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I have started this thread exclusively for unusual facts about the nature!! Please share your information as well!!

The only poisonous birds known are the three species of Pitohui from Papua new Guinea - the Hooded Pitohui Pitohui dichrous the Rusty Pitohui P. ferrugineus and the Variable Pitohui P. kirhocephalus. The Hooded Pitohui is the deadliest. The skin and feathers contain almost the same homobatrachotoxin as the Poison Arrow Frogs.

Its hard to believe that such a pretty bird could be so lethal!!

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Of course you do have Abid!! You are doing a Ph.D in physics, and so many of nature's phenomena are related to Physics. May be you could share some of them with us!!
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On a good day and from a good angle it is possible to see more than one rainbows .. it's simply beautiful! My camera is not professional so did not do justice to its true beauty!

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That is really good infomation from kalyani and sajeetharen..Keep sharing.
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Wow!!!! that is really beautiful sajeetharan.. may be high quality cameras are used to capture the ray..or is it done by any software..
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This is very good thread.All the information submitted are very interesting and good. Keep it up !
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Rajani,

That was captured by using camera.

Beautiful Beach/Lake shore in Oshawa, Canada

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A flower called the Scarlet Pimpernel that can forecast the weather. If the flower is closed up, rain is coming and if it is opened up, the day will be sunny. It is also called 'the poor man's weatherglass'.
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This beautiful looking bug with the sunglasses is actually a crop pest. Known as cotton stainers, these bugs feed on cotton and get crushed with it during harvesting. Their red bodies leave stains, which are hard to remove.
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There are two known poisonous birds namely the Hooded Pitohui (Pitohui dichrous, also called the "garbage bird") and the Ifrita (Ifrita kowaldi).. Their skin and feathers have some sort of toxins
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That is really very useful one sridevi..hope to see a picture of it..Here is one Hooded Pitohui
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This is the same bird I posted on the first page! Thanks for the nice photo!

Dolphins are very intelligent and social in nature. They often display a playful attitude which makes them popular in human culture. They can be seen jumping out of the water, riding waves, play fighting and occasionally interacting with humans swimming in the water.
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Actually rufous is another bird stated to be poisonous
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Yes i have noticed it you gave two birds name..I only posted one..Kalyani has posted it in this thread before..

Nice to see a picture of the second bird...

Kalyani yes dolphin is very cheerful and friendly animal which is my favorite one too.. i hate people who kill it for their benefits..after seeing it how come they think of killing.. :angry:
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Its all about money Rajani!! Greedy people do not care about sentiments or feelings or beautiful beings for that matter! Money drives them to kill such beautiful animals!
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Beautiful photo Sajeetharan!! Very lovely picture!! :) :) :) :)
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lovely picture sajeetharan....thanks for sharing.........

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:
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