Macroglossum Stellatarum

Just when you think that you are the most intelligent species in the land, along comes the Macroglossum Stellatarum?

Lewis Nixon invented the first Sonar in 1906,In 1906, American naval architect Lewis Nixon invented the first sonar-like listening device to detect icebergs.

UF researcher shows hawkmoths use ultrasound to combat bats

http://news.ufl.edu/2013/07/03/hawkmoth-ultrasound/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+UniversityOfFloridaNews+%28University+of+Florida+News%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

WRONG.

Bats and many Moths have had sonar for centuries.

Bats and moths have engaged in an arms race for nearly 65 million years as bats evolve ways to hunt down moths and moths evolve ways to escape bats.

http://www.nbcnews.com/science/ok-weird-ward-bats-these-moths-rub-their-genitals-6C10560785

French physicist Paul Langévin constructed the first sonar set to detect submarines in 1915.

By 1918, Britain and the United States had built sonar sets that could send out, as well as receive, sound signals.

In the 2000's, the U.S. Navy introduced a sonar system to help clear military mines.

Hawkmoths are major pollinators

 and some are agricultural pests.

Researchers use the insects as model organisms for genetic research due to their large size.

Previous research shows tiger moths use ultrasound as a defense mechanism.

“While they produce the sound using tymbals, a vibrating membrane located on the thorax, hawkmoths use a system located in the genitals.

Scientists found at least three hawkmoth species produce ultrasonic sound, including females.

Researchers believe hawkmoths may produce the sound as a physical defense, to warn others or to jam the bats’ echolocation, which confuses the predators so they may not identify an object or interpret where it is located”, Kawahara said.

Junk Fish?

When was the last time you stopped at the tank to look into the eyes of that Lobster you are about to eat.

 

Or that Catfish, Crawfish, Swordfish, Grouper, Shrimp, Tuna, Salmon or my favorite, the Cod and Haddock fish?

They are all the ugliest or most beautiful creation on Mother Earth however, we still eat them.

By the way the Lobster, Crawfish, Shrimp and Catfish are all bottom feeders, they eat bottom wasted material.

OK, same question with a twist, have you ever looked into the eyes of that cow, lamb, pig, horse or chicken before you sit at your table?

So, what is the difference between those meals or these new meals now being offered?

 Dishing up trash: New look for sustainable seafood.

"A growing number of chefs turn to so-called trash fish to create sustainable menus."

Associated Press By Michele Kayal, Associated Press | Associated Press

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/dishing-trash-look-sustainable-seafood-132222305.html

 

I am sure that if the question was, Triggerfish, White Grunt, Shore crabs, Moon Snails, Sea, Tuna Spines, Roasted, Whiting, or Mackerel the answer would still be the same?

Once you get hungry enough you will be surprised at what will start looking delicious.

This is my kind of cage

We need to have this kind of cage for every cages animal in the world?

 

Only stacked with human poachers.

Poachers are illegal hunters who do not follow laws, rules and regulations.

What poaching means is that even though an animal is protected and laws have been passed to make hunting and killing that animal illegal, the animal is still hunted and killed.

Spend a few weeks dragging the cage around areas where poachers like to hunt.

At lunch and dinner time stop the cage hand food into the cage through the bars and take an hour watching the animals come to see the cage while eating meals.

The African lion could become extinct in the next decade, want to gawk up close at one of Mother Nature’s glorious creatures before they’re gone forever?

Cagey Cats

The Lion Encounter Ride inside New Zealand’s Orana Wildlife Park

http://www.takepart.com/photos/wild-wonderful-world-animals

Read between the lines, you be the judge

If you cannot get in through the front door use the back door?

Not long ago I wrote about the conditions of chicken companies in China and it was said that some was sold to the USA through Canada?

 

http://www.snopes.com/photos/food/chinachicken.asp

Now it is plain to see that one very large company is using the chicken it our fast food?

Today we find out that Ham is now a target?

 

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/05/29/chinas-largest-meat-processor-to-buy-smithfield-ham

Remember the Rats sold as Lamb in China?

http://sachemspeaks.wordpress.com/2013/05/04/in-china-rat-meat-is-sold-as-lamb/

Yum buys its Chicken from China

China's meat processor now owns Smithfield Ham, an icon in southern cooking.

Yum! Brands, Inc. or Yum! is a United States-based Fortune 500 corporation. Yum! operates or licenses Taco Bell, KFC, Pizza Hut, and WingStreet restaurants worldwide. Prior to 2011, Yum! also owned Long John Silver's and A&W Restaurants.

Yum is the world's largest fast food restaurant company in terms of system units—more than 39,000 restaurants around the world in over 125 countries.

China's Largest Meat Processor to Buy Smithfield Ham

The southern culinary icon announced it will become part of Shuanghui International Holdings in largest takeover of a U.S. company by a Chinese buyer.

Your Garden is a Warzone

Your Garden is like your country.

As with any other war, when you know that the enemy is about to attack, if you want to keep your garden from the enemy you must go to war! As with any war it is won before any battle even starts.

When up in New England one could stick a seed in the ground plant marigolds around it and come back later to pick some food!

But remember Mother Nature planted millions of rocks and boulders all over New England! :-(

I now live in the center of bug, wild life, bird alley, central Florida and quickly learned that I had to go to war to have my garden! :-(

Never use chemicals, not needed and will kill you and everything that you love plus all of the good bugs needed to help you win your war!

I started my newer garden some time ago

http://sachemspeaks.wordpress.com/2013/05/01/spring-sprang-sprung/

 My new garden is starting to take off, refrigerator full of summer squash plants full of green tomatoes and the rest of the garden climbing up the string and poles. :-)

Remember gardening can be easy and fun if done right. You must start early and do a little each day? Never over do your garden fun or it will quickly become work!

With my new garden, I have water ready so that each evening just before the sun goes down, if no rain I can water.

My older garden, I could not water, so I saved up plastic gallon bottles from milk, tea, store bought water and so on, punched some extremely small holes about the size of a good sewing machine needle, at the bottom, not in the bottom at the bottom, placed it into the ground up to its neck and next to every plant and keep them full. I have my old 5 hp rotor tiller (yes, over kill) from up north so I started these gardens (in Florida sand) with a good tilling, after that just keep an eye on weeds and grass.

No tiller, no problem, just turn some grass over, shake the dirt loose and use the grass for mulch. Mulching is for another posting! A short cut is to buy the black plastic covering and cover the ground, cutting holes as you plant? :-)

Now is the time to look back at my earlier posting

Spring Sprang Sprung

http://sachemspeaks.wordpress.com/2013/05/01/spring-sprang-sprung/

You can buy rolls of screening most any store and fence off your garden, a must!

Use the buckets explained in the above posting to keep our attackers from underground at bay.