Meat-eating crickets from the age of dinosaurs

A predatory insect fossils from the age of dinosaurs recently found in a layer of limestone that lies in the northern region of Brazil. This insect is carnivorous insect-eating meat that comes from 100 million years ago. Crickets ancestors lived in the Cretaceous period, just before the supercontinent of Gondwana (the supercontinent that included Africa, South America, Australia, India, Arab, and Antarctica at this time) split.

As quoted from the website LiveScience, he comes from the genus Schizodactylus or oblique-legged crickets. Genus Schizodactylus include crickets that exist today, grasshopper, and the animals named Katydid. "This name they received in accordance with the legs at their disposal that allow them to warpage and support their bodies in a sandy habitat to hunt their prey," said Sam Heads, Chairman of the researchers who discovered the fossil. When hunting, Heads said, the species is actually not using a particular strategy. This fat-bodied insects come out at night combing their habitat to find prey. "They can move quickly when needed ... and they are quite voracious," said Sam, who comes from Illinois University.

At least, he has differences with the crickets that exist today. With a length of about 6 cm from the head to the back of his body, he has a rather strange posture. Antennae longer than its body. Crickets also has wings and legs curled sharp like snowshoes. According to the Heads, is to support it can still be planted in sandy areas. However, this very aggressive cricket can not fly despite having wings. Wings, says Heads usually only be expanded when needed. In general, Heads said, cricket is not so much evolved or have periods of 'evolutionary stasis' for at least 100 million years.

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10 strange phenomenon that occurs in the human mind

10. Deja vu

Deja vu is a certain kind of experience will be an ongoing thing where you have experienced it or seen it before the new situation - you feel as though the event has occurred or is being repeated.
The experience is usually accompanied by strong feelings such as are familiar with and a feeling of horror, foreign, or strange. Experience "previously" is usually associated with dreams, but occasionally there is a definite feeling that it's already happened in the past.

9. Deja Vecu
Deja vecu (Read Deya vay-koo) is what is experienced by many people when they think they are experiencing deja vu. Deja vu is the feeling of having seen something before, whereas déjà vecu is the experience of having seen an event before,
but only in great detail - such as recognizing smells and sounds. It is also usually accompanied by an intense feeling for knowledge something that will come later. Experience that has ever happened - not only know what's coming next - but also able to tell people around what is to come, and usually it is true. This is very strange and sensations that can not be
is described.

8. Deja visite
Deja visite is an experience that few people experience in which involves a knowledge of magic going somewhere new. For example, you may never know the trails in a new city, you want to attend or view though never been there before, and you believe it is impossible to have
knowledge about it. If Deja visite of geographic relationships and space, while Deja Vecu is about the events of the time. Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote about an experience like this in his book "Our Old Home" where he visited a ruined castle and have complete knowledge about the floor plan layout. He was then able to trace the experience in a
poem written by Alexander Pope had read several years later. The poem describes the state of the fort was accurately exactly as he knows.

7. Deja inches
Deja inches is the phenomenon of something ever felt. It is exclusively a mental phenomenon and seldom settle in your mind after that. In the words of the people after the experience is: "What is of concern is what has been observed previously, and was already known, but was forgotten for a while, and now feel satisfied as if it had been recalled. Ability
remember it always starts with the voice of others, or by the words of my own mind, or with what I read and the words of the soul. I think as long as the situation is not normal I speak in general a few simple sentences such as Oh, yes. I understand, of course, I remember, and others, only one or two minutes later I can recall it all, with no need of words and thoughts expressed by the tongue to create memories. I just get that feeling is similar to what has been felt before in such abnormal conditions.
You think just saying it, but you also realize that in fact did not utter a word.

6. Jamais Vu
Jamais vu (never seen) is described as a situation had never known but can not recognize.
It is often regarded as the opposite of deja vu and induce a feeling of horror and fear. You do not recognize a situation even though you know rationally that you've been in that situation before. Generally it can be explained when one person does not recognize a few moments, words, or a place that is actually already knew. It makes people believe that the Jamais vu is a kind of symptom of brain fatigue.

5. Presque Vu
Presque vu is often expressed with the words, "seemed to have at the tip of the tongue" - is a strong feeling that you will get a hint or inspiration of what is forgotten, but it never came. The term "presque vu" means "close look". Sensation of presque vu can greatly disrupt the feelings and thoughts, and often people had gone to bed he made.

4. L esprit de l'Escalier
L'esprit de l'escalier (staircase jokes at home) is the sense to think of a clever children when it was too late to be submitted. The expression can be used to describe the children are quick to insult, or any of your comments smart and witty, although his arrival was no longer useful terlambatdan likened us to think when it was on the stairs to leave an event.
A word of German treppenwitz used for the same purpose. The closest expression in English to describe this situation is "being wise after the event or to be wise after the event.
The event is usually accompanied by feelings of regret for not thought of before to give an immediate reply comments as needed. But it might be wise if we think that it might be merunyamkan response relationship. God menyintai who are patient and refrain.

3. Capgras Delusion
Capgras delusion is the phenomenon where a person believes that a close friend or family has changed its identity as a fraud. This is related to the ancient belief that babies have been stolen and replaced by a fairy child kidnapper in the fairy tales in medieval times, as well as a modern fantasy about aliens or aliens who take over the body of the people on earth to be their allies.
This delusion is found most commonly in patients with diseased souls, but did not rule it also has messed your mind.

2. Fregoli Delusion
Fregoli Delusion is a rare brain phenomenon, in which a person believes that people who are different, are really the same person in disguise. It is often associated with paranoia and the belief that the person posing it is trying to persecute him. The condition is named after the Italian actor, Leopoldo Fregoli which is famous for its ability to transform themselves rapidly during his acting appearances. The first report in 1927 in a case study on a 27-year-old woman who believes she is being persecuted by two actors who are often seen in a theater. He believed that these people are "constantly chasing him with a shapeshifter like the people he knew.

1. Prosopagnosia
Prosopagnosia is a phenomenon in which a person is unable to recognize faces of people or objects that should have been known. People who experience this disorder are usually able to use any other feeling to recognize the people, like the smell of perfume person, form or style of hair, voice, or even their gait. A classic case of this mess was published in a book published in 1998 and
never displayed in the form of Michael Nyman opera titled "The Man Who mistook his wife for a hat or a person who mistakenly be his wife because of his hat.
We have some experience of feeling, which comes to us for a moment, from what we say, done after the said or done before, in a long time ago - from the things around us, in the form of the past, with the faces of the same , objects, and circumstances - of our perfect knowledge of what will be said later, as if we suddenly remember it! - Charles Dickens

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2010 January will occur three wonders of astronomy since thousands of years

New Year's Day 2010, during the New Year is a partial lunar eclipse will happen, the astronomers said this is the first event since thousands of years. In addition, in the first 15 days of the New Year, people can still see the meteor shower, and will see the magical scenery of a rare solar eclipse since thousands of years.

According to the South East Express newspaper, Xiaoqing Pan Deputy Secretary General of the Astronomical Society of Fujian Province said that 2009 to 2010, moon, earth and sun coincide three planets moving into a position that allows the occurrence of the phenomenon of the heavens, so that within two years some of the wonders of astronomy will occur. In addition, he has done wonders astronomical observations and providing warnings and guidance relevant.

Views of the lunar eclipse on January 1

Partial eclipse will occur this month from 02:51 hours until at 3:22 on January 1, reaching maximum eclipse, at 3:54 would end, the whole process will last one hour.

Observation Guidelines: when it saw an eclipse of the moon without the need for measures to reduce light, provided the weather is good, can see it directly using the naked eye. Need to be reminded that in one hour before the eclipse, because the earth's shadow covers the moon, moonlight will dim, not bright as before the existence of the Earth's shadow. After more than an hour at the end of the eclipse of the moon, it will also happen the same thing. "At this moment photography lovers need to enlarge the exposure time."

Meteor shower occurs on January 3

When finished watching "the dog ate the sky the Moon", then people also can enjoy a meteor shower of the ancient constellations. Like the star constellation draco Quadrantids are adjacent to which is rarely mentioned. On January 3 at 20:00 - 24:00, predicted in the existing constellation of short blasts of intense meteor shower. During this time, the peak traffic reached 120 grains per hour.

Observation Guidelines: In the period of explosive meteor shower, meteor shower expected number in the tens to hundreds of grains per hour. It is recommended that observers go a long way from town, away from all kinds of artificial light sources, stopped at the outskirts of town on the north peak to calculate the number of stars.

Ring eclipse of the sun on January 15

On January 15 there is still one more time a solar eclipse. This is a solar eclipse that ring the first time since 22 years in China, also is the longest solar eclipse of the rings in the world for 1,000 years. In China, who first saw the eclipse of the sun ring is Yunnan Province, and Guizhou, Sichuan, Chongqing, Hunan, Shaanxi, Hubei, Henan, Anhui, Jiangsu, Shandong Peninsula last sunset, a total of more than 11 provinces and cities. Because the ring is very broad, the continuance is also very old, very rare.

Complex changes in the phenomenon of sky no doubt will provide an excellent research topic for astronomers. Moreover, viewed from the records of ancient books, changes in natural phenomena is closely related to changes in the human race.

In the Chinese Book of Changes "Yi Jin" said, "The sky depends on the phenomenon, good or bad luck, like the saints depends on it."

"We look at astronomy, in order to detect changes in a different time."

Ancient people thought "the sky and human worth," "Heaven and Man united," by observing the change of sky phenomena can infer what will happen to mankind. If human beings follow the changes in the sky, "the sky" is a symbol of good luck, in the human world must have abundant harvests, good weather, rain and wind normal, quiet and peaceful society. When human behavior contrary to the sky, doing bad things, "the sky" will give a bad omen, the earth will dry less rain, floods, riots, rebellions occurred and others.
Therefore, the ancient people very concerned about the phenomenon of sky observations.

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7 Natural Phenomena World's Coolest

Eternal lightning in Venezuela

Catatumbo a mysterious lightning is a natural phenomenon unique in the world. Located at the mouth of the river at Lake Maracaibo Catatumbo. This phenomenon is a cloud lightning that forms a "line" lightning along the 5 miles, each 140-160 nights a year, for 10 hours each night, and more than 280 times in 1 hour. It can almost be called a 'permanent storm'. Lightning has the intensity of 400,000 amperes, and visible up to 400 km away. According to research, lightning is due to collision of wind comes from the Andes Mountains. Lightning is also used as navigation by sailors.

Fish rain in Honduras

The Rain of Fishes (Fish Rain) is told in Honduran Folklore. However, there is also evident in the Departamento de Yoro, between May and July. Witnesses say that this phenomenon begins with a dark cloud in the sky, followed by lightning, thunder, strong winds and heavy rain for 2-3 hours. After the rain stopped, hundreds of fish found living in soil. People take the fish - the fish and cook it. Since 1998, Rain of Fish Festival is celebrated every year in the city of Yoro.

Climbing Goats of Morocco

Goats that climb trees, can only be found in Morocco. These goats climb trees because they want to eat the fruit of the Argan tree, which is similar to the Olive Fruit. (Sorry ga no further details)

Red rain in Kerala

From July 25 to 23 September 2001, red rain fell in southern India, Kerala State. Not just red, yellow rain, green and black have also been reported. Government of India found that the rain has been "marred" by the spores of algae, which float in the air. Then, early in 2006, Kerala became the world's attention.

Longest wave in Brazil


Two times a year, between February and March, the Atlantic Ocean water piled up in the Amazon River, creating the world's longest waves. This phenomenon is caused by ocean currents meet Atantik the mouth of the river, thus generating waves 12 feet high that can last up to more than half an hour.

Black Sun in Denmark

During spring in Denmark, about one-half hour before dusk, more than 1 million Sturnus Vulgaris (blackcock) congregate from all corners to join and form a remarkable collection of great in the air. Hinnga make the sky was dark. This phenomenon is called Black Sun, and can be witnessed in early spring in western Denmark.

Rainbow Fire in Idaho

Femonena atmosphere known as circumhorizon arc or Fire Rainbow (a rainbow of fire), will appear when the sun is high (greater than 58 degrees above the horizon). The sunlight shone through straight and cirrus clouds, thus producing a kind of crystal slabs and formed hexagon prism effect. So it looks like a rainbow-shaped flame.

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World's Oldest Mystery Bridge, Adam's Bridge

Adam's Bridge, or Rama's Bridge is often called one of the "Mysterious Places in the World's" is a chain of artificial limestone (not krn natural events) between the islands of Mannar, near northwestern Sri Lanka and Rameswaram, on the southeastern coast of India. Hindus believe this bridge built by Rama incarnation of Lord Vishnu to rescue the abducted Sita to Lanka by Ravana, as written in the Ramayana. Many of the inscriptions, coins, old wanderer guide, reference the old, ancient religious map indicates this structure is considered sacred by Hindus. Mysterious ancient bridge along 18 miles (30 km) which connects between Manand Island (Sri Lanka) and Pamban Island (India) is estimated to have aged one million years.

Satellite image of Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka, showing the Adam's Bridge reef, a Remnant of the land bridge the between extreme Peninsular India and Sri Lanka. [Satellite Image courtesy: NASA, Visible Earth. The bridge, named "Vanara Sena" or the NASA called it Adam's Bridge reap a wide range of estimates related to age and history of the bridge. Hindus believe Adam's Bridge is closely related to the Ramayana epic in which the mentioned bridge built by Rama and his allies, the ape-man, who helped the Gods to help Rama to reach Sri Lanka to rescue his wife, Shinta, the giant king, Ravana.

While Sri Lanka Archaeology Department said Adam Bridges ages ranging from 1 to 2 million years. While archaeologists and geologists as well as the Team's Center for Remote Sensing, which examined the bridge concluded that Adam's Bridge is only a natural phenomenon that was only about 3,500 years ago. Even so, the NASA issued a commentary to the contrary. That there is no strong evidence that Adam's Bridge made by humans but merely a natural group of islands forming a chain. Even Nasa has said that by using Remote Sensing and imaging from space does not provide information about the originality and age of the bridge. It added there was no evidence of human presence in the vicinity (subcontinent) India more than 350,000 years ago.

The image of Rama Brige itself very easily visible from above sea level because it was not too deep, lasting only as deep flooded approximately 1.2 meters (if the sea water is receding). The status of the bridge they will be remains a mystery until today, according to the interpretation of the experts, it is estimated may Rama Bridge is closely associated with the famous Indian epic, Ramayana. Srilankan Archaeology Department has issued a statment which mentions age Rama Bridge may range between one million to two million years, but whether this bridge is completely formed by nature or man is a masterpiece that they can not explain.
SUDeraniyagala, Director General of Archaeology of Sri Lanka which is also the author of "Early Man and the Rise of Civilization in Sri Lanka: the Archaeological Evidence" said that human civilization has appeared in Foot Himalayas approximately 2,000,000 years ago, although according to the historian of civilization The earliest civilization of India is a nation on land Ca, it is not a guarantee that there is a much older civilization than they were before. Scholars menaksirkan that perhaps this ancient bridge built after the Indian mainland Sri Lanka separated by millions of years ago.

In the epic Ramayana, the bridge was built by the ape-man army under the supervision Rama.Maksud of its own development is as a place of crossing into the country on a mission to rescue Alengka Shinta Dewi, at which time Dewi Sinta in this time of his abduction by the King of the Kingdom of Alengka, namely Ravana. Adam's Bridge, also called Rama Setu means "Bridge of Rama", is a chain of limestone between the islands of Mannar, near northwestern Sri Lanka and Rameswaram, on the southeastern coast of India. In the Hindu faith believe that the bridge was built by Rama incarnation of Lord Vishnu to rescue the abducted Sita to Lanka by Ravana or Ravana, as written in the story of Ramayana. Many of the inscriptions, coins, old wanderer guide, reference the old, ancient religious map indicates this structure is considered sacred by Hindus.

Rama's Bridge is one of the "Mysterious Places in the World's" mysterious ancient bridge along 18 miles (30 km) which connects between Manand Island (Sri Lanka) and Pamban Island (India) is estimated to have more than 1,000,000 years old. The image of Rama Brige itself very easily visible from above sea level because it was not too deep, lasting only as deep flooded approximately 1.2 meters (if the sea water is receding). The status of the bridge is still a mystery to this day, according to interpretation by experts, estimated Rama Bridge is closely related to the famous Indian epic, Ramayana. Archaeological Department of Sri Lanka has issued a statement saying the age of Rama's Bridge may range between one million to two million years, but if the bridge is actually formed naturally or is a masterpiece of human, it can not explain them.

SUDeraniyagala, Director General of Archaeology of Sri Lanka which is also the author of "Early Man and the Rise of Civilization in Sri Lanka: the Archaeological Evidence" said that human civilization has appeared in Foot Himalayas approximately 2,000,000 years ago, although according to the historian of civilization The earliest civilization of India is a nation on land Ca, it is not a guarantee that there is a much older civilization than they were before. Scholars menaksirkan that perhaps this ancient bridge built after the Indian mainland Sri Lanka separated by millions of years ago. In the epic Ramayana, the bridge was built by the ape-man army under the supervision of Rama. The purpose of its own development is as a place of crossing into the country on a mission to rescue Alengka Shinta Dewi, at which time Dewi Sinta in this time of his abduction by the King of the Kingdom of Alengka, namely Ravana. Epic Ramayana, according to Hindu calendar should be on the Tredha Yuga (according to the evolution of disc Hindu / Hinduism on the Epic disc is divided on the Sathya (1,728,000 years), Tredha (1,296,000 years), Dwapara (8.64.000 years) and time (4.32.000 years). Stage is now according to their calendar time. Means according to Epic, the age ranged from 1.7 million years Rama Bridge.

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Strange monster stranded on the coast of Guinea

On May 14, 2007, the population around the coast of Guinea, West Africa terdamparnya surprised by a strange monster that is not known. These creatures are in a condition nearly decaying indicating that these creatures have been dead before the stranding. This creature has four feet fins, tails and long hair. Scientists who investigated said that these creatures never seen before, but until now still not classified by kind of modern science.

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Flatwoods Monster: a strange creature from Braxton

A recent photo taken from surveillance cameras showed the existence of a forest creature in a forest in the territory of Virginia, the United States. Could a creature that is in the photo is the "Flatwoods Monster" which was first seen in 1952?

Virginia is an area where a mysterious creature sightings are often reported. Starting from the Mothman, thunder bird, Bigfoot, strange creatures unknown to UFO. One day, a man named Frederick B Gerwig send this photo to Cryptomundo.com along with a letter. The photograph was immediately circulated widely on the Internet and sparked a long debate.

"This is a photograph of my father obtained from a forest surveillance cameras installed around July 2005. We are not sure with what was seen in the photo, but apparently did not like humans at all. Maybe the creature is a hunter or the other. Yet my father has put a ban sign into protected forest areas that are within about 400 yards from Braxton County, West Virginia so that a hunter may not enter into the territory. The proportion of the creature's body is so strange when compared with humans. Maybe this is a hoax of light. Of course we also want to know what exactly is so visible in the photo. "

The camera used was a cheap camera to prevent theft by people who are not responsible. Mr. Gerwig has sent the images to a variety of researchers to be consulted.

please note that the Braxton County, West Virginia is the location of reports of sightings of a creature dubbed the Braxton County Flatwoods Monster aka Monster aka the Green Monster.

The story begins on the date of 12 September 1952 at 7:15 at night, two brothers named Edward and Fred May and a friend named Tommy Hyer (respectively 13.12 and 10-year-old) witnessed a bright object across the sky. Objects were then landed on land owned by a farmer named G. Bailey Fisher. They immediately reported the sighting to their parents who immediately organized a group of people to investigate further.

After they arrived at the farm, they saw an object like a huge ball of fire as high as 1.5 meters. When they direct their flashlights, they saw a strange creature that emits a loud and noisy. The creature was gliding toward them, but then changed direction and disappeared. The group ran back in terror. After that day, there are several reports received by the sheriff of the public who claims to have met with a similar creature.

After the apparition, the area is filled with the smell of burning for days. But traces of the creature was never seen again. What happened next is even stranger is that everyone who encountered the creature has become ill with symptoms of sore throat, skin irritation and vomiting. The doctors said that the symptoms are similar to the symptoms of gas poisoning people.

Is the creature in the photo Flatwoods Monster? Of course the creature in a way very different from the photo illustration of the witnesses who encountered Flatwoods Monster, so maybe it was the one creature to another. But if we rule out the theory, I have an alternative theory. Try to See the ground around the tree in the photo. soil showed a red-colored leaves. It is possible that a piece of red leaf falls from a tree and photographed by the camera. By coincidence enough lighting, it creates an image Braxton Beast.

But of course I mentioned is a theory. There are still other possibilities .... the picture above is actually the legendary Monster of Braxton.

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