Wonder Girls gets a bloody letter!

Recently, a strong fan of girl group ‘Wonder Girls’ left a picture of a bloody letter. Late last year 2pm’s Taekyeon and Mblaq’s Lee Joon, this is now the third time a bloody letter was shown. For what reasons do these fans show such passionate behavior?

A bloody letter is a more passionate and fanatical way of showing one’s feelings. Most of the fans for idol groups usually start with Junior High students who have not matured yet and are going through puberty.

Wonder Girls gets a bloody letter!

Idol stars usually receive gifts such as: letters, drawings, perfume, and other items to show their love. In order for the stars to recognize them, they tend to find large and expensive gifts.

The fans that left the bloody letters probably wanted the stars to recognize their love for them more strongly. Instead of just blood, these fans choose to cut their wrists to demonstrate their love more.

The internet culture has strongly influenced this type of behavior by comments such as “I was able to do this much, but you can only do that much?”. These kind of comments have created competition amongst the fans online. This could be seen as a factor.

After seeing this kind of behavior, netizens have been responding with “They are out of their mind. I don’t understand.”

Just recently a member of a popular idol group said “Although receiving gifts are great, please refrain from giving gifts. Instead give me letters written with sincere thoughts only.” To some fans, leaving bloody letters seem to show their sincerity and their love, thus choosing to leave the letters are better.

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Rare Snake, Blind and Not Venomous

Snake typhlops hades

Research in Papua and Papua New Guinea in the period 1998-2008 found 43 species of reptiles, composed of five species of snakes, 37 species of lizards, and a soft shelled turtle species. Detailed data on types of reptiles that are found published in the WWF report, published this year.

Among the types of snakes are found, attracted the most attention is a species of Typhlops hades. Unlike other known dangerous snake, the snake is as full of flaws. This type of snake is blind and has scales that cover his eyes. Typhlops hades also do not have can and can not even bite. Another feature is only 12-14 cm in length. Seeing the character, perhaps no one is afraid of snakes.

Typhlops hades was found by Fred Kraus from the Bishop museum in 2005. The findings published in the Journal of Herpetology Vol 39 No 4 of 2005. In the journal, Kraus said that this snake has 18 rows of scales, 343 middorsal scales, pupil a unique, single subocular scales and did not have scales presubocular.

Kraus is also expressed in the journal that this snake species described from two specimens found in the northeastern island of Rossel. Not yet known whether these types of snakes are also found on island near Rossel. What is clear, according to Kraus, "This snake has the closest kinship with Typhlops inormatus."

Another unique type of snake that was found was Tropidonophis dolasii which has a yellow brown color with a distinctive style. Also there is a unique sea snakes have a habit of going to the mainland when they wanted to breed and lay eggs.

In addition to snakes, reptile found most amazing is the gold-spotted tree monitor lizard of Waigeo Island, Papua. Types of lizards that have a distinctive tail that it supports to live in trees. Species named Varanus boehmei it is known to prey on insects such as crickets and roaches and rodents such as mice.

Another type of reptile Varanus Island Misol reisingeri of which have striking colors and the Varanus Island Batanta macraei of which have black and turqoise and blue spots. Varanus types macraei is one of the most spectacular species of reptiles ever discovered. 

I describe a new species of blindsnake of the genus Typhlops from Rossel Island, off the southeastern tip of New Guinea. The new species is a member of the Typhlops ater species group and is characterized by having 18 scale rows, 343 middorsal scales, T-V supralabial-imbrication pattern, a distinct pupil, single subocular scale, and by lacking a presubocular scale. Its closest living relative is probably Typhlops inornatus, known from forested habitats on the nearby mainland of New Guinea. The new species is known from only two specimens from northeastern Rossel Island, and it remains uncertain whether it occurs on adjacent islands of the Louisiade Archipelago

[kompas.com/jstor.org]]

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Video : 70 Asian Carp leap out of the water, slap kids in the face

So have you heard about Asian Carp? Probably not, thinking about it. Hmm. So just in case you haven't been reading up on invasive oriental fish recently, it turns out they possess a pretty impressive ability – the ability to leap about, around, and over boats when they pass them... and it's pretty damn weird.

Just take a look at this YouTube video we have for you here, which shows a family chugging along in a boat down the Spoon river, Illinois, when suddenly nearly 70 fish start leaping out of the water and flapping in the faces of the kids on board.

It's truly a jaw-dropping spectacle, and one that begs the question... why? Why on earth do they do this? It seems the reason why is simply because they're scared of boats, and this is how they react.

As for why there are so many of the things in the water, it seems that that is down to the fact Asian Carp are an imported breed of fish – and one that breeds and breeds and breeds and, well, blows the other fish out of the water.

In other words, it's a bit of an ecological nightmare we're witnessing here. One that makes compulsive YouTube content, sure, but one that's still a little bit worrying...

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Video: BBC London buzzed by UFO fleet

When considering the advances associated with today’s modern visual effects technology, not to mention the draw of potentially instant Internet fame and ease of access, it’s becoming increasingly more difficult to get excited about UFO sightings.

Real or fake?

Still, the following display that reportedly illuminated the skies above London earlier this month is certainly worth watching at least once—before then dismissing it as just another slick piece of sensationalist click-baiting.

Posted to clip-sharing service YouTube (of course) by user ‘alymc01’, the following video reveals a number of unidentified objects whizzing through the clouds high above the home of BBC Radio 1 on a beautiful June day.

“Right—took over a week to get it… but finally managed to get these critters on camera on a clear day, and even get a close-up,” the video’s accompanying explanation outlines. “It seems to be attracting quite a crowd now when they appear. Can anyone explain when on earth these lights are please.”

The clip also shows a small gathering of people watching a much larger (or closer) disc-shaped object that seems to dip and dive closer to the camera a couple of times before accelerating from view. It’s all very impressive.

Suitably sceptical yet? If not, it may be worth noting that the footage was captured in close proximity to The Mill and Framestore, two of the world’s leading special effects houses for the movie industry.
[www.thetechherald.com]

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