UNIQUE FACT OF FLORA

Can you imagine if there is no plant in this world? It must be stifled and the other creatures such as humans and animals will not be able to breathe because of lack of oxygen. Plant is one of life creature which has the most important role in ecosystem of this world which is getting hot. The flora has various kinds and unique that is not imagined us. Don’t believe? Below we will find the facts about the flora:

THE BIGGEST FLOWER
Do you know the biggest flower in the world? If you answer the biggest flower is Rafflesia Arnoldii, you are right. This plant could growth widely up to one meter and has weight up to 11 kg. It just appears in Sumatera and Kalimantan forest. But, do you know that Amorphophallus titanium or famous as The Titan Arum, could growth until has height between 1 up to 3 meters and has weight up to 80 kg? If you want to know this flower form, look at our former paper money, 500 rupiah, yeah it is a carcass flower found in deep Sumatera.

THE SMALLEST FLOWER
If there is a biggest flower, it must be a smallest one in the world. The record holder of the smallest flower is a kind of genus Wolffia, a kind of no root plant which is very small in a family of duckweed (Lemnaceae) that life in calm water flow and pool. This plant is assumed as the smallest plant in the world. There are two species in this plant, which are Wolffia august, an Australian species, and Wolffia globosa, a tropical species. The average size of this plant is no more than 1 millimeter with the average weight only 150 micrograms.

THE BIGGEST SEED
Most of plants come from seed. Do you know that the biggest and heaviest seed in the world is Coco-de-Mer Palm (Lodoicea maldivica) which is originated from Seychelles Archipelago in Indian Ocean? It has length up to 12 inches and weight up to 40 pounds. Whereas the smallest seed comes from the orchid family has weight only 1/35 millions ounce.

THE TALLEST TREE
Previously, the tallest tree record belongs to Stratosphere Giant which life in Redwood National Park. Its height is up to 113 meters. But this record is guessed has been broken by discovering of three trees in the same place. It is named Hyperion which has height up to 115.2 meters. Until now we still wait the confirmation to state that Hyperion is the highest tree in the world.

THE BIGGEST ORGANISM
Will you know what the biggest organism in the world? It is elephant or blue whale? No. The answer is a kind of mushroom (fungus) which is called armillariaostoyae or honey mushroom that live in Malheur National Forest in the east of Oregon, USA. This mushroom lives in about 3 foots below land surface and has area about 890 hectares and life for 240 years and more. Believe it or not that this organism live in the below of land surface is not a group of mushroom, but only one mushroom.

THE LONGEST SURVIVE PLANT
I want to tell you what plant which survive since dinosaur’s era? It is maidenhair tree or called as Ginkgo species or Ginkgo Biloba. It has existed since Jurassic period and Triassic period (135-210 million years ago).

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UNIQUE FACT OF ANIMALS

Animal world is very interesting to be observed. Besides their behavior, there is a lot of information that can be explored even we will be impressed if we study seriously about animals. We also can find the unique fact of animals. Below we will find some unique fact of animals.

THE FASTEST ANIMAL
talk about the fastest animal in the world, we usually focus on cheetah, the big cat species livein Africa. It is estimated has speed about 70mph (114 km/hour). But, do you know that the fastest animal is a bird named The Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)? Its speed is about 242.3 mph (390 km/hour), compare with the fastest speed reached by F1 racing sports car that only has 229mph (370 km/hour). This animal has population that spread in all continents except Antarctic. Its population is endangered and nearly in extinction as its habitat damaged by human activities.

THE FASTEST FISH
Do you know sailfish? This is a favorite fish for professional fishers. Actually it still ecomes a mystery for biologist. It is caused by the fast motion and migration of this delicious fish. Beside that, fish which has a Latin name of Istiophorus albicans (for fishes which are in Pacific Ocean) and Istiophorus platypterus (for fishes within Atlantic Ocean), is spread in hundreds miles from the beach. It makes the scientist hard to find their certain location, do the tagging process, and collect data about them. However, the newest study shows that this fish is really ‘fast’. Believe it or not, 36 hours after it produced eggs, immediately their eggs cracked and become a new fish. This growth of body is also very fast, about 6 foots per year.

THE STRONGEST ANIMAL
If we talk about the strongest animal in the world, we often think that the strongest animal is elephant. But, do you know that African elephant is only able to bring something for 25% of its weight? Compare with the rhinoceros beetle which is able to load about 850 times of its weight. In other word, according to the weight proportion, human will stronger than elephant. Human is able to lift the load up to 10 times of its body weight, even more.

THE TALLEST BIRD
Ostrich is not a usual bird. It has tall up to 2.5 meters and weight up to 180 kg. Beside it has a big body, it also has super endurance. It is able to live in more than 40 degrees until 0 degree of Celsius temperature. Ostrich has long life up to about 50 years. Although it has a big body, the cost for its food is just approximately US $75 a year. The only difficulty in keeping this bird is a cage. It needs a wide area and caged. One time upon it gets out from its cage, you need a car to catch it back because it is able to run up to 50 km/hour.

THE LOUDEST VOICE ANIMAL

According to the scientist, animal which has the loudest voice is blue whale (Balaenoptera Musculus), which is also the biggest animal in the world. Its voice is stronger than the sound of Harley Davidson motor, even stronger than the loudest rock concert and exploding of a bomb. How loud it is? It voice loud is about 188 decibels. It is equal to one million times of jet machine voice (which reach about 120-130 decibels). Remember that its voice will increase logarithmically. It means that every 10 decibels increasing, the voice intensity is will increase up to 10 times. It is one of the reasons for us to thanks to God that this blue whale is only live in deep blue sea.

THE SMALLEST VERTEBRA
Do you want to know what the smallest vertebra in the world is? This kind of a small fish is called stout infantfish. It becomes as the smallest and lightest vertebra in the world. This fish which live in around Great Barier Reef, Australia, has a length about 7 millimeters. Actually, this Australian fish has a rival. It is a kind of fish which has a Latin name as Paedocypris Progenetica. It can be found in turf marshland area in Sumatera. It has length about 7.9 millimeters.

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