Giant squids in California with pictures

Be the first one to see giant squids off the coast of Californian. These squids already amused thousands of people in the nation, the  squids weigh up to 60 pounds each and squirt ink when irritated.

The World Shortest Man Finally Meets The World Tallest Man

In a huge event hosted by Guinness World Records two weeks ago on January 14th, 2009,  the world’s tallest man shacked hand with the world’s shortest man.

The event was hosted in Istanbul, Turkey where He Pingping, 21 years old from China met Sultan Kosen, 27, from Turkey.

He Pingping is officially the world’s shortest man with a height of 73 cm (2 feet 5 inch).

Turk, Kosen, is the tallest man walking the planet with a height of 246.5 cm ( 8 feet 1 inch).

The Science:

In the case of He Pingping, his condition is called “Dwarfism”. A dwarf is a person of short stature – under 4’ 10” as an adult. More than 200 different conditions can cause dwarfism. A single type, called achondroplasia, causes about 70 percent of all dwarfism. Achondroplasia is a genetic condition that affects about 1 in 25,000 people. It makes your arms and legs short in comparison to your head and trunk. Other genetic conditions, kidney disease and problems with metabolism or hormones can also cause short stature.

Kosen Turk condition is called Gigantism. Gigantism is abnormally large growth due to an excess of growth hormone during childhood, before the bone growth plates have closed. The most common cause of too much growth hormone release is a noncancerous (benign) tumor of the pituitary gland.

Sources – Medline Plus – Yahoo News

The Fastest Animals On Earth In Slow Motion

After the balloon scene you are going to see a kind of salamander that lives in Sierras mountain in California, and has the fastest tongue to catch a prey on earth. Also, the segment after it, you will see the mantis shrimp, that has the fastest punch on earth (almost the same as the speed of bullet). Just watch this.

Darwin photographic competition most amazing pictures

As long as we are alive, we will always remember Charles Darwin. The naturalist who realised that all species of life have evolved over time from common ancestors. The images you are about to see, are collection from the Darwin photographic competition 2009.

Tree Frog by Simon Roberts: ‘A small tree frog posing on some lichen. Very cute little fella, only an inch and a half in size’.

Deadly Love by Michael Hin: ‘A male garden spider (Araneus diadematus) approaches a female in an attempt to mate with her. His attempt was unsuccessful, she killed him shortly after this and wrapped him in silk’

Crocodile Fish by Richard Hutchinson: Exploring the Sulawesi Seas I discovered a beautifully camouflaged crocodile fish. In awe and admiration, I felt compelled to immortalise it’

View the full gallery from the gardien

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