~BeAr~

 teddy bear~...

 

 baby bear...

CUTE BEARS~~~

:::ANIMALS SAYINGS & PROVERBS:::

...BEAUTIFUL...

A BIRD IN THE HAND IS WORTH TWO IN THE BUSH

BIRDS OF A FEATHER (FLOCK TOGETHER)

WHEN THE CAT’S AWAY THE MICE WILL PLAY

DON’T COUNT YOUR CHICKENS BEFORE THEY ARE HATCHES

CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT

EVERY DOG HAS ITS DAY

GIVE A DOG A BAD NAME

WHY KEEP A DOG AND BARK YOURSELF?

THE EARLY BIRD CATCHES THE WORM

YOU CAN LEAD A HORSE TO WATER, BUT YOU CAN’T MAKE IT DRINK

KILL THE GOOSE THAT LAYS THE GOLDEN EGGS

A LEOPARD CANNOT CHANGE ITS SPOTS

WHAT’S SAUCE FOR THE GOOSE IS SAUCE FOR THE GANDER

LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE

YOU CAN’T TEACH AN OLD DOG NEW TRICKS

THERE’S MORE THAN ONE WAY TO SKIN A CAT

YOU MIGHT AS WELL BE HANGED FOR A SHEEP AS FOR A LAMB

THE WORM WILL TURN

BLACK SHEEP

[shy-shy cat is not included...=p]

:::NOISE POLLUTION:::

                

                Noise pollution (or environmental noise) is displeasing human, animal or machine-created sound that disrupts the activity or balance of human or animal life. The word noise comes from the Latin word nauseas, meaning seasickness.

                The source of most outdoor noise worldwide is mainly construction and transportation systems, including motor vehicle noise, aircraft noise and rail noise. Poor urban planning may give rise to noise pollution, since side-by-side industrial and residential buildings can result in noise pollution in the residential area.

                Indoor and outdoor noise pollution sources include car alarms, emergency service sirens, mechanical equipment, fireworks, compressed air horns, groundskeeping equipment, barking dogs, appliances, lighting hum, audio entertainment systems, electric megaphones, and loud people.

                Noise health effects are both health and behavioral in nature.[citation needed] The unwanted sound is called noise. This unwanted sound can damage physiological and psychological health. Noise pollution can cause annoyance and aggression, hypertension, high stress levels, tinnitus, hearing loss, sleep disturbances, and other harmful effects. Furthermore, stress and hypertension are the leading causes to health problems, whereas tinnitus can lead to forgetfulness, severe depression and at times panic attacks.

                Chronic exposure to noise may cause noise-induced hearing loss. Older males exposed to significant occupational noise demonstrate significantly reduced hearing sensitivity than their non-exposed peers, though differences in hearing sensitivity decrease with time and the two groups are indistinguishable by age 79. A comparison of Maaban tribesmen, who were insignificantly exposed to transportation or industrial noise, to a typical U.S. population showed that chronic exposure to moderately high levels of environmental noise contributes to hearing loss.

                High noise levels can contribute to cardiovascular effects and exposure to moderately high levels during a single eight hour period causes a statistical rise in blood pressure of five to ten points and an increase in stress and vasoconstriction leading to the increased blood pressure noted above as well as to increased incidence of coronary artery disease. Noise pollution is also a cause of annoyance. A 2005 study by Spanish researchers found that in urban areas households are willing to pay approximately four Euros per decibel per year for noise reduction.

                Noise can have a detrimental effect on animals by causing stress, increasing risk of death by changing the delicate balance in predator/prey detection and avoidance, and by interfering with their use of sounds in communication especially in relation to reproduction and in navigation. Acoustic overexposure can lead to temporary or permanent loss of hearing. An impact of noise on animal life is the reduction of usable habitat that noisy areas may cause, which in the case of endangered species may be part of the path to extinction. Noise pollution has caused the death of certain species of whales that beached themselves after being exposed to the loud sound of military sonar.

                Noise also makes species communicate louder, which is called Lombard vocal response. Scientists and researchers have conducted experiments that show whales' song length is longer when submarine-detectors are on. If creatures do not "speak" loud enough, their voice will be masked by anthropogenic sounds. These unheard voices might be warnings, finding of prey, or preparations of net-bubbling. When one species begins speaking louder, it will mask other species' voice, causing the whole ecosystem to eventually speak louder.

                European Robins living in urban environments are more likely to sing at night in places with high levels of noise pollution during the day, suggesting that they sing at night because it is quieter, and their message can propagate through the environment more clearly. The same study showed that daytime noise was a stronger predictor of nocturnal singing than night-time Light pollution, to which the phenomenon is often attributed. Zebra finches become less faithful to their partners when exposed to traffic noise. This could alter a population's evolutionary trajectory by selecting traits, sapping resources normally devoted to other activities and thus lead to profound genetic and evolutionary consequences.

~Hibiscus rosasinensis~

Bunga raya, juga dikenali sebagai bunga sepatu dan kembang sepatu, (Hibiscus rosasinensis) ialah sejenis tumbuhan berbunga sepanjang tahun dalam genus Hibiscus yang sering ditanam sebagai pokok hiasan.

 

Bunga raya ialah bunga kebangsaan Malaysia. Selepas mencapai kemerdekaan, Kementerian Pertanian telah diarah untuk mencadangkan bunga yang sesuai untuk dipilih sebagai bunga kebangsaan. Pada akhir pada tahun 1958, Kementerian Pertanian telah mencadangkan tujuh jenis bunga untuk dipilih sebagai Bunga Kebangsaan Persekutuan Tanah Melayu, iaitu Bunga Kenanga, Bunga Raya, Bunga Melur, Bunga Teratai, Bunga Mawar, Bunga Cempaka dan Bunga Tanjung. Selepas perbincangan pada 28 Julai 1960, Bunga Raya telah diisytiharkan sebagai Bunga Kebangsaan Persekutuan Tanah Melayu. Apabila Tanah Melayu bergabung dengan Singapura, Sabah dan Sarawak untuk menubuhkan Malaysia, Bunga Raya terus diguna sebagai Bunga Kebangsaan.

Bunga ini ditanam secara meluas sebagai hiasan di seluruh kawasan tropika dan separa tropika. Bunganya besar, merah, keras, tetapi tidak berbau.

Pelbagai kultivar, varieti, dan hibrid telah dihasilkan, dengan warna bunga pelbagai dari putih kepada kuning dan kuning bata dan merah jambu lembut, dengan kelopak set tunggal dan berganda. Bunga ini digunakan bagi mengilat kasut di sebahagian India.

do butterflies sleep??

A Lepidopterist (someone who studies butterflies and months) on the Mad Scientist Network, Dr. Tim Susman explains that butterflies don't sleep so much as "zone out".
At night, butterflies close thier wings and rest. they're don't completely asleep, but they don't fly around and hunt for food.
Butterflies need the warmth of the sun to keep them active. Butterflies like to rest high up in trees, where they can blend in and stay away form predators. Some even have a sticky odor to protection!!

~hidupan sungai mati...~

Semua hidupan di dalam Sungai Marcal dekat Budapest yang dicemari lumpur beracun sejak Isnin lalu kini dilaporkan mati, kata seorang ketua sebuah perkhidmatan bantuan bencana, Tibor Dobson semalam.

"Semua ekosistem sungai ini telah musnah kerana kadar alkali yang amat tinggi dan membunuh semuanya," kata Dobson kepada agensi berita rasmi Hungary, MTI.
Beliau mengulas bencana banjir lumpur itu yang berlaku di wilayah sempadan Slovakia dan Austria.

"Semua ikan ditemui mati dan kami juga tidak mampu menyelamatkan tumbuh-tumbuhan di sekitar sungai. Kami telah cuba menurunkan paras alkali di beberapa tempat dengan membubuh asid dan gipsum. Namun, ia merupakan perbuatan yang sia-sia," kata Dobson.

Pencemaran terburuk dalam sejarah Hungary itu berlaku pada Isnin lalu di Ajka, 165 kilometer dari barat Budapest apabila tembok penahan kolam takungan sisa buangan tersebut pecah. Sebanyak 1.1 juta meter kubik lumpur beracun berwarna merah membanjiri beberapa kampung manakala empat orang terbunuh di Kolontar. Sungai Marcal merupakan cawangan Sungai Raba dan mengalir ke Sungai Danube yang kedua terpanjang di benua Eropah

[taken from KOSMO 8 October 2010]

INTERESTING>>>

i found this article in the lcturer's room at TS...

nice article....=p 




found this at SOGO KL...

do recycle..... 

SAVE THE PLANET BAG....found this bag at bio lab...=p cute....

~REFUSE PLASTIC BAGS...~

:::try t use this kind of bag.....

::::this bag also can be use

:::go green bag....

::: you can also use this Oxo-Biodegradable bag...[i got this bag last two days ago...]

:::::SAVE OUR WORLD....:::::

Selamatkan alam sekitar...

Ketika sumber asli semakin berkurangan, keperluan tenaga oleh manusia pula semakin meningkat. Lantas apakah maknanya ini kepada kita ??

Bagi kebanyakan daripada aktiviti harian kita seperti membuka lampu, penghawa dingin dan sebagainya, kita menghasilkan pencemaran dalam masa yang sama mengurangkan bekalan sumber tenaga..

Justeru ambil tindakan berikut bermula hari ini dan anda mungkin boleh menyelamatkan bumi pada masa depan...

- Padadamkan lampu apabila anda tidak menggunakannya...
- Jangan biarkan peralatan elektronik anda dalam keadaan bersedia kerana ia menggunakan 70 peratus tenaga dalam satu-satu masa..
- Tutup penghawa dingin dan peti ais ketika tidak digunakan...
- Tutp paip air ketika anda sedang memberus gigi atau bersyampu..
- Siram tumbuh-tumbuhan anda pada sebelah pagi atau malam kerana ia turut menyiram bumi...
- Tutup periuk ketika memasak air kerana air akan cepat masak dan menjimatkan 20 peratus gas..
- Gunakan ketuhar gelombang mikro kerana ia mampu mengurangkan 70 peratus penggunaan bahan api...

Kepentingan hutan hujan kepada alam sekitar...

Hutan hujan meliputi kurang daripada enam peratus kawasan bumi tetapi menyediakan kawasan tinggal lebih separuh spesis haiwan dan tumbuhan. Malah lebih 80 peratus kawasan tanaman bumi boleh didapati di dalam kawasan hutan hujan.

Hutan hujan merupakan salah satu sumber alam semulajadi yang merupakan tempat tinggal bagi tanaman termasuk yang berguna dalam perubatan yang belum diketahui serta beratus-ratus haiwan yang mungkin berguna di masa akan datang.

Ia juga merupakan kawasan bagi kumpulan manusia unik yang menggunakan sumber hutan hujan dalam keadaan yang istimewa. Kurang dari 50 tahun lalu, hutan hujan meliputi 14 peratus Bumi, dua kali ganda daripada apa yang ada sekarang. Setiap saat kawasan seluas padang bola ‘hilang’ dalam hutan hujan bagi membekalkan kayu bagi industri perabut serta pembangunan.

...HOW MANY EYES DO SPIDERS HAVE..

Most spiders have eight simple eyes.... (Insects on the other hand have large, compound eyes.) The two main eyes of a spider wach have a simple lens, and a retina which is made up of light sensitive cells whose surface point toward the light as it enters the eye. These main eyes have a small field of vision with high resolution. They are especially well developed in jumping spiders. A spider’s secondary eyes also have a lens but the light sensitive cells of these eyes point away from the light as do the similar cells in a human eye. The secondary eyes detect shadows and the difference between light and dark.

Bolehkah burung merak terbang ???

Memang burung merak boleh terbang tetapi tidaklah terlalu tinggi seperti burung-burung lain. Burung merak berasal dari India, manakala merak hijau biasanya ditemui di Asia Tenggara. Merak merupakan burung yang besar dan kuat. Badannya boleh membesar sehingga 0.7-1.2 meter dan boleh mencapai sehingga 2.4 hingga 2.7 meter bagi ekor merak jantan. Bagimanapun, merak mempunyai sayap yang lemah dan mereka hanya boleh tinggal di atas tanah. Pada waktu malam, mereka boleh terbang ke atas pokok untuk berehat dan melarikan diri dengan terbang dari pemangsa.

How do chameleons change colour ??

Like a nature mood ring, the chameleon can change its colour to show feelings or just that it’s hot or cold. These unusual lizards change colour to show they want to mate or because of a temperature or light change. A chameleon’s skin has layers of cell that contain defferent coloured pigments. Heat or chemichal reactions in the lizard’s skin cause the different cells to expand or contract. If the lizard gets mad, the yellow cells will expand and block the other colours, so an angry chameleon looks yellow. A calm lizards looks green because the yellow cells contract some snd the blue shows through ( and blue tinged with yellow makes green)....

Mengapa kelawar bergantung terbalik ???

Kelawar mempunyai tendon khas di kakinya yang membolehkan mencengkam dengan kuat supaya mereka tidak boleh jatuh walaupun telah mati.... Kelawar tidak boleh tinggal lama di atas tanah kerana kakinya telah dicipta hanya untuk bergantung di bumbung gua atau terbang. Bergantung secara terbalik juga merupakan salah satu cara terbaik untuk melepaskan diri daripada pemangsa.

...bagaimana ikan lumba-lumba tidur...

Cara ikan lumba-lumba tidur agak berbeza dengan manusia. Ikan ini tidur dengan menggunakan hanya sebelah otaknya manakala sebelah lagi tidak berfungsi. Bagaimanapun ia akan memastikan setiap bahagian otak itu digunakan sepenuhnya. Ikan tersebut mematikan otaknya secara bergilir sepanjang masa tidurnya.

Dalam tempoh rehatnya itu, semua sistem dalaman dan pergerakan ikan lumba-lumba bergerak secara perlahan. Seperkara menarik ialah ia berkenaan mencelikkan sebelah matanya ketika tidur seolah-olah mengeyitkan mata. Hasil penyelidikan juga menunjukkan bahawa suara yang dikeluarkan melalui mulut seekor lumba-lumba boleh didengari lumba-lumb lain yang jarak hampir dua kilometer.

Bahkan siulan yang dikeluarkan seekor lumba-lumba mampu dikesan lumba-lumba lain bahawa suara itu berasal dari anggota kelompoknya. Setiap kelompok lumba-lumba mengembangkan suara siulan yang khas berbeza dengan kelompok lainnya. Pengembanagn siulan itu sendiri berlangsung sejak lumba-lumba masih usia bayi.

ADaKaH RaMa-rAmA tiDUr ???

Pada waktu malam, rama-rama akan menutup sayapnya dan berehat. Haiwan ini bukanlah tidur tetapi hanya tidak terbang dan mencari makanan. Rama-rama memerlukan kepanasan cahaya matahari untuk menjadikannya aktif. Haiwan ini gemar berehat di atas pokok yang tinggi yang mana mereka boleh menjauhkan diri daripada pemangsa. Malah ada juga rama-rama yang mempunyai bau kurang menyenangkan bagi tujuan perlindungan.....

Do cats have good hearings ??

YES...cats have an extraordinary hearing range that is well beyond that of humans. A cats can hear sounds as low as 200 Hz (and so can hear a mouse moving through grass), and as high as 100 KHz n easily hear the (and so can easily hear the 20-50 KHz of rodents vocal sounds).

Cats have mobile ear flaps or pinnae which help to collect sound and improve hearing. They also help in determining the direction from which a sound coming; but cats, like humans, do not excel in this regard.

~eat to live, not live to eat....=p

[this article is taken from the star, may 25, 2010....]