The Marmaray, connecting the European and Asian shores of Istanbul, is the world's first sea tunnel between two continents. Turkey has opened the world's first underwater rail link between two continents, connecting Asia and Europe and allowing Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan to realise a project dreamt up by Ottoman sultans more than a century ago.
The labium forms the floor of the dragonfly's mouth, the labrum forms the top, while the hypopharynx is inside the mouth and is used in swallowing. Conceptually, then, the mosquito's proboscis is an adaptation of the mouthparts that occur in other insects. The labium still lies beneath the other mouthparts, but also enfolds them, and it has been extended into a proboscis.
Top facts. 1  The proboscis monkey is best known for the maleâs long, pendulous nose, which may potentially attract females by amplifying his calls. 2  Infant proboscis monkeys are born with bright blue faces and black fur. 3  Groups of proboscis monkeys usually consist of one male with a harem of around six females. The proboscis monkey is best known for the maleâs long, pendulous nose, which may potentially attract females by amplifying his calls. 2  Infant proboscis monkeys are born with bright blue faces and black fur.