Sunday 19 May 2013
Animals: The Galapagos tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra)
Is the largest living species of tortoise and 10th-heaviest living reptile, reaching weights of over 400 kg (880 1b) and lengths of over 1.8 meters (5.9ft). With life spans in the wild of over 100 years, it is one of the longest-lived vertebrates. A captive individual lived at least 170 years.
Thursday 16 May 2013
Amazed: Hundreds of umbrella mushrooms growing in Tree Bark.
Mushrooms that grow on tree bark are spread by wind-blown spores. They usually infect older trees, or trees that have been injured by vandalism, pruning or storms. Boring insects, high winds, fire, ice, lightning and snow all can cause wounds that are susceptible to infection by mushroom spores...
Mushrooms that grow on tree bark are spread by wind-blown spores. They usually infect older trees, or trees that have been injured by vandalism, pruning or storms. Boring insects, high winds, fire, ice, lightning and snow all can cause wounds that are susceptible to infection by mushroom spores...
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