Happy Halloween!!

Look what I have just found about this Festival.
Click on the imagen in order to see it better and it will lead you to the original page.
Be careful with zombies, witches and ghosts tonight!!

Halloween information

A special tree

Sam Van Aken,a professor at Syracuse University decided to create an unique tree. He grafted forty different stone fruit plants such as peaches,plums,cherries, nectarines...in order to grow a single tree. The result? A tree with forty different kind of fruits.
Hace a look!


Frankenstein Tree Video

Amazing Bird!!

Have you ever seen those types of small fish which live stuck to sharks, whalesharks or even rays? Well, they are remoras, and they are good friends, since they eat parasites, but when there are a lot of them it is a problem. Why? Because they slow down the big fish and make them waste more energy. But have a look at this cormorant...this is incredible! Look how it helps this fish and gets food at the same time!!

Brave Cormorant!

The master of disguise!!

After a long break, here I am again. This time I will show you an incredible creature: The Mimic Octopus. It lives in South East Asia and  it was dicovered in 1998. Why so recently? Because he did a great job by disguising itself. Have a look and see it by yourself by clicking on the image!

Saint Patrick!!

Celebrated the 17th , March, Saint Patrick's Day is an important celebration in many places.
But who was Saint Patrick? He was a Christian missionary who lived in the fifth century and basically  tried to convert the Irish to Christianity.

Here you have a link to know more about him:
http://english-zone.com/holidays/st-pat.html

Look how is this day celebrated in Chicago:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UV9hxIvIki0

Each year millions of people celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. It is a national holiday in Ireland when people do not work but worship and gather with family. In the United States, the first St. Patrick’s Day parade was held in New York on March 17, 1762.

Many landmarks around the world celebrate this day as well:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7zpjhC2TSo


Every celebration has its own symbols and traditions. Today, St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated by wearing green, which symbolizes spring as well as Irish culture.

Here you have the most important ones related to Saint Patrick's Day
http://www.celebratingholidays.com/?page_id=2707

A deadly lake

In the United Republic of Tanzania we can find Lake Natron, a lake that thanks to its microorganisms has pink, red and even orange water.

But why is this lake so special? It is highly alkaline, its PH is from 9 to 10.5 (water is between 7 and 9) and the temperature can reach 60 degrees!!It is so salty that it can kill most animals! Except one fish that has evolved to survive in this lake under these conditions.

The animals that die in the lake are turned into statues due to calcification.But how can they die if they know that the lake is extremely dangerous? No one knows...there is a hypothesis that says that the water is so reflective that birds can get confused and crash...

Nick Brandt took photographs of these petrified animals, but he wanted to show them in living positions.



                                   


 Here you have a link if you want to know and see more


http://unusualplaces.org/lake-natron-tanzanias-petrifying-lake/

Women who changed history

Women have always played an important role in society and history but it has been always overshadowed by men. It is high time to be recognised and valued!! We are equal!! We have the same rights!!

Tomorrow is the International Women's Day and for that reason here you have a link with a list of important women through history,  from Sappho to Malala. They are all great women who fought for being themselves, they tried to do what they liked and we all should know about them.

https://www.biographyonline.net/people/women-who-changed-world.html