Somehow unnoticeably, Google rolled out Google Lens on the web. Probably some time ago, because there was just a simple image search there relatively recently. So, you go to images.google.com, click on the image icon, and paste the URL of the image you want to know more about into the field. You can also upload an image. The previous image search is now located via the link from the Google Lens results page “Find Image Source”.
Today, I was browsing Wikipedia and found Linnaeus’ taxonomy of animals quite amusing.
The Latin name for the genus “Bison” is Bison.
One of its species, the American bison, in Latin is Bison bison.
And one of the subspecies of the American bison, the plains bison, in Latin is Bison bison bison.
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The Latin name for the genus “gorilla” is Gorilla.
One of its species, the western gorilla, in Latin is Gorilla gorilla.
And one of the subspecies of the Western gorilla, the western lowland gorilla, in Latin is Gorilla gorilla gorilla.
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I downloaded the complete directory and took another look. Here are some interesting ones:
Gallus gallus gallus – domestic chicken
Liparis liparis liparis – European smelt
Bubo bubo bubo – Eurasian eagle-owl
Alces alces alces – European moose
Perdix perdix perdix – grey partridge
Puffinus puffinus puffinus – Manx shearwater
Pica pica pica – common magpie
Regulus regulus regulus – goldcrest
There are dozens more like these.
You can check here:
“Mind taking me to the farm, bro?”
How interesting everything turns out, Telegram now replaces morning website reading. On the topic of AI, especially ChatGPT, I highly recommend Nikita Rvachev’s blog.
Generally, it’s interesting that Facebook groups are dying, while Telegram thrives. And there’s really nothing else significant out there.
Here is an interesting fence made of living trees. Perhaps until some point, there were trellises here.
Today in the forest, I saw a tree that, in at least three places, had its trunk/branches changing direction exactly by 90 degrees. Any botanists around? How can this be explained?
The Easter bunny, as it is known today, likely originated among German Lutherans in the 17th century as a character similar to Santa Claus. The Easter bunny brought treats and gifts to obedient children during the Easter season. This tradition was brought to the United States by German immigrants in the 18th century and has since become a popular element of Easter celebrations in many Western countries. Now these bunnies are everywhere.
In general, a rabbit is a pagan symbol. It’s a symbol of fertility and new life. As ChatGPT told me, due to their “reproductive abilities.” When Christianity spread across Europe, many pagan symbols and customs were adopted and adapted for the new religion. The symbolism of the hare/rabbit as new life and fertility fit well with the Christian message of resurrection and renewal during Easter, and thus it was chosen as such a symbol for this holiday.
Here is a rabbit from a store window in Clifton Forge, VA.
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my 17th attempt at oil painting
This time I did it using real objects I found in my garage (arranged and spotlighted them in the right way)
Hi, I'm Rauf Aliev. 