Massimo / @Rainmaker1973 (RSS Feed) 2 years ago

Like other reptiles, box turtles must hibernate during cold winter weather: the right term is brumation. They burrow deep under the soil and leaves, sometime in October usually emerging in April/early May. \[📹 dogdogcatcatnoodle: buff.ly/406uMcs (https://buff.ly/406uMcs)\] https://nitter.moomoo.me/Rainmaker1973/status/1646510949690650632#m

Massimo / @Rainmaker1973 (RSS Feed) 2 years ago

Unlike other mammals, camels' red blood cells are oval. This makes them better at withstanding high osmotic variation without rupturing when drinking large amounts of water: a 600kg camel can drink 200 L of water in 3 minutes \[buff.ly/31jk3QO (https://buff.ly/31jk3QO)\] https://nitter.moomoo.me/Rainmaker1973/status/1646507279729172482#m

Massimo / @Rainmaker1973 (RSS Feed) 2 years ago

How this spider uses the elasticity of its threads to lift considerable weights (and use an empty shell as its home) \[full video: bit.ly/2sAEe9g (https://bit.ly/2sAEe9g)\] https://nitter.moomoo.me/Rainmaker1973/status/1646442870612672514#m

Massimo / @Rainmaker1973 (RSS Feed) 2 years ago

The Bagger 288 bucket-wheel excavator can excavate 240,000 tons of coal or 240,000 cubic meters of overburden daily, comparable to a soccer field dug to a depth of 30 meters (98 feet) \[full video: buff.ly/3GAKZ2D (https://buff.ly/3GAKZ2D)\] https://nitter.moomoo.me/Rainmaker1973/status/1646437251365191680#m

Massimo / @Rainmaker1973 (RSS Feed) 2 years ago

Wolves shed the insulating undercoat during spring, and as autumn approaches, the undercoat thickens. This cycle is driven by hormone levels that rise in the spring with longer days and decrease as day lengths shorten in the fall. \[read more: buff.ly/3zY4uyF (https://buff.ly/3zY4uyF)\] https://nitter.moomoo.me/Rainmaker1973/status/1646433459836014593#m

Massimo / @Rainmaker1973 (RSS Feed) 2 years ago

The human gut is lined with more than 100 million nerve cells—it’s practically a brain unto itself. But the gut has also a direct connection to the brain through a neural circuit that allows it to transmit signals in mere seconds \[read more: buff.ly/2NvpeI3 (https://buff.ly/2NvpeI3)\] https://nitter.moomoo.me/Rainmaker1973/status/1646430369770602497#m

Massimo / @Rainmaker1973 (RSS Feed) 2 years ago

If you don't have the proper tools, use teamwork. How weight, vibrations and balance drive a pile into the soil \[source, full video: buff.ly/2QQXz2p (https://buff.ly/2QQXz2p)\] https://nitter.moomoo.me/Rainmaker1973/status/1646426283302088706#m

Massimo / @Rainmaker1973 (RSS Feed) 2 years ago

The levitating self-solving Rubik’s cube made by Japanese inventor Human Controller \[read more: buff.ly/2O8utNc (https://buff.ly/2O8utNc)\] https://nitter.moomoo.me/Rainmaker1973/status/1646421610914627584#m

Massimo / @Rainmaker1973 (RSS Feed) 2 years ago

Olympus Mons, located on Mars, is the second tallest mountain and largest volcano on any planet in the Solar System. It’s a shield volcano and it roughly covers an area of 300,000 km², here compared with France \[source: buff.ly/3hObXaK (https://buff.ly/3hObXaK)\] https://nitter.moomoo.me/Rainmaker1973/status/1646416548272263168#m

Massimo / @Rainmaker1973 (RSS Feed) 2 years ago

How would the space be curved if you could travel at nearly the speed of light? This interactive site lets you find that: buff.ly/2ujGBBY (https://buff.ly/2ujGBBY) https://nitter.moomoo.me/Rainmaker1973/status/1646412926561972226#m

Massimo / @Rainmaker1973 (RSS Feed) 2 years ago

On April 27, 2012, a team of scientists staged an airplane crash near Mexicali, Mexico. A Boeing 727-200, fitted with numerous cameras, crash-test dummies and other scientific instruments, was flown into the ground \[read more: buff.ly/2WHddPI (https://buff.ly/2WHddPI)\] https://nitter.moomoo.me/Rainmaker1973/status/1646409816577916929#m

Massimo / @Rainmaker1973 (RSS Feed) 2 years ago

How colors change as you go deeper underwater, because water selectively scatters and absorbs certain wavelengths of visible light \[📹 Kendall Roberg: buff.ly/2SdfUq5 (https://buff.ly/2SdfUq5)\] \[read more: buff.ly/2n7iODf (https://buff.ly/2n7iODf)\] https://nitter.moomoo.me/Rainmaker1973/status/1646402541322633216#m

Massimo / @Rainmaker1973 (RSS Feed) 2 years ago

This is the #Apollo13 (https://nitter.moomoo.me/search?q=%23Apollo13) NASA mission control, just moments before the accident. Fred Haise is visible on the screen. It happened 53 years ago #Today (https://nitter.moomoo.me/search?q=%23Today) \[read more: buff.ly/2JIPhGr (https://buff.ly/2JIPhGr)\] https://nitter.moomoo.me/Rainmaker1973/status/1646402224690548738#m

Massimo / @Rainmaker1973 (RSS Feed) 2 years ago

Comparison of some natural satellites of the Solar System. From the smallest to the largest compared to New York City and Earth \[📹 MetaBallStudios: buff.ly/39lzNGA (https://buff.ly/39lzNGA)\] https://nitter.moomoo.me/Rainmaker1973/status/1646218590880923649#m

Massimo / @Rainmaker1973 (RSS Feed) 2 years ago

**RT @Rainmaker1973:** Wombats have a backward-facing pouch: The advantage is that when digging, the wombat does not gather soil in its pouch over its young. Bonus: the baby can easily eat and stay warm at the same time. \[📹Sarah Time: buff.ly/3KvtbHu (https://buff.ly/3KvtbHu)\] nitter.moomoo.me/DickKingSmith/st… (https://nitter.moomoo.me/DickKingSmith/status/1307929705971146753/video/1)nitter.moomoo.me/i/web/status/164… (https://nitter.moomoo.me/i/web/status/1646215372780236800) https://nitter.moomoo.me/Rainmaker1973/status/1646215372780236800#m

Massimo / @Rainmaker1973 (RSS Feed) 2 years ago

The gaur, also known as the Indian bison, is a bovine native to South Asia and Southeast Asia. It is the largest species among the wild cattle and the Bovidae \[read more: bit.ly/3lekGHJ (

Gaur - Wikipedia

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Massimo / @Rainmaker1973 (RSS Feed) 2 years ago

Gustaf III Airport airport located on the Caribbean island of Saint Barthélemy is a very peculiar one and possibly one of the most dangerous airport in the world \[📹 buff.ly/3UM1r4J (https://buff.ly/3UM1r4J)\] \[read more: buff.ly/3UsSLjj (https://buff.ly/3UsSLjj)\] https://nitter.moomoo.me/Rainmaker1973/status/1646103085926719488#m

Massimo / @Rainmaker1973 (RSS Feed) 2 years ago

Sometimes simple ideas lead to amazing results, and Lucas Zimmermann’s long exposure photos of traffic lights are a perfect example of that \[read more: bit.ly/2mx9DZb (

Bored Panda

Long Exposure Photos Of Traffic Lights In The Fog By Lucas Zimmermann

Sometimes simple ideas lead to amazing results, and Lucas Zimmermann

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Massimo / @Rainmaker1973 (RSS Feed) 2 years ago

Artist and electronic music composer Yunchul Kim created this kinetic sculpture named Chroma V, which illustrates the ‘world as a labyrinth’ where matter, time, objects and beings interact and co-exist \[read more: buff.ly/3w7SN7c (https://buff.ly/3w7SN7c)\] https://nitter.moomoo.me/Rainmaker1973/status/1646084584008740864#m

Massimo / @Rainmaker1973 (RSS Feed) 2 years ago

Humans aren’t the only species that enjoy sunbathing. Turtles sunbathe too. While humans may sunbathe as a way of receiving a tan, turtles do (scientifically known as basking) to regulate their internal body temperature \[source: buff.ly/3M9x5FK (https://buff.ly/3M9x5FK)\] https://nitter.moomoo.me/Rainmaker1973/status/1646078301788577797#m