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Name: Giant barb (Catlocarpio siamensis)
Maximum Size: 118 inches (300 centimeters), 661.5 pounds (300 kilograms)
Habitat: Mekong River Basin, Southeast Asia
Name: Mekong giant catfish (Pangasianodon gigas)
Maximum Size: 118 inches (300 centimeters), 661.4 pounds (300 kilograms)
Habitat: Mekong River Basin, Southeast Asia
Biologist Zeb Hogan holds a taimen, a giant member of the salmon family, while searching for megafishes in [...]
Posted in TECHNOLOGY on August 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
New Planet Weighs as Much as 2,500 Earths
With temperatures ranging from 1000 to 2000°C, gravity 15 times stronger than Earth’s, and a year that lasts just 5.6 of our days, HAT-P-2b is not a planet you’d want to visit for vacation.
The unusual gas giant—located 440 light-years away in the constellation Hercules—turns out to be the [...]
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UFO (UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS)
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS
A UFO is any flying object that hasn’t been identified as a natural or man-made entity
Some people think these objects are alien spacecraft, although there is no conclusive evidence yet
UFOs have occurred in all shapes and sizes, but most often they are round, cylindrical, cigar shaped or triangular
History of sightings.
Some [...]
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World’s Oldest Diamonds Discovered in Australia
The world’s oldest known diamonds have been found encased in a crystal in Western Australia, scientists say.
The minuscule gemstones are 4.25 billion years old and could provide a rare glimpse into Earth’s distant geologic past.
“No one would have really predicted that diamonds were in there,” said Simon Wilde, a geologist [...]
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Live giant squid caught on camera
A live, adult giant squid has been caught on camera in the wild for the very first time.
Japanese researchers took pictures of the elusive creature hunting 900m down, enveloping its prey by coiling its tentacles into a ball. The images show giant squid, known as Architeuthis, are more vigorous hunters [...]
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A calf born with two heads at a US dairy farm this week has been euthanased after one its lungs collapsed.
Blinky, who had four eyes, two noses and two mouths, but only two ears and one neck, was put down after its owner consulted three veterinarians about the lung, the Fresno Bee reported.
“Unfortunately, it was [...]
