Jane Goodall talks about the most Intelligent Animal

I watched an interesting Chimpanzee programme from the Animal Plant last week. Then I found that most of us are don't know well this smart animal.In the DNA test which by an American lab showed that human's and chimpanzee's DNA are 99.4% same. It's an amazing that we even can infuse chimpanzee blood safely as from other people.

The size of the chimpanzee's brain is approximately half of ours. Large monkeys can generally develop an intellect superior to that of other mammals. They are thoughtful creatures, endowed with excellent memories and capable of enjoying an experience. They are animals that exhibit great intelligence in order to solve problems and to use simple tools.

The chimpanzee’s brain presents indications of a section known as Broca’s area, which in man is where articulate speech originates.

Chimpanzees communicate via an ample registry of vocalizations, facial expressions and postures, as well as through touch and body language. Their facial musculature is capable of expressing a great variety of emotions. The naturalist Gardner has identified more than thirty individual sounds emitted by chimpanzees that have been attributed with
characteristics of language.

Sadly, if we don't do anything to protect chimpanzee, it will become extinct in next 20-year. What can we do to protect chimpanzees to let our next generation to see them? Read more tetails from Jane Goodall's interview.
Jane Goodall

History and Mystry of the Great Wall

The Great Wall is reputed as one of the seven construction wonders in the world not only for its long history, but its massive construction size, and its unique architectural style as well.

The construction of the Great Wall began between the 7th and 8th centuries B.C. when the warring states built defensive walls to ward off enemies from the north. It was only a regional project then. Until the Qin Dynasty, the separate walls were joint together and consequently it stretched from east to west for about 5000 thousand kilometers and served to keep nomadic tribes out. The Wall was further extended and strengthened in the succeeding dynasties. Especially during the Ming dynasty when the northern nomadic ethnic groups became very powerful, the Ming rulers had the Wall renovated 18 times. As a result, not the remains from the Qin dynasty were restored, but some 1000 kilometers were constructed to a full length of 6,700 kilometers.

Construction of the Great Wall

Saving the Fish to Save the Reefs

A large amount of people love sea, beach, and diving. It is such a peaceful and beautiful world underwater. I cannot forget the colourful coral and playful fishs that ever seen in the sea. However, today is not good times for coral reefs. Ravaged by warming oceans, pollution and disease, they need all the help they can get.

Marine reserves, protected areas where fishing is banned, might be useful in helping reefs thrive. "People have used marine reserves to manage reef fish for many years," said Peter J. Mumby, a biologist at the University of Exeter in Britain. "They are a potential tool to manage reefs, as well."

But is what's good for the fish good for the coral? In the Caribbean, scientists haven't been sure. Reserves that allow predatory fish like grouper to flourish, the thinking goes, may be inadvertently harming the reefs by reducing the grouper's prey, parrotfish that help the coral to grow.

Saving the Fish to Save the Reefs

Probe finally nears launch on mission of pure exploration

It is astronomers' insatiable quest to examine the conditions billions of years ago when the planet of our solar system were forming that pushes NASA's first robotic mission to Pluto. But political bickering has stonewalled the program for years, postponing an attempt to reconnoiter the frigid worlds never reached by humanity.

Be honestly, I am eager to know whether there is another planet that people can adopt the mormal life as on the earth. Currently, our mother earth encounters many problems , damage and population. I feel guilty that we are destroying the beautiful and magic al planet everyone needed. My wish of 2006 is to promote saving earth. Please, do your part to make the big difference of the world.

Probe finally nears launch on mission of pure exploration

"Hungry" Ghosts Keep Tourists From Tsunami-Hit Resorts

The existence of ghosts may be debated. Personaly, I feel most of Asians believe that. So, you won't be suprised to see the impact of traditional Asian beliefs on Thailand's tourism trade since the December 26, 2004, tsunami appears indisputable.

Tourism from Europe, Australia, and the United States has rebounded since the disaster. But tourist arrivals from elsewhere in Asia have plummeted since the tsunami and have yet to bounce back.

Industry observers cite Asian tourists' fears of ghosts in tsunami-stricken areas as the main reason for the decline.

The tsunami claimed more than 215,000 lives in 11 countries around the Indian Ocean and left another 50,000 people unaccounted for. That's really a big hurt.Think about what we can help those poor people...

"Hungry" Ghosts Keep Tourists From Tsunami-Hit Resorts

The Cute Factor

If the mere sight of Tai Shan, the roly-poly, goofily gamboling masked bandit of a panda cub now on view at the National Zoo isn't enough to make you melt, then maybe the crush of his human onlookers, the furious flashing of their cameras and the heated gasps of their mass rapture will do the trick.

"Omigosh, look at him! He is too cute!"

"How adorable! I wish I could just reach in there and give him a big squeeze!"

"He's so fuzzy! I've never seen anything so cute in my life!"

A guard's sonorous voice rises above the burble. "OK, folks, five oohs and aahs per person, then it's time to let someone else step up front."

The 6-month-old, 25-pound Tai Shan - whose name is pronounced tie-SHON and means, for no obvious reason, "peaceful mountain" - is the first surviving giant panda cub ever born at the Smithsonian's zoo. And though the zoo's adult pandas have long been among Washington's top tourist attractions, the public debut of the baby in December has unleashed an almost bestial frenzy here. Some 13,000 timed tickets to see the cub were snapped up within two hours of being released, and almost immediately began trading on eBay for up to $200 a pair.

The Cute Factor