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A fun example of relative motion!
Even though the tractor is moving, the person jumping on the trampoline is not moving relative to the tractor 🚜, and has the same velocity as the tractor relative to the ground!
Scoville scale measures pungency of peppers, recorded in Scoville heat units
It is named after American pharmacist Wilbur Scoville, whose 1912 method, organoleptic, is a subjective assessment derived from the capsaicinoid sensitivity by people experienced with eating hot chilis
Anglerfish waits patiently in the depths of the deep sea to lure in their next meal
They wiggle & "angle" a rod-like extension of their dorsal spine that protrudes from their head & emits light
Once prey comes close, it snags them, using its large, pointy teeth to chomp them up
Scutigera coleoptrata, also known as the house centipede, is a centipede species originating in the Mediterranean region
It commonly lives in human homes & hunts on other insects
This video shows how it molting
Source: pin.it/4PZfGeT
Read more: animaldiversity.org/accounts/Scuti…
Octopuses usually change their skin color for camouflage or for communication but during sleep, environmental factors no longer trigger this
Researchers inferred that the color changes during sleep results from independent brain activity, maybe a dream!
Ice Needles are usually formed when water rises through the soil in a capillary action & encounters sub-zero air, therby freezing on contact
However, this is one example of ice needles being formed as water comes out of a lake
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