IT’S NOT ANY MOSQUITO, NO Pernilongo is a popular term for long-legged mosquitoes from the Culicidae family. The most common species in the world, Culex quinquefasciatus, measures up to 70 mm, weighs 1 mg and reaches up to 2.5 km/h…
Simply because it takes a lot of work to create these slimy little animals and get them ready to be consumed. Not to mention that, because it is a very fragile animal, productivity is very low. “A snail takes six…
The slave ship – or “tumbeiro” – was the type of freighter used to bring over 11 million Africans to be enslaved in America. On caravels or steamboats, Europeans, Americans and even blacks engaged in the “infamous trade”. The trafficked…
Potentially, all areas of the body are erogenous, regardless of whether you are male or female. “Our biggest sexual organ is the skin”, jokes the sexologist Carmem Janssen. Each person has their preferences and the only way to find out…
(KatarzynaBialasiewicz/iStock) Contrary to what many people think, this is not an exaggerated emotional reaction, but a specific mental disorder that manifests itself physically. Very frequent among women of the 19th century, it presents symptoms such as paralysis and anesthesia, mental…
Because they have compound eyes, that is, formed by about 4000 facets – called ommatidia – each. They give the fly a nearly 360-degree view. In addition, insects in general have a large number of sensory structures spread throughout the…
1) The sensory receptors that detect sweet, salty, sour, and bitter tastes are in taste buds scattered throughout the tongue—especially in the type buds. fungiform, that look like a microscopic mushroom. two) Some areas concentrate more taste buds that identify…
»> According to the Internet Movie Database (www.imdb.com), in 2006, 21,847 audiovisual productions were launched worldwide, including 19,328 films (the others are soap operas, TV series and other works that mix sound and image ). In 2005, the number of…
They simply die at this time of year as they cannot stand the low temperatures. In general, adult mosquitoes die when temperatures drop close to 15°C. The only reason the species is not endangered is because not all mosquitoes are…
– (Doug Firmino) CRIMINAL RECORDName Luis Alfredo Garavito (1957-)place of business Colombiadeaths More than 300 1) Luís Garavito was born in Genoa, in the interior of Colombia, on January 25, 1957. The eldest son of a family with seven siblings,…