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The Indian pangolin, thick-tailed pangolin, or scaly anteater (Manis crassicaudata) is a pangolin found on the Indian subcontinent. It is not common anywhere in its range. Like other pangolins, it has large, overlapping scales on its body which act as armour. It can also curl itself into a ball as self-defence against predators such as the tiger. The colour of its scales varies depending on the colour of the earth in its surroundings.
It is an insectivore, feeding on ants and termites, digging them out of mounds and logs using its long claws, which are as long as its fore limbs. It is nocturnal and rests in deep burrows during the day.
The Indian pangolin is threatened by hunting for its meat and for various body parts used in traditional medicine.
The Indian pangolin is a solitary, shy, slow-moving, nocturnal mammal. It is about 84–122 centimetres (33–48 in) long from head to tail, the tail usually being 33–47 cm long, and weighs 10–16 kg. Females are generally smaller than the males and have one pair of mammae. The pangolin possesses a cone-shaped head with small, dark eyes, and a long muzzle with a nose pad similar in color, or darker than, its pinkish-brown skin. It has powerful limbs, tipped with sharp, clawed digits. It is an almost exclusive insectivore and principally subsists on ants and termites, which it catches with a specially adapted long, sticky tongue.The pangolin has no teeth, but has strong stomach muscles to aid in digestion. The most noticeable characteristic of the pangolin is its massive, scaled armour, which covers its upper face and its whole body with the exception of the belly and the inside of the legs. These protective scales are rigid and made of keratin. It has 160–200 scales in total, about 40–46% of which are located on the tail. Scales can be 6.5–7 cm long, 8.5 cm wide, and weigh 7–10 grams. The skin and scales make up about one-fourth to one-third of the total body mass of this species.
The Indian pangolin has been recorded from various forest types, including Sri Lankan rainforest and plains to middle hill levels. The animal can be found in grasslands and secondary forests, and is well adapted to desert regions as it is believed to have a tolerance to dry areas, but prefers more barren, hilly regions. This pangolin species may also sometimes reach high elevations, and has been sighted in Sri Lanka at 1100 meters and in the Nilgiri mountains in India at 2300 meters. It prefers soft and semi-sandy soil conditions suitable for digging burrows.
Pangolin burrows fall into one of two categories: feeding and living burrows. Feeding burrows are smaller than living burrows (though their sizes vary depending on the abundance of prey) and are created more frequently during the spring, when there is a greater availability of prey. Living burrows are wider, deeper, and more circular, and are occupied for a longer time than feeding burrows, as they are mainly used to sleep and rest during the day. After a few months, the pangolin abandons the burrow and digs a new one close to a food source. However, it is not uncommon for the pangolin to shift back to an old burrow.
Unlike its African counterpart, the Indian pangolin does not climb trees, but it does value the presence of trees, herbs, and shrubs in its habitat because it is easier to dig burrows around them. Features that promote an abundance of ants and termites (grasses, bare grounds, bases of trees, shrubs, roots, leaf litter, fallen logs and elephant feces) are often present in pangolin habitats.
Few details are known about the breeding behaviour of the Indian pangolin. During the animal's mating period, females and males may share the same burrow and show some diurnal activities. Males have testes in a fold of the skin located in their groin areas. The female's embryo develops in one of the uterine horns. The gestation period lasts 65–70 days; the placenta is diffuse and not deciduate. Usually, a single young is born, but twins have been reported in this species. The young weigh 235–400 g at birth and measure roughly 30 cm. The newborn animals have open eyes, and soft scales with protruding hairs between them. The mother pangolin carries her young on her tail. When the mother and young are disturbed, the young pangolin is held against its mother's belly and protected by the mother's tail.
Successful reproduction by Indian pangolins has been reported from several zoos, including Calcutta Zoo, Oklahoma Zoo, and Nandankanan Zoological Park. Pangolins were found to not show any significant morphological changes during pregnancy. Births in captivity have been reported throughout the year except for May and June. At birth a baby pangolin weighed 235 g and measured 30 cm in total length, including 12.5 cm of tail. A three-day-old Indian pangolin born at Oklahoma Zoo measured 310 mm from tip to tip with a 125 mm tail.
The Indian pangolin is solitary, mostly nocturnal, and terrestrial. In habitats such as Sri Lankan rainforests, they may be more arboreal, using their claws and prehensile tails as supports to readjust fore legs as they climb. These pangolins dig their own burrows in the ground, at depths of 1.5–6 m; these are frequently under large rocks and the entrance is often hidden with soil. When in danger, they roll up into balls, with their large tails pressed tightly against face and belly to help protect themselves. Longevity of this animal in captivity can exceed 19 years.
These pangolins are not often observed in the wild due to their solitary, secretive, and nocturnal nature. A loud emission of a hissing sound has been reported when they are frightened or angry. M. crassicaudata possesses anal glands which emit a strong and musky-smelling yellow fluid, possibly used for marking or defense.
Indian pangolins are nocturnal and mostly active intermittently between 17:00 and 05:00 hr. The peak period of activity was observed between 20:00–21:00 hr in captive individuals with some one individual variation.
Although the Indian pangolin is protected by national legislation in many protected areas throughout its range, it is heavily exploited for its flesh, scales, and skin. Illegal demand has increased over the past 20 years. Populations are declining due to hunting and poaching for both subsistence and international trade. As they only have a single offspring per year, this high demand is starting to seriously endanger populations. Various parts of the pangolin are valued as sources of food and medicine. The scales are used as an aphrodisiac, or made into rings or charms. The skins are used to manufacture leather goods, including boots and shoes. The majority of hunting is carried out by nomads and trained local hunters.
Pangolins are the most heavily trafficked CITES-protected mammal. The two other Asian species of pangolins (Manis javanica and Manis pentadactyla) are also declining due to the market in Chinese traditional medicine.
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I'll be honest I didn't feel good again so I got lazy. I might need to visit the doctor finally. I've been stubborn knowing how expensive it can and will be but I've had some problems with digestion. I wont get into here but it sucks not feeling your best and then it starts to impact your mental health. I'm tired of feeling like crap.
Anyways, for this picture it was a simple double exposure. One picture was me and the other picture was done through a vodka bottle that is in the shape of a skull. I wasn't sure if I liked it at first but settled and came back to edit it in light room thinking it looked neat. It reminded me of Annihilation the movie/book. I think in the end it worked out. I'm proud of my lazy simple work.
Bearded Reedling - Panurus Biarmicus
aka Bearded Tit. (M)
A Schedule 1 Bird.
This species is a wetland specialist, breeding colonially in large reed beds by lakes or swamps. It eats reed aphids in summer, and reed seeds in winter, its digestive system changing to cope with the very different seasonal diets.
Often having to take grit in order to help digestion.
The bearded reedling is a species of temperate Europe and Asia. It is resident, and most birds do not migrate other than eruptive or cold weather movements. It is vulnerable to hard winters, which may kill many birds. The English population of about 500 pairs is largely confined to the south and east with a small population in Leighton Moss in north Lancashire. In Ireland a handful of pairs breed in County Wexford. The largest single population in Great Britain is to be found in the reedbeds at the mouth of the River Tay in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, where there may be in excess of 250 pairs.
Other Breeding areas include Norfolk and Somerset.
Population:
UK breeding:
630 pairs
Europe:
232 - 437,000 birds
We'd just got off the ferry onto the Isle of Skye, and we were camped for the night on a hill overlooking this bay. I was eating my evening meal watching the sun go down ... a great aid to digestion ... I recommend it.
(Since the last one went on in error, I thought I'd continue the theme with a few more seascapes from that evening.)
la digestione era in corso, un paio di vecchie scarpe sarebbero bastate a far scivolare le ore, ore pesanti come passi lenti su letti di bolle schiumose. L’aria era appannata; il verde mi era sempre piaciuto.
I love the distinctly blue eye and inside mouth of this water bird. And the arch of the neck of its companion. The blue strongly contrasts with by this bright golden faces.
Cormorants or Shags are fish-eaters, dining on small eels, fish, and even water snakes. They dive from the surface, though many species make a characteristic half-jump as they dive to give themselves a more streamlined entry into the water. Under water they propel themselves with their feet. Some cormorant species have been found, using depth gauges, to dive to depths of as much as 45 meters.
After fishing, cormorants go ashore, and are frequently seen holding their wings out in the sun. All cormorants have preen gland secretions that are used ostensibly to keep the feathers waterproof. Some sources say that cormorants have waterproof feathers while others say that they have water permeable feathers. Still others suggests that the outer plumage absorbs water but does not permit it to penetrate the layer of air next to the skin. The wing drying action is seen even in the flightless cormorant but commonly in the Antarctic shags and red-legged cormorants. Alternate functions suggested for the spread-wing posture include that it aids thermoregulation, digestion, balances the bird or indicates presence of fish. A detailed study of the Great Cormorant concludes that it is without doubt to dry the plumage.
Cormorants are colonial nesters, using trees, rocky islets, or cliffs. The eggs are a chalky-blue color. There is usually one brood a year. The young are fed through regurgitation. They typically have deep, ungainly bills, showing a greater resemblance to those of the pelicans', to which they are related, than is obvious in the adults. Fishermen in Asia use Cormorants to fish for them. www.bing.com/videos/search?q=using+cormorant+birds+for+fi...
Flamingo Garden, Davie FL
Nederlands: Paardenbloem (Gewone paardenbloem, Paardebloem)
English: Dandelion (Common dandelion, Broad-lobe dandelion)
Français: Pissenlit
Deutsch: Löwenzahn
Wetenschappelijk: Taraxacum officinale (Leontodon taraxacum)
Familie: Composietenfamilie, Asteraceae (Compositae)
Geslacht: Taraxacum, Paardenbloem
Opmerking: Er worden veel soorten of microsoorten onderscheiden. In ons gebied komen er minstens 250 voor. Enkele daarvan zijn:
Zandpaardenbloem (Taraxacum laevigatum)
Oranjegele paardenbloem (Taraxacum obliquum)
Duinpaardenbloem (Taraxacum erythrospermum)
Schraallandpaardenbloem (Taraxacum celticum)
Haakpaardenbloem (Taraxacum hamatum)
Moeraspaardenbloem (Taraxacum palustre).
English
The health benefits of dandelion include relief from liver disorders, diabetes, urinary disorders, acne, jaundice, cancer and anemia. It also helps in maintaining bone health, skin care and is a benefit to weight loss programs. These and other health benefits are currently being studied for complete validation by a number of international institutions.
Despite the health benefits of dandelions, they are traditionally more popular as ornamental flowering plants than as medicine, because the flowers of dandelions look brilliant and are frequently seen in gardens and parks. There are many varieties of dandelion, but the common dandelion is scientifically known as Taraxacum Officinale. In terms of history, the plant is believed to have evolved about 30 million years ago in Eurasia.
Dandelion, which literally translates into “lion’s tooth” in French, is rich in vitamin A, vitamin C, iron and calcium and detoxifiers which explains its common inclusion in medicines. Below, we will discuss the different things that benefit can do for us, besides decorating our gardens.
Health Benefits Of Dandelion
The health benefits of dandelions include the following:
Bone Health: Dandelions are rich in calcium, which is essential for the growth and strength of bones, and they are rich in antioxidants like vitamin-C and Luteolin, which protect bones from age-related damage. This inevitable damage is often due to free radicals, and is frequently seen as bone frailty, weakness, and decreased density.
Liver Disorders: Dandelions can help the liver in many ways. While the antioxidants like vitamin-C and Luteolin keep the liver functioning in optimal gear and protect it from aging, other compounds in dandelions help treat hemorrhaging in the liver. Furthermore, dandelions aid in maintaining the proper flow of bile, while also stimulating the liver and promoting digestion. Proper digestion can reduce the chances of constipation, which in turn reduces the risk of more serious gastrointestinal issues.
Diabetes: Dandelion juice can help diabetic patients by stimulating the production of insulin from the pancreas, thereby keeping the blood sugar level low. Since dandelions are diuretic in nature, they increase urination in diabetic patients, which helps remove the excess sugar from the body. Diabetics are also prone to renal problems, so the diuretic properties of dandelion can help removing the sugar deposition in the kidneys through increased urination. Furthermore, dandelion juice is slightly bitter to taste, which effectively lowers the sugar level in the blood, as all bitter substances do. Consistently lower blood sugar and a more regulated system of insulin release prevents dangerous spikes and plunges for diabetic patients, so dandelion extracts can be a perfect solution!
Urinary Disorders: Dandelions are highly diuretic in nature, so they help eliminate deposits of toxic substances in the kidneys and the urinary tract. The disinfectant properties of dandelions also inhibit microbial growth in the urinary system. In fact, the diuretic properties of dandelions are so strong that in France, the flower is also called “pissenlit” which means “urinate in bed”.
Skin Care: Dandelion sap, also known as dandelion milk, is useful in treating skin diseases which are caused by microbial and fungal infections. This treatment stems from the fact that the sap is highly alkaline and has germicidal, insecticidal and fungicidal properties. You should be careful while using this sap, and avoid any contact with the eyes. This sap can be used on itches, ringworm, eczema, and other skin conditions without the risk of side effects or hormonal disturbances commonly caused by pharmaceutical skin treatments.
Acne: Dandelion juice is a good detoxifier, diuretic, stimulant and antioxidant. These four properties make it a great treatment for acne. Before we know how it treats acne, we must know what causes it. Acne typically arises during the teenage years, when the body undergoes many physiological and hormonal changes. The flood of new hormones that bring about the changes in the body must be regulated, but if they don’t remain at a healthy ratio, they tend to deposit somewhat toxic substances into the body. These toxins tend to come out along with sweat through the sweat glands or sebaceous glands on the skin.
uring these hormonal changes, these glands secrete more oils which, when mixed with dead skin, block the pores and the secretion of toxins is obstructed. Therefore, the toxic substances cannot escape and eventually result in acne. This situation is exacerbated by the microbial infections on the effected places. Dandelion juice, being a stimulant, diuretic and detoxifier in nature, can help regulate proper secretion of hormones, increase sweating and widen the pores. All of these factors help to facilitate the removal of toxins through sweat and urine. Furthermore, dandelion sap, if externally applied to areas with acne, can inhibit microbial infection and reduce the frustrating signs of acne. Also, it can speed up healing due to its vitamin-C content, so the scars and ugly red inflammation that traditionally follows acne treatment will be less noticeable.
Weight Loss: Our urine consists of up to 4% fat, so the more we urinate, the more water and fats are lost from the body. Dandelions, being diuretic in nature, promotes urination and thereby helps lose the dreaded “water weight” without causing any side effects. Furthermore, dandelions are low in calories, like most leafy greens, but for the small expense of calories (~1oo cal./4 cups), you get a huge amount of beneficial side effects. This is also why dandelions are sometimes used as sweeteners, because they are not packed with unhealthy sugars.
Cancer: Dandelions are high in antioxidants, such as vitamin-C and Luteolin, which reduce the free radicals (major cancer-causing agents) in the body, thereby reducing the risk of cancer. It also detoxifies the body, which further helps protect from the development of tumors and various cancers. Luteolin actually poisons essential components of cancer cells when it binds to them, rendering them ineffective and unable to reproduce. This characteristic has been demonstrated most notably with prostate cancer, although there are other studies being done.
Jaundice: Jaundice is primarily a disorder of the liver in which the organ starts overproducing bile, which ultimately enters the bloodstream and wreaks havoc on the body’s metabolism. The excess bile is also reflected through color of the skin, and eyes, which typically develop a yellow tint. The treatment of jaundice includes three main steps. First, you need to curb the production of bile. Second, you must remove the excess bile from the body, and third, you have to fight the underlying viral infection.
Dandelions are very helpful in all of these steps. It promotes liver health and regulates bile production. Being diuretic in nature, it promotes urination, where the excess bile can be eliminated. Finally, as an antioxidant and disinfectant due to the presence of vitamin-C and Luteolin, it fights viral infections as well. It is most beneficial when taken with sugarcane juice, since it replaces the sugar in the body that is significantly lowered due to the impact of excess bile. A lack of sugar can cause extreme fatigue and weakness, so dandelions help boost your energy levels after infection!
Gall Bladder Disorders: Dandelions are very beneficial for the gall bladder and liver, because they improve their general functioning, protects them from ill effects of oxidants and infections, and regulates the various secretions from both organs.
Constipation: Certain components of dandelion, namely the high levels of dietary fiber, make it a beneficial aid for digestion and proper intestinal health. Dietary fiber stimulates healthy bowel movements by adding bulk to stool, and also reduces chances of constipation as well as diarrhea. It regulates bowel movements, which can prevent more serious gastrointestinal issues. It is commonly prescribed for children who are experiencing constipation, as it is relatively soothing on the stomach. It has also been used to stimulate the appetite, particularly following trauma or surgery.
Anemia: Dandelions have relatively good levels of iron, vitamins, and protein content. While iron is the integral part of hemoglobin in the blood, vitamins like vitamin-B and protein are essential for the formation of red blood cells and certain other components of the blood. This way dandelion can help anemic people keep their condition in check.
High Blood Pressure: Urination is an effective way of lowering blood pressure. In fact, most of the modern medicines for lowering blood pressure are based on this phenomenon. Dandelion juice, being diuretic in nature, increases urination, both in quantity and frequency. Therefore, it helps lower high blood pressure. The fiber in dandelion is also helpful in reducing cholesterol and thereby assists in lowering blood pressure, since cholesterol is one of the factors that increases blood pressure. Finally, there is the high potassium content of dandelions, which is very effective in lowering blood pressure by replacing sodium.
Other Benefits: Dandelions can also be used as a vegetable and is a good source of fiber. It promotes digestion, and in the past, it was used to treat scurvy, because of its high levels of vitamin-C. It also has healing effects on dyspepsia, infections in the stomach, intestines and urinary system.
A Few Words of Warning: Dandelions can be helpful to diabetics by lowering blood sugar, but for patients already taking blood-sugar modulators, this can result in hypoglycemia, an equally dangerous condition. Consult your doctor before adding dandelion supplements on top of your normal treatment. Also, the milk sap of dandelions has been known to cause itchiness, irritation, or allergic reactions on the skin, and should be kept away from the eyes. Finally, there is a rare type of fiber in dandelions called inulin, and some people have a predisposed sensitivity or allergy to it which can be quite severe. When first adding dandelion greens to your diet in any way, start small and closely monitor your body’s response.
Other than that, pick some delicious dandelion greens and get healthy!
(Tomocerus minor)
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"We have bigger houses but smaller families; more conveniences, but less time; We have more degrees, but less sense; more knowledge, but less judgment; more experts, but more problems; more medicines, but less healthiness; We’ve been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbor. We’ve built more computers to hold more information to produce more copies than ever, but have less communications; We have become long on quantity, but short on quality.
These times are times of fast foods;
but slow digestion; Tall man but short character; Steep profits but shallow relationships. It is time when there is much in the window, but nothing in the room."
His Holiness The XIV Dalai Lama
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_hare
The European hare (Lepus europaeus), also known as the brown hare, is a species of hare native to Europe and parts of Asia. It is among the largest hare species and is adapted to temperate, open country. Hares are herbivorous and feed mainly on grasses and herbs, supplementing these with twigs, buds, bark and field crops, particularly in winter. Their natural predators include large birds of prey, canids and felids. They rely on high-speed endurance running to escape from their enemies; having long, powerful limbs and large nostrils.
Generally nocturnal and shy in nature, hares change their behaviour in the spring, when they can be seen in broad daylight chasing one another around in fields. During this spring frenzy, they sometimes strike one another with their paws ("boxing"). This is usually not competition between males, but a female hitting a male, either to show she is not yet ready to mate or as a test of his determination. The female nests in a depression on the surface of the ground rather than in a burrow, and the young are active as soon as they are born. Litters may consist of three or four young and a female can bear three litters a year, with hares living for up to twelve years. The breeding season lasts from January to August.
The European hare is listed as being of least concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature because it has a wide range and is moderately abundant. However, populations have been declining in mainland Europe since the 1960s, at least partly due to changes in farming practices. The hare has been hunted across Europe for centuries, with more than five million being shot each year; in Britain, it has traditionally been hunted by beagling and hare coursing, but these field sports are now illegal. The hare has been a traditional symbol of fertility and reproduction in some cultures, and its courtship behaviour in the spring inspired the English idiom mad as a March hare.
Taxonomy and genetics
The European hare was first described in 1778 by German zoologist Peter Simon Pallas.[2] It shares the genus Lepus (Latin for "hare"[3]) with 31 other hare and jackrabbit species,[4] jackrabbits being the name given to some species of hare native to North America. They are distinguished from other leporids (hares and rabbits) by their longer legs, wider nostrils and active (precocial) young.[5] The Corsican hare, broom hare and Granada hare were at one time considered to be subspecies of the European hare, but DNA sequencing and morphological analysis support their status as separate species.[6][7]
There is some debate as to whether the European hare and the Cape hare are the same species. A 2005 nuclear gene pool study suggested that they are,[8] but a 2006 study of the mitochondrial DNA of these same animals concluded that they had diverged sufficiently widely to be considered separate species.[9] A 2008 study claims that in the case of Lepus species, with their rapid evolution, species designation cannot be based solely on mtDNA but should also include an examination of the nuclear gene pool. It is possible that the genetic differences between the European and Cape hare are due to geographic separation rather than actual divergence. It has been speculated that in the Near East, hare populations are intergrading and experiencing gene flow.[10] Another 2008 study suggests that more research is needed before a conclusion is reached as to whether a species complex exists;[11] the European hare remains classified as a single species until further data contradicts this assumption.[1]
Cladogenetic analysis suggests that European hares survived the last glacial period during the Pleistocene via refugia in southern Europe (Italian peninsula and Balkans) and Asia Minor. Subsequent colonisations of Central Europe appear to have been initiated by human-caused environmental changes.[12] Genetic diversity in current populations is high with no signs of inbreeding. Gene flow appears to be biased towards males, but overall populations are matrilineally structured. There appears to be a particularly large degree of genetic diversity in hares in the North Rhine-Westphalia region of Germany. It is however possible that restricted gene flow could reduce genetic diversity within populations that become isolated.[13]
Historically, up to 30 subspecies of European hare have been described, although their status has been disputed.[5] These subspecies have been distinguished by differences in pelage colouration, body size, external body measurements, skull morphology and tooth shape.[14] Sixteen subspecies are listed in the IUCN red book, following Hoffmann and Smith (2005): Lepus europaeus caspicus, L. e. connori, L. e. creticus, L. e. cyprius, L. e. cyrensis, L. e. europaeus, L. e. hybridus, L. e. judeae, L. e. karpathorum, L. e. medius, L. e. occidentalis, L. e. parnassius, L. e. ponticus, L. e. rhodius, L. e. syriacus, and L. e. transsylvanicus.[15] Twenty-nine subspecies are listed by Chapman and Flux in their book on lagomorphs, including in addition L. e. alba, L. e. argenteogrisea, L. e. biarmicus, L. e. borealis, L. e. caspicus, L. e. caucasicus, L. e. flavus, L. e. gallaecius, L. e. hispanicus, L. e. hyemalis, L. e. granatensis, L. e. iturissius, L. e. kalmykorum, L. e. meridiei, L. e. meridionalis, L. e. niethammeri, L. e. niger, L. e. tesquorum, and L. e. tumak, but excluding L. e. connori, L. e. creticus, L. e. cyprius, L. e. judeae, L. e. rhodius, and L. e. syriacus, with the proviso that the subspecies they list are of "very variable status".[5]
Description
The European hare, like other members of the family Leporidae, is a fast-running terrestrial mammal; it has eyes set high on the sides of its head, long ears and a flexible neck. Its teeth grow continuously, the first incisors being modified for gnawing while the second incisors are peg-like and non-functional. There is a gap (diastema) between the incisors and the cheek teeth, the latter being adapted for grinding coarse plant material. The dental formula is 2/1, 0/0, 3/2, 3/3.[16][17] The dark limb musculature of hares is adapted for high-speed endurance running in open country. By contrast, cottontail rabbits are built for short bursts of speed in more vegetated habitats.[5][18] Other adaptions for high speed running in hares include wider nostrils and larger hearts.[5] In comparison to the European rabbit, the hare has a proportionally smaller stomach and caecum.[19]
This hare is one of the largest of the lagomorphs. Its head and body length can range from 60 to 75 cm (24 to 30 in) with a tail length of 7.2 to 11 cm (2.8 to 4.3 in). The body mass is typically between 3 and 5 kg (6.6 and 11.0 lb).[20] The hare's elongated ears range from 9.4 to 11.0 cm (3.7 to 4.3 in) from the notch to tip. It also has long hind feet that have a length of between 14 and 16 cm (5.5 and 6.3 in).[21] The skull has nasal bones that are short, but broad and heavy. The supraorbital ridge has well-developed anterior and posterior lobes and the lacrimal bone projects prominently from the anterior wall of the orbit.[20]
The fur colour is grizzled yellow-brown on the back; rufous on the shoulders, legs, neck and throat; white on the underside and black on the tail and ear tips.[21] The fur on the back is typically longer and more curled than on the rest of the body.[5] The European hare's fur does not turn completely white in the winter as is the case with some other members of the genus,[21] although the sides of the head and base of the ears do develop white areas and the hip and rump region may gain some grey.[5]
Range and habitat
European hares are native to much of continental Europe and part of Asia. Their range extends from northern Spain to southern Scandinavia, eastern Europe, and northern parts of Western and Central Asia. They have been extending their range into Siberia.[5] They may have been introduced to Britain by the Romans (circa 2000 years ago) as there are no records of them from earlier sites. Undocumented introductions likely occurred in some Mediterranean Islands.[22] They have also been introduced, mostly as game animals, to North America (in Ontario and New York State, and unsuccessfully in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and Connecticut), South America (Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru and the Falkland Islands), Australia, both islands of New Zealand and the south Pacific coast of Russia.[5][21][23]
Hares primarily live in open fields with scattered brush for shelter. They are very adaptable and thrive in mixed farmland.[5] According to a study done in the Czech Republic, the mean hare densities were highest at altitudes below 200 metres (660 ft), 40 to 60 days of annual snow cover, 450 to 700 millimetres (18 to 28 in) of annual precipitation, and a mean annual air temperature of around 10 °C (50 °F). With regards to climate, the study found that hare densities were highest in "warm and dry districts with mild winters".[24] In Poland, hares are most abundant in areas with few forest edges, perhaps because foxes can use these for cover. They require cover, such as hedges, ditches and permanent cover areas, because these habitats supply the varied diet they require, and are found at lower densities in large open fields. Intensive cultivation of the land results in greater mortality of young hares (leverets).[25]
In the United Kingdom, hares are seen most frequently on arable farms, especially those with fallow land, wheat and sugar beet crops. In mainly grass farms their numbers are raised when there are improved pastures, some arable crops and patches of woodland. They are seen less frequently where foxes are abundant or where there are many buzzards. They also seem to be fewer in number in areas with high European rabbit populations,[26] although there appears to be little interaction between the two species and no aggression.[27] Although hares are shot as game when they are plentiful, this is a self-limiting activity and is less likely to occur in localities where they are scarce.[26]
Behaviour and life history
Hares are primarily nocturnal and spend a third of their time foraging.[5] During daytime, a hare hides in a depression in the ground called a "form" where it is partially hidden. Hares can run at 70 km/h (43 mph) and when confronted by predators they rely on outrunning them in the open. They are generally thought of as asocial but can be seen in both large and small groups. They do not appear to be territorial, living in shared home ranges of around 300 ha (740 acres). Hares communicate with each other by a variety of visual signals. To show interest they raise their ears, while lowering the ears warns others to keep away. When challenging a conspecific, a hare thumps its front feet; the hind feet are used to warn others of a predator. A hare squeals when hurt or scared and a female makes "guttural" calls to attract her young.[21] Hares can live for as long as twelve years.[1]
Food and foraging
European hares are primarily herbivorous. They may forage for wild grasses and weeds but with the intensification of agriculture, they have taken to feeding on crops when preferred foods are not available.[1] During the spring and summer, they feed on soy, clover and corn poppy[28] as well as grasses and herbs.[21] During autumn and winter, they primarily choose winter wheat, and are also attracted to piles of sugar beet and carrots provided for them by hunters.[28] They also eat twigs, buds and the bark of shrubs and young fruit trees during winter.[21] Cereal crops are usually avoided when other more attractive foods are available, the species appearing to prefer high energy foodstuffs over crude fibre.[29] When eating twigs, hares strip off the bark to access the vascular tissues which store soluble carbohydrates. Compared to the European rabbit, food passes through the gut more rapidly in the hare, although digestion rates are similar.[19] They sometimes eat their own green, faecal pellets to recover undigested proteins and vitamins.[20] Two to three adult hares can eat more food than a single sheep.[21]
European hares forage in groups. Group feeding is beneficial as individuals can spend more time feeding knowing that other hares are being vigilant. Nevertheless, the distribution of food affects these benefits. When food is well-spaced, all hares are able to access it. When food is clumped together, only dominant hares can access it. In small gatherings, dominants are more successful in defending food, but as more individuals join in, they must spend more time driving off others. The larger the group, the less time dominant individuals have in which to eat. Meanwhile, the subordinates can access the food while the dominants are distracted. As such, when in groups, all individuals fare worse when food is clumped as opposed to when it is widely spaced.[30]
Mating and reproduction
European hares have a prolonged breeding season which lasts from January to August.[31][32] Females, or does, can be found pregnant in all breeding months and males, or bucks, are fertile all year round except during October and November. After this hiatus, the size and activity of the males' testes increase, signalling the start of a new reproductive cycle. This continues through December, January and February when the reproductive tract gains back its functionality. Matings start before ovulation occurs and the first pregnancies of the year often result in a single foetus, with pregnancy failures being common. Peak reproductive activity occurs in March and April, when all females may be pregnant, the majority with three or more foetuses.[32]
The mating system of the hare has been described as both polygynous (single males mating with multiple females) and promiscuous.[33] Females have six-weekly reproductive cycles and are receptive for only a few hours at a time, making competition among local bucks intense.[31] At the height of the breeding season, this phenomenon is known as "March madness",[32] when the normally nocturnal bucks are forced to be active in the daytime. In addition to dominant animals subduing subordinates, the female fights off her numerous suitors if she is not ready to mate. Fights can be vicious and can leave numerous scars on the ears.[31] In these encounters, hares stand upright and attack each other with their paws, a practice known as "boxing", and this activity is usually between a female and a male and not between competing males as was previously believed.[21][34] When a doe is ready to mate, she runs across the countryside, starting a chase that tests the stamina of the following males. When only the fittest male remains, the female stops and allows him to copulate.[31] Female fertility continues through May, June and July, but testosterone production decreases in males and sexual behaviour becomes less overt. Litter sizes decrease as the breeding season draws to a close with no pregnancies occurring after August. The testes of males begin to regress and sperm production ends in September.[32]
Does give birth in hollow depressions in the ground. An individual female may have three litters in a year with a 41- to 42-day gestation period. The young have an average weigh of around 130 grams (4.6 oz) at birth.[35] The leverets are fully furred and are precocial, being ready to leave the nest soon after they are born, an adaptation to the lack of physical protection relative to that afforded by a burrow.[21] Leverets disperse during the day and come together in the evening close to where they were born. Their mother visits them for nursing soon after sunset; the young suckle for around five minutes, urinating while they do so, with the doe licking up the fluid. She then leaps away so as not to leave an olfactory trail, and the leverets disperse once more.[21][36] Young can eat solid food after two weeks and are weaned when they are four weeks old.[21] While young of either sex commonly explore their surroundings,[37] natal dispersal tends to be greater in males.[33][38] Sexual maturity occurs at seven or eight months for females and six months for males.[1]
Mortality and health
European hares are large leporids and adults can only be tackled by large predators such as canids, felids and the largest birds of prey.[20] In Poland it was found that the consumption of hares by foxes was at its highest during spring, when the availability of small animal prey was low; at this time of year, hares may constitute up to 50% of the biomass eaten by foxes, with 50% of the mortality of adult hares being caused by their predation.[39] In Scandinavia, a natural epizootic of sarcoptic mange which reduced the population of red foxes dramatically, resulted in an increase in the number of European hares, which returned to previous levels when the numbers of foxes subsequently increased.[40] The golden eagle preys on the European hare in the Alps, the Carpathians, the Apennines and northern Spain.[41] In North America, foxes and coyotes are probably the most common predators, with bobcats and lynx also preying on them in more remote locations.[35]
European hares have both external and internal parasites. One study found that 54% of animals in Slovakia were parasitised by nematodes and over 90% by coccidia.[42] In Australia, European hares were reported as being infected by four species of nematode, six of coccidian, several liver flukes and two canine tapeworms. They were also found to host rabbit fleas (Spilopsyllus cuniculi), stickfast fleas (Echidnophaga myrmecobii), lice (Haemodipsus setoni and H. lyriocephalus), and mites (Leporacarus gibbus).[43]
European brown hare syndrome (EBHS) is a disease caused by a calicivirus similar to that causing rabbit haemorrhagic disease (RHS) and can similarly be fatal, but cross infection between the two mammal species does not occur.[44] Other threats to the hare are pasteurellosis, yersiniosis (pseudo-tuberculosis), coccidiosis and tularaemia, which are the principal sources of mortality.[45]
Relationship with humans
In folklore, literature, and art
In Europe, the hare has been a symbol of sex and fertility since at least Ancient Greece. The Greeks associated it with the gods Dionysus, Aphrodite and Artemis as well as with satyrs and cupids. The Christian Church connected the hare with lustfulness and homosexuality, but also associated it with the persecution of the church because of the way it was commonly hunted.[46]
In Northern Europe, Easter imagery often involves hares or rabbits. Citing folk Easter customs in Leicestershire, England, where "the profits of the land called Harecrop Leys were applied to providing a meal which was thrown on the ground at the 'Hare-pie Bank'", the 19th-century scholar Charles Isaac Elton proposed a possible connection between these customs and the worship of Ēostre.[47] In his 19th-century study of the hare in folk custom and mythology, Charles J. Billson cites folk customs involving the hare around Easter in Northern Europe, and argues that the hare was probably a sacred animal in prehistoric Britain's festival of springtime.[48] Observation of the hare's springtime mating behaviour led to the popular English idiom "mad as a March hare",[46] with similar phrases from the sixteenth century writings of John Skelton and Sir Thomas More onwards.[49] The mad hare reappears in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, in which Alice participates in a crazy tea party with the March Hare and the Mad Hatter.[50]
Any connection of the hare to Ēostre is doubtful. John Andrew Boyle cites an etymology dictionary by A. Ernout and A. Meillet, who wrote that the lights of Ēostre were carried by hares, that Ēostre represented spring fecundity, love and sexual pleasure. Boyle responds that almost nothing is known about Ēostre, and that the authors had seemingly accepted the identification of Ēostre with the Norse goddess Freyja, but that the hare is not associated with Freyja either. Boyle adds that "when the authors speak of the hare as the 'companion of Aphrodite and of satyrs and cupids' and 'in the Middle Ages [the hare] appears beside the figure of [mythological] Luxuria', they are on much surer ground."[51]
The hare is a character in some fables, such as The Tortoise and the Hare of Aesop.[52] The story was annexed to a philosophical problem by Zeno of Elea, who created a set of paradoxes to support Parmenides' attack on the idea of continuous motion, as each time the hare (or the hero Achilles) moves to where the tortoise was, the tortoise moves just a little further away.[53][54] The German Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer realistically depicted a hare in his 1502 watercolour painting Young Hare.[55]
Food and hunting
Across Europe, over five million European hares are shot each year, making it probably the most important game mammal on the continent. This popularity has threatened regional varieties such as those of France and Denmark, through large-scale importing of hares from Eastern European countries such as Hungary.[5] Hares have traditionally been hunted in Britain by beagling and hare coursing. In beagling, the hare is hunted with a pack of small hunting dogs, beagles, followed by the human hunters on foot. In Britain, the 2004 Hunting Act banned hunting of hares with dogs, so the 60 beagle packs now use artificial "trails", or may legally continue to hunt rabbits.[56] Hare coursing with greyhounds was once an aristocratic pursuit, forbidden to lower social classes.[57] More recently, informal hare coursing became a lower class activity and was conducted without the landowner's permission;[58] it is also now illegal.[59]
Hare is traditionally cooked by jugging: a whole hare is cut into pieces, marinated and cooked slowly with red wine and juniper berries in a tall jug that stands in a pan of water. It is traditionally served with (or briefly cooked with) the hare's blood and port wine.[60][61] Hare can also be cooked in a casserole.[62] The meat is darker and more strongly flavoured than that of rabbits. Young hares can be roasted; the meat of older hares becomes too tough for roasting, and may be slow-cooked.[61][63]
Status
The European hare has a wide range across Europe and western Asia and has been introduced to a number of other countries around the globe, often as a game species. In general it is considered moderately abundant in its native range,[13] but declines in populations have been noted in many areas since the 1960s. These have been associated with the intensification of agricultural practices.[64] The hare is an adaptable species and can move into new habitats, but it thrives best when there is an availability of a wide variety of weeds and other herbs to supplement its main diet of grasses.[1] The hare is considered a pest in some areas; it is more likely to damage crops and young trees in winter when there are not enough alternative foodstuffs available.[21]
The International Union for Conservation of Nature has evaluated the European hare's conservation status as being of least concern. However, at low population densities, hares are vulnerable to local extinctions as the available gene pool declines, making inbreeding more likely. This is the case in northern Spain and in Greece, where the restocking by hares brought from outside the region has been identified as a threat to regional gene pools. To counteract this, a captive breeding program has been implemented in Spain, and the relocation of some individuals from one location to another has increased genetic variety.[1] The Bern Convention lists the hare under Appendix III as a protected species.[26] Several countries, including Norway, Germany, Austria and Switzerland,[1] have placed the species on their Red Lists as "near threatened" or "threatened".
Aurelia aurita (also called moon jellyfish)
washed up on Porthmeor beach, St Ives - Cornwall.
The jellyfish is translucent, usually about 25–40 cm (10–16 in) in diameter, and can be recognized by its four horseshoe-shaped gonads, easily seen through the top of the bell. It feeds by collecting plankton, and molluscs with its tentacles, and bringing them into its body for digestion. It is capable of only limited motion, and drifts with the current, even when swimming.
Aurelia does not have respiratory parts such as gills, lungs, or trachea. it respires by diffusing oxygen from water through the thin membrane covering its body.
Food travels through the muscular manubrium while the radial canals help disperse the food. There is a nerve net that is responsible for contractions in swimming muscles and feeding responses
CROMOTERAPIA....
GIALLO:
E' il colore che più ricorda il Sole, esprime quindi un movimento di espansione. La scelta del giallo quindi è ricerca del nuovo, del cambiamento, della liberazione dagli schemi. Sinonimo di vivacità, estroversione, leggerezza, crescita e cambiamento. Stimola l'attenzione e l'apprendimento, acuisce la mente e la concentrazione. Stimola la digestione (anoressia, inappetenza, eczema). Aiuta ad eliminare le tossine attraverso il fegato e l'intestino.
Cicuta maculata is considered North America's most poisenous plant. It grows in wetlands and along rivers and pond shores. Digestion causes severe and permanent damage to the nervous system or death. A cow can die in 15 minutes after ingesting this plant.
Negli ultimi anni la consapevolezza sui danni provocati dal Glutine sulla salute delle persone è molto cresciuta.
Secondo un sondaggio, pubblicato nel 2013, un terzo degli americani ha deciso di fare cose concrete per eliminare il Glutine dalla propria dieta (Guarda qui il grafico).
Ma l’alimentazione senza Glutine non è soltanto una delle solite mode. Ormai sono tantissimi gli studi che dimostrano i danni gravi che il Glutine provoca sulla salute.
Ecco, di seguito, 6 scioccanti motivi che rendono il Glutine dannoso per la salute e perché devi iniziare subito ad eliminarlo.
1. La Celiachia è in forte aumento, eppure ampiamente non diagnosticata nella maggior parte delle persone che potrebbero esserne affette.
Il Glutine è un complesso proteico contenuto in molti cereali: frumento, farro, segale, orzo, kamut ecc.
E’ composto da due proteine: Gliadina e Glutenina. Fra le due proteine è la Gliadina quella a cui la stragrande maggioranza delle persone sviluppa una reazione di intolleranza allergica.
Quando le farine dei cereali contenenti Glutine si mischiano con l’acqua, questo inizia a formare un legame colloso con parecchie altre proteine e conferisce una proprietà elastica all’impasto, cosa che permette di ottenere, man mano che viene lavorato, il pane.
Non a caso il termine Glutine richiama alla mente il verbo agglutinare, che significa saldare due o più elementi con sostanze adesive, incollare.
Cosa succede nei soggetti sensibili al glutine
Quando il Glutine arriva nel tratto digestivo, entra in contatto con le cellule del sistema immunitario. Le cellule, per errore, lo scambiano per un invasore esterno, un po’ come avviene per i batteri.
Nei soggetti più sensibili al Glutine, accade che, il sistema immunitario inizia a scatenare attacchi contro la sostanza, percepita come estranea e nemica. Nella Celiachia, la forma più acuta e grave di intolleranza al Glutine, il sistema immunitario non si limita ad attaccare la proteina, ma estende il suo attacco anche all’enzima presente nel tratto digestivo, la Transglutaminasi.
Quindi il contatto col Glutine, nelle persone soggette a Celiachia, porta il sistema immunitario ad attaccare la proteina e la parete intestinale, causando carenze nutrizionali, problemi di digestione, anemia, affaticamento, accresciuta difficoltà a contrastare le malattie, maggiore esposizione al rischio di contrarre malattie gravi.
La Celiachia colpisce l’1% della popolazione, con un aumento negli anziani ma, approfondite ricerche, evidenziano che la percentuale della popolazione celiaca è in rapida, costante crescita (Leggi qui gli studi 1, 2).
Bisogna tenere a mente che la maggior parte dei celiaci non ha sintomi intestinali, per questo è molto difficile diagnosticare il disturbo. I sintomi possono riguardare non solo l’affaticamento o l’anemia, ma possono anche mostrarsi in modo più grave, nell’aumento dei rischi di mortalità (Leggi qui gli studi 1, 2).
Si pensa che l’80% dei malati di Celiachia ignora del tutto di essere vittima di questa gravissima intolleranza (Leggi qui lo studio).
Conclusione: la Celiachia colpisce almeno l’1% della popolazione, è in forte aumento, l’80% dei malati non ne è consapevole.
Continua a leggere "Le 6 sconvolgenti verità sui danni provocati dal Glutine"
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Pianta erbacea che cresce ai bordi delle strade, ma in passato era una importante fonte alimentare. Fiorisce da maggio ad agosto.
Esistono almeno 50 specie di avena; le più comuni in Italia sono l'avena fatua, la sterilis e la barbada.
L'avena è un erba annua, abbastanza rustica, che si adatta facilmente a climi umidi e freddi. Viene coltivata soprattutto a scopo di foraggio, ma trova un ottimo impiego anche nell'alimentazione umana.
Contiene ferro, glutine, amido e materie azotate ad azione stimolante. L'avena è ricca di vitamine e sali minerali ad azione energetica.
Generalmente si utilizzano i semi, raccolti a perfetta maturazione e conservati lontano dall'umidità.
Fonte: benessere/erboristeria...
A couple of days ago I posted a photo of Sundew, with its characteristic insect-catching 'glues'. Here's another way Carnivorous Plants catch their prey; more movement to this one! The end the leaves of Venus Fly Trap are two-lobed Bandersnatchy, fanged traps. Insects are lured by nectar-like secretions on the inside surface of those traps, smooth but for some very small trigger-hairs. When an insect touches two of these hairs within a few seconds, the trap snaps shut, thus capturing it. The more an insect struggles, the more digestive dissolvers are released by our plant. In its struggles, an insect is likely to secrete uric acid (a bit like humans pissing their pants out of fear or shock), and that only quickens the plant's process of digestion (something discovered by that fabulously versatile naturalist Charles Darwin in the mid-1870s). After a week or so, the trap will open to let the wind blow away the insect's now dry-sucked remains... Meanwhile, the plant will have gleaned essential nutrients such as phosphorous and nitrogen, absent from the soil of its habitat but necessary for Fly Trap's life.
The right inset shows a Venus Fly Trap Flower, the left some traps with an insect - at least partly digested - in one of them. The stalks in the middle are the flower stems which tower high above the lowly fangs.
The English name is a direct translation of the Latin scientific moniker.
Februar 2017
Amselmann Kurti ist wieder da und beäugt misstrauisch die Kamera. Er vertilgt jeden Tag ein Birne, wofür er ca. fünf Stunden braucht. Danach legt er eine Verdauungspause ein! - Blackbird Kurti is back und watches with great scepticism the camera. He is consuming every day a pear, which takes around five hours. After that he takes a digestion break.
The feather balls are thought to protect the stomach by padding the sharp fish bones and slowing down the process of digestion so that the bones dissolve rather than pass into the intestine.
INTIMACY VIII.
Dehors dedans dedans dehors. Dedans dedans dedans dedans.
Sur le temps long une digestion de l'enfermement se dessine, à coups de mythologies intérieures.
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Outside inside inside outside. Inside inside inside inside.
Over a long-time period, confinement is processing & taking shape with personal myths.
" Cuando tenia seis años vi una vez en un libro sobre la Selva Virgen, una preciosa estampa.La imagen representaba a una serpiente boa que se engullia una fiera..En el libro decía: “Las serpientes boas se tragan su presas enteras, sin masticarlas. Luego no pueden moverse y duermen durante los seis meses que dura su digestión”.
Reflexioné mucho en ese momento sobre las aventuras de la jungla y a mi vez logré trazar con un lápiz de colores mi primer dibujo.
Mi dibujo número 1. Era asi:
Enseñé mi obra de arte a las personas mayores y les pregunté si mi dibujo les asustaba.
-¿Por qué habría de asustar un sombrero? – me respondieron.
Mi dibujo no representaba un sombrero. Representaba una serpiente boa que digería un elefante. Dibujé entonces el interior de la serpiente boa a fin de que las personas grandes pudieran comprender. Siempre necesitan explicaciones.
Mi dibujo número 2 era así:
Las personas grandes me aconsejaron que dejara a un lado los dibujos de serpientes boas abiertas o cerradas, y que me interesara un poco más en la geografía, la historia, el cálculo y la gramática. Asi fue cómo, a la edad de seis años abandoné una magnífica carrera de pintor. Había quedado desilusionado por el fracaso de mis dibujos número 1 y número 2.
Las personas grandes nunca comprenden nada por sí solas y es muy aburrido para los niños tener que darles una y otra vez explicaciones."
No importa que sea por el lado de la mermelada.
Ni las uñas rotas, ni los monstruos que hay debajo de tu cama.
Qué más da que no arranque el coche, que llueva, que te dejes las llaves y sean las tantas de la noche.
Te trae sin cuidado.
¿Y si todo va mal?
¿Y si ain't got no cash, ain't got no style?
Oh man!
Mind the cap
Por muchos quieros y no puedos de fogueo, pataletas, arañazos o apuros psicosomáticos en vasos aparentemente trasatlánticos... tú sabes que no vas a parar.
Ambiciosas salas de máquinas que gritan: más carbón!
Frustración, digestión, ignición.
Y despliegas escuadrones de aeroplanos que surcan cielos donde fulguran estrellas que acercas con las manos.
Oh man!
¿cómo no vas a soñar?
si tú nunca, nunca vas a parar.
#MacroMondays #Spiral
"365: the 2017 edition","365:2017","Day 296/365","23-Oct-17"
When trying to work out this photo, ideas kept going round and round and round in my head. I couldn't make head nor tail of them. It was a vortex of shape and geometry : a swirl of emotion and colours. And it wasn't getting any clearer so I twisted some more spaghetti on my fork and continued with dinner. It was delicious. I swirled the red in the glass. Another one bites the dust. MacroMondays are so good for the digestion. 🎠🎠🎠🎡🎡🎡👠👠👠
HMM
La MAGRANA és d’aquells productes naturals que donen crèdit al vell consell hipocràtic de fer de l’aliment la nostra medicina.
I és que en els darrers anys s’han realitzat investigacions gràcies a les quals se sap que entre altres propietats, ajuda a neutralitzar els efectes nocius dels radicals lliures preveient l’oxidació, purifica la sang, evita la formació de plaques d’ateroma, alleuja la acidesa estomacal, ajuda a fer la digestió, regula la pressió sanguínia, tonifica l’organisme, reforça el sistema immune i ajuda a prevenir l’aparició de nombroses malalties, inclòs el càncer.
Especialment ingerida com suc.
puntdesabor.com/la-magrana-rica-en-vitamines-i-propietats/
Els fruits de les Magranes de l'hort de casa. Salt (Gironès) CAT.
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Health and Vitamins.
The MAGRANA is one of those natural products that give credit to the old hypocritical advice of making our food our medicine.
And in recent years, research has been carried out, which is known as among other properties, it helps to neutralize the harmful effects of free radicals preventing oxidation, purifying blood, preventing the formation of atheroma plates, It relieves stomach acidity, helps digestion, regulates blood pressure, tones the body, strengthens the immune system and helps prevent numerous diseases, including cancer.
Especially ingested as juice.
puntdesabor.com/la-magrana-rica-en-vitamines-i-propietats/
The fruits of the grenades in the house garden. Salt (Gironès) CAT.
Alter Ego: Python
Name: Monty Mutton
Allegiance: Villain
Powers:
* Can extend his arms and body parts like jaw to swallow large items
* His alimentary canal (digestive track) allows him to digest almost anything
* Heightened senses to meta levels
Weapons:
* Fangs
Key Weakness: He is quite sluggish and vulnerable while he's eating due to him being swolen.
Origin:
Monty is a meta who studied snakes, mainly the python. He found the creatures quite interesting and dedicated his time and scientific knowledge to use their DNA on humans to allow them digestion of any material, he thought it may solve world hunger. His work however lead him to using meta DNA which allowed something to be impossible to become probable, however he was later found out and his research program was shut down as well as his funding. Monty used himself as a test subject by combining illegal meta DNA donated by T.O.X. and Python genetics to enable himself Python like abilities. T.O.X. took and interest in his work and allow him to use their facilities in exchange for his 'services' which result in him stealing laboratory equipment and money using these abilities.
Literalmente, heliozoo, significa animal sol y en este caso es evidente que el protozoo que mostramos hoy lo parece. Se trata de un microorganismo de gran tamaño que corresponde a la especie Actinosphaerium eichhorni. Los heliozoos son protozoos emparentados con las amebas, aunque presentan formas esféricas muy diferentes a éstas, sin embargo están provistos de una especie de pseudópodos que se disponen de manera radial y asemejan espinas, los axopodios. Actinosphaerium presenta numerosas vacuolas y varios núcleos, se alimenta de algas y de pequeños protozoos que quedan almacenados hasta su digestión en las vacuolas. En su estructura se diferencian una parte externa, el ectoplasma formado por grandes vacuolas que se disponen en una o varias capas y otra porción interna, el endoplasma formado por pequeñas vacuolas y varios núcleos. La muestra de hoy procede de una nueva localidad situada en el alto Valle del Oja (La Rioja) y procede de un pequeño manantial situado entre rocas metamórficas.
She made us laugh as she tried to remove the feathers that had stuck to her hooked beak,
What I had not appreciated was that on a number of occasions she would swallow the feathers rather like an owl but as far as I know these hawks do not cast pellets.
Feathers might aid digestion?.
This bald eagle gave me some really nice photo ops and never did fly off. It seems to have some digestion issues. I am not sure what is hanging from its rear but it doesn't look good so I edited it out of the first photo.
In 1898, in a charming town of New Bern, NC, a local pharmacist named Caleb Bradham invented one of the most iconic beverages in the U.S. when an unfortunate family crisis forced Bradham to put his medical dreams on hold and return home. Once back, he spent some time teaching before opening a drugstore on the corner of Middle and Pollock Streets in downtown New Bern. Little did he know, that same shop would become the Birthplace of Pepsi-Cola.
Bradham mixed a special blend of sugar, water, caramel, lemon oil, kola nuts, nutmeg, and other natural flavors…and from this special blend, Pepsi was born. He called it “Brad’s Drink,” and it quickly became a hit with his pharmacy customers. Seeing its growing popularity, Bradham gave it a new name “Pepsi-Cola” on August 28, 1898, hoping to create a tasty drink that also helped improve digestion.
Kamakasturi Beeja Juice ( Basil Seed & Lemon Juice ) from Uttara Karnatakaserved at Karunadu Swada-Karnataka Food Festival 24 in Bengaluru city.
Benefits :
"It is believed to possess several health benefits, such as aiding digestion, promoting weight loss, relieving constipation, improving skin health, and providing a cooling effect on the body. Additionally, basil seeds are rich in fibre, antioxidants, minerals like iron and magnesium, and essential fatty acids."
Bearded Tits do not belong to the same family of birds that includes Blue and Great Tits. They are more correctly referred to as Reedlings.
Found exclusively in reed beds, they can be frustrating birds to see well as they make their way through the reeds feeding on insects and seeds.
At Westhay Moor NNR, where this male was photographed, they appear on the boardwalk to the Island Hide where they come to ground in early autumn to take grit. This is at the time when they are changing their diet from insects to seeds and is an aid to digestion of this new food source.
Westhay Moor NNR, 13.10.2021.
October is a good time to see bearded tits at Leighton Moss RSPB.At this time of the year they come out of the dense reedbeds to visit grit trays positioned at convenient viewing areas.The grit is needed by the birds to aid their digestion of their diet of seeds.A beautiful bird to see and photograph.
Rowallane today
a sculpture that was formerly an oaktree now slowly and gracefully succumbing to fungal digestion.
Teenage Head - Infected
March is not a good month over here for garden flowers. Found this lone one this afternoon and it will probably be gone by tomorrow.
Flower is 50 mm in diameter.
Looking close... on Friday! ~ Flora in March
Medicinal uses of sour fig plant.
There are numerous medicinal uses. It is used as an enema for children, those with allergies or diabetes. The leaf juice is astringent and antiseptic and is used as a gargle for sore throats as well as diphtheria, thrush, digestion, dysentery, bruises, scrapes, cuts, sunburn and ringworm.
Southern Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus).
Buche lleno, corazón contento.
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A crop is a thin-walled expanded portion of the alimentary tract used for the storage of food prior to digestion.
CRAR- Rehabilitation centre for birds of prey, Talagante, Chile.
Found these Shaggy Mane mushrooms growing in the St Gertrude Catholic Church's lawn located in Smooth Rock Falls Ontario Canada.
When young it is an excellent edible mushroom provided that it is eaten soon after being collected (it keeps very badly because of the auto digestion of its gills and cap). Processing must be done whether for eating or storage within four to six hours of harvest to prevent undesirable changes to the mushroom.
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Asilidae
Los asílidos (Asilidae) son una familia de dípteros braquíceros de distribución mundial con más de 7.100 especies descritas. Son moscas robustas con espinas en las patas, un bigote de setas densas y con tres ocelos en una depresión entre los dos grandes ojos compuestos. Las setas sirven para proteger la cara cuando combate con sus presas. La probóscide es corta y fuerte, con ella inyecta una saliva con enzimas neurotóxicas y proteolíticas a sus presas. La saliva sirve para paralizar a las víctimas y para prepararlas para la digestión. A continuación absorbe el alimento licuado.
Cuando tenía seis años, vi una vez una imagen magnífica en un libro sobre la Selva Virgen que se llamaba "Historias Vividas". Representaba una serpiente boa que tragaba una fiera. He aquí la copia del dibujo.
En el libro decía: "Las serpientes boas tragan a su presa entera, sin masticarla. Luego no pueden moverse más y duermen durante los seis meses de su digestión".
Cuando encontraba una persona que me parecía algo lúcida, probaba con ella mi dibujo n° 1 que siempre he conservado. Quería saber si era realmente comprensiva. Pero siempre me respondía: "Es un sombrero". Entonces no le hablaba ni de serpientes boa, ni de selvas vírgenes, ni de estrellas. Me ponía a su alcance. Le hablaba de bridge, de golf, de política y de corbatas. Y la persona mayor estaba muy contenta de conocer un hombre tan razonable.
(El Principito)