Laughing Fun

Named for its fun and distinctive call, the laughing gull will put a smile on any birder's face. These hooded gulls can be difficult to identify properly, however, because there are several similar species and immature plumages that can be tricky to tell apart.These are monogamous birds and colonial nesters, often sharing nesting colonies of up to 50,000 birds. Both parents work together to create a shallow scrape nest on the ground or in low vegetation, sparsely lined with grass or sticks. Eggs are a buff-olive color with brown spotting or splotches, and 2-4 eggs per brood is most common. Only one brood is laid each year.
While these are not backyard birds, laughing gulls can be attracted to birders on the beach if food is offered. They can be aggressive, however, diving for food tossed in the air or taking food directly from the hand, and it is not recommended; local laws may also prohibit feeding birds. Otherwise, these are approachable birds and birders can easily get good views.In the 1800s, egg poaching and plume hunting severely threatened these gulls, but today their numbers are strong and they are in no danger, though proper beach bird safety should always be observed near nesting gulls so as not to disturb brooding adults or harm chicks. Laughing gulls can occasionally be a threat to other nesting shorebirds, since they are opportunistic feeders and will eat eggs or chicks.

Rabbit animals

 The rabbit is a popular pet particularly with young children due to the rabbits calm and quiet nature. Rabbits are natures lawnmowers and can eat grass all day long. It is vital that pet rabbits eat enough grass as the grass is not only good for them, but also helps to keep the teeth of the rabbit healthy. Rabbit teeth grow constantly and if the rabbit is not able to gnaw on things to keep them down, then their teeth can grow extremely long which causes pain and often death to the rabbit.The average rabbit lives to about 8 years old when kept as a pet, but many wild rabbits do not live as long due to the fact that the rabbit is prey to many predators including cats, dogs and humans. Rabbits are also prone to myxomatosis, a disease that causes the rabbit to rapidly develop tumors which quickly results in death. Pet rabbits should be vaccinated against the disease every 6 months to a year which prevents the disease from becoming fatal should the rabbit catch it.

    Pet rabbits kept indoors are referred to as house rabbits. House rabbits typically have an indoor pen or cage and a rabbit-safe place to run and exercise, such as an exercise pen, living room or family room. Rabbits can be trained to use a litter box and some can learn to come when called. Domestic rabbits that do not live indoors can also often serve as companions for their owners, typically living in an easily accessible hutch outside the home. Some pet rabbits live in outside hutches during the day for the benefit of fresh air and natural daylight and are brought inside at night.

The Computer

 Man's scientific knowledge is vast and advanced. It has heped him discover and invent many things for his comfort and efficiency. The computer is the latest and the most brilliant child that man science has given birth to.
  Charles Babbage first developed the difference and analytical engine. This machine could not be put to practical use because technology was not very adventage . About forty years later , George Boole invented the logic system that is the basis of today's computer.
  Transistor technology gave a boost to the second generation computers . These were smaller in size, had a higher speed of operation and were mor reliable . Today the scientist are developing fourth generation computers, which can think and decide like experts.
  There are basically three types of computers. They are Apple Macintosh or popularly called the Mac, the IBM that stands for International Business Machine and the Super Computer . The IBM and the Macnormally have the same function but people use them as per their preference. Some perfer the Mac while the other may perfer the IBM. The Super Computer is not freely available in the market . It is owned by some of the superpowers like Chine, USA,Russia,Japan,UK, France and India . These computer are normally used for developing rockets and missiles and thir guidance system.

Beautiful Animals Peacock

The peacock  is one of the most beautiful and colorful birds in the world. Technically, the name “peacock” refers only to the male peafowl. The female peafowl is called a “peahen.”The spectacular peafowl species that most people are familiar with is the Indian, or common, peafowl. Two other species of peafowl are the green “jungle” peafowl of Southeast Asia and the Congo peafowl of Africa (which is not as fancy as the Indian peafowl).The Indian peafowl belongs to the pheasant and partridge subfamily  of the large family of birds that also includes turkeys, quail, and grouse Wild birds in North America that are believed to be closely related to the peafowl include the ring-necked pheasant, gray partridge, and chukar.
The body of the male Indian peafowl  is about the size of a turkey, but its flowing train of feathers makes for a very long bird. The peacock’s total length may be more than seven feet—about five feet of which consist of the feathers of the train. A peacock weighs between 8 and 13 pounds.
An Indian peacock has a neck and breast that are bright, shiny blue, and a back that is metallic green. Its fancy train of feathers grows from the lower back, supported underneath by short tail feathers. The train typically has from 150 to 200 greenish feathers, each from four to five feet long. Near the end of each feather is a bright, bold spot (with blue, green, and other colors) that looks like an eye.
The peahen is smaller than the peacock and not nearly as colorful. The peahen’s body is mostly dull shades of brown, gray, and green, with only a short train. Both the peacock and the peahen have a crest of short feathers on the head.
        Wild Indian peafowl usually live in small groups. These birds are weak flyers, spending most of their time on the ground. Although they forage for food on the ground, they normally roost (rest and sleep) in tall trees at night. The height of the trees helps protect the peafowl from predators. To warn of danger, peafowl make loud shrieking and honking calls.The Indian peafowl forages on the ground during the daytime, eating just about anything it can fit in its beak. Among the many food items in its diet are insects, worms, snails, frogs, snakes, grasses, seeds, and various kinds of crops.

Dashain festival In Nepal

During the month of Kartik in the Bikram Sambat calendar (late September and early October), the Nepalese people indulge in the biggest festival of the year, Dashain. Dashain is the longest and the most auspicious festival in the Nepalese annual calendar, celebrated by Nepalese of all caste and creed throughout the country. The fifteen days of celebration occurs during the bright lunar fortnight ending on the day of the full moon. Thorough out the kingdom of Nepal the goddess Durga in all her manifestations are worshiped with innumerable pujas, abundant offerings and thousands of animal sacrifices for the ritual holy bathing, thus drenching the goddess for days in blood.
Dashain commemorates a great victory of the gods over the wicked demons. One of the victory stories told is the Ramayan, where the lord Ram after a big struggle slaughtered Ravana, the fiendish king of demons. It is said that lord Ram was successful in the battle only when goddess Durga was evoked. The main celebration glorifies the triumph of good over evil and is symbolized by goddess Durga slaying the terrible demon Mahisasur, who terrorised the earth in the guise of a brutal water buffalo. The first nine days signify the nine days of ferrous battle between goddess Durga and the demon Mahisasur. The tenth day is the day when Mahisasur was slain and the last five days symbolise the celebration of the victory with the blessing of the goddess. Dashain is celebrated with great rejoice, and goddess Durga is worshiped throughout the kingdom as the divine mother goddess.
In preparation for Dashain every home is cleansed and beautifully decorated, painted as an invitation to the mother goddess, so that she may visit and bless the house with good fortune. During this time the reunion of distant and nearby relatives occur in every household. The market is filled with shoppers seeking new clothing, gifts, luxuries and enormous supplies of temple offering for the gods, as well as foodstuffs for the family feasting. Thousands of sheep, goats, ducks, chicken and water buffalo are prepared for the great slaughter. All types of organisations are closed for ten to fifteen days. Labourers are almost impossible to find; from the poor to the rich, all enjoy the festive mood. Anywhere you go the aroma of 'Vijaya Dashami' is found.
The first nine days of Dashain are called nawa ratri when tantric rites are conducted. In Nepal the life force is embodied in the divine energy and power of the female, depicted as goddess Durga in her many forms. All goddess who emanated from goddess Durga are known as devis, each with different aspects and powers. In most mother goddess temples the deity is represented simply as a sacred Kalash, carved water jug or multiple handed goddess holding murderous weapons. During these nine days people pay their homage to the goddess. If she is properly worshiped and pleased good fortunes are on the way and if angered through neglect then misfortunes are around the corner. Mother goddess is the source of life and everything.
The first day of Dashain is called Ghatasthapana, which literally means pot establishing. On this day the kalash, (holy water vessel) symbolising goddess Durga often with her image embossed on the side is placed in the prayer room. The kalash is filled with holy water and covered with cowdung on to which seeds are sown. A small rectangular sand block is made and the kalash is put in the centre. The surrounding bed of sand is also seeded with grains. The ghatasthapana ritual is performed at a certain auspicious moment determined by the astrologers. At that particular moment the priest intones a welcome, requesting goddess Durga to bless the vessel with her presence.

stun guns

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Zebra Animals

Mammal. Zebras are members of the horse family, Equuleus  They live in family groups of more than a dozen zebras with one stallion as head. While zebras' stripes may look the same to us, each has a unique pattern that can be recognized by other family members. When zebras run as a herd, the stripes help protect them by confusing predators with a dizzying display. Zebras sleep in shifts, so that some members of the herd are always awake and alert. The leader uses sounds to signal when all is safe or when a threat occurs. This benefit may help an individual zebra in some situations, but the more significant means of protection has to do with zebra herds. Zebras usually travel in large groups, in which they stay very close to one another. Even with their camouflage pattern, it's highly unlikely a large gathering of zebras would be able to escape a lion's notice, but their stripes help them use this large size to their advantage. When all the zebras keep together as a big group, the patte­rn of each zebra's stripes blends in with the stripes of the zebras around it. This is confusing to the lion, who sees a large, moving, striped mass instead of many individual zebras. The lion has trouble picking out any one zebra, and so it doesn't have a very good plan of attack. It's hard for the lion to even recognize which way each zebra is moving: Imagine the difference in pursuing one animal and charging into an amorphous blob of animals moving every which way. The lion's inability to distinguish zebras also makes it more difficult for it to target and track weaker zebras in the herd.So do zebra stripes confuse zebras as much as they confuse lions? Oddly enough, while making zebras indistinguishable to other animals, zebra stripes actually help zebras recognize one another. Stripe patterns are like zebra fingerprints: Every zebra has a slightly different arrangement. Zoologists believe this is how zebras distinguish who's who in a zebra herd. This certainly has significant benefits. A zebra mare and her foal can keep track of each other in the large herd, for example, and a zebra can very quickly distinguish its own herd from another. This also helps human researchers, because it enables them to track particular zebras in the wild.