Know Your Element!

So, I did a research on Elements, and I got this for you. Let's find out your element. Mine's Water. Kay, enjoy!

Chinese Astrologer believes that every human's characteristic has connection to the 5 elements: Fire, Earth, Metal, Water and Wood. What's yours?

Fire

People who belong to Fire element have a high level of leadership ability. They're attractive and easy-going, a bubbly type of person, simply, happy-go-lucky. They hate loneliness and love to be the center of attention. A risk-taker and an adventurer.

On my perception, people with fire element love to keep themselves outdoor and hang out, make friends, rather than staying at home. They love exploring the world and have big questions about the world. Brave and gallant.

Earth

Far different from Fire, people who belong to Earth element are simple and filled with logic. Highly ambitious and stable (example: their mood doesn't change as the weather.) Have a big responsibility, reliable. They're a good planner and administrators. Simple way of describing Earth personality is 'Slow but Sure'.

On my perception, earth people tend to be silent. They don't talk much, they act slow, but they'll show a great result from their work. People tend to misjudge them just by looking at their slow personality and impressed at the end by the result of their work.

Metal

People belong to this element are not flexible and rigid. Have strong feelings, hardworking, and they'll pursue their dreams with less hesitation. They will do whatever they can, great effort and determination to reach the success they've always wanted, highly ambitious.

On my perception, Earth does everything to achieve their goals. They push themselves and exceed their limits. A strong personality, yet it's close to Wood as a workaholic. With their great determination, they're always close to success.

Water

Wisdom and intuition are the main quality of people belonging to Water element. Great thinkers, philosopher and imaginative. They're good at communicating and they have the capability to persuade people to get what they want. Another, they're also have the ability to make people want desire what they themselves desire. Water tend to be multi-talented.

On my perception, Water tend to be able to multi-task. Their ability to communicate includes the ability to speak in front of public and persuade them with their ability to use words. Their imagination let them see beyond the world everyone else sees, making their way of thinking quite complicated.

Wood

The last but not the least, Wood. Workaholic, they're diligent and love to be busy, they'll try to do many things just to keep them busy. Productive, cooperative, they adapt easily to their profession. They also indulge in wasteful expenditure.

On my perception, Wood have the capability of earning, but they have their weakness to spend their earnings rashly. They can adapt easily to new surroundings and won't be bothered by it. Wood is a type of person who can't do nothing and must do something.

That's all for now, thanks for reading :)

Sources:
http://ezinearticles.com/?Chinese-Five-Elements---Personality-Traits&id=5737612

Photos:
http://bit.ly/e1WrTd
http://bit.ly/eJgGvM
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2782/4533679760_40f369dce6.jpg
http://fengshui-doctrine.com/wallpapers/element/metal/metal-element-fengshui-3.jpg
http://www.glynnbedington.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/water-element-droplet.jpg
http://www.wellicious.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/wood.jpg

Another Crop Circle Found!

As I told you before, a crop circle was found in Sleman, Yogyakarta. Just about 5km from Sleman, another crop circle, with the same shape, but with smaller diameter (50m), was found in Bantul, Yogyakarta.

It was discovered on Tuesday (25/01/10), by local farmers. At first, they thought they paddy just fell down, as usual, but then, they realized that the pattern was unusual.

Well, yeah, there's already an explanation for Sleman's crop circle. After being investigated, they found several clues, which lead them to the conclusion that Sleman's crop circle was made by human. They found a hole with diameter about 5cm and depth about 25cm in the middle of the circles, and found some clues as to human presence (some of the paddy seemed to be stepped on, and put back on their original position). Another, the shapes seemed not to be in a very symmetric manners, and in a kind of mess.

Suggested by the investigator team, that this crop circle was made by people who has great interests and knowledge in Mathematics and Physics. So, as both Sleman's and Bantul's crop circles have the same geometrical pattern, means that both of them must be made by the same group of people. Now, polices are after the suspects.

Somehow, the mystery lies in, how many people are there to make these patterns in less than 1 night only? How fast can they go? Some still believe that this crop circle was made by UFO, and will that be the perfect explanation for this phenomena? Well, we'll see!

Thanks for reading :)

Sources:
Some New, I watched on TV, and memorized it, and typed it.

Photos:
http://bit.ly/fsSyBV

Crop Circles = UFO?

Another 'Crop Circle' was being discovered, and this time, its in Sleman, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. How cool is that! So, I'll write bout this phenomenon now. Enjoy.

A local farmer, Tukiman, discovered this crop circles, last Sunday (23/01/2010) at 6 a.m. Well, yeah, no one knows where this crop circles really come from. Some of them believe that this crop circles were made as an UFO landed on this particular area. Some of them believe that some artists made it up. Well, some news just interviewed Yogyakarta's artists, and some of them really believe that this crop circles look like a type of art, land art, they said, in which they use natural materials from the environment. But as to speak, they themselves can't make such a great art, in 2 hours (as estimated, from 21.00 - 23.00, as the owner of the farm heard some kind of weird plane sound during those hours). Wonder how big it is? Its 70m in diameter.

So, what is crop circle, really?

The most famous explanation for crop circle is the presence of UFO (Unidentified Flying Object). Many people really believe that UFO landed on their farm (or simply carving these marks, not really clear in some ways), leaving this crop circles behind. Cause, how can such a huge art made only for several hours, even for some several seconds!

Some people believe that its the work of art. Artists try to make the land as their canvas. The most widely known method for a person or group to construct a crop formation is to tie one end of a rope to an anchor point, and the other end to a board which is used to crush the plants. More recent methods include the use of a lawn roller. Some of business also see it as a method of advertising.

Well, some of the pranksters also love to make crop circles, just to make the world amazed and stunned by their pranks, or so. But also, there's a myth about a farmer who was greedy enough that he didn't want to pay mower, and swore that he preferred a demon to do the work. And the next morning, he saw his farm had been harvested, but in some weird manners. Take a look at this picture, the 'Mowing Devil'.

Well yeah, extreme weather may be one of the cause too, such as spinning winds, small whirlwinds or tornadoes caused the crop circles by its sudden swirling pressure.

Crop circles had been phenomenal since a long time back, even before the invention of camera. In modern times, crop circles were often seen during the 20th century, around 1960s - 1990s. This phenomena occurs all over the world, in the USA from 1920, in Europe from the mid 20th century and in Africa, Canada, Australia, Central & Southern America, Russia in 1970, and Japan in the late 70’s, though 90% of those were located in southern England.

That's all for now, thanks for reading :)

Sources:
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/01/25/mysterious-crop-circle-found-farmer-yogyakarta.html
http://nasional.vivanews.com/news/read/201159-seniman--crop-circle-seperti-mural--kejutan
http://nasional.vivanews.com/news/read/201042-crop-circle-sleman-muncul-dalam-dua-jam-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crop_circle
http://www.world-mysteries.com/sci_14.htm
http://www.paranormalknowledge.com/articles/crop-circles.html

Photos:
http://www.thejakartapost.com/files/images2/up%20p01-a_56.jpg
http://www.paranormalknowledge.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/crop-circle.jpg
http://static.technorati.com/10/07/20/15141/spiral-crop-circle.jpg
http://www.ufoevidence.org/newsite/pics/cropcircle2.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Diablefaucheur.jpg/445px-Diablefaucheur.jpg
http://www.crystalinks.com/cropwoodborough8132.jpg

Hello Kitty

Hey Hello Kitty lovers, I'm here just to let you know more about Hello Kitty (cause I like it too, cause its so cute!) And yeah, as usual I'll put some pictures and everything here. Enjoy!

Who doesn't know about Hello Kitty? But do you know Hello Kitty's real name is Kitty White? Dear Kitty was created by Yuko Shimizu, and produced by Sanrio, a Japanese company. Portrayed as a female white Japanese bobtail cat with a red bow, HK was introduced in Japan, in 1975 and brought to USA in 1976.

Defined in Sanrio's official website, Hello Kitty was born on November 1st (not mentioned the year), living in London, England, with her parents and Mimi, her twin sister.

Hello Kitty's hobbies are: traveling, music, reading, eating cookies made by her sister, Mimi, and making friends! HK's famous saying is "You can never have too many friends!" So, here's HK's friends!

Her fame as a recurring Sanrio character has led to the creation of two officially licensed Hello Kitty theme parks, Harmonyland and the indoor Sanrio Puroland. And yeah, you can see many Hello Kitty everywhere, on clothes, bags, key chains, shoes, simply everything has their HK version!

Hey, got the profile, so here, Hello Kitty's official character profile!

• Name: Kitty White
• Birthday: November 1, 1974 
• Blood type: A 
• Place of birth: London, England 
• Height: That of five apples
• Weight: That of three apples
• Good at: Reading
• Favourite food: Cookies baked by twin sister, Mimmy
• Favourite word: "Friendship"
• Collects: Small cute things like sweets, stars, goldfish etc.
• Best school subjects: English, music and visual arts
• Description: A bright and kind-hearted girl, good at baking cookies and loves Mama's apple pie. Very close to her twin sister Mimmy. 

How famous is Hello Kitty? No doubt! Even she's the Japan's tourism ambassador! How cool is that! Officials hope that tapping into that fan base will lead to a bigger flow of tourists into Japan, and closer toward their goal of attracting 10 million overseas visitors every year under the "Visit Japan" campaign.

And yeah, that's all for now. Thanks for reading :)

Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello_Kitty
http://www.sanrio.com/characters/HelloKitty
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24708771/ns/travel-news/

Photos:
http://blogs.philadelphiaweekly.com/style/files/2008/11/hello-kitty-color.gif
http://img.timeinc.net/time/photoessays/2009/hello_kitty/hello_kitty_02.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3077/2821907544_66e456efe2.jpg
http://aboutjapan.japansociety.org/resources/category/2/3/5/5/images/IMG_2469.JPG
http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/j/ap/42ccc72c-4c0b-4d0a-ab36-bb2a4788d217.grid-4x2.jpg

Longest Names !

Ok, I got some longest names ever existed. Can't find a lot of pictures, but I'll try my best to search for it. Check this out.

People

Ok, this person is a German Immigrant to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I don't know what people call this random person (I can hardly remember his first and middle name). Take a look at his name.

First and Middle name:

Adolph Blaine Charles David Earl Frederick Gerald Hubert

Irvim John Kenneth Loyd Martin Nero Oliver Paul Quincy

Randolph Sherman Thomas Uncas Victor Willian Xerxes Yancy

Zeus

Last name:

Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorffvoralternwarengewissenhaf

tschaferswesenchafewarenwholgepflegeundsorgfaltigkeitbeschut

zenvonangereifenduchihrraubgiriigfeindewelchevorralternzwolf

tausendjahresvorandieerscheinenbanderersteerdeemmeshedrraums

chiffgebrauchlichtalsseinursprungvonkraftgestartseinlangefah

rthinzwischensternartigraumaufdersuchenachdiesternwelshegeha

btbewohnbarplanetenkreisedrehensichundwohinderneurassevanver

standigmenshlichkeittkonntevortpflanzenundsicherfreunanleben

slamdlichfreudeundruhemitnichteinfurchtvorangreifenvonandere

rintlligentgeschopfsvonhinzwischensternartigraum

Watch and identify the first and middle name. A-Z. Hmm. Cool.

Animals

Well, this is the longest animal's Scientific Name:

Parastratiosphecomyia stratiosphecomyioides (Stratiomyid Fly)

And the longest animals' Common Names:

Black-crowned Central American Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri Oerstedii)

and

Canadian Swallowtail Tiger Butterfly (Papilio Glaucas)

Places

Wanna know Los Angeles's real name?

El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciúncula (The Town of Our Lady the Queen of Angels of the Little Portion.)

Another place, Wales!

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll-llantysiliogogogoch  

Also, a hill near Porangahau in New Zealand:

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoro

nukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu

(The place where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, who slid, climbed, and swallowed mountains, known as the land eater, played his flute for his loved one.)

And another name for Bangkok, Thailand:

Krungthepmahanakonbowornratanakosinmahintarayudyayamahadilop
onoparatanarajthaniburiromudomrajniwesmahasatarnamornpimarna
vatarsatitsakattiyavisanukamphrasit

(The land of angels, the great city of immortality, of devine gems, the great angelic land unconquerable land of nine nobel gems, the royal city, a pleasant capital place of the Royal Palace, eternal land of angels and reincarnated spirits predestined and created by the highest Devas.)

Movies

A movie known by the name Marat/Sade, has an original name:

The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as
Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under
the Direction of the Marquis de Sade

Musics

Band with longest name? '...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead' has the complete name as follow:

The Clouds That Fondle Jagged Crags And Raging Storms
Conspire And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead

Longest album name, its Chumbawumba's album, refers to 'The Boy Bands Have Won', and the real title is:

The boy bands have won, and all the copyists and the tribute
bands and the TV talent show producers have won, if we allow
our culture to be shaped by mimicry, whether from lack of
ideas or from exaggerated respect. You should never try to
freeze culture. What you can do is recycle that culture.
Take your older brother's hand-me-down jacket and re-style
it, re-fashion it to the point where it becomes your own.
But don't just regurgitate creative history, or hold art and
music and literature as fixed, untouchable and kept under
glass. The people who try to 'guard' any particular form of
music are, like the copyists and manufactured bands, doing
it the worst disservice, because the only thing that you can
do to music that will damage it is not change it, not make
it your own. Because then it dies, then it's over, then it's
done, and the boy bands have won.

Another, not as long though, is Fiona Apple's album often shorted to 'When the Pawn...'. And this is the real title:

 

When The Pawn Hits The Conflicts He Thinks Like A King What
He Knows Throws The Blows When He Goes To The Fight And
He'll Win The Whole Thing `Fore He Enters The Ring There's
No Body To Batter When Your Mind Is Your Might So When You
Go Solo, You Hold Your Own Hand And Remember That Depth Is
The Greatest Of Heights And If You Know Where You Stand,
Then You Know Where To Land And If You Fall It Won't Matter,
Cuz You'll Know That You're Right

Album with longest single word title goes to Soundgarden, with:

 Satanoscillatemymetallicsonatas

Longest single word song title goes to 'Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious' from Mary Poppins, but the real longest song title is Christine Lavin's song:

Regretting what I said to you when you called me at 11:00 on
Friday morning to tell me that 1:00 Friday afternoon you
were gonna leave your office, go downstairs, hail a cab, to
go out to the airport, to catch a plane, to go skiing in the
Alps for two weeks. Not that I wanted to go with you; I
wasn't able to leave town, I'm not a very good skier, I
couldn't expect you to pay my way, but after going out with
you for three years, I don't like surprises. (A musical
apology)

And, longest hit song titles goes to The Faces and Rod Stewart's song:

You Can Make Me Dance Sing Or Anything (Even Take The Dog
For A Walk, Mend A Fuse, Fold Away The Ironing Board, Or Any
Other Domestic Shortcomings)

And, The Charlatans with:

 I Never Want An Easy Life If Me And He Were Ever To Get
There

Scientific

This is a scientific name for an enzyme which is commonly used. Its tryptophan compound, made up of 267 amino acids and have C1289H2051N343O375S8 as the chemical composition. Watch:

methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucylphenylal
anylalanylglutaminylleucyllysylglutamylarginyllysylglutamylg
lycylalanylphenylalanylvalylprolylphenylalanylvalylthreonyll
eucylglycylaspartylprolylglycylisoleucylglutamylglutaminylse
rylleucyllysylisoleucylaspartylthreonylleucylisoleucylglutam
ylalanylglycylalanylaspartylalanylleucylglutamylleucylglycyl
isoleucylprolylphenylalanylserylaspartylprolylleucylalanylas
partylglycylprolylthreonylisoleucylglutaminylasparaginylalan
ylthreonylleucylarginylalanylphenylalanylalanylalanylglycylv
alylthreonylprolylalanylglutaminylcysteinylphenylalanylgluta
mylmethionylleucylalanylleucylisoleucylarginylglutaminyllysy
lhistidylprolylthreonylisoleucylprolylisoleucylglycylleucyll
eucylmethionyltyrosylalanylasparaginylleucylvalylphenylalany
lasparaginyllysylglycylisoleucylaspartylglutamylphenylalanyl
tyrosylalanylglutaminylcysteinylglutamyllysylvalylglycylvaly
laspartylserylvalylleucylvalylalanylaspartylvalylprolylvalyl
glutaminylglutamylserylalanylprolylphenylalanylarginylglutam
inylalanylalanylleucylarginylhistidylasparaginylvalylalanylp
rolylisoleucylphenylalanylisoleucylcysteinylprolylprolylaspa
rtylalanylaspartylaspartylaspartylleucylleucylarginylglutami
nylisoleucylalanylseryltyrosylglycylarginylglycyltyrosylthre
onyltyrosylleucylleucylserylarginylalanylglycylvalylthreonyl
glycylalanylglutamylasparaginylarginylalanylalanylleucylprol
ylleucylasparaginylhistidylleucylvalylalanyllysylleucyllysyl
glutamyltyrosylasparaginylalanylalanylprolylprolylleucylglut
aminylglycylphenylalanylglycylisoleucylserylalanylprolylaspa
rtylglutaminylvalyllysylalanylalanylisoleucylaspartylalanylg
lycylalanylalanylglycylalanylisoleucylserylglycylserylalanyl
isoleucylvalyllysylisoleucylisoleucylglutamylglutaminylhisti
dylasparaginylisoleucylglutamylprolylglutamyllysylmethionyll
eucylalanylalanylleucyllysylvalylphenylalanylvalylglutaminyl
prolylmethionyllysylalanylalanylthreonylarginylserine

Yup! That's all I have now. Thanks for reading :)

Sources:
http://everything2.com/title/Longest+names

Photos:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/62/192630737_a57716c1f2.jpg
http://thewebsiteofeverything.com/img/Central_American_squirrel_monkey.jpg
http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/502943661/T447_Los_Angeles_07_bigger.jpg
http://www.milford.co.uk/images/homepage-gb/wales.png
http://stat11.privet.ru/lr/080ace71451cd16777c475bfc56c2a63
http://www.photoatlas.com/photo/thailand-buddha-temple.jpg
http://everseradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/marat-sade.jpg
http://blogs.westword.com/backbeat/1020_trail-dead1.jpg
http://www.israbox.com/uploads/posts/2008-04/1207200306_cover.jpg
http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksviaaThyH1qz9q2to1_400.jpg
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJkI7rP7ApAVPr0-gGGIdgwbvII9H4M9yw0x4Lz7IqgHhZE8tkfZFY-1vUtULgx9vLWRlbw6VisUwRFjTWMAeYe7RZ3j60AQlVAFSjVdOqYGmZud7SzpvRvENaIyo_LKNa6xWtz90602Eg/s400/somms.jpg

30 Christmas Facts

I'm compiling 30 Christmas Facts from many sources here. So that you can enjoy it in one simple blog. Enjoy.

1. The word Christmas is Old English, a contraction of Christ's Mass.

2. Germany made the first artificial Christmas trees. They were made of goose feathers and dyed green.

3. Electric lights for trees were first used in 1895.

4. Rudolph" was actually created by Montgomery Ward in the late 1930's for a holiday promotion. The rest is history.

5. Jingle Bells" was first written for Thanksgiving and then became one of the most popular Christmas songs.

6. Mistletoe was chosen as Oklahoma's state flower in 1893 and later changed to the state floral emblem.

7. In 1843, "A Christmas Carol" was written by Charles Dickens in just six weeks.

8. In Mexico, wearing red underwear on New Year's Eve is said to bring new love in the upcoming year.

9. Clearing up a common misconception, in Greek, X means Christ. That is where the word "X-Mas" comes from. Not because someone took the "Christ" out of Christmas.

10. Christmas became a national holiday in America on June, 26, 1870.

11. The Nutcracker" is the most famous Christmas ballet.

12. Santa Clause gets his origins from St. Nicholas a generous man from the 4th Century A.D. who helped children and the poor and often threw gifts threw children's windows to make them happy. The story was brought to America by Dutch immigrants who called the man "Sinter Klaas."

13. Coca Cola was the first beverage company to use Santa Clause for a winter promotion.

14. Christmas trees are edible. The needles on pines, spruces and firs are actually a good source of Vitamin C and the pine cones are a good source of nutrition. So forget about the orange juice and go munch on your Christmas tree.

15. There are 13 Santas in Iceland, each leaving a gift for children. They come down from the mountain one by one, starting on December 12 and have names like Spoon Licker, Door Sniffer and Meat Hook.

16. In 1999, residents of the state of Maine in America built the world's biggest ever snowman. He stood at 113ft tall.

17. Many theologians estimate that Jesus wasn't born on December 25 but sometime in September between 6BC and 30AD.

18. The world's tallest Xmas tree at 221ft high was erected in a Washington shopping mall in 1950.


19. The first Christmas card was designed in 1843 by J.C. Horsley.

20. 'Klaxon' is a name that does not belong to one of Santa's reindeer. A klaxon is actually a powerful electric horn. Its name comes from a German word meaning "shriek".

21. In the Ukraine, if you find a spider web in the house on Christmas morning, it is believed to be a harbinger of good luck!

22. In 1949, Gene Autry sang a musical version of Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer.

23.Once, it was against the law in the state of Massachusetts to celebrate Christmas.

24. Santa Clause was born in Turkey.

25. Henry Cole was the director of the Victoria and Albert museum in London and in 1843 he forgot to send out his usual Christmas letters so he designed a card with a Christmas wish and sent it to all his friends and started a trend.

26. In 16th-century Germany fir trees were decorated, both indoors and out, with apples, roses, gilded candies, and colored paper.

27. How many houses must Santa visit on Christmas? 842,000,000 houses!

28. How fast must he travel to visit all those homes? 4,796,250 Mph

29. Artificial trees are the most popular with 40,694,463 on display in comparison to real trees at 34,335,809

30. Mistletoe was used by Druid priests 200 years before the birth of Christ in their winter celebrations. They revered the plant since it had no roots yet remained green during the cold months of winter.

And I'll post some pictures you can use for you display picture and all during Christmas. Check it out.

And I wanna say Merry Christmas to you, and may you have a blessed and joyful Christmas! Thanks for reading :)

Sources:
http://www.christmas-celebrations.com/trivia.htm
http://media.www.smsuspur.net/media/storage/paper514/news/2007/12/05/Commentary/Twenty.Fun.Christmas.Facts-3137399.shtml
http://www.funtrivia.com/en/World/Christmas-11334.html
http://www.funfactz.com/christmas-facts/
http://www.allthingschristmas.com/traditions.html
http://www.uberreview.com/2006/12/ten-christmas-facts-that-you-didnt-know.htm

Photos:
http://mycommentcodes.com/comments/merry-christmas/cute-christmas-cat.gif
http://www.psdeluxe.com/images/stories/webtuts/x_mas_wallpapers/merry-christmas-wallpapers.jpg
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj29h1WAQjI7xSwddmpwolvQGGga3YFzMO2XMTIavypl8PnO6ySEXWOnuIXRGc2t-KgjU-Bw21zu-LN37Qsn5BN2d9LAXOXuGdj5I1Grk2cwaE00uYKAv6G0Gu0EtuFCQU9z4lhodlbfvw/s1600/cute-santa-cartoon-wallpaper.jpg
http://www.supershareware.com/images/screenshot/ALTools_Christmas_Desktop_Wallpaper-24039.jpg
http://www.software-dungeon.co.uk/images/566_ALTDTW_Christmas_thumb_320x384.jpg
http://459.fauxball.com/christmas/Dog_Christmas_cartoon.jpg
http://item.slide.com/r/1/187/i/v2UPsvEB5T9QVhk1UstxGSftnyIldRjZ/

Do You Know About This Cute Mexican Walking Fish?

I found this animal when I was doing my research, and directly fell in love with this little creature, better known as Axolotl, the Mexican Walking Fish. Take a look.

So cute right?

Ambystoma mexicanum is the scientific name of it. Axolotl isn't really a type of fish. Its a type of amphibian in a paused state of metamorphism. It belongs to the Tiger salamander complex and is the larval stage of the salamander.

Adult Axolotl may be about 15cm-45cm long, however, most of it is about 23cm long. As you can see, they have some kind of branch-like gills, which projected on both sides of its neck. Each side split into three branches and covered with feathery pink filaments (pink, how cute!). They have a dark colored body, short legs, with 4 fingers on its front legs, and 5 fingers on its back legs. (I refer it as fingers, just for easier understanding)

Hey, fun facts! This animal kinda look like 'Wooper' and 'Mudkip' from 'Pokemon', don't you think so? Look!

 

Naa, not 100% same, just similar, cause of the branches thing. And, they both have the same element, water.

Axolotl is mainly found in the Mexican lakes of Chalco and Xochimilco, in Mexico city. Too bad, Chalco lake was drained to avoid floods, and Xochimilco lake also been diminished. That's why, now, poor little Axolotls are endangered species.

I found out that Axolotl is a carnivore, and well, they feed on smaller fishes, worms, insects. Axolotl's way of eating: smells the food -> snap the food -> suck the food inside the stomach.

How to indetify between female and male Axolotl? This information will help you. The males can be identified by their longer tails and swollen cloacae lined with papillae. Females have a wider body and lay between 300 to 1000 eggs. Axololts become sexually mature in 12 months. The eggs hatches in two to three weeks time. Take a look, that's Axolotl's eggs.

Dear friends, its so bad to know that Axolotls are endangered species, mainly due to water pollutions. Another reason is that they are being preyed, and they're defenseless. Poor them! But nowadays, many people keep them, and breed them, as pets, and that's quite a relieve.

Save the best for the last, now I'll tell you the most magnificent thing bout Axolotl. It can heal itself! Yep, they can regenerate their body parts, even to restore some parts of their brains! How amazing!

So, I guess that's all about Axolotl. Thanks for reading :)

Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axolotl
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/mexican-walking-fish.html

Photos:
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v480/arabia/?action=view&current=MexicanWalkingFish.jpg
http://totallylookslike.icanhascheezburger.com/2009/04/01/wooper-totally-looks-like-axolotl/
http://cheezburger.com/Jack_9632/lolz/View/2706196480
http://aqualandpetsplus.com/Amphibian,%20Axolotl.htm
http://www.flickr.com/photos/33210473@N05/3870005249
http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/16/axolotl-salamanders/

10 World's Weirdest Ice Cream Flavors

Chocolate, Vanilla, ChocoChip, BubbleGum, Strawberry, and all, the most common ice cream flavors. Hey, I got more for you: 10 World's Weirdest Ice Cream Flavors (my version).

1. HotsCream

HotsCream, the habanero infused ice cream.This ice cream is the combination of cool and spicy, can you imagine?

2. Squid Ink Ice Cream

An ice cream, with dark charcoal color, and such weird name, from Japan. Wonder how squid ink tastes? Try this ice cream!

3. Horse Flesh Ice Cream

You don't have to imagine that, cause this ice cream contains REAL horse flesh, and stated, its RAW too! Aw man, I'm not going for this one for sure. Well, another ice cream from Japan, nice.

4. Spaghetti and Cheese Ice Cream

Oh come on! You can find it in an ice cream shop in Merida, Venezuela. Its like, cheese flavored ice cream with ground-up spaghetti pieces!

5. Garlic Ice Cream

Hmm... Its for free! Who wants to taste it? Obviously not me!

6. The Mash Cone

Its from England, and, can we even call it an ice cream? It's made up of mash potato, sausage, peas and gravy, served on an ice cream cone.

7. Salad Ice Cream

As its name, simply, frozen salad.

8. Haggis Ice Cream

  

Served in one of the shop in London. the haggis (sheep's intestine), is blended with the ice cream. Umm... EW!

9. Candied Bacon Ice Cream

Bacon! Yum! But Bacon Ice Cream? Better think twice. It has great calories though, combined with eggs and some nutritious stuffs, but still!

10. Noodle Ice Cream

The last but not the least, this ice cream is just like an ordinary noodle, but its icy cold! It has some combinations of sweet flavored brownies or stuffs to make it tastes sweet.

That's the 10 Weirdest Ice Cream Flavor according to me. Thanks for reading! :)

Sources:
http://www.slashfood.com/2006/01/03/weall-scream-for-hotscream/
http://www.squidoo.com/weird-icecream-flavors
http://andrearf.wordpress.com/2007/08/11/mmmmsummer-days-and-horse-flesh-ice-cream/
http://foodnetworkhumor.com/2009/07/18-unusual-ice-cream-flavors-from-around-the-world/
http://blogs.sfweekly.com/foodie/2009/09/the_10_weirdest_ice_cream_flav.php?page=2
http://www.womansday.com/Articles/Food/Top-10-Innovative-Ice-Cream-Flavors.html
http://www.wackyowl.com/strangest-ice-cream-flavours/

Photos:
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.slashfood.com/media/2006/1/hotscream.jpg
http://icecreamjournal.turkeyhill.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/squidinkicecream.jpg
http://andrearf.wordpress.com/2007/08/11/mmmmsummer-days-and-horse-flesh-ice-cream/
http://foodnetworkhumor.com/img/gross-ice-cream-13.jpg
http://foodnetworkhumor.com/img/gross-ice-cream-5.jpg
http://foodnetworkhumor.com/wp-content/uploads//gross-ice-cream-11.jpg
http://foodnetworkhumor.com/img/gross-ice-cream-4.jpg
http://blogs.sfweekly.com/foodie/assets_c/2009/09/200907-icecream-haggis-ss-thumb-400x475.jpg
http://www.womansday.com/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/images/bacon_ice_cream/635386-1-eng-US/bacon_ice_cream.jpg
http://www.wackyowl.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Noodle-Ice-Cream.jpg