 | Terra Engine - Eusocial Promo A video promo for the track "Eusocial", on the upcoming Terra Engine EP "Hive Mind", to be released by Timetheory Recordings. Lo-fi, but it does illustrate the concept of 'eusociality' (somewhat). Note that this is a promo, so the final mix may be slightly different when it is released in it's final form. For more info, check out http://www.myspace.com/johnlithiummusic, http://www.virb.com/johnlithium, and http://www.jon7.net/timetheory/ . |
 | Old Myth of the Snake's Gate Old Civilization where all Religions,History,Science and Knowledge came from may have been in the Beggining in the area where the two rivers create a gate of the Land with Ocean.Is 6000 year old Myth of the Sumerian Civilization the older myth that show where the life came from? Which life, the one that came from the sky or the one that came from earth? According to the Sumerian kinglist, Eridu (close to Persian Golf) was the first city in the world. "When kingship from heaven was lowered, the kingship was in Eridu." In early Eridu, Enki's temple was known as E.ab.zu ("home of the watery deep" due to Enki's association with water), or the E-engur-a and was located at the edge of a swamp, an apsû. His consort, known by various names including Ninki, Ninhursag, Damgulnanna, Uriash and Damkina had a nearby temple, the E-sagila. Enki and later Ea were apparently depicted, sometimes, like Adapa, as a man covered with the skin of a fish, and this representation, as likewise the name of his temple E-apsu, "house of the watery deep", points decidedly to his original character as a god of the waters (Oannes). Of his cult at Eridu, which goes back to the oldest period of Mesopotamian history, nothing definite is known except that his temple was also associated with Ninhursag's temple which was called Esaggila = "the lofty sacred house" (E = house, Sag = sacred, Ila = High,God) The Sumerian god Enki (Ea in the Akkadian language) was believed to have lived in the apsû(means=fresh ocean water) since before human beings were created. His wife Damgalnuna, his mother Nammu, his advisor Isimud and a variety of subservient creatures, such as the gatekeeper Lahmu, also lived in the apsû. Lahmu (also romanized Lakhmu) is a deity from Akkadian mythology, first-born son of Apsu and Tiamat. He and his sister Laḫamu were the parents of Anshar and Kishar, the sky father and earth mother, who begat the first gods. Lahmu was sometimes depicted as a snake, and sometimes as a bearded man with a red sash and six curls on his head. In Sumerian times Lahmu meant "the muddy one" and it was a title given to the gatekeeper of the Abzu temple of Enki at Eridu. In the latter form, he is called Lahmu the Hairy. He and Lahamu are never mentioned separately. Symbolically, Lahmu referred to the silt islands that appeared where the Fresh water (Abzu) met the Salt water (Tiamat) of the Persian Gulf. Silt is soil or rock derived granular material of a specific grain size.In the soil rock of grain size are three meanings; 1.Small islands in Indian (today) and Pacific Oceans where these human-gods came from. 2.Meteor or Asteroid felt from sky in that area and brought the new life on earth(the alien microorganism). 3.Miscroorganism,later as eels,fish,water snakes landed in the Persian Golf and all(or new) animals and human was created. The origin of life on Earth and the relationships between its major lineages are controversial. Two main grades may be distinguished, the prokaryotes and eukaryotes.Maybe these two kind of bacterias (organism) were our ancient "gods"; male and female(Adam and Eve). The word "organism" may broadly be defined as an assembly of molecules that influence each other in such a way that they function as a more or less stable whole and have properties of life. A superorganism is an organism consisting of many organisms. This is usually meant to be a social unit of eusocial animals, where division of labour is highly specialised and where individuals are not able to survive by themselves for extended periods of time.Finally we can say that we,humans are the sofisticated superorganism on earth. Fossil evidence indicates that the diversity and complexity of modern life has developed over much of the history of the earth. Geological evidence indicates that the Earth is approximately 4.6 billion years old(almost 6 billion= "6 days"). Now you can even believe more in the Bible and other Books of Creation in which you find the Myth which told the Old History. |
 | Rata Topo Vs Vibora Topo Rata Topo: Una rata topo lampiña o rata topo desnuda,también conocida como farumfer o heterocéfalo,es un mamífero roedor perteneciente al suborden de los histricognatos,a la familia de los batiérgidos y al género Heterocephalus. Las ratas topo desnudas son pequeños roedores que habitan principalmente en Etiopía,Kenia y Somalia y cuya característica visible más señalada es la carencia de pelo que les aporta un extraño aspecto. Su longevidad,excepcionalmente larga entre los roedores de su tamaño,se encuentra en torno a los 26 años pero su característica biológica más destacada es que la rata topo lampiña,junto con algunos otros batiérgidos,es que es el único mamífero eusocial conocido,es decir que posee una casta especializada únicamente en la reproducción del resto de una colonia estéril como ocurre con algunos insectos sociales tales como las hormigas,termitas y abejas.En sus sistemas de túneles subterráneos,cavados por los trabajadores principalmente con sus grandes incisivos,poseen zonas comunes donde excretan y se revuelcan para mantener el olor común de la colonia. Es allí donde el contacto con la orina de la reina, que se cree que contiene feromonas especiales aún por detectar,mantiene al resto de las hembras y a la mayoría de los machos de la colonia estériles hasta que ésta muere o desaparece y consecuentemente,es relevada cuando su orina deja de producir efecto.Sólo esto lleva a las hembras a luchar a muerte entre sí para decidir quién será su sucesora. La reina dispone de vértebras especializadas que la hacen más larga que el resto de las hembras.La parte inferior de la espina dorsal se alarga tras su primer o segundo embarazo hasta alcanzar un tercio más de longitud que la de las demás.La puesta de una reina consta de entre 3 y 12 crías, aunque es capaz de albergar hasta 27 fetos.En una colonia normal entre uno y tres machos se aparean con la reina mientras el resto de individuos(que oscilan entre 20 y 300,tanto machos como hembras)adquieren la función de trabajadores que cavan túneles y buscan comida,de sirvientes que atienden a la reina y a su progenie y de soldados que defienden los túneles de agresiones de serpientes,zorros,águilas y búhos. En muchos lugares se le considera una alimaña debido a sus hábitos alimenticios,pues se alimenta de raíces y tubérculos,dañando los cultivos de patatas y otros vegetales. VIBORA TOPO: Existe una gran diversidad de víboras repartidas a todo lo largo y ancho del mundo. Por ejemplo, las víboras topo (Atractaspis) son serpientes excavadoras que comprenden una docena de especies distribuidas por Africa, Asia Menor y la península Arábiga. El veneno de estas serpientes no es muy activo y rara vez resulta fatal para el hombre. Las víboras topo se nutren especialmente de mamíferos de regular tamaño. |
 | Ants taking a beetle away. Short video with some d'n'b music in the background depicting simple scene of ants taking a beetle away to their nest. Good to watch if you have to match time on your hands. |
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 | Ever Seen a Naked Mole Rat? Not a mole, not a rat These odd little creatures with pink, wrinkly skin dig and live in underground burrows the way moles do. They have skinny, rat-like tails. Yet naked mole-rats are more closely related to porcupines, chinchillas, and guinea pigs than they are to moles or rats and are the only species of mole-rat that has practically no hair. Why are they "naked"? Naked mole-rats live underground in the desert regions of East Africa, a pretty warm place during the day. If it does get cold at night, the little mammals just huddle together in a mole-rat pile and use each other's body heat to keep warm. And since they spend their lives underground, they don't need hair for sun protection. Most mole-rat species live by themselves. But the naked mole-rat and the Damaraland mole-rat Cryptomys damarensis are the only two mammal species that are eusocial (yew SO shul). This means they live in colonies that may have several generations living together and just a few individuals that produce all the offspring for the colony, much the way bees and ants live. A naked mole-rat colony may have from 20 to 300 individuals living in an underground area that can be as large as 6 football fields! The area is filled with a tunnel system that stays at a warm temperature of 86 degrees Fahrenheit (30 degrees Celsius), even though the outside temperature can get much colder or much warmer. To keep the colony healthy and safe, there are chambers, or rooms, at different points along the tunnel system. Each chamber has a purpose, just like the rooms in your home. There is the nesting chamber, or nursery, where the queen (dominant female) stays with the pups (babies), and feeding chambers, used for collecting and storing food—a mole-rat pantry! There is even a toilet chamber, where the members go to the bathroom (sorry, no shower). Most people think naked mole-rats are blind. Their tiny eyes are not much use underground, but they can still see a little bit. However, mole-rats rely on their senses of hearing, smell, and touch more than their sight. Researchers have studied them in light and dark environments and find their behavior doesn't change. The colony has a specific job for each member and is led by the queen. Only a small group of males is allowed to mate with the queen. The other naked mole-rats in the colony serve as soldiers or workers. If a snake or other predator comes into a tunnel, the mole-rats let out an alarm call to alert the soldiers. Like a little army unit, the soldiers run off to defend the colony with their large, sharp teeth. Several of the soldiers may pile on top of each other to block the way, and all the predator sees is many sets of gnashing teeth! The mole-rats assigned as workers scout for food, dig the tunnels, and care for the queen's pups. The queen of the colony is larger and longer than all the other mole-rats. Her job is to breed and have pups and to keep her position as the dominant mole-rat in the colony. But the queen is not born into her position: she must earn it. Females will fight, even to the death, for the right to be queen. Once a queen is established, she will actually stretch the space between the vertebrae in her backbone to become longer and get ready to have pups. Her position as queen is never secure and she must continue to fight off other females if she wants to stay in charge. The queen often inspects the tunnels and chambers and tries to keep control of her colony by biting and pushing the other mole-rats to remind them she is the boss. Eating tough roots and tubers requires some pretty strong and sharp teeth. A naked mole-rat's front teeth also help them tunnel through dirt while looking for these food items. Like all rodents, these teeth continue to grow, but by gnawing on hard things, they keep their teeth from getting too long! Naked mole-rats at the San Diego Zoo are fed yams, carrots, corn, broccoli, and fruit. Their favorite food item is a banana. They eat what? Yucky, but true: naked mole-rats eat their own poop. But they have a very good reason for doing this. Naked mole-rats eat roots and tubers, which are very hard to digest. Their intestines are full of microscopic organisms to help with digestion. But in order to absorb more of the nutrients from their food, they will eat the poop. It's like getting two meals for the price of one. And not only do they eat their feces, they also roll in it! Because naked mole-rats live in the dark, they have nearly lost the use of their eyes. In order to identify members of the colony versus an intruding colony, they all roll around in the toilet chamber. This way everyone smells the same! (Literature credit: SD Zoo) |
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