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Monday, June 03, 2019

Pharaoh Ramses II, Mummy with a passport





Image credits: Reddit/GallowBoob

1976 Pharaoh Ramses II was issued an Egyptian passport for passage to France nearly three millennia after his death, so he could travel to England.
Ramses II, a king in ancient Egypt, was immensely popular and considered by many to be the most powerful Pharaoh to have lived. The son of Seti I, Ramses was named Prince Regent when he was 14 years old and is believed to have taken the throne before reaching 20.

Happy Pride month! We See People, a lot, who are as vibrant as any other!


Happy Pride month - Astronaut Scott Kelly said it the best;
The tapestry of our colorful planet from 250 miles above is beautiful because of its diversity. Yet we don’t shame it for what it is. Oceans hug shores. Yet we never question its morality for doing so. Imagine our world if we were as accepting loving & tolerant w one another
 

Friday, May 17, 2019

#EndangeredSpeciesDay - Takhi, Przewalski's horse is a rare and endangered horse native to the steppes of central Asia.


Przewalski's horse,  Equus przewalskii or Equus ferus przewalskii
Przewalski's horse, the horse that came back from extinction, is also called the Mongolian wild horse or Dzungarian horse. This horse is a rare and endangered horse native to the steppes of central Asia.
Actually this horse at one time went extinct in the wild as it's native land, Mongolia, the last wild Przewalski's horses had been seen in 1966.
SInce then the horses have been reintroduced at the Khustain Nuruu National Park, Takhin Tal Nature Reserve, and Khomiin Tal, in it's native habitat in Mongolia.
The taxonomic position of the Przewalski's horse, is still being debated, thus the two scientific names. Some taxonomists treating Przewalski's horse as a species, E. przewalskii, others as a subspecies of wild horse (E. ferus przewalskii) or a feral variety of the domesticated horse (E. f. caballus).

Common names for this equine include takhi, Asian wild horse, and Mongolian wild horse. The Przewalski's horse got it's name from the Russian geographer and explorer Nikołaj Przewalski.

Most wild horses today, such as the American mustang or the Australian brumby, are actually feral horses descended from domesticated animals that escaped and adapted to life in the wild. Przewalski's horse has long been considered the only 'true' wild horse extant in the world today, never having been domesticated. However, a 2018 DNA study suggested that modern Przewalski's horses may descend from the domesticated horses of the Bota.