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100 MILLION SPECIES
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Mankind is only one SPECIES of life on Earth. According the leading “scientific authorities”: ...the “estimated total number of species on Earth is 6.5 million species found on land, and 2.2 million (about 25 percent of the total) dwelling in the ocean depths. However, a study, published by PLoS Biology, says a staggering 86% of all species on land and 91% of those in the seas have yet to be discovered, described and cataloged.”
If we do the math, we learn that 8.7 million is roughly 80% – 90% of ONE HUNDRED MILLION species on this planet. That’s a LOT of life! How many even MORE bizarre life forms are as yet undiscovered? And how many more might there be living throughout the rest of our own galaxy? (I won’t mention the whole universe….).
Many more imagined creatures are described in science fiction stories on other planets and galaxies. But, very few of these fictional “monstrosities” are as strange and bizarre at the real creatures that inhabit the microcosm on our own planet. Here are pictures of a few common insects viewed with the aid of an electron microscope. It is a challenge to imagine creatures more bizarre than these!
ANOTHER EXTINCTION
AMAZING MOTHS!
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A MOTH is an insect related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Most of this order are moths; there are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth (nearly ten times the number of species of butterfly), with thousands of species yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal. The variety, color, shapes and sizes of moths is truly incredible!
CLICK ON THIS LINK TO SEE A FLICKR SET OF ASTONISHING PHOTOGRAPHS OF MOTHS
http://www.flickr.com/photos/itchydogimages/sets/72157629886999965/with/9121025917/
(Click on each image below to ENLARGE it)
WHERE CAN YOU FIND A GOOD BRAIN?
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If you were going to build your own, personal life form where would you look to find a brain?
Would you trust your own brain if you were using your creative skills to create a “humanoid” monster?
Given the behaviour of human beings on this planet, it might be a good idea to work on some other project, like growing some nice flowers or something sensible.
