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What Are The Most Dangerous Pets In The World?
3 months ago - 4 answers
For some people keeping an ordinary pet is unthinkable. They would no more settle for a kitten as a pet than some people would chose to drive a mini-van. It’s all about finding a companion that is as unique as they are, and in this quest many chose exotic critters that are as dangerous as they are rare.
Alligators and CaimansAwww how cute! Sort of. I suppose. People like these?
Alligators and Caimans start off life as adorable little guys who look just darling as they hiss try to gnaw on your thumb. They fit in the palm of your hand and are just ugly enough to be cute, thus avoiding the fate of becoming matching luggage or a Hollywood starlet’s new purse.
The trouble is, they don’t stay tiny and darling. No matter what that seedy pet salesman tells read more...
Alligators and CaimansAwww how cute! Sort of. I suppose. People like these?
Alligators and Caimans start off life as adorable little guys who look just darling as they hiss try to gnaw on your thumb. They fit in the palm of your hand and are just ugly enough to be cute, thus avoiding the fate of becoming matching luggage or a Hollywood starlet’s new purse.
The trouble is, they don’t stay tiny and darling. No matter what that seedy pet salesman tells read more...
answer by Susan_h 2 months ago
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3 years ago - 1 answer
Sea cucumbers are part of the Holothuroidea family and can be found on the seabed in oceans/seas throughout the world. Despite their name suggesting they look like cucumbers, they look more like slugs although they are slightly more sausage shaped and they often have a very warty skin.
Ed Bierman
They are basically scavengers, who live on the sea bed and eat debris which drifts down there, usually plankton. They are an interesting animal because they basically breathe in through drawing water through their anus and then expelling it.
Within the cuisines of the far east, in particular Japan, they are considered a great delicacy. In Russia they are also 'farmed' to maximize production.
They are also regarded as having great healing properties within Eastern medicine. Recently read more...
Ed Bierman
They are basically scavengers, who live on the sea bed and eat debris which drifts down there, usually plankton. They are an interesting animal because they basically breathe in through drawing water through their anus and then expelling it.
Within the cuisines of the far east, in particular Japan, they are considered a great delicacy. In Russia they are also 'farmed' to maximize production.
They are also regarded as having great healing properties within Eastern medicine. Recently read more...
answer by Hedgehog 3 years ago
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What Is The Origin Of The Superstition About The Number 13?
4 months ago - 1 answer
The number 13 has a long history of being unlucky. As a result, most hotels don’t have 13 floors, most planes don’t have a 13th row, and airports rarely boast a Gate 13. There are a few theories about the ominous nature of this number.
Judas, the betrayer of Jesus, was the 13th member present at the Last Supper and is commonly cited as the main reason 13 is to be avoided. In ancient Rome a witch’s coven comprised 12, with the 13th being the devil. There is also a Norse myth about 12 gods dining who are joined by a 13th uninvited guest, Loki, who proceeds to persuade the God of Darkness to slay the God of Happiness. Numerologists consider the number 12 to be a ‘complete number’ because it is the number of months in a year, the number of Olympian gods, the number of apostles etc read more...
Judas, the betrayer of Jesus, was the 13th member present at the Last Supper and is commonly cited as the main reason 13 is to be avoided. In ancient Rome a witch’s coven comprised 12, with the 13th being the devil. There is also a Norse myth about 12 gods dining who are joined by a 13th uninvited guest, Loki, who proceeds to persuade the God of Darkness to slay the God of Happiness. Numerologists consider the number 12 to be a ‘complete number’ because it is the number of months in a year, the number of Olympian gods, the number of apostles etc read more...
answer by Guinevere 4 months ago
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8 months ago - 1 answer
Deposit insurance is a guarantee provided by the government to all citizens, which stipulates that part of their money deposited in bank accounts would be insured, even if the financial institution goes bankrupt.
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There are, however, some very important restrictions which apply to deposit insurance. First, in most cases only deposits in the country's national currency are normally insured. This means that if an American citizen deposits $10,000 on his/her savings account, this amount would be guaranteed by the US government, even if the bank becomes insolvent the next day. However, if the same US citizen deposits €10,000 in a foreign currency account provided by a licensed bank, the investor stands to lose his/her euro savings, if the financial institution goes bankrupt, as the read more...
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There are, however, some very important restrictions which apply to deposit insurance. First, in most cases only deposits in the country's national currency are normally insured. This means that if an American citizen deposits $10,000 on his/her savings account, this amount would be guaranteed by the US government, even if the bank becomes insolvent the next day. However, if the same US citizen deposits €10,000 in a foreign currency account provided by a licensed bank, the investor stands to lose his/her euro savings, if the financial institution goes bankrupt, as the read more...
answer by Christofer 8 months ago
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What Are The Best Cities To Live In?
4 months ago - 1 answer
There are two annual surveys of living conditions that determine “the world’s most livable cities”, the Mercer Quality of Living Survey and The Economists’s World’s Most Livable Cities.
Mercer’s survey is released annually and values criteria such as safety, education, hygiene, recreation, political-economic stability, and public transportation. These lists play a significant role in whether internationally operating companies will choose to open offices or plants in certain cities and what they will pay their employees there.
In 2009, Mercer’s determined that Vienna, Austria was the top city to live in.
glen edelson
It was closely followed by Zurich, Switzerland;
paalia
Geneva, Switzerland;
jon gos
and then a tie between Vancouver, Canada
D'Arcy Norman
and Aukland, read more...
Mercer’s survey is released annually and values criteria such as safety, education, hygiene, recreation, political-economic stability, and public transportation. These lists play a significant role in whether internationally operating companies will choose to open offices or plants in certain cities and what they will pay their employees there.
In 2009, Mercer’s determined that Vienna, Austria was the top city to live in.
glen edelson
It was closely followed by Zurich, Switzerland;
paalia
Geneva, Switzerland;
jon gos
and then a tie between Vancouver, Canada
D'Arcy Norman
and Aukland, read more...
answer by Guinevere 4 months ago
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