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So far, no one knows what’s crafting these enigmatic structures. Update, 1 p.m.: We’ve added comments from several more experts, below. Something in the Peruvian Amazon is making weird, intricate structures that resemble white picket fences surrounding an Isengard-like spire. No one has any idea who the mysterious craftsbug (fungus? spider?) The first of the fence-and-spire structures, spotted June 7. Troy Alexander, a graduate student at Georgia Tech, spotted the first of these structures on June 7. “All of them were on the small island used to view the parrot clay lick at Tambopata Research Center,” Alexander said. We noticed the weirdness last Thursday, when Phil Torres, a biologist who also works at Tambopata, posted a link on Twitter. But it turns out that even scientists who study such things haven’t a clue. “I have no idea what made it, or even what it is,” said William Eberhard, an entomologist with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. *Here are a few more:
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Photographer Brad Wilson captures incredible portraits of different owl species from the World Bird Sanctuary in St. Louis and The Wildlife Center near Española, New Mexico… Great Horned Owl Barn Owl Western Screech-Owl Eastern Screech-Owl Spectacled Owl Eurasian Eagle-Owl Mexican Spotted Owl Flammulated Owl Long-Eared Owl Photos © Brad Wilson | via mymodernmet | Audubon
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In all of these experiments, distilled water for hospital usage produced by the same company was used. Since it is distilled twice, it can be said that it is pure water. The result was that we always observed beautiful crystals after giving good words, playing good music, and showing, playing, or offering pure prayer to water. On the other hand, we observed disfigured crystals in the opposite situation. Moreover, we never observed identical crystals. I published these results as photograph collections: “Messages from Water 1” (1999), “Messages from Water 2” (2002), “Messages from Water 3” (2004), and “Messages from Water 4” (2008). This world is filled with wonders and mysteries that get more incomprehensible if we try to think of a reason. Thus, except for some of truly basic things, no one disagrees that there are still so many unknowns. Combination of non-resonating vibration can result in destructive energy, and nothing can be created out of it.
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About V.S. Ramachandran V.S. Ramachandran is Director of the Center for Brain and Cognition and Distinguished Professor with the Psychology Department and Neurosciences Program at the University of California, San Diego, and Adjunct Professor of Biology at the Salk Institute. Ramachandran initially trained as a doctor (MBBS) at Stanley Medical College, Madras, India, and subsequently obtained a Ph.D. from Trinity College at the University of Cambridge. After that, he recieved an honorary FRCP; London (Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians) and two honorary doctorates (DSc; honorus causa). In 2005 he was awarded the Henry Dale Medal and elected to an honorary life membership by the Royal Instituion of Great Britain, where he also gave a Friday evening discourse (joining the ranks of Michael Faraday, Thomas Huxley, Humphry Davy, and dozens of Nobel Laureates). In addition, Ramachandran has an interest in history and archeaology (see his article on the Indus Valley Code). Recent Reviews
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The Tree of Life Web Project (ToL) is a collaborative effort of biologists and nature enthusiasts from around the world. On more than 10,000 World Wide Web pages, the project provides information about biodiversity, the characteristics of different groups of organisms, and their evolutionary history (phylogeny). Each page contains information about a particular group, e.g., salamanders, segmented worms, phlox flowers, tyrannosaurs, euglenids, Heliconius butterflies, club fungi, or the vampire squid. ToL pages are linked one to another hierarchically, in the form of the evolutionary tree of life.
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