Are the heads of ostriches actually buried in the sand? About 2,000 years ago, the Roman naturalist Pliny the Elder is credited with coining the theory that ostriches bury their heads when they feel threatened. Is it true, though? gambar "Bury your head in the sand" is an idiom that means to avoid or ignore a difficult situation. (Image credit: Martin Harvey/Getty Images) For generations, people have said that ostriches (Struthio species) hide by sticking their heads in the sand when they are in danger. This striking picture gave rise to the well-known expression "bury...
A state-of-the-art examination of a skull discovered in Turkey in 1929 definitively establishes that it is not that of Cleopatra's half-sister, Arsinoë IV. By Khristina Killgrove Researchers have discovered that a skull long thought to belong to Cleopatra's half-sister, Arsinoë IV, really belonged to a teenage male with a genetic condition. The skeleton was found in Turkey a century ago, but a new study using DNA analysis and CT scans has conclusively shown that it was not Arsinoë. At Ephesus, an archeological site...
According to study, the richest countries in the world are "exporting extinction" by losing 15 times as much biodiversity abroad as they do domestically. According to a study that examined how the demand for goods like cattle, palm oil, lumber, and soy beans by wealthy nations is affecting biodiversity hotspots elsewhere, the majority of wildlife habitats are being destroyed in countries with tropical forests. It was discovered that 13% of the worldwide loss of forest habitats outside of their boundaries was caused...
Comments
Post a Comment