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Thursday, 11 October 2012

Giant whale shocks whale watchers in the Antarctic

Whoops! The tail of a giant humpback whale could have knocked these surprised tourists off their boat.

The incredible moment in the Antarctic was captured on camera by tour guide Tony Beck, who was watching from another boat.
As the whale’s tail crashed back into the water, the boat almost capsized but, luckily, no-one was hurt.
Coincidentally, the two fins of a whale’s tail are known as its flukes – there’s no doubt that it was a fluke to get this picture and another to survive to tell the tale!  
Would you have been scared if you'd seen the giant whale? Tell us your thoughts in a comment below!

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First News discovers LEGOLAND® Florida in numbers

Have you ever wondered how big LEGOLAND Florida is, or how many rides there are? Perhaps you've been dying to know just how many LEGO® models are in the park? Well, you've come to the right place! Here we reveal all about LEGOLAND Florida, in numbers...
- The park is 150 acres in size – currently the largest LEGOLAND park in the world
- Over 1,300 people work at LEGOLAND Florida and the LEGOLAND Water Park
- It took 1,820,000 hours to create LEGOLAND Florida and the LEGOLAND Water Park
- More than 52 million LEGO^® bricks make up LEGOLAND Florida and the all-new LEGOLAND Water Park
- The last brick to be laid in the LEGOLAND Florida theme park was a single gold brick – the only one in the whole park
- There are more than 55 rides, shows and attractions
- The LEGO Brontosaurus located at The Beginning of LEGOLAND Florida is made of 432,000 LEGO bricks, weighing 2,204 pounds and is 10ft tall and 27ft long
- Miniland USA is made of more than 20 million LEGO bricks
- The tallest building in Miniland USA is the Empire State Building standing 17.5ft tall, 4ft wide and weighs 455 pounds. The Empire State Building is made of 233,000 LEGO bricks.
- 5,258 Minilander figures live in Miniland USA
- Over 8,000 LEGO models are in the park in total
- The Einstein head located in the Imagination Zone is 16ft tall, 8ft in length, weighs 4,607 pounds and is made of 1,250,000 LEGO bricks
- The biggest LEGO model in the park stands at 17.5ft high and the smallest is 3/4 inches
- The LEGO vehicle – LEGOLAND Florida Ford Explorer –  located in LEGO City was made out of 380,027 bricks and took 2,500 hours to create
- There have been over 652 water-ski stunt shows performed since the park opened
- More than 500 different species of trees, shrubs and flowers live in the historic Cypress Gardens
- The Banyan tree in the Gardens was first planted in 1936 in a 5 gallon bucket and now stands more than 65ft tall and is over 150ft in diameter
- 90,943 portions of the trademark Granny Apple Fries have been served since the opening. This is over 37,000lbs of apples!
- 270,000 bricks will be used to create the 30ft Christmas tree
- Over 65 LEGO models are in the LEGOLAND Water Park
- The giant surfer girl in the Water Park is made of over 198,000 LEGO bricks weighing 287 pounds and is 6.7ft tall and 3.5ft wide
- 1,294 people helped break the Guinness World Record at the opening of the LEGOLAND Water Park
- Over 1 million gallons of water are in the Water Park
- The giant bucket in Joker Soaker holds 300 gallons of water
- More than a half a million gallons of water are in the LEGO® Wave Pool
- Over 150 Red Cross Certified Lifeguards are at the Water Park
- The Build-a-Raft River is a 1,000ft lazy river
- The highest ride in the Water Park is Twin Chasers which stands at 375ft high

The Cool Firefly

By Chitra Padmanabhan

Firefly is just a name. They are actually very cool insects. And they are not even flies, they are beetles. They have a way of sending out light signals every now and then. If you see them at night on a tree, you might think it is a brightly lit Christmas tree. That is the kind of light these fireflies produce.

But the light they send out does not have heat, like the bulbs we use. The firefly's light is cold. Actually these beetles could be the most efficient bulbs if only we knew how to use them. For almost all the energy they produce gets changed into bright light - cool light.
How do they do it? The back portion of their abdomens are transparent. There are cells of crystals or chemical substances inside which get broken down by enzymes. Some energy is released in the form of light.
The fireflies send out light signals at fixed intervals. And the purpose behind it is to attract beetles for mating. But one firefly's signal is different from another's, depending on its sex and the type of family it belongs to. If a firefly sends a signal at a fixed interval but gets a response either too soon or too late, it will ignore the signal. It is like a perfect dance sequence. If you are faster or slower than your partner, the dance fails.
Fireflies come from two families of beetles. One family of fireflies is usually found in Europe, North America and Australia. They are found on trees. The other family of fireflies is found in the Pacific islands. There is another type of beetle which gives out a softer light. It is called the glow worm.

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