I wanted to write about the Cordyceps because it’s one of the most interesting type of fungi I have ever heard about‚ mostly because I love zombie movies and this fungus was the inspiration to really popular game called “The last of Us.” I first heard about it in a BBC documentary “Planet Earth” years ago and I still remembered watching the scene of the so called “Zombie Fungi‚” being really fascinated by it. The cordyceps belong in the kingdom of fungi‚ different from plants and animals. Although
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The Bullet Ants Ritual. “It is pure‚ intense‚ brilliant pain. Like fire-walking over flaming charcoal with a three-inch rusty nail in your heel‚” said Justin Schmidt‚ describing what it felt like to be stung by the Bullet Ant. Schmidt is the creator of the Schmidt Sting Pain Index‚ a scale that rates the pain cause by different Hymenopteran stings. The Bullet Ant claims the number one spot on the SSPI and the title of most excruciating sting known to man. With this in mind‚ it is hard to imagine
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movie. · Social class: a defined set by social stratification where people are grouped into a set of hierarchical social categories · Social Classes in ANTZ i. Worker ants ii. Soldier ants iii. Royal ants 2. Who make up the underclass in the ant colony? · The underclass in the ant colony is considered to be the worker ants. 3. Give one example of social mobility in the movie. · An example of social mobility in the movie is when “Z” and his friend‚ Weaver the soldier‚ switch jobs before
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children learning about “Ants” and includes a science experiment of ‘How ants get food‚ water and shelter’‚ and also ‘How an ant would get these essentials to live’. These essential characteristics of teaching show that you need to be organised and ready for the lesson for it to work and achieve the desired results. This can be seen in the video. (Davies and Gooding‚ 2008). “Karen”‚ the teacher in “the video” and the implementer of the ‘lesson plan’ (Appendix A) about “ants” shows these characteristics
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This article is about how human impact influences fire ant invasion the and how it changes the environment in which they thrive. Human disturbance effect many parts of the environment and when research is conducted it is difficult to conclude if the disturbance was caused by humans or biological invasion. In this research experiment‚ the researchers show human effect is projective negatively on the invasive fire ant‚ Solenopsis invicta. They took factors of human activity which was mowing and plowing
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Examples of emergent properties include the human brain and ant colonies. An emergent property of the brain is human consciousness. No single neuron holds complex information of the brain yet‚ within the nervous system‚ a collection of neurons create complex emotions. An ant can be considered to be a limited organism‚ the reason being it has little ability to accomplish complex tasks. On the contrary‚ as a group‚ an entire ant colony can accomplish astounding tasks. These tasks include building
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mammal utters a horrific grunt of pain and runs away shaking its head. “What just happened?” everybody asks in wonderment. Their tour guide turns to them and says‚ “Let me tell you about a peculiar and special relationship between a tree and a type of ant here in Africa.” In the savannas of Africa the acacia tree
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DUST‚ COFFEE GROUND‚ AND CINNAMON SPICE AS ANT REPELLANTS Faith II Group of Year III- St. John CHAPTER 1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: There are several household problems we and our helpers encounter at home. These may be issues regarding food supply and storage‚ cleanliness and sanitation. One of the most common problems is the presence of household ants‚ especially the red ones‚ causing a disturbance in our own system of food storage. Red household ants do not only infest stored food in the kitchen
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would be best for the colony because‚ not only is he big on individualism he believes that every ant should have their rights and be their own person and not what society tells them to and that one ant shouldn’t be ruled by just one person/ant. Unlike general Mandible and he would believe that the colony should be a dictator and this government would not be beneficial for the colony because some of the ants
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primary group is defined as a group which includes the characteristics of intimacy‚ long-term interaction‚ and face-to-face cooperation. A primary group in A Bug’s Life are the worker ants. The ants are a primary group because they work together very often‚ they are also made up of close friends or family. The ants have a close relationship and an understanding of each other. Next‚ an in-group is a group in which we feel loyal to. An example of this can be when Flik feels loyalty towards his colony
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