The Fossa

 Mikey Levitan

English

10/28/15

The Fossa 

          Do you remember in the movie Madagascar the line "the fossa are attacking!" ? Well if you did you may be asking what the hell is a fossa? 

This my friends, is the Fossa. Fossa's are cat like animals that are from the forests of Madagascar.

These animals are special because they are related to the mongoose family and are found no where else in the world. They are the largest mammal on the island other than Zebras, Lions, Hippos and Jirraffes (Madagascar the movie reference).  They feast on lemurs and other primates on the island as well as birds, lizards, and pretty much any little critter it can get its paws on. I think these guys are really cool looking but are very low in population. This means theres a high chance of extinction.

Kepler-452b

 Mikey

10/4/15

English

Kepler-452b

          Kepler-452b is a planet what shares a bunch of similar qualities with earth.  It is 1400 light years away making it mostly impossible for us to travel there but if we were able to make it to this planet it is so similar to earth that we could live there. it is about 6 times the size of earth causing it to have a very strong gravitational pull compared to earth. This would cause you to feel about 2 times as heavy on Kepler than earth. If you were to live there your body would experience a lot of change, your bones and muscles would start to get very strong from having to support twice the amount it was original used to.  This is one of the many possibly habitable planets out there now we just to figure out how to travel at light speed in space and then maybe it will be possible to go explore places like this. 

Poison Dart Frogs

 Mikey

10/4/2015

English

Poison Dart Frogs

             Poison Dart Frogs are very small colorful and poisonous frogs. These frogs are found in tropical rain forests of south and central America. Most people are drawn to their vibrant neon colors but animals avoid these small creatures due to their extremely poisonous skin which contains lipophilic alkaloid. All of these frogs are poisonous, but some not as much as others. These toxic chemicals are easily able to kill a grown man.

This photo of a captive female frog just shows how amazing these little guys looks up close. For some more cool facts watch this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3nCgbqXqzo 

First Blog

 Mikey 

english

10/2/15

Blog

          

          10/2/15

          Today I want to talk about Chris Joslin a new pro skater. Plan B is the board company which he now rides pro for. He turned pro in september 2015 which was long awaited by many of his fans because he was to good to be just a am anymore. His video part in TRUE is one of the best put together parts i've seen. You can watch his part in Plan B TRUE on Netflix. He is from California where he grew up raised by his grandma. As a kid he would skate his local park all day every day.

This shows how dedicated he was to skating at such a young age. Now he is one of the best street skaters alive and he is truly an insperation.