Thursday, April 29, 2010

The Tyranny of the night(Starting)


It is an age lurching along the lip of a dark precipice ,peeking fearfully into chaos's empty eyes , enrapt , like a giddy rat trying to stare down a hungry cobra. The gods are restless . tossing and turning and wakening in snippets to conspire at mischief. Their bastard offspring , the hundred million spirits of rock and brook and tree, of place and time and emotion , find old constraints are rotting. The postern of fate stand ajar. The world dace an age of fear , of conflict , of grand sorcery , of great change and of greater despair amongst mortal men. And the cliffs of ice creep forward.

Great kings walk the earth. They cannot help but collide. Great ideas sweep back and forth across the face of a habitable world that is shrinking. Those cannot help but fire hatred and fear amongst adherents of dogmas and doctrines under increasing pressure.

As always ,those who do the world's work most dearly pay the prince of the world's pain.

Thursday, March 25, 2010

The Chinese New Year Story

Long ago, the world was not a safe place; monsters dominated the world. There was one horrifying monster that came out on the same day each year to eat people. This monster was named Nian, and the people marked the end of a year by his visits to the human civilization. That is where the Chinese word for year came from.

This monster was the most feared by the people because every time it came out, whole villages would be destroyed at a time. So, every time the monster came, people would huddle together in their homes and stay up all night, wanting not to be eaten. This happened for many years until a wise man thought up a plan to scare the monster away.

This man proposed that the people should light bamboo. The bamboo would crack and make a lot of noise, possibly scaring the monster away. The villagers thought this was a very good idea and started to light the bamboo. The noise was tremendous. The monster was scared by the loud noise and ran back to its cave without not eating any people.

The next morning, everyone was present. They were all elated. The people congratulated each other for executing the plan effectively. So, from then on, people stayed up late, lit firecrackers (to simulate the lighting of the bamboo), and congratulated each other when the new year came.


Sunday, September 27, 2009

What do Beetles Eat?

What do Beetles Eat?

It depend on the type of beetles.Beetles will eat almost anything, including dead wood, plant material, pollen, nectar, dung, carcasses and food in cabinets. Learn how the only things that beetles will not eat is mineral and metal materials.Many beetles are predatory, which means they prey on smaller animals. They generally eat any small insect, spider, bird or crustacean that they can find. A few species only prey on very specific animals. A few species of beetles eat poo, dead animals and fungi.

Dynastes hercules


Dynastes hercules Length 65-170mm

Chalcosoma atlas

Chalcosoma atlas Length 35-115mm

Augosoma centaurus

Augosoma centaurus Length 40-90mm.
Allomyrhina dichotoma Length 35-90mm