Surprising facts about rats

 Rats are not anyone 's favourite animals  !!!

But these small rodents have lived with humans over centuries.

Here are some fascinating facts   ----

1.  Group of rats is known as  " mischief   " !!!

2.  Rats are mostly active at night.

3.  Rats have travelled the world with humans  !!!

4.  Teeth of rats never stop growing.

5.  Whiskers of rats are more sensitive than fingers.

6.  Rats can see in different directions at the same time.

7.  Rats can hear the sounds that humans can't.

8.  Rats leave behind a lot of droppings.

Which country has more venomous snakes ??

 This question was asked on Koun Banega Karodpati program.

Question 

Which country has more species of venomous snakes than any other country in the world  ??

1.  Papua New Guinea 

2.  Botswana 

3.  Australia 

4.  India 

Answer 

It is not INDIA  !!!

India has fewer venomous species of snake. Around 60.

But India has more snake bite deaths  !!!

India ruled out.

Out of 400 venomous snake species globally, this country has about 140+  land snake species and 100 of them are venomous  !!!

17 of 20 venomous snake species found in this country.

This country is little isolated than others and also have harsh environment.

This led to snakes evolving super  potent venom to take down prey fast with little water / energy.

Country         Australia    !!!

The river which never finds an ocean !!!

  This river is one of Africa's most unique waterways.

This is the fourth longest river in southern Africa.

This river rises in the highlands of Angola.

This river forms parts of Angola - Namibia border and then flows to Botswana.

Instead of emptying into ocean, it splits into flat sands of Kalahari desert. This is the largest inland Delta in the world.

This river is known as " river which never finds the ocean "  !!!

It terminates in Kalahari desert.

River    OKAVANGO  RIVER    !!!!

Landslides on Pluto !!!

  Pluto does have land slides..  !!!

Pluto's ground is made of ice, not rocks.

Water ice, there is as hard as granite on Earth !!!

But ice made up of nitrogen and methane are soft.

They just slump down, when slopes get too steep.

On Earth, landslide means mud and rock sliding in rain.

But on Pluto, landslide means huge blocks of super cold ice slowly slumping in super cold weather   !!!

No  rain on Pluto like Earth

But gravity + brittle ice still makes mountains to fall apart !!!!

Kids are always kids !!!

  My brother gave me a smart phone.

Aniruddha was witnessing all these.

But whatever my brother had given me was the new model of smart phone available in the market.

I didn't know how to switch it  ON !!!

I was thoroughly searching the phone set.

Aniruddha was looking at my condition.

He came near me and showed me how to switch it ON.

I asked him to adjust the internet settings so that I can use blogger, YouTube etc.

Aniruddha agreed..

Soon he has done all the settings and handed over my phone.

When I received my smartphone,  already blogger was opened and it was showing me my all written posts !!!

I was confused.

I didn't open the blogger as I have just received the smartphone.

I knew this must be the work of Aniruddha  !!!

I confronted him.

Me  :   Aniruddha ,  blogger is already open in smartphone !!!

Aniruddha :   No need to thank me .......

Me  :  But how did you open blogger which is in my name   ???!!!

Aniruddha  :  (  with a cool note  )   

                           I hacked your blogger password  !!!