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How many types of chlorophyll have scientists discovered for the moment?
ℹ️ The chlorophyll molecule is a chlorin pigment with magnesium at the center of the chlorin ring.
For the moment researchers have identified 5️⃣ closely related chlorophylls:
🟢 chlorophyll a is the main light-harvesting pigment present in all photosynthetic organisms (higher plants, red algae, green algae). Its molecular formula is: C55H72O5N4Mg. It is best at absorbing photons at 400-450 nm and 650-700 nm.
🟢 chlorophyll b is present in higher plants and green algae and functions as a light-harvesting pigment that passes on the light excitation to chlorophyll a. Its molecular formula is C55H70O6N4Mg. It is best at absorbing photons at 450-500 nm and 600-650 nm.
🟢 chlorophyll c is an accessory pigment found in certain marine algae (diatoms, dinoflagellates, brown algae). Its molecular formula is C35H28O5N4Mg. It is best at absorbing photons at 447-452 nm.
🟢 chlorophyll d is the form found in photosynthetic organisms thriving in moderately deep water (red algae, cyanobacteria - blue-green algae). Its molecular formula is C54H70O6N4Mg. It is best at absorbing infrared light.
🟢 chlorophyll e is an accessory pigment and a rare type, isolated from very few algal species, such as in some golden algae. No sufficient information is available about this type of chlorophyll, including the chemical structure and molecular formula.
🟢 chlorophyll f is present in aquatic organisms (cyanobacteria) that enable the absorption of near-infrared light. Its molecular formula is C55H70O6N4Mg.
All of them reflect the green light. However, there are slight differences. For instance, they differ slightly in their structure causing them to appear in different shades of green. Chlorophyll a, in particular, is a blue-green pigment whereas chlorophyll b is a yellow-green pigment.
For land plants, the main chlorophyll pigments are chlorophyll a and b. Chlorophyll a, however, is the type of chlorophyll that can convert light energy and thus participates directly in the light reaction of photosynthesis. Chlorophyll b, in contrast, can absorb light energy but eventually relays the energy to chlorophyll a. Because of this, chlorophyll a is the most predominant form of chlorophyll pigment and explains why it is depicted as universal, meaning it is present in all photosynthetic organisms. Nevertheless, chlorophyll b is essential in boosting the efficacy of photosynthesis.
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What are two major stages of photosynthesis?
Photosynthesis can be broken down into 2️⃣ major stages: light-dependent reactions and light-independent reactions.
1️⃣ The light-dependent reaction takes place within the thylakoid membrane and requires a steady stream of sunlight, hence its name. The chlorophyll absorbs energy from the light waves, which is converted into chemical energy in the form of the molecules ATP and NADPH.
2️⃣ The light-independent stage takes place in the stroma, the space between the thylakoid membranes and the chloroplast membranes, and does not require light, hence its the name. During this three-step stage, energy from the ATP and NADPH molecules is used to assemble carbohydrate molecules, like glucose, from carbon dioxide. So, this stage is the process that generates sugars for the plant. It is also known as the Calvin Cycle ⬆️, named after Melvin Calvin (1911-1997), the Nobel Prize-winning scientist who discovered it.
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What does most life on Earth depend on?
Most life on our planet depends on the process called photosynthesis.
This process is carried out by plants, algae, and some types of bacteria, which capture energy from sunlight to produce oxygen (O2) and chemical energy stored in glucose (a sugar). Herbivores then obtain this energy by eating plants, and carnivores obtain it by eating herbivores.
During photosynthesis, plants take in carbon dioxide (CO2) and water (H2O) from the air and soil. Within the plant cell, the water is oxidized, meaning it loses electrons, while the carbon dioxide is reduced, meaning it gains electrons. This transforms the water into oxygen and the carbon dioxide into glucose. The plant then releases the oxygen back into the air, and stores energy within the glucose molecules.
Look at this video ⬆️ how the oxygen is released by a leaf during photosynthesis.
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Which countries get the most and the least paid leave days?
In the same study, paid leave refers to the statutory minimum annual time off bookable by the individual.
The study makes a conclusion that four weeks' leave has become something of a norm around much of the world. The average by country is 18.2 days of paid leave per year.
🏆2️⃣2️⃣ countries have a 3️⃣0️⃣-day leave plan, of which 1️⃣0️⃣ are in Africa 🌍.
These are:
🇲🇨Monaco
🇲🇭Marshall Islands
🇦🇩Andorra
🇲🇻Maldives
🇧🇹Bhutan
🇰🇲Comoros
🇩🇯Djibouti
🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea
🇧🇭Bahrain
🇰🇼Kuwait
🇩🇿Algeria
🇬🇳Guinea
🇱🇾Libya
🇲🇱Mali
🇲🇬Madagascar
🇳🇪Niger
🇹🇬Togo
🇴🇲Oman
🇵🇪Peru
🇵🇦 Panama
🇹🇲Turkmenistan
🇾🇪Yemen
🥈🥈🇲🇩🏴🇷🇺 Moldova, Scotland and Russia have 2️⃣8️⃣ paid leave days.
👎🇰🇮🇫🇲🇳🇷🇺🇸 The Pacific island countries of Kiribati, Micronesia and Nauru, and The U.S. are at the bottom of the table for paid leave, with the figure of 0️⃣ days.
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What are some interesting facts about the history of vacations?
🏖🏺 The Greeks were the first who saw the need to have rest periods to perform more work and intellectually.
🏖🏛But it is the Romans who invented the vacations as a social phenomenon. Many Roman families went on vacation through well-kept roads of the Roman Empire, the preferred destination being the Mediterranean coast.
❌🏖 In the European Middle Ages, leisure was considered sinful, so the vacations were not practiced even on Sunday.
🏖💰 It wasn’t until the 19th century that vacations ceased to be a privilege of the upper classes. The industrial revolution gave the middle class access to travel at reasonable prices thanks to the railroad.
🏖💯The Communist Government of the Soviet Union in 1917 was the first that spoke of vacations as a right of workers.
🏖✅🇫🇷🇧🇷 In 1930s France legalized paid vacations, and in the 1960s, along with Brazil, it became the country with the most paid vacations in the world.
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How do different heights of waves and tsunamis look like in comparison?
🌊 Some time ago, a group of computer graphic designers asked themselves this question and made this video.
🌊 It shows waves and tsunamis of different sizes in comparison to a small boat and some of the tallest buildings like the Eiffel Tower and the Burj Khalifa.
🌊 A multitude of waves from the smallest wave of 1 meter high to one of the tallest wave ever surfed and the biggest tsunami that was recorded in July 1958 in Lituya Bay, on Alaska's southern coast, is shown in the video.
ℹ️🌊 In the comments to this video a user rightly remarks that the form of normal waves and tsunami waves is different. Tsunami waves are usually not particularly high (unless in situations like Lituya Bay), it's the wavelength that is much more dangerous. Tsunami waves might only be 5m high but they continuously push inland, totally inundating the area. A normal wave, even if it’s very high, crashes and is dispersed in seconds.
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What is the tallest building in the world?
🌇🇦🇪❗️At an incredible height of 828 meters (2,717 feet), Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, is the tallest recorded building in the world.
🔝It’s three times as tall as the Eiffel Tower.
🔝It has hotels, residential apartments and shopping malls that cover 2km2. Upon its completion in 2010, it broke several records, including the world's highest restaurant and nightclub. It also has the most number of floors (163) of any building ever constructed and the tallest elevator shaft in the world.
🔝It also has over 24,000 windows.
🔝The structure is built using reinforced concrete, aluminium and steel. It took more than 110,000 tons of concrete, 55,000 tons of steel rebar, and 22 million man-hours to complete the building. The total weight of aluminum used on the Burj Khalifa is equivalent to that of five A380 aircraft.
🔝The tip of the spire of the Burj Khalifa can be seen from up to 95 kilometers away.
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What is Bessemer Process and how it enabled the construction of skyscrapers?
☑️Bessemer process is a process of making steel from pig iron by burning out impurities (as carbon) by means of a blast of air forced through the hot liquid metal.
☑️It was the first inexpensive industrial process that allowed for the mass production of steel.
☑️This term bears its name from Henry Bessemer (1813-1898), an English inventor and engineer, devoted to metallurgy ⬆️.
☑️Though named after Bessemer, before it was commercialized, this process evolved from the contributions of many investigators, eg an American, William Kelly, who had also been working on a similar process for making steel.
🔘In any case, this breakthrough opened the door for builders to start making taller and taller structures.
ℹ️Modern steel is still made using technology based on Bessemer process.
ℹ️Taller buildings were also made possible through the invention of the electric elevator and lighting.
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How do we use lenses?
Concave Lens is used:
✔️ to correct myopia eye defects
✔️ to make spectacles
✔️ in peepholes in hotel room doors.
✔️ in the construction of certain types of telescopes.
Convex Lens is used:
✔️ to correct hypermetropia eye defects
✔️ in cameras and digital cameras as optical devices for producing a reduced, true, and inverted image on film.
✔️ in microscopes and telescopes
✔️ to produce a magnified image of an object.
Subtypes of convex lens are:
📌 A bi-convex lens is a basic lens that consists of two convex surfaces in a spherical form with the same radius of curvature.
📌 Plano-convex lenses are positive focal length elements that have one spherical surface and one flat surface
📌 ConConvex lenses are also known as converging lenses since the rays converge after falling on the convex lens.
Subtypes of concave lenses are:
📌 A bi-concave lens have two inward curved surfaces. These lenses have a negative focal length.
📌 A plano-concave lens is an optical lens with one concave surface and one flat surface. It has a negative focal length and can be used for light projection, beam expansion, or to increase the focal length of an optical system.
📌 A concavo-convex lens is a converging lens. This is because it is thicker in the middle and thinner at the edges allowing it to converge all the light that is incident on it.
ℹ️‼️👀 The lens of our eyes is also convex. The inverted image of the item on the retina is formed by the eye lens.
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What is a brief history of sunglasses?
😎 The first sunglasses were invented sometime in 12th century China. They were a crude slab of smoked quartz that was made to block out the light from the sun. The frames were roughly shaped frame to hold them against the user's face.
😎 Around 1430 vision-correcting eyeglasses were darkened and they were introduced into Italy via the Chinese.
😎 In the 18th century, an English optician James Ayscough began experimenting with tinted lenses in spectacles but not to protect from the sun but to improve vision for those with poor or failing eye sight. He believed that by changing the color of the lenses to a blue/green tint, he could correct specific vision impairments.
😎 The modern-type sunglasses appeared in the 20th century. In 1929, a US businessman Sam Foster, put sunglasses into mass production in America.
😎 Since 1970s well-known fashion designers and movie stars escalated the sunglass craze with their brand-name lines.
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Who invented bifocals?
The first eyeglasses could only be used to rectify hyperopia or presbyopia, the eyeglasses for myopia appeared later. But there had been no single solution to help those who suffered from both types of vision impairments until 1784.
American polymath Benjamin Franklin is credited for inventing bifocals in 1784. He created them because he was tired of switching eyeglasses for far and near. Therefore, he combined the two lenses by cutting them and then combining the segments into one glass with a sharp switch between the upper and lower lenses.
In the 19th century, Louis de Wecker, a French ophthalmologist, helped to improve the original model by fusing the upper and lower sections.
Peter Williams, who invented trifocal lenses, is known for coining the term “bifocals” in 1824, although he credited Benjamin Franklin for the invention.
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When did humans start to improve vision?
🔎 Scientists suppose that the first vision aid, called a reading stone, was invented around 1000 AD. The reading stone was a glass sphere that was laid on top of the reading material to magnify the letters.
🔎 One of the earliest historical reference to magnification dates back to ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs in the 5th century BC, which depict "simple glass meniscal lenses".
📜 The written record of magnification also dates back to the 1st century AD, when Seneca the Younger, a tutor of Emperor Nero of Rome, wrote: "Letters, however small and indistinct, are seen enlarged and more clearly through a globe or glass filled with water". Nero is also said to have watched the gladiatorial games using an emerald as a corrective lens ⬆️.
👓 According to researchers, spectacles were invented more than 1000 years ago in ancient China and were in widespread consumer use in by the Chinese Imperial family, aristocrats and rich civilians.
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Does the deadliest snake in the world have the most potent venom?
The Saw-Scaled Viper (Echis Carinatus) has the reputation of the world’s deadliest snake as it is believed to be responsible for more human fatalities than all other snakes put together.
They have a stout body with a pear-shaped head which is distinct from the neck. They can grow up to 0.9 m and come in shades of brown, grey, or orange with darker dorsal blotches and lateral spots.
They are nocturnal, feed on different small animals, move sideways (sidewinding locomotion) and can be found in arid regions north of the Equator across Africa, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and the Middle East.
Their venom is far from being as potent as that of the most venomous land snakes. However, they are often found in populated areas where a lack of readily accessible antivenom in rural areas adds to their lethality. So, the potency of the venom has no bearing on the list of world’s deadliest snakes.
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What is the most venomous land snake?
Also known as the “fierce snake”, the Inland Taipan (Oxyuranus Microlepidotus) is considered to be the world’s most venomous land snake.
It bites with only 44-110mg of venom per bite, and this is still enough to kill 2️⃣8️⃣9️⃣ humans.
Native to Australia it is one of three types of Taipans (Coastal, Inland and Central Ranges), and is dark tan in colour, ranging from a rich, dark hue to a brownish light-green, depending on the season. It is smaller than the coastal variety and can grow up to 1.7 metres in length.
These solitary snakes primarily come out during the day.
Although extremely venomous, they are usually shy and prefer to escape trouble. They will, however, defend themselves and strike if angered, mishandled or stopped from escaping.
Their venom can hinder breathing, cause haemorrhaging in blood vessels and tissues, and paralyze muscles. Respiratory paralysis can set in anywhere from two to six hours after you are bitten.
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What is the biggest known snake to have ever existed?
A snake that weighs 1.25 tons (1.13 metric tons) isn’t a fictional monster but a real creature that once slithered through the humid forests and rivers of South America.
The giant, boa constrictor-like snake, named Titanoboa cerrejonensis, was the biggest known snake to have ever existed.
Dating back 60 million years, this snake was the prehistoric grandfather of the region’s modern-day anacondas and boas.
Its roughly 250 vertebrae formed a massive 13 m (42.7-foot-long) frame that it would have nourished with crocodiles and river fish. It is estimated to have weighed 1,130 kg (2,500 pounds).
Its fossilized remains were discovered in the early 2000s in the rocks of Colombia 🇨🇴.
ℹ️ As snakes and other cold-blooded animals are limited in body size by the ambient temperature of where they live, according to researchers, this giant snake’s dimensions are a sign that temperatures along the equator were once much higher.
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What types of photosynthesis do plants use ?
There are 3️⃣ main types of photosynthetic pathways: C3, C4 and CAM. They all produce sugars from CO2 using the Calvin cycle, but each pathway is slightly different.
🟩 Most plants use C3 photosynthesis, named for the three-carbon compound 3-PGA that it uses during the Calvin cycle. C3 plants include cereals (wheat and rice), cotton, potatoes and soybeans.
🟩 Plants such as maize and sugarcane use C4 photosynthesis. This process uses a four-carbon compound intermediate (called oxaloacetate) which is converted to malate. Malate is then transported into the bundle sheath where it breaks down and releases CO2, which is then fixed by rubisco and made into sugars in the Calvin cycle (just like C3 photosynthesis). C4 plants are better adapted to hot, dry environments and can continue to fix carbon even when their stomata are closed (as they have a clever storage solution).
🟩 Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) is found in plants adapted to very hot and dry environments, such as cacti and pineapples. When stomata open to take in CO2, they risk losing water to the external environment. Because of this, plants in very arid and hot environments have adapted. One adaptation is CAM, whereby plants open stomata at night (when temperatures are lower and water loss is less of a risk).CO2 enters the plants via the stomata and is fixed into oxaloacetate and converted into malate or another organic acid (like in the C4 pathway). The CO2 is then available for light-dependent reactions in the daytime, and stomata close, reducing the risk of water loss.
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Why are most plants green?
🌿 Plants are perceived as green because of their pigments.
ℹ️ In essence, a pigment means a coloring material; it is a dye, a paint. But in biology, a pigment, by definition, refers to a colored substance naturally produced by an organism.
🌿 Inside the plant cell are small organelles called chloroplasts, which store the energy of sunlight. Within the thylakoid membranes of the chloroplast is a light-absorbing pigment called chlorophyll.
🇫🇷 🔬🧪 French pharmacists, Joseph Bienaimé Caventou and Pierre Joseph Pelletier, coined the term “chlorophyll” in 1817 (Greek “chloros”, meaning “green” and “phyllon”, meaning “leaf”).
🌿 It’s chlorophyll which is responsible for giving the plant its green color. The chlorophyll pigments do not absorb well the green wavelength of the visible light, but do absorb well blue and red light. During photosynthesis, chlorophyll reflects green-light waves, which reach our eyes and so we perceive plants as green.
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Which countries have the most and the least paid public holidays?
According to the study, Asian countries are at the top of the table for paid public holidays (PPH).
🏆🇮🇷 Workers in Iran get to enjoy more paid public holidays than those working in any other country. Their many public holidays are in honor of both national and religious events with a grand total of 2️⃣7️⃣ days which are recognized as PPH.
🥈🇧🇩Bangladesh workers receive a similarly generous amount of 2️⃣4️⃣ PPH that also include Islamic religious holidays.
At the top 1️⃣0️⃣ countries with most paid public holidays one also finds:
🇦🇿Azerbaijan (21 PPH)
🇰🇭Cambodia (21 PPH)
🇸🇲San Marino (whose 20 public holidays make it the most generous in Europe)
🇲🇲Myanmar (20 PPH)
🇬🇾 (19 PPH)
🇰🇿Kazakhstan (19 PPH)
🇮🇶Iraq (18 PPH)
🇨🇴Colombia (18 PPH)
👎🇱🇾🇱🇧At the bottom of the table for paid public holidays are Libya with 0 PPH and Lebanon with 2 PPH.
The average number of PPH is 11.8.
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Which countries are the “best” and the “worst” for paid vacation days?
A team of analysts reviewed data on the annual statutory paid leave and paid public holidays laws in 197 countries, referring to government websites and UN structures. The countries were then ranked based on all collected information.
Vacation days refers in this study to the combined total of paid leave days and paid public holidays.
🏆🇮🇷 Iran has the most statutory annual paid vacation days (PVD) in the world – 53. As well as a reasonable 26 days of paid leave, Iran has nearly a month of public holidays (27 days), which is more than any other country. Religious holidays and days to mark events concerning the Islamic Revolution contribute to this total.
🥈🇸🇲 San Marino placed the second (46 PVD), African and Middle Eastern countries dominate the top of the table.
👎🇫🇲🇺🇸With 9 PVD Micronesia is the “worst” and with 10 PVD the U.S. is the second “worst” country for paid vacation days.
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What is the difference between holiday and vacation?
Both holidays and vacations are enjoyable ways to spend time with family and friends, and many people use the terms interchangeably, but there is a difference between the two.
📌 A holiday is a day set aside for a special celebration or commemoration. The word holiday has its roots in the Old English word 'hāligdæg', which means “holy day.” In many cultures, holidays are associated with religious or spiritual traditions. However, there are also secular holidays that are celebrated by people of all beliefs. Holidays often involve special food, decorations, and activities.
📌 Vacation is a travel planning application that helps you organize your trip itinerary. Itineraries can include flights, hotels, car rentals, and activities. Vacation also includes a packing list to help you remember what to bring on your trip.
So, holidays are typically tied to specific dates, whereas vacations can be taken at any time.
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What buildings are also in the world’s top-3 of the tallest constructs?
🏙🥈🇲🇾 The almost-completed Merdeka 118 ⬆️ is the second tallest building in the world, and the tallest building in South East Asia.
It towers 679 meters (2,220 feet) into the sky, overlooking the city of Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia.
The name Merdeka means Independence Day in Malaysian, while it will have 118 floors in total and is set to officially open in 2023.
🌆🥉🇨🇳 Set in Shanghai, China, Shanghai Tower ⬆️ is now the third tallest building in the world, measuring 632 meters (2,073 feet).
Completed in 2015, the impressive structure took nearly 20 years to complete after several funding issues arose during its construction.
The tower has one of the world’s fastest elevators, which travels at 20.5 meters per second, whizzing visitors up to the top of the building’s incredible 128 floors.
While Burj Khalifa is the tallest construct in the world, Shanghai Tower has the biggest number of usable floors.
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Who is known as the inventor of skyscrapers?
While “the Bessemer process” kept Bessemer’s name well-known, lesser-known today is the man who employed that process to create the first skyscraper and is often considered as the inventor of modern skyscrapers and construction.
It’s George A. Fuller (1851-1900)⬆️, an American architect.
Throughout the 19th century, construction techniques had called for outside walls to carry the load of a building’s weight.
Fuller, however, had a different idea. He realized that buildings could bear more weight—and therefore soar higher—if he used Bessemer steel beams to give buildings a load-bearing skeleton on the inside of the building.
In 1889, Fuller erected the Tacoma Building⬆️, a successor to the Home Insurance Building that became the first structure ever built where the outside walls did not carry the weight of the building.
Fuller developed a technique for creating steel cages that would be used in subsequent skyscrapers.
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What is a skyscraper?
🏙 Currently, a skyscraper refers to a tall habitable building with iron or steel frameworks over 100 m.
🌇 The first modern skyscraper was created in 1885—the 10-story Home Insurance Building in Chicago ⬆️.
📌 Before the word skyscraper described enormous buildings, it was used to describe anything that “stood out”, was tall - a tall man, a high-standing horse, a sky-sail, etc.
📌 Pointed out by skyscraper researchers, the Italian word ‘grattacielo’ means scraping the sky. It was in use since the early 13th century, and described a tall man.
📌 The word scraper dates back to the Old Norse word ‘skrapa’, which means to erase. Today, it means to use a tool to apply pressure to something. A skyscraper essentially erases the sky by sticking out and blocking it.
📌 Sources for the first usage of the word skyscraper are unclear. One of the oldest confirmed references in print was in American newspapers in the late 19th.
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What is a lens and its types?
ℹ️ A lens is a piece of transparent material that is shaped to bend light rays in a specific way as they pass through it, whether that means causing the rays to converge to or diverge from a specific point.
The word “lens” derives from the Latin word “lentil,” owing to the shape similarities between a converging lens and a legume.
The 2️⃣ types of lenses are:
📍concave lenses with following features
🔎The light is spread out by a diverging lens.
🔎Thinner in the centre than at the edges.
🔎The image is on one side of the lens, while the object is on the other.
🔎The focal length is positive.
🔎The image will be erect, virtual, and diminished.
and
📍convex lenses with following features
🔍The refracted rays are converged by a converging lens.
🔍Thicker in the centre than at the edges.
🔍The object and the image are both on the same side of the lens.
🔍The focal length is negative.
🔍The resultant image will be both real and inverted.
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How progressive lenses were invented ?
The first patent for a design of progressive addition lenses (PAL) was obtained by Owen Aves in England in 1907. However, because of the limitations in manufacturing in those times, he was never able to produce and commercialize such lenses.
In the first half of the 20th century some other designs for progressive lens were patented but never successfully commercialized.
👓 ❗️The first progressive with a modern design was patented by Bernard Maitenaz ⬆️ of France, in 1953.
The progressive lens has been evolving since then, with the help of manufacturers to improve usability and distortion-free viewing.
ℹ️ Progressive lenses are a giant leap in lens technology since they allow the wearer the ability to see distance, intermediate, and near fields all in one set of eyewear. This is especially helpful for viewing digital devices since they reside in the intermediate range, which distance and bifocal eyeglasses cannot reach ⬆️.
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How did the first wearable eyeglasses look like?
🤓 Most historians believe that the first form of eyeglasses was produced in Italy by monks or craftsmen around 1285-1289. These magnifying lenses for reading were shaped like two small magnifying glasses and set into bone, metal, or leather mountings that could be balanced on the bridge of nose.
🤓 The first known artistic representation of the use of eyeglasses was Tommaso da Modena's painting in 1352, depicting monks reading and writing manuscripts ⬆️. One monk uses a magnifying glass, but another wears glasses perched on his nose ⬆️.
🤓 Later, the first eyeglass frame temples were made by Spanish craftsmen in 1600s. They affixed ribbons of silk or strings to the frame and looped them over the user's ears.
🤓 The modern style of eyeglasses frame, which could be placed over the ears and nose, was invented in the 18th century in England. These early eyeglasses had glass lenses set into heavy frames of wood, lead or copper.
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Who are much more venomous than land-based snakes?
Sea snakes are far more venomous than land snakes, including the Inland Taipan.
Being underwater the venom gets diluted, so it has to be more potent.
Just 1.5 mg of venom from the hook-nosed sea snake (Enhydrina schistosa) ⬆️ is estimated to be enough to kill 22 people. This one of the most venomous snake in the world is found in the ocean off Australia, New Zealand, and Asia. They grow to mature lengths up to 1.5 meters (3-5 feet) and weigh in at up to 1.8 kg (4 pounds).
Also known as the Faint-Banded Sea Snake, the Belcher’s Sea Snake (Hydrophis belcheri) ⬆️ is also extremely venomous. According to some studies, its venom is 100 times stronger than the Inland Taipan. They can grow to lengths of up to 1 m, have a slender body with a yellow case and green crossbands and are found among the tropical reefs of the Indian Ocean.
Luckily for humans, these dangerous snakes are also found to be of a shy and timid temperament.
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What’s the difference between venom and poison?
The terms "venom" and "poison" are not interchangeable, the distinction is more about style than substance.
Venom is injected directly by an animal, whereas poison is delivered passively, such as by being touched or ingested.
Poison and venom don't always work the same way. Venom won't necessarily hurt someone unless it enters the bloodstream while some poisonous animals can cause immediate death if ingested.
❗️ Scientists proposed a third category of natural toxins: the "toxungens” that are actively sprayed or hurled toward their victim without an injection. For example, spitting cobras 🐍can spew toxins from their fangs.
If the distinctions between poisons, venoms and toxungens seem a little arbitrary, it's because they sort of are; in some languages, there is only one word for both "venom" and "poison." In Spanish, for example, both are translated as "veneno."
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What snake can kill 20 people or an elephant?
👑🐍 The king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) is the largest and the longest venomous snake species on Earth nowadays.
Native to Asia, it can grow over 5 meters (16 feet) long.
One of the longest king cobras ever recorded was a captive snake that reached 5.71 m (18.7 feet) at London Zoo in the late 1930s.
It's an effective predator that feeds mainly on other snakes.
When threatened or on attack, king cobra rears its head and creates a hood by spreading its neck ribs.
Their venom is not the most potent among venomous snakes, but the amount of neurotoxin they can deliver in a single bite—up 500 mg—is enough to kill 20 people, or even an elephant.
It is the only snake in the world that builds nests for their eggs and protects them.
Venomous snakes usually don’t grow to be giants as they don’t need to rely on size or strength to feed. However, king cobras are an exception to the rule.
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What is the longest snake?
✅ The reticulated python (Malayopython reticulatus) is the longest snake in the world, regularly reaching over 6.25 metres in length. It is the longest of the 39 species in the family Pythonidae.
The longest reticulated python ever recorded was found in 1912 and measured in at a staggering 10 metres.
Reticulated pythons live in southeast Asia and while they are typically found in rainforests, woodland and grasslands, their habitat preference seems to depend on their location.
The color pattern of these snakes is a complex geometric pattern that incorporates different colors. The back typically has a series of irregular diamond shapes flanked by smaller markings with light centers.
Reticulated pythons are solitary carnivores, active mostly throughout the night. They are known to climb trees by firmly wrapping their bodies around the trunks and using muscular upward force.
The main threats to Reticulated pythons come from humans.
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