / or lined with a stainless steel liner . High - efficiency models may use a PVC method of venting which will preclude the need for lining . You need to weigh the costs of each . DEFINITELY research HVAC contractors in your area and get at least 3 estimates . It will most definitely be to your advantage to scrap that old oil boiler . Gas , whether propane or natural gas will be MUCH cheaper to run and maintain ! ! Oil - fired furnaces and boilers MUST be cleaned EVERY year to achieve efficiency and as soon as they are cleaned the effeciency starts to go down again . Gas is so clean burning , this is not necessary and they maintain their efficiency year after year unless affected by some outside force . e.g. rodent making a nest in heat exchanger or spider web in burner venturi To sum up . . . .REPLACE do n ' t convert . Gas will be cheaper to burn than oil . Source : 32 + years in HVAC industry LP1Guy 0 A high efficiency gas boiler ( > 90 % ) must have the flue gas condense in order to achieve that efficiency . The flue gas will only condense when the return water temperature is 120 degrees or less . An ordinary system has return water temperature much higher than this , because this is the temperature for which your radiators are sized ( typically 180 supply , 160 return ) . If you have a outdoor air temperature reset it will condense when the supply temperature goes down in response to warmer weather . Additionally , because the acidic flue gas is condensing , you can not re - use your flue for a high efficiency model . That needs to be replaced with very expensive stainless steel or CPVC . The bottom line is unless you have your system redesigned by a competent professional , you would be wasting your money . I recommend a standard efficiency cast iron or water - tube boiler . Source : Commercial HVAC engineer watermain I basically agree with watermain . The most you can get with the condensing boiler during the cold winter months is about 85 % which is slightly higher than the typical 82 % one can expect from a cast iron boiler . So the savings will be minimal . However during the mild months like fall and spring where you can drop the boiler supply temperature so that the return temperature is below 140F then the boiler can be in condensing mode and will return a higher efficiency . If you can install a reset controller that will adjust boiler water supply temperature based on outside temperature that would help in maximizing the boiler ' s efficiency . Whether the savings is enough to justify the added investment is something worth considering and I personally do n ' t have that answer . 2 years ago JoeG 1 Vote I converted to a high efficiency Viessmann Vitodens 100 and I ' ve had nothing but PROBLEMS ! Viessmann is a horrible product and I would not recommend this brand . I ' m not sure about other brands . I ' m nothing considering looking for a simple , reliable boiler such as a modern cast iron boiler that can supply my hydronic heating system for my small house . The Viessmaan was big time over - kill for what I need to heat my house . If anyone has any advice in terms of down grading from a Lastly , I do however have a Rinnai on demand tankless water heater for my domestic supply and I ' m extremely happy with its performance . Probably the only down side to the Rinnai is the noise ; they ' re fairly noisy . 1 year ago JoelTennis The top - rated answer , which , essentially , is a resounding , " Do n ' t do it , " is correct . Cost for combination Viessmann It is akin to having HAL deciding what level of warmth you will have . Of necessity , a Viessmanm Vitodens 100 was installed here3 months ago , as there was no way , without removing the side of the house to reinstall an oil - burning unit and new tank . It is a very old house . The cost for the Viessmann Vitodens 100 with installation , was Now , one of the things the oil - fired boiler did was dry things out a bit , so there was the feeling of warmth . Also , when you altered the termostate , the action was immediate . HAL here , takes six hours or longer to " think " this over , and - what - reprogram itself to any new setting , even if it is only one degree . If I could make a case against the Viessmann Vitodens 100 , and could afford an attorney , I ' d sue , because the money Now , upstairs , it is warm , but I ca n ' t live upstairs , solely . That thermostat is set at 60F , but I can close off doors to prevent drafts . Downstairs , the thermostat is set at 65F . The actual temperature reads 65F , but it is damp and cold . Plenty of this is due to the house . But I do n ' t dare adjust the temperature upwards even one degree because , I said , it wono ' t kick in until six or more hours later . Water temperature must be maintained at no less than - is it 118F ? or 120F , otherwise there is a definite risk of the bacteria that causes Legionnaire ' s disease . Yes . Research was done before spending this huge amount of money on this nearly worthless new boiler , but the old oil - burner died when the weather turned cold , and there was greater urgency . Trouble is , the " professional " installers do n ' t tell the whole picture in many cases , either straight out lying , or from ignorance . And , I do n ' t have the requisite science degree . One learns , however , from experiencing HAL directly . On that exterior flue , and all the noxious gases escaping at face - vehidle - house siding - shrub - level ? It ' s a noxious gas plume . Then , you have highly - flammable , large propane gas tanks . Then , there is using 10 % propane every two weeks . Burning oil at even $ 300 per month for an entire year , not just during cold weather , ( and this is coastal Maine where it is warmer than other sections ) , for the cost of this " efficient " burner at It also sounds as if the condensing boiler is always working . So , I sit here chilled , " hearing " what should be heat , but it ' s HAL doing its thing , and there is no heat coming from the baseboards . When the oil furnace was on , if you heard it , it was sending heat . It ' s mind and body - numbing to hear something working that is n ' t performing . Unless one has a laboratory - level home for , at least , this Viessmann Vitodens 100 , but I think for any of these units - do not buy them . It was also mentioned that repairing these things is astronomical . Do n ' t do it . Take down the side of your home if necessary to have a furnace that keeps you warm and dry . I do wish I could sue so that I could do just that . 1 year ago JaneR JaneR - if you have not gotten it fixed yet ( for some reason AL just today flagged your answer / question as " current " ) , I have a thought or two on your issue . 0 ) if the fancy high efficiency furnace is doing fine upstairs , then it is almost certainly not at fault - the problem is most likely that the downstairs zone is not working for some reason , because if the boiler itself was the problem then neither area would heat adequately or dependably in cold weather . 1 ) First , if downstairs and upstairs are connected without a door in between , your downstairs air will rise to the upstairs , and upstairs cold air flow down the stairs to the downstairs - a never - ending battle . You need the downstairs so it can be isolated from the upstairs . This can actually become a serious thing in winter , because if enough warm air flows upstairs to satisfy the upstairs themostat , the upper loop ( assuming your house has separate upstairs and downstairs loops ) may not turn on at all . This can , in very cold ( say substantially sub - zero ) or prolonged moderately cold weather ( say below 10 or so ) result in the upstairs heating loop becoming cold enough in isolated cold wall / floor areas so it can actually freeze , even though the upstairs air is warm enough to satisfy the thermostat . Obviously , greatest risk with an upstairs with cold spots , or if the upstairs thermostat is set fairly low - say if on vacation or suchso you set it to 50 ' s or low 60 ' s . 2 ) Check ( remembering the fluid is commonly near or at boiling temp so pipes will be HOT where water is actively flowing and within 3 - 5 feetof the boiler regardless ) the outgoing pipes past the zone valves ( usually has a flow direction on the valve itself as in this example , under the Taco name , cast into the housing of the valve which is soldered into the pipe ) . Zone valve commonly looks like this and has wires connected to it : http : / / jbblog . flopro . taco - hvac . com / wp . . . The incoming pipe will of course be quite hot anytime the boiler is functioning - but when the downstairs thermostat is calling for heat ( set above the ambient temperature around it ) then the outgoing pipe ( in the direction the arrow is pointing ) should also be hot . Check a couple of feet away from the vale if possible , and also compare to upstairs valve and pipe . Right next to the valve it will usually be hot regardless - but a couple of feet downstream it will be cool or lukewarm at best if it If the upstairs one is quite warm to very hot ( depending on if flowing or not ) but the downstairs one is cool or lukewarm when the downstairs thermostat is turned up ( maybe well above normal temp for the test ) then either the wiring has a problem ( commonly breaks right at the thermostat or at the valve when it is old and has been handled ) , the valve ( the base part ) rarely - or more commonly the power head ( the top half ) has died , or the thermostat has failed or One IMPORTANT NOTE - see instructions in the manufacturer box or on website on how to deactivate the power to the power head . If you deactivate the power ( to avoid frying the power head while doing this ) most brands have a manual lever on the side which you can open to manually allow the fluid to flow through without control for testing or in case the power head dies on you . If you do that test ( or have HVAC technician pr plumber familiar with hydronic heating systems do it ) and the downstream pipe gets NOTE - VERY IMPORTANT - the lever has to be reset to normal position ( usually UP ) BEFORE repowering the head or it can fry the head and maybe the boiler electronics . LCD | [
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http://answers.angieslist.com/what-average-cost-land-survey-md-q87577.aspx | Ask Your Question Questions Ask Leaderboard Top 30 Days Experts Rank Leader Points * 1 kstreett 240 2 Guest_9020487 110 3 Guest_9190926 105 4 GoldenKid 100 5 ahowell 95 6 KnowledgeBase 95 7 skbloom 80 8 Guest_98024861 70 9 Guest_9311297 70 10 Guest_9400529 * Updates every 4 hours Browse Projects By Category Angie ' s List [ + ] Auto [ + ] Health Home Lawn & Garden Personal Services Pet Care Question Details Asked on 3 / 25 / 2014 Guest_ . . . what is the average cost of a land survey in md . I need a property line surveyer - - possible boundary dispute - - two estimates have both benn around $ 3000 . This sounds way too high . Do you have the same question ? Follow this Question In Home > Land Surveying In Angie ' s List > Project Cost Info Report It Tweet 1 Answer 0 Votes There is no " average " because each piece of land is different - different shape and terrain , varying amount of trees or brush that has to be line cleared or surveyed around , differing accessibility of benchmarks or reference points nearby to tie into , snow or no snow , swampy or solid poison oak and ivy , guard dogs in the way , etc . A normal roughly 1 / 4 acre residential lot with corners " recoverable " - meaning the " hubs " or rebar corners are locateable with a metal detector and appear to be intact , runs about $ 150 - 300 typically to check corners and measure distances to house and any other structures for an " as - built " for a property transfer . In your case , because you say there is a dispute over a boundary , there are three levels of survey possible . The first and easiest is to try to locate the original corners and re - establish the line from there , as above . If the parties agree on that location , then good and done , and for about $ 100 extra you can have a half dozen or so rebar set along the line - like to establish the property line for a fence installer to follow or stay clear of . The second level would be for the surveyor , for typically about $ 50 - 200 extra in built - up areas with streets and such , to go back to centerline hubs in the street as reference points , then resurvey from there to check and , if necessary , reset the corner markers and any intermediate ones you wanted set . In more rural areas but still with quarter section corners ( every quarter mile ) this can involve as much as $ 500 - 1000 extra work . If both parties will not accept that , and And of course , larger plots cost more too - dependant more on number of corners to be located / marked than on acreage unless a very large track or lots of vegetation to clear . Since both estimates have been in the same range , assuming you did not get the estimates from the two companies using the same surveyor for their field surveys , I would guess you are either looking at a pretty remote site - maybe a cabin or in an undeveloped area , lots of trees they have to cut for line of sight - or you are looking at " reestablishing " corners and official recording of same by a registered land surveyor . If you want to describe the property better and exactly WHAT the boundary issue is , using the Answer This Question button right below your question , perhaps we can give a better picture for you , or possibly some other alternatives - starting with dispute resolution services with the neighbor to determine WHY there is a dispute and what level of survey will satisy them - and also possibly sharing of costs fo same . Answered 5 years ago by LCD Report It | [
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http://answers.angieslist.com/what-cost-installing-oil-tank-basement-2000-sf-home-Massachusetts-q46972.aspx | Ask Your Question Questions Ask Leaderboard Top 30 Days Experts Rank Leader Points * 1 kstreett 240 2 Guest_9020487 110 3 Guest_9190926 105 4 GoldenKid 100 5 ahowell 95 6 KnowledgeBase 95 7 skbloom 80 8 Guest_98024861 70 9 Guest_9311297 70 10 Guest_9400529 * Updates every 4 hours Browse Projects By Category Angie ' s List [ + ] Auto [ + ] Health Home Lawn & Garden Personal Services Pet Care Question Details Asked on 6 / 1 / 2013 Guest_ . . . what is the cost of installing a new oil tank in the basement of a 2000 sf home in Massachusetts Do you have the same question ? Follow this Question In Home > HVAC Report It Tweet 7 Answers - 1 Votes The primary costs can be broken down like this : 1 ) new tank - 250 - 330 gallon normal size range , about $ 1.50 - 2.00 / gal capacity , so about $ 500 - 700 tank cost , fuel fill line replacement and filters replacement if needed about $ 100 - 150 more . If double - walled tank with leak alarm then about $ 500 - 600 more . Indoor tanks fail by corrosion from the inside out from water sitting in the bottom of the tank , so a double - walled tank provides a hollow space between the two tank layers to hold the 2 ) access - this is the big variable . If you have a hatch , ramp , or oversize door designed to allow easy tank replacement , then $ 0 additional . If a hole has to be cut in the wall or foundation to allow access , can run $ 1000 - 2000 or more . 3 ) dispose of existing oil and sludge in tank . Occasionally a heating oil distribution company , if they are doing the installation of the new tank for you , will take the oil away for free , to be filtered and used for industrial heating oil or to be sold to a refinery for reprocessing - if so , then $ 0 . They will NOT buy it back from you , because of the contaminants that are likely to be in your tank . Otherwise , if disposed of as waste oil , about $ 1 - 4 ) dispose of old tank - $ 200 - 300 4 ) installation - about $ 500 - 800 on existing cradle or pad , or about $ 800 - 1200 including new base / pad , if needed ( usually not required on concrete slabs ) 5 ) this one is commonly forgotten about - refill tank - assuming $ 3.70 / gallon , about $ 900 - 1200 . One additional thing to consider is the possibility of leasing your tank - many oil distributors will change out you tank for a new one , that is then charged to you on a monthly lease basis , prorated over many years . However , if you are planning on selling the house soon , that presupposes the buyer will be interested in assuming the lease agreement , rather than converting to gas . And of course it will probably tie you to that oil provider for the lease period . Answered 5 years ago by LCD Report It 0 Votes Seems like these prices are way off . I was quoted $ 2300 - $ 3330 for a new tank and installation of hoses from tank to oil burner through ceiling . This does inclide taking the tank away . Answered 3 years ago by dannesilva 1 Vote December 2016 I live just over the MA border in CT in a home this size . Just had a quote done today to replace my existing ( and VERY old ) 275 gallon tank . The tank is located in my basement and it does not meet current CT code ( no " whistle " on the breather , breather pipe too small in diameter ) . I do have a hatch to the outside from the basement , making the in - out process pretty easy . The quote I was given for a new 275 gallon tank , installed and ready to use , was $ 2,850 plus CT sales tax ( 6.35 % ) . The price included : - pumping out my current tank of usable oil into a temporary storage tank - removal of the old tank - install of the new tank and appropriate piping to the outside ( my house is made of brick ) - returning my stored oil to the new tank - disposal of the old tank and accumulated sludge - a basic tank - mounted gauge Was told to expect the job to be 6 - 8 hours from start to finish . 2 years ago PJL44 Vote I live off 128 west of Boston . I had a standard 275 gallon tank in my basement replaced for $ 1650 + $ 100 permit fee . They basically removed and replaced everything in about 3 hours . This included the most basic tank , repiping to exterior to meet code , new filter and copper line to burner , and saving existing oil ( they pumped through filter to a holding tank , then into new tank ) . Ours was an easy install - no doorways that were too small , etc . Emergency fee would have 2 years ago dwimagine 0 to dwimagine . . . is the company CommTank of Wakefield ? I need to have urs replaced . Thanks ! OFDgirl1970 Yes , we used CommTank . Everything went smoothly with them . They ' re very professional . dwimagine I also need to replace my oil tank , but the tank is outside the house above ground and inside a small shed just the size of the tank , it probably will cause a lot more , they probably has to remove the shed to remove the tank . i will try comm tank to get an estimate . thanks for the information 1 year ago gracelopingmui01 | [
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http://answers.com/q/how_did_dinosaurs_evolve | Answers . com ® Categories Animal Life Prehistoric Animals Dinosaurs How did dinosaurs evolve ? Dinosaurs evolved from their earlier archosaur ancestors in the Triassic Period . The fundamental difference between dinosaurs and other reptiles is the structure of their hips . In most reptiles the legs are splayed out , limiting their locomotion . In dinosaurs they are erect and located on the underside of the body , allowing dinosaurs to have more stamina . Dinosaurs diverged from their archosaur ancestors approximately 230 million years ago in the Middle to Late Triassic Period . It is believed that Eoraptor ( " dawn thief " represents the common ancestor of all dinosaurs . If this is so , the first dinosaurs were small , bipedal predators . As earlier forms of reptiles became extinct the dinosaurs grew and diversified , and became the dominant terrestrial animals throughout most of the Mesozoic Era . They occupied various niches . Some were small insectivores , some were vicious predators , and others were the giant sauropods . Time period in which dinosaurs evolved and diversified ? They evolved in the Triassic and mainly spreadout to dominate the Erath in the Jurassic most people will say this is the golden age of the dinosaurs , however I ' d say the early - mid creataceous is , it ' s when all the weird species came share with friends What did dinosaurs evolve from ? they evolved from other more ancient species of reptiles and basicly were able to survive better because they were more agile and better hunters share with friends Did dinosaurs evolve from reptiles or birds ? Dinosaurs evolved from an earlier group of reptiles , and birds evolved from a group of dinosaurs . One of the earliest birds , Archaeopteryx , dates back to the Jurassic . It has many features of dinosaurs , and indeed , several fossils of Archaopteryx were initially mistaken for dinosaur fossils . It i ( Full Answer ) Did dinosaurs evolve from birds ? No , its actually the other way around : birds evolved from dinosaurs . However , some new hypotheses have been raised that suggest that the raptor dinosaurs ( such as Velociraptor and Deinonychus ) were actually a type of flightless bird . This has n ' t been confirmed yet , but birds still evolved from dinos ( Full Answer ) What year did dinosaurs evolve from reptiles ? Evolution is generally a gradual process , such that it is generally difficult to classify transition species one way or the other . Would you say birds are reptiles ? Birds are dinosaurs . Dinosaurs and reptiles share a common ancestor , probably dating to some time in the early Triassic . That would be Did birds evolve from dinosaurs ? Not exactly . That ' s like saying that dogs evolved from poodles . Birds are dinosaurs . Birds , also known as Aves , are actually a subgroup of the clade Dinosauria . If humans evolved from the sea where did the dinosaurs evolve from ? Humans evolved from mammals like dinosaurs such as dimetrodon . All Vertebrate ' s evolved from the sea , Dinosaurs and Humans alike ( the first were neither Reptiles nor Mammals but Tetrapods ) . These Tetrapods were the first to make the move from ocean to land : At the time of the Dinosaurs the onl How did the dinosaur evolve ? There are two parts to this : where did dinosaurs come from , and where did they go . Where from : single - celled animals = > multi - celled animals = > fish = > amphibians = > reptiles including dinosaurs Where to : Over millions of years , animals take a different shape . The dinosaurs ' closest living relatives Did dinosaurs evolve into birds ? No . Birds are dinosaurs . We do n ' t ask if frogs evolved from amphibians , because frogs ARE amphibians . Deinonychus ( dai - non - ni - kus ) is a transitional form between modern avian dinosaurs and flightless theropods . Deinonychus evolved from utahraptor and it is covered in feathers . It is actually ha Will dinosaurs ever evolve again ? No . Nothing can ever " evolve again . " One group of animals may evolve to resemble another , but they will never be the same thing . That said , many scientists consider modern birds to be dinosaurs and some birds have regained some of their more dinosaur - like traits ( though most of those are extinct ) . Did birds evolve from some dinosaurs ? Most paleontologists will tell you that birds are probably descendants of dinosaur similar to the dromaeosaur . Most would even tell you that birds are in fact coelurosaurs , or at least coelurosaurian . Birds and reptiles , especially the Maniraptors which includes Velociraptor , have a number of simi Did alligators and crocodiles evolve from dinosaurs ? No . Alligators and crocodiles are not dinosaurs , though they are fairly closely related . Dinosaurs actually had more in common with dinosaurs to the point that birds are now classified as the only surviving dinosaurs . Did lizards evolve from dinosaurs ? No . Lizards and snakes came from different branches of reptiles . Dionosaurs evolved from archosaurs while lizards evolved from lepidosaurs . Did modern reptiles evolve from dinosaurs ? No , although modern reptiles and dinosaurs do share common ancestors that lived in the distant past ( likely the Carboniferous epoch ) . Birds , however , evolved from dinosaurs in the Jurassic epoch . Did mammals evolve from dinosaurs ? No . Mammals evolved from synapsid reptiles , a group not closely related to dinosaurs . Dinosaurs are more closely related to modern reptiles and birds than they are to mammals . How dinosaurs evolved into birds and mammals ? Mammals did not evolve from dinosaurs . Birds branched off from a group of dinosaurs called theropods , the two - legged carnivores that included T . rex and Velociraptor . Even before birds evolved many theropods already had feathers , probably for insulation . From here there are two main hypotheses abo When did the dinosaurs first evolve ? Somewhere in the late Triassic where the first dinosaurs become more sophisticated in terms of bones and muscles . Did we evolve from dinosaurs ? No we do not evolve from dinosaurs . Humans are mammals and evolved from synapsida often called " mammal like " reptiles that infact predated the dinosaurs which evolved another type of reptiles called Archosaurs . . Synapsida were dominant animals on the earth for millions of years before the first d If snake evolve from dinosaur how snake evolve ? Snakes did n ' t evolve from dinosaurs . They evolved from lizards . It is debated among scientists as to whether they evolved from a burrowing or a swimming ancestor . How did man evolve after the extinction of the dinosaurs ? Humans are mammals ; the earliest mammal fossils date from 165million years ago - so roughly in the middle of the " age of thedinosaurs " . The actual " earliest " mammal is a variation on the " chicken and egg " question ; the 165 million year old fossil isknown as a proto - mammal - having some of the charact How did dolphins evolve from a dinosaur ? Dolphins evolved from whales and they evolved from something called a Mesonix . They ate in they water , and from then on , over 30 million years , they evolved the means to better be suited to the water . The closest living land cousin to the dolphin according to Japanese Genome study , is the pig and ot What animal evolved from dinosaurs ? it is theorized that birds evolved from the smaller theropods there is a mountain of evidence suggesting this because of skeletal similarities and feathers in most theropods and birds How did dinosaurs evolve into birds ? Birds evolved from a group of carnivorous , bipedal dinosaurs known as theropods . The skeletal adaptations that gave theropod dinosaurs an advantage of better balance or a swift strike to capture prey combined with feathers that may have served as insulation or an impressive display to potential mate Dinosaurs evolved first in the ? Dinosaurs first evolved 231.4 million years ago in Pangaea . This was during the beginning of the Mesozoic era , in the Triassic period . Did crocodilians evolve from dinosaurs ? No . Crocodilians and dinosaurs evolved from separate branches of a group of reptiles called archosaurs . The living descendants of dinosaurs are not crocodilians but birds . What birds evolved from a group of dinosaurs ? All birds evolved from the raptor family of therapod dinosaurs . Answer Possibly none . Birds do have many features in common with theropods ( bipedal carnivorous dinosaurs ) which suggests that they had a common ancestor . We dont know that this common ancestor was a dinosaur though . It may well ha Did reptiles evolve from dinosaurs ? Dinosaurs evolved from reptiles not the other way around . The first reptiles where thought to have evolved during the late Carboniferous Period about 320 to 310 million years ago . Dinosaurs do not appear in the fossil record until the late Jurassic Period about 230 million years ago . They evolved Did dinosaurs evolve into birds before or after a meteor killed all the dinosaurs ? Birds evolved in the late Jurassic Period about 150 to 145 million years ago . This was about 90 to 95 million years before the asteroid impact that marked the K - T extinction event . Just a sub note that most scientist recognise that birds are a specialised branch of the therapod dinosaur . Birds are Did snakes evolve from dinosaurs ? No is not thought that snakes evolved from dinosaurs . They evolved from a completely different branch of the reptile family . Snakes , lizards , crocodiles , dinosaurs ( birds ) etc have common ancestors in the sauria clade of reptiles . The sauria evolved into several different groups : - . Ichthyosaurs From which group of dinosaurs did birds evolve from ? Theropods , a type of bipedal , carnivorous dinosaur . Answer : Possibly none . Birds may have evolved from a creature , likely a reptile , that pre - dated the dinosaurs . Birds do have many features in common with theropods ( bipedal carnivorous dinosaurs ) which suggests that they had a common ancestor Did apes evolve from dinosaurs ? No ! It has been a theory but they did not . Although I am a Christian . Is it possible for birds to evolve back into dinosaurs ? Whales became sea dwellers from even toed ungulated land dwellers who ultimately came from the sea , so I suppose it might be possible . " Evolve back " would not be the correct terminology as there is only evolution , which has no direction . I do not think it would happen though . Did some dinosaurs evolve into sentient beings ? The most widely accepted definition of sentience is possessing the cognitive ability to think for oneself autonomously and experience subjectivity . However , for others , the innate ability to experience pleasure and pain defines sentience . However , this is a very loose definition , given that pleas When did the first dinosaurs and mammals evolve ? The first dinosaurs came about 230 million years ago , during the Middle to Late Triassic time period . The mammals came about 200 million years ago during the early Jurassic time period . Were dinosaurs evolving at the same time other stuff were evolving ? Yes of course , they were mamals , birds and other creatures that were in the same time period as the dinosaurs and they were evolving too . What order of dinosaurs did birds evolve from ? Birds evolved from a group of Saurischian dinosaurs known as theropods . The theropods include dinosaurs such as Tyrannosaurus , Velociraptor , and Deinonychus . Theropods were predators who walked on two feet and had relatively small arms . Some of these dinosaurs were small and started growing feathers Why do scientists think that birds evolved from dinosaurs ? Many dinosaurs have birdlike traits . The basic body plan oftheropods ( the two legged carnivores ) is somewhat birdlike . Howeversome of these are especially birdlike . Among these areArcheopteryx , which is widely attributed to be the earliest knownbird and clearly has traits of maniraptoran theropods . What dinosaurs were there when fish first evolved ? Apparently , according to different sources , fish seem to have been around since the first dinosaurs and before . Did underwater dinosaurs evolve into crocodiles ? No . Crocodiles evolved from a group of reptiles closely related to dinosaurs , but not from dinosaurs themselves . Can a dinosaur evolve into a bird ? Yes and no . No : a single dinosaur could not become a bird . Evolution is notsomething that happens to individuals . It happens to lineages andpopulations , over many generations . Yes : all modern birds are descendants of ancient theropods , a sortof dinosaur . Did canarys and parrots evolve from dinosaurs ? It ' s looking as though they did . The whole class of Aves ( birds ) seems to owe its existence to dinosaur parents - - although these would most likely have been rather unassumming smallish dinosaurs , not T . rex or Apatosaurus . Although canaries and parrots are certainly birds , DNA studies have found t What did dinosaurs evolved from ? Dinosaurs evolved from more primitive reptiles , very much like lizards . The evolutionary step that made them so successful was putting their legs directly underneath their bodies so they could stand upright with the stability of bones rather that with the strength of muscles . This allowed them to How did dinosaurs evolve into lizards ? They did n ' t . Lizards evolved independently of dinosaurs from a different branch of reptiles . Among reptiles lizards are not even closely related to dinosaurs . Dinosaurs were in fact more closely related to crocodiles . The only living descendants of dinosaurs are birds . What are some features of dinosaurs that have lead scientists to theorize that brids evolved from dinosaurs ? Theropod dinosaurs share many features with birds . Some includebones with honeycomb like air pockets that made them lighter , wishbones , and feathers . Further evidence comes from fossils likethat of Archaeopteryx , which had features of dinosaurs and birds . How did the animals evolve when the dinosaurs die ? After the dinosaurs died out , there was less competition and many niches were empty . Small mammals soon evolved to fill those niches , and they got bigger , too . In some areas , huge , flightless , carnivorous birds evolved , taking the place of non - avian theropods as apex predators . What do you call a dinosaur that has evolved and are still alive ? Well there are probably no " dinos " hat we know of that are still alive like the T - rex or stegosaurus , but scientist have noticed that over millions of years of change , dinosaurs may have evolved into birds , like the raptors , they had feathers and the fragile bone build , so that may of indicated chan Did dinosaurs and cavemen evolve together ? No . Dinosaurs first emerged about 230 million years ago and , with the exception of birds , went extinct about 65 million years ago . The first human - like creatures appeared about 5 million years ago . Is there a possibility humans evolved from dinosaurs ? Nope , humans are mammals . Mammals emerged shortly after the dinosaurs did , evolving from a very distant group of reptiles . Why are birds thought to have evolved from dinosaurs ? This hypothesis is based on three things : - The morphology of extant birds related to the morphology of other extant species . - The genetics of extant birds related to the genetics of other extant species . - The morphology of extinct species related to the morphology of other extant and extinct spe Did the meat eating dinosaurs evolve into birds ? We now think that one particular line did . No living bird has a Tyrannosaur or a Utahraptor in its family tree , but some running - on - two - feet , feathered , hollow - boned critter was both dinosaur and ancestral bird . | [
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http://answers.com/q/what_backup_qb_has_won_the_most_super_bowl_rings | Answers . com ® Categories Sports Football - American National Football League ( NFL ) Green Bay Packers What backup QB has won the most Super Bowl rings ? Tom Brady started his career as a back up and now has 3 Super Bowl Championships What quarterback has the most Super Bowl rings ? Terry Bradshaw and Joe Montana , with four wins each , are tied forthe most Super Bowl rings . Next are Troy Aikman and Tom Brady withthree each . Steve Young . Update as of Feb 2015 : Terry Bradshaw , Joe Montana and Tom Bradywith 4 rings each . Tom Brady took The Patriots to Super Bowl XLIXon Feb 2015 for ( Full Answer ) share with friends Who was Terry Bradshaw ' s backup and 3rd string QBs during the Super Bowl championship years ? do n ' t quote me i think it was joe gilliam and terry hanratty Mike Kruczek for one , Cliff Stoudt also has 2 super bowl rings 1974 - Joe Gilliam , Terry Hanratty 1975 - Joe Gilliam , Terry Hanratty 1978 - Mike Kruczek , Cliff Stoudt 1979 - Mike Kruzcek , Cliff Stoudt share with friends Which quarterback has the most super bowl rings ? Terry Bradshaw and Joe Montana have 4 each . However , 3 of Joe Montana ' s rings represent the MVP performance of the game . Which NFL player has won the most Super Bowl rings by playing on different teams ? Linebacker Matt Milan is the only player to earn Super Bowl rings with three different teams - - the Raiders , the 49ers and the Redskins . What individual has the most Super Bowl rings ? \ n . \ n Mike Woicik \ n . \ n . Three ( 3 ) with the Dallas Cowboys \ n . Three ( 3 ) with the New England Patriots . Who won the most Super Bowls ? The Pittsburgh Steelers have 6 Super Bowl victories . They have beento the Super Bowl 7 times . Which NFC team has won the most Super Bowl rings ? Dallas Cowboys have the most with 5 Super Bowl titles representing the NFC . 1971 , 1978 , 1992 , 1993 , 1995 . What running back has won the most Super Bowl rings ? Emmit Smith . Answer . Smith won 3 Super Bowls while Franco Harris won 4 with the Steelers . What coach won the most Super Bowls ? Answer : Chuck Noll , former head coach of the PittsburghSteelers , won four Super Bowls ( IX , X , XIII , XIV ) , and BillBelichick , head coach of the New England Patriots , won fourSuper Bowls ( XXXVI , XXXVIII , XXXIX , XLIX ) . What player has won the most Super Bowl rings ? Most Super Bowl Wins . As of the 2007 season , Charles Haley has played for the most victorious Super Bowl teams , 2 while with the 49ers and 3 with Dallas for a total of 5 . . Charles Hayley , with five . Quarterback with most super bowl rings ? Terry Bradshaw and Joe Montana have 4 each . However , 3 of Joe Montana ' s rings represent the MVP performance of the game . What players have the most Super Bowl rings ? The player with the most Super Bowl rings in Charles Haley with five . He won two with the San Francisco 49ers ( SBs XXIII and XXIV ) and three with the Dallas Cowboys ( SBs XXVII , XXVIII , and XXX ) . Mean Joe Greene of the Pittsburgh Steelers has 6 rings , the most total rings held by a former player ( ( Full Answer ) What was the most expensive Super Bowl ring ? The New York Giants Superbowl XLII rings are valued - raw value from the manufacturer - at $ 6,300 a peice - you can multiply that by 10 or 20 if you add in what it represents - Who has the most Super Bowl rings in the NFL ? Neal Dahlen . He ' s got seven - - five from his time on staff with the 49ers and two from working as the general manager of the Denver Broncos . . New England Patriots What teams have the most super bowl rings ? The Steelers have the most SuperBowl rings ( 6 ) , then Dallas ( 5 ) , San Francisco ( 5 ) and New England ( 5 ) . Who has the most Super Bowl wins as a QB in NFL history ? Terry Bradshaw and Joe Montana with 4 , Joe Montana also has the record for most super bowl MVP ' s with 3 as terry bradshaw only has 2 MVP ' s joe Montana mvp of superbowl ' s XVI , XIX , XXIV and the only time he did n ' t get the MVP was in the 1989 superbowl when jerry rice had 11 REC 215 YD ' s and 1 TD as th Who has the most Super Bowl ring ? Meane Joe Greene has four as a player + two more as an assistant ( six total ) . Neal Dahlen ( player personnel / GM ) though has the most ( seven ) . Team wise , it ' s the Steelers ( six ) What backup quarterback has the most super bowl rings ? For a QB that was truly a backup ( second string ) , that would be Earl Morrall who was second string for the 1970 Baltimore Colts that won Super Bowl V and the 1972 and 1973 Miami Dolphins who won Super Bowls VII and VIII . Morrall started 11 games ( 9 regular season , 2 playoff ) in the 1972 season when What QB has most interceptions in a Super Bowl ? Through Super Bowl XLII , the Super Bowl record for most interceptions thrown in a game is 5 by Rich Gannon of the Oakland Raiders in Super Bowl XXXVII against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers . The Bucs returned three of the interceptions for TDs in a 48 - 21 victory . How many Alabama QBs won the Super Bowl ? Three quarterbacks from the University of Alabama have won the Super Bowl . . Bart Starr , Green Bay Packers - I , II . Joe Namath , New York Jets - III . Ken Stabler , Oakland Raiders - XI Person with the most Super Bowl rings ? The person with the most Super Bowl rings is Neil Dahlen who received 7 . . . five with San Francisco as a member of the Player Personnel staff and two with Denver as General Manager The player with the most rings is Charles Haley who won them with Dallas ( 2 ) & San Francisco ( 3 ) What QBS have won 2 Super Bowls ? im pretty sure Kurt warner led the rams to two superbowls . i think Peyton mannning to . im not really sure to be honest . What is the most valuable super bowl ring ? Patriots . . . .I believe this answer is accurate because the NFL has rules as far as weight / gold purity and how many diamond carats and whether it can be diamonds or CZs . . .in 2001 the Bob Kraft said screw the rules and went out for a big embellished ring full of diamonds and the other 2 rings were just Who has the most Super Bowl rings ? Neal Dahlen , who was on the staff of the San Francisco 49ers ( 5 wins ) and the general manager of the Denver Broncos ( 2 wins ) , has the most rings at 7 . The player / coach with the most Super Bowl rings , 6 , is Mean Joe Greene of the Pittsburgh Steelers ( four as a player and two as a player personn Who has won 6 super bowl rings ? The Pittsburgh Steelers as a team have won 6 Super Bowls . . Among people , Coach Mike Woicik has the most Super Bowl rings : three with the Dallas Cowboys and three with the New England Patriots . Which QB has won the Super Bowl the most times ? Terry Bradshaw who played for the Pittsburgh Steelers . He has led Pittsburgh to achieving four lombardi trophies . Which quarterbacks have won Super Bowl rings ? The quarterbacks who have won Super Bowl Titles are : . Aikman , Troy - Dallas Cowboys - Super Bowl - XXVII , XXVIII , XXX . Bradshaw , Terry - Pittsburgh Steelers - Super Bowl IX , X , XIII , XIV . Brady , Tom - New England Patriots - Super Bowl XXXVI , XXXVIII , XXXIX . Dawson , Len - Kansas City Chiefs Who has the most NFL Super Bowl rings ? The Pittsburgh Steelers have the most for a team with six , and an opportunity for a seventh in Super Bowl XLV . Individually , Neal Dahlen has the most with Seven , 5 as a staff member of the 49ers , and 2 as General Manager of the Broncos . However , several Steelers staff members , including the owners , What is the most Super Bowl wins by a QB ? Terry Bradshaw and Joe Montana hold the record of most Super Bowl victories by a quarterback . Each has four Super Bowl rings . Terry Bradshaw : Super Bowl IX Pittsburgh Steelers - 16 ( Terry Bradshaw , Louisana Tech University ) Minnesota Vikings - 6 ( Fran Tarkenton , University of Georgia ) Location : How many Notre Dame QBs have Super Bowl rings ? Through Super Bowl XLIII , 2 have won rings as starters . . . Joe Montana of the 49ers and Joe Theismann of the Redskins . Terry Hanratty won as a backup for the Steelers and Steve Beuerlein won as a backup for the Cowboys . What QB has won more than one Super Bowl ? Terry Bradshaw ( 4 ) Joe Montana ( 4 ) Troy Aikman ( 3 ) Tom Brady ( 3 ) Bart Starr ( 2 ) Bob Griese ( 2 ) Jim Plunkett ( 2 ) John Elway ( 2 ) Ben Roethlisberger ( 2 ) Has a black QB won a super bowl ? Never will happen - - - - - - - - - - Doug Williams of the Washington Redskins not only won Super Bowl XXII , he was named MVP . The person answering above apparently has personal issues . - - - - - - - - - - As of January 2014 , there has only been one black quarterback towin the Superbowl . Has any QB won Super bowls for 2 different teams ? Earl Morrall was the " backup " QB who contributed greatly to the Super Bowl seasons of the Baltimore Colts ( lost Super Bowl III but won Super Bowl V ) and the Miami Dolphins ( won Super Bowls VII and VIII ) , both teams coached by the legendary Don Shula . Jeff Rutledge was also the backup QB on two w What team has the most Super Bowls ring ? The Pittsburgh Steelers have Six Super Bowl Championships , followed by the Dallas Cowboys and the San Francisco 49ers with Five Championships . Qb has most Super Bowl starts without a win ? Former Buffalo Bills Quarterback Jim Kelly . He started and lost all four of Buffalo ' s Super Bowl Appearances . Super Bowl XXV New York Giants - 20 ( Jeff Hostetler , Penn State & West Virginia ) Buffalo Bills - 19 ( Jim Kelly , University of Miami ( Fla . ) ) Location : Tampa Stadium , Tampa FL Date : Qb with most Super Bowls appearances without win ? the answer is Fran Tarkenton from the minnisota vikings he went to 5 superbowls and never won even one QB who won redskins Super Bowls ? The Washington Redskins have won Super Bowl championships with three different quarterbacks at the helm : . Joe Theismann in Super Bowl XVII ( 1 - 30 - 83 ) - - Washington 27 , Miami 17 . . Doug Williams in Super Bowl XXII ( 1 - 31 - 88 ) - - Washington 42 , Denver Broncos 10 . . Mark Rypien in Super Bowl XXVI ( 1 - 2 How many Heisman qbs have won a super bowl ? 3 . 1 ) 1956 winner Paul Hornung of Notre Dame won Super Bowl I with the Green Bay Packers . Hornung played in the NFL as a running back and not a quarterback . 2 ) 1963 winner Roger Staubach of Navy won Super Bowls VI and XII with the Dallas Cowboys . 3 ) 1970 winner Jim Plunkett of Stanford won Su How many Alabama QBs have super bowl rings ? 4 . 1 ) Bart Starr - starting QB for the Packers in Super Bowls I and II . 2 ) Joe Namath - starting QB for the Jets in Super Bowl III . 3 ) Ken Stabler - starting QB for the Raiders in Super Bowl XI . 4 ) Jeff Rutledge - backup QB for the Giants in Super Bowl XXI and Redskins in Super Bowl XXVI . What team won the Super Bowl with less than 100 yds passing and who was the QB ? Bob Griese of the Miami Dolphins in Super Bowl VIII against the Minnesota Vikings . Griese completed 6 of 7 passes for 73 yards . Who was dolphins qb when they won Super Bowls ? Bob Griese was a member of three consecutive Super Bowl teams with the Miami Dolphins . They lost Super Bowl VI and won Super Bowls VII and VIII . What coach won 3 Super Bowls with 3 different starting QBs ? Joe Gibbs has won 3 Super Bowls with Joe Thiesman in 1982 , Doug Williams 1987 and Mark Ripkyn 1991 Who was the qb for super bowl XXXV ? The starting quarterbacks were Trent Dilfer of the Baltimore Ravens and Kerry Collins of the New York Giants . Who won the first super bowl QB ? \ n . Who won the first super bowl ? The Greenbay Packers did . \ n . Who was the first QB to win in the first super bowl ? Bart Starr did . \ n . Peolpe all say brett farve won the first , But no . brett favre won the XXXI which was played on January 26 , 1997 in the Louisiana . He played for about 17 year fo How many super bowls have been won by QBs not in the hall of fame ? I count 22 . . . 1 ) Ken Stabler - Raiders in Super Bowl XI . 2 ) Jim Plunkett - Raiders in Super Bowls XV and XVIII . 3 ) Joe Theismann - Redskins in Super Bowl XVII . 4 ) Jim McMahon - Bears in Super Bowl XX . 5 ) Phil Simms - Giants in Super Bowl XXI . 6 ) Doug Williams - Redskins in Super Bowl X Who was super bowl 2012 qb ? Patriots QB : Tom Brady Giants QB : Elisha Nelson " Eli " Manning GO PATS ! ( even though they lost ) Which QB has been in the most super bowls ? Tom brady with five his record is 3 - 2 Joe montana and Terry bradshaw are second with four What QB had less then 10 seasons with more then one Super Bowl ring ? The following quarterbacks , with less than ten years of service , won multiple Super Bowls : Terry Bradshaw , Pittsburgh Steelers 10 seasons , 4 titles , Super Bowls IX , X , XIII , XIV Tom Brady , New England Patriots 6 seasons . 3 titles , Super Bowls XXXVI , XXXVIII , XXXIX Troy Aikman , Dallas Cowboys 7 sea How many black Qbs has super bowl rings ? Two black quarterbacks have won Super Bowl Rings as starters , Doug Williams and Russell Wilson . Did QB Elvis Grbac ever won a super bowl with the san francisco 49ers ? QB Elvis Grbac was on the roster for the 1994 San Francisco 49ers , who won Super Bowl XXIX . He was the 2nd string quarterback , behindstarter Steve Young and ahead of 3rd string Bill Musgrave . He neverwon the Super Bowl as a starting QB . | [
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http://answers.com/q/what_is_the_phone_number_for_aaa_roadside_assistance | Answers . com ® Categories Technology Electronics Consumer Electronics Telephones Mobile Phones What is the phone number for AAA roadside assistance ? The phone number for AAA roadside assistance is 1 - 800 - 222 - 4357 . That number can be used anywhere in the United States . Each state also has its own toll free number . How do I plan a discounted all inclusive vacation ? Try and find a travel site that informs you about the various vacations and offers you deals . All inclusive vacations Hawaii ? There are many all inclusive vacation packages available forHawaii . Travel websites and travel agents can tell you the varietyand what you are looking for in your price range . Where can I find adult only all inclusive vacations in Mexico ? There are many adults only all inclusive resorts to be found in Mexico . You could look at Secrets Resorts & Spas . There you will find resorts around the Cancun and Montego Bay area . What are the best adults only all inclusive vacation destinations ? Sandals Royal Bahamian in the Bahamas , El Dorado Royale in Mexico , and Secrets St . James in Jamaica are all really good adults only vacation destinations . Most places you ' d look into visiting will have some sort of adults only option , however . Are there websites that offer all inclusive cheap vacations ? They are websites that offer cheap vacations , they normally advertise on the tv or in the paper , but then again travel agencies will have websites with various deals for holidays . What company offers the cheapest all inclusive vacation deals ? Some of the best places to find cheap all inclusive vacation deals include Expedia , Cheap Caribbean , Grand Pineapple , Hot Wire , American Airlines , and Travelocity . Have fun on your trip ! What does a Cabo all inclusive vacation package include ? Depending on which company you go through , you should expect a beachfront hotel with pools , jacuzzis , restaurants , bars , tennis courts , and fitness center . Rooms should include AC , Satellite TV , minibar , and coffeebar . How much does an average cabo all inclusive vacation cost ? This depends on the time of year during which you travel , and the time when you book . The lowest price is generally around five hundred dollars for less than a week . Where can you find the least inexpensive Cabo all inclusive vacation package ? Compare resorts and prices through many different travel companies and sites to see which package offers the best deal on the type of vacation you are looking for . There are many luxury resorts to choose from each one a little different from the other . Find one the suites your taste and price range , ( Full Answer ) What are some companies that offer an all inclusive Caribbean vacation ? Tropical Sky , First Choice and Almond Resorts all offer inclusive Carribean vacations for good prices . Some also offer free all inclusive upgrades and most are under a thousand pounds for 7 nights . How much does an all inclusive Cancun Vacation cost ? An all inclusive Cancun vacation will vary on cost depending on the length of stay and what amenities you would like included . It is reasonable to get an all inclusive vacation in Cancun for under $ 100 per day without airfare . What are some spots for all inclusive vacations ? It is very difficult to find all inclusive resorts in the continental united states . Most all inclusive vacations are located in the Dominican Republic , Hawaii , Mexico , Virgin Islands , Bahamas , Etc . What is the definition of all inclusive vacations ? All inclusive vactions offer all your vaction needs for one low price . An all inclusive vacation will include your airfare , hotel , and even all you can eat buffets for one price . This helps you budget your trip , and elliminates the need to spend extra money . Are most cruises considered all inclusive vacations ? Yes , most all cruises are all inclusive because your cost includes your meals , room service , facilities and etc . The main charges you have once you board are alcohol and tips . . . Can someone get an all inclusive Hawaiian vacation package ? Yes , many travel agencies offer exclusive packages to almost anywhere in the world . An all inclusive vacation package to the Hawaiian island is doable . Are there any all - inclusive beach vacations in Jamaica ? " There are several options for all - inclusive beach vacations in Jamaica . Sandals , Beaches and Breezes all offer all - inclusive vacations . The prices vary depending on length of stay and other factors . " How much does an all inclusive vacation at Club Med cost ? All inclusive vacations at Club Med can cost anywhere from two hundred dollars per night to two thousand ( or more ) United States of America dollars per night . How much is an all inclusive vacation to Hawaii ? All inclusive vacations in Hawaii vary in price depending on what you are looking for and how long of a stay you are interested in . Honolulu is the most expensive . The other islands will be a bit cheaper . How much does an all inclusive Punta Cana vacation cost ? Holiday Pack to Punta Cana totally depends on the place where you start your trip . The cost might vary from $ 99 to $ 750 depending on the number of nights and type of service offered . Which hotels in St Martin offer all inclusive vacations ? There are many different hotels in St . Martin that offer all inclusive vacations . Hotels such as the Sonesta Maho Beach All Inclusive Resort and Casino is the the most popular . How much would an all inclusive vacation to Puerto Rico cost ? An all inclusive vacation to Puerto Rico is going to vary in cost based on one ' s starting destination and length of stay . The closer one lives to Puerto Rico , the less one has to pay in airfare . The further one lives away , the more expensive airfare is going to be . The price is going to range anywhe ( Full Answer ) Does Hawaii have any all inclusive vacation packages ? Yes , Hawaii has many all inclusive vacation packages . One can find them on Expedia . Many of these packages include the airline ticket , hotel room , with a nice pool . What companies offer all inclusive vacations ? There are not many companies that offer all inclusive vacation packages due to the fact many companies want to charge for every aspect of your vacation . Wakaya Club , Club Med , Sandals Resort , and Cayo Espanto are a few of the vacation resorts that offer all inclusive packages . What are the pros and cons of all inclusive vacation packages ? There are pros and cons for all inclusive vacation packages . Some pros include having all of your room and board taken care of . You can eat and drink as much as you want , while using the resort facilities , without needing to worry about where to eat or what to make . Some cons include the tendency to Where can one find an all inclusive Arruba vacation ? All inclusive vacations to Aruba can be found at the visitaruba site . They have many programs listed available . You may also try a local tourist agency as they can give better prices . How much does the average all inclusive Bahama vacation cost ? The price of an all inclusive vacation to the Bahamas will vary depending on where you are going , how long and what time of the year . They can range from $ 500 to $ 5000 . It depends on many different aspects . How can we avail all inclusive beach vacations ? One can avail all inclusive beach vacations by inquiring a travel agent in their region . 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Where can all inclusive Caribbean vacations be purchased ? All inclusive Caribbean vacations can be purchased from a number of sources including cheap caribbean , marriott , and expedia . The prices all depend on the length of the vacation . What companies offer all inclusive vacations to Barbados ? As part of the Caribbean , Barbados is a popular tourist destination . This means that quite a few companies offer vacation packages there , including CheapCaribbean , JetBlue , and SellOffVacations . Where could one book all inclusive vacation packages for Hawaii ? The best time to book all inclusive vacation packages is in the summer . This is when the tourist rate is the lowest for the state of Hawaii . Many events can also be done . Where can a cheap all inclusive Caribbean vacation be found ? There a number of Travel companies that offer different package holidays all around the world . Some of the cheapest Travel Agents include Thomas Cook and Thompson . The really cheap flights will be with companies like EastJet . You are most likely to find the cheapest all inclusive packages close to th Which websites offer cheap all inclusive vacations to Cuba ? Some websites that offer cheap all inclusive vacations to Cuba include iTravel 2000 , Sunwing and Sell Off Vacations . Last minute deals are common and will give vacationers a nice discount . What are the benefits of all inclusive family vacations ? There are a few major benefits of all inclusive family vacations . Perhaps the main benefit is financial . Meals , drinks and accomodation on these vacations will generally be paid for in advance making it far easier to budget . There is also no requirement to tip for the same reason . What are some of the features in the Sandals Antigua All Inclusive vacation ? The Sandals Antigua All Inclusive vacation includes a visit to a resort and spa on the Dickinson Bay beach . It is well - known for being an excellent honeymoon spot . Where can one buy all inclusive vacations to Mexico ? The best way to score a great vacation , especially to Mexico , is to go through an agency . A lot of people are falsely under the impression that this is a waste of needed vacation money , but agencies are able to bypass some booking regulations and know the best companies , hotels , rates , and times to Where can on purchase cheap all inclusive vacation packages ? Trip Advisor is a great website to search and book cheap vacation spots . They offer many sections ranging from booking hotel rooms to renting full vacation homes . Trip Advisor is quick , easy and reliable . Great customer service , plus sometimes you can find daily deals on the site ! Which travel agencies offer all inclusive Mexico vacations ? Assuming you are travelling from the United Kingdom , the travel agencies you require are : Travel Republic , Kenwood or Sun Master . From the USA : Fun Jet , Go Fox and Delta all offer all inclusive Mexico vacations . Where may one book all inclusive Cancun vacations ? If one would like to book an ' all inclusive Cancun vacation ' , then look no further than ' low cost holidays ' . They have a range of holiday destinations including Cancun , which can be made all inclusive by your request . Where can someone find great rates on all inclusive vacations to Tampa Florida ? One could find all inclusive vacations to Tampa Florida at a variety of locations . If a local travel agency is not an option , then one could visit bookit , expedia , or funjet to name only a few out of the many online choices offered today . Where can one book an all inclusive vacation ? A few websites are advertising vacations through their booking service which are all inclusive . A couple of these are : funjet the website as well as bookit . Where can one find a cheap all inclusive resort for a vacation ? A cheap all inclusive resort for a relaxing vacation can be found at sites such as lastminute and trivago . These will be vacations that start very soon but because they are still unsold will be heavily discounted from list price to get them sold . Where can someone purchase an all inclusive Disneyworld vacation package ? You can purchase an all inclusive Disneyworld vacation package from the Disney World website . Alternatively , you can also purchase these vacation packages from websites such as Expedia . What types of all inclusive vacations are provided by Teletext Holidays ? The types of all inclusive vacations that are provided by Teletext Holidays include beach resorts , cruises and skiing resorts just to name a few . Teletext has some great guides on their site to help consumers narrow down their choice . What are the benefits of going to all inclusive resorts for vacation ? The purpose of an ' all - inclusive ' resort or vacation spot is to offer many different things to do in one location . This makes it easier to pay , is often cheaper than visiting multiple locations , and less traveling around the city is required , which saves time and prevents the possibility of getting Where can one book all inclusive vacations to Mexico online ? Expedia lets you book vacations to any place in the world at their website including Mexico . All you have to do is fill in your details and the website will book the perfect vacation for you . How does one book vacations at Caribbean all - inclusive resorts ? One can book a vacation at Caribbean all - inclusive resorts through many online vacation booking websites . Some examples include Expedia , Grand Pineapple , and Sandals . What companies are offering all inclusive vacation packages to Cancun ? Some companies that offer all inclusive vacation packages to Cancun are Funjet and Expedia . Both companies offer a great variety of vacation offers , including all inclusive vacation packages . | [
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http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-4/Missing-Core-Activation-dll/td-p/3443029 | Missing Core / Activation . dll ? Topic Options Previous Topic Next Topic Original Post Options hgizzle ★ ★ Novice September 2014 I bought a copy of the Sims 4 today from Gamestop and installed it , but when I go to play it a pop up appears saying " The program ca n ' t start because Core / Activation . dll is missing from your computer . Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem . " I have reinstalled it twice and even checked the files in the game . The activation . dll file is in the core folder so I ' m not sure why it ' s saying this . If someone could help that would be great . Thank you . 268 people had this problem . Me too Reply 49 Accepted Solution Options EA_David Community Manager January 2016 @ Elisa608 I ' m not sure what you mean . Have you tried running the packages linked on this page ? https : / / www . microsoft . com / en - us / download / details . aspx ? id = 40784 If you have issues , check that your security software is n ' t blocking the install . View in thread Reply 62 myrabella13 ★ ★ ★ ★ Novice September 2014 i bought the game - digital deluxe edition - on origin . helps us please . 2 myrabella13 ★ ★ ★ ★ Novice http : / / www . microsoft . com / en - us / download / details . aspx ? id = 40784 install the three files and it will work 4 JJ_Malkavian_91 I have th esame error , I installed vcredist_x86 ( I have 7 32bit , so I ca n ' t install the x64 ) but when I try to install vcredist_arm it give me an error saying that it is n ' t a valid win32 application . . .and I still have the error missing Core / Activation . dll 6 JJ_Malkavian_91 Anyone can help please ? 1 Hi everyone , I have a problem with the game , when I go to play it appears an error that says " The program ca n ' t start because Core / Activation . dll is missing from your computer . Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem . " I read so many reply saying to intall " vcredist_x86 " " vcredist_x64 " and " vcredist_arm " but it does n ' t work for me . I have 7 32bit , so I can install only x86 and I ca n ' t install also " vcredist_arm " because it says that it is n ' t a valid win32 application . I do n ' t know how to fix this annoying problem . Thank you and sorry for my bad english . 13 since ive updated the game it doesnt work anymore , i ' ll try to fix this mess . . . 2 can anyone help , please ? 0 DupaxD1 ★ ★ ★ Newbie DupaxD1 ★ ★ ★ Newbie @ hgizzle wrote : I bought a copy of the Sims 4 today from Gamestop and installed it , but when I go to play it a pop up appears saying " The program ca n ' t start because Core / Activation . dll is missing from your computer . Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem . " I have reinstalled it twice and even checked the files in the game . The activation . dll file is in the core folder so I ' m not sure why it ' s saying this . If someone could help that would be great . Thank you . @ hgizzle wrote : 3 Prev 1 2 3 7 Next | [
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http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview/id/509183.html | Question Subject : Number of Cities , Towns and Villages in the United States Category : Reference , Education and News > General Reference Asked by : townattorneygeneral - ga List Price : $ 40.00 Posted : 14 Apr 2005 08 : 40 PDT Expires : 14 May 2005 08 : 40 PDT Question ID : 509183 There are more than 3,000 counties in the U.S. I want to know how many cities , towns , villags , hamlets , municipalities and other such governing groups exist in the US ( which could , but does not have to , include any or all US possessions and / or Puerto Rico ) , but excludes the 3 , 00 + counties , and excludes service - type governmental disricts such as fire , school , sewage , water , police , and tax . My purpose is to identify the potential number of new jobs which can Answer Subject : Re : Number of Cities , Towns and Villages in the United States Answered By : leapinglizard - ga on 14 Apr 2005 10 : 09 PDT Rated : Dear townattorneygeneral , The U.S. Census counted 25,375 places in 2000 . A file containing the name , type , and location of each place can be downloaded in plain ASCII or .zip compressed format from the following page . U.S. Census : Census 2000 Gazetteer Files http : / / www . census . gov / geo / www / gazetteer / places2k . html U.S. Census : Census 2000 Gazetteer Files : compressed version of Places http : / / www . census . gov / tiger / tms / gazetteer / places2k . zip After processing the file with a custom - made script , I find that nine types of places are listed by the Census : borough , Census Designated Place ( CDP ) , city , comunidad , county , municipality , town , urbana , and village . I consider that three of these - - borough , CDP , and county - - do not qualify as self - governing entities . For each of the six remaining types of place , below are the number identified as such . city 10,016 comunidad 147 municipality 1 town 4,431 urbana Request for Answer Clarification by townattorneygeneral - ga on 14 Apr 2005 13 : 46 PDT I ' m very satisfied with the answer . I had estimated about 18,000 in my own website , based on far less information ( somebody else ' s estimate , as I recall ) . I would like to know if the figures exclude Puerto Rico and other US possessions , or include PR / possessions , if you know the answer . Clarification of Answer by leapinglizard - ga on 14 Apr 2005 16 : 08 PDT The Census website says , " With the exception of Puerto Rico , Island Areas are not included in these files . " I ' ve determined that there are exactly 225 Puerto Rice places in the files , accounting for all the comunidad and urbana listings . After subtracting those , we arrive at a total of 18,218 places in the 50 states . leapinglizard townattorneygeneral - ga rated this answer : and gave an additional tip of : $ 10.00 The answer was obtain most professionally , and with the utmost accuracy and authority , and the researcher added his / her own programming expertise to extract data from a data pile . Well done , leapinglizard - ga townattorneygeneral - ga Comments Re : Number of Cities , Towns and Villages in the United States From : on 14 Apr 2005 16 : 41 PDT Thank you for the rating and tip . Much appreciated . leapinglizard From : nelson - ga on 14 Apr 2005 23 : 02 PDT Please note that towns in New York State are not in the places file . They are county subdivisions in census parlance . They are municipalities . I am not sure , but I believe that boroughs in New Jersey are municipalities . on 14 Apr 2005 23 : 25 PDT Please note that the Census knows what it ' s doing . County subdivisions are not self - contained municipal entities . They cover towns and villages that are already included among the places . Boroughs are not independent . leapinglizard nelson - ga on 15 Apr 2005 10 : 04 PDT I have to respectfully disagree . Please see http : / / en . wikipedia . org / wiki / Political_subdivisions_of_New_York_State ( full disclosure : I contributed heavily to this article ) . Then , please read about towns at http : / / www . dos . state . ny . us / lgss / pdfs / Handbook . pdf ( an official state of N.Y. publication that I have nothing to do with ) . Then point out N.Y. towns in the places file . Census definitions do not always match reality . Although towns may not be " places " , they are certainly municipalities under N.Y. law . They are not some governemntless stretches of land subject to the county . In N.Y. towns ARE county subdivisions . Only cities and villages ( and perhaps some Native American reservations ) are places . ( I ' m not counting CDPs because they do not have govt . http : / / www . njslom . org / history_municipal_govt . pdf . It appears that boroughs are indeed municipalities . ( Perhaps you were thinking of N.Y.C. boroughs , which do not have a fully - functional county govt . ) I am not trying to make your life difficult . I am just sharing knowledge I have so that the questioner can get the full information he / she needs . | [
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http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview/id/69880.html | Question Subject : Frequency of the human eye Category : Science > Physics Asked by : eagleeye - ga List Price : $ 5.00 Posted : 27 Sep 2002 16 : 16 PDT Expires : 27 Oct 2002 15 : 16 PST Question ID : 69880 When a wheel spins at a certain rate , it appears stationary to the human eye . I assume this has something to do with the frequency of the human eye relative to the frequency of rotation of the spinning wheel . What is this frequency ? Similarly , on certain spinning items , which appear meaningless when stationary , you can suddenly read words and images once the item is spinning at a certain rate . How are these images created and who designs these images ? Request for Question Clarification by alienintelligence - ga on 29 Sep 2002 00 : 26 PDT Hi eagleeye , From your question I have gotten the 2 main questions , 1 ) What is the human eye ' s field frequency 2 ) How do you exploit this CFF ( Critical Flicker Frequency ) to simulate apparent images . 3 ) Who designs these images . 1 and 2 . . . are easy to answer . 3 , might require a clarification from you . Are you wanting manufacturers of these visual toys and gadgets ? Or do you want to know the artists of the optical illusions ? thanks , - AI Answer Subject : Re : Frequency of the human eye Answered By : drdavid - ga on 02 Oct 2002 15 : 16 PDT You raise a number of important issues with your questions and comments , some of which have generated a lot of controversy over the course of far more than the 25 years you have been teaching speed - reading . However , most of the key experimental work is also at least that old , and those results still stand . You may wish to question some of the results and even do new experiments , but you would do well to start by reviewing the work that has already been done . First , to answer your specific question http : / / www . ta - comm . com / background / pedagogy / FluencyInSilentReading . pdf Fluent reading is about 10 % saccadic motion ( jumps between fixations ) and 90 % fixation . Average saccade length is 8 - 9 characters ( range 2 - 18 ) . About 10 - 20 % of these are retrograde ( backwards ) . Average fixation length is 200 - 250 ms ( range 100 - 500 ) . Within a fixation , you can perceive and recognize 2 - 3 characters to the left and 5 - 8 characters to the right ( for a left - to - right language such as English ) . Word Comments Re : Frequency of the human eye From : digsalot - ga on 27 Sep 2002 17 : 31 PDT Hi eagle I may very well be wrong but it sounds like you are doing some kind of class / homework report or perhaps a science project . Each of these may need a different direction of research to find the answer you need . Let us know which it is . From : asterisk_man - ga on 27 Sep 2002 18 : 15 PDT First , I have a feeling that you may be confused . If you look directly at a spinning wheel it will simply look more blury the faster it spins . Under normal lightning conditions ( not a stobe ) it will not look like it is stopping or reversing or any other phenomonon you were expecting . The things you are describing are seen when there is some sampling of the position of the wheel such as with a strobe or with a video camera . I believe that you will find that all the spinning items that display thenextguy - ga on 27 Sep 2002 21 : 25 PDT Are you talking about indoors , under fluorescent lights ? Or in front of a TV in a darkened room ? Those things will function as strobe lights . eagleeye - ga on 27 Sep 2002 22 : 48 PDT I am trying to investigate whether the human eye can be trained to increase its response to movement . I need to imprint words onto a disk . When stationary , the words are concealed in the clutter on the disk . When the disk is rotated at a particular speed , the words will become visible . Then if the disk is rotated even faster , can the eye be trained to adapt to the higher speed and still get to see the words . Firstly , I need to know how to create the digital image in such on 27 Sep 2002 22 : 56 PDT I once saw a spinning top . When the top was stationary , the artwork appears to be a clutter of dots . When the top was spun , and reached a certain speed , the clutter resolved to a picture and words . I am trying to find such a top or someone to design such artwork . Then a want to measure the speeds of rotation for various people - the speed at which they can read the image / words . Then my gradually increasing the speed , ascertain whether they can adapt to higher speeds versus alan0 - ga on 28 Sep 2002 00 : 02 PDT An entirely different effect is the appearance of colour when spinning a top which only has black and white on it . I do n ' t think that these effects have anything to do with the light source or strobing - but I could not find the theory . See the link below for examples of optical illusions with spinning tops . http : / / www . archimedes - lab . org / atelier . html ? http : / / www . archimedes - lab . org / workshoptop . html | [
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http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview/id/779159.html | Question Subject : GC / MS urine test Category : Health > Medicine Asked by : southernights - ga List Price : $ 50.00 Posted : 01 Nov 2006 11 : 41 PST Expires : 01 Dec 2006 11 : 41 PST Question ID : 779159 A gc / ms urine test was given to me on 10 / 04 / 06 by my employer ! I am on ridalin for ADD but that showed up as a negative for amphetamines on this supposedly fool proof test . I take a lot of advil on a daily basis as I suffered a broken back several years ago . I am 58 yrs old and a positive came back for THC . My employer is cheap I can not see her paying $ 150 to $ 200 for any test and the test came back by fax Answer Subject : Re : GC / MS urine test Answered By : tutuzdad - ga on 01 Nov 2006 13 : 29 PST Dear southernights - ga ; Thank you for allowing me to answer your interesting question . A GC / MS urinalysis is a dual laboratory test that utilizes a hybrid technology of both Gas chromatography ( GC ) and mass spectrometry ( MS ) . I recommend you first read this article to get a good overview of how the tests are administered and I think you will see just how difficult they are to defeat , how accurate they really are and how unlikely they are to provide false - positive results . SCIENTIFIC . ORG http : / / www . scientific . org / tutorials / articles / gcms . html Before I begin let me remind you of our disclaimer at the bottom of this page . Before forming an opinion about your situation based on what you learn here , keep in mind that professional advice in this subject area is always a better course of action than online research . What I am telling you here is primarily public knowledge that I have ferreted out for you in an effort to answer your question . As a general rule a GC / MS test takes about 23 minutes to run . However , most testing labs have quite http : / / las . perkinelmer . com / content / featured / stateCrimeLabUsesCombinedScan - SIMbyGC - MSCST . pdf In any laboratory test there is a potential margin for error relative to equipment , chemical , environmental , intentional tampering , unintentional contamination or human error . There is NO urinalysis that is 100 % ? foolproof ? . In fact , in my estimation a GC / MS test is probably as close to error free as a drug screen urinalysis test can be yet even this test can , and sometimes does , have problems because of the factors I mentioned . This level of accuracy is typically why the GC / MS if most often used http : / / www . toxassociates . com / special . htm Having said that , the best we can do is to say , ? Yes , it is POSSIBLE that your sample was subjected to a GC / MS test and it is POSSIBLE that through some interference the test provided a false - positive result ? . Not knowing your employer , her ethics or perhaps her underlying motivation ( as you suggested ) it is also POSSIBLE that you are being misled . The fact that you were promised a follow - up test that never occurred , given the fact that you already suspect you are being http : / / www . cleartest . com / testinfo / unproven_drug_screens . htm SEARCH STRATEGY SEARCH ENGINE USED : Google : / / www . google . com SEARCH TERMS USED : URINALYSIS DRUG SCREEN GC / MS GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY MASS SPECTROMETRY Comments Re : GC / MS urine test From : aceresearcher - ga on 01 Nov 2006 16 : 02 PST southernights , It certainly sounds to me as though the testing done on your sample was not a GC / MS but possibly a less - expensive , less - accurate test . A test like this one : http : / / www . drug - testing - solutions . net / homedrugtestkit . html might test positive for THC but certainly is n ' t going to indicate if the " positive " was caused by ibuprofen , not marijuana . It ' s possible that she is stonewalling you now because after your admission of your history she considers you a poor employee risk and wants to get rid of you , even though you have been clean and sober for 15 years . A quick review of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commissions page on EEO legislation would suggest that , if she persists in denying you the opportunity to clear your http : / / www . eeoc . gov / abouteeo / overview_laws . html You might speak to her again , telling her that you have a right to have your own copy of the test results showing the type of test and the name , address , and phone of the testing lab , in addition to the results . Request the follow - up test she promised you . If she puts you off on either of these things , point out that you ' re sure she would not want to be investigated by the EEOC for discriminatory employment practices . But before doing so , be aware that confronting your From : markvmd - ga on 01 Nov 2006 19 : 38 PST Get yourself a hair follicle test NOW and slap her in the face with it . Well , maybe skip the last part . probonopublico - ga on 01 Nov 2006 21 : 09 PST Did I see aceresearcher - ga ? If so , Hi ! Or am I hallucinating yet again ? Worried of Hove | [
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http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=572205 | Question Subject : Scalp sores , like pimples on your head , are symptoms of what ? Category : Health > Conditions and Diseases Asked by : calguy - ga List Price : $ 2.00 Posted : 24 Sep 2005 18 : 22 PDT Expires : 24 Oct 2005 18 : 22 PDT Question ID : 572205 Continuing a topic that I think needs to be kept going . . . . Scalp Sores that start out like pimples on your head are symptoms of what ? ( causes itching , redness , hair loss & thinning ) I saw this asked in another clsoed question and was so relieved to know I was not alone . I ' m 31 and have lived with this since I was about 16 or 17 . It was nothing at first and I figued it would go away , but in the last few years it has been the Answer There is no answer at this time . Comments Subject : Re : Scalp sores , like pimples on your head , are symptoms of what ? From : baz2121 - ga on 25 Sep 2005 03 : 55 PDT Hi calguy - ga , This type of condition will attract a million and one diagnoses , and most will have a common dermatological thread . The most common conditions which cause the symptoms you described include : - eczema - dermatitis / rash ( either due to contact - allergies or drug - related ) - infection There is a way to find out which of these it is by consulting your doctor for a few simple tests . I ' m surprised your doc only gave you vaseline without testing or investigating . It seems to be most Re : Scalp sores , like pimples on your head , are symptoms of what ? From : owain - ga on 25 Sep 2005 06 : 23 PDT I am not a doctor ; this is not medical advice . If the problem is related to excessive sebum cutting the hair short ( really short , ie clipper cut ) to expose the skin may help the skin to dry . Tea tree oil based shampoo might also be helpful . A pharmacist may be able to advise if you do not want to wait for a consultant appointment . nessie02 - ga on 08 Oct 2005 18 : 11 PDT I have exactly what you ' ve described and I ' ve gotten various diagnoses . Most say its either eczema or dermatitis . Certain products tend to agrivate it . The only solution I ' ve found ( which works for me , but very well may not for you ) is head and shoulders . Not sure why of course . I started out using their conditioner when they came out . Now that they have a few new shampoo lines ( which work really well with my oily hair ) I use them . I ' ve tonguengroove - ga on 10 Oct 2005 09 : 47 PDT I found the cure for this condition ! I had this condition for 9 years and tried all the prescribed medications and treatments . Nothing worked . I started working on eliminating different foods and drinks and discovered my cure . I ' ve eliminated all dairy products and I ' ve had spectacular results ! I hope everyone will try it let us know if it ' s a universal fix . Good Luck ! ! mrsoul - ga on 04 Nov 2005 09 : 48 PST Calguy - Thanks for continuing this thread . I am a 33 year old male and have been suffering ( on and off ) from a similar condition for about 5 years . A dermatologist diagnosed it as a form of acne ( I do n ' t remember the clinical term ) . After trying some mild anti - biotics and topical creams that did not really help , he put me on Accutain - a very potent acne medication with many side affects . This drug did clear the condition up completely for a while . The doc hairless - ga on 22 Nov 2005 17 : 08 PST Has anyone tried apple cidar vinegar ? It is suggested to be used to treat scalp fungus . I have had these sores for as long as I can remember , but have not yet religiously applied apple cidar vinegar on a daily basis . I guess I ' ll start and report back . jetjfk - ga on 28 Dec 2005 07 : 51 PST I have the same problem for some time . I read the previous " closed question " you spoke of and like yrself , was relieved I was not alone . That same " closed question " mentioned alot of different things that supposedly work . So I made a list and tried things out 1 by 1 . 1 guy mentioned cutting out bread and sweets . This worked for me Big Time . Problem is I love bread ( pizza , italian , etc . ) and I love chocolate . But one ca n ' t have wadejcc - ga on 31 Dec 2005 22 : 37 PST Please keep this thread open . In one way , I ' m glad I ' ve found other people who have this condition , because I thought I was unique . From reading all three threads on this subject , it seems the main thing we have in common is the condition , not the lifestyle , age or sex is consistent . I ' ve had this off and on for about 5 years , but it ' s getting bad right now . I went to a doc - in - the - box about 3 years wadejcc - ga on 31 Dec 2005 23 : 03 PST One other thing . . . .Has anyone tried Follicleanse shampoo ? I found this product while searching for answers to the condition . jetjfk - ga on 08 Jan 2006 12 : 12 PST Hello all , Researhing this topic , I ' ve found 3 google blogs dealing with this problem : - http : / / answers . google . com / answers / threadview ? id = 603016 http : / / answers . google . com / answers / threadview ? id = 572205 http : / / answers . google . com / answers / threadview ? id = 195811 I think its caused by diffent things for different people . Lots of bread and sweets seemed to the main cause of it for me . Lots of water and working out regularly seemed to help alot also . Anyway , someone mentioned something that I thing applied to me : . . .dermatitis herpetiformis ( google it to read more ) . It is quite often overlooked or misdiagnosed as eczema ( or some generic rash ) and is related to celiac disease ( inability to digest wheat protein ) . . . I think almost everything that comes geo_l_1952 - ga on 19 Feb 2006 11 : 26 PST I am not sure what you may have , but I had a scratchy scalp and sores , tender spots on my head that when looked at appeared as a red area around a raised yellow looking pimple at the center of the sore . When broken they would mildly bleed . What I had was called folliculitis ; an infection of the hair follicle . This infection typically appears on the scalp , thighs and buttocks . Anyway , three different doctors had me on anti - biotics and none of them helped ; then , while staying at Scalp sores , like pimples on your head , are symptoms of what ? pokie1234 - ga on 25 Feb 2006 17 : 56 PST My dermatologist told me mine was anxiety . Same symptoms little pimples and they itch and if I scratch they bleed . None of the anxiety medicines have cured it , but they say it is not curable jut manageable . Especially unless you can get everything out of your life that causes your anxiety . Sad to say you can not get rid of husbands family members etc . that flare up you breakouts . But also some foods can cause it . It is a combination of the stress factor and the food you may eat while you ires - ga on 13 Mar 2006 07 : 57 PST Check out this site or if it is n ' t clickable : search for " scalp ringworm " www . emedicinehealth . com / articles / 15983 - 3 . asp proudgrandma3 - ga on 16 May 2006 15 : 16 PDT I have had this condition for years and they always come when you are very stressed . I also have used Flyocinonide Gel usp .05 % prescribed by my doctor . I told him I used it before and works and he gave me the prescription . It does not matter if you wash your head once a day or three or four . They are caused from stress . REDUCE your stress and they go away . Keep from scratching , it definitely makes sores more painful when scratched . deaniedarling - ga on 11 Jun 2006 06 : 02 PDT hi everyone , I think I might have the same problem . Sores on my head , worse for the past few days since I am stressed at the moment , but they ease off ( almost completely ) when all is well . I ' m terrable about seeking medical advice and have done nothing about it except looking for info now . If we do all have the same problem , how bad can it get ? passionforsnapdragns - ga on 06 Jul 2006 21 : 32 PDT I too have suffered with this condition for years . I finally found a dermatologist who had an answer for me . . .not just a guess . She said this is caused by an overgrowth of yeast bacteria . My GP agrees . Yeast is present on and in our bodies in small amounts . It is normal . Sometimes conditions become favorable for this to begin to flourish ( ie . ruin my skin and scalp ! ) My dermatologist recommeded using a dandruff shampoo for my hair and as a face wash for the hairline area where mynicknameisdan - ga on 15 Jul 2006 17 : 41 PDT I have a similar problem - folliculitis all over my body . Just contracted it 8 months ago . I ' ve been to 4 different dermatologists . They did much more harm than good with topical steroids , drying agents , and anti - biotics , oral anti - biotics , anti - histamines , anti - yeast , etc . . . After 6 months with no relief , I discoverd that eliminating all starches from my diet eliminates the itching and drastically reduces the zits - ca n ' t hardly notice them . I always thought bkeene12 - ga on 25 Aug 2006 06 : 37 PDT I think the fellow that used the Dial Anti Bacterial soap might be on to something . I took his advice and tried it out . Three days have past since I started . This is working . I have noticed a marked difference in the way my scalp feels . I have not noticed any side effects . Before this I was using the T - Gel maximum strength with mixed results . captn762wife - ga on 04 Sep 2006 10 : 36 PDT Hi . I have had the same problem since I was a teenager . I am now 29 and as in most of the other comments listed it has gotten worse in the past couple of years . I do have to say that I am a firm believer that stress has a lot to do with it . Last August we lost everything due to Hurricane Katrina . During that time and up until the past couple of months my scalp had been worse than ever and I was loosing handfuls of hair daily when washing my hair . mataroo - ga on 06 Sep 2006 17 : 24 PDT I ' ve had the same problem for 10 years or more , exactly how everyone describes it . Mostly on the back of my head is where they start . I had tried tens of different shampoos to no avail . I went to my doctor and mentioned the problem , and at first he thought it was some type of infected follicle . After I told him that my mom had been prescribed a certain medicine for something similar , he prescribed me a steriod . DIPROLINE ( augmented betamethasone dipropionate ) is the name of the lotion | [
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http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/forum/ie10-windows_8/audio-from-video-continues-to-play-after-you-close/5a2b1f72-c6f8-4a2f-aaa4-343f5faac6a0 | Site Feedback MI Matt Inspace Created on June 25 , 2013 Audio from video continues to play after you close a tab In IE10 , when I go to certain pages that have a video , I will hear audio from the video even after I close the tab for the page that contained the video , as if the video is still playing . Also , there are certain pages I ' ve been to where I hear audio that clearly belongs to a video , but I see no video anywhere on the page . This happens a lot on Huffington Post . Here is a link to a page where I will hear the audio portion of a video continue to play even after I close a tab . http : / / www . fark . com / goto / 7813667 / http : / / www . thedailyshow . com / watch / mon - june - 24 - 2013 / money - boo - boo The only way I can seem to stop the audio / video stream from playing is to close the browser . Anyone out there have a clue as to why this happens ? This thread is locked . You can follow the question or vote as helpful , but you can not reply to this thread . I have the same question ( 111 ) Question Info Last updated April 10 , 2019 Views 7,466 Applies to : Internet Explorer 10 Windows 8 Replies ( 1 ) Niyamath Mohammed Replied on June 26 , 2013 Hi Matt , Please provide some more information for better understanding of the issue . 1 . Which version of Internet Explorer are you using ? Is it Modern UI Internet Explorer or Desktop Internet Explorer ? 2 . Is the issue confined to Huffington website ? 3 . Did you make any changes to the computer prior to the issue ? This might be an issue due to conflict within add - ons . We may try few methods as of now and check if these help in resolving the issue . Method 1 : Run Internet Explorer performance troubleshooter . a . Press Start key on the keyboard . b . Click on Control Panel c . Type troubleshooting in the search tab and press Enter . d . Click View all on left panel . e . Click Internet Explorer Performance , new window will popup . f . Follow the on screen instructions . Method 2 : Check if the issue persists in No add - ons mode . To open Internet Explorer with no add - ons please follow the steps . a . Press Windows key + R b . Type iexplore . exe – extoff You may refer to the link to manage add - ons and check which add - on is causing the issue : Manage add - ons in Internet Explorer http : / / windows . microsoft . com / en - IN / internet - explorer / manage - add - ons # ie = ie - 10 Method 3 : Reset Internet Explorer . Reset Internet Explorer settings http : / / windows . microsoft . com / en - US / internet - explorer / change - ie - settings # ie = ie - 10 Note : Please note that running Reset Internet Explorer Settings will reset all user - defined settings including those set by installed extensions , toolbars and other add - ons to IE Defaults . This includes all Security , Privacy and Zone settings . Also this will clear browsing history , delete all temporary Internet Files , cookies , form data and especially all stored passwords . Please get back to us and let us know if this helps in resolving the issue . Niyamath H Mohammed Microsoft Community . 1 person was helped by this reply Did this solve your problem ? Yes No | [
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http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/forum/ie10-windows_8/how-can-i-get-my-search-history-back-on-internet/c3a81dd8-7789-442a-98dd-1b71e60f9006 | Site Feedback PA PaulBuchok Created on April 21 , 2014 How Can I Get My Search History Back On Internet Explorer ? When using internet explorer I used to be able to see my search history by clicking on the star in the upper right corner . It would then show all the sites I had visited and I could view them by day . All of a sudden when I try to click on the star it does n ' t show anything . . . . no history . . . . or no dates . I do not know if my son or I did something by mistake to disable it . Hope this is something that can be corrected . Can anyone help and get my search history back for me ? Thanks so much . This thread is locked . You can follow the question or vote as helpful , but you can not reply to this thread . I have the same question ( 115 ) Question Info Last updated April 15 , 2019 Views 6,630 Applies to : Internet Explorer 10 Windows 8 Answer Yaqub K Replied on April 21 , 2014 Hi Paul , Your browsing history is the information that Internet Explorer remembers and stores on a PC as your browse the web . This includes info you ' ve entered into forms , passwords , and sites you ' ve visited , and it helps make your browsing experience better . Problems viewing or saving webpage history may occur for one or more of the following reasons : This issue can occur if you have the Delete browsing history on exit box checked in your Internet options . If your hard disk is getting full , you may need to free up disk space . The number of days that Internet Explorer keeps a history of the webpages you have visited may be set to 0 or a low number . After that period of time , the history is automatically deleted . Your history may be corrupt or locked by another process . If the Delete browsing history on exit box checked in your Internet options , then it is not possible to recover the history back on Internet Explorer . Always make sure that the Delete browsing history on exit box in your Internet Options is not checked . Press Windows key + R Type inetcpl . cpl to open Internet Properties window . Under the General tab , and then under Browsing History , make sure the Delete browsing history on exit box in not checked . Also check to see if there is enough free space on your hard disk Press Windows key + R Type inetcpl . cpl to open Internet Properties window . Under the General tab , and then under Browsing History , click Settings . Under Disk space to use , make sure the disk space is set to 250MB , and under History , make sure the Days to keep pages in history is set to 20 . Note : If you do n ’ t want a webpage history kept , set the number of days to 0 . Please feel free to reply if you face any issue with Windows in future . Thanks , Yaqub Khan 4 people were helped by this reply Did this solve your problem ? Yes No Replies ( 9 ) | [
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http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/forum/ie11-iewindows8_1/do-you-want-to-allow-this-website-to-open-an-app/413b41cd-0e60-4487-8f85-e9a13170274b | Site Feedback B [ Bob ] Created on October 29 , 2014 do you want to allow this website to open an app on your computer I am trying to use IE 11 to open a webpage on localhost with a webserver on the local machine as well . I get a message saying " do you want to allow this website to open an app on your computer " If I click allow , a message opens saying " no apps are installed " and I am prompted to " look for an app in the store " This thread is locked . You can follow the question or vote as helpful , but you can not reply to this thread . I have the same question ( 309 ) Question Info Last updated April 2 , 2019 Views 32,642 Applies to : Internet Explorer 11 Windows 8.1 Answer LI Lilliess Replied on September 13 , 2016 In reply to Niranjan Manjhi ' s post on October 30 , 2014 Hello Bob , Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community Forum . Let me ask you ; Do you get this error to any specific website or all ? Did you make any specific change in the computer prior to the issue ? I would suggest you to modify the User Account Control setting and check if the issue persists . Right click Start , Select Control Panel Navigate to System and Security > Action Center From the left pane , Select Change User Account Control settings Drag the scroll button to Never notify Click on OK to save your settings If the issue still persists , try Restore Advanced Settings . Launch Internet Explorer > Tools > Internet Options > Advanced tab > click the button Restore Advanced Settings > click Reset Apply / OK Hope the information is helpful . Please do let us know the result , we ’ ll be glad to assist you . Thank you . I hope someone can reply to this : / lol . TuIA to anyone who does ; I really appreciate it , and your all ' s time . If I do the Control Panel one and select never , will the app automatically open and / or change things on my computer though ? : ) . 145 people were helped by this reply Did this solve your problem ? Yes No Replies ( 16 ) | [
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