“Mom! There’s a cockroach on my banjo case!” “Okay honey‚ I’ll bring the skillet” Entomophagy is the term for eating insects as food. Insects as food? The idea is not culturally accepted in many developed first world countries. So why do so many people frown upon the consumption of insects? Offering a fried grasshopper to a friend would probably bring about comments such as “gross!” “no way” or “you’re kidding me!!” Let’s face it‚ bugs are known for some gross things. Cockroaches‚ for instance
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Changing Colour: How does camouflage help the chameleon catch insects? The camouflage on the chameleon helps get close to prey without being spotted. The camouflage colour helps the chameleon blend in with the background to sneak up on the chameleon’s prey. The long tongue with a sticky lump at the end that it launches to catch insects. How does camouflage help protect the chameleon from predators? Not only does it camouflage to consume food but also to protect itself. The chameleon helps
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How to Make an Insect Repellant Out of Lemongrass By Brian Airman‚ eHow Contributor updated: May 05‚ 2010 Lemongrass oils works like citronella to repel mosquitoes and other stinging insects. Insect bites and stings are painful at the moment of attack and sometimes cause lasting skin irritation. It only takes a minute to turn a fresh stalk of lemongrass into natural insect repellent. The essential oils naturally present inside the lemongrass stalk repel pests and give skin a fresh‚ vibrant
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The Cockroach- By Kevin Haligan Explore the metaphorical significance of the insect in the poem The sonnet‚ “the cockroach”; written by Kevin Haligan‚ is an extended metaphor. Through anthropomorphism‚ the human life cycle is symbolized‚ and mimicked by the insect. This essay will fully explore the metaphorical significance of the insect. The insect metaphorically signifies the poet’s life. Being a sonnet‚ the poem is split up‚ into 2 parts (the first part is split into two‚ technically
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Insects are the most successful animal group. They are extremely diverse and abundant. They are present in the sea‚ in freshwater‚ on land and in the air. They occupy every ecological niche. Arthropods are not only extremely diverse but are also numerous as individuals. There are approximately 200 million insects for every human being on the Earth.(1) They have a huge impact on humans and our activities. They are pests of both food and animals‚ and are responsible for disease transmission. They also
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_____________________________________Mobile towers affect birds and bees_________________________________________ The Indian environment ministry feels that radiations emitted by mobile towers has ill effect on wildlife ‚ especially birds and bees‚ and has asked the department of telecommunications (DoT) not to permit such structures within 1 km each other. In an advisory‚ the ministry has said that there is an “urgent need” to refine the Indian standard on safe limits of exposure to electro-magnetic
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National Consultations on Bt Brinjal A primer on concerns‚ issues and prospects National Consultations on Bt Brinjal A primer on concerns‚ issues and prospects Contents 1. Introduction 2. Brinjals in India 3. Genetically Modified Crops and the Brinjal 4. Bt Brinjal: Prospects and Concerns 5. Glossary 6. References 1 3 5 13 19 20 Disclaimer: This booklet has been compiled by the Centre for Environment Education (CEE) as a primer for discussants at the national consultations and
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Mammals and fish both have circulatory systems that consists of a heart‚ blood and blood vessels. Insects have an open circulatory system‚ where the haemolymph circulates freely among the body cavity and not enclosed in vessels‚ unlike the closed circulatory‚ where the blood is transported via the blood vessels. Mammals have a double loop circuit‚ meaning that the blood passes through the heart twice in each circuit of the blood that is pumped around the body. Fish‚ however‚ have a single loop system
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THE SEARCH FOR BETTER HEALTH 1.What is a healthy organism? Discuss the difficulties in defining the terms ‘health’ and ‘disease’ * Health – state of physical‚ mental and social wellbeing. It is not just absence of disease * disease – any condition which effects the functioning of any part of a living organism * difficulties in defining health and disease; * health 1) the definition of health varies with age eg stiffness in the joints is probably more common in a 90yo
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5 june 2011‚ Transgenic Bt Cotton CICR TECHNICAL BULLETIN NO: 22 TRANSGENIC Bt COTTON Dr CD Mayee Dr P Singh Dr AB Dongre Dr MRK Rao Dr Sheo Raj Central Institute for Cotton Research Nagpur Downloaded from www.cicr.org.in Technical Bulletin from CICR (www.cicr.org.in) 1 Transgenic Bt Cotton TRANSGENIC Bt COTTON 1. Introduction Cotton is one of the major fibre crops of global significance. It is cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions of more than eighty countries
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