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1 giorno fa · The tiger is one of the animals displayed on the Pashupati seal of the Indus Valley civilisation. The big cat was depicted on seals and coins during the Chola Dynasty of southern India, as it was the official emblem. The Hindu goddess Durga riding a tiger. Guler school, early 18th century. Tigers have had religious and folkloric significance.
1 giorno fa · Etymology. The Greek word nýmphē has the primary meaning of "young woman; bride, young wife" but is not usually associated with deities in particular. Yet the etymology of the noun nýmphē remains uncertain. The Doric and Aeolic ( Homeric) form is nýmphā ( νύμφα ). [3] Modern usage more often applies to young women, contrasting with ...
1 giorno fa · Cigarette butts accumulate outside buildings, on parking lots, and streets where they can be transported through storm drains to streams, rivers, and beaches. In a 2013 trial, the city of Vancouver , British Columbia , partnered with TerraCycle to create a system for recycling of cigarette butts.
1 giorno fa · Eukaryotes are organisms that range from microscopic single cells, such as picozoans under 3 micrometres across, [7] to animals like the blue whale, weighing up to 190 tonnes and measuring up to 33.6 metres (110 ft) long, [8] or plants like the coast redwood, up to 120 metres (390 ft) tall. [9]
1 giorno fa · Earth's ocean. The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continents of Asia and Australia in the west and the Americas in the east.
