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I like that feeling of discombobulation that comes in creating an absurd world that doesn't make sense. 'Monty Python' does a good job of it; 'Bugs Bunny,' too.
Reggie Watts
Temple de Pythons.
Il tempio ospita diverse dozzine (anche un centinaio) di pitoni reali (Python regius) che non rappresentano un pericolo per l’uomo.
La femmina (dangbé drè) è più grande del maschio (dangbé kpohoun). La loro lunghezza non supera 1,50 metri.
I serpenti non vengono nutriti, ma vengono lasciati liberi una volta alla settimana.
Catturano insetti e topi, entrando talvolta nelle case dei vicini che sono abituati alla presenza dei serpenti.
Se il pitone non ritorna entro 72 ore, la popolazione lo riporta indietro, perché tutti gli abitanti di Ouidah sono preoccupati per la loro divinità. La durata della vita del serpente raggiunge i 10, 20 o addirittura 50 anni.
I seguaci del culto del Pitone portano delle scarificazioni chiamate "2 x 5", cioè 2 scarificazioni parallele in 5 punti diversi del viso.
Temple of Pythons.
The temple is home to several dozen (even a hundred) royal pythons (Python regius) that do not pose a danger to humans.
The female (dangbé drè) is larger than the male (dangbé kpohoun). Their length does not exceed 1.50 meters.
The snakes are not fed, but are released once a week.
They catch insects and mice, sometimes entering the homes of neighbors who are accustomed to the presence of snakes.
If the python does not return within 72 hours, the population takes it back, because all the inhabitants of Ouidah are worried about their divinity. The lifespan of the snake reaches 10, 20 or even 50 years.
The followers of the Python cult wear scarifications called "2 x 5", that is, 2 parallel scarifications in 5 different points of the face.
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Temple de Pythons.
Il tempio ospita diverse dozzine (anche un centinaio) di pitoni reali (Python regius) che non rappresentano un pericolo per l’uomo.
La femmina (dangbé drè) è più grande del maschio (dangbé kpohoun). La loro lunghezza non supera 1,50 metri.
I serpenti non vengono nutriti, ma vengono lasciati liberi una volta alla settimana.
Catturano insetti e topi, entrando talvolta nelle case dei vicini che sono abituati alla presenza dei serpenti.
Se il pitone non ritorna entro 72 ore, la popolazione lo riporta indietro, perché tutti gli abitanti di Ouidah sono preoccupati per la loro divinità. La durata della vita del serpente raggiunge i 10, 20 o addirittura 50 anni.
I seguaci del culto del Pitone portano delle scarificazioni chiamate "2 x 5", cioè 2 scarificazioni parallele in 5 punti diversi del viso.
Temple of Pythons.
The temple is home to several dozen (even a hundred) royal pythons (Python regius) that do not pose a danger to humans.
The female (dangbé drè) is larger than the male (dangbé kpohoun). Their length does not exceed 1.50 meters.
The snakes are not fed, but are released once a week.
They catch insects and mice, sometimes entering the homes of neighbors who are accustomed to the presence of snakes.
If the python does not return within 72 hours, the population takes it back, because all the inhabitants of Ouidah are worried about their divinity. The lifespan of the snake reaches 10, 20 or even 50 years.
The followers of the Python cult wear scarifications called "2 x 5", that is, 2 parallel scarifications in 5 different points of the face.
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The python does not have great vision. To catch its prey, it uses two rows of sensitve heat sensors. The labial pits, seen here, allow for stereoscopic heat detecton, accurate enough to allow the python to hunt in total darkness (e.g., in caves). In the land of the blind...
Research in 1937 found that snakes can detect a mere 0.2°C heat differential at a distance.
Morelia viridis, taken at the Singapore Zoo. Too close for comfort?
"The Green Tree Python is remarkable in several ways: one, it uses thermoreceptive labial pits to help capture its prey -usually at night, and two, it goes through a drastic ontogenetic color change between childhood and adulthood. Green Tree Python neonates can range from highlighter yellow to brick red or brown. Juvenilles are born fully developed hatched from eggs incubated by the female snake in the hollow of a tree. Females can often give birth to 12-25 eggs in a clutch. Every adult has slightly different coloration, but most are green with some variation, depending on selective breeding or locality. ... Green Tree Pythons feed on small mammals such as rodents and sometimes reptiles. Despite many references to it in books Green Tree Pythons do not eat birds. ... To capture their prey the pythons hold on to a branch with their prehensile tails and strike out from an s-shape position. Green Tree Pythons also have a particular way of resting in the branches of trees... they loop a coil or two over the branches in a saddle position and place their head in the middle." - Wikipedia
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Green Tree Python (morelia viridis). Taken at the Singapore Zoological Gardens.
"The Green Tree Python is remarkable in several ways: one, it uses thermoreceptive labial pits to help capture its prey -usually at night, and two, it goes through a drastic ontogenetic color change between childhood and adulthood. Green Tree Python neonates can range from highlighter yellow to brick red or brown. Juvenilles are born fully developed hatched from eggs incubated by the female snake in the hollow of a tree. Females can often give birth to 12-25 eggs in a clutch. Every adult has slightly different coloration, but most are green with some variation, depending on selective breeding or locality. ... Green Tree Pythons feed on small mammals such as rodents and sometimes reptiles. Despite many references to it in books Green Tree Pythons do not eat birds. ... To capture their prey the pythons hold on to a branch with their prehensile tails and strike out from an s-shape position. Green Tree Pythons also have a particular way of resting in the branches of trees... they loop a coil or two over the branches in a saddle position and place their head in the middle." - Wikipedia
Emerald tree boa
Corallus caninus, commonly called the emerald tree boa,[3] is a non-venomous boa species found in the rainforests of South America. Since 2009 the species Corallus batesii has been distinguished from C. caninus.[4]
Adults grow to about 6 feet (1.8 m) in length. They have highly developed front teeth that are likely proportionately larger than those of any other non-venomous snake.[5]
The color pattern typically consists of an emerald green ground color with a white irregular interrupted zigzag stripe or so-called 'lightning bolts' down the back and a yellow belly. The bright coloration and markings are very distinctive among South American snakes. Juveniles vary in color between various shades of light and dark orange or brick-red before ontogenetic coloration sets in and the animals turn emerald green (after 9–12 months of age)[6]. This also occurs in green tree python (Morelia viridis), a python species in which hatchlings and juveniles may also be canary yellow or brick-red. As opposed to popular belief, yellow juveniles (as in the green tree python) do not occur in the emerald tree boa.
Some herpetologists have considered whether they should be classified as a new species based on locality. The name recently suggested for this morphological variant, is Corallus batesii[Henderson]. Specimens from the Amazon River basin tend to grow the largest, are much more docile than their Northern relatives and attain lengths of 7–9 feet (2.1–2.7 m), while the overall average size is closer to 6 feet (1.8 m). Those from the southern end of their range in Peru tend to be darker in color. Amazon Basin specimens generally have an uninterrupted white dorsal line, whereas the white markings in specimens from Guyana and Surinam (known as "Guyana Shield" or "Northern" emerald tree boas) are quite variable.[7] The snout scales in Amazon Basin specimens are also much smaller than in their Northern, Southern and Western counterparts found, for example, in Surinam, Venezuela, Bolivia, and French Guiana. Hybrid forms between the Northern Shield Corallus caninus and the Amazon Basin form are also known to exist.
This what the crew of PYTHON do along the navigable stretches of the Chesterfield Canal. PYTHON is a workboat with a metal hull and deep body. She is ideal for carrying all the rubbish and trimmed branches which are then sent to recycling. I was priviledged to be invited to take photos and notes for a project.
by Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayan Gosvami Maharaja
hawaii_sbvnm.jpg - 14922 Bytes[A lecture given at the home of Vrndavana dasa in Oahu, Hawaii on May 11, 2002
Every day, Srila Maharaja is usually surrounded by hundreds of devotees in the West, and hundreds or thousands every day in India. From mid-April to mid-May, however, he was externally almost alone in Hawaii, accompanied only by a few assistants, so that he could concentrate on his translation of Sri Rupa Gosvami's Sri Ujjvala-nilamani and his translation of our acaryas' commentaries of that literature. He only gave one public class, and the transcription of that class is presented herein.]
Srila Swami Maharaja inspired me to go to Western and Eastern countries to preach the same mission that he preached, and I am happy that by the combined mercy of Srila Swami Maharaja and my diksa-guru, Srila Bhaktiprajnana Kesava Gosvami Maharaja, I am doing so. Srila Swami Maharaja preached everywhere by his books.
The words we speak in classes may disappear into the sky, but what is written as a document, in books like Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Srimad-Bhagavatam, and the books of the Gosvamis will remain forever and help for millions of years.
Srila Swami Maharaja used to come to this island to write, for it is very favorable here, and I am also doing a great deal of writing here. I have been totally absorbed in that for the last three weeks, and I have not been giving classes during that time. Do you know why? I am concentrating on my translation work so that I can give document writings to the world...
On this island I am totally absorbed in writing about the very elevated moods of Srila Rupa Gosvami; moods that were inspired in him by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Himself. Mahaprabhu ordered Srila Rupa Gosvami to write about the deep moods of the gopis, as well as the process by which we can achieve similar moods.
Most of you are not qualified to hear or read about this, what to speak of follow, and yet we are writing. Otherwise, if we do not do so, these moods will be lost to the world. We must record this for future generations. These moods of the gopis have not been clearly written about even in the Srimad-Bhagavatam, except in a hidden way, but Srila Rupa Gosvami has given definitions of each of them in Sri Ujjvala-nilamani.
We see that in this world, those who have lust, anger, and other bad qualities cannot advance in sadhana-bhajana, what to speak of entering the transcendental realm. If a person cannot remove all the anarthas delineated in first sloka of Upadesamrta, like vaco vegam manasah krodha-vegam, jihva-vegam udaropastha-vegam, he cannot advance in bhakti.
On the other hand, we see that there is quarreling in Goloka Vrndavana. Srimati Radhika has a somewhat jealous mood towards Candravali, and Candravali has the same mood towards Radhika.
It seems that they also quarrel. Why is this so in that sphere? Actually, the gopis are transcendental, Krsna is transcendental, their love and affection is transcendental, and their quarreling is also transcendental. You should know that their quarreling is not worldly. Rather, it is an expression of love and affection, to increase the pleasure of Krsna.
If the above-mentioned moods were not present in their pure forms in the transcendental world they could not exist in this world, and Srila Rupa Gosvami has written about all the gopis' moods for our benefit. He has explained why they are sulky and so on, and I am giving you a very slight taste of their moods in my translation and writing.
Jealous of Candravali, Srimati Radhika told Lalita, Visakha, and all Her sakhis, "Candravali does not know even the ABC's of love and affection. Since she has no real mana (transcendental loving anger due to jealousy), no sulky mood, how can she please Krsna? She will never be able to please Him." The prema of Candravali is called grta-sneha. Grta means ghee. It has the quality of being very soft and smooth, but it is not sweet. The prema of Radha is called madhu-sneha. Madhu means honey, which is both soft and smooth, and also sweet. Even if Radhika abuses Krsna, or even if she is in maan, Her mood is very attactive and wonderful. All become happy to see Her activities, and their love becomes more intense. Therefore, in all situations, Her madhu-sneha prema can be called "soft and sweet." Radhika continued, "Candravali is very soft in her dealings with Krsna. Even if she sees that Krsna has committed an offense to her lotus feet and, in front of her, He is meeting with other gopis, she will generally not become sulky. She may sometimes do so, but not often. Without this sulky anger, no one can serve Krsna, or please Him. She does not have a trace of love and affection, so I don't even want to hear her name. Never mention her name in My assembly."
Candravali likewise told her sakhis, "I don't want to hear the name of Radhika. I don't even want to hear the name of the star constellation called anuradha. Why not? Neither the experts on the subject of love, nor the great sages and munis, appreciate the mood of Radhika; nor do the yogis and rsis meditate on the mood of Radhika, nor do they appreciate Her name. Those rsis who always meditate upon Krsna's lotus feet never attract Radha to their hearts. Those who want to peacefully meditate on the lotus feet of Krsna become disturbed if they think about the moods of Srimati Radhika. In fact, Her name alone makes then tremble and become disturbed. That very same Krsna fell at the feet of Radhika, and still She rejected Him and said, 'I don't want You here. O black Krsna, get out of My kunja.' So don't utter Her name, and don't even utter the word anuradha."
Radhika and Candravali both speak in this way, but Radhika's love and affection is superior. The highest truths of Radhika's madhu-sneha prema have been described, in minute detail, in Srila Rupa Gosvami's Ujjvala Nilamani. They have not been disclosed in Srimad Bhagavatam, or in the books of Sri Jayadeva Gosvami, or by previous acaryas. Only Srila Rupa Gosvami has revealed these intimate moods, in Vidagda-Madhava, Lalita-Madhava, and here in Ujjvala Nilamani.
Except for works like these, there are no other descriptions of these moods, and my mind and activities are absorbed in writing here in Vrndavana dasa's house in Hawaii. The topics in Ujjvala Nilamani are very elevated subject matters, which you would never be able to imagine even in thousands of births. I am translating this most valuable literature for the future, and those who will be qualified will experience a new life by reading it. Although I have little formal education, I am so fortunate that by the mercy of my guru-parampara, this ability to translate and write commentary is coming automatically.
[Sripad Madhava Maharaja: (Madhava Maharaja is engaged as the editor of Srila Narayana Maharaja's translation and commentary of Sri Ujjvala-nilamani, and now he is requested by Srila Maharaja to give some hint about the subject matter therein.)]You have heard from Srila Gurudeva why he came to Hawaii and what he is doing here. He is now translating the commentaries of Srila Jiva Gosvami and Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura on Ujjvala Nilamani, and on his previous tour he completed the writing of his own commentary.
Once, a sakhi of Srimati Radhika asked Her, "O Radhike, why are you jealous of Candravali? What is the fault that Candravali has the same desire? You want to make Krsna happy and Candravali has the same desire. So what is the harm if She takes some of your workload? Let her do so." Radhika replied, "Yes, you are speaking the truth, but Candravali does not know at all what will please Krsna and make Him more and more happy. I'm bound to be jealous of her and in competition; otherwise Krsna will never be happy."
Once Krsna wanted to enjoy with Radhika and the other gopis who were on the bank of Manasi Ganga. Whoever has been on Vraja Mandala Parikrama in Govardhana has seen Manasi Ganga. there was a boat there, called vilasa-taraa, and Krsna wanted to have fun on that boat with the help of the gopis. Krsna invited Radhika, "O Srimati Radhike, tarani uttistha; please come and sit in this boat." According to Sanskrit grammar, tarani is the seventh case ending and it has more then one meaning.
Taruni means "on the tree," and it also means "on the boat." Krsna was inviting Radhika to be seated inside the boat, but Radhika replied, "Oh, I am unable to climb the tree." Krsna meant one thing and Radhika replied with another meaning. Then Krsna told Her, "O Radhike, you are quite ignorant! You could not understand what I wanted to tell You. I am saying boat and You are hearing tree.
Why? Oh, I think you must be very clever." He then again said, "Taruni uttistha." Taruni means "boat" and also "the Sun-god." This time Radhika replied, "I have no love for the Sun-god; I have love for You. Why are You asking Me to love the Sun-god? I don't like this."
Krsna was defeated by Radhika, but He did not want to accept defeat. He said, "You think You are the most clever person in the entire world. Now I am telling You, "Naukam uttistha. Naukam means boat. This word does not have two meanings. What will You say now?" Radhika replied, "Oh, according to the rules of Sanskrit grammar, nau is the sixth case ending of the root word asmad. Nau means the dialogue between You and Me for meeting.
There was no dialogue between You and Myself for meeting. I never proposed to meet with You, so why are You saying, 'Naukam uttistha'? I'm not satisfied with Your words." Thus, Krsna was defeated again by Radhika, and He began to smile.
Srila Rupa Gosvamipada has explained how Radhika and Krsna joke with each other, and how Krsna is always defeated by Radhika.
When Srila Dasa Gosvamipada was absorbed in an inner mood, he saw this pastime in trance and wrote the verse: "Vak yukta keli katu kejit. When will that day come for me that I will be able to see the debate between Radha and Krsna in which Krsna is defeated by Radhika, all the sakhis rejoice and clap, and Radhika's lotus face looks very happy? When will I be able to see all this?"
We pray to Srila Gurudeva that although we are very unqualified to even discuss such topics, the day will come by his causeless mercy that we will be able to serve the Divine Couple.
[Srila Narayana Maharaja:] In his Bhajana Rahasya, Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura has explained how to do bhajana for attaining these moods, and to that end he quoted Srila Rupa Gosvami's Sri Upadesamrta:
utsahan niscayad
dhairyat tat-tat-karma-pravartanat
sanga-tyagat sato vrtteh
sadbhir bhakti prasidhyati.
["There are six principles favorable to the execution of pure devotional service: (1) being enthusiastic, (2) endeavoring with confidence, (3) being patient, (4) acting according to regulative principles [such as sravanam, kirtanam, visnu smaranam [SB 7.5.23] – hearing, chanting and remembering Krsna], (5) abandoning the association of nondevotees, and (6) following in the footsteps of the previous acaryas. These six principles undoubtedly assure the complete success of pure devotional service."]
Before this, Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura had written that if you really want to have bhakti and be a guru, you must follow this instruction of Srila Rupa Gosvami:
vaco vegan manasah krodha-vegan
jihva-vegam udaropastha-vegam
etan vegan yo visaheta dhirat
sarvamapiman prthivit sa sisyat
You should try to control your mind, tongue, speech, belly, and the other urges. Otherwise, you cannot do bhajana. The guru is one who has controlled all six urges, and without such control one is bound to fall down. It is for this reason that so many sannyasis have fallen down.
The second sloka of Sri Upadesamrta states:
atyaharah prayasas ca
prajalpo niyamagrahah
jana-sangah ca laulyam ca
sadbhir bhaktir vinasyati.
["One's devotional service is spoiled when he becomes too entangled in the following six activities: (1) eating more than necessary or collecting more funds than required; (2) overendeavoring for mundane things that are very difficult to obtain; (3) talking unnecessarily about mundane subject matters; (4) Practicing the scriptural rules and regulations only for the sake of following them and not for the sake of spiritual advancement, or rejecting the rules and regulations of the scriptures and working independently or whimsically; (5) associating with worldly-minded persons who are not interested in Krsna consciousness; and (6) being greedy for mundane achievements."]
I have explained all these principles to you before, and they are all important, but now I wish to discuss the particular sloka beginning "Utsahan niscayad dhairyat," with consideration of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura's the explanation.
From past births' impressions, you are somehow or other coming in touch with pure devotees like Srila Swami Maharaja, who traveled everywhere to help so many. By this, sraddha comes, and one somehow takes the shelter of a guru. However, if one is chanting, remembering Krsna, and hearing hari-katha, but he has not yet come to the stage of ruci, taste in these devotional practices and taste in serving guru, Vaisnavas, and Krsna, he will certainly be weak. This is the case with those who have fallen down. This stage is very critical, and I think most of you are in this stage.
We know very well, intellectually, that by chanting and remembering Krsna we will be happy. We will realize Krsna and then we will be happy. Still we have anarthas, however, and if they are not removed, they are very dangerous to our devotional life. We know we should not have lust, but lust is there, and we cannot remove these material desires by our efforts alone. We must have the mercy of Krsna and His devotees, but we must also try to follow the orders of our gurudeva and try to control our senses.
Srila Thakura Bhaktivinoda is thus explaining in his Bhajana Rahasya the instructions of Srila Rupa Gosvami. Utsahan means enthusiasm. We think that we should work 24 hours a day for worldly things, to make money and have a position, and we labor very hard at our jobs. But do we have the taste to work for Krsna 24 hours, seven hours, one hour, or even one minute? If taste will come, we will automatically serve Krsna. Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura is telling us that as long as we are in this world we will have to maintain our life, but we will also have to practice our bhakti-yoga.
Do you understand what I have said? If not, then I am speaking to the sky. Not all of you are hearing attentively, so why am I speaking? If you cannot pay attention in class, it would be better for you to go out and perform nagara-sankirtana. But since you have come, then please give two or three minutes to me. Don't let your mind wander here and there, to your children and everywhere else. You have enough time to look after your children and all other things at other times.
If you are in this world and you want to have bhakti, then both are necessary. First, you will have to somehow maintain your life, otherwise you cannot do bhakti. At your present stage of development, maintenance of your lives is the first priority.
However, when you advance, bhakti will be the priority and life's maintenance will be secondary. In fact, the effort for it will be very insignificant at that time. Life's maintenance will be done automatically.
Prahlada Maharaja has also said, tat-prayaso na kartavyo yata ayur-vyayah param: ["Endeavors merely for sense gratification or material happiness through economic development are not to be performed, for they result only in a loss of time and energy, with no actual profit." (Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.6.4] "Why are you wasting your time in maintaining your life? Even if you render a little devotional service, Krsna will arrange everything; your maintenance will come automatically." This is the case with me. I never engage in any activity for life's maintenance, but so many devotees are engaged in bringing me whatever I require.
Some are giving fruits, some vegetables, some rice, some dahl, and some anything else; and some give their houses and other very costly possessions. I think that living in Hawaii, and especially in Honolulu, is more costly than living on the mainland of America. Nonetheless, along with my companions, I am living here without any cost. We have a free house, a free garden and free vegetables, and so many things like Govinda's juices. Everything is free. Also, my daughters bring many jack-fruits and other vegetables.
I am not doing anything for maintenance. Rather, I am totally absorbed in Krsna consciousness, and I will not worry about maintenance for the rest of my life. If no maintenance comes, then Krsna is bound to carry what I need on His head.
Similarly, if you have ruci, your bhajana will develop and you will be happy forever. You should note down this very important principle in your heart and keep this precious understanding in your pocket. Don't concentrate on your maintenance. Srila Rupa Gosvami and Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura tell us that both are necessary, and that in your stage there is a prominence of endeavor for maintenance of your life, but at the same time you should try to follow the principles of bhakti: sravanam kirtanam visnoh smaranam pada sevanam arcanam vandanam dasyam sakhyam atma-nivedanam.
Especially, try to follow the five most important items of bhakti: sadhu-sanga, nama-kirtana, bhagavat-sravana, mathura-vasa, and sri murtira sraddhaya sevana. ["One should associate with devotees, chant the holy name of the Lord, hear Srimad-Bhagavatam, reside at Mathura and worship the Deity with faith and veneration." (Caitanya-caritamrta Madhya-lila 22.128)] [sakala-sadhana-srestha ei panca anga, krsna-prema janmaya ei pancera alpa sanga. "These five limbs of devotional service are the best of all. Even a slight performance of these five awakens love for Krsna." (Caitanya-caritamrta Madya-lila 22.129)]
These five are very powerful; they can give you krsna-prema at once. So try to give some time for this; otherwise you will be weak. Try to remember all these truths. Maintenance is not so important. You can see for yourselves: Don't do anything for seven days, simply chant Hare Krsna, and you will see whether or not your maintenance is coming. Even if you sit idle, still your maintenance will come. A python does not do anything, but his maintenance automatically comes; so try to be like that. Be somehow engaged in bhakti. Be very strong and tolerant.
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Sri Ujjvala-Nilamani
by Srila Rupa Gosvami
2013-06-21: The reticulated python at the John Ball Zoo, Grand Rapids MI, was caught with mouth wide open for a few moments. Commenting with other visitors I had never seen a python do this even with many of my zoo visits. No one was really sure if this is normal or what was going on.
Been working a ton of hours the past couple weeks - one of the projects I've been working on for 7 months finally went live and stressed a lot of system components and requires a lot of early mornings thru late evenings to make sure things are working well. I am hoping to finally get back on and hopefully be able to get out and take some new photos, and enjoy the weather. But man, I'm sure I thew a few of these massive yawns along the way.
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(translated to english next below the original text)
Fui "fisgado" pela Filó! Há uns dias escreveu-me a dizer que tinham tido a ideia de espalhar por aqui fotos dos próprios referindo 16 coisas da personalidade de cada um e pronto, cá estou eu:
1 - Sou natural de Lisboa, vivo na margem Sul e faço 45 aninhos no próximo Maio. Sou Touro (orgulhosamente) :D
2 - Tenho um filho com 15 anos que amo mais que tudo na vida.
3 - Há 20 e poucos anos que venho fazendo carreira profissional na Informática. Tenho verdadeira paixão pela profissão!
4 - Sou um tipo com tendência (por vezes exagerada) para encontrar um sentido lógico em tudo o que acontece à minha volta.
5 - Encaro positivamente os desafios e tudo em que me envolvo, profissional ou pessoalmente, dedicando-me de forma intensa.
6 - Sou um "rapazinho" amigo do próximo. A lealdade é para mim dos valores mais importantes no ser humano. Detesto mentira e omissão de factos.
7 - Gosto de partilhar o que sei e defendo convictamente que todos aprendemos um bocadinho todos os dias se estivermos dispostos a isso.
8 - Gosto de música, oiço praticamente todo o género, dependendo da circunstância ou do estado de espírito do dia ou até do momento. Também toco viola clássica e de vez em quando "arranco umas malhas" na guitarra eléctrica, especialmente se estiver com amigos e umas "bejecas" bem frias por perto ;)
9 - Gosto de cinema. Vejo bem quase tudo desde que não seja Manuel de Oliveira mas o que gosto mesmo é de um bom "thriller". Também sou grande admirador da nova onda do cinema Português. Ah, é verdade, sou "crítico" atento da qualidade dos efeitos especiais, seja em que filme for!...
Sou fã incondicional dos Monty Python, do Nicholas Cage e do Al Pacino.
10 - Gosto de fotografia, caso não tenham reparado :)
Dedico-me a ela como escape da vida quotidiana, mas também como meio de expressão de emoções, de estados de espírito. O tema paisagem e a envolvência com a Natureza dá-me um prazer especial.
11 - Gosto de automóveis, de desporto automóvel e de conduzir, mas na estrada é sempre com calma. Tenho paixão por Ferraris desde puto e pelos clássicos Britânicos da década de 60.
12 - Não ligo a mínima a futebol, excepto quando é a selecção a jogar nos Mundiais ou nos Euro. Mesmo assim...
13 - Sou vidrado em tecnologia especialmente quando associada às comunicações e aos meios multimedia.
14 - Gosto de ler. Leitura técnica muitas vezes mas também algo que me distraia. Por vezes encontro nos livros a inspiração para alguns projectos de fotografia.
15 - Gosto de viajar. Em Portugal ou no estrangeiro, tanto faz.
16 - Como e bebo com prazer no entanto faço-o cada vez com mais cautela e menos frequência. Há que olhar pela saúde.
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Filó "got" me! A few days ago she wrote me saying that some Flickr friends had the idea to spread pictures of theirselves around here and write 16 things about their personality so, here I am:
1 - I was born in Lisbon, live on the southern shore of Tejas river (in front of Lisbon) and in next May I will be 45. I'm Taurus (proudly): D
2 - I have a son aged 15 who I love more than anything in life.
3 - I've been making career in Information Technology for the last 20 years or so. I have real passion for the profession!
4 - I'm a guy with a tendency (sometimes exaggerated) to find a logical sense in everything that happens around me.
5 - I face positively the challenges and everything that I involve with, personally or professionally and I do it intensely.
6 - I am a guy who's friend of everyone but to me, loyalty is one of the most important values. I hate lie and omission of facts.
7 - I love to share what I know and I'm firmly convinced that everyone can learn a little bit every day if we are willing to do that.
8 - I like music, I hear almost any kind, depending on the circumstances or the state of mind of the day or even at the moment. I also play classical guitar and occasionally "pull a few stitches" on electric guitar, especially if I'm with friends and a few cold bears close by ;)
9 - I like movies. I see almost everything since it's not Manuel de Oliveira but what I really like is a good "thriller". I am also big fan of the new wave of Portuguese cinema. Oh, I am "critical" aware of the quality of special effects in any movie...
I'm unconditional fan of Monty Python, Nicholas Cage and Al Pacino.
10 - I like photography, just in case you didn't notice yet :)
I dedicate myself to it as a way to escape from everyday life, but also as a means of expression of emotions, states of mind. The theme surrounding landscape and envolving nature gives me a special pleasure.
11 - I like cars, motor sport and to drive, but on the road I'm always cool. I have a passion for Ferraris since I was a kid and I love British classics from the 60s.
12 - I don't bother about football, except when the Portuguese Selection is playing in the World Cup or the Euro Series. Still...
13 - I'm crazy about technology especially when related to communications and multimedia resources.
14 - I love to read. Technical reading often but also something to distract me. Sometimes is in the books where I find inspiration for some projects of photography.
15 - I love to travel. In Portugal or outside, it doesn't matter.
16 - I really enjoy to eat and to drink however I do it each time with more caution and less frequency. We must look for our health.
If you've ever had the desire to putt a small white ball into the head of yellow spotted python while in Dixie, then Goony Golf in Chattanooga, TN is for you.
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Finally it happened. Arun got an important practical lesson. Always be alert when you are with wild animals. Never take them for granted.
Normally he is careful. But yesterday was different. He was trying his hand at photography. While taking close shots of the male reticulated python he ignored the female feeding nearby. His movement made her jumpy. She gave him a mouthful.
Yes, pythons do bite and have pretty sharp teeth. So big she was she was able to encircle his leg. She sunk four of her teeth. It was just in irritation, I think. She let him go easily.
Fortunately the vet was near at hand. She helped wash the wounds and put some antiseptic powder as the first aid. Of course, python are not poisonous but you have to be careful about infections. This snake had just eaten a mouse.
Well, Arun is fine and is very happy that he too is a bit like his keeper friends who all have been bitten by snakes many times!
All the closeup shots of the snakes you see next are taken by Arun. See whether they are worth getting bitten by a large python.
Couldn't take my eyes of this snake, absolutely stunning animal, a pleasure to photograph.
Corallus caninus, commonly called the emerald tree boa, is a non-venomous boa species found in the rainforests of South America. Adults grow to about 6 feet (1.8 m) in length. They have highly developed front teeth that are likely proportionately larger than those of any other non-venomous snake.
The color pattern typically consists of an emerald green ground color with a white irregular interrupted zigzag stripe or so-called 'lightning bolts' down the back and a yellow belly. The bright coloration and markings are very distinctive among South American snakes. Juveniles vary in color between various shades of light and dark orange or brick-red before ontogenetic coloration sets in and the animals turn emerald green (after 9–12 months of age). This also occurs in Morelia viridis, a python species in which hatchlings and juveniles may also be canary yellow or brick-red. As opposed to popular belief, yellow juveniles (as in the green tree python) do not occur in the emerald tree boa.
Parmi les 14 espèces de pythons vivant sur le continent, ce python nain en est le plus petit représentant. Il n’atteint que 40cm alors que la plus grande, le Python olive, peut dépasser les 6 mètres. Les Pythons ne possèdent pas de venin mais leurs dents sont longues et très acérées.
Among the 14 species of pythons living on the continent, this dwarf python is the smallest representative. It only reaches 40cm (16in) while the largest, the Olive python, can exceed 6m (20ft). Pythons do not have venom, but their teeth are long and very sharp.
Couldn't take my eyes of this snake, absolutely stunning animal, a pleasure to photograph.
Corallus caninus, commonly called the emerald tree boa, is a non-venomous boa species found in the rainforests of South America. Adults grow to about 6 feet (1.8 m) in length. They have highly developed front teeth that are likely proportionately larger than those of any other non-venomous snake.
The color pattern typically consists of an emerald green ground color with a white irregular interrupted zigzag stripe or so-called 'lightning bolts' down the back and a yellow belly. The bright coloration and markings are very distinctive among South American snakes. Juveniles vary in color between various shades of light and dark orange or brick-red before ontogenetic coloration sets in and the animals turn emerald green (after 9–12 months of age). This also occurs in Morelia viridis, a python species in which hatchlings and juveniles may also be canary yellow or brick-red. As opposed to popular belief, yellow juveniles (as in the green tree python) do not occur in the emerald tree boa.
The little boy [Kay Harker] went upstairs to his room, in the old part of the house: there were oak beams in the ceiling; the floor was all oak plank. The bed was big and old, valanced to the floor, and topped by a canopy. Kay was very much afraid of it at going-to-bed-time because so many tigers could get underneath it, to wait until he was asleep...He had two windows in his room. One looked out on to a garden, where Nibbins, the black cat was watching some birds; the other looked out over a field, where there was a sheep-trough. He did not like the look of that trough in the long grass, because it looked so like a puma, with its ears cocked...When the sun had gone, all the world glowed for a while; but it was not wise to wait till the glow had gone, because so soon the dusk began, when the owls would come, and the footsteps would begin, and the tigers would stir under the bed and put out their paws, and the scratchings would scrape under the floor...He got into bed with a leap, because then you dodged the paws...When Kay came from under the bed-clothes he could not be sure that there was not a tiger lying in the canopy above him. If it were to give way. the tiger would fall right on top of him. Or very likely it was not a tiger but a pyhton, for that is what pythons do.
Reticulated Pythons are mostly confined to forests where their colour patterns allow for better camouflage. They climb well but will live in caves and holes in the ground, particularly after eating large meals the size of deer, pigs or antelope. Live prey animals are asphixiated by the powerful constricting muscles of the body. Digestion may take a week or longer. Even here, when they are given dead animals, the snakes still go through the process of constriction before swallowing them.
Indian or Burmese Pythons do not grow quite as large, up to 6 metres, and when not persecuted are able to live in a wide range of habitats.
This python photo was briefly in Explore on May 26, 2014
Diet: Small reptiles and mammals. Juvenile snakes prefer reptiles; adults prey on both mammals and reptiles. This tree python does not regularly include birds in its diet. Green tree python typically ambush their prey while lying draped and coiled (saddled) on a tree branch.
Green tree pythons are well known for caudal luring. The hungry snake, draped over a branch, lowers its tail below the coils.The tail is wriggled to attract a prey animal. This behavior is seen more often in younger animals, but large adults will also caudal lure. Hungry well-adapted captives will caudal lure when approached by their keeper.
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Adults grow to about 6 feet (1.8 m) in length. They have highly developed front teeth that are likely proportionately larger than those of any other non-venomous snake.
The color pattern typically consists of an emerald green ground color with a white irregular interrupted zigzag stripe or so-called 'lightning bolts' down the back and a yellow belly. The bright coloration and markings are very distinctive among South American snakes. Juveniles vary in color between various shades of light and dark orange or brick-red before ontogenetic coloration sets in and the animals turn emerald green (after 9–12 months of age). This also occurs in Morelia viridis, a python species in which hatchlings and juveniles may also be canary yellow or brick-red. As opposed to popular belief, yellow juveniles (as in the green tree python) do not occur in the emerald tree boa.
The diet consists primarily of small mammals, but they have been known to eat some smaller bird species as well as lizards and frogs. Due to the extremely slow metabolism of this species, it feeds much less often than ground dwelling species and meals may be several months apart.
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Adults grow to about 6 feet (1.8 m) in length. They have highly developed front teeth that are likely proportionately larger than those of any other non-venomous snake.[4]
The color pattern typically consists of an emerald green ground color with a white irregular interrupted zigzag stripe or so-called 'lightning bolts' down the back and a yellow belly. The bright coloration and markings are very distinctive among South American snakes. Juveniles vary in color between various shades of light and dark orange or brick-red before ontogenetic coloration sets in and the animals turn emerald green (after 9–12 months of age). This also occurs in Morelia viridis, a species in which hatchlings and juveniles may also be canary yellow or brick-red. As opposed to popular belief, yellow juveniles (as in the green tree python) do not occur in the emerald tree boa.
Found in South America in the Amazon Basin region of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, northern Bolivia, Brazil, and from Venezuela to Surinam and the Guianas within the so-called Northern Shield and in the surrounding jungles of the Amazon River.
Newly born juveniles have a distinctive brick-red to orange coloration and gradually go through an ontogenetic color change over a period of 12 months, gradually turning to full emerald green.
Indian Rock Python (Non-venomous)
Python molurus
Indian Rock Python is a non-venomous python species found in India. This is the largest snake species found in India. Pythons are mainly nocturnal. During the night they prowl in search of prey or lie in wait near water holes or in regular animal pathways. Pythons do not crush their prey but restrict respiration by coiling around it tightly. They mainly feed on warm blooded animals like mice, birds, jackals, civets, deer and wild pigs.
Indian Rock Python (Non-venomous)
Python molurus
Indian Rock Python is a non-venomous python species found in India. This is the largest snake species found in India. Pythons are mainly nocturnal. During the night they prowl in search of prey or lie in wait near water holes or in regular animal pathways. Pythons do not crush their prey but restrict respiration by coiling around it tightly. They mainly feed on warm blooded animals like mice, birds, jackals, civets, deer and wild pigs.
Corallus caninus is a non-venomous boa species found in the rainforests of South America. No subspecies are currently recognized.
Adults grow to about 6 feet (1.8 m) in length. They have highly developed front teeth that are likely proportionately larger than those of any other non-venomous snake.
The color pattern typically consists of an emerald green ground color with a white irregular interrupted zigzag stripe or so-called 'lightning bolts' down the back and a yellow belly. The bright coloration and markings are very distinctive among South American snakes. Juveniles vary in color between various shades of light and dark orange or brick-red before ontogenetic coloration sets in and the animals turn emerald green (after 9–12 months of age). This also occurs in Morelia viridis, a species in which hatchlings and juveniles may also be canary yellow or brick-red. As opposed to popular belief, yellow juveniles (as in the green tree python) do not occur in the emerald tree boa.
Based on locality, enough that some herpetologists have considered whether they should be classified as a new subspecies. The name recently suggested for this morphological variant, but not yet widely accepted, is Corallus batesii [Henderson]. Specimens from the Amazon River basin tend to grow the largest, are much more docile than their Northern relatives and attain lengths of 7–9 feet (2.1–2.7 m), while the overall average size is closer to 6 feet (1.8 m). Those from the southern end of their range in Peru tend to be darker in color. Amazon Basin specimens generally have an uninterrupted white dorsal line, whereas the white markings in the Northern Shield[clarification needed] specimens are quite variable. The snout scales in Amazon Basin specimens are also much smaller than in their Northern, Southern and Western counterparts found, for example, in Surinam, Venezuela, Bolivia,and French Guiana. Hybrid forms between the Northern Shield Corallus caninus and the Amazon Basin form are also known to exist.
C. caninus appears very similar to the green tree python, Morelia viridis, from southeast Asia and Australia. Only very distantly related, this is an example of convergent evolution. Physical differences include the head scalation and the location of the heat pits around the mouth.
Found in South America in the Amazon Basin region of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, northern Bolivia, Brazil, and from Venezuela to Surinam and the Guianas within the so-called Northern Shield. The type locality given is "Americae."[1] The 'Basin' variant', as the name suggests, is only found along the basin of the Amazon River, in southern Surinam, southern Guiana, southern Venezuela to Colombia, Peru and Brazil and in the surrounding jungles of the Amazon River.
A strictly nocturnal and arboreal species. It spends its days in a characteristic coil over a tree branch with its head perched at the center. At night, it will remain coiled on its branch. But extends its head downwards. Curled as if about to strike. It will hold still in this position, waiting for prey to approach directly below. Prey is grasped with the long frontal teeth, pulled in and constricted to asphyxiation.
The diet consists primarily of small mammals, but they have been known to eat some smaller bird species as well as lizards and frogs. Due to the extremely slow metabolism of this species, it feeds much less often than ground dwelling species and meals may be several months apart.
Previously, it had been thought that the primary diet consisted of birds. However, studies of the stomach contents of this species indicate that the majority of its diet consists of small mammals. Juvenile and neonates have also been known to feed on small lizards and frogs, particularly glass frogs
It catches the prey with a high speed.
Ovoviviparous, with females producing an average of between 6 and 14 young at a time, sometimes even more. Litters exceeding these numbers are extremely rare. Newly born juveniles have a distinctive brick-red to orange coloration and gradually go through an ontogenetic color change over a period of 12 months, gradually turning to full emerald green
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Here's a vasey-thingy called "Fleckered Chags!" It's Monty Python does NASCAR. It's a really, really fast vase! Can you hear the vase engines roar? Smell the vase exhaust? Can ya?
It's all of 9" tall and its finished growing so it won't get any taller. Each piece of Bizarro ware comes with a little packet of wheat seeds you can sprout and put in your vase. Looks kinda cool when you do that.
Morelia amethystina
One of the largest snakes in the world, normally growing to about 16 feet, there are records of them reaching in excess of 27 feet.
Pythons do not kill their prey by crushing it to death as many people believe - instead they tighten the coils around their prey until it can no longer draw breath and it dies due to a lack of oxygen.
Here's a vasey-thingy called "Fleckered Chags!" It's Monty Python does NASCAR. It's a really, really fast vase! Can you hear the vase engines roar? Smell the vase exhaust? Can ya?
It's all of 9" tall and its finished growing so it won't get any taller. Each piece of Bizarro ware comes with a little packet of wheat seeds you can sprout and put in your vase. Looks kinda cool when you do that.
Beware the Python does not hold you too close.
Wily constrictor that is his form.
Though beauty is your very being.
You have a wicked thorn.
Chesterfield Canal and Canal and River Trust event just below Turnerwood.
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Indian Rock Python (Non-venomous)
Python molurus
Indian Rock Python is a non-venomous python species found in India. This is the largest snake species found in India. Pythons are mainly nocturnal. During the night they prowl in search of prey or lie in wait near water holes or in regular animal pathways. Pythons do not crush their prey but restrict respiration by coiling around it tightly. They mainly feed on warm blooded animals like mice, birds, jackals, civets, deer and wild pigs.
50th Anniversary
The Main Garden
At the heart of the garden, Borde Hill House, an Elizabethan Tudor mansion from 1598, provides a superb backdrop to the formal 17-acre Garden which flows into a series of linked ‘garden rooms’, each boasting its own distinctive character & style.
For over 100 years the plantings have evolved with the vision of seasonal colour and interest to compliment the plantings of Rhododendrons, Azaleas, Camellias and Magnolias. The Rose Garden and herbaceous borders add a blaze of colour and the sub-tropical Dells have an air of tropical mystery, whilst sheltered areas within a mature landscape bring unexpected delights
History
The Garden was created in the early 1900’s with plants gathered by the great plant collectors from their travels to the Himalayas, China, Burma, Tasmania and the Andes – a legacy which today’s visitors continue to experience and enjoy. Listed as Grade II* importance by English Heritage on its register of Parks and Gardens, Borde Hill contains the best private collection of champion trees in Britain and one of the most comprehensive collections of trees and shrubs in the world. In 1999 it won the South East Tourism Board’s prestigious ‘Attraction of the Year’ award, and in 2004 it won the HHA / Christies Garden of the Year.
1598Borde Hill built by Sir Stephen Borde whose family lived in Cuckfield for generations. “SB 1598″ above West porch.
1703Purchased by Walter Gatland with 200 acres for £2,382.
1803Purchased by Mr Randle for £4,700.
1825Purchased by Preston family who added the central portion of the house. Their family crest can be seen in the house and the gate to the Rose garden.
1853House passed to a Major MacAdam via his wife, Miss Preston.
1864Purchased by the Cunliffe Lister family.
1892Purchased by Col. Stephenson Robert Clarke who built the East Wing, altered and restored the central Southern bay windows & added the present porch to the North front door.
1898South Lawn and Ha-Ha created.
1900-
1930The Clarke family were patrons of some of the great plant collectors who went to the Himalayas, China, Tasmania, the Andes and North America.
1902Azalea Ring planted with Knapp Hill varieties.
1905Warren Wood planted.
1906Roadside plantings.
1910Stephanie’s Glade planted.
1925Garden of Allah extended with plants from the collector Kingdon Ward.
1937Expansion of the collection to the outlying woods (e.g. Gores Wood).
1949Sir Ralph &Lady Clarke take up residence as Stephenson R. Clarke died in 1948 aged 86.
1965Garden opens to the public as a registered charity.
1972Sir Ralph Clarke died and was succeeded by his son Robert Nunn Stephenson Clarke.
1987The storm of October 1987 caused extensive damage to the gardens and woods. Robert N. Stephenson Clarke died and was succeeded by his son Andrewjohn Patrick Stephenson Clarke.
1990Victorian Stable Block converted into Restaurant & Tea Rooms and creation of the lakes in the South Park.
1992Borde Hill Garden Restoration Study – Lear Associates / Land Use Consultants.
1994Adventure playground created.
1995Rose garden recreated based on the 1902 designs shown in Country Life magazine.
1997Heritage Lottery Fund donation for restoring the Victorian Greenhouses and access improvements.
2001Harvey Stephens is appointed head gardener.
2002The Potting Sheds are refurbished and given a ‘Southern Hemisphere’ theme.
2003New plantings in The Italian Garden to redefine its Mediterranean inspiration.
200540th Anniversary of the opening to the public of Borde Hill Garden and centenary of Warren Wood.
Indian Rock Python (Non-venomous)
Python molurus
Indian Rock Python is a non-venomous python species found in India. This is the largest snake species found in India. Pythons are mainly nocturnal. During the night they prowl in search of prey or lie in wait near water holes or in regular animal pathways. Pythons do not crush their prey but restrict respiration by coiling around it tightly. They mainly feed on warm blooded animals like mice, birds, jackals, civets, deer and wild pigs.
is an albino Burmese rock python (Python molurus bivittatus). Burmese pythons do not make good "pets" and should not be kept unless their owners are prepared to undertake the responsibility of having an animal which can grow to in excess of 12 - 15 feet in length and live for 40 years. Check the "James" tag for more pictures and his story. Photo by Frank
Here's a vasey-thingy called "Fleckered Chags!" It's Monty Python does NASCAR. It's a really, really fast vase! Can you hear the vase engines roar? Smell the vase exhaust? Can ya?
It's all of 9" tall and its finished growing so it won't get any taller. Each piece of Bizarro ware comes with a little packet of wheat seeds you can sprout and put in your vase. Looks kinda cool when you do that.
In this Python Beginner Tutorial, we will begin learning about Python String, What is String in Python. This video series python tutorials for beginners in Hindi for each beginner and intermediates. Let's get started.
Strings are arrays of bytes representing Unicode characters. However, Python does not have a character data type, a single character is simply a string with a length of 1. Square brackets can be used to access elements of the string.
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Indian Rock Python (Non-venomous)
Python molurus
Indian Rock Python is a non-venomous python species found in India. This is the largest snake species found in India. Pythons are mainly nocturnal. During the night they prowl in search of prey or lie in wait near water holes or in regular animal pathways. Pythons do not crush their prey but restrict respiration by coiling around it tightly. They mainly feed on warm blooded animals like mice, birds, jackals, civets, deer and wild pigs.
This is Nagarajan my Male Pastel Ball Python. Do not be intimidated by his looks, he is a dandy tamed puppy.