16th May 2016

Tongue prints for identification

Every person, including identical twins, has a unique eye and tongue print along with their finger print. Tongue prints are as distinctive as eye and finger prints.  The technique of biometry is being used to identify individuals using the uniqueness of the iris. Nowadays, tongue prints are also being considered for biometrics, since tongues are protected in the mouth and hence difficult to forge.

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10th May 2016

Discovery of Morgan’s Sphinx Moth

In 1862, Charles Darwin discovered an orchid from Madagascar with a one-foot-long spur that held the pollen and the nectar at its depths. He predicted that there must be an insect that had a foot long tongue (proboscis) to pollinate the plant. Nobody had seen such a moth and the idea was laughed at. In 1903, the Morgan’s Sphinx Moth was discovered that has a proboscis 12 to 14 inches long to get the nectar from the bottom of the 12-inch deep orchid spur.

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