Koi fish can be worth millions — the most expensive koi fish ever sold was worth $1.8 million. Anything strike you as special about this fish here?
Well, it's worth 1.8 million dollars. It won grand champion at the All Japan Koi Show in 2017, and is the most expensive koi fish ever sold.
Koi may just look like an oversized goldfish, but they're not even remotely related. Koi are actually a type of carp, and today they're some of the most expensive pet fish in the world.
But why? Koi were originally raised in Japan in the 1700s when rice farmers first began breeding them for their distinct colors and patterns, similar to how we breed dogs for their specific traits. And just like prized dog breeds, Japanese people take koi breeding very seriously.
There are regular competitions to name the top koi. Judges and buyers pay attention to how healthy its skin looks, its size and body shape, and how gracefully the fish moves in the water. But the most important trait of all is the koi's coloring.
The best koi have a good balance of colors and patterns according to their variety. For example, there are koi with light blue spots, ones with large red patches on their backs, or all-metallic gold.
But the most winning fish often just boil down to these three varieties. They're often the most valuable. They dominate the shows, winning nearly every major category each year. And the better-looking the fish, the more a buyer is willing to pay.
Yvo: Yeah, it depends. You can buy some small and cheap koi fish for a couple of bucks, but also, yeah, it can get up really, really high to thousands, ten thousands of dollars.
Narrator: That's Yvo de Wal. He's a koi hobbyist and seller in the Netherlands, and he heads up the YouTube channel Koi Partner. Each year he visits Japan to shop for koi.
Yvo: The breeders are located there, and they have experience with their bloodlines for many, many generations.
Narrator: You see, bloodlines are just as prized in koi as they are in dogs because some of these koi are the result of decades of selective breeding. I mean, just take a look at the koi's wild relative, the common carp.
Its dark colors would be considered unattractive for a koi, but it's perfect protection against predators in the wild.
So how do you get from this to this? Well, it's actually similar to how we got from this to this, except koi breeders mainly select for size and color and ignore... Fluffiness.
Koi have six types of color cells in their skin. Their cells can be red, yellow, black, white, blue, or metallic.
Now in order to get a beautiful, reddish-orange pattern like the one on this 1.8 million dollar fish, you need to select for fish that have a white body and lots of red cells that concentrate in large patches.
Red and white are important colors in Japanese culture, representing joy and purity. But having the right colors is only part of it.
A koi's color cells sit at different depths in the skin, some right near the surface and some deeper in, which ultimately determines how bright the fish appears.
The brighter the fish, the bigger the price tag. Today there are about 120 varieties. To compare, there are about 200 breeds of dogs.
But when it comes down to it, breeding koi is a lot harder. A single koi can give birth to hundreds of thousands of baby fish at a time.
Yvo: I think we are talking about millions and millions of fish per breeder.
Narrator: So breeders must choose wisely. One breeder, for example, reports that he starts with 3 million fish and selects 15,000 to raise over the first year. From that he chooses 1,000 to continue to raise the second year.
Yvo: Yeah, it's a really hard job for the breeders.
Narrator: But in the end, all that hard work is worth it. The breeder of this grand champion waited until she was nine years old to sell her at auction.
And by bringing in a world record of 1.8 million, the breeder got not only a huge return on investment but a priceless reputation boost in the koi community.
https://www.businessinsider.com/koi-fish-worth-millions-expensive-japan-2018-12
https://www.businessinsider.com/koi-fish-worth-millions-expensive-japan-2018-12
Malaysians have always known the famous 272 steps leading to the entrance of the Sri Subramaniar Swamy Temple in Batu Caves as being in the very common red and white colours that are associated with most Hindu temples.
However, visitors of the renowned temple received a pleasant surprise that could only be described as a feast for the eyes after the sombre stairs were transformed into an Instagram-worthy background with a myriad of colours seemingly overnight.
Talk of the Town - The stunning paint job done in a gradient pattern became the talk of the town after a photo of it was posted online by Sri Maha Mariamman Temple Devasthanam board member, Seenivasan Rajoo.
Seenivasan told Rojak Daily that the idea to vamp up the stairs leading to the temple was the brainchild of Sri Maha Mariamman Temple Dhevasthanam trustee Datuk Sivakumar Nadarajah.
“He came up with the idea because he wanted something out of the ordinary to make the temple more colourful and lively.
“He said instead of repainting the stairs in the usual red and white paint, why don’t we add more colours to make it more vibrant?
All the board members, especially the chairman Tan Sri R. Nadarajah, thought it was an excellent idea and approved it immediately,” Seenivasan explained.
Seenivasan said painting works started last week and it only took three days for it to be completed. “The stairs’ undercoating works started three days ago and it took about 20 volunteers and temple workers to get it done,” he said.
Seenivasan said he was completely blown over when he saw the completed job and couldn’t resist taking a photo of it.
“When I laid eyes on the colourful stairs, I was mesmerised. So I took a photo of it. I am not a professional photographer but I have passion for photography.
"After I took the photo and seeing how colourful it was, I decided to make it more vibrant and edited it with a photography app," Seenivasan. However, he did not expect his work of 'art' to blow up the way it did on social media.
“After being pleased with the app’s effects, I posted it on my Facebook page. The page garnered unimaginable attention and I did not expect it to go viral. To date, it has been shared over 5,000 times,” he said.
Kumbhabhishekham and Its Significance - Seenivasan said the temple and its vicinities are receiving new coats of paint and other up keeping works because of the upcoming Kumbhabhishekham ritual.
The temple’s honorary secretary C. Sethupathy explained that Kumbhabhishekham is a holy Hindu ritual that is believed to homogenise, synergise and unite the mystic powers of the temple and deity.
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“In Hinduism, every temple has a calendar period of 12 years to go through cleansing or rejuvenation process. The calendar period starts from the year a particular temple is built. This process or ritual is called Kumbhabhishekham, which only takes place once in every 12 years.
“Many people would unknowingly pass comments and judgements on temples that look unkempt with chipped paint and what not.
What these people are unaware of is the fact that such up keeping work, especially on the main architecture of the temple, can only be done once the 12 year cycle is completed.
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“Every temple will go through this Kumbhabhishekham. For the Batu Caves temple, the Kumbhabhishekham is on 31 Aug, where prayers will take place to cleanse and inject back ‘energy’ into the temple.
“Part of the ritual is the sprinkling of holy water on top of all the temple gopuras in Batu Caves, which will happen simultaneously,” he explained.
Sethupathy said in preparation of the Kumbhabhishekham in Batu Caves, major renovations amounting to RM5.5 million took place from as early as this year.
“We derived the money from donations and contributions from the temple. “Renovations include the building of three layers of Gopuras at the entrance and also at the temple above.
“There was no cost involved when it comes to the painting of the staircase. For the stairs, we had some leftover paint from the painting jobs of the temples. So, we painted the stairs with the leftover paint,” he said.
https://seasia.co/2018/09/01/one-of-the-country-s-biggest-tourist-attractions-gets-a-colorful-new-look
https://seasia.co/2018/09/01/one-of-the-country-s-biggest-tourist-attractions-gets-a-colorful-new-look
If you have scrolled through social media over the past 48 hours, you may have spotted a photo of a cute goldfish with little currant eyes and a pouty mouth, its body wrapped in a tiny contraption of mesh and tubes.
According to Tanya Chen of Buzzfeed News, the fish suffers from “incurable” swim bladder disease, which renders it unable to control its buoyancy in the water. So an enterprising employee of an aquarium shop in San Antonio made the fish its very own “wheelchair.”
A customer reportedly brought the fish into the shop because it was hovering at the bottom of its tank. So the employee in question, identified only as “Derek,” decided to wrap airline tubing around the little guy to help him float.
“I added some valves to the bottom of it, which acted as a ‘chair’ to prop him up,” Derek told Chen. “I added weights to the bottom of the ‘chair’ and something to keep him afloat on top (styrofoam), and slowly removed pieces until I achieved just the right buoyancy to make it easy for him to swim around without feeling like he’s dragging around a chair.”
The wheelchair has since been updated to include less tubing and more mesh, making it “more comfortable” for the little critter.
Adorable? Sure. Ingenious? Definitely. Beneficial to the fish? Maybe not. Dr. Catherine McClave, a marine biologist at The Fish Doctor, Inc., told Smithsonian.com that while the teensy flotation device is “certainly very clever,” it runs the risk of chafing the fish’s skin, which can in turn result in severe infection.
“The integument, or the skin of the fish, is its first line of defense,” McClave said. “And if there is something up against that that rubs [the skin] … and the skin opens up, then they're going to be susceptible to whatever is in the water. And then it's really easy for them to get a systemic bacterial infection.”
"I can't imagine that the fish won't come down with other issues [caused by its wheelchair]," she added. It isn’t clear how the fish came to be diagnosed with chronic swim bladder disease (Derek has not yet responded to Smithsonian.com's requests for comment).
But if the fish hasn’t been seen by a professional, getting him into a vet’s office would certainly be the first step on the path to recovery.
“Swim bladder disease” is really just a blanket term for a host of problems that might cause a fish’s swim patterns to become wonky. Many of these problems can be easily corrected—if they are properly diagnosed and treated.
As McClave explains, one of the most common causes of swim bladder disease in goldfish is improper nutrition. The swim bladder, a gas-filled sack that helps a fish control its buoyancy, is connected to the esophagus and alimentary canal.
Many goldfish owners feed their pets pellets, but these snacks are low in fibre and can cause fish to become constipated, which in turn puts pressure on the swim bladder.
Pellets are also problematic because they float at the top of the tank, meaning that fish have to spend a lot of time gulping their food down.
The swim bladder becomes inflated if the fish swallow too much air, causing them to float at the top of their tanks, swim upside down, or incline to one side, according to The Goldfish Tank.
Bacterial infection is another common cause of swim bladder disease—and if a fish has a bacterial infection, a poorly maintained tank is likely the culprit. “Usually the fish can fight off bacteria like we can, unless they're immune compromised,” says McClave.
“But if the fish is immune compromised, that's usually a result of poor water quality. That's why the water quality is really the most important thing for fish, because they're breathing through the water.”
Cysts can also deflate the swim bladder, which would cause the symptoms associated with swim bladder malfunction.
Those willing to spare no expense for their aquatic critters can ask vets to perform a host of diagnostic procedures—X-rays, ultrasounds, barium series.
“Fish medicine has really changed a lot in the last two decades,” McClave said. “Now there's diagnostic capabilities available for fish like we've had for dogs and cats for many years.”
The treatment for swim bladder depends, of course, on the source of the symptoms. Constipated fish should be put on a fast for a few days, and then routinely fed chopped, fibrous veggies like zucchini and carrots.
They can still eat pellets, but only in moderation. Bacterial infections can be treated with antibiotics. And it is crucial to ensure that fish are immersed in a clean, healthy environment.
“Proper water quality is the best thing: maintaining the proper water quality for the species of fish that you are keeping, and maintaining your filtration, and maintaining your exhibit at all times,” McClave advised.
The only course of treatment for a fish tumor is surgery—a pretty dramatic option to be sure, but some pet owners are prepared to pay the price. “You would not believe the amount of money people spend on two-dollar fish,” McClave said.
But maybe it isn’t so surprising. Concerned fish owners might be willing to shell out heaps of cash for the same reason that Derek—surely acting with the best intentions—took the time to craft a wheelchair for a goldfish in need. People love their animal companions, a lot. And as McClave notes, “Fish are pets too.”
Update March 20, 2017: Derek responded to Smithsonian.com's inquiry after the article was published.
He mentioned that prior to creating the chair, he attempted to treat the fish by changing its diet and administering medication.
None of these actions appeared to improve its condition. He is currently keeping close watch on the affects of the chair on the fish.
Derek writes: "[The fish] has been in the new chair for a while now and I can't find it causing any rubs or issues, and I do check daily. If it did, I would discontinue [use of] the device immediately."
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/dont-get-too-excited-about-viral-goldfish-wheelchair-1-180962571/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/dont-get-too-excited-about-viral-goldfish-wheelchair-1-180962571/
A young couple has come up with a brilliant solution to save their goldfish from a terrible existence.
Aidan, from London, said that his girlfriend’s goldfish had been rendered motionless at the bottom of the tank for months and it was heart-wrenching to watch her live a painful existence.
But by coming up with an innovative lifejacket (from cork and a piece of an old bikini), he has given the goldfish a new breathe of life.
Aidan decided to create an innovative lifejacket to help his girlfriend’s goldfish Sally, pictured after she was struggling to swim properly.
The magnificent lifejacket has gone viral on social media. He even made a YouTube video that displays how the goldfish couldn’t swim properly and then cuts to the footage of the implementation of the little lifejacket and how it helps the goldfish swim again.
He said it took him a few attempts to get it right but once he did, he knew it would transform the goldfish’s life. Using a piece of cork and an old bikini, he managed to fashion the flotation device, pictured.
Being described as “awesome” and “creative”, he also used the recent fame to say that we need to put an end to animal cruelty. We couldn’t agree more. Let’s hope that there are more people like Aidan that put their creativity to help animals from suffering.
https://www.truthinsideofyou.org/couple-fashion-makeshift-lifejacket-to-help-their-aging-goldfish-swim/
https://www.truthinsideofyou.org/couple-fashion-makeshift-lifejacket-to-help-their-aging-goldfish-swim/
This Obscure Bangkok Market is Home to a Million-Dollar Collection of Tropical Fish - In the market for rare aquarium fish? Head to Thailand.
The Flowerhorn is a man-made hybrid fish prized for its color and huge hump on its head. They are thought to bring good luck to their owners.
The Flowerhorn is a man-made hybrid fish prized for its color and huge hump on its head. They are thought to bring good luck to their owners.
All Thailand’s labyrinthine Chatuchak Weekend Market, which spans 27 acres in downtown Bangkok, is one of the largest open-air markets in the world.
The maze-like array of stalls and shops is an immersive and often overwhelming experience, especially during the weekend when the market is packed with local shoppers, tourists, and food carts in the ever-present tropical heat.
But this extensive warren of shops hides an intriguing secret behind its rows of kitschy souvenirs and knock-off designer bags.
Tucked away just outside the main cluster of the weekend market is a section few Western tourists ever see: Chatuchak’s vast tropical fish and exotic pet market, home to one of the most impressive (and expensive) collections of live aquarium fish anywhere in the world.
Disconnected from the main market, and far from the common points of entry for tourists, the fish market hides in plain sight across from a shopping center; even with directions, it can be difficult to locate.
his small, nondescript entrance conceals the immense market housing some of the world’s most exotic (and expensive) fish. His small, nondescript entrance conceals the immense market housing some of the world’s most exotic (and expensive) fish.
After a short walk, a few outdoor stalls selling enormous koi, some at prices of several thousand U.S. dollars, indicate the market is nearby.
These koi shops proudly exhibit trophies and plaques by their entrances indicating champion koi they have raised—much like with purebred dogs, koi are bred for certain characteristics and koi competitions offer prizes in the tens of thousands of dollars.
Passing through the nondescript entrance, the covered market is cavernous, comprised of long stretches of walkways flanked by stalls on both sides, many literally spilling over into the walkways with brightly lit aquariums.
Thai culture has a longstanding love affair with pet fish, which were raised and domesticated as pets in the country long before the modern era.
The fish, which they pulled from rice field puddles to compete in elaborate “fights” as early as the 13th century, are now known the world over as “Siamese fighting fish” or simply “Bettas.”
The market is a frenzy of activity on wholesale day, when buyers and sellers flock to Chatuchak from across the country. The market is a frenzy of activity on wholesale day, when buyers and sellers flock to Chatuchak from across the country.
In recent years, Thailand has emerged as a center for fish breeding on a commercial scale to supply both a thriving domestic market and huge international demand; aquarium fish consistently rank as one of the nation’s top exports by dollar value.
Chatuchack’s fish market primarily caters to Bangkok’s huge number of aquarium owners—many of whom are wealthy and willing to spend exorbitant sums on their prized aquatic pets.
Much of the market is dedicated to pricey, status-symbol fish like the arowana, or dragon fish, which can cost upwards of $20,000 for a quality specimen.
Other rarities like freshwater stingrays—some the size of pizzas—and rare catfish species are prominently on display. Large ‘platium’ Gar on display near one of the market’s entrances. A rare mutation causes this pure white coloration.
Large ‘platium’ Gar on display near one of the market’s entrances. A rare mutation causes this pure white coloration.
Near one of the side entrances to the market, a pair of two-foot-long “platinum” gar (a rare all-white variant of a large, predatory fish originally from North America) cruise menacingly through an enormous aquarium.
Doing a quick mental conversion from Baht to U.S. dollars, the asking price for these giants was roughly $10,000 each. Despite being much, much smaller than the neighboring complex, the fish market sprawls across a surprisingly large area, extending into narrow alleyways and dead-end corridors.
Unlike any aquarium shop you’d likely see in the U.S., fish here are densely packed in small aquariums as they are often sold in large quantities, with tanks turning over multiple times per day.
Many of the smaller shops are family breeding concerns, and barely feature aquariums at all—instead, fish are pre-bagged and ready for sale in neat rows.
Each tiny shop or stall usually specializes in a particular breed or category of fish or aquarium—some showcasing colorful but delicate discus and angelfish, others displaying a bewildering array of tiny but colorful freshwater shrimps.
Perhaps owing to their long cultural affinity to fishkeeping, Thai breeders specializing in aquarium fish have an international reputation and supply millions of fish to importers and shops in the U.S. and Europe each year.
Just as their counterparts in China and Japan took the common goldfish and selectively bred it into dozens of colorful variants, Thai breeders are constantly cultivating new variants of the fish they breed, selecting out traits for color, body shape, or fin configuration.
The Red Dragonfish, or Arowana, is a symbol of prosperity in many Asian cultures. High end specimens can sell for over US$20,000.
The Betta is a perfect example of this—having originated with a mostly brown, unremarkable fish, there are now hundreds of varieties in shades of blue, red, pearl white, most sporting elegant flowing fins.
For the local market, albinos, platinum, or bright red mutations are in high demand, selling for hundreds or occasionally thousands of dollars.
One particularly popular fish in the Thai market is the Flowerhorn, a man made hybrid fish which sports a remarkable hump on its head, vibrant colors, and a feisty attitude (these fish do not play well with others).
Flowerhorns considered to have good markings and shape are thought to be a symbol of prosperity—a living good luck charm—and are often prominently displayed in local businesses.
The fish market, while open to the public most of the week, is most active in the mornings, with most stalls shuttered by the early afternoon. Like Chatuchak itself, activity peaks on the weekends, when the aquarium market can get extremely crowded with local shoppers.
Each Thursday morning, the market turns over into a wholesale market, when breeders, farmers, and fish collectors from the outlying suburbs of Bangkok converge on the market to sell their fish to wholesalers and exporters in huge quantities.
Hundreds of cultivated varieties of goldfish can be found in the market, most bred on farms just outside Bangkok. Hundreds of cultivated varieties of goldfish can be found in the market, most bred on farms just outside Bangkok.
At those times, every open space in the market is carpeted in fish laid out in plastic bags—thousands of guppies, goldfish, cichlids, all ready to be bought up and shipped to a wholesale facility nearby.
This high-energy scene, with its frenzy of activity and breathless negotiations between buyer and seller, seems more akin to Wall Street trading than the normally subdued fish market, but visitors be warned—it is generally not open to the public and foreigners with cameras are looked at with suspicion.
Even for someone not particularly well acquainted with the hundreds of varieties of rare fish on display, Chatuchak’s aquarium fish market is a fascinating destination for anyone looking for a brief escape from the endless, monotonous shops in the market’s more well-known counterpart.
Although the fish market clearly caters to locals and little English is spoken, most shop owners are polite and happy to show off their specialty fish to a curious visitor. It also offers a rare glimpse of a little-known hobby and industry that is a way of life for thousands of Thais.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/this-obscure-bangkok-market-is-home-to-a-million-dollar-collection-of-tropical-fish
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If you’re a vegetarian, you know that going meat-free isn’t always easy. Whether it’s finding vegetarian options when eating out or answering questions from non-vegetarians – it can be exhausting!
So what about collagen? The good news is, you don’t actually have to eat animal products to fulfill your collagen needs. There are plenty of vegetarian options that promote healthy collagen production.
What is Collagen? Within your body are connective tissues. Connective tissues are exactly what their name implies – tissues that connect things.
Fascia tissue, dermis (the bottom layer of your skin), muscles, tendons, cartilage and the tissue surrounding your hair and nails are all prime examples of connective tissue.
Collagen is the main protein of all connective tissue. It is insoluble, meaning it’s not broken down by water, and fibrous in shape like strands of thread. The human body has so much collagen that it accounts for roughly one-third of a healthy human’s body!
In fact, it makes up 70% of the protein in our skin. Fortunately, the human body is well-designed and makes its own collagen when consistently given the nutrients it needs to do so.
Collagen, like all proteins, is made up of building blocks called amino acids, which are properly structured with the help of vitamin C. Think of amino acids like Lego pieces and vitamin C like your brilliant grandchild who can build the entire castle set with only one glance at the instructions.
Vegan collagen - Without Vitamin C There Is No Collagen - Without vitamin C, collagen production is disrupted and can result in a wide variety of problems throughout the body.
Vitamin C deficiency, although uncommon in North America, results in your bones being unable to properly manufacture collagen and its connective tissues.
The body literally falls apart as collagen is broken down and not replaced. This results in joints beginning to wear down as your tendons weaken.
Unfortunately, humans are unable to produce vitamin C on their own and must rely on food and supplements as a source. The best food sources of vitamin C have one thing in common: they are all plant foods.
Most animals are able to make vitamin C in their bodies, but only plants are able to make it concentrated enough to provide a rich source when eaten.
Vitamin C rich foods include oranges, red peppers, kale, and broccoli. You can also find vitamin C supplements in stores, or added to other vitamin and mineral complexes.
Types of Collagen - There are 16 known types of collagen, but over 90% of all collagen is type I, II, or III – numbered in order of discovery. While collagen’s overall function is the same in every tissue, to accommodate stretching of each tissue, the collagen shape depends on the type of tissue.
Regardless of its placement and type, all collagen have an incredible tensile strength (resistance to breaking under tension). Let’s look at some more common collagen types:
Type I: The most common type of collagen in humans and the most abundant protein in our bodies overall. Type I collagen is an important component of bones, teeth, skin, ligaments, tendons, cartilage (especially the disks between vertebrae) and even scar tissue.
It also comprises 85% of the collagen in our tendons, with the other 15% made up of type III collagen. Collagen type I and type III are often found together, with type I being the predominant collagen in the tissue.
Type II: Think of this type of collagen as the strong, support collagen. Its job is to give tensile strength to both articular (found as supportive tissues in the ears, nose, trachea, larynx, and smaller respiratory tubes) and hyaline (found covering the articular surfaces of bones in synovial joints) cartilage, as well as the eye. Type II collagen is of great benefit for age-related joint pain or other symptoms.
Type III: Usually found with type I collagen. Primarily found in lining tissues such as intestinal walls, blood vessel walls and within the muscle. That’s why a type III collagen deficiency is linked to higher risk of ruptured blood vessels.
Type IV: Plays an important role in forming basal lamina, a gelatinous-like fluid secreted by the epithelial cells. Think of epithelial cells as cells that outline organs. The outer layer of skin that outlines your entire body is made up of epithelial cells and thus called your epithelium.
Below any layer of epithelial cells is dermis, a type of tissue that is designed to act as a cushion for the organ it surrounds. Between these two layers is the basal lamina that provides padding to the epithelial layer and is needed for nerve and blood vessel functions.
Type V: Type V collagen is a misunderstood collagen. It tends to be found working in conjunction with types I and III. It’s found to be part of the matrix within tissues like bone, and the interstitial (between tissue) matrix of muscle tissue, hepatic (liver) tissue, lung tissue, and the placenta in pregnant women.
Type X: Research is still being done to see the exact mechanisms by which type X collagen works, but what is known is that type X has a role in bone formation and cartilage. It is found in fetal and juvenile growth plates, ribs and vertebrae. It’s also been found to help bone fracture healing.
5 Health Benefits of Collagen - While collagen is most frequently mentioned in the beauty industry, its benefits are beyond skin deep: Supports Strong, Healthy Hair, Skin and Nails.
There is no shortage of products and procedures claiming to be the magic elixir for beautiful, youthful skin, luxurious hair, and beautiful long, strong nails.
For the most part, there is next to no research backing up those claims, with the exception of collagen. Collagen has been shown in clinical studies to improve skin elasticity, moisture, and retention. In others, collagen has been found to help regrow hair and improve the rate of skin wound healing.
Improves Digestion - Your intestinal tract can become stressed from any of the following: psychological stress; physical stress; side effects of certain medications; bacterial and/or fungal infections; exposure to dietary allergens; and/or ingestion of toxins.
This stress can cause the tissue in your intestinal tract to become damaged, inflamed and irritated- and when paired with unhealthy microflora- creates a condition called leaky gut syndrome.
This is where toxins, pathogens, and other matter pass through the intestinal tract and make their way into the bloodstream and then other tissues in the body.
Studies have found that people with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) have decreased blood serum concentrations of collagen. Supplementation of collagen and consumption of collagen from foods helps soothe, seal and repair the intestinal tract.
https://www.algaecal.com/expert-insights/vegetarians-guide-protein-collagen-healthy-bones/
Võ Duy Dương (chữ Hán: 武維楊; Hán Việt: Vũ Duy Dương; 1827-1866), còn gọi là Thiên Hộ Dương (千戶楊, do giữ chức Thiên hộ), là lãnh tụ cuộc khởi nghĩa chống thực dân Pháp (1862-1866) ở Đồng Tháp Mười, Việt Nam.
Võ Duy Dương sinh năm 1827 tại thôn Cù Lâm Nam nay là thôn Nam Tượng I, xã Nhơn Tân, huyện An Nhơn. Ông là con thứ ba trong gia đình, và thuở nhỏ ông Dương là người sáng trí, khỏe mạnh, giỏi võ nghệ.
Khi cha qua đời, gia đình sa sút, ông Dương phải đi chăn trâu để sinh sống. May nhờ vị quan sở tại cảm thông hoàn cảnh nghèo khó và mến tài nên nhận làm con nuôi.
Vào Nam kháng Pháp -Năm 1853, theo đề nghị của các quan, trong đó Nguyễn Tri Phương, vua Tự Đức ban hành chính sách đồn điền.
Năm 1857, hưởng ứng chính sách vừa kể, Võ Duy Dương vượt biển vào Nam Kỳ tìm đến đất Ba Giồng, ven Đồng Tháp Mười (nay thuộc địa bàn các huyện Châu Thành, Cai Lậy, Cái Bè, thuộc tỉnh Tiền Giang), để chiêu dân lập ấp, kết bạn với Nguyễn Hữu Huân và trở thành một hào phú ở địa phương.
Tháng 2 năm 1859, Pháp đánh chiếm Gia Định rồi đánh chiếm thành Mỹ Tho (tháng 4 năm 1861), Võ Duy Dương cùng Thủ Khoa Huân kéo lực lượng về Gia Định đánh trả. Vì vậy, ông được phong chức Chánh quản đạo.
Thành Gia Định vỡ, ông vượt biển về Kinh đô Huế, bái yết vua Tự Đức hiến kế đánh đuổi Pháp. Sau đó, ông được điều về Quảng Nam dẹp cuộc nổi dậy của người Thạch Bích (mọi Vách Đá) và được phong hàm Chánh bát phẩm Thiên hộ vào năm 1860.
Tháng 5 năm 1861, ông được sung vào phái bộ của Khâm phái quân vụ Đỗ Thúc Tĩnh vào Nam Kỳ với nhiệm vụ chiêu mộ nghĩa dõng chống ngoại xâm. Trong một thời gian ngắn, ông mộ được gần một ngàn người, trong số đó, có cả lính đánh thuê thuộc quân đội Pháp và một người Pháp là Liguet.
Ông đóng quân ở Bình Cách, liên kết với Trương Định ở Gò Công, Trần Xuân Hoà (Phủ Cậu) ở Thuộc Nhiêu và Đỗ Thúc Tĩnh ở Mỹ Quý. Tự giác giương cao khẩu hiệu "Cần Vương" chống Pháp, nghĩa quân lấy Đồng Tháp Mười là vùng rừng đầm lầy, hiểm trở vào bậc nhất ở Nam Bộ thời bấy giờ làm căn cứ.
Từ đây, nghĩa quân dùng chiến thuật du kích đánh Pháp trên cả một vùng rộng lớn từ Hà Tiên, Rạch Giá đến Đồng Tháp, gây cho đối phương nhiều tổn thất.
Giữa lúc lực lượng nghĩa quân đang quyết chiến, thì triều đình Huế ký Hòa ước Nhâm Tuất (1862). Ngay sau đấy, triều đình Huế buộc các tổ chức nghĩa quân phải hạ khí giới.
Không tuân lệnh, ông bị triều đình tước binh quyền và sai người lùng bắt (Phan Thanh Giản nhận lệnh triều đình, sai quản cơ Trần Văn Thành truy đuổi).
Sau, Thủ Khoa Huân, Trương Định lần lượt hy sinh. Tuy nhiên, Võ Duy Dương cùng với các nghĩa sĩ khác như Nguyễn Tấn Kiều (tức Đốc Binh Kiều), Nguyễn Văn Cẩn(tức Lãnh binh Cẩn), Trần Kỳ Phong, Thống Bình, Lãnh Binh Dương, Thương Chấn, Thống Đa, Quản Văn, Quản Là,...vẫn không hề nản chí.
Ngày 14 tháng 4 năm 1866, Pháp huy động một lực lượng gồm ngót ngàn quân thủy bộ cùng nhiều tàu chiến, đại bác chia làm ba mũi đồng loạt tiến công từ ba hướng Cần Lố, Cái Nứa và Bắc Chiêng, quyết đánh chiếm sở chỉ huy của nghĩa quân.
Nhiều trận đụng độ ác liệt đã xảy ra, làm đối phương bị tiêu hao không ít, nhưng trước sức công phá của vũ khí mạnh, nghĩa quân phải rút đi, sau khi Đồn Trung bị đánh hạ.
Theo Hồ sơ cá nhân của Trần Bá Lộc mang số SL. 311 trong Văn khố Quốc gia, thì ông Lộc có tham gia trận này, và sau đó được thực dân Pháp tặng thưởng Danh dự Bội tinh bạc cũng vào tháng 4 năm đó.
Sau khi rút khỏi Đồng Tháp Mười, Võ Duy Dương đem quân phối hợp với con của Trương Định là Trương Quyền và thủ lĩnh người Khmer là Acha Xoa, tiếp tục đánh Pháp nhiều trận trước khi suy yếu dần.
Mất trên đường đi ra Huế - Tháng 10 năm 1866, Võ Duy Dương dùng thuyền theo đường biển ra Bình Thuận để cầu viện sự giúp đỡ của triều đình và liên lạc với nghĩa sĩ miền Trung nhằm gây dựng lại lực lượng.
Dựa vào những phân tích của Gustave Janneau về hai bản tấu kín của ông Dương dâng vua Tự Đức thì rất có thể triều đình cho vời ông ra Huế để trình bày kỹ càng hơn việc: "đề nghị nhà vua cho phép dùng mưu kế thu hồi lại ba tỉnh miền Đông Nam Kỳ", "nếu nhà vua cho lệnh, ông có thể tiêu diệt hết binh lính Pháp ở nơi kênh rạch nhỏ hẹp, nơi mà các đại bác mất tác dụng"...
Cũng không loại trừ khả năng triều đình đang tìm cách bó tay Võ Duy Dương, để làm vừa lòng Pháp, không cho họ lấy cớ vì ông "phá quấy" mà lấn chiếm đất thêm, vì bấy giờ chủ súy Pháp vẫn cho là các quan lại ở ba tỉnh miền Tây vẫn chứa giấu Thiên Hộ Dương.
Nhưng không may, khi đến cửa biển Cần Giờ, ông và các thuộc hạ đều bị cướp biển sát hại, nên câu hỏi vì sao ông ra Huế vẫn chưa có lời đáp.
Giải thích thêm nguyên nhân mất - Tuy vẫn còn vài ý kiến khác, nhưng theo những nỗ lực tìm kiếm xác minh gần đây, nhiều nhà nghiên cứu sử đã đồng thuận rằng Võ Duy Dương đã bị cướp biển giết ở mũi Thị Khiết (Thần Mẫu) thuộc vùng biển Cần Giờ, khoảng tháng 10 năm 1866, lúc ông mới 39 tuổi.
Bởi căn cứ vào các nguồn: Trong báo cáo của Nguyễn Đức Hạnh gửi cho Chánh sở mật thám Pháp: Người này tên là Dương đã bỏ trốn sau khi Tháp Mười bị chiếm. Ông ta lên chiếc ghe bầu để đi Bình Thuận.
Trước khi đến xứ này, ông đã bị tên Lý Sen, cầm đầu một đám cướp biển tấn công. Lý Sen đi trên một chiếc thuyền mành mà người ta gọi là "Thiền du", đã cho liệng xuống biển tất cả những người An Nam đi trên chiếc ghe cửa này.
Lý Sen lục lọi trong một chiếc rương lớn lấy tất cả áo quần, các cấp bằng và mũ miện của Thiên Hộ Nguyên soái tên Võ Duy Dương. Nguyễn Đức Hạnh còn cho biết thêm sau đó tên Sen bị bắt vì Hai Sĩ tố cáo y đã cướp bóc nhiều ghe biển, và tên Sen đã cắn lưỡi chết trong ngục.
Tác giả Schreiner trong quyển Đại Nam Quốc sử cũng đã tái xác nhận nguồn tin này: Người ta nghe tin ông Võ Duy Dương mới chết chìm tại phía mũi Đinh (Padaran), là nơi ông đánh với ba chiếc ghe tàu ô của đảng ăn cướp, quân ấy hạ hết người trên hai ghe.
Trong dân gian ở xã Mỹ Thọ (Cao Lãnh, Đồng Tháp) còn lưu truyền nguồn tin là sau khi thất thủ ở Đồng Tháp Mười, Võ Duy Dương rút qua An Giang, Rạch Giá và bị cướp biển chặn đánh và chết ở cửa biển Rạch Giá (địa điểm chết khác với 2 tài liệu trên).
Ngoài ra, còn có hai tư liệu sau, cũng cho rằng ông Dương mất ngoài biển cả, nhưng nguyên do là vì bão tố làm cho đắm thuyền: Trong Đại Nam thực lục chính biên quyển XXXV [7]:
Thiên hộ Vũ Duy Dương uỷ người về Kinh dâng sớ kín. Vua sai Vũ Trọng Bình hỏi kín, cốt phải hỏi đến chỗ cùng bàn cho ổn thoả. Rồi được quan tỉnh Thuận - Khánh bảo rằng Duy Dương đi thuyền về tỉnh Bình Thuận đầu thú gặp gió bị đắm ở phận biển Thần Mẫu, sai tìm xác, chi đồ vật đem chôn, cấp cho mẹ hắn mỗi tháng 5 quan tiền, 1 phương gạo.
Trong Nam Kỳ Phong tục nhân vật diễn ca của Nguyễn Liên Phong:
Thoát thân về với ghe bầu,
Khỏi nơi Cần Hải tiền xu đoán thoàn.
Giấc nồng đêm dậy nhảy khan,
Hồn chôn bụng cá ưng oan chẳng cần.
Giai thoại - Ở làng Bình Cách, nay là xã Tân Bình Thạnh (Chợ Gạo, Tiền Giang) đến nay còn lưu truyền câu chuyện Ông Năm Linh và bà Bảy Vàng như sau:
Ông Năm Linh (từ tên gọi Ngũ Linh Dương mà ra), người miền Trung, võ nghệ cao cường, tánh tình cương trực hay làm việc nghĩa, giao du rộng...
Ông vào Nam lập nghiệp. Lúc Tây xâm lược Nam Kỳ, ông đứng ra chiêu mộ nghĩa dõng, quyên góp lúa gạo mua súng đạn đánh Tây, được nhiều người hưởng ứng.
Bá hộ Học (Trần Văn Học) là điền chủ giàu có nhất nhì trong vùng, chẳng những ủng hộ lúa gạo mà có bán ruộng lấy tiền bạc, mua súng ủng hộ nghĩa quân. Để khích lệ người anh hùng có chí lớn, bá hộ Học đem "đưa" cô con gái duy nhất là Bảy Vàng cho ông Năm Linh.
Từ khi về với ông Năm, dù là "gái đưa" chứ không phải vợ chính thức cưới hỏi, nhưng bà Bảy Vàng chẳng những một lòng chung thủy thờ chồng mà còn giúp chồng nhiều việc trong công cuộc quốc sự.
Khi ông Năm Linh cùng nghĩa quân rút vào Đồng Tháp Mười, bà cũng theo chồng để lo việc tiếp tế lương thực nuôi quân. Đến khi đại đồn Tháp Mười thất thủ, ông Năm Linh theo ghe bầu về Huế cầu viện, bà Bảy Vàng ở lại nuôi con chờ chồng. Khi nghe tin ông bị chết ngoài biển, bà buồn rầu mà mất.
Tưởng nhớ - Đền thờ Võ Duy Dương và Đốc Binh Kiều ở Gò Tháp, xã Mỹ Hòa, huyện Tháp Mười. Để tưởng nhớ Võ Duy Dương, tại Gò Tháp (xã Mỹ Hòa, huyện Tháp Mười, tỉnh Đồng Tháp), người dân đã lập đền thờ ông và đã được công nhận di tích lịch sử cấp quốc gia. Tại nơi ông sinh ra (xã Nhơn Tân, huyện An Nhơn), năm 1997, dòng họ đã góp tiền xây dựng đền thờ và hàng năm tổ chức tế lễ.
Gần đây, sáng ngày 15 tháng 12 năm 2007 Hội Khoa học Lịch sử Việt Nam trao tặng cho đền thờ Võ Duy Dương tại xã Nhơn Tân, thị xã An Nhơn một tượng đồng phác họa chân dung ông, trong chương trình "Mỗi người một giọt đồng đúc tượng danh nhân".
Tại thành phố Đồng Hới, Quảng Bình có con đường mang tên Võ Duy Dương ở phường Nam Lý (từ đường Phong Nha tới đường Đặng Văn Ngữ).
Tại đền thờ ông và Đốc Binh Kiều ở Gò Tháp có câu đối:
Sử sách sáng chói danh Thiên Hộ,
Bia miệng lưu truyền tiếng Đốc binh.
Ở đây cũng còn lưu truyền câu ca dao:
Chiều chiều mây giục gió vần
Cảm thương Thiên Hộ xả thân cứu đời!
Ngày 14 tháng 11 âm lịch hằng năm, là ngày giỗ chung hai ông.
https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%B5_Duy_D%C6%B0%C6%A1ng
In Siberia, the winter temperature can drop to -60C, making it one of the coldest places to live in the world. In the first of our series on extremes, Adam Mynott finds out how the people of Oymyakon district cope with everyday life under such extraordinary conditions.
It was extremely cold. Stepping off the plane from Moscow into the brutal, brittle cold of Yakutsk in eastern Siberia, I could hardly believe that humans could survive, let alone thrive in such harsh conditions.
Yet this was a relatively mild start to my 10 days in the region. The temperature was -32C, and I was to encounter much worse. Extreme World is a new season of coverage on TV, Radio and Online, examining global differences.
Over the next few months, BBC News correspondents will be exploring eight key themes that illustrate the divisions in our extreme world.
One of the first things I noticed in Yakutsk, the regional capital of Sakha province, was that this city must be at severe risk of flooding, as all the buildings were built on concrete and steel stilts, suspending them 2m (6ft) above the ground.
But Valentin Spector, a senior researcher at the Permafrost Institute, said the stilts had nothing to do with flooding. He explained that in the summer, when temperatures can rise to more than 40C, the top layer of frozen ground warms and defrosts, in some places to a depth of a metre and in others to as much as three metres.
This "active layer," as Mr Spector called it, is very unstable, and unless the foundations of buildings are firmly rooted deep in the permafrost below, movement in the summer will bring them crashing down.
He told me that 65% of Russia sits on permafrost, and in some places in Siberia the frozen ground is 1500m deep. The permafrost poses many other difficulties.
Even though the summers are hot, it takes a long time for the topsoil to shake off the chill, and the growing season for farmers is shoe-horned into a small period of a few weeks.
The following day we flew to Ust-Nera, a town north of Yakutsk, inside the Arctic Circle and deep in the mountains. The air temperature fell another 10 degrees to around -42C, another startling shock to my life-support system.
As we drove into the town from the airport, we fell in behind a column of cars on their way to a funeral. Another problem posed by permafrost: how do people bury their dead in the middle of winter?
It takes two or three days to dig a grave in frozen ground. A fire is lit and coals are piled on; after a couple of hours the coals are dragged to one side and the 15cm of ground defrosted by the heat and flames are dug and cleared. Hot coals are then pushed into the hole and the process begins all over again until the hole is 2m deep.
I was beginning to get used to the cold, but I still found it shockingly painful and difficult to operate in. In the winter here, no-one goes outside unless they absolutely have to, and if they do have to venture out to shop or go to school or work, they are very well wrapped up.
Fur hats and long fur coats are everywhere. A long fur coat can cost more than $1550 (£1000), beyond the purse of many people where the average wage is the equivalent of $600 (£400) a month. You can take out a mortgage on a fur coat - banks will lend to enable people to buy the garment they need.
I arrived with more sets of thermal underwear than I knew what to do with, but what I lacked was a good hat. I was told by everyone that real fur was the only sensible solution, but I did not want to be responsible for the death of an Arctic Fox or a rabbit and, frankly, the real fur hats were very expensive, so I decided to go for fake fur.
This caused snorts of derision from the government guide who was accompanying me. He looked at me with a mixture of pity and contempt.
"Huh, Greenpeace," he said. The town of Ust-Nera started as a small settlement after geologists discovered gold and other minerals in the region in 1937.
Soviet leader Joseph Stalin saw the underground reserves as one solution to deal with bourgeois "enemies of the state," and sent many tens of thousands of political prisoners to gulags (work camps) in Siberia to extract the gold and other minerals with picks and shovels.
Mikhail Ivanov is one of the few gulag workers who survived the ordeal and is still alive. I met the academic and historian in his apartment in Yakutsk, where he told me his crime had been just to praise the writings of a Yakut accused of being a nationalist.
After a sham trial, he was sent to work in a coal mine. "If I dragged 25 wheelbarrows full of coal up to the surface, I received two bowls of porridge. If I couldn't manage 25, I got just one bowl," he told me.
The mines are still operating under, of course, totally different regimes. The money they offer in wages attracts miners from all over Russia and beyond. It is the mines that sustain the economy in this barren cold environment.
And without the mines, the town of Oymyakon, which is the coldest inhabited place on Earth, would probably only be occupied in the summer by reindeer herdsmen.
When I visited the Badran gold mine, the temperature above ground was -45C. I found it almost unbearable. Andrei Dubov, who has worked at the mine for a decade, said the cold was no problem.
"I wrap up warm, and it's dry. So it's a much better climate than many other parts of Russia." He said the coldest temperature he could recall was -63C. "It was probably colder," he told me, "but the thermometer only reads down as far as -63C."
Underground, the miners work in temperatures between -15C and -20C, which seems appalling, but remarkably, the mine feels incredibly mild, warm even. The coldest temperature I experienced in my few days in Siberia was -53C.
This was so cold that after no more than a few minutes outside, exposed skin started to smart with pain, damp surfaces in my nostrils froze, and toes and fingers turned uncomfortably cold very quickly, despite three layers of thick socks and two pairs of gloves.
I was carrying my microphone, and the flexible cable that led to the recording machine turned as rigid as a stick and I was warned that if I tried to bend it before it warmed up, it would snap.
It is easy, perhaps even arrogant, to look at the lives of the people who live in the district of Oymyakon and think they would not live in such a physically demanding place if they knew better.
Of course, they do know better. I visited the Vadreyev family, who were all born in Ust-Nera and feel they belong to the town and its people.
As she dressed her daughter, Maria, in a thick fur coat, fur hat, scarf and gloves, Martina Vadreyev said: "Sure, we have to wrap up warm. In other parts of Russia you can throw on a coat to go outdoors, here it takes ages to dress.
But we are used to it. This is our home." Then the two of them pulled open the door of their apartment and stepped into the blast of super-chilled air -52C and falling.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-11875131
About 15 years ago I was travelling in NZ. We went on a random, side-of-the-road hike, probably to check out a waterfall or something.
Part way through the hike we hear a huge commotion in the brush, and then the biggest bird we'd ever seen jumped out in front of us and ran across the path. It was over in about 5 seconds. Apparently it was a very rare sighting! And potentially dangerous!
I was about to complain saying "How is this metal?" But the cassowary makes it metal by default. Photographer: “Yep. You’re probably wondering how I got in this situation... stick around and— rip oh god it’s ripping into my flesh!!!”
Dis wat a dinosaur looks like. That goddamn bitch....No, you make sure to send a pawn with marine armor and have some bionic parts ready for emergency surgery. Alternatively, you can have your pets guard you which will give you enough time to distance yourself and shoot the mofo.
"Step back, or your eggs will be bitten". This bird can and has actually killed humans in the past due to it's size and single razor claw on each foot it can quite literally kick into you.
Edit: I wish I could reply to all the fantastic comments under this one, instead I'll leave a (kind of mean tbh) video about one of these attacks https://youtu.be/lBM7AI0yp78
After reading about how dangerous these birds are for absolutely zero reason other than to fuck shit up, I am inclined to believe that their eggs are bright green so as to lure prey victims into an ambush to raise its KDR.
Literally using its children as a tool to cause pain and death. I have no scientific proof of this. Just a gut feeling. A gut feeling that the cassowary would be more than happy to rip out of me with its massive talon.
I remember in a nature documentary once an expert described them as being able to cut you right open with a single swipe, like unzipping your skin. Their kicks can slice gashes in CAR DOORS. Now, imagine what that can do to your soft, fleshy body parts.
OK, try to imagine yourself in the Anthropocene Period. You get your first look at this "six foot turkey" as you enter a clearing. He moves like a bird, lightly, bobbing his head.
And you keep still because you think that maybe his visual acuity is based on movement like T-Rex - he'll lose you if you don't move. But no, not Cassowary.
There
are hundreds of islands around Malaysia so it can get hard to make a
decision on where to go for idyllic white sandy beaches and azure waters
that rival the Maldives. Incidentally, Lang Tengah Island in the
Northeast coast of Peninsular Malaysia, has also been dubbed as the
“Maldives of Southeast Asia”. With up to 3 metre-deep crystal clear
waters and squeaky soft white sand, Lang Tengah Island can most
definitely pass off as one of the atolls in Maldives. Ceramic turtles
coming out of eggshells heading towards the sea in lang tengah with two
sun loungers and parasol. Situated in between the more popular islands
of Redang and Perhentian Islands, Lang Tengah is relatively smaller and
offers a more relaxed vibe. There are no roads and no vehicles on this
tiny slice of paradise and you can only get around the island by foot
through the tropical jungle or by boat. Due to limitations in its size,
Lang Tengah Island is mainly untouched and offers only 4 resorts around
the island. This has its advantages as over the years, the island has
been mainly untouched and mass tourism has never been an issue due to
the lack of accommodation around. Its narrow stretch of white sandy
beaches are located at the north-eastern and south-western side of the
island and are separated by a lush mountain that acts as the backbone of
this tropical island. https://sunstylefiles.com/lang-tengah-island
You stare at him, and he just stares right back. And that's when the attack comes. Not from the front, but from the side... from the other two cassys you didn't even know were there.
Because Cossowary's a pack hunter, you see, he uses coordinated attack patterns and he is out in force today. And he slashes at you with this... a six-inch retractable claw, like a razor, on the middle toe. He doesn't bother to bite your jugular like a lion, say... no no. He slashes at you here, or here...
Kangaroos can do the same thing. Straya. Wow somebody should get this bird. Razor claw on each leg. Velociraptor....Cassowaries are flightless birds that are native to the tropical forests of New Guinea.
They are the third-tallest and second-heaviest living bird, smaller only than the ostrich and emu. They feed mainly on fruit but are omnivorous. Adult cassowaries are 1.5 to 1.8 m (5–6 ft) tall, although some females may reach 2 m (6.6 ft), and weigh 58.5 kg (130 lb). They have a razor-sharp claw on their middle toe that can grow to be 13 cm (5 in) long.
Cool picture of a cassowary. Australia and New Guinea. Wait, these things can grow up to 2 metres tall? With cassowaries, it’s the male who incubates the eggs and then takes care of the chicks.
Awwwww, she looks so cute right before she decides to disembowel you. A proud mamma happy that dinner brought itself before her brood.
Fun fact: Its the male casowarees that take care of the nest and babies. So he's a proud papa. But I don't think a casowaree has any concept of gender so my comment is irrelevant.
Far Cry taught me to hate these birds. I mean they’re basically dinosaurs. How does such a thing protect those fragile eggs on the ground? Specially in the middle of a forest/jungle that's filled with things wanting those nutrients?
Edit: holy shit, they're like Liu Kang Freddie Kruger edition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBM7AI0yp78. She's basically a dinosaur. Protect her. He*. It’s the male that incubates the eggs and raises the young. The males incubate and raise the eggs so this is a dude.
It's literally a dinosaur. Cassowaries belong to the taxonomic class of Aves, also known as avian dinosaurs, which are closely related to the non-avian dinosaurs that went extinct 66 million years ago.
The males incubate and raise the eggs with these guys. Araucana chickens. Among a couple other breeds can lay them as well. First time I saw one of these guys up close it was at the saddest zoo in Australia, where the animals didn't seem happy at all.
My 12 year old was wearing a tank top nearly identical in terms of shade of blue to one of these guys. When we walked passed, the cassowary locked eyes on my daughter, and started putting it's head lower and creeping towards her direction. Mind you this is a zoo, but a terrible one.
And the only thing between my baby and this dinosaur was a rather flimsy looking chain linked fence... At first it was kind of cute, because it wasn't so close. But just a few steps close and you could really tell how big it was, and the sound it made! My God, it instilled terror in everyone around us.
I made a nervous laugh and pushed my daughter forward to keep moving... "Come on sweetie, let's keep moving... I'm sure other people want to see the bird..."
My daughter: "that bird was kinda scary..." Yeah no shit kid. Those things are part of the reason we need to have multiple offspring I'd bet. Thing was about my size, and I'm a fairly stocky grown man. Never stood a chance.
The sound that thing made was more like the raptors in Jurassic Park than anything living I've seen. Cassowary: Green means "Go" which means go ahead and try me, motherfucker. How the fuck did Sam manage to steal one of those eggs without his skin getting pealed like a banana?
Cayuga ducks lay black eggs at first. It’s pretty neat. They transition to a light green shade as the duck gets older. Well, his head is pretty blue and red, so not too surprised.
Farcry 3 led me to believe these are some nasty motherfuckers. Suddenly having a flashback to Far Cry 3. Those things were annoying early on. Uh, how is that momma not shredding this photographer with its massive talons?
It’s a freaking Modern day velociraptor. So that's where Scotch Mints come from. At First it looked like a strange animal sitting on the nose of a black pig. The adults are just your modern evil velociraptors.
But the babies are so small and funny. I toured an aviary a few years ago and they let us walk their new cassowary chick around for a bit and he would only follow me the whole time. The thing's head looks like a completely separate creature just chillin' on it.
Those things will seriously fuck you up. Probably in it's own home guarding its eggs..Fun fact: these dinosaur-looking terrifying mothercluckers are related to Kiwis, the adorable balls of feathers that can be bothered to fly.
I appreciate that a brave photographer, who I must assume was named Timmy, died horribly to make this picture possible. Ah sweet evolution. If it weren't for the green color we may have gone extinct ages ago for messing with these gutsy raptors.
OK me, what ever you do, don't eat them, don't put them in your mouth i know they seem like candy but thei are not. The most dangerous edibles in the animal kingdom.
Finally something that makes sense. Most eggs are like a shiny white beacon for every bird to see. I didn’t know cassowaries existed until right now. Alien hellbirds just got even more alien hellbirdy. Detail of feet showing spearlike inner claw.
TIL there is a bird called a Cassowarie. Ah this is where you get green eggs to go with the ham. TIL Cassowarry eggs are lime flavored. It's giblet neck things look like raptor arms.
Somebody doesn't have any natural predators...Check out this Emu egg! Emerald Emu Egg. In this YouTube video, they cook one and eat it! https://youtu.be/IyneXT_mM6c
Most close living animal to a dinosaur due to convergent evolution. Also their muscular legs and sharp claws make them one of the most dangerous bird, imagine a velociraptor running towards you.
Since it lives only in certain parts of Oceania, it's unlikely to enter one. In case you do (my condolences) please don't run away, it will take it as a threat, proceed to use a stick or similar to intimidate (don't attack it, you don't want to pick a fight, doesn't ya) and escape carefully. Consider it's as curious as territorial. From the expression on her face, it looks like she just figured it out too.
Also that's likely the male, as they watch the nests after the female lays the eggs. My perspective of this photo was completely fucked up. Thought it was a tiny bird sitting on a hog's face. Those wattles look like two cute little bird legs. What's wrong with me?
“Birds aren’t dinosaurs” well..go spend some time with this monster that’ll do its ancestors proud. I’m amazed the person who photographed this made it out alive. Cassowaries are extremely territorial and vicious.
Also that's more than likely a Male, males both incubate and raise the chicks the females drop em in the nest and leave em, much like my mother did :)
“You talkin’ mad shit for someone within kicking range.” Forbidden scotch mints. Also, do not ever get this close to a cassowary. Those are the official paddy’s pub eggs. TIL WTF a cassowaries is...TIL there was something called a cassowaries.
Wow this is so metal I'm glad you researched the subreddit instead of posting some vague ass picture of nature haha wow. I read it as eyes for some reason and had to zoom in to check. I re-read the title and THEN saw the eggs. I need more sleep.
Her eyeballs... they stare in distain. Momma Cassowaries are very aggressive especially with eggs near, who is this brave man? TIL what a cassowarie is. Am I the only person who thought I could cook it and say I’ve made real green eggs and ham. Yeah, Easter egg hunts used to be so much more serious.
https://www.reddit.com/r/natureismetal/comments/gpuwi9/til_a_cassowaries_eggs_are_green/
A cassowary, a giant bird with long claws on each foot, killed its owner after he fell in the backyard of his Gainesville, Florida, home, officials told CNN.
The bird's owner, Marvin Hajos -- who is 75, according to CNN affiliate WCJB -- made the initial call to 911 Friday about 10 a.m. ET. A second call came from another person at the scene who reported a medical emergency involving a large bird, said Lt. Joshua Crews of the Alachua County Sheriff's Office.
The owner was a breeder of the rare bird that is native to Australia and New Guinea. The death was an accident, officials said. It appears the man fell, and the cassowary attacked him after the fall, Taylor said.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission considers cassowaries Class II wildlife, meaning they pose a danger to humans and are subject to specific cage requirements. Owners must also have "substantial experience" with the animals, the commission says.
Class II is the same category as alligators, honey badgers and clouded leopards, while Class I includes more traditional predators such as a lions, tigers and bears.
The cassowary is a "large, flightless bird most closely related to the emu," according to the San Diego Zoo. It can run up to 31 mph through dense underbrush, jump almost 7 feet into the air and is a skilled swimmer, so it can deftly fend off threats, the zoo says.
They can grow more than 5 feet tall and the heaviest females can weigh more than 160 pounds, the zoo says. Males weigh up to 120 pounds.
"The cassowary is rightfully considered the most dangerous bird in the world!" the zoo says. "Each 3-toed foot has a dagger-like claw on the inner toe that is up to 4 inches (10 centimeters) long! The cassowary can slice open any predator or potential threat with a single swift kick."
https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/14/us/cassowary-bird-kills-florida-man/index.html
If you’re a vegetarian, you know that going meat-free isn’t always easy. Whether it’s finding vegetarian options when eating out or answering questions from non-vegetarians – it can be exhausting!
So what about collagen? The good news is, you don’t actually have to eat animal products to fulfill your collagen needs. There are plenty of vegetarian options that promote healthy collagen production.
What is Collagen? Within your body are connective tissues. Connective tissues are exactly what their name implies – tissues that connect things.
Fascia tissue, dermis (the bottom layer of your skin), muscles, tendons, cartilage and the tissue surrounding your hair and nails are all prime examples of connective tissue.
Collagen is the main protein of all connective tissue. It is insoluble, meaning it’s not broken down by water, and fibrous in shape like strands of thread. The human body has so much collagen that it accounts for roughly one-third of a healthy human’s body!
In fact, it makes up 70% of the protein in our skin. Fortunately, the human body is well-designed and makes its own collagen when consistently given the nutrients it needs to do so.
Collagen, like all proteins, is made up of building blocks called amino acids, which are properly structured with the help of vitamin C. Think of amino acids like Lego pieces and vitamin C like your brilliant grandchild who can build the entire castle set with only one glance at the instructions.
Vegan collagen - Without Vitamin C There Is No Collagen - Without vitamin C, collagen production is disrupted and can result in a wide variety of problems throughout the body.
Vitamin C deficiency, although uncommon in North America, results in your bones being unable to properly manufacture collagen and its connective tissues.
The body literally falls apart as collagen is broken down and not replaced. This results in joints beginning to wear down as your tendons weaken.
Unfortunately, humans are unable to produce vitamin C on their own and must rely on food and supplements as a source. The best food sources of vitamin C have one thing in common: they are all plant foods.
Most animals are able to make vitamin C in their bodies, but only plants are able to make it concentrated enough to provide a rich source when eaten.
Vitamin C rich foods include oranges, red peppers, kale, and broccoli. You can also find vitamin C supplements in stores, or added to other vitamin and mineral complexes.
Types of Collagen - There are 16 known types of collagen, but over 90% of all collagen is type I, II, or III – numbered in order of discovery. While collagen’s overall function is the same in every tissue, to accommodate stretching of each tissue, the collagen shape depends on the type of tissue.
Regardless of its placement and type, all collagen have an incredible tensile strength (resistance to breaking under tension). Let’s look at some more common collagen types:
Type I: The most common type of collagen in humans and the most abundant protein in our bodies overall. Type I collagen is an important component of bones, teeth, skin, ligaments, tendons, cartilage (especially the disks between vertebrae) and even scar tissue.
It also comprises 85% of the collagen in our tendons, with the other 15% made up of type III collagen. Collagen type I and type III are often found together, with type I being the predominant collagen in the tissue.
Type II: Think of this type of collagen as the strong, support collagen. Its job is to give tensile strength to both articular (found as supportive tissues in the ears, nose, trachea, larynx, and smaller respiratory tubes) and hyaline (found covering the articular surfaces of bones in synovial joints) cartilage, as well as the eye. Type II collagen is of great benefit for age-related joint pain or other symptoms.
Type III: Usually found with type I collagen. Primarily found in lining tissues such as intestinal walls, blood vessel walls and within the muscle. That’s why a type III collagen deficiency is linked to higher risk of ruptured blood vessels.
Type IV: Plays an important role in forming basal lamina, a gelatinous-like fluid secreted by the epithelial cells. Think of epithelial cells as cells that outline organs. The outer layer of skin that outlines your entire body is made up of epithelial cells and thus called your epithelium.
Below any layer of epithelial cells is dermis, a type of tissue that is designed to act as a cushion for the organ it surrounds. Between these two layers is the basal lamina that provides padding to the epithelial layer and is needed for nerve and blood vessel functions.
Type V: Type V collagen is a misunderstood collagen. It tends to be found working in conjunction with types I and III. It’s found to be part of the matrix within tissues like bone, and the interstitial (between tissue) matrix of muscle tissue, hepatic (liver) tissue, lung tissue, and the placenta in pregnant women.
Type X: Research is still being done to see the exact mechanisms by which type X collagen works, but what is known is that type X has a role in bone formation and cartilage. It is found in fetal and juvenile growth plates, ribs and vertebrae. It’s also been found to help bone fracture healing.
5 Health Benefits of Collagen - While collagen is most frequently mentioned in the beauty industry, its benefits are beyond skin deep: Supports Strong, Healthy Hair, Skin and Nails.
There is no shortage of products and procedures claiming to be the magic elixir for beautiful, youthful skin, luxurious hair, and beautiful long, strong nails.
For the most part, there is next to no research backing up those claims, with the exception of collagen. Collagen has been shown in clinical studies to improve skin elasticity, moisture, and retention. In others, collagen has been found to help regrow hair and improve the rate of skin wound healing.
Improves Digestion - Your intestinal tract can become stressed from any of the following: psychological stress; physical stress; side effects of certain medications; bacterial and/or fungal infections; exposure to dietary allergens; and/or ingestion of toxins.
This stress can cause the tissue in your intestinal tract to become damaged, inflamed and irritated- and when paired with unhealthy microflora- creates a condition called leaky gut syndrome.
This is where toxins, pathogens, and other matter pass through the intestinal tract and make their way into the bloodstream and then other tissues in the body.
Studies have found that people with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) have decreased blood serum concentrations of collagen. Supplementation of collagen and consumption of collagen from foods helps soothe, seal and repair the intestinal tract.
https://www.algaecal.com/expert-insights/vegetarians-guide-protein-collagen-healthy-bones/
Võ Duy Dương (chữ Hán: 武維楊; Hán Việt: Vũ Duy Dương; 1827-1866), còn gọi là Thiên Hộ Dương (千戶楊, do giữ chức Thiên hộ), là lãnh tụ cuộc khởi nghĩa chống thực dân Pháp (1862-1866) ở Đồng Tháp Mười, Việt Nam.
Võ Duy Dương sinh năm 1827 tại thôn Cù Lâm Nam nay là thôn Nam Tượng I, xã Nhơn Tân, huyện An Nhơn. Ông là con thứ ba trong gia đình, và thuở nhỏ ông Dương là người sáng trí, khỏe mạnh, giỏi võ nghệ.
Khi cha qua đời, gia đình sa sút, ông Dương phải đi chăn trâu để sinh sống. May nhờ vị quan sở tại cảm thông hoàn cảnh nghèo khó và mến tài nên nhận làm con nuôi.
Vào Nam kháng Pháp -Năm 1853, theo đề nghị của các quan, trong đó Nguyễn Tri Phương, vua Tự Đức ban hành chính sách đồn điền.
Năm 1857, hưởng ứng chính sách vừa kể, Võ Duy Dương vượt biển vào Nam Kỳ tìm đến đất Ba Giồng, ven Đồng Tháp Mười (nay thuộc địa bàn các huyện Châu Thành, Cai Lậy, Cái Bè, thuộc tỉnh Tiền Giang), để chiêu dân lập ấp, kết bạn với Nguyễn Hữu Huân và trở thành một hào phú ở địa phương.
Tháng 2 năm 1859, Pháp đánh chiếm Gia Định rồi đánh chiếm thành Mỹ Tho (tháng 4 năm 1861), Võ Duy Dương cùng Thủ Khoa Huân kéo lực lượng về Gia Định đánh trả. Vì vậy, ông được phong chức Chánh quản đạo.
Thành Gia Định vỡ, ông vượt biển về Kinh đô Huế, bái yết vua Tự Đức hiến kế đánh đuổi Pháp. Sau đó, ông được điều về Quảng Nam dẹp cuộc nổi dậy của người Thạch Bích (mọi Vách Đá) và được phong hàm Chánh bát phẩm Thiên hộ vào năm 1860.
Tháng 5 năm 1861, ông được sung vào phái bộ của Khâm phái quân vụ Đỗ Thúc Tĩnh vào Nam Kỳ với nhiệm vụ chiêu mộ nghĩa dõng chống ngoại xâm. Trong một thời gian ngắn, ông mộ được gần một ngàn người, trong số đó, có cả lính đánh thuê thuộc quân đội Pháp và một người Pháp là Liguet.
Ông đóng quân ở Bình Cách, liên kết với Trương Định ở Gò Công, Trần Xuân Hoà (Phủ Cậu) ở Thuộc Nhiêu và Đỗ Thúc Tĩnh ở Mỹ Quý. Tự giác giương cao khẩu hiệu "Cần Vương" chống Pháp, nghĩa quân lấy Đồng Tháp Mười là vùng rừng đầm lầy, hiểm trở vào bậc nhất ở Nam Bộ thời bấy giờ làm căn cứ.
Từ đây, nghĩa quân dùng chiến thuật du kích đánh Pháp trên cả một vùng rộng lớn từ Hà Tiên, Rạch Giá đến Đồng Tháp, gây cho đối phương nhiều tổn thất.
Giữa lúc lực lượng nghĩa quân đang quyết chiến, thì triều đình Huế ký Hòa ước Nhâm Tuất (1862). Ngay sau đấy, triều đình Huế buộc các tổ chức nghĩa quân phải hạ khí giới.
Không tuân lệnh, ông bị triều đình tước binh quyền và sai người lùng bắt (Phan Thanh Giản nhận lệnh triều đình, sai quản cơ Trần Văn Thành truy đuổi).
Sau, Thủ Khoa Huân, Trương Định lần lượt hy sinh. Tuy nhiên, Võ Duy Dương cùng với các nghĩa sĩ khác như Nguyễn Tấn Kiều (tức Đốc Binh Kiều), Nguyễn Văn Cẩn(tức Lãnh binh Cẩn), Trần Kỳ Phong, Thống Bình, Lãnh Binh Dương, Thương Chấn, Thống Đa, Quản Văn, Quản Là,...vẫn không hề nản chí.
Ngày 14 tháng 4 năm 1866, Pháp huy động một lực lượng gồm ngót ngàn quân thủy bộ cùng nhiều tàu chiến, đại bác chia làm ba mũi đồng loạt tiến công từ ba hướng Cần Lố, Cái Nứa và Bắc Chiêng, quyết đánh chiếm sở chỉ huy của nghĩa quân.
Nhiều trận đụng độ ác liệt đã xảy ra, làm đối phương bị tiêu hao không ít, nhưng trước sức công phá của vũ khí mạnh, nghĩa quân phải rút đi, sau khi Đồn Trung bị đánh hạ.
Theo Hồ sơ cá nhân của Trần Bá Lộc mang số SL. 311 trong Văn khố Quốc gia, thì ông Lộc có tham gia trận này, và sau đó được thực dân Pháp tặng thưởng Danh dự Bội tinh bạc cũng vào tháng 4 năm đó.
Sau khi rút khỏi Đồng Tháp Mười, Võ Duy Dương đem quân phối hợp với con của Trương Định là Trương Quyền và thủ lĩnh người Khmer là Acha Xoa, tiếp tục đánh Pháp nhiều trận trước khi suy yếu dần.
Mất trên đường đi ra Huế - Tháng 10 năm 1866, Võ Duy Dương dùng thuyền theo đường biển ra Bình Thuận để cầu viện sự giúp đỡ của triều đình và liên lạc với nghĩa sĩ miền Trung nhằm gây dựng lại lực lượng.
Dựa vào những phân tích của Gustave Janneau về hai bản tấu kín của ông Dương dâng vua Tự Đức thì rất có thể triều đình cho vời ông ra Huế để trình bày kỹ càng hơn việc: "đề nghị nhà vua cho phép dùng mưu kế thu hồi lại ba tỉnh miền Đông Nam Kỳ", "nếu nhà vua cho lệnh, ông có thể tiêu diệt hết binh lính Pháp ở nơi kênh rạch nhỏ hẹp, nơi mà các đại bác mất tác dụng"...
Cũng không loại trừ khả năng triều đình đang tìm cách bó tay Võ Duy Dương, để làm vừa lòng Pháp, không cho họ lấy cớ vì ông "phá quấy" mà lấn chiếm đất thêm, vì bấy giờ chủ súy Pháp vẫn cho là các quan lại ở ba tỉnh miền Tây vẫn chứa giấu Thiên Hộ Dương.
Nhưng không may, khi đến cửa biển Cần Giờ, ông và các thuộc hạ đều bị cướp biển sát hại, nên câu hỏi vì sao ông ra Huế vẫn chưa có lời đáp.
Giải thích thêm nguyên nhân mất - Tuy vẫn còn vài ý kiến khác, nhưng theo những nỗ lực tìm kiếm xác minh gần đây, nhiều nhà nghiên cứu sử đã đồng thuận rằng Võ Duy Dương đã bị cướp biển giết ở mũi Thị Khiết (Thần Mẫu) thuộc vùng biển Cần Giờ, khoảng tháng 10 năm 1866, lúc ông mới 39 tuổi.
Bởi căn cứ vào các nguồn: Trong báo cáo của Nguyễn Đức Hạnh gửi cho Chánh sở mật thám Pháp: Người này tên là Dương đã bỏ trốn sau khi Tháp Mười bị chiếm. Ông ta lên chiếc ghe bầu để đi Bình Thuận.
Trước khi đến xứ này, ông đã bị tên Lý Sen, cầm đầu một đám cướp biển tấn công. Lý Sen đi trên một chiếc thuyền mành mà người ta gọi là "Thiền du", đã cho liệng xuống biển tất cả những người An Nam đi trên chiếc ghe cửa này.
Lý Sen lục lọi trong một chiếc rương lớn lấy tất cả áo quần, các cấp bằng và mũ miện của Thiên Hộ Nguyên soái tên Võ Duy Dương. Nguyễn Đức Hạnh còn cho biết thêm sau đó tên Sen bị bắt vì Hai Sĩ tố cáo y đã cướp bóc nhiều ghe biển, và tên Sen đã cắn lưỡi chết trong ngục.
Tác giả Schreiner trong quyển Đại Nam Quốc sử cũng đã tái xác nhận nguồn tin này: Người ta nghe tin ông Võ Duy Dương mới chết chìm tại phía mũi Đinh (Padaran), là nơi ông đánh với ba chiếc ghe tàu ô của đảng ăn cướp, quân ấy hạ hết người trên hai ghe.
Trong dân gian ở xã Mỹ Thọ (Cao Lãnh, Đồng Tháp) còn lưu truyền nguồn tin là sau khi thất thủ ở Đồng Tháp Mười, Võ Duy Dương rút qua An Giang, Rạch Giá và bị cướp biển chặn đánh và chết ở cửa biển Rạch Giá (địa điểm chết khác với 2 tài liệu trên).
Ngoài ra, còn có hai tư liệu sau, cũng cho rằng ông Dương mất ngoài biển cả, nhưng nguyên do là vì bão tố làm cho đắm thuyền: Trong Đại Nam thực lục chính biên quyển XXXV [7]:
Thiên hộ Vũ Duy Dương uỷ người về Kinh dâng sớ kín. Vua sai Vũ Trọng Bình hỏi kín, cốt phải hỏi đến chỗ cùng bàn cho ổn thoả. Rồi được quan tỉnh Thuận - Khánh bảo rằng Duy Dương đi thuyền về tỉnh Bình Thuận đầu thú gặp gió bị đắm ở phận biển Thần Mẫu, sai tìm xác, chi đồ vật đem chôn, cấp cho mẹ hắn mỗi tháng 5 quan tiền, 1 phương gạo.
Trong Nam Kỳ Phong tục nhân vật diễn ca của Nguyễn Liên Phong:
Thoát thân về với ghe bầu,
Khỏi nơi Cần Hải tiền xu đoán thoàn.
Giấc nồng đêm dậy nhảy khan,
Hồn chôn bụng cá ưng oan chẳng cần.
Giai thoại - Ở làng Bình Cách, nay là xã Tân Bình Thạnh (Chợ Gạo, Tiền Giang) đến nay còn lưu truyền câu chuyện Ông Năm Linh và bà Bảy Vàng như sau:
Ông Năm Linh (từ tên gọi Ngũ Linh Dương mà ra), người miền Trung, võ nghệ cao cường, tánh tình cương trực hay làm việc nghĩa, giao du rộng...
Ông vào Nam lập nghiệp. Lúc Tây xâm lược Nam Kỳ, ông đứng ra chiêu mộ nghĩa dõng, quyên góp lúa gạo mua súng đạn đánh Tây, được nhiều người hưởng ứng.
Bá hộ Học (Trần Văn Học) là điền chủ giàu có nhất nhì trong vùng, chẳng những ủng hộ lúa gạo mà có bán ruộng lấy tiền bạc, mua súng ủng hộ nghĩa quân. Để khích lệ người anh hùng có chí lớn, bá hộ Học đem "đưa" cô con gái duy nhất là Bảy Vàng cho ông Năm Linh.
Từ khi về với ông Năm, dù là "gái đưa" chứ không phải vợ chính thức cưới hỏi, nhưng bà Bảy Vàng chẳng những một lòng chung thủy thờ chồng mà còn giúp chồng nhiều việc trong công cuộc quốc sự.
Khi ông Năm Linh cùng nghĩa quân rút vào Đồng Tháp Mười, bà cũng theo chồng để lo việc tiếp tế lương thực nuôi quân. Đến khi đại đồn Tháp Mười thất thủ, ông Năm Linh theo ghe bầu về Huế cầu viện, bà Bảy Vàng ở lại nuôi con chờ chồng. Khi nghe tin ông bị chết ngoài biển, bà buồn rầu mà mất.
Tưởng nhớ - Đền thờ Võ Duy Dương và Đốc Binh Kiều ở Gò Tháp, xã Mỹ Hòa, huyện Tháp Mười. Để tưởng nhớ Võ Duy Dương, tại Gò Tháp (xã Mỹ Hòa, huyện Tháp Mười, tỉnh Đồng Tháp), người dân đã lập đền thờ ông và đã được công nhận di tích lịch sử cấp quốc gia. Tại nơi ông sinh ra (xã Nhơn Tân, huyện An Nhơn), năm 1997, dòng họ đã góp tiền xây dựng đền thờ và hàng năm tổ chức tế lễ.
Gần đây, sáng ngày 15 tháng 12 năm 2007 Hội Khoa học Lịch sử Việt Nam trao tặng cho đền thờ Võ Duy Dương tại xã Nhơn Tân, thị xã An Nhơn một tượng đồng phác họa chân dung ông, trong chương trình "Mỗi người một giọt đồng đúc tượng danh nhân".
Tại thành phố Đồng Hới, Quảng Bình có con đường mang tên Võ Duy Dương ở phường Nam Lý (từ đường Phong Nha tới đường Đặng Văn Ngữ).
Tại đền thờ ông và Đốc Binh Kiều ở Gò Tháp có câu đối:
Sử sách sáng chói danh Thiên Hộ,
Bia miệng lưu truyền tiếng Đốc binh.
Ở đây cũng còn lưu truyền câu ca dao:
Chiều chiều mây giục gió vần
Cảm thương Thiên Hộ xả thân cứu đời!
Ngày 14 tháng 11 âm lịch hằng năm, là ngày giỗ chung hai ông.
https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%B5_Duy_D%C6%B0%C6%A1ng
In Siberia, the winter temperature can drop to -60C, making it one of the coldest places to live in the world. In the first of our series on extremes, Adam Mynott finds out how the people of Oymyakon district cope with everyday life under such extraordinary conditions.
It was extremely cold. Stepping off the plane from Moscow into the brutal, brittle cold of Yakutsk in eastern Siberia, I could hardly believe that humans could survive, let alone thrive in such harsh conditions.
Yet this was a relatively mild start to my 10 days in the region. The temperature was -32C, and I was to encounter much worse. Extreme World is a new season of coverage on TV, Radio and Online, examining global differences.
Over the next few months, BBC News correspondents will be exploring eight key themes that illustrate the divisions in our extreme world.
One of the first things I noticed in Yakutsk, the regional capital of Sakha province, was that this city must be at severe risk of flooding, as all the buildings were built on concrete and steel stilts, suspending them 2m (6ft) above the ground.
But Valentin Spector, a senior researcher at the Permafrost Institute, said the stilts had nothing to do with flooding. He explained that in the summer, when temperatures can rise to more than 40C, the top layer of frozen ground warms and defrosts, in some places to a depth of a metre and in others to as much as three metres.
This "active layer," as Mr Spector called it, is very unstable, and unless the foundations of buildings are firmly rooted deep in the permafrost below, movement in the summer will bring them crashing down.
He told me that 65% of Russia sits on permafrost, and in some places in Siberia the frozen ground is 1500m deep. The permafrost poses many other difficulties.
Even though the summers are hot, it takes a long time for the topsoil to shake off the chill, and the growing season for farmers is shoe-horned into a small period of a few weeks.
The following day we flew to Ust-Nera, a town north of Yakutsk, inside the Arctic Circle and deep in the mountains. The air temperature fell another 10 degrees to around -42C, another startling shock to my life-support system.
As we drove into the town from the airport, we fell in behind a column of cars on their way to a funeral. Another problem posed by permafrost: how do people bury their dead in the middle of winter?
It takes two or three days to dig a grave in frozen ground. A fire is lit and coals are piled on; after a couple of hours the coals are dragged to one side and the 15cm of ground defrosted by the heat and flames are dug and cleared. Hot coals are then pushed into the hole and the process begins all over again until the hole is 2m deep.
I was beginning to get used to the cold, but I still found it shockingly painful and difficult to operate in. In the winter here, no-one goes outside unless they absolutely have to, and if they do have to venture out to shop or go to school or work, they are very well wrapped up.
Fur hats and long fur coats are everywhere. A long fur coat can cost more than $1550 (£1000), beyond the purse of many people where the average wage is the equivalent of $600 (£400) a month. You can take out a mortgage on a fur coat - banks will lend to enable people to buy the garment they need.
I arrived with more sets of thermal underwear than I knew what to do with, but what I lacked was a good hat. I was told by everyone that real fur was the only sensible solution, but I did not want to be responsible for the death of an Arctic Fox or a rabbit and, frankly, the real fur hats were very expensive, so I decided to go for fake fur.
This caused snorts of derision from the government guide who was accompanying me. He looked at me with a mixture of pity and contempt.
"Huh, Greenpeace," he said. The town of Ust-Nera started as a small settlement after geologists discovered gold and other minerals in the region in 1937.
Soviet leader Joseph Stalin saw the underground reserves as one solution to deal with bourgeois "enemies of the state," and sent many tens of thousands of political prisoners to gulags (work camps) in Siberia to extract the gold and other minerals with picks and shovels.
Mikhail Ivanov is one of the few gulag workers who survived the ordeal and is still alive. I met the academic and historian in his apartment in Yakutsk, where he told me his crime had been just to praise the writings of a Yakut accused of being a nationalist.
After a sham trial, he was sent to work in a coal mine. "If I dragged 25 wheelbarrows full of coal up to the surface, I received two bowls of porridge. If I couldn't manage 25, I got just one bowl," he told me.
The mines are still operating under, of course, totally different regimes. The money they offer in wages attracts miners from all over Russia and beyond. It is the mines that sustain the economy in this barren cold environment.
And without the mines, the town of Oymyakon, which is the coldest inhabited place on Earth, would probably only be occupied in the summer by reindeer herdsmen.
When I visited the Badran gold mine, the temperature above ground was -45C. I found it almost unbearable. Andrei Dubov, who has worked at the mine for a decade, said the cold was no problem.
"I wrap up warm, and it's dry. So it's a much better climate than many other parts of Russia." He said the coldest temperature he could recall was -63C. "It was probably colder," he told me, "but the thermometer only reads down as far as -63C."
Underground, the miners work in temperatures between -15C and -20C, which seems appalling, but remarkably, the mine feels incredibly mild, warm even. The coldest temperature I experienced in my few days in Siberia was -53C.
This was so cold that after no more than a few minutes outside, exposed skin started to smart with pain, damp surfaces in my nostrils froze, and toes and fingers turned uncomfortably cold very quickly, despite three layers of thick socks and two pairs of gloves.
I was carrying my microphone, and the flexible cable that led to the recording machine turned as rigid as a stick and I was warned that if I tried to bend it before it warmed up, it would snap.
It is easy, perhaps even arrogant, to look at the lives of the people who live in the district of Oymyakon and think they would not live in such a physically demanding place if they knew better.
Of course, they do know better. I visited the Vadreyev family, who were all born in Ust-Nera and feel they belong to the town and its people.
As she dressed her daughter, Maria, in a thick fur coat, fur hat, scarf and gloves, Martina Vadreyev said: "Sure, we have to wrap up warm. In other parts of Russia you can throw on a coat to go outdoors, here it takes ages to dress.
But we are used to it. This is our home." Then the two of them pulled open the door of their apartment and stepped into the blast of super-chilled air -52C and falling.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-11875131
About 15 years ago I was travelling in NZ. We went on a random, side-of-the-road hike, probably to check out a waterfall or something.
Part way through the hike we hear a huge commotion in the brush, and then the biggest bird we'd ever seen jumped out in front of us and ran across the path. It was over in about 5 seconds. Apparently it was a very rare sighting! And potentially dangerous!
I was about to complain saying "How is this metal?" But the cassowary makes it metal by default. Photographer: “Yep. You’re probably wondering how I got in this situation... stick around and— rip oh god it’s ripping into my flesh!!!”
Dis wat a dinosaur looks like. That goddamn bitch....No, you make sure to send a pawn with marine armor and have some bionic parts ready for emergency surgery. Alternatively, you can have your pets guard you which will give you enough time to distance yourself and shoot the mofo.
"Step back, or your eggs will be bitten". This bird can and has actually killed humans in the past due to it's size and single razor claw on each foot it can quite literally kick into you.
Edit: I wish I could reply to all the fantastic comments under this one, instead I'll leave a (kind of mean tbh) video about one of these attacks https://youtu.be/lBM7AI0yp78
After reading about how dangerous these birds are for absolutely zero reason other than to fuck shit up, I am inclined to believe that their eggs are bright green so as to lure prey victims into an ambush to raise its KDR.
Literally using its children as a tool to cause pain and death. I have no scientific proof of this. Just a gut feeling. A gut feeling that the cassowary would be more than happy to rip out of me with its massive talon.
I remember in a nature documentary once an expert described them as being able to cut you right open with a single swipe, like unzipping your skin. Their kicks can slice gashes in CAR DOORS. Now, imagine what that can do to your soft, fleshy body parts.
OK, try to imagine yourself in the Anthropocene Period. You get your first look at this "six foot turkey" as you enter a clearing. He moves like a bird, lightly, bobbing his head.
And you keep still because you think that maybe his visual acuity is based on movement like T-Rex - he'll lose you if you don't move. But no, not Cassowary.
You stare at him, and he just stares right back. And that's when the attack comes. Not from the front, but from the side... from the other two cassys you didn't even know were there.
Because Cossowary's a pack hunter, you see, he uses coordinated attack patterns and he is out in force today. And he slashes at you with this... a six-inch retractable claw, like a razor, on the middle toe. He doesn't bother to bite your jugular like a lion, say... no no. He slashes at you here, or here...
Kangaroos can do the same thing. Straya. Wow somebody should get this bird. Razor claw on each leg. Velociraptor....Cassowaries are flightless birds that are native to the tropical forests of New Guinea.
They are the third-tallest and second-heaviest living bird, smaller only than the ostrich and emu. They feed mainly on fruit but are omnivorous. Adult cassowaries are 1.5 to 1.8 m (5–6 ft) tall, although some females may reach 2 m (6.6 ft), and weigh 58.5 kg (130 lb). They have a razor-sharp claw on their middle toe that can grow to be 13 cm (5 in) long.
Cool picture of a cassowary. Australia and New Guinea. Wait, these things can grow up to 2 metres tall? With cassowaries, it’s the male who incubates the eggs and then takes care of the chicks.
Awwwww, she looks so cute right before she decides to disembowel you. A proud mamma happy that dinner brought itself before her brood.
Fun fact: Its the male casowarees that take care of the nest and babies. So he's a proud papa. But I don't think a casowaree has any concept of gender so my comment is irrelevant.
Far Cry taught me to hate these birds. I mean they’re basically dinosaurs. How does such a thing protect those fragile eggs on the ground? Specially in the middle of a forest/jungle that's filled with things wanting those nutrients?
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Edit: holy shit, they're like Liu Kang Freddie Kruger edition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBM7AI0yp78. She's basically a dinosaur. Protect her. He*. It’s the male that incubates the eggs and raises the young. The males incubate and raise the eggs so this is a dude.
It's literally a dinosaur. Cassowaries belong to the taxonomic class of Aves, also known as avian dinosaurs, which are closely related to the non-avian dinosaurs that went extinct 66 million years ago.
The males incubate and raise the eggs with these guys. Araucana chickens. Among a couple other breeds can lay them as well. First time I saw one of these guys up close it was at the saddest zoo in Australia, where the animals didn't seem happy at all.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/PulauBidong/
My 12 year old was wearing a tank top nearly identical in terms of shade of blue to one of these guys. When we walked passed, the cassowary locked eyes on my daughter, and started putting it's head lower and creeping towards her direction. Mind you this is a zoo, but a terrible one.
And the only thing between my baby and this dinosaur was a rather flimsy looking chain linked fence... At first it was kind of cute, because it wasn't so close. But just a few steps close and you could really tell how big it was, and the sound it made! My God, it instilled terror in everyone around us.
I made a nervous laugh and pushed my daughter forward to keep moving... "Come on sweetie, let's keep moving... I'm sure other people want to see the bird..."
My daughter: "that bird was kinda scary..." Yeah no shit kid. Those things are part of the reason we need to have multiple offspring I'd bet. Thing was about my size, and I'm a fairly stocky grown man. Never stood a chance.
The sound that thing made was more like the raptors in Jurassic Park than anything living I've seen. Cassowary: Green means "Go" which means go ahead and try me, motherfucker. How the fuck did Sam manage to steal one of those eggs without his skin getting pealed like a banana?
Cayuga ducks lay black eggs at first. It’s pretty neat. They transition to a light green shade as the duck gets older. Well, his head is pretty blue and red, so not too surprised.
Farcry 3 led me to believe these are some nasty motherfuckers. Suddenly having a flashback to Far Cry 3. Those things were annoying early on. Uh, how is that momma not shredding this photographer with its massive talons?
It’s a freaking Modern day velociraptor. So that's where Scotch Mints come from. At First it looked like a strange animal sitting on the nose of a black pig. The adults are just your modern evil velociraptors.
But the babies are so small and funny. I toured an aviary a few years ago and they let us walk their new cassowary chick around for a bit and he would only follow me the whole time. The thing's head looks like a completely separate creature just chillin' on it.
Those things will seriously fuck you up. Probably in it's own home guarding its eggs..Fun fact: these dinosaur-looking terrifying mothercluckers are related to Kiwis, the adorable balls of feathers that can be bothered to fly.
I appreciate that a brave photographer, who I must assume was named Timmy, died horribly to make this picture possible. Ah sweet evolution. If it weren't for the green color we may have gone extinct ages ago for messing with these gutsy raptors.
OK me, what ever you do, don't eat them, don't put them in your mouth i know they seem like candy but thei are not. The most dangerous edibles in the animal kingdom.
Finally something that makes sense. Most eggs are like a shiny white beacon for every bird to see. I didn’t know cassowaries existed until right now. Alien hellbirds just got even more alien hellbirdy. Detail of feet showing spearlike inner claw.
TIL there is a bird called a Cassowarie. Ah this is where you get green eggs to go with the ham. TIL Cassowarry eggs are lime flavored. It's giblet neck things look like raptor arms.
Somebody doesn't have any natural predators...Check out this Emu egg! Emerald Emu Egg. In this YouTube video, they cook one and eat it! https://youtu.be/IyneXT_mM6c
Most close living animal to a dinosaur due to convergent evolution. Also their muscular legs and sharp claws make them one of the most dangerous bird, imagine a velociraptor running towards you.
Since it lives only in certain parts of Oceania, it's unlikely to enter one. In case you do (my condolences) please don't run away, it will take it as a threat, proceed to use a stick or similar to intimidate (don't attack it, you don't want to pick a fight, doesn't ya) and escape carefully. Consider it's as curious as territorial. From the expression on her face, it looks like she just figured it out too.
Also that's likely the male, as they watch the nests after the female lays the eggs. My perspective of this photo was completely fucked up. Thought it was a tiny bird sitting on a hog's face. Those wattles look like two cute little bird legs. What's wrong with me?
“Birds aren’t dinosaurs” well..go spend some time with this monster that’ll do its ancestors proud. I’m amazed the person who photographed this made it out alive. Cassowaries are extremely territorial and vicious.
Also that's more than likely a Male, males both incubate and raise the chicks the females drop em in the nest and leave em, much like my mother did :)
“You talkin’ mad shit for someone within kicking range.” Forbidden scotch mints. Also, do not ever get this close to a cassowary. Those are the official paddy’s pub eggs. TIL WTF a cassowaries is...TIL there was something called a cassowaries.
Wow this is so metal I'm glad you researched the subreddit instead of posting some vague ass picture of nature haha wow. I read it as eyes for some reason and had to zoom in to check. I re-read the title and THEN saw the eggs. I need more sleep.
Her eyeballs... they stare in distain. Momma Cassowaries are very aggressive especially with eggs near, who is this brave man? TIL what a cassowarie is. Am I the only person who thought I could cook it and say I’ve made real green eggs and ham. Yeah, Easter egg hunts used to be so much more serious.
https://www.reddit.com/r/natureismetal/comments/gpuwi9/til_a_cassowaries_eggs_are_green/
A cassowary, a giant bird with long claws on each foot, killed its owner after he fell in the backyard of his Gainesville, Florida, home, officials told CNN.
The bird's owner, Marvin Hajos -- who is 75, according to CNN affiliate WCJB -- made the initial call to 911 Friday about 10 a.m. ET. A second call came from another person at the scene who reported a medical emergency involving a large bird, said Lt. Joshua Crews of the Alachua County Sheriff's Office.
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Hajos was transported to a nearby hospital, where he died, the lieutenant said. The cassowary remains on Hajos' property as authorities conduct an investigation into the attack, he said.
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Hajos was transported to a nearby hospital, where he died, the lieutenant said. The cassowary remains on Hajos' property as authorities conduct an investigation into the attack, he said.
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The owner was a breeder of the rare bird that is native to Australia and New Guinea. The death was an accident, officials said. It appears the man fell, and the cassowary attacked him after the fall, Taylor said.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission considers cassowaries Class II wildlife, meaning they pose a danger to humans and are subject to specific cage requirements. Owners must also have "substantial experience" with the animals, the commission says.
Class II is the same category as alligators, honey badgers and clouded leopards, while Class I includes more traditional predators such as a lions, tigers and bears.
The cassowary is a "large, flightless bird most closely related to the emu," according to the San Diego Zoo. It can run up to 31 mph through dense underbrush, jump almost 7 feet into the air and is a skilled swimmer, so it can deftly fend off threats, the zoo says.
They can grow more than 5 feet tall and the heaviest females can weigh more than 160 pounds, the zoo says. Males weigh up to 120 pounds.
"The cassowary is rightfully considered the most dangerous bird in the world!" the zoo says. "Each 3-toed foot has a dagger-like claw on the inner toe that is up to 4 inches (10 centimeters) long! The cassowary can slice open any predator or potential threat with a single swift kick."
https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/14/us/cassowary-bird-kills-florida-man/index.html
A dog in the city of Iida, Nagano prefecture, has become the focus of Japanese animal lovers’ attention this week after he was spotted waiting patiently at the side of a mountain road for more than seven days despite the blisteringly cold weather and frequent rain.
The dog has refused to budge from the area for days, and simply stares downhill at the long stretch of road as if waiting for his owner to return, like a modern-day Hachikō.
As depicted in the 2009 movie Hachi, Hachikō was the name of a dog that waited patiently for his master every day outside Tokyo’s Shibuya station for an incredible nine years after his passing away.
The dog would go to meet his master Hidesaburo Ueno coming home from work at the same time each day for years, but after Ueno suffered a stroke and died, his dog continued to return to the station daily until his own death nine years later, much to the sorrow of local residents and station staff who grew to love and pity him.
Visitors to the station today can see a memorial statue of the faithful pooch standing outside the entrance closest to the famous “scramble” street crossing, appropriately named the “Hachiko exit”.
The light-brown dog discovered in chilly Nagano prefecture was first spotted by a local couple on December 4 while they were out driving.
The couple, both in their 70s, were driving along the high mountain road when they spotted the sad-looking dog standing in an open section of land near the roadside, facing down the sloping path.
The dog is said to be of muscular build and was believed to have been kept as a hunting dog, though now clearly malnourished and having been exposed to the elements for so long he is started looking rather worse for wear.
“He may have strayed too far from his master,” commented the couple who first sighted the pooch, “but if he’s simply been abandoned, wait as he might his master almost definitely isn’t coming back. I feel so sorry for him; he must be hungry.”
More than seven days later, apart from having turned to brace against the bitterly cold wind, the dog has remained in the same spot and is seemingly still awaiting his owner’s return.
Quite why no one has picked the pooch up and taken him somewhere safe and warm, we have no idea. We’ll be sure to bring you more information about this sad but infinitely dutiful dog as soon as it emerges.
On the morning of December 14, after receiving literally hundreds of calls from people concerned over the dog’s safety, the Ida Health and Welfare Office went out to the site and took the dog into custody after it voluntarily entered a cage set outside.
They report that aside from having lost weight, they found the dog to be in healthy condition. The dog will wait for contact from the owner until December 24, after which they will put him up for general adoption. Check here for more information.
https://soranews24.com/2012/12/14/modern-day-hachiko-dog-waits-over-a-week-for-its-owner-in-the-snow-and-rain/
Dopamine is the brain’s feel good chemical, sending feelings of well-being and pleasure into your body. In addition to simply making you feel good, dopamine helps control weight, energy levels, and supports brain and heart health. Without it, we would be more fat, unhappy, and tired.
But if you know how to increase dopamine levels, you can take advantage of this feel good chemical on command. The best part? You can increase dopamine levels just by eating certain foods.
Loving, happy, and wise—those words seem to fit many Americans quite well, and fortunately, boosting dopamine production levels could help even more. The right amount of dopamine could lift you from depression, help you lose weight, and put some life back into your life.
How to Increase Dopamine Levels Through Foods and Activity
But, how can you boost dopamine levels naturally? Since dopamine is synthesized from tyrosine, you can simply consume foods rich in tyrosine to boost dopamine production. Certain foods help balance dopamine levels, including:
- Fish – Evidence suggest Omega 3 fats may be linked to dopamine production
- Eggs – Contains tyrosine
- Spirulina – Contains tyrosine
- Red beets – Contain betaine, acting as an antidepressant, and tyrosine
- Apples – Contain quercetin, to prevent neurodegeneration and boost dopamine
- Kale – Rich in folate, to trigger dopamine production
- Oregano Oil – Has promising effects on mood swings and cravings by increasing dopamine levels
- Bananas – Including the amino acid tyrosine, which boosts dopamine
- Strawberries and blueberries – Include tyrosine, like bananas
- Green tea – Contains polyphenols, good for brain and heart function, as well as dopamine production
- Herbs like ginkgo biloba, nettles, dandelion, and ginseng
Another solution for how to increase dopamine levels and flood your brain with this feel-good chemical is exercise. When you exercise, the cells in your brain (and the rest of your body) start firing, becoming more energized. You also produce more serotonin and dopamine—both crucial in mood elevation. Some credit these chemicals with what’s known as the “runner’s high”, common in endurance athletes. But we do know they make you feel good, and a sense of wellbeing and happiness can increase your physical health in turn.
Alternatively, you could also take supplements to boost dopamine, although foods and exercise may be the two best and most beneficial options. Some of the supplements options to increase dopamine levels are:
- Ginkgo Biloba – Ginkgo can increase dopamine while enhancing oxygen flow and blood flow to the brain – promoting healthy transmission of nerve impulses.
- Phenylalnine – This essential amino acid can convert in the body to tyrosine, which is sued to synthesize dopamine.
- Tyrosine – What people often want in food to boost dopamine, tyrosine can also be taken as a supplement. Tyrosine is converted from phenylalnine.
What you put in your body and how you use your body determines how you feel. While a medical doctor would be quick to prescribe an anti-depressant if he felt you had a depression chemical imbalance (which some experts say doesn’t exist) like dopamine deficiency, that prescription would likely be completely unnecessary. Instead, through a healthy, whole foods diet and regular exercise, you can boost your mood and attain overall wellness.
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