Platypus: an Animal so Odd

Platypus, an odd-looking creature has a bill and web-feet like a duck, a body and fur like an otter and a tail like a beaver. It lays egg like a chicken, burrows like a wombat and suckles its young like a mother bear. A creature so strange that the first scientist to examine it suspected it was a hoax!

Director James Cameron reached the Earth's deepest point

Explorer and filmmaker James Cameron on Sunday, March 25, 2012, journeyed to a place only two men have gone before - to the Earth's deepest point called the Mariana Trench, which is more than a mile deeper than Mount Everest is tall. Director James Cameron reached the Earth's deepest point after travelling nearly 7 miles undersea in a solo submarine, the Deapsea Challenger

The Great Redwoods

The Redwoods (Sequoia and Sequoiadendron) are massive trees. The three Redwood subfamily genera are: The Metasequoia, with the living species Metasequoia glyptostroboides found in China (which are smaller trees); Sequoia and Sequoiadendron of California and Oregon, USA. The redwood species contains the largest and tallest trees in the world. These trees can live to an old age, with some for hundreds to thousands of years. They are the sky scrapers of the plant world. The tallest tree in the world is a Sequoia sempervirens (the Hyperion Tree) which is a coast Redwood in Northern California that was measured at 115.61 metres (379.3 ft). This ranks it as the world's tallest known living tree. Despite its great height, Hyperion is not the largest known coast Redwood; that distinction belongs to the Lost Monarch tree. The largest tree in the world is a Sequoiadendron giganteum (the General Sherman Tree) located in the Giant Forest of Sequoia National Park in Tulare County, California. By volume, it is the largest known living single stem tree on Earth.

Erin Ijesa Waterfall

This waterfall is located in Osun State and is made up of about five steps. The beauty of this place is a sight to behold. The water from the fall is cold and refreshing. The fun of your visit will not be complete if you do not climb to the top of the mountain where the source of the fall is. This is a two-hour mountaineering exercise, risky but exciting. when ever you visit Osun state of Nigeria be sure to visit the wonderful work of nature.