Dorylus gribodoi is the scientific name for one of the 60 species of African ants. Also known as siafu ants (their name in Swahili), warrior ants, legionary ants or marabunta, these insects gather in colonies of up to 20 million individuals that march en masse in search of food and devastate everything in their path . They are capable of killing and eating animals the size of a small zebra.
According to a study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine, it is more myth than reality. The only work that so far has scientifically measured the energy expenditure of having sex revealed that in a sexual encounter lasting about six minutes.
According to a study by Australian Adrian Barnett, from the University of Queensland, the month we are born can affect our future physical shape. Analyzing the birth dates of professional players in the Australian Football League, he concluded that those born in January are 33% more likely to play the beautiful game professionally.
A group of Japanese scientists has shown for the first time that, like humans, macaques also modify their movements to synchronize with those of others. The research results are published in the journal Scientific Reports.
"Eggs scare me, more than scary, they disgust me. Those white, round things, without holes ... Have you ever seen something more disgusting than the broken yolk of an egg overflowing that yellow liquid?". In these terms, the filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock expressed himself in an interview, expressing his irrational and extreme phobia towards this food.
Did you know that the giraffe's tongue, dark blue, almost black, can measure more than 50 centimeters? And that the chameleon boneless works like a catapult, rapidly releasing the energy needed to reach an acceleration of up to 500 meters per second?
Almost all of us have observed our tendency to stick the tip of the tongue out when we are fully immersed in a task. There are several hypotheses to explain this unconscious gesture. Desmond Morris, an English zoologist and ethologist, argues that it is a hereditary and universal gesture that informs others that someone is focused.
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.
