Shinedown 'Devours' Politics on New Song
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- Rating: 4.81 (21 ratings)
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- Author: AssociatedPress
Tags: 'devours' music on politics shinedown song
EntertainmentEntertainmentExtraShinedown 'Devours' Politics on New SongShinedown 'Devours' Politics on New SongThe Associated PressBrent Smith, lead singer of Shinedown, tells AP Entertainment about their controversial new single, 'Devour.' According to Smith, the song was written for the troops in Iraq. (July 17)This video contains ONLY natural sound. No script is available.
Voracious Photuris devours firefly prey
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- Rating: 4.50 (2 ratings)
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- Author: goneviral69
Tags: behavior bugs cannibles carniverous courtship feeding firefly insects lightning mimicking mimicry photinus photuris
http://www.byteland.org/naturalist/firefly_faq.html This remarkable video shows a voracious Photuris devouring another firefly. After mimicking the flash response of a female firefly, Photuris has pounced upon its prey which was bitten with grooved mandibles that injected a paralyzing venom. Photuris straddles over the victim firefly which is defenseless while Photuris slowly eats it alive. Photuris began eating the soft body tissue around the head of its victim and continued eating while being observed and photographed for over two hours. This behavior was first reported by Dr. James E. Lloyd who observed Photuris respond to the flash of male Photinus which it then captured and ate. In this video a large humped-back female Photuris is seen which is preying upon a male Photuris pennsylvanicus. Photuris takes many minutes to slowly eat its prey, biting its prey over and over, injecting highly corrosive, paralyzing siliva into its victim, then ripping and tearing at its tissue, drinking the liquefied body fluids of its prey. This is similar to how firefly as larvae feast upon snails, slugs and earthworms. What is most remarkable about this particular behavior is that it demonstrates how different species of fireflies have evolved, each developing both physical and behavior aspects which favor their survival. In the case of Photinus, its head is recessed under a large shield-like pronotrum which may help it avoid initial attack and capture by Photuris. In the case of the humped-back Photuris it has developed the ability to mimic the flash response of female's upon which it preys; a large arched body with protruding head and mandibles that are open and can rapidly close and bite its prey injecting them with paralyzing venom, combined with double hooked claws upon its tarsi, aid Photuris in being able to capture its prey. These humped-back Photuris are the raptorial beasts prey of the firefly world, which lure their prey to their death, mimicking the flash response of females, pouncing upon their victims at the moment they expect to find a mate. Then the voracious humped-back Photuris slowly devour their paralyzed victims alive, biting them over and over, injecting them with saliva that turns their tissue and organs into liquid which Photuris can drink until nothing remain but the exoskeletons of their prey. After devouring its prey, the voracious humped-back Photuris flies away into the night. It will find a quite place in the leaf litter of the forest and spend a number of days depositing eggs which have been nourished by the body fluids of its prey. Form these tiny, glowing pearl-like eggs will hatch bioluminescent firefly larvae which will spend a year or longer maturing into adults, a life that involves hunting for snails, slugs, earthworms and other soft bodies animals in the mysterious cryptosphere of forest and meadow. After moulting many times the larvae will pupate inside a small chamber and adult fireflies will emerge in several weeks to fly into the summer night, flashing and dancing in search of a mate, often to only find death in the jaws of a voracious humped-back Photuris. Copyright 2008 by TALGSD. All rights reserved.
Great White Shark Devours Seal Off Beach
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- Rating: 3.60 (42 ratings)
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- Author: WCVBtv
Tags: attacked beach boston cape cod great Massachusetts seal shark wcvb wcvbtv white
A great white shark attacked a seal off a Cape Cod beach, experts said.
Fire Devours Movie Sets at Universal Studios
- Length: 1:37
- Rating: 5.00 (8 ratings)
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- Author: AssociatedPress
Tags: devours fire movie sets studio studios universal
SelectPlusFire Devours Movie Sets at Universal StudiosFire Devours Movie Sets at Universal StudiosThe Associated PressA large fire tore through a back lot at Universal Studios early Sunday, destroying a set from 'Back to the Future,' the King Kong exhibit and a video vault containing more than 40,000 videos and reels. (June 1)[Notes:first shots On Scene Video/News Reel Stringer] Hours after it began -- a massive fire at Universal Studios in California was still raging. SOT: it looked like a bomb had exploded in the San Fernando valley Flames tore through movie sets and part of the theme park early Sunday morning. SOT; the fire started on a back lot area on New York Street - it moved through that area extremely fast. Among the losses - movie sets -- mockups of New York and New England Streets. A King Kong exhibit. And a video vault building that had more than 40-thousand videos and reels. SOT: fortunately nothing irreplaceable was lost we have duplicates -- obviously a lot to replicate, but it can be done. In addition to battlling the towering flames, fire crews also had a problem with water pressure.[Notes:presser POOL]SOT: I want to assure everyone that we're going to look into it, as to the water pressure issues at the onset of the fire. There's no question there was a lack of water pressure. [Notes:aptn aerials] The cause of the blaze is under investigation - but officials say a commercial shoot was going on, when the fire began.[Notes:pool ground shots]Some older sets were destroyed -- including the courthouse square from "Back to the Future' -- and the famous clock tower from the movie. But Universal officials say, despite the enormity of the fire -- only one show in production - Ghost Whisperer -- may be effected. SOT: Ron Meyer, president, we're really lucky today, it could have been much worse. Also fortunate: No major injuries were reported from the fire. ___ ___, The Associated Press.
Raging Tahoe Fire Devours 220 Structures
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- Rating: 4.42 (12 ratings)
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- Author: kcratv
Tags: 3 Angora Fire Firefighters Forest KCRA Lake Meyers Sacramento Service South Tahoe Wildfire
At least 220 homes and other structures have been destroyed by a raging 2000-acre forest fire that still threatens hundreds more houses, U.S. Forest Service officials said early Monday.
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