http://www.scimix.com The World in Pictures. Science Briefs. A Nature Photography Resource. Images of Human Behavior. A way to spot Life. Sun, 27 Nov 2011 17:46:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.scimix.com/2011/09/big-moon-illusion/comment-page-1/#comment-12507 admin Sun, 27 Nov 2011 17:46:15 +0000 http://www.scimix.com/?p=1989#comment-12507 Thanks. Thanks.

]]> http://www.scimix.com/2011/09/big-moon-illusion/comment-page-1/#comment-12497 Peter Coffill Sun, 27 Nov 2011 05:21:37 +0000 http://www.scimix.com/?p=1989#comment-12497 Thanks for the Article, its my first time visiting your blog and must say it is very informative hope to check back soon. Thanks for the Article, its my first time visiting your blog and must say it is very informative hope to check back soon.

]]> http://www.scimix.com/2011/10/the-surreal-landscape-of-adelie-penguins/comment-page-1/#comment-12479 admin Fri, 25 Nov 2011 15:51:27 +0000 http://www.scimix.com/?p=2101#comment-12479 Thanks. Thanks.

]]> http://www.scimix.com/2011/10/the-surreal-landscape-of-adelie-penguins/comment-page-1/#comment-12471 Johnathon Mueske Fri, 25 Nov 2011 00:19:57 +0000 http://www.scimix.com/?p=2101#comment-12471 Amazing site! Thank you for maintaining it. Keep going that way. Amazing site! Thank you for maintaining it. Keep going that way.

]]> http://www.scimix.com/2010/07/owl-eyes/comment-page-1/#comment-11669 admin Thu, 27 Oct 2011 10:44:29 +0000 http://www.scimix.com/?p=470#comment-11669 I subscribe; life is amazing. Thank you. I subscribe; life is amazing.
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]]> http://www.scimix.com/2010/07/owl-eyes/comment-page-1/#comment-11654 Marc Wed, 26 Oct 2011 18:07:42 +0000 http://www.scimix.com/?p=470#comment-11654 Its so beautiful. Just like the world at large. Look How curious it is. Wonder what it is thinking. Life is amazing. Its so beautiful. Just like the world at large. Look How curious it is. Wonder what it is thinking. Life is amazing.

]]> http://www.scimix.com/2011/02/bats-use-pitcher-plants-as-shelter-and-toilet/comment-page-1/#comment-9776 admin Mon, 05 Sep 2011 14:02:38 +0000 http://www.scimix.com/?p=1822#comment-9776 Examples of symbiosis work for me, too. I'm not really into the consumer-resource model, but I find great interest in the mutual interaction, so the case of bats and pitcher plants was a delightful surprise for me. Examples of symbiosis work for me, too. I’m not really into the consumer-resource model, but I find great interest in the mutual interaction, so the case of bats and pitcher plants was a delightful surprise for me.

]]> http://www.scimix.com/2011/02/the-web-decorating-argiope-spider/comment-page-1/#comment-9775 admin Mon, 05 Sep 2011 13:18:23 +0000 http://www.scimix.com/?p=1837#comment-9775 It's a fact the stabilimentum reflects UV light, but the rest is just a hypothesis. Here is another one: the role of the stabilimentum could be to attract the male spider to the web when the female spider is ready to reproduce. There's a study to sustain it. So... I don't know :) It’s a fact the stabilimentum reflects UV light, but the rest is just a hypothesis. Here is another one: the role of the stabilimentum could be to attract the male spider to the web when the female spider is ready to reproduce. There’s a study to sustain it. So… I don’t know

]]> http://www.scimix.com/2011/02/bats-use-pitcher-plants-as-shelter-and-toilet/comment-page-1/#comment-9771 Andrew Saxon Sun, 04 Sep 2011 11:24:06 +0000 http://www.scimix.com/?p=1822#comment-9771 that is really cool! Thanks for sharing. makes sense that bats would hang out around plants that attract insects, which bats often eat (depending on the species of bat). and the plant needs nitrogenous wastes (which is why it catches insects) so the bats guano will definitely benefit the pitcher plant as well. I love examples of evolutionary relationships between different organism. especially parasitism and mutualism. that is really cool! Thanks for sharing. makes sense that bats would hang out around plants that attract insects, which bats often eat (depending on the species of bat). and the plant needs nitrogenous wastes (which is why it catches insects) so the bats guano will definitely benefit the pitcher plant as well. I love examples of evolutionary relationships between different organism. especially parasitism and mutualism.

]]> http://www.scimix.com/2011/02/the-web-decorating-argiope-spider/comment-page-1/#comment-9770 Andrew Saxon Sun, 04 Sep 2011 11:17:07 +0000 http://www.scimix.com/?p=1837#comment-9770 how is it unclear to (us) scientists what the stabilimentum is used for? isn't it obvious that it is used to attract insects? you said yourself that the stabilimentum reflects UV light, which will confuse many insects including house flies and many plant-eating insects and attract them to the light (they will mistake it for a plant that they can eat). this is also how venus fly traps attract flies as well. also how black light insect traps work. also how bug-zappers work... etc. how is it unclear to (us) scientists what the stabilimentum is used for? isn’t it obvious that it is used to attract insects? you said yourself that the stabilimentum reflects UV light, which will confuse many insects including house flies and many plant-eating insects and attract them to the light (they will mistake it for a plant that they can eat). this is also how venus fly traps attract flies as well. also how black light insect traps work. also how bug-zappers work… etc.

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