01 ye 09
A Look Back at the Maritime Aquarium's Dragons Exhibit
Ari madzhenje chaiwo here? Zvisarudzire iwe pachako paunoona mahudhu makumi mapfumbamwe kuConnecticut Maritime Aquarium - kusanganisira ichi chikara chisingawanzoitiki. © 2015 Kim Knox Beckius Ari madzhenje chaiwo here? Usave wakakurumidza kutaura, "Kwete." Kwete kana iwe usina kushanyira Maritime Aquarium kuNorwalk muConnecticut apo kukokwe kwawedzera mazhenje kusvika kumiganhu-yezvisikwa zvinoratidzwa muna 2015.
Majeko haasati achiratidzwa, asi ino chinyorwa chinyorwa chichakuratidza izvo zvisikwa zvinofadza.
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Kune mapfumbamwe emhando yemadragoni chaiwo muchiratidzo, "Dragons! Chaizvo kana Nhema?" Uye imwe yakanyanya, hapana imwe nzvimbo muU.S. iwe unogona kuiona.
"Ungada here kuenda kumvura yegungwa kuti uone mwana mudiki dhiragoni?" Ndakabvunza mwanasikana wangu ane makore gumi nemaviri. Zvechokwadi, kushingaira kwake kupindura kwaiva: "Chokwadi!" Kufanana nevana vakawanda vezera rake, iye anofadzwa nezvikara. Aya mapapiro, kupisa moto-kupisa ari kuwedzera kuonekwa kakawanda kwete mumabhuku uye mafirimu, saHarry Potter akaoma, ane chinangwa chekuita nevechiri kuyaruka, asi muzvivaraidzo zvakakura zvakadai seHBO's Game of Thrones series.
Kunyange zvakadaro, ndakashamisika kudzidza rukanda dziri kuoneka mu ... Connecticut! Uye kunyanya kufungidzira kuti Maritime Aquarium imusha kune imwe chete yemadononi makumi matatu nemakumi matatu emadhora muAmerica - uye iyo chete pane vanhu vose. Saka, isu takananga kumaodzanyemba kuti tione izvi zvisingasviki, zvakasimba-mutsvuku.
02 of 09
Kungochechechecheche
Pane nzvimbo imwe chete munyika ino kuona dhiabhorosi isingadikanwi: Connecticut !. © 2015 Kim Knox Beckius Kutanga kwangu kwatakaita patakaona dhiragoni dema, iyo chaizvoizvo inonyanya kushandiswa kwemaIndian water monitor monitor ( Varanus salvator macromaculatus ), yaiva: "Haasi mwana!" Asi zviratidzo zvakatsanangura kuti achakura kuti ave mutsara ane simba: akareba mamita matanhatu uye yakareba makumi matanhatu. Chirwere chikuru bedzi ndicho chinyoka cheKomodo.
Chirevo cheMelanism, takadzidza, ndicho chakasiyana neAlubinism: Icho chinopfurikidza nehuturuji, zvisinei nekushaikwa kweguruva inoonekwa muAlubinos. Mvura kuongorora mishonga inowanzopora nemaruva machena uye mutsvuku.
Maritime Aquarium's resident blue-tongued dhiragoni dema yakanga isingaparadzi chero mavhiri kana kuputika chero vavengi kana kukwira pamusoro pemadziro eimba. Chinhu chinonakidza chaainge achiita chaiva ... molting. Kunyange zvakadaro, zvakanga zvakanaka kuti tifungisise kuti madhimoni ekuroora - zvichida kunyange asina maturo mune zvingadzidzisa sei dhiyabhorosi yako - inguva yakafuridzirwa nechirwere chisina kujairika chakadai. Zvose zvezvikwata zvakasviba munyika muno zviri mavoko, saka vatsvaki veshumba vachada kutora mukana uyu wekucherechedza chimwe chezvisikwa zvakasikwa zvakasikwa. Uyezve, pane mazhenje akawanda kuti aone!
03 of 09
Weedy Sea Dragons
Mwanasikana wangu uye mumwe weshamwari dzake dzepamusoro dzakashandurwa neWeavy Sea Dragons pachitarisiko pa Maritime Aquarium. © 2015 Kim Knox Beckius Weedy Sea Dragons inonzwika sezvisikwa zvinofungidzira zvidhiki (kana kuti rock band). Asi zvidikanwi zvedu zvatinoda chaizvo kuConnecticut Maritime Aquarium zviri chaizvo zvisingateteki kuAustralian fish ( Phyllopteryx taeniolatus ) iyo yakanyatsogadziriswa munzvimbo yavo: makorari emakungwa uye mabhedha egungwa. Kufanana nehama dzavo dzepedyo - maharahorses - varume vezvinhu izvi zvinonakidza-kutarisa zvinotakura mazai ne "kuberekwa" vacheche.
Pane zvinotaurwa nezvemakungwa emvura pamapoka ekare uye kunyange muTesitamente yekare yeBhaibheri, asi varume vaduku ava vanotyisidzirwa kupfuura kutyisidzira. Izvo zvisikwa zvino zvichitsanangurwa seAped Near Zvakatyisidzirwa ne International Union for Conservation of Nature.
04 of 09
Zvangu, Ndezvipi Zvaunofunga Zvauri
Mamwe mahedheni echokwadi ndeechokwadi zvinhu zvekutambudzika. © 2015 Kim Knox Beckius Hausi zuva rega roga iwe unoswedera pedyo zvakakwana kuti uone mafungiro akajeka mukati memuromo weA Dragon Moray Eel ( Enchelycore pardalis ). Ndaifara ikoko kwaive girazi pakati pangu neizvi. Dragon Moray Eels inogona kukura kusvika mamita matatu murefu uye ichadya zvakanakisisa chero zvavanokwanisa kuwana miromo yavo. Izvo zvinotyisa-zvinotarisa uye zvinonakidza sokunge chero dhiragoni yakagadzirwa nemafungiro evanhu.
05 of 09
Dragons Inogona Kuve Yakanaka, Kwazvo
Kunyange kana akafema moto, ndinogona kufungidzira kuva shamwari yejoka iri rine mutsa. © 2015 Kim Knox Beckius Nokuenzanisa, Australian Water Dragon ( Intellagama lesueurii ) inenge yakanaka! Uye shoko nderokuti, ava varume vari kunyara. Vachakurumidza kupinda mumvura pakushungurudzika kuduku uye vanogona kuramba vachengetwa kwemvura kweawa. Shamwari dzinoshamwaridzana dzinogara mune zvose nhoroondo uye yemazuva ano fungiro: Vane maziso akachenjera uye munyoro akadai saharayi yeupenyu chaiye.
06 of 09
Bearded Dragon
Mupiki wejoka nyika dzimwe nguva anochengetwa semhuka. © 2015 Kim Knox Beckius Iri dhiragoni rinotarisana nehuto rinobva kuAustralia, zvakare. Iyo Bearded Dragon ( Pogona vitticeps ) inogara mugwenga iyo inonyadzisa mutsara wayo nemakumbo emutsipa apo inotsamwa. Kana iwe wakambofungidzira kuva nejoka rekurwisa, izvi zvinogona kunge zvizvarwa zvako.
07 of 09
A Real Flying Dragon
Nechikepe chayo chemuswe, Sailfin Dragon inogona kukwira kubva munzvimbo dzakakwirira uye inofamba. © 2015 Kim Knox Beckius Tarisai izvi kunze. Sailfin Dragon yeIndonesia ( Hydrosaurus amboinensis ), iyo inogona kukura iri kure nemamita mana, ichikwira kubva pamatavi makuru kusvika mumvura, ichishandisa muswe wayo wakagadzirwa nesairi kuti ugadzikane. Lizards hazvibvi zvakananga kubva kune dinosaurs, saka zvichida madziteteguru avo aimbova makuru aipfuura uye aifema moto. Zvinonakidza kufungidzira.
08 of 09
Akangwara Kupfuura Fiction
Dragons yakatsvuka (kuruboshwe) uye Mountain Horned Dragon (iri kurudyi) ine zvinhu zvinoshamisa zvinonzwika sezvinhu zvekuita zvinotenda. © 2015 Kim Knox Beckius The Maritime Aquarium's "Dragons! Chaiyeyo Here Kana Kuti Nhema?" kuratidza zvechokwadi kufanana nekufanana pakati pezvokwadi, mhuka dzinogara mhuka uye mhuka dzenhema dzatinodzidza kubva mumabhuku, mafirimu neTV. Nyoka Yakakanganiswa ( Chlamydosaurus kingii ) inoputika mutsipa wayo unoita kuti itarisire yakakura uye inotyisa. Ratidza zviratidzo zvinowanikwa sezvinoitwa nenyaya inofananidzira: "Madzimai anoisa mazai 8 kusvika ku 23 madiki mairi muzvisikwa pasi pedenga, uye zvipembenene zvinobuda zvakakwana zvakasununguka uye zvinokwanisa kusvuta uye kushandisa mafaro avo." Hazvisi izvo zvakaita sechinhu chimwe JK Rowling chaizogadzira here?
Uye Gomo Horned Dragons (Acanthosaura capra) ... tenda kana kwete ... shandura mavara kubva maitiro avo!
09 of 09
A Chinese Dragon
Dragons yakawanda chikamu cheChina chimiro, uye ichi chiChinese Water Dragon haisi chiratidzo chete - iye chaiye. © 2015 Kim Knox Beckius Iyo yakajeka yeChinese Water Dragon ( Physignathus cocincinus ) ine unhu hunofunga-hunhu, zvakare. Semuenzaniso, inotaurirana nemamwe madhuoni emvura nekusvinura maoko uye kubvambura musoro wayo.
MuChinese, madhimoni akafananidzira simba, simba uye nharo yakanaka kubvira kare-kare: Icho chikamu chinokosha cheChinese tsika. Ndinotarisira kuti uchava nemukana wekuona zvipfumbamwe zviya mapfumbamwe paunoshanyira Maritime Aquarium, uko unogona kuonawo upenyu hwemvura ye Long Long Sound mune nzira dzakasiyana-siyana kusanganisira jiggling jellies neminwe yako uye kudonha stingrays.
Kana uri kuenda ... Maritime Aquarium iri pa10 North Water Street muNorwalk, Connecticut. Ndiyo rwendo rweawa imwe chete ruchibva kuNew York City kuGreat Central Station. Tora Metro-North kusvika kuSouth Norwalk gare gare, uye tevera nzira idzi dzinofamba.