It Came From the Web! » nature http://www.icftw.com Finding the weird, before it finds you! Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:59:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Firsthand Record of a Flash flood in the Philippines http://www.icftw.com/2010/03/03/firsthand-record-of-a-flash-flood-in-the-philippines/ http://www.icftw.com/2010/03/03/firsthand-record-of-a-flash-flood-in-the-philippines/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:31:34 +0000 admin http://www.icftw.com/?p=310 Firsthand photos of the start of a flash flood taken in Bohol, Philippines. It is not often you get to see the quickness and destructive power of something like this actually happen. The images are amazing and very sobering. Be sure to read along with his descriptions and check out the video at the end.

Source: Bobby Henderson’s blog.

]]> http://www.icftw.com/2010/03/03/firsthand-record-of-a-flash-flood-in-the-philippines/feed/ 0 Unknown Lifeform in North Carolina Sewer! http://www.icftw.com/2009/07/01/unknown-lifeform-in-north-carolina-sewer/ http://www.icftw.com/2009/07/01/unknown-lifeform-in-north-carolina-sewer/#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:48:27 +0000 admin http://www.icftw.com/?p=276 http://www.icftw.com/2009/07/01/unknown-lifeform-in-north-carolina-sewer/feed/ 0 Paraplegic Walks After Spider Bite http://www.icftw.com/2009/03/16/paraplegic-walks-after-spider-bite/ http://www.icftw.com/2009/03/16/paraplegic-walks-after-spider-bite/#comments Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:56:35 +0000 admin http://www.icftw.com/?p=265 Brown Recluse
After being confied to a wheel chair for 20 years, a California man is walking again.  According to the report the man was bitten by a Brown Recluse and as a result needed to be hospitalized.  After being admitted a nurse noticed a spasm in his leg, upon further testing it was reviled that he had regained some feeling in his legs. 

The article indicates that he was walking 5 days later, it also says that he needed 8 months of rehab.  Its not clear if he needed the rehab to help rebuild his leg muscles or if it was because of the bite itself.  The venom of the Brown Recluse is powerful and can commonly cause the flesh around the bite to die, often leaving deep scars.

Source: ABC13, Wikipedia

]]> http://www.icftw.com/2009/03/16/paraplegic-walks-after-spider-bite/feed/ 0 Transparent Fish Head http://www.icftw.com/2009/02/24/transparent-fish-head/ http://www.icftw.com/2009/02/24/transparent-fish-head/#comments Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:40:03 +0000 admin http://www.icftw.com/?p=259 http://www.icftw.com/2009/02/24/transparent-fish-head/feed/ 0 Fish with a Transparent Head http://www.icftw.com/2009/02/24/fish-with-a-transparent-head/ http://www.icftw.com/2009/02/24/fish-with-a-transparent-head/#comments Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:36:35 +0000 admin http://www.icftw.com/?p=254 BarreleyesNo, its not something they fished out of some radioactive sludge somewhere, it is actually interesting solution to the problem of keeping things from sneaking up on you.  The Macropinna microstoma or “barreleyes” as it is more commonly known has a transparent head and elongated eyes.  Its transparent head allows the eyes, which the fish can rotate, to see above  and to the sides.

What is even more interesting is that because the eyes of the fish are located inside the transparent head it allows the fish to get close to and eat jellyfish, a dangerous and potentially painful prey.  The head of the fish acts as a shield for the eyes, allowing it to feed on the harmful jellyfish.  Be sure to check out the video of the fish on youtube.

Source: Discovery News

]]> http://www.icftw.com/2009/02/24/fish-with-a-transparent-head/feed/ 0 Bird Uses Bait to Catch Fish http://www.icftw.com/2009/02/08/bird-uses-bait-to-catch-fish/ http://www.icftw.com/2009/02/08/bird-uses-bait-to-catch-fish/#comments Sun, 08 Feb 2009 15:41:54 +0000 admin http://www.icftw.com/?p=215 [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNTw7GH325U 270 210]

]]> http://www.icftw.com/2009/02/08/bird-uses-bait-to-catch-fish/feed/ 0 Fractals in Nature http://www.icftw.com/2009/01/16/fractals-in-nature/ http://www.icftw.com/2009/01/16/fractals-in-nature/#comments Fri, 16 Jan 2009 18:01:56 +0000 admin http://www.icftw.com/?p=150 natural-fractalAn amazing series of natural fractal photographs by Hector Garrido.  I’m always floored by  some of these discoveries.  Just like computer generated fractals the are all similar, but with striking differences.  All it takes is a little luck and often times a different view point.  A birds eye view makes all the difference.  The fractals are apparently quite common once they are looked for and are most commonly formed by immense river deltas. Well worth a look.

source: Enviromental Graffiti

]]> http://www.icftw.com/2009/01/16/fractals-in-nature/feed/ 1