It’s tough, but it’s probably some species of wasps that, after developing inside a host, devour the poor animal that «welcomed» them. “These relationships are called parasitoidism. In it, the ‘body invaders’ live off the host and, at the end…
ATTUNED ANIMALS The pair of antennae smells and tastes, while the eyes see well at night, as this is the time when the cockroach comes out of hiding in search of food. As they are omnivorous (they eat everything, even…
The most important were those in New York, known as “the five families”: Genovese, Bonanno, Gambino, Lucchese and Colombo. Besides, of course, the famous Al Capone, Chicago’s biggest gangster and one of the biggest in the history of the United…
If you think that everyday terms like “pay the duck” and “pull your ass” are current things, you are very wrong: most of these sayings are at least a century old, with several dating from colonial Brazil and even the…
ttps:////e-verdade-que-o-joao-de-barro-ao-flagrar-a-femea-com-outro-macho-em-sua-casinha- close-a-porta»> This popular legend, despite being widespread, has no foundation. “Although most of the birds are monogamous, there are no studies that demonstrate whether or not the barn owl is faithful”, says biologist Adriana Akemi Kuniy, from the Brazilian…
Is there any tourist who returns from India or Turkey without bringing this unusual pipe as a souvenir, which looks more like the bottle of the genie from 1001 Nights? Whoever goes to these countries and visits a typical house…
They are sculptures made by Indians, using figures of animals, objects and even people. For some tribes, totems serve to record the history of a group – considered a symbol of identity; for others, they are objects of worship in…
Introduced by the US Army in the 1950s, during the Korean and Vietnam wars, they were true armor, made of steel plates sewn into the cloth – which made them heavy and uncomfortable. The great revolution that allowed the emergence…
ILLUSTRATIONS Evandro Marenda 10. Convoluted answers PROGRAM Takara-Sagashi Adventure Nazotoki Battle Tore! (2011-2013) Watch the video In a frame of this Nippon Television program, a candidate is placed in a scenario that resembles an Egyptian pyramid, where a sphinx asks…
Reader Question – Orival Silva, Sao Jose dos Campos, SP It happens when plasma waves from solar storms travel through space and interact with Earth’s magnetic field and atmosphere. The phenomenon can occur day and night at the two poles…