The secret engineering genius of rats: How they open palm kernels

 

The rat grips the kernel with its front paws while using its sharp incisors to bore a small, round hole.

For generations across West Africa, one of the most puzzling sights in village life has been the palm kernel cracked open with a perfect, round hole, a hole so clean and precise that even adults struggle to reproduce it with a stone. Yet the culprit behind this miniature masterpiece is not a human artisan, nor a tool‑wielding trickster. It is the humble rat.

 

To a child, this discovery feels almost supernatural. How can a small animal defeat one of nature’s hardest shells? How does a creature that fits in the palm of your hand perform a task that challenges grown men? The answer lies in a combination of biology, instinct, and a kind of natural engineering that deserves far more respect than it receives.

 

A rat’s incisors are among the most remarkable tools in the animal kingdom. Unlike human teeth, which wear down over time, a rat’s front teeth never stop growing. The outer surface is coated with enamel harder than iron, while the inner surface is softer. This difference creates a self‑sharpening chisel edge every time the rat gnaws.

 

This natural design allows rats to cut through wood, plastic, aluminum, and even concrete. Against a palm kernel, a seed so tough it can survive fire, the rat’s teeth behave like miniature drills. What looks like magic is actually a method.

 

When a rat encounters a palm kernel, it does not attack it randomly. It grips the kernel firmly with its forepaws, positions its incisors at a single point, and begins to gnaw with rhythmic precision. After a few seconds, it rotates the kernel slightly and continues.

 

This repeated bite‑and‑turn motion creates a perfectly circular opening, as if carved by a tiny machine. Once the hole is large enough, the rat inserts its teeth, hooks the soft nut inside, and pulls it out with surprising strength. The result is unmistakable: a neat, round hole that tells you a rat has enjoyed a feast.

 

Palm kernels are not just food; they are survival fuel. Packed with fat, protein, and long‑lasting energy, they are the perfect ration for a rat living in the wild or near human settlements. In many regions, rats even store palm kernels in their nests, saving them for lean seasons.

 

To them, the hard shell is not a barrier but a challenge, and nature has equipped them well to overcome it. For many who grew up in palm‑rich regions, the sight of a rat‑opened kernel was one of the earliest lessons in the intelligence and determination of animals.

 

As children, we often imagined supernatural explanations, tiny spirits, forest creatures, or secret tools. The truth, however, is even more fascinating: evolution has turned the rat into a master craftsman. What seems like a simple rodent is, in fact, a creature of remarkable adaptation, capable of feats that border on the unbelievable.

 

Rats are often dismissed as pests, but their abilities reveal a deeper story, one of survival, ingenuity, and biological brilliance. The next time you see a palm kernel with a perfect hole, pause for a moment. You are looking at the work of an animal that has mastered a craft humans once thought belonged only to us.

 

In the quiet corners of our homes and farms, the rat continues its ancient engineering, unnoticed, uncelebrated, but undeniably extraordinary.

The Pride Of America Humbled By China But The Whole World Is Suffering

Between America and North Korea stands China, the underestimated but most dangerous country in the world

The American government underestimates every government, especially in third-world countries, and has a certain pride that causes the country more harm than good. They sit and waste their precious time boasting of their guns, ammunition, tanks, and military prowess, while the enemy plots. 

This is the reason the 11th of September took them by surprise. That plot could have been prevented.

Over the tension between North Korea and America, Donald Trump started in a very bad way with threats and boasts over the might of the American army. But Kim Jong-Un is not like an African leader America can intimidate, dominate, and his country used to test the bio-weapons of Aids and Ebola.


Actually, Kim Jong-Un was the first world leader to accuse the US government and Bill Gates of testing and spreading Ebola in Congo,  while, like a scared dog with its tail tucked in between its thighs, no African leader was able to question the American government about this medical crime, which also killed thousands of people in West Africa.

In one of our publications, we warned the American government to be careful when dealing with a man called Kim Jong-Un. This is a man the American government shouldn't underestimate because he is an extremely dangerous person. 

However, it escaped our attention to warn the American government about China. Even though our writings are based on medical crimes, biological weapons, and atrocities committed by Western European countries and the United States of America on African soil, we follow political events around the world.

The fact is, the US government has provoked many world leaders around the globe, but they are not ready to go to war with America, after the First and Second World Wars. But the US government thinks those not ready to go to war are scared of them. That's a big mistake.

Despite all the good political atmosphere between China and the US government, the same China is among the countries that hate America and have long wanted the country to go down on its knees. 

Every clandestine activity by the US government in the third world affects China because the country does business with almost all third-world countries. 

This is the reason why America, under the administration of Obama, triggered the biological weapon of Ebola in Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Liberia. China quickly went to rescue those countries to save its businesses with those countries from collapsing.

All these were causing tensions between America and China, but no media is prepared to disseminate the right information. They are only interested in misleading and deceiving people with false information that bats are responsible for the spread of Ebola in Africa.

While the same Ebola virus had already appeared simultaneously in Marburg and Frankfurt in Germany, and in Belgrade, Serbia, in 1967. How do we expect the world to be a better place for ourselves and our children or the next generation if the truth is never given a chance in everything that we do?

If truly God exists as I believe, all the fake media, including BBC and CNN, will collapse, and people will be shocked by this article. This may happen while I am still living or after my death because these media houses have caused more suffering to mankind than saving lives today. 

All the world leaders, politicians, and the media suppressing information, misleading, and deceiving the general public are responsible for the coronavirus today. The world is now paying for all your crimes and the continuous support you gave to America by telling the world that bats are responsible for Ebola.

Once you hide information, it is the denial and perversion of justice to those vulnerable ones, especially in the third world, that decades after slavery, colonial brutality, Apartheid, deliberate HIV-AIDS, Ebola, and other man-made diseases, they are still suffering today.

America has fought many wars and dropped many bombs on innocent populations, but nothing significant was achieved, but China has defeated the whole world with coronavirus. 

Gates’ Prediction Of 33 Million Deaths Makes Him A Suspect Of The Coronavirus

Bill Gates' generosity has covered up his medical crimes in third-world countries.

Microsoft chairman Bill Gates predicted a massive epidemic of infectious disease that would kill millions of people. In an interview with Vox in 2015, he said that he had assembled a group of researchers that was supposed to simulate a possible infectious catastrophe. 

Researchers concluded that if a disease like Spanish flu spreads in 250 days, 33 million people will die worldwide. “In terms of the spread of disease, we have created the most dangerous environment in the history of mankind,” Gates said.

 

Asking the question of what could kill more than 20 million people in the next 20 years, Gates considered several options. And he concluded that the scenarios of disaster films are unlikely. 

A large-scale earthquake, volcanic eruption, or asteroid crash is unlikely to destroy humanity. The danger of nuclear war, according to Gates, is also quite small.

Gates also compared the losses in the two world wars with the number of deaths from the Spanish flu. As it turned out, the Spaniard claimed more lives in the 20th century.

As Vox authors note, humanity is aware of the dangers of a pandemic, thinks about it, and is afraid of it. “We talk so much about this - it’s even funny that we are not ready for such a development of events. 

And we are not ready, as was the case with Ebola,” the newspaper notes.

According to Gates, in the current environment, the consequences of a pandemic or infectious disease will be much more catastrophic than the consequences of the Spanish flu epidemic in 1918-19. Then, 550 million people were infected. 

"Today, in just 60 days, the disease will spread to cities around the world. There hasn’t been a flu-like that with the Spanish flu," Gates said.

This is due to more free movement: today, 50 times more people cross state borders than a hundred years ago. In addition, some diseases become known after they kill a large number of people. So it was with Ebola. 

Experts are sure: if the outbreak of this disease occurred in the United States, it would be done away with more quickly. But it happened in Africa. “Guinea did not want to acknowledge the epidemic because it would be a death sentence for investment and the tourism industry,” Gates said.

The Ebola epidemic began in Guinea in 2014. Then the disease spread to neighboring countries, but little everyone knew that Bill Gates and the US government, under Obama’s administration, the Centers for Disease Control and the World Health Organization were responsible for the biological weapon in West Africa and the Republic of Congo simultaneously.

They actually lied and deceived the world with a host of deceitful scientists, doctors, medical personnel, and fake media, including the BBC and CNN, that bats are responsible for the spread of the disease in Africa.

Under the pretext of developing Africa, improving the fragile medical situation on the continent, and reducing poverty, Bill Gates clandestinely uses Africans as guinea pigs in testing new drugs manufactured by American pharmaceutical companies before making them available in the market, especially in third-world countries.

In fact, Bill Gates has escaped all medical crimes he has committed in third-world countries, especially in Africa, because of the mainstream media, praising his philanthropic works, instead of exposing his criminal activities.

However,  President Putin warned that Bill Gates is “experimenting” on Congolese villagers, infecting them with a rare strain of the Ebola virus, and that research and development of “Ebola as a bioweapon” have been quietly recommended in a remote corner of the troubled African nation.

Kim Jong Un, of North Korea, was also another world leader who accused the US government of experimenting with Ebola in Africa. 

Just five years after Gates predicted a pandemic that would be disastrous, the coronavirus has hit the world, claiming the lives of thousands of people around the world, making him the public suspect number one.

GREENPEACE calls for halt to the plunder of African Oceans

Greenpeace volunteers


An investigation by Greenpeace for some time now has revealed that the West African local fishing industries are under threat, due to European fishing trawlers fishing in West African waters. Under the theme 'Empty nets, Empty future,' Greenpeace calls for a halt.


The report focuses on how millions of West Africans depend on the fishing industry, but now under threat due to European trawlers that are increasingly overfishing. The activity is gradually taking its toll on the local fishing industry and is also threatening the extinction of many unique species.

The West African Coasts have now become a destination of choice for European and Asian fleets. Since their fishing territory has become overfished by 88% of the commercially used fish stocks in EU waters. 

They have nowhere to go but to head to Africa, where they fail to put any protective measures in place for the diminishing fishing stocks.

The effect of climate change on oceans is another important issue for Greenpeace.' Increased water temperatures and changing weather patterns are among other factors affecting the ocean to sustain life. 

'Empty net, Empty future,' highlights climate change that could spell the end of the export fisheries industry in West Africa. The report says this would destroy local economies, jobs, and food availability.

In order to maintain a free, non-hostile environment and good economies for the local fishing industries, Greenpeace is demanding fewer foreign trawlers and factory ships at sea, sustainable fishing practices, and the establishment of a network of marine reserves to let fish stocks recover and protect the ecosystem. 

They call for the current fisheries agreements to be scrapped and replaced with sustainable ones that would benefit West Africa.