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Started by LARA, January 13, 2011, 02:31:11 PM

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LARA

January 13, 2011, 02:31:11 PM
This is cool.  Apparently there is a hornet that generates electricity in it's exoskeleton, making the insect the first animal to get some of it's energy from solar power.  I'm guessing that there are a lot more insects out there that can do this with their pigments, the ability just hasn't been looked for before.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news ... ews-hornet
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Tank

#1
January 14, 2011, 09:42:58 AM
Well I'll be darned!
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joeactor

#2
January 14, 2011, 08:06:31 PM
That is pretty cool!

So...

You might say he's a...

...


(wait for it)

...

"Green" Hornet?
 :raised:

Tank

#3
January 14, 2011, 08:39:14 PM
Quote from: "joeactor"That is pretty cool!

So...

You might say he's a...

...


(wait for it)

...

"Green" Hornet?
 :raised:
I think you should suspend yourself for 7 days for that!
If religions were TV channels atheism is turning the TV off.
"Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt." ― Richard P. Feynman
'It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Life.' - Terry Pratchett
Remember, your inability to grasp science is not a valid argument against it.

joeactor

#4
January 14, 2011, 09:06:03 PM
Quote from: "Tank"
Quote from: "joeactor"That is pretty cool!

So...

You might say he's a...

...


(wait for it)

...

"Green" Hornet?
 :raised:
I think you should suspend yourself for 7 days for that!

Feel the burn!

Gawen

#5
January 15, 2011, 01:45:09 PM
Quote from: "joeactor"That is pretty cool!

So...

You might say he's a...

...


(wait for it)

...

"Green" Hornet?
 :raised:
*Standin' and clappin'*...Bravo!!
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karadan

#6
January 17, 2011, 03:11:02 PM
Quote from: "joeactor"That is pretty cool!

So...

You might say he's a...

...


(wait for it)

...

"Green" Hornet?
 :raised:


Bwuhahahahaha!

You sir, just won the internets (again)..
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iSok

#7
January 20, 2011, 10:43:46 PM
Have you ever seen the kill-strategy by a bee colony?

They cook their opponent.
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terranus

#8
January 21, 2011, 01:55:48 AM
Finally!!

It's about time we, the proud members of the animal kingdom, starting taking back some of that solar power all those damn plants have been stealing. In fact, I say we should go one step further and steal all their chloroplasts so we can perform our own photosynthesis!!  :crazy:

Oh, the irony!

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Davin

#9
January 21, 2011, 04:47:33 AM
Quote from: "terranus"Finally!!

It's about time we, the proud members of the animal kingdom, starting taking back some of that solar power all those damn plants have been stealing. In fact, I say we should go one step further and steal all their chloroplasts so we can perform our own photosynthesis!!  :crazy:

Oh, the irony!

Yes, I know I'm a nerd. Leave me alone.  :headbang:
Speaking of taking back some of the solar power of plants... there is an animal that actually takes that part of plants and incorporates it into itself: Behold: the solar powered slug!
Always question all authorities because the authority you don't question is the most dangerous... except me, never question me.

Tank

#10
January 21, 2011, 06:43:49 AM
Quote from: "iSok"Have you ever seen the kill-strategy by a bee colony?

They cook their opponent.
Yes they surround the invader and then raise their own body temperature to the point where the invader dies. Fascinating behaviour.
If religions were TV channels atheism is turning the TV off.
"Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt." ― Richard P. Feynman
'It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Life.' - Terry Pratchett
Remember, your inability to grasp science is not a valid argument against it.

joeactor

#11
January 21, 2011, 02:50:35 PM
Quote from: "Tank"
Quote from: "iSok"Have you ever seen the kill-strategy by a bee colony?

They cook their opponent.
Yes they surround the invader and then raise their own body temperature to the point where the invader dies. Fascinating behaviour.

Nasty... I hear that Ants do that too:

LARA

#12
February 03, 2011, 10:15:49 AM
That is one awesome sea slug, Davin.

Always thought it was cool that sea slugs were able to steal nematocysts from the corals that they eat for their own defense purposes. What's really wild in this one is according to the article you linked these slugs are actually incorporating the DNA from the algae to produce the chloroplasts themselves....Mind boggling.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
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Thumpalumpacus

#13
February 03, 2011, 11:51:15 AM
Pretty cool stuff.  I wonder what it uses the electricity for.
Illegitimi non carborundum.

terranus

#14
February 03, 2011, 04:03:19 PM
Quote from: "Thumpalumpacus"Pretty cool stuff.  I wonder what it uses the electricity for.

Probably for shootin' lasers out of it's eyes.  :cool:
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