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A man in Turkish dress feeds stray cats and dogs, a tradition of Istanbul
A man in Turkish dress feeds stray cats and dogs with meat. Anyone who has been to Istanbul in our own day knows that the tradition of kindness to animals lives on there still. Perhaps in someone's heart this picture will awaken mercy towards stray cats and dogs
Faith · Science · Nature
Francis Galton's rabbit experiments disproved Darwin's theory of gemmules
Besides their part in the many rites of Easter and in the Christian legendarium, rabbits also played a role in the scientific establishment of the mechanisms of heredity. And in a rather unexpected fashion. Darwin supposed that certain capsules containing hereditary information were lodged in the germ cells. In his
Architecture · Faith · Art · Nature · Rome
A Rabbit on the Wall of the Franciscan College of St Isidore in Rome
A rabbit on the wall of the Franciscan College of St Isidore in Rome. What is the little fellow doing here, apart from nibbling his cabbage? In the Middle Ages the rabbit was associated with the Immaculate Conception. Notions of the physiology of these animals pointed to purity. It is
Cinema · Books · Science · Palaeontology · Nature · Humour
Dale Guthrie cooked a stew from the mummified bison Blue Babe in 1984
There have been other occasions when modern people ate frozen representatives of the Pleistocene megafauna found in icy landscapes. And I am not speaking of Andrew Bergman's crime comedy "The Freshman", in which, for a million dollars, Hawaiian tiger fish mixed with smoked turkey was served
NB! · Museums · Palaeontology · Paris · Nature
A Mammoth's Leg from the Natural History Museum in Paris
NB! · Geography · Art · Nature
A marble quarry in the Apuan Alps; many Renaissance sculptures were carved from the local stone
NB! · Museums · Nature · Humour
Napoleon's dog, his friend on Saint Helena, became after death a frightening stuffed specimen resembling a very sad seal
NB! · Observations · Society · Nature · Humour
The Expression to Wear When World Leaders Fail to Hear "the Cry of the Earth and the Cry of the Peoples" at a Global Climate Conference
In the Press · Faith · Society · Nature
Pope Francis today addressed listeners of BBC Radio with an appeal to the world leaders gathered at the climate summit in Glasgow: "Each of us, whoever we are and wherever we are, can play a part in changing our collective response to the unprecedented th
Pope Francis today addressed listeners of BBC Radio with an appeal to the world leaders gathered at the climate summit in Glasgow: "Each of us, whoever we are and wherever we are, can play a part in changing our collective response to the unprecedented threat of climate change and
NB! · Art · Palaeontology · Nature
Steppe mammoth skull measuring about a metre sold for 269,000 euros
A couple of days ago this steppe mammoth skull was sold for €269,000. The price is impressive, but so are the dimensions: one metre ten by one metre twenty by one metre thirty
NB! · Art · Monarchies · Nature · Humour
Louis XV's cat, General, is apparently unaware that the hare will not be getting up again
Louis XV's cat, General, is apparently unaware that the hare will not be getting up again. Painting by Jean-Baptiste Oudry