I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks
to us every hour, if we only will tune in.
George Washington Carver
Man must go back to nature for information.
Thomas Paine
Art is man's nature: Nature is God's art.
Philip James Bailey
Every generation thinks it has the answers, and every generation is humbled by nature.
Phillip Lubin
Nature is an infinite sphere whose center is everywhere and whose circumference is
nowhere.
Blaise Pascal
Occurrences in this domain are beyond the reach of exact prediction because of the variety
of factors in operation, not because of any lack of order in nature.
Albert Einstein
For I have learned to look on nature, not as in the hour of thoughtless youth, but hearing
oftentimes the still, sad music of humanity.
William Wordsworth
Nature never deceives us; it is we who deceive ourselves.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
in·vei·gle
transitive verb 1. To win over by coaxing, flattery, or artful talk. Synonym lure. 2. To
obtain by cajolery: inveigle a free pass to the screening of the new film.
You went to Dr. Ledsmar's house that very day after I had been with you to get a piano at
Thurston's, and tried to inveigle him into
talking scandal about me. You came to me with tales about him. You went to Father Forbes,
and sought to get him to gossip about us both. Neither of those men will ever ask you
inside his house again. But that is only one part of it.
The Damnation of Theron Ware
Harold Frederic
He is about to set out upon one of his interminable cruises in that yacht of his, and was
urging the entire party to accompany him. Tried to inveigle
me into it, too
The Return of Tarzan
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Definition from American Heritage Dictionary
Poison Dart Frogs Poison Dart Frogs can be found in South America, Europe, and Asia. From
tiny pores in its skin, the frog secretes a defensive toxin that makes it unpalatable to
curious predators and which could easily kill if injected into a human or other animal.
Chocó Indians employ this secretion to poison the tips of their blowgun darts for hunting
monkeys and other small game. The use of frog poison for this purpose is practiced only in
the Pacific lowlands of western Colombia, although the poison dart frog has many
brilliantly colored, less toxic relatives living throughout the tropical rainforest in
lower Central America and northern South America. Recent studies have shown some surprising results of study of these frogs. The National Aquarium in Baltimore, has been home to a large population of poison dart frogs for several years. It was hoped that scientists could study the toxins of these frogs in Baltimore. The frogs have been bred in the Rain Forest area of the Aquarium for a number of years now. It has been discovered that the skin succeeding generations of frogs is absent of most, if not all, toxins. The reason for this is not really known. It is suspected that the change in diet with the loss of some insects might be responsible. It is also possible that the loss of toxins was due to a loss of specific fungi growth on the skin of the frogs could be responsible. Nonetheless, the study of the poisons of the frogs must continue in their natural habitat, those living in artificial rain forests do not pass the production of poisons on to their offspring.
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TRUE FACT ... Humans begin laughing at two to three months of age. Six year olds laugh about 300 times per day, while adults laugh from 15 to 100 times per day. |
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