Our Blog: October 2010

Hi girls!

Since ancient times, sports have been regarded as the most primitive, original and most direct way to express human’s emotion! What type of relationship do you have with sports and mind/body health? Find out with this quiz!
1) Do you take the stairs or the elevator?
a) Stairs
b) elevator
2) How many push-ups do you think you can do?
a) As many as I put my mind to.
b) Not many, but I envy people who can do more than three.
3) Which is your favourite sport or activity to participate in?
a) a triathlon
b) watching people participate in a sport or activity (a dinner party doesn’t count!)
4) What's your idea of the perfect vacation?
a) Snowboarding Everest!
b) a never-have-to-lift-a-finger cruise!
5) After school you:
a) Do some sort of sport practice
b) Hit the mall or gossip
6) Do you own a pair of sneakers?
a) Of course, millions
b) A kind of, does it count if it has duct tape on it?
Now, count the number of times you answered “A”:
A: 4- 6 out of 6
You love sports and love to hang with boys. You are in good shape, have a favourite team and sporty friends. You never give up and always reach for a goal. You are notevasive or cynical, instead, you never mind to show people your sunny smile, and you are able to handle adversity in your own way. In a word, you are a sunny girl with charming smile!
A: 1- 3 out of 6
You really don’t like sports! But you should….go to your local gym, ice rink, or dance studio and test your skills! Maybe you are more interested in fashion but try with wearing sporty little outfits that are still cute! Sports keep us healthy and benefit to our skin and shape. Besides, research show that sports like swimming and volley ball could give a lot of mental energy, therefore could help realize your dreams!

Hoped you enjoy it! There will be more of it.

XY

Giraffe Giraffes are well adapted to a life in a savannah. They drink water when it is aivailable but can go weeks without it, they rely on morning dew and the water content of their food. Their very long necks are an adaption to feeding at high levels in the treetops. Their physical adaption, a long neck, does not only help them to graze but also helps them keep track of predators and it enables visual communication with other giraffe over several miles. In the giraffe did not have a long neck it would be an easier pray for predators and it would not get as much food. Similar to giraffes are elephants. They use long trunks to reach high tree-tops.
Hyena It is eating dead animals' corpses and it does not kill them. It lets to do the killing by lions. It is not very brave too. It can have eating problems because of that it does not kill the animal. It has many similar animals to him, for example lions, wild dogs, jackals and vultures.
Wallaroo Wallaroo inhabits the mountanous pastures of eastern Australia. It prefers to live in rocky outcrops or stoney ground. That is why it has furry pads on feet, for climbing rocks. It is adapted to dig watr from the ground, that is how it gets its water. If it would not dig for water it would surely die. Many animals in that environment dig for water because there is not much water there.
African Hedgehog This animal has spiny armour, it is the main reason for their survival. The ability to curl up involves minor skeletal modifications and the unique circular skin muscle. This animal is omnivorous and nocturnial animal. Also they have very acute auditory sense and olfactory sense. When this animal would not have these adaptations, this animal could not protect himself from predators and will have difficult to find food. There is one animal who has similar adaptations, it is porcupine.
Squirrel Monkey Squirrel Monkeys move through the trees by leaping. They have small back legs, that allows more jumping force. Thei live on trees. They do not come down from treesw because there is no food and hunters can kill them. They are bugger tha n squirrels.
Bactrian Camel Long legs allow Bactrian Camel to travel great distances easily. Fat stored in two humps. The Bactrian Camels are classified as herbivores. They live primarly in Central Asian deserts north of the Himalayas. The Bactrian Camel has a remarkable capacity to endure extreme temperatures, both high and low. It lives in small groups of up to twenty individuals, led by an adult male. The camel can go without food and water for 3 to 4 days. There is Arabian Camel with similar adaptations.
Elephant It has a trunk and tusks which keep him alive. It uses its tusks in order to protect himself. It uses its trunk in order to drink, gather food and bathe itself. These things are a physical part of the animal.If the animal did not have these things it would not be able to eat, drink, bath itself or protect itself.
Giraffe Special adaptations of Giraffe are that she can be long time without water and with her long neck she could eat food at high levels in the treetops. These adaptations are physical. If Giraffe did not have these adaptations, it might have some problems like it can not drink water and it is hard to get food. Also it can not live in savanna. Yes other animals in savanna have some similar adaptions like they can be long time without water. For example elephant, zebra.
Zebra Zebars live in savannas. They can run quickly to escape from predator (like lions, hyenas), because they have long legs. They eat grasses and drink water veru often, so they must stay near the water. They move as one big family. Those are the behavioural adaptations. if they have not got long legs, then they could not run quickly and so the predators could catch them easily. Zebras are closely related to horses and donkeys.
Polar Bear Polar bear has thick fur to protect itself from cold. It has fat under its skin. They have longer legs than other bears have and have very furry feet. These feet help to distribute their weight as they walk on a thin ice. All these are physical adaptions. Polar bear would feel very cold without thick skin, it would be hard to insulate them in the frigid waters without hollow hairs. Without their large feet they wouldn't stay on the thin ice. There live also phocas who have streamlined and slippery skin and they have thick skin. Polar bear eats them. Polar bears are very dangerous animals for people. They are white and it is quite good adaption to hide there in Arctic pole where everything is white and bright. It is good when it hunts phocas. When female polar bear gets little polar bears then she hs to hide them from male polar bear because he may eat them to get attention of female polar bear.
Wallaroo They have furry pads on feet. They are good for rock climbing. They dig actually for water. These adaptions are behavioural part of the animal. This animal is adpted to heat and dryness. If this animal would not have these adaptions it would not get water and if it would not have furry pads it could not climb. There are other animals too, who adapted with these things, like wallabies, pademelons, tree-kangaroos, forets allabies and potoroos.
White-Cheeked Gibbon This little monkey lives in high canopy of tropical rainforests. Usually they eat small and pulpy fruit, buds, young leaves and sometimes invertebrates too. Family members feed together usually, but sometimes they forage alone. But when they are going to rest or sleep (at night) they get together again. Their home territory is very large, about 8,5 acres. But it may vary very much. And they protect their area very carefully. Single offsprings born every year two or three years after 7-8 month gestation. Their maturity occurs when they are about 6 years old. But males leave the family when they are about 8 years old. Usually they live about 25 or more years.
Koala Koalas are perfectly designed for their tree-dwelling life. Their hands have a large gap between the first and second fingers and their big toe is set ata a wide angle to the foot. This gives the koala vicelike grip on branches. They comfortabely sit in a tree alla day because of their thickly padded toes. That means the adaptation is more of a behaviour, if they would not eat eucalypt tree leaves they would drink a lot more water because they get the water from the leaves. If kola would not climb trees, it could have been eaten out of existence, because they are too slow to escape from predators as dingoes are. There are not many animals who have similar adptions as koala, in fact there are none in koala's environment. But near their environment is an animal called three toed sloth, who also climbs trees and is slow.
Squirrel Squirrel has got strong teeth, it brakes nuts with them. It also runs and hides itself to the treetops. Its enemies are bigger animals and people. It also has got claws. Adaptations are physical but also behavioural too. When squirrel did not got teeth it could not eat or when it did not run away it could be eaten. Squirrel is a very interesting animal. Similar to it is beaver.
Koala Koalas have an opposable modified index finger that acts as a second thumb. Their big toe is set at a wide angle to the foot. The adaptations are more of a behaviour that the koala uses. It would not get any food. The sloth has similar adaptions.
Armadillo Armadillos are mammals. There are 20 species of Armadillos, grouped in 9 genera and distributed through America from Argentina to the South-Eastern corner of U.S. Many armadillos are nocturnal. They live in burrows when not active. Armadillos live on a variety of food. Insects and other invertebrates, plants and small vertebrates such as snakes and lizards. Naked-tailed armadillos feed mainly on ants and termites. 1-4 young armadillos are born each year depending on the spechies. The young are born with a soft leathery skin which hardens after a few days.
Zebra Zebras are abel to run 40mph. Zebras use hooves and teeth in defence. They have stripes to recognize each other. They live in family group. Family group has a leader, sometimes 2 leaders. Also stripes confuse tsetse flies who can not see zebra for the stripes. Some of those adaptions are physical part of the animal. There are also some adaptions that they use. If zebras would not live in groups they would be weaker. If they could not run that fast predators would kill more zebras then they do now. If zebras would not have stripes they would not be able to recognize each other that well and tsetse flies would see them well. In this environment deers and antilopes can also run fast. With that aptations they can escape from predators.
Californian King Snake Californian King Snake is partially or wholly immune to the venom of rattlesnakes and is able to eat and kill them. These adaptions are more of a behavioural ones and the Californian King Snake uses them. If the snake would not have those adaptions it would die. (It might have not something to eat). Other animals who live in this environment do not have similar adaptions.
Giraffe Giraffe has long neck to reach to the high trees and eat eat the leaves. It has a muscular tongue to take the leaves. The tall neck enables to see enemies from far distance. It runs fast and can go without drinking for a long period. Giraffes can communicate with other giraffes over few miles. Giraffes can not make big sound, they only grunt, snort and bleat. They are used to sleep for 1-20 minutes, not longer. They sleep and they do not lie down. When they fight they use their neck and head banging.
Red Panda Red Panda feeds at night, so it does not have to compete with other animals that feed on the same things and has extra thumbs on its front paws to grab better. So its adaptions are both physical and behavioural. Thanks to these adaptions it does not have to worry about competition or fear about predators. Another of its adaptions is shared with squirrels-the big bushy tail to keep balance while climbing. Red pandas prefer temperate forests.Pirgit
Platypus Platypus is perfectly designed for underwater life, it has two layers of fur - the first is short and dense and never lets water through to the skin. The second is longer and is the layer of fur that gets wet. Platypus has the flat furry tail which stores fat for long cold winter in freezing waters. The adaptions are physical part of the animal. If platypus did not have these adaptions if its fur gets wet, it would not keep platypus warm. Also if platypus did not have sensitive beak, it would not find food. And if it did not have tail that stores fat for winter, it would not survive a winter. There are no other animal in this environment that have similar adaptions.
Polar Bear Polar bears live year round near arctic waters hunting seal and other animals, rarely coming on land exept on islands and rocky points. In winter they hunt along the Arctic shelfs looking for tasty seals, fish and even humans. Polar bears are very dangerous, and grow to a huge size and weight, as much as small automobile. They have longer legs than other bears and large furry feet. These big feet help to distribute their weight as they walk on thin ice in the Arctic waters. Post by Xy