In reference to Jess's questions:
--I'll answer this shortly--
What should one do when bitten by a snake?
-The message i have been receiving is "call 911!" lol. great. thanks. The general consensus from what I've read was the following: (assuming youve been bitten by an elapid species )
0. CALL 911
1. Try to take notice of markings on the snake, or what it looks like - take a picture (or have your friend do it). This makes it easier for the 911 rescuers to identify treatment methods. But more importantly, get AWAY from the snake!
2. Tie off circulation to the wound with a piece of cloth or nylon string between the wound and the heart. also, keep that limb lower than the heart.
3. Wash the wound with warm water and soap, but carefully - you don't want to squeeze the arm (and induce blood flow to and from the heart)
4. also you want to remove jewlery or watches that may constrict when that area swells.
my most credible source was webmd
You're pretty much screwed if you get bit though. Shit hurts and you could die, or have some neurological damage depending on what bites you, and snakes just suck in general. So prevention is game! Wear high boots that go over your ankle with high socks and long pants (I don't care if it's hot!)
Why isn't pluto a planet anymore?
I like this question! And I learned a lot reading about this. So nothing changed with Pluto or anything, basically they found another planet like Pluto, and the guys at IAU (International Astronomical Union) were like hey, that's not really a planet... But it was a lot like Pluto, actually, it was more 'planet-like' than Pluto. Pluto and Xena are large bodies in the Kuiper Belt which have an elongated orbit (squished circle) at an angle of inclination (whereas other planets don't). So the IAU realized that if they called Xena a planet, they had to call a bunch more celestial bodies planets, and who wants 35998235 planets? Not me, i'm happy with 8. Their new definition of a planet is: "must be in orbit around the sun, have sufficient mass to assume a round shape (i.e. no jagged ice chunks), and it must have 'cleared its neighborhood'". Clearing the neighborhood means that in your orbital zone, you are to dominating celestial body, and (due to your massive gravitational field) you would not encounter. The longer i spend answering this question the deeper into astrophysics i'm having to go (which is interesting, but it's not writing my master's thesis for me lol). So in conclusion, Pluto is now a dwarf planet (awww) and we only have eight! But oh, they are so great!
How come you don't call your girlfriend?
How come you don't call your girlfriend?
You're my roomate? love ya!
