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According to the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, about 10 percent of Americans are allergic to dogs. Common allergies associated with canines include dander, hair, or a combination of both. Usually allergic reactions are quite mild, resulting in sneezing and itchy eyes, but others can experience asthma attacks and even constricted breathing. But [...]
Posted by TopTenz Master on Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at 12:01 am
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Our solar system is made up of the Sun and its nine planets (eight really, since Pluto got the boot). The planets get so much attention that it’s easy to overlook the fact that there are a lot of other interesting things in our solar system — like moons. And a lot of them are [...]
Posted by TopTenz Master on Monday, May 7, 2012 at 12:01 am
Filed under All, Bizarre, iPhone, Misc, Science · Tagged with Callisto, Dactyl, Enceladus, Epimetheus and Janus, Europa, Ganymede, Ida, Io, Kier Harris, Miranda, Moons of Jupiter, Moons of Saturn, Planetary atmospheres, Solar System, Titan, Triton
Certainly to classify the top ten most rare flowers isn’t easy especially since, according to scientists, more than 270,000 types of flowers exist (which doesn’t include the 10 to 15% of unclassified flowers in remote regions of the world). Of those that are rare, here are not only the top ten rarest flowers, but the [...]
Posted by Natalie Jaro on Monday, April 23, 2012 at 12:01 am
Filed under All, Bizarre, iPhone, Nature · Tagged with Amorphophallus titanum, Campion, Chocolate Cosmos, Corpse Flower, Cosmos atrosanguineus, Cypripedioideae, Cypripedium calceolus, Cypripedium reginae, Dendrophylax lindenii, Epiphyllum oxypetalum, Epipogium aphyllum, Ghost Orchid, Jade Vine, Kadupal Flower, Kokai cookei, Koki'o, Lotus berthelotii, most rare flower, Natalie Jaro, Orchidaceae, Parrot's Beak, Purple Lady Slipper, Rafflesia, rare flower, rare flowers, Silene tomentosa, Strongylodon macrobotrys, Yellow Lady Slipper, Youtan Polou
When not scratching doors, yowling, making hairballs, or biting, cats can be neat and cute pets. Problem is, they usually don’t want to. However, when they choose to, the resulting stories can be worth all of the scratches, yowls, etc. Well, maybe not ALL of them, but certainly a good percentage. 10. The Cat Super [...]
Posted by TopTenz Master on Wednesday, April 18, 2012 at 12:01 am
Filed under All, Animals, iPhone, Nature · Tagged with Cat, Cat behavior, cat heroes, Cat intelligence, cat stories, cats, Dustin Koski, Feral cat, pet
Mother Nature isn’t the kind-hearted, elderly matron that the hippies make her out to be. She’s, in fact, a remorseless, half-insane danger junkie with a taste for blood and death that would make an Ancient Roman wince. Don’t believe me? Then check out these ten scenes of animals pitted against each other in brutal combat, [...]
Posted by TopTenz Master on Thursday, April 5, 2012 at 12:01 am
Filed under All, Animals, iPhone, Misc, Nature, Photos · Tagged with Africa, animal fights, Anne-Marie Kalus, battle at Kruger, bears, buffalo, David Budzinski, eagle, fox, hippopotamus, India, Jason Schlosberg, Lion, lionness, Martin Nyfeler, Nature, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Rajasthan, Rick Raule, Steve Bloom, Thomas Whetten, Tiger, Vaclav Silha, Wildlife photographer, Winfried Wisniewski, wolf, zebra, Zebras
Sure, you can start a nonprofit based on giving food to hungry people or clothes for cold people, but why deal with boring real world problems when you can prepare to fight Terminators by making yourself into an immortal cyborg supervillain who also lives in space? 10. Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence This [...]
Posted by TopTenz Master on Wednesday, April 4, 2012 at 12:02 am
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It is often said that dogs are the only animal capable of love, usually by people who have been snubbed by an overly snooty cat. However, time and time again, dogs have shown throughout history that they can not only show love, but the cold hard determination and bravery we’d come to expect from hardened [...]
Posted by TopTenz Master on Saturday, March 31, 2012 at 12:01 am
Filed under All, Animals, iPhone, Nature · Tagged with Appollo, Barry the St. Bernard, Bobbie The Wonder Dog, Chips, courageous dogs, Dog breeds, Gander, Jackie The Nazi Dog, Karl Smallwood, Laika, Loukaniko, Military animals, Nemo, Nemo A354, Police dog, Riot Dog, Shep, Working dogs
Whale watching is an activity with massive worldwide appeal. Regardless of an individual’s age and interests, tourists travel to far-flung corners of the globe to catch a glimpse of the cetaceans in their natural habitat. The chance of seeing these majestic and awe-inspiring creatures is certainly an experience of a lifetime, so with that in [...]
Posted by TopTenz Master on Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 12:01 am
Filed under All, Animals, iPhone, Misc, Nature, Travel · Tagged with Africa, Alaska, Arctic Circle, Argentina, Atlantic Ocean, Azores, Balaenidae, Baleen whales, Bart Platt, Bay of Biscay, Biology, California, Cetaceans, EasyJet Holidays, Humpback Whale, Husavik’s port, Iceland, Kaikoura, Killer Whale, Killer Whales, New Zealand, norway, Right whale, Santa Barbara Channel, South Africa, Spain, Sperm Whale, Vancouver, Vancouver Island, whale watching
A protected area is a designated location that has been preserved for its ecological, natural and/or cultural values. Governments work with conservationists to ensure that these areas continue to function naturally, with minimal (if any) human management. The preservation of many protected areas has stopped or slowed the extinction rate of several species. Currently, there [...]
Posted by TopTenz Master on Thursday, March 8, 2012 at 12:01 am
Filed under All, iPhone, Nature · Tagged with Africa, Air Mountains, chagos marine, Conservation, Delta waterfall, Galapagos Islands, galapagos marine reserve, Great Barrier Reef, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park, hawaii, Jillian Lewis, Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area, Mt. St. Elias, National Monument, National parks of Zimbabwe, Okavango Delta waterfall, Okavango waterfall, Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, Peace park, Peace Parks Foundation, phoenix islands, protected areas, Protected areas of Australia, Protected areas of South Africa, Tenere desert, United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization, Victoria waterfall, World Wide Fund for Nature, www.ForestryDegree.net, Zimbabwe
Unless you’ve been living under a large rock (or, for that matter, a fallen meteoroid) for the majority of your life, you’re probably uncomfortably aware that humanity, as a whole, just doesn’t seem to be too confident about its ongoing survival. Let’s face it: here on Earth we spend a wildly disproportionate amount of time [...]
Posted by TopTenz Master on Thursday, March 1, 2012 at 12:01 am
Filed under All, Bizarre, iPhone, Misc, Science · Tagged with biotechnology, Clathrate gun hypothesis, climate change, Coronial, disaster, electrical systems, Environmental Issue, Eric Drexler, extinction, food shortages, global warming, greenhouse gas, Gulf Stream, Hamish McDonald, Hypercane, Methane, methane burp, nanotechnology, natural disaster, Physics, radiation