Giant Crocodile

A massive crocodile weighing one ton (1,075kg) has been caught by villagers in a remote area in the Philippines. At 21ft. (6.4m), it is thought to be one of the biggest crocodile to be caught alive.

After weeks of hide-and-seek with the crocodile hunters, the big lizard was finally caught in one of the traps set by the hunters. It is reported that some residents of the village was gone and is believed to be attacked by the said crocodile that was caught. One of which reportedly gone was a little girl.

After the big croc was caught, many of the villagers were thankful because they can now sleep tight without the thought of being eaten by the giant animal. The animal was then turned over to the authorities for it to be kept safe and away from humans so that it can't harm anyone anymore.

It is reported that one of the hunters was hurt during the capture of the said animal. The crocodile swept its huge tail and hit the leg of one of the hunters that cause it to be fractured and broken. The injured hunter was then immediately taken to the nearby hospital to be cared for.

Now that the big crocodile was caught, it is said that there is another crocodile living in the said area which is bigger than the caught one. And while villagers was happy with the caught of the first, they are still in danger to be fallen victim for the second and bigger crocodile.

Crocodile hunters said that they will pursue the other crocodile up until December and hopefully they will capture it by then. Because when December comes, the rains will start falling and the water level will be as high as ever and it will then be hard for them to operate in that said condition.

Astronaut traces on the Moon

A spacecraft that circles the moon captured a high quality photo of the moon. In this photo shows the tracks and trashes left by the Apollo astronauts in their moon visits from 1969 - 1972.

These images were taken by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter which is located around 13 to 15 miles from the moons surface. The images shows the paths that the astronauts left while walking on the moon as well as ruts left by the moon buggy. Some experts can even identify some backpacks that the astronauts pitched out of their lunar landers on the way back to Earth.

"What we're seeing is a trail," said Arizona State University geology professor Mark Robinson, the orbiters chief scientist. "It's totally awesome," he added. Robinson also said that the orbiter isn't close enough to see individual footprints of the astronauts.

The images were snapped in August 2011 that shows the landing sites of Apollo 12, 14 and 17. The closest image taken were that of the Apollo 17 site of 1972, the last moon mission.

Canine with the biggest ears!

Meet Harbor, the black-and-tan coonhound owned by Jennifer Wert of Boulder Colorado. He is the Guinness world record holder for the longest canine ears in the planet. His left one measures 12¼in while the right is longer at 13½in.

Coonhound breed was developed to hunt raccoons with the long ears sweeping the smell to their ears.

Harbor's ear span is greater than the height of the worlds smallest man which is Junrey Balawing who is only 23.5 inches tall. His ears is also wider than the worlds road-legal car which is 26 inches wide.

Longest Sea Bridge

The World's Longest Sea Bridge was unveiled by China not long ago. The bridge will have a total length of 26.4 miles (42.58km) and is connecting Qingdao and Huangdao which will also cut the route by 20minutes travel time.

The massive engineering breakthrough said to have cost £5.5billion to build and took the Chinese four years to complete the whole structure. The bridge is said to be opened and available this coming New Year for the Chinese people. The bridge dethroned the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway in Louisiana by almost 3miles as the longest bridge in the world.

The structure will be holding the title as the longest bridge for only a couple years because it will be dethroned by another Chinese bridge in the next years.

The Green Rainbow!

Have you ever seen a Green Rainbow? If not, well, this might be an interesting post for you!

The images below are captured in the skies of the Northpole during winter season where nights lasts for months.

Aurora Borealis is an 'Electro-Magnetic" Phenomenon, occurring in the skies of northpole, during the months of winter when nights are for months, as in northern Norway , Sweden and Russia. The average temperature in these regions is -40 Celsius.

Aurora Borealis (northern lights) was named after the Roman Goddess of Dawn, Aurora, and the Greek name for the north wind, Boreas, by Pierre Gassendi in 1621.

Revisiting Caniago Island Day 1

Last May my colleagues and I decided to have a last blow of summer as the group decided to go to canigao island in Matalom Leyte. Since this will also be like a dispedida for both James and Francis before they will go to Singapore.

The gathering place was on Francis Moreno's boarding house and some just went directly to the port since they could not make it on time. Both Ron and James arrive in the port just in last minute before the departure. Ron came together with her fiance and James together with his family (wife and 2 kids).

When we were sailing in the seas my friends fell as sleep as I was just listening to some music on my iPod. Since my insomnia was at it's peek I was not able to sleep until we arrive at Bato Leyte. The cool breeze of air welcome us and the sound of tricycle from my uncle was waiting. After we departed the boat we took time to get necessary foods and things in the near by market and going to our destination. As we were approaching my home town I decided told my uncle to stop over my fathers house so that I can greet him and also to borrow some kitchen utensils.

It's nearly 5 years when my last visit of my home town and still little changes I have noticed. Tall tress and green rice fields still captured my seen. The big cross at the back of my fathers house was still there and it was repainted. My little cousins also greeted me and some of my few relatives who were shocked seeing my unexpected.

We arrive at the rest house exactly 9 a.m and took manners in preparing for breakfast and arranging our belongings in the dorm. While others where busy playing dota and also cooking for lunch. Some even took a bath already in the sea since the tide was high. After lunch the group decided to go the canigao island and we were fetch via boat.

As we were approaching to the island I could see that the place was starting to be developed and getting crowded. Well it's summer and a lot of people preferably know now the place. A lot of changes I noticed on the island and among of them is that cottages were everywhere and also a watch tower were made for life guards to monitor the people. There is now an entrance both were in you will pay entrance fee for Php 10.00 per head.

As we find our spot and place to settle down since the front part of the island was merely crowded and full of people. We decided to take a walk going to the other side of the island which was just a couple of walk from the sea shore. As I roam my eyes seeing the changes that was implemented in the island. I can see how people tend to forget how to take care of nature and how to preserve it. I saw that the middle part of the island going to the light tower was now cleaned up. And all those trees and bushes were removed.

As we continue to walk in the shore line I also noticed that roap's were used as boundaries in the coastal area. This signifies that if a swimmer went out of that area he/she will be in trouble since the island is full of strong water currents. Currents that could drive you away to a far area in a matter of seconds. It's clear enough that those roap's act as precaution's to those swimmers.

After 5 years I can feel again the fine sand and watch the green and blue water of the island. I missed this feeling way back when. Were in you could just watch how nature tend to erase your problems and grunges. The sea breeze was perfect were it soothes your skin the moment it hits you. Yet there were some things that I as a bit disappointed like no proper maintenance of the island. Garbage and other stuffs that can trigger the destruction of the place were there. Some were dangerously walking in the sanctuary and some were also getting sea clamps. Which is not prohibited because it's a sanctuary place.

I used to sit down in this sea shore and let the waves hit my feet. As I could take a wide look of the long site in front of me. And listen to the deafening silence. I can just recall that only bird tweets and sea shore waves were the most dominant sound I can hear. And this was also the place were my grand father take a break after long hours of fishing or seek shelter when a storm nor typhoon hits them while fishing. It's kind of a different island now. Compared five years or even long time ago were sea snake, birds and sea turtles are only the visitors of the island.

This will be a big challenge for the mayor on how he will maintain and propagate the place that capture my childhood. This was one of the places that acted my motivation to learn how to swim since when I was a child my father or uncle would dare my to learn how to swim so that I can go along with them in fishing. And They would not let me come together with them because I don't know how to swim.

After a walk we finally settled down a sport were we set up a tent for our belongings and start to indulge the sea. We tried to enjoy every part and every minute we could since we decided not to have an overnight in the island for security and food purposes. We would go back to the rest house for dinner. As a storm was approaching we could just see the dark skies in front of the island.

We decided to roam around and have a tour of the island. We managed to went around the island going to the sanctuary place. We stop at the back of the island waiting for a sunset and also had fun with little fish jumping in the shore line. Clear water like the river what entertained us at the back of the island. But thick clouds covered the sun and we did not get a chance for a sunset in the island.

When we got back in the rest house we ate dinner. And after a while others felt tired and went to sleep. While others decided to sit for a while and have a drink and talk about jokes and nonsense things.