In case you are wondering

There are thousands of spadefoot frogs buried beneath the desert sands of the American Southwest, waiting for the annual monsoons.

A spawning salmon’s stomach organs will completely disintegrate to make room for millions of sperm and eggs.

Across the eastern half of North America, over 26 billion oak trees close up shop for the season each fall in an explosion of color.

Ray: D’you know that the human head weighs 8 pounds?
Jerry Maguire: Did you know that Troy Aikman, in only six years, has passed for 16,303 yards?
Ray: D’you know that bees and dogs can smell fear?
Jerry Maguire: Did you know that the career record for hits is 4,256 by Pete Rose who is NOT in the Hall of Fame?
Ray: D’you know that my next door neighbor has three rabbits?
Jerry Maguire: I… I can’t compete with that!

And now I am drinking cold HUMMMM!!!!

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Across the eastern half of North America, over 26 billion oak trees close up shop for the season each fall in an explosion of color.

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And did you know quarter sawn oak is 50% more structrually resilient to humidity changes than plain sawn oak.

Now there’s some darn useful information too!

Did you know that 9 out of 10 men surveyed believe that Man is the stronger sex. The 10th man has not been seen since the survey.

5 of every 4 people surveyed have trouble with fractions

IDOs Believe It or Not.

– A box Jellyfish has enough venom to kill 50 people.
– Lobsters have blue blood
– Turtles can breathe through their butts.

‘Tis the season for Monarch Butterfly Migration

Did you know that the monarch butterflies that live in North America migrate? Monarch butterflies are the only insect to migrate up to 2,500 miles to get out of the cold weather and hibernate. But not all monarch butterflies migrate; only the fourth generation of monarchs can migrate each year because the first three generations die after about six weeks from escaping their cocoons.

Did you know that monarch butterflies go through four generations each year? The first three generations hatch from their cocoon state (also known as the pupa or chrysalis state) and live for up to six weeks, but the fourth generation continues to live on for up to six or eight months so that they can migrate to a warmer climate, hibernate, and then start a new first generation in the spring time.

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– Turtles can breathe through their butts.

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gives a whole new image to the title of “Turtle Whisperer”

Aye!

Lobsters have blue blood

So do people…until it hits the air.

It’s easy to come up with these facts at 9 am…try it at 1:30am sometime.

They have red and blue blood, depending on if the blood is coming from the lungs or returning to the lungs.

– Many reptiles have chemistry in their blood that prevents them from freezing, like anti-freeze in your car.

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It’s easy to come up with these facts at 9 am…try it at 1:30am sometime.

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An old feller like you ought to be in bed then. Unless of course you are up feeding the baby.

Running out of gun powder while reloading is like going fishing with no line on your reel

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Lobsters have blue blood

So do people…until it hits the air.

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That makes sense! Why else would our veins be blue?

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Running out of gun powder while reloading is like going fishing with no line on your reel

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AMEN!

I like this thread, informative and interesting.

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Lobsters have blue blood

So do people…until it hits the air.

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That makes sense! Why else would our veins be blue?

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Arteries have red blood and veins carry the oxygen depleted (blue) blood back to the lungs.

One class I was paying attention in.

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Lobsters have blue blood

So do people…until it hits the air.

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Nope, humans have red blood!

Now I have to go slap my Mother…

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Human blood is red because of the hemoglobin molecule.

Hemoglobin has two parts: a protein structure (globin) and a porphyrin ring structure (heme). Porphyrin rings are pigments; in the case of heme, it is a porphyrin ring with an iron atom held in the center. As a result of the porphyrin ring-iron structure, the hemoglobin molecule reflects light in the 600-750 nanometer wavelength — which we see as red. Change the iron atom to copper and your blood would be green. Change it to cobalt and it would be blue.

When the iron atom is bound with oxygen, the ring structure changes shape and the molecule reflects more red light; when it is unbound it absorbs more red light. Either way, it is red. This is the principle by which pulse oximetry works. If blood were blue in the body we would need to use blue, red, and infrared light to measure oxygen saturation. We don’t. Pulse oximeters use red and infrared light.
Source(s):
B.S in biochemistry
Respiratory therapist (RRT, CPFT)

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…and take an Advil.

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B.S in biochemistry

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People photocopying their buttocks are the cause of 23% of all photocopier problems worldwide.

Only female mosquitos bite.
Males live to reproduce, and die.
…kind of sounds familiar.

A strawberry is not actually a berry, but a banana is.

You are more likely to die from a falling coconut than a shark attack.

Armadillos give birth only to quadruplets.

The Humpty Dumpty rhyme never says he’s an egg.

A group of pugs is called a grumble

The barnacle has the largest penis in the animal kingdom when compared with its size.

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A group of pugs is called a grumble

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A single pug grumbles.

I knew I was a barnicle in my former life.

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I knew I was a barnicle in my former life.

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Anybody else feel cheated when your significant other claims to have had a past life? She has been traipsing around for thousands of years.

This was actually brought up over a few beers last weekend. I said, how can you believe in heaven and also believe you had a past life? Apparently you go to heaven for a while and then come back. Exactly WTF would be the point of that?

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‘Tis the season for Monarch Butterfly Migration

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I swerved to miss several caterpillars on my way up north last weekend. Saw several in the woods too.