Flying squirrels have sensitive eyes and aren’t very fond of light. … Many people repel them by using flashing strobe lights in their attics. Eventually, the irritation of the flickering light will be too much for them to handle and they will voluntarily leave. Are flying squirrels Smart? Squirrels areRead More →

A Spitfire flypast will mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day in the early afternoon on Friday 8 May, visiting sites deserving of recognition. Where are the Red Arrows at the moment? The Red Arrows are currently based at RAF Scampton which will be closed by 2022 and the RedRead More →

Mayflies constitute one of the most important groups of bottom-dwelling animals in streams and rivers throughout the world. … Mayflies are a vital link in the food web of freshwater ecosystems, making energy stored in algae and other aquatic plants available to higher consumers (other invertebrates, fish, birds, etc.). AreRead More →

The Crew of the Flying Dutchman are men who have given their souls to Davy Jones, in exchange for avoiding the shadowy unknown that is death. … Because of this, they also could not die or be killed easily until released from their years of service. Can the Flying DutchmanRead More →

Police helicopters, and every other kind of helicopter, display red and green navigation lights (red on the left, green on the right). This is so an observer at a distance can tell whether the aircraft is headed toward or away from them. What color is a sheriff helicopter? The sheriff’sRead More →

Dressed in scarf and goggles, Snoopy imagined that he flew in hot pursuit of the Red Baron, a reference to the legendary German fighter pilot Manfred von Richthofen. In later strips, Schulz enlivened Snoopy’s wartime fantasies with allusions to battle sites, planes, guns and popular songs of the Great War.Read More →

Ants do not eat wood but will chew tunnels and chambers within the wood itself, so look for signs of sawdust under the damaged wood. Most termite species also prefer soft or water-damaged wood, but some species will infest dry, undecayed wood as well. What causes flying ants in yourRead More →

Fully Aware Flying Monkeys. The other type of flying monkeys includes those who are aware of what they are doing despite there still usually being some degree of manipulation that goes on. How do you disarm a flying monkey? Here are three tips on how to disable flying monkeys andRead More →

You dangle the kite from your hand, let the wind catch it and then let line slip through your fingers whenever you feel the kite pulling. If you do it right, the kite quickly gets higher. Hand launching kites is a balance. Let line out too slow, and the kiteRead More →

It all depends on how much thrust you can put on it. Since we don’t know the mass of the Helicarrier lets assume it is similar in size to a Nimitz class carrier. That gives us a mass of 106,000 metric tons. So taking (106,000X103 kg)x(9.81m/s2 ) = 1.04X109 Newtons.Read More →