Meaning of the Name

Here's the real meaning behind those names...

Shiro (WK)- A white dog in japanese folk stories owned by a old man and woman.
Yokozuna (DF) - A grand Champion sumo wrestler
Poseidon (FW) - The god of the seas in greek mythology
Ares (FW) - The god of war in greek mythology
Atlas (FW) -A titan who is supporting the heavens in greek mythology
~ Lim Ting Wei

Wooper Looper ~ Which one is correct ?

Mistake discovered by :Epent Aja


Blog Master: Axolotl is alos known as "Wooper Looper " and this has nothing related to Indian Elephant

How much do you know about snake ?

Who wants to compete with me about snakes?I can improve myself too.Just say the type of snakes you know.
~ Celestial Lightning Fan

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Black mamba , king snake , python , king cobra , rat snake , rattlesnake , Malaysian krait , coral snake ..Anaconda i miss out . I never use encycolopedia to check
~ Lin Zhihong

green weed snake
~ Matthew Vergara

Image of ancient mammoth or mastodon found on bone

WASHINGTON (AP) — Some of the earliest Americans turn out to have been artists. A bone fragment at least 13,000 years old, with the carved image of a mammoth or mastodon, has been discovered in Florida, a new study reports.

While prehistoric art depicting animals with trunks has been found in Europe, this may be the first in the Western Hemisphere, researchers report Wednesday in the Journal of Archaeological Science.

They hunted these animals, Stanford explained, and "you see people drawing all kinds of pictures that are of relevance and importance to them."

"Much of the real significance of such finds is in the tangible, emotional connection they allow us to feel with people in the deep past," said Dietrich Stout, an anthropologist at Emory University in Atlanta, who was not part of the research team.

Cave paintings showing animals have been found in Texas, but those were dated to about 4,000 years ago, much more recent than the newly found carved bone.

The bone fragment, discovered in Vero Beach, Fla., contains an incised image about 3 inches long from head to tail and about 1 3/4 inches from head to foot.


This undated handout photo provided by the Smithsonian Institution shows a carved image, at least 13,000 years old, found in Vero Beach, Fla.

Article By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID - AP Science Writer | AP – Fri, Jun 24, 2011

Only in Japan -- vending machine that grows vegetables without sunlight

STOMPer Abby came across an article about a vending machine in Japan which can grow 20,000 heads of lettuce a day without a single ray of sunlight. However, it doesn't come cheap, she says.

Wrote Abby in her email contribution (Nov 2):

"20,000 heads of lettuce a year... 60 heads of lettuce a day.

"Twelve 40-watt bulbs... Lots of water and electricity consumed.

"USD90,000 to purchase... Up to five different types of vegetables can be grown at the same time.


"It's called 'Chef's Farm' and it is manufactured by Dentsu Facility Management Inc.

"Perhaps this machine will retail for cheaper in the future when our fields have all been converted to housing and industrial plots.

"Right now, only the top-notch restaurants (in Japan?) can afford it.

"It's not purely automatic though, the seed beds still need to be moved manually, and probably cleaned; although the environment for each seed bed can be controlled.



"However, I wonder if we get lesser nutrients from these vegetables than from those grown under the sun.

"I wonder how these vegetables taste and which restaurant in Japan can I sample them."



Blog Master: Maybe in coming future...Japan also can invent Growing real animals from the modified + upgraded Animal Kaiser Machine ?? lol

Real LIGER in USA

"There’s a real LIGER in USA.
Check out today (8 Nov 10) news in Sin Min Daily News"
~ hnkang007

Volcano Lava

Get immersed in a volcanic landscape with bubbling lava, spewing eruptions, and colliding rivers of fire.

Tornadoes, Lightning in Rare Video

As tornado season touches down in the U.S., see a high-tech tornado chaser's stunning footage of twisters, and of lightning as you've never seen it - in super slow-motion!

Journey to the Edge of the Universe

Huge Crater @ Arizona on Earth!

Closer view...


View from air (off the speaker for noisy background)

Black Beetle ~ Live !

A close look @ Dark Scorpion !

Warning : Picture may cause some discomfort to some children


Picture from :Hư Vô

Beautiful Unusual Golden Tabby Tiger

The very unusual Golden Tabby Tiger is sometimes known as Strawberry Tiger has light gold fur, pale legs and faint orange stripes. Its fur tends to be much thicker than normal. There are extremely few Golden Tabby Tigers in captivity, around 30 in all.





A Golden Tabby Tiger is one with an extremely rare color variation caused by a recessive gene and is currently only found in captive tigers. It is a color form and not a separate species. These tigers tend to be larger and all Golden Tabby Tigers have mainly Bengal parentage like their cousins -the White Tigers.

Killer Whale

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"Interestingly , a killer whale community is dominated by its females. Female killer whales establish control and indicate their dominance by slapping their tails against the water ,head-butting ,snapping their jaws and biting , among other aggressive gestures. Fortunately ,for kikller whales ,the injuries fromn the females' display of power are usually superficial and heal quickly"



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" Killer whales may be playful active creatures but on the flip side ,it is important to remember that killer whales are apex predators of the sea. Safely at the top of the food chain ,killer whales have no natural predator. Hence, it is no wonder that they feed on a diverse variety of marine mammals like seals ,sea lions, sharks and even other whales"

information from : WAWA in Kids world (October 2010 issue)

Scientists Report Most Earth-like Planet Ever

A team of planet hunters led by astronomers at the University of California (UC), Santa Cruz and the Carnegie Institution of Washington has announced the discovery of a planet orbiting a nearby star, Gliese 581, at a distance that places it squarely in the middle of the star's "habitable zone." This would be the most Earth-like exoplanet and the first truly habitable one yet discovered. The research was supported by grants from NASA and the National Science Foundation. "Goldilocks" refers to an exoplanet whose temperatures are "not too cold, not too hot, but just right" to maintain water and support Earth-like life.


First Potentially Habitable Exoplanet


Note : The most distant space probe, Voyager 1, was about 14 light-hours away from Earth as of 9 March 2007 (2007 -03-09)[update]. It took that space probe 30 years to cover that distance,[18] and will take over 18,000 years to reach one light-year at the same speed.

Survival Guide: Shark Attack

Warning : Some small children may be afraid to see these shark...parental guidance advised.

Although shark attacks are rare, a bite from these powerful sea creatures can be deadly. Knowing how to respond can mean the difference between life and death.

Animal Knowledge Information Version 4 ( Earth series) :King Cobra

Warning : Some children may feel afraid or discomfort looking @ the real picture.


Ingame details :
Number :062
Strength/Health : 6500/7000
Best P:Unchained Power , SPEED type
Effects : Curse : Lowers enemy’s defense


Real details :
Scientific Name : Ophiophagus hannah
Length : 4 meters
Weight : 6 kilogram
Continent : Asia/India


The king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) is the world’s longest venomous snake, with a length up to 5.6 m (18.5 ft). This species is widespread throughout Southeast Asia and parts of India, and is found mostly in forested areas. The king cobra is fierce, agile, and can deliver a large quantity of highly potent venom in a single bite. It is one of the most dangerous and feared Asiatic snakes.


King cobras, like other snakes, receive chemical information (“smell”) via their forked tongues, which pick up scent particles and transfer them to a special sensory receptor (Jacobson’s organ) located in the roof of its mouth. When the scent of a meal is detected, the snake flicks its tongue to gauge the prey’s location (the twin forks of the tongue acting in stereo); it also uses its keen eyesight (king cobras are able to detect moving prey almost 100 m [300 feet] away), intelligence and sensitivity to earth-borne vibration to track its prey.Following envenomation, the king cobra will begin to swallow its struggling prey while its toxins begin the digestion of its victim. King cobras, like all snakes, have flexible jaws. The jaw bones are connected by pliable ligaments, enabling the lower jaw bones to move independently. Like all snakes, the king cobra swallows its prey whole. The expansion of the jaw enables the snake to swallow prey much larger than its head.


King cobras are able to hunt at all times of day, although it is rarely seen at night, leading most herpetologists to classify it as a diurnal species.



The king cobra is a fierce and highly aggressive snake. When threatened, it raises up the anterior portion of its body, flattening the neck, showing the fangs and hissing loudly. It is easily irritated by closely approaching objects or sudden movements. The king cobra attacks quickly, and the strike distance is about 7 feet; people can easily misjudge the safe distance. The king cobra may deliver multiple bites in a single attack, or bite and hold on. Although it is undoubtedly a very dangerous snake, it prefers to escape unless it is cornered or provoked.


If a king cobra encounters a natural predator, such as the mongoose, which has some resistance to the neurotoxins, the snake generally tries to flee. If unable to do so, it forms the distinctive cobra hood and emits a hiss, sometimes with feigned closed-mouth strikes. These efforts usually prove to be very effective, especially since it is more dangerous than other mongoose prey, as well as being much too large for the small mammal to kill with ease.


Bioacoustic analysis of the “growl” of the king cobra has shown that it differs significantly from other snakes. Generally a typical snake hiss has a broad-frequency span (~3,000 to 13,000 Hz) with a dominant frequency near 7,500 Hz whereas the “growl” of the king cobra consists of frequencies below 2,500 Hz, with a dominant frequency near 600 Hz.


King cobra’s genus name, Ophiophagus, literally means “snake-eater”, and its diet consists primarily of other snakes, including rat snakes, sizeable pythons and even other venomous snakes (including kraits, cobras and smaller members of its own species).When food is scarce, they may also feed on other small vertebrates, such as lizards, birds, and rodents. In some cases, the cobra may “constrict” its prey, like birds and larger rodents, using its muscular body, though this is uncommon. After a large meal, the snake may live for many months without another one because of its slow metabolic rate.The king cobra’s most common meal is the ratsnake; this leads them near human settlements.


The venom of the King Cobra is primarily neurotoxic, but also contains cardiotoxic compounds. It is composed mostly of proteins and polypeptides. During a bite, venom is forced through the snake’s half-inch (1.25 cm) fangs and into the wound, and quickly attacks the victim’s central nervous system, and induces severe pain, blurred vision, vertigo, drowsiness, and paralysis. Envenomation progresses to cardiovascular collapse, and the victim falls into a coma. Death soon follows due to respiratory failure.

Contributed by : ReiGSH
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_cobra

Animal information knowledge ( Air) - Andean Condor

Ingame details:
Andean Condor (the 2nd)
Number : 067
Strength/Health :5000/4000
Rare : ‘Normal’
Best : T: Virtous Skies : Heavy : Black Hole

Real details:
Length : 1.3 meters
Wingspan : 3.3 meters
Weight : 14 kg
Lifespan : 40-70 years
Scientific Name : Vultur Gryphus

Andean condors are massive birds, among the largest in the world that are able to fly. Because they are so heavy (up to 33 pounds/15 kilograms), even their enormous 10-foot (3-meter) wingspan needs some help to keep them aloft. For that reason, these birds prefer to live in windy areas where they can glide on air currents with little effort. Andean condors are found in mountainous regions, as their name suggests, but also live near coasts replete with ocean breezes and even deserts that feature strong thermal air currents.

These condors are mostly black, but males have a distinctive white “collar” around their necks and some white markings on their wings as well. Like their relatives, the California condors, Andean condors have bald heads.

The Andean Condor is found in South America in the Andes, including the Santa Marta Mountains. In the north, its range begins in Venezuela and Colombia, where it is extremely rare, then continues south along the Andes in Ecuador, Peru, and Chile, through Bolivia and western Argentina to the Tierra del Fuego. In the early nineteenth century, the Andean Condor bred from western Venezuela to Tierra del Fuego, along the entire chain of the Andes, but its range has been greatly reduced due to human activity. Its habitat is mainly composed of open grasslands and alpine areas up to 5,000 m (16,000 ft) in elevation. It prefers relatively open, non-forested areas which allow it to spot carrion from the air, such as the páramo or rocky, mountainous areas in general. It occasionally ranges to lowlands in eastern Bolivia and southwestern Brazil, descends to lowland desert areas in Chile and Peru, and is found over southern-beech forests in Patagonia

The Andean Condor is a scavenger, feeding mainly on carrion. Wild condors inhabit large territories, often traveling more than 200 km (120 mi) a day in search of carrion. In inland areas, they prefer large carcasses, such as those of dead farm animals or wild deer, while their diet consists mainly of beached carcasses of marine mammals when near the coast.They will also raid the nests of smaller birds to feed on the eggs

The Andean Condor is a national symbol of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. It is the national bird of Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, and Ecuador. It plays an important role in the folklore and mythology of the South American Andean region





Article contributed by : Rei

Source :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andean_Condor
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/andean-condor/

Version 4 Release : Water series animal - Killer Whale

In game :
No : A-045
Rarity : Bronze
Strength : 4500, Health 6000 (Defensive)
Best : G , Heavy
Best Compatible cards : Strong : Ranging Ocean (513), Miracle : Black Hole (4500).
Information : Infamous Gangsters of the deep, Killer Whale swims in schools of up to 50 of their cronies.

Real Life :
Type:Mammal
Diet:Carnivore
Average life span in the wild:50 to 80 years
Size:23 to 32 ft (7 to 9.7 m)
Weight:Up to 6 tons (5,443 kg)
Group name:Pod

Information :
Orcas, or killer whales, are the largest of the dolphins and one of the world’s most powerful predators. They feast on marine mammals such as seals, sea lions, and even whales, employing teeth that can be four inches (ten centimeters) long. They are known to grab seals right off the ice. They also eat fish, squid, and seabirds.


Though they often frequent cold, coastal waters, orcas can be found from the polar regions to the Equator.


Killer whales hunt in deadly pods, family groups of up to 40 individuals. There appear to be both resident and transient pod populations of killer whales. These different groups may prey on different animals and use different techniques to catch them. Resident pods tend to prefer fish, while transient pods target marine mammals. All pods use effective, cooperative hunting techniques that some liken to the behavior of wolf packs.


Whales make a wide variety of communicative sounds, and each pod has distinctive noises that its members will recognize even at a distance. They use echolocation to communicate and hunt, making sounds that travel underwater until they encounter objects, then bounce back, revealing their location, size, and shape.


Killer whales are protective of their young, and other adolescent females often assist the mother in caring for them. Mothers give birth every three to ten years, after a 17-month pregnancy.


Orcas are immediately recognizable by their distinctive black-and-white coloring and are the intelligent, trainable stars of many aquarium shows. Killer whales have never been extensively hunted by humans.





Sources :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Orca_size-2.svg
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/killer-whale/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killer_whale
http://animal.discovery.com/mammals/orca/
http://www.orca-live.net/

Contributed by : ReiGSH

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