Lorenzo Zanirato - Life and thoughts

A lifer, and a hard one. The small-toothed palm civet ( Arctogalidia trivirgata ), also called the three-striped palm civet, is one of Singapore’s most elusive mammals. That night with the usual suspects, we managed to see them engaging in mating rituals and attempts (see photo at the bottom) How to tell it apart The species name trivirgata means “three-striped”. It’s a smallish civet, with a head and body up to about 53 cm, a tail up to about 66 cm, and a weight up to about 2.5 kg. Wikipedia ecologyasia Where it lives It lives in primary and nearby secondary forest, and it’s nocturnal and almost entirely arboreal. In Singapore, it appears to be confined to the Central Nature Reserves. Elsewhere, it ranges from India’s Assam region through Indochina and the Malay Peninsula to Sumatra, Java and Borneo. Vertebrate fauna of +2 What it eats It’s omnivorous: fruits, figs, invertebrates and small vertebrates, including squirrels. Camera-trap records suggest it also preys on the Sund...

Wandering hammerhead worm I found this hammerhead worm on a walk along Old Upper Thomson Road. It looks like something from a science-fiction film, but it’s a real animal, and it’s more common in Singapore than most people think.  What is a hammerhead worm? It’s a land planarian: a free-living flatworm in the subfamily Bipaliinae. The group is named for its half-moon-shaped head, and the subfamily is found mainly in Southeast Asia, Australasia and Africa. It isn’t an earthworm, and it isn’t related to one. etawau eecc How big do they get? The Bipalium group are giants among land planarians, and some can grow longer than 20 cm.  jcu What does it eat? They’re predators. Some prey on earthworms, and others also feed on molluscs. The head carries chemical sensors, which let the worm pick up an earthworm’s mucus trail and follow it. cavac etawau Is it dangerous? To people, the real risk is small, but treat it with respect. In 2014, researchers confirmed tetrodotoxin, th...

Female and male ornamental tree-trunk spider (Herennia multipuncta) camouflaged on a tree trunk, Old Upper Thomson Road, Singapore Some spiders you find. This one you have to look for. On a day walk along Old Upper Thomson Road in Singapore, I found a couple (pun-intended) of  Herennia multipuncta , the ornamental tree-trunk spider. By day she is almost invisible, pressed flat against bark in the same mottled grey-brown. At night, her vertical web gives her away. How to spot her Look at tree trunks, not branches. Her web is built flat against the bark, and she waits just behind it. Use a torch at a low angle. Sweeping light across the trunk makes the web strands catch the light. Go after dark. Webs are far easier to see at night, and so is she, once you know the pattern.  Big female, tiny male This species is a textbook case of sexual dimorphism. The female is much larger than the male, and the two look quite different. The male is tiny.  Quick facts Scientifi...

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iAtkos ML2 : OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.2 (10.04.2013) | 4.79 GB iAtkos ML2 - OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.2 - the latest version of the most advanced operating system in the world. Mountain Lion includes over 200 new features that enhance your Mac. With new Messages app, you can send text, photos, videos, contacts, links and documents to any user Mac, iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - you can even start conversation on one device and continue on another. The new export button allows you to easily send links, web pages, photos, videos, and publish tweets directly through the application to which you are working. The image of a quick "recovery" system on the hard drive! in fact the system here, "restored" who is interested in - view the contents of "10.8.2.Base.pkg" installation: 1. Burn to DVD9 *. Dmg image through TransMac 2. Boot from DVD9 3. Set (during installation, click Customize and select all desired kekstov) 4. Boot from a partition on the hard drive with ...

Continuing a long-standing New Year’s tradition, today we present an up-to-date list of the world’s most-visited BitTorrent sites. At the start of 2013 The Pirate Bay continues to pull in the most visitors, followed by KickassTorrents and Torrentz. Household names BTJunkie and Demonoid have dropped off the list as both sites are no longer online. Which torrent sites get the most visitors at the start of 2013? Traditionally BitTorrent users are very loyal, which is reflected in the top 10 where most sites have had a consistent listing for more than half a decade. This year there are a few movers and shakers, as well as several newcomers. The most notable absentees this year are  BTJunkie  and  Demonoid . Both sites have been featured in the top 10 since 2006, but went offline in 2012. BTJunkie permanently quit early last year and Demonoid’s future is also uncertain after it disappeared during the summer. The first newcomer in tenth place is H33t, which has been g...