Title: Solar powered hornet
Post by: LARA on January 13, 2011, 02:31:11 PM
Post by: LARA on 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 (http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/12/101221-solar-power-hornet-science-animals/?source=link_tw20101223news-hornet)
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news ... ews-hornet (http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/12/101221-solar-power-hornet-science-animals/?source=link_tw20101223news-hornet)
Title: Re: Solar powered hornet
Post by: Tank on January 14, 2011, 09:42:58 AM
Post by: Tank on January 14, 2011, 09:42:58 AM
Well I'll be darned!
Title: Re: Solar powered hornet
Post by: joeactor on January 14, 2011, 08:06:31 PM
Post by: joeactor on January 14, 2011, 08:06:31 PM
That is pretty cool!
So...
You might say he's a...
...
(wait for it)
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"Green" Hornet?
So...
You might say he's a...
...
(wait for it)
...
"Green" Hornet?
Title: Re: Solar powered hornet
Post by: Tank on January 14, 2011, 08:39:14 PM
Post by: Tank on January 14, 2011, 08:39:14 PM
Quote from: "joeactor"That is pretty cool!I think you should suspend yourself for 7 days for that!
So...
You might say he's a...
...
(wait for it)
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"Green" Hornet?
Title: Re: Solar powered hornet
Post by: joeactor on January 14, 2011, 09:06:03 PM
Post by: joeactor on January 14, 2011, 09:06:03 PM
Quote from: "Tank"Quote from: "joeactor"That is pretty cool!I think you should suspend yourself for 7 days for that!
So...
You might say he's a...
...
(wait for it)
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"Green" Hornet?
Feel the burn!
Title: Re: Solar powered hornet
Post by: Gawen on January 15, 2011, 01:45:09 PM
Post by: Gawen on January 15, 2011, 01:45:09 PM
Quote from: "joeactor"That is pretty cool!*Standin' and clappin'*...Bravo!!
So...
You might say he's a...
...
(wait for it)
...
"Green" Hornet?
Title: Re: Solar powered hornet
Post by: karadan on January 17, 2011, 03:11:02 PM
Post by: karadan on 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?
Bwuhahahahaha!
You sir, just won the internets (again)..
Title: Re: Solar powered hornet
Post by: iSok on January 20, 2011, 10:43:46 PM
Post by: iSok on January 20, 2011, 10:43:46 PM
Have you ever seen the kill-strategy by a bee colony?
They cook their opponent.
They cook their opponent.
Title: Re: Solar powered hornet
Post by: terranus on January 21, 2011, 01:55:48 AM
Post by: terranus on 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!
Yes, I know I'm a nerd. Leave me alone.
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.
Title: Re: Solar powered hornet
Post by: Davin on January 21, 2011, 04:47:33 AM
Post by: Davin on January 21, 2011, 04:47:33 AM
Quote from: "terranus"Finally!!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! (http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16124-solarpowered-sea-slug-harnesses-stolen-plant-genes-.html)
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.
Title: Re: Solar powered hornet
Post by: Tank on January 21, 2011, 06:43:49 AM
Post by: Tank on January 21, 2011, 06:43:49 AM
Quote from: "iSok"Have you ever seen the kill-strategy by a bee colony?Yes they surround the invader and then raise their own body temperature to the point where the invader dies. Fascinating behaviour.
They cook their opponent.
Title: Re: Solar powered hornet
Post by: joeactor on January 21, 2011, 02:50:35 PM
Post by: joeactor on January 21, 2011, 02:50:35 PM
Quote from: "Tank"Quote from: "iSok"Have you ever seen the kill-strategy by a bee colony?Yes they surround the invader and then raise their own body temperature to the point where the invader dies. Fascinating behaviour.
They cook their opponent.
Nasty... I hear that Ants do that too:
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fcinefantastiqueonline.com%2Fwp-content%2Fphase-iv.jpg&hash=e171d9a1eef5108827de9dbad2dcb1701f16a8bc)
Title: Re: Solar powered hornet
Post by: LARA on February 03, 2011, 10:15:49 AM
Post by: LARA on 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.
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.
Title: Re: Solar powered hornet
Post by: Thumpalumpacus on February 03, 2011, 11:51:15 AM
Post by: Thumpalumpacus on February 03, 2011, 11:51:15 AM
Pretty cool stuff. I wonder what it uses the electricity for.
Title: Re: Solar powered hornet
Post by: terranus on February 03, 2011, 04:03:19 PM
Post by: terranus on 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.
