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Chironomus is a genus of nonbiting midges in the subfamily Chironominae of the bloodworm family, Chironomidae, containing several cryptic species that can only be distinguished by experts based on the characteristics of their giant chromosomes. The larvae of several species inhabit the profundal zone where they can reach relatively high densities. They use a combination of hemoglobin-like proteins and undulatory movements in their burrows to obtain oxygen in poorly oxygenated habitats.
L’oie à tête barrée affectionne les lacs de montagne où de grandes colonies se regroupent. Des oies à tête barrée se sont bien acclimatées dans des parcs et jardins d’Europe et d’Amérique du Nord et s’y reproduisent sous contrôle. Le nid de l’oie à tête barrée est construit par la femelle. Elle pond entre 4 et 6 oeufs et l’incubation dure environ 28 jours.
Durée de vie moyenne : Jusqu’à 20 ans en captivité. L’oie à tête barrée vit en colonie et est très grégaire. Elle se reproduit au Nord de l’Himalaya, puis migre et passe l’hiver au Sud. Son sang a la particularité d’avoir une hémoglobine qui fixe particulièrement bien l’oxygène, ce qui permet à cette oie de battre des records d’altitude (jusqu’à 10’000 m) et de voler là où il n’y a presque plus d’oxygène.
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Bar-headed geese (Anser indicus) are hardy birds. Every spring large flocks of bar-headed geese fly from India through the Himalayan range, above Mount Everest, on their way to their nesting grounds in Tibet. They are capable of flying through the passes of the highest mountains at heights of 3658 to 4267 m (Some have even been sighted as high as 7290 m) with winds that blow at speeds of more than 322 kph (200 mph) and temperatures low enough to freeze exposed flesh instantly.
Their powerful and constant flight helps generate body heat, which is retained by their down feathers. Such heat helps keep ice from building up on their wings when flying over mountains.
These geese also have a special type of hemoglobin that absorbs oxygen quicker than other birds; they can also extract more oxygen from each breath than other birds can.
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The Dipper is the only song bird which has adapted to survive and feed underwater. It only lives in fresh water and feeds mostly on aquatic insects and their larvae. Their blood contains high amounts of hemoglobin to oxygenate its blood for lengthy submersion in flowing water. It actually walks on the bottom of streams and uses its wings to aid in propelling itself forward underwater. It is seldom seen flying across land but usually flies up and down the stream.
Seeing Dippers is a good indication of a healthy stream for they live on aquatic insects which only live in unpolluted waters.
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Deze gans is een van 's werelds hoogst vliegende vogels.
Als de vogels de Himalaya willen oversteken, vliegen ze niet over bergtoppen, maar door bergdalen.
De onderzoekers rond wetenschapper Lucy Hawkes van de Britse Universiteit van Bangor rustten 91 ganzen met een gps-zender uit om de vliegroutes te onderzoeken. Daaruit bleek dat de meeste dieren onder de 5500 meter bleven. De hoogst waargenomen vliegende gans, vloog op 7290 m hoogte.
Omdat dit dier zo hoog over de Himalaya vliegt, heeft het een aantal bijzondere aanpassingen aan de lage luchtdruk en de koude op grote hoogte. Ze hebben een iets groter vleugeloppervlak dan andere ganzen van hetzelfde gewicht.
Verder is aangetoond dat zij bij lage zuurstofgehaltes, efficiënter zuurstof kunnen opnemen. Het hemoglobine van hun bloed heeft een hogere zuurstofaffiniteit dan die van de andere ganzen.
Verder zijn ze in staat om het warmteverlies te beperken.
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Gyps rueppellii.
Ce seigneur des airs possèdent 4 types d’hémoglobines. Il peut ainsi se jouer du froid et de la raréfaction en oxygène . On raconte qu’un vautour de Rüppell a été tué par un avion à 11300 mètres. Il détient le record de vol en altitude.
Bar-headed geese returning to roost in the twilight.
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A mid-sized goose, they nest mainly in Mongolia and China - the Tibetan Plateau, but winter in India.
They are ranked as the highest consistent fliers among all the bird species. On their annual migration over the Himalayas,
Bar-headed geese have been seen flying well above the peak of Mt. Everest (29000+ ft).
Scientists have found that their blood cells contain a special type of hemoglobin which absorbs oxygen very quickly at high altitudes plus their capillaries extend especially deeply into their muscles, improving the transfer of oxygen to their muscle fibers.
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La llama es un mamífero sudamericano domesticado, descendiente del guanaco. Los pueblos indígenas de América del sur lo han utilizado como animal de carga y transporte desde hace miles de años. Su origen es norteamericano y apareció ahí hace aproximadamente 40 millones de años.
Tiene una gran cantidad de hemoglobina lo que le permite. una gran adaptación en ambientes con poco oxígeno a grandes altitudes.
Empezando de derecha a izquierda, tenemos un par de huevos de los colores habituales, el primero marrón rojizo que pertenece a una gallina ponedora de las que se encuentran en las granjas productoras de huevos. El segundo para completar el par, es blanco, más grande que los otros dos y lo puso una de las reinas de las razas de gallina españolas, la castellana negra. El medio par que queda es uno de los conocidos como “huevos azules” aunque suelen ser de un azul verdososo, o un verdoso azulado, siendo el tono verde el que domina en éste de la foto. Lo puso una gallina chilena de la raza araucana o mapuche, que tienen una enzima que transforma la hemoglobina en un pigmento llamado biliverdina que se acumula en la cáscara de los huevos mientras se forma, dandoles este singular color.
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“Marques de Carano” Gran Reserva 2010.🍷
The taste may even seem old-fashioned and familiar for a long time, but it doesn’t allow you to remember. Ruby red color, slightly fruity. Unobtrusive acidity, but the aftertaste is short.
If we mean not the wine, but the quality of the photograph, then we need to say the following. This photo was taken with a Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark II. The album contains a similar photo taken the same hour with an iPad mini II tablet. One can debate which is better with such a short distance to the subject, but I liked both images. Each of them has something different that is difficult to convey in words. And it is also almost elusive, like reflections of light in a glass of wine. Very subjective, but I like both images, and the subject itself is not bad.
Habitat: They are found in the Andes of Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina. In Ecuador they are in the mountains, in cold, temperate and high Andean climates. Its preferred habitat is the moorland, although as a domestic animal it has been introduced in inter-Andean valleys and sometimes in warm and tropical areas to the west. Especially abundant in Cotopaxi and Chimborazo.
Altitude range: from 2000 to 5000 meters above sea level.
Dimensions: length between 120-220 cm.
Weight: 119-200 kg.
Feeding: herbivorous, non-ruminant based on grasses, leaves and tender branches of certain species. The stomach is divided into 3 parts.
Gestation Period: 340-368 days. One baby a year, rarely two.
Life expectancy: Generally between 50 and 60 years, although sometimes it can reach 70 years.
Sounds: Generally silent, when they vocalize they do it repetitively and resembling a short and sharp braying.
Description and behavior: The llama is a large animal, with a relatively long, dense and fine fur with a woolly appearance. The head, neck and limb fur is shorter. The color of their fur can be black, light brown or dark brown, gray or white, sometimes with dark colored spots. The face is elongated just like its snout.
They are agile animals, with diurnal habits of long and thin neck, small head, slender body and relatively long legs. The upper lip, elongated forward has a medium fissure that distinguishes it. Their legs end in two fingers, only the third and fourth fingers are functional, they walk supporting the pads of these fingers, this avoids damaging the soil and the erosion of their habitat, unlike cows and horses. The hemoglobin in your blood is high to be able to capture greater O2, it is also the only mammal with oval and non-circular red blood cells.
In conditions of freedom, they can form groups of up to 10 females with their young, led by a male.
They are domesticated animals 6000-7000 years ago as a pack animal in the case of the llama and source of food and wool in the case of alpaca. The animal's natural abilities were used to withstand cold climates, high altitudes and long walking days without the need for water. It has been documented that they can load up to 96 kg and transport it for 20 km at an average altitude of 4000 meters above sea level.
It was the only cargo animal before the arrival of the Spaniards. The presence of European cattle caused its population to decline drastically.
The alpaca was previously classified as an independent species under the scientific name of Lama pacos, but is now considered simply as a variation of Lama glama.
The current populations are domestic or reintroduced, although there is evidence that they were animals of the high ecosystems of the Ecuadorian highlands.
The flame is the Bolivian national symbol that represents the animal kingdom or native fauna of Bolivia and is represented in the Shield of Bolivia since 2004, when replacing the alpaca.
In Amaru we have a male rescued and donated by the SOS Villages.
Threats: None.
State of conservation: Being a domesticated animal is not in danger.
L'insecte est sorti de l'exuvie quelques minutes auparavant ; le liquide lymphatique est en cours de distribution vers les organes et cellules , ce qui donne cette coloration jaunâtre temporaire ( le sang des insectes ne contient pas d'hémoglobine et n'a donc pas la couleur rouge ) . La transformation va encore prendre 30 minutes environ , les rayons solaires aidant , puis la jeune libellule prendra son envol pour de belles aventures ( photographiques bien sûr ) .
King penguins, like all other penguins, are flightless. Their wings are too narrow, but powerful fins remodeled and adapted to a life in the sea. King penguins can reach depths of over 300 meters and stay under water for several minutes. 150 dives a day, more than half at depths over 50 meters, are remarkable. Underwater oxygen supplementation is provided by myoglobin, a muscle protein related to hemoglobin. Basically, king penguins dive deeper during the day, during the night they stay in water regions of less than 30 meters depth. Dives take on average 5.5 minutes.
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I saw some clam-like shells with bright orange fleshy interiors for sale at the Sunda Kelapa Pasar Ikan (fish market). A little research revealed them to be blood cockles (Tegillarca granosa), also called ark clam or blood clam for the red haemoglobin liquid inside the soft tissues. It lives mainly in the intertidal zone burrowed down into sand or mud and large areas of Asia are given over to aquaculture of this bivalve. Since it lives in a low oxygen environment it may contain infectious viruses and present a safety hazard.
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Nominada por Ires Furtado. Se trata de listar 16 características tuyas y nominar a 16 personas más, por tal de saber más cosas sobre ellos.
1. Hay muy pocas personas y cosas sin las cuales no puedo vivir.
2. Me enerva que me digan que soy rara.
3. Me horroriza la idea de ser normal.
4. Lo que más me gusta de mí es mi nombre.
5. Soy contradictoria y muy radical.
6. Arisca.
7. Pero me gusta querer.
8. Cada día mi grupo favorito es otro.
9. Soy indecisa.
10. A pesar de todo, he desarrollado una personalidad. Me gusta la idea de haberlo conseguido.
11. Y con ella, ha venido el mal carácter.
12. Pero me gusta que me quieran.
13. Y el olor a lluvia y a café
14. Por cierto, me gusta mucho el café.
15. Me da miedo tomarlo con cualquiera. Me asusta relacionarme.
16. Dos pasos adelante, tres atrás. Pero sobretodo, dos adelante.
Nominados y nominadas...
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EYE Photo Magazine - Vienna, Austria:
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Artist Interview - Mumbai, India:
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Short documentary - Lismore, Australia:
Artparasites - Berlin, Germany:
www.artparasites.com/r-j-poole/
Contemporary Art Curator - Barcelona, Spain:
www.contemporaryartcurator.com/r-j-poole/
Striking Web Site:
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoirzoKMSHA
Artist biography:
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professor at CCNY for a physiological psych class told his class about bananas. He said the expression 'going bananas' is from the effects of bananas on the brain. Read on:
This is interesting.
After reading this, you'll never look at a banana in the same way again.
Bananas contain three natural sugars - sucrose, fructose and glucose combined with fiber. A banana gives an instant, sustained and substantial boost of energy.
Research has proven that just two bananas provide enough energy for a strenuous 90-minute workout. No wonder the banana is the number one fruit with the world's leading athletes.
But energy isn't the only way a banana can help us keep fit. It can also help overcome or prevent a substantial number of illnesses and conditions, making it a must to add to our daily diet.
Depression: According to a recent survey undertaken by MIND amongst people suffering from depression, many felt much better after eating a banana. This is because bananas contain tryptophan, a type of protein that the body converts into serotonin, known to make you relax, improve your mood and generally make you feel happier.
PMS: Forget the pills - eat a banana. The vitamin B6 it contains regulates blood glucose levels, which can affect your mood.
Anemia: High in iron, bananas can stimulate the production of hemoglobin in the blood and so helps in cases of anemia.
Blood Pressure: This unique tropical fruit is extremely high in potassium yet low in salt, making it perfect to beat blood pressure. So much so, the US Food and Drug Administration has just allowed the banana industry to make official claims for the fruit's ability to reduce the risk of blood pressure and stroke.
Brain Power: 200 students at a Twickenham (Middlesex) school ( England ) were helped through their exams this year by eating bananas at breakfast, break, and lunch in a bid to boost their brain power. Research has shown that the potassium-packed fruit can assist learning by making pupils more alert.
Constipation: High in fiber, including bananas in the diet can help restore normal bowel action, helping to overcome the problem without resorting to laxatives.
Hangovers: One of the quickest ways of curing a hangover is to make a banana milkshake, sweetened with honey. The banana calms the stomach and, with the help of the honey, builds up depleted blood sugar levels, while the milk soothes and re-hydrates your system.
Heartburn: Bananas have a natural antacid effect in the body, so if you suffer from heartburn, try eating a banana for soothing relief.
Morning Sickness: Snacking on bananas between meals helps to keep blood sugar levels up and avoid morning sickness.
Mosquito bites: Before reaching for the insect bite cream, try rubbing the affected area with the inside of a banana skin. Many people find it amazingly successful at reducing swelling and irritation.
Nerves: Bananas are high in B vitamins that help calm the nervous system.
Overweight and at work? Studies at the Institute of Psychology in Austria found pressure at work leads to gorging on comfort food like chocolate and chips. Looking at 5,000 hospital patients, researchers found the most obese were more likely to be in high-pressure jobs. The report concluded that, to avoid panic-induced food cravings, we need to control our blood sugar levels by snacking on high carbohydrate foods every two hours to keep levels steady.
Ulcers: The banana is used as the dietary food against intestinal disorders because of its soft texture and smoothness. It is the only raw fruit that can be eaten without distress in over-chronicler cases. It also neutralizes over-acidity and reduces irritation by coating the lining of the stomach.
Temperature control: Many other cultures see bananas as a 'cooling' fruit that can lower both the physical and emotional temperature of expectant mothers. In Thailand , for example, pregnant women eat bananas to ensure their baby is born with a cool temperature.
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD): Bananas can help SAD sufferers because they contain the natural mood enhancer tryptophan.
Smoking &Tobacco Use: Bananas can also help people trying to give up smoking.. The B6, B12 they contain, as well as the potassium and magnesium found in them, help the body recover from the effects of nicotine withdrawal..
Stress: Potassium is a vital mineral, which helps normalize the heartbeat, sends oxygen to the brain and regulates your body's water balance. When we are stressed, our metabolic rate rises, thereby reducing our potassium levels.. These can be rebalanced with the help of a high-potassium banana snack..
Strokes: According to research in The New England Journal of Medicine, eating bananas as part of a regular diet can cut the risk of death by strokes by as much as 40%!
Warts: Those keen on natural alternatives swear that if you want to kill off a wart, take a piece of banana skin and place it on the wart, with the yellow side out. Carefully hold the skin in place with a plaster or surgical tape!
So, a banana really is a natural remedy for many ills. When you compare it to an apple, it has four times the protein, twice the carbohydrate, three times the phosphorus, five times the vitamin A and iron, and twice the other vitamins and minerals. It is also rich in potassium and is one of the best value foods around So maybe its time to change that well-known phrase so that we say, 'A banana a day keeps the doctor away!'
Quand le quotidien tourne au sanguin, on pourrait presque s'interroger sur les torrents d'hémoglobine que nous réserve l'avenir...
Pas de quoi s'alarmer pourtant, il ne s'agit que d'un Simple Message Sanguinolent, un SMS ! :-))
Les limules sont des arthropodes marins vivant dans les eaux peu profondes. Des fossiles datant du Jurassique, assez semblables aux espèces actuelles, ont été trouvés en Allemagne. On ne sait toutefois si elles avaient le sang bleu comme les limules modernes. Une particularité très prisée par l'industrie pharmaceutique.
Le sang des limules transporte l'oxygène non pas avec de l'hémoglobine, de couleur rouge due au fer, mais avec de l'hémocyanine qui renferme du cuivre et qui est bleu. Le sang de limule est utilisé depuis plus de 30 ans pour détecter les endotoxines dans les vaccins, les médicaments injectables et les dispositifs médicaux. C'est une des causes, avec la surpêche, de la diminution des espèces actuelles.
Recording Month Six
Vital stats
Mother's age: 32
Height: 5'3"
Weight: 148.6 lbs
Body Fat: 34%
Symptoms:
Positive HCG test
Not dizzy anymore
Energetic
Raised body tempurature
Appetite is good.
I'm feeling regular kicks and rolls at 1:30 pm and midnight and at times when I am still and on my back. Feels like 2 kittens fighting in a Ziploc bag.
Nasal congestion
Round ligament pains
Freakishly strong/hard nails
Memory loss
Leg cramps
Sore back from not being able to get into my favorite yoga positions anymore
Taking:
Throxine for underactive thyroid
Pre-natal vitamin
Omega-3 Fish Oil
Extra calcium, choline
Precautionary prometrium 200 mg was discontinued after week 12.
Baby's age 25 weeks
Est. due date: June 15, 2008
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Rüppell's vulture or Rüppell's Griffon Vulture (Gyps rueppellii) is a large vulture that occurs throughout the Sahel region of central Africa. The current population of 30,000 is decreasing due to loss of habitat, deliberate poisoning by ivory poachers and other factors. Known also as Rüppell's griffon, Rueppell's griffon, Rüppell's griffin vulture, Rueppell's vulture and other variants, Rüppell's vulture is named in honor of Eduard Rüppell, a 19th-century German explorer, collector, and zoologist. Rüppell's vulture is considered to be the highest-flying bird, with confirmed evidence of a flight at an altitude of 11,300 m above sea level. These are large vultures, noticeably outsizing the closely related white-backed vulture, with which they often co-occur in the wild. Adults are 85 to 103 cm long, with a wingspan of 2.26 to 2.6 metres, and a weight that ranges from 6.4 to 9 kg Both genders look alike: mottled brown or black overall with a whitish-brown underbelly and thin, dirty-white fluff covering the head and neck. The base of the neck has a white collar, the eye is yellow or amber, the crop patch deep brown. Silent as a rule, they become vocal at their nest and when at a carcass, squealing a great deal. Rüppell's vultures are very social, roosting, nesting, and gathering to feed in large flocks. They are relatively slow birds, cruising at 35 kilometres per hour, but fly for 6-7 hours every day and will fly as far as 150 kilometres from a nest site to find food. Rüppell's vultures commonly fly at altitudes as high as 6,000 metres . The birds have a specialized variant of the hemoglobin alphaD subunit; this protein has a great affinity for oxygen, which allows the species to absorb oxygen efficiently despite the low partial pressure in the upper troposphere. A Rüppell's vulture was confirmed to have been ingested by a jet engine of an airplane flying over Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire on November 29, 1973 at an altitude of 11,300 m During August 2010 a Rüppell's vulture escaped a bird of prey site in Scotland, prompting warnings to pilots in the area to watch carefully due to the danger of collision. Rüppell's vultures have several adaptations to their diet and are specialized feeders even among the Old World vultures of Africa. They have an especially powerful build and, after the most attractive soft parts of a carcass have been consumed, they will continue with the hide, and even the bones, gorging themselves until they can barely fly. They have backward-pointing spines on the tongue to help remove meat from bone. Despite their size, power and adaptations, they are not the most dominant vulture in their range, which is considered to be the even larger lappet-faced vulture.[11]Since first being assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature during 1988, populations of Rüppell's vulture have decreased. The species has been listed with an IUCN Red List status of "near threatened" since 2007 and the IUCN predicts that populations of the species will continue to decrease.[12] During 2012 the species was given Endangered status. Since 1992, Rüppell's vulture has been occurring as a vagrant in Spain and Portugal, with annual records since 1997, mainly in the Cadiz / Straits of Gibraltar area, but also further north.
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Coffee outside in the winter can leave you feeling trapped in that chair.
The temperature affects how easily oxygen is released from hemoglobin to the muscle. In colder weather, the rate that oxygen is released is slower. Which means there is less oxygen available for the muscle, causing the muscle contraction to be difficult. This is where stiffness is felt.
Stay warm this winter.
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Anamazon (Limb) by Pamela Rosenkranz
b. 1979, Switzerland
Lives and works in Zurich, Switzerland
In her works, Pamela Rosenkranz investigates transitions from the natural to the artificial, dissolving their distinctiveness with reciprocal copying strategies. Anamazon (Limb) appears in a cacophony of sounds from the Amazon in a seemingly natural environment. Pulsating waves run through the branch as if it were an organ pumping blood through its capillaries while a sticky green fluid oozes from its wounded broken edge. The use of the phosphorous green (derived from the RGB color model) as well as the intertwining of the botanic and the organic lends the branch a futuristic character, and raises a question regarding the larger entity from which this branch or limb originates, and the possibility of chlorocruorin* running through its veins.
Like the microbiome in the human body, whose multi-branched mode of action remains largely unexplored, the myriad connections and interactions of plant and fungal systems in the Amazon, for example, are yet to be fully recognized and described. Anamazon (Limb) appears as an extraction from an ecosystem that can only exist as far as the human imagination can reach.
* Chlorocruorin is a dichroic red-green respiratory protein, chemically similar to hemoglobin, and is only found dissolved in the blood of certain annelids.
Pamela Rosenkranz has had solo exhibitions at Kunsthaus Bregenz; Kreuzgang Fraumünster, Zurich; GAMeC, Bergamo; Fondazione Prada, Milan; Kunsthalle Basel; Centre d’Art Contemporain, Geneva; and the Swiss Institute, Venice, among others. She has participated in several major international group exhibitions, including the Okayama Art Summit and the 15th Biennale de Lyon. In 2015, her project Our Product was selected for the Swiss Pavilion at the 56th Venice Biennale.
Here's another shot from my late August (of 2022) trip to the Svartkällsskogens nature reserve which ended in an involontary swim (long story here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52324967245/).
Finding a spider with slings on the back like this immediately tells us it is a wolf spider - and of course a female.
But getting the exact species is a little trickier. This is one of the species in the Pardosa lugubris group, P. saltans, P. alacris and of course P. lugubris. They, especially the females, are extremely similar so the ID here ends with Pardosa in the lugubris group.
If you zoom in on the spiderlings clinging to their mother's abdomen, you'll see that they have blue legs. This isn't an external colour, but actually the hemolymph, the spiderlings' blood showing through the insanely thin exoskeleton of their legs.
Unlike mammalian blood which uses hemoglobin, containing iron to transport oxygen, spiders have hemocyanin with copper, making it light blue instead.
Part 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52332974892/
Here's another shot from my late August trip to the Svartkällsskogens nature reserve which ended in an involontary swim (long story here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52324967245/).
Finding a spider with slings on the back like this immediately tells us it is a wolf spider - and of course a female.
But getting the exact species is a little trickier. This is one of the species in the Pardosa lugubris group, P. saltans, P. alacris and of course P. lugubris. They, especially the females, are extremely similar so the ID here ends with Pardosa in the lugubris group.
If you zoom in on the spiderlings clinging to their mother's abdomen, you'll see that they have blue legs. This isn't an external colour, but actually the hemolymph, the spiderlings' blood showing through the insanely thin exoskeleton of their legs.
Unlike mammalian blood which uses hemoglobin, containing iron to transport oxygen, spiders have hemocyanin with copper, making it light blue instead.
For Part 5 of GI Brick's contest.
Update: I got back home a few days ago. My mom was severely anemic and had to have surgery to help with a bleeding issue, so they postponed her heart surgery. She is taking iron to get her hemoglobin up. We are going back to the Mayo Clinic after Thanksgiving for her open-heart surgery. She is very grateful for all your prayers and well wishes.
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Coco:
Body: Maitreya Lara
Hair: Luna by Mina Hair
Dress: :: Twisted BITCH :: VEGAS SLUT DRESS
Boots: Scandalize. SelenaBoots
Fay Carolina:
Body: Maitreya Lara
Head: CATWA HEAD AnnaGrey
Hair: rezology Europa (mesh hair)
Outfit: {LBB} NOEL LACE DRESS
Boots: :::KC::: Baby Boots
In addition:
Lighting: LUMIPro HUD V3 Versión 18 V1. and Coco & Lee Studio
Backdrop: D.U.S.T. -euphoric hemoglobin- photobox 3D build /materials
Pose: Coco & Lee Studio
Location: Backdrop Cove
Iron deficiency, or sideropenia, is the state in which a body lacks enough iron to supply its needs. Iron is present in all cells in the human body and has several vital functions, such as carrying oxygen to the tissues from the lungs as a key component of the hemoglobin protein, acting as a transport medium for electrons within the cells in the form of cytochromes, and facilitating oxygen enzyme reactions in various tissues. Too little iron can interfere with these vital functions and lead to morbidity and death.[1]
Total body iron averages approximately 3.8 g in men and 2.3 g in women. In blood plasma, iron is carried tightly bound to the protein transferrin. There are several mechanisms that control iron metabolism and safeguard against iron deficiency. The main regulatory mechanism is situated in the gastrointestinal tract. The majority of iron absorption occurs in the duodenum, the first section of the small intestine. A number of dietary factors may affect iron absorption. When loss of iron is not sufficiently compensated by intake of iron from the diet, a state of iron deficiency develops over time. When this state is uncorrected, it leads to iron-deficiency anemia, a common type of anemia.[1] Before anemia occurs, the medical condition of iron deficiency without anemia is called latent iron deficiency (LID).
Anemia is a condition characterized by inadequate red blood cells (erythrocytes) or hemoglobin. When the body lacks sufficient amounts of iron, production of the protein hemoglobin is reduced. Hemoglobin binds to oxygen, enabling red blood cells to supply oxygenated blood throughout the body. Women of child-bearing age,[2] children, and people with poor diet are most susceptible to the disease. Most cases of iron-deficiency anemia are mild, but if not treated can cause problems like an irregular heartbeat, pregnancy complications, and delayed growth in infants and children that could affect their cognitive development and their behavior.[3]
Taconite has a lot of Iron. Eat a lot of taconite.
We are made out of stardust. The iron in the hemoglobin molecules in the blood in your right hand came from a star that blew up 8 billion years ago. The iron in your left hand came from another star.
(from my latest art project with michael k.)
L'odeur du sang.
Il s'approche, sans un bruit.
~
C'est pour toi, ce bouquet d'hémoglobine.
Un nectar interdit à l'odeur séduisante.
I'm not a blue blood like you,
My blood is crimson red, not royal blue;
One thought of losing you is all I need,
To cut myself and watch it bleed.
Purge those memories from my head,
Make them stop before I'm dead.
All this love we had was a gift by you,
You know, the love we had you said was true..?
Remember that one day you took it away?
And there was nothing about it I could say?
So here's my blood, I put it in a vile,
Keep it or think about it for a while.
Until your feelings for me come undone,
I'll bleed for you, you're my only one `·.¸¸.·´´¯`··._.·
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The Bar-headed Goose or Bar-headed Geese is Highest migratory bird in the globe, during the winter migration from Southern Asia to Central Asia.
Most birds reach altitudes of 5,000–6,000m during the migration, but this beautiful bird is one of the world's highest-flying birds, having been heard flying across Mount Makalu, the Fifth highest mountain on Earth at 8,481m (27,825 ft) and apparently seen over Mount Everest 8,848m (29,029 ft) with winds that blow at speeds of more than 322 kph (200 mph) and temperatures low enough to freeze exposed flesh instantly. At this height, oxygen levels drop by one-third; even kerosene cannot burn there and helicopters cannot fly at that altitude.
Their powerful and constant flight helps generate body heat, which is retained by their down feathers. Such heat helps keep ice from building up on their wings when flying over mountains.
These geese also have a special type of hemoglobin that absorbs oxygen quicker than other birds; they can also extract more oxygen from each breath than other birds can.
These geese are able to migrate more than 1609 km (1,000 miles.) in a single day.
Scientists believe the geese's yearly migration is triggered by an environmental signal that allows them to miss the summer monsoon season and the worst winter storms.
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!
Been away a couple of weeks. Had my 46th birthday on the 16th... the following day. All hell breaks loose with my body.
I had a tooth partially chip off awhile back. The rest of it was still intact, surrounding a filling that's been there for 30+ years. Although it would pain up occasionally. For the most part, it was under control... not that weekend. Next to kidney stones. I can't think of a worse pain.
That Monday I started searching for a dentist, had the tooth pulled, and went home... simple enough.
Midway into the evening I started to get sick. With a lot of blood being released through my stools... we're talking buckets here... black as can be... looked like "Texas tea". All because of a tooth being pulled? Didn't seem likely. (and) it wasn't.
As it turned out. I had been taking too much Ibuprofen during the course of the past few weeks. Especially so during the previous day. Three here, four there... if I couldn't remember the last time I took one. I would only take two. Soon to be followed by another four.
All this created three bleeding ulcers in my stomach. It seemed odd to me that I was bleeding profusely through my bowels. Yet there was no sign of blood when I threw up. The doctor explained it just depended on where the bleeding was taking place. "Logical".
They set me up to have a scope(throat) done later in the week. By this time I was so sick. Any simple task would exult me completely. They wanted to do a Colonoscopy as well. But I was too weak to attempt the prep work for that.
The morning of the procedure. It took everything I had to get from Bruce's car to the first wheelchair I could plant my ass on... there was no waiting. They took me straight to a bed.
My Hemoglobin was 5.6... 13.9 to 16 is considered normal. It was no wonder I kept wanting to pass out. Apparently the under-skin of my eyes were completely white. No blood what-so-ever.
During the day long stay. They gave me a blood transfusion(3 pints/bags). Which brought my number up to an 8.7... still not perfect. But much improved. I now have 6 weeks of medication and Iron supplements to finish the ordeal. Feeling much, much better... so far I haven't needed the stool softener(due to the Iron). Something to look forward to. ;-)
How I've been spending my time? Laying on a hospital bed in the ER in the middle of the hallway because all the rooms are full (sadly mostly unvaccinated Covid patients on ventilators) getting 3 units of blood/blood transfusion from my anemia because of what's going on with my body(too personal to share) my hemoglobin dropped from an already very low 8.4 to a 5 which is pretty scary, my heart rate was 125 resting and normal is is 60-100. It's been horrible but I'm home now feeling a bit better and resting. But hey my nails looked cute! It's taken forever to grow them this long again 😂