Animal & places

1. Bamboo Forest, Japan Sagano Bamboo Forest Sagano Bamboo Forest is one of the most amazing natural sites in Japan. One of the most interesting facts about Sagano Bamboo Forest is the sound which the wind makes while it blows amongst the bamboo. Amazingly enough, this sound has been voted on as one of the “one hundred must-be-preserved sounds of Japan” by the Japanese government. As mentioned he Sagano Bamboo Forest is not too far from Kyoto’s main streets – (30 minutes by train). Another interesting fact –  the railing on the sides of the road is composed out of old, dry and fallen parts of bamboo 2.  Black Forest, Germany Black Forest  The Black Forest is not only one of the most varied, but also one of the biggest and best known holiday regions in Germany. The site is more than 200km long and 60 km wide. The dense growth of conifers in the forest blocks out most of the...

  1. BUTTERFLIES identify food by WITH THEIR FEET. Taste receptors on a butterfly's feet help it find its host plant and locate food. A female butterfly lands on different plants, drumming the leaves with her feet to make the plant release its juices. Spines on the back of her legs have chemoreceptors that detect the right match of plant chemicals. When she identified the right plant, she lays her eggs. A butterfly will also step on its food, using organs that sense dissolved sugars to taste food sources like fermenting fruit. 2. BUTTERFLIES LIVE ON AN ALL-LIQUID DIET. Speaking of butterflies eating, adult butterflies can only feed on liquids, usually nectar. Their mouth parts are modified to enable them to drink, but they can't chew solids. It then unfurls the long, tubular structure and sips up a meal. 3. A BUTTERFLY MUST ASSEMBLE ITS PROBOSCIS. A butterfly that can't drink nectar is doomed, so one of its first jobs as an adult butterfly is ...

                                   ornithoptera alexandrae , the  Queen Alexandra's birdwing , is the largest  butterfly  in the world, with females reaching wingspans slightly in excess of 25 cm (9.8 inches). It is restricted to the forests of the  Oro Province  in eastern  Papua New Guinea . The species was named by  Walter Rothschild  in 1907, in honor of  Alexandra of Denmark . The first European to discover the species was  Albert Stewart Meek  in 1906, a collector employed by Walter Rothschild to collect natural history specimens from New Guinea. There are two type of  ornithoptera alexandrae, male and  female. Female: Female Queen Alexandra's birdwings are larger than males with markedly rounder, broader wings. The female can reach, and slightly exceed, a wingspan of 25 cm (9.8 inches), a ...