Etiket: Crawl
Only once every 221 years: billions of cicadas from two groups with different life cycles crawl out of American soil at the same time this year
They look a bit like grasshoppers, but the insect genus Magicicada belongs to the cicada group. They only live in the eastern US and have a special life cycle of…
Wet basements and crawl spaces: ‘Mold can move into the house’
Flooded crawl spaces and wet cellars in Drenthe due to rain and rising groundwater levels. Ericaan Henriette Pruim and Bert Barelds from Valthermond were busier during Christmas pumping rainwater from…
Phone ringing off the hook at drinking water company WMD due to wet crawl spaces
The run-up to Christmas was so rainy that the telephone at drinking water company WMD was ringing off the hook. The company says it receives many calls from customers who…
Starfish are ‘heads without bodies’ that crawl across the ocean floor
Starfish are fascinating animals. They can protrude their stomachs to eat their prey and they move with thousands of tube feet on the undersides of their arms. They can even…
Boom crushes Ad’s car, but he can live to tell: ‘I was able to crawl out’
1/6 Not much is left of Ad’s car (photo: Toby de Kort/SQ Vision). Ad Elissen (80) from Oss escaped death on Thursday when a large tree crushed his car on…
Pub crawl in the fall: at these places in Zoetermeer you can score an autumn buck
I have lived and worked in Zoetermeer for over forty years, so I know the city like the back of my hand. You can usually find me cycling in the…
Singapore GP preview: which superpower will crawl out of Red Bull’s shadow? | formula 1
with pollThe Singapore Grand Prix promises to be a special one. It looks like the night race at the Marina Bay Street Circuit will be a titanic battle between Ferrari…
In the dark catacombs he had to crawl to find his way out
For thirty years, archaeologist and historian of religion Leonard Rutgers has been researching the Jewish catacombs in Rome. To round off his project, the professor of ancient culture at Utrecht…
Gas leaks into crawl space at restaurant in Monnickendam
A lot of gas is present in the crawl space of a restaurant on the Waterlandse Zeedijk in Monnickendam after a leak. Firefighters cordoned off the area and are using…
Wheelchair user is forced to crawl down stairs after Ryanair flight “due to lack of help”: “Unacceptable. I want to be able to travel with dignity”
Irish Adrian Keogh (37), who ended up in a wheelchair eight years ago due to a construction accident, is very disappointed about the lack of help after a flight with…