Recently, the beaches in Turkey appeared a patch of mucus (sea snot), which is increasingly spreading over the water. The widespread mucus layer on the Turkish coast causes serious damage to the country’s marine life and fishermen. (Source: Reuters) Sea snot is a green mud that is formed naturally when algae are over-nutriented due to hot weather and polluted water environment. The phenomenon was first detected in Turkey in 2007 and then in the Aegean Sea near Greece. The latest outbreak in the Sea of ​​Marmara near Istanbul is believed to be the largest in history. (Source: Reuters) Experts believe that the large amount of mucus that has appeared recently is due to a combination of environmental pollution and global warming, which accelerates the growth of algae that cause the slime. Meanwhile, President Erdogan said that the problem of untreated sewage being discharged directly into the sea was the cause of this outbreak of marine mucus. (Source: Reuters) When algae grow out of control in the spring, as we’ve seen this year, they block sunlight and cause declines, says biology professor at Istanbul University Muharrem Balci. oxygen for fish and marine life. (Source: Reuters) This mucous membrane covers the sea surface like a canvas. After a while, they sink, covering the seabed ecosystem and harming many species of creatures. When this process is over, they will appear to smell like a spoiled egg. This phenomenon can cause poisoning to sea clams and creatures such as crabs. (Source: Reuters) Professor Bayram Ozturk of the Turkish Marine Research Agency said that due to the overgrowth of the mucus layer, several species are endangered, including oysters, mussels and starfish. “This is a real disaster,” he said. (Source: Reuters) According to environmental engineer Cevahir Efe Akcelik, mucus could cover the sea during the summer if authorities do not take urgent measures. Studies show that mucus stays not only on the surface but also at depths between 25-30 meters. (Source: Reuters) Divers report that large numbers of fish and other species in the affected area are being wiped out by suffocation. This phenomenon has a significant impact on the lives of fishermen. Boats passing through the Sea of ​​Marmara had to navigate through the gray mud, while some fishermen were unable to fish because the mud clogs their engines and nets. (Source: Reuters) Mehmet Soyolcu (43 years old), a fourth generation fisherman in the Sea of ​​Marmara, said that in the past, it took two hours to pull a fishing net at sea, but now it takes ten hours, not counting the cost of fuel. materials and other operating costs. Every day, the operating costs are getting higher and higher, and the fish are less and less. (Source: Reuters) Some fishermen will raise prices to cover their losses, but that won’t help either because people fear the seawater might contaminate the fish in Marmara. At the fish market, more and more customers avoid buying fish and seafood since information about the mucus layer appeared. This makes the fishermen lose income from fishing, life becomes more difficult. (Source: Reuters) Istanbul, Turkey’s largest city with about 16 million inhabitants, and five other provinces, factories and industrial centers border the sea. As a result, this outbreak has had a severe impact on the ecosystem and fisheries in the region. (Source: Reuters) The Sea of ​​Marmara is a sea that stretches 281 km from the Northeast to the Southwest and is 80 km wide at its widest. This sea is connected to the Black Sea through the Bosphorus, also known as the Istanbul Strait in the Northeast. President Erdogan fears the problem will be very serious if the mucus spreads to the Black Sea. (Source: Reuters) The Turkish government has deployed a team of experts to examine the source of pollution in the sea. Workers are now trying to use nets to remove mucus, but their efforts have so far been largely ineffective. (Source: Reuters) Not only around the Sea of ​​Marmara, but the adjacent Black Sea and Aegean Sea regions were also affected by this mucus outbreak. (according to Reuters)

The name of banh gio comes from the key ingredient that makes this cake: ash water. (Illustration) The people who make gio cakes will burn herbs and medicinal herbs to ashes, grind them finely, then filter them to get the yellow-brown juice, soak the rice and boil the cakes. Rice to make banh gio must be delicious glutinous rice to achieve a certain plasticity. After being boiled, the finished product is a clear, moist dough, whose shape depends on the hands of the packer (in different localities). The cake is very pale at first, has a bright amber color, transparent like a block of jade. When cooled, the cake is smooth like jelly, fragrant with sesame. Banh Gio dotted with molasses or granulated sugar, becomes a snack that both young and old love. (Illustration) Summer is the time when banh gio is consumed the most. In addition, this “pure Vietnamese” cake is still loved by people all year round, especially parents and grandparents, because the cake is both fragrant, easy to eat, and easy to buy. City is also cheap. Banh gio is a dish loved by mothers and grandmothers and eaten all year round. (Illustration) However, in the era of modern social development, many people, especially young people, have “forgotten” this childhood gift, or when they eat it, they only eat it when they have a chance. However, for those who have tasted banh gio, it must be difficult to forget the fragrant taste of glutinous rice flour, mixed with sweet molasses. Only the previous generation remembers this cake. (Illustration)

Damien Desrocher, 28 years old from the town of Wahagnies, Northern France has a very unique and successful startup method. It is the production of soap bars from snail mucus. Desrocher started using snail mucus to make soap and sell it at the market in the town of Wahagnies, Northern France from December 2020 and received unexpected success. In order to collect a lot of snail mucus, the 28-year-old man had to think of many and extremely ingenious ways not to harm or kill any snails. Damien Desrocher shared: “I only use my fingers to touch the snails, it’s very light and doesn’t hurt them. It looks very simple, all the process depends on your ingenuity.” “Once you observe and see the behavior of snails, you will find they are really adorable. Snails are one of my favorite animals,” says Desrocher. On the feet of snails there is a type of gland that can secrete a very sticky fluid to help them move. Therefore, every place they crawl through leaves a sticky residue. After this sticky fluid dried, a sparkling watery streak was formed. This snail fluid is used to remove wrinkles and acne scars, which is loved by many women because it is really effective. One snail will produce about 2 grams of slime, while to make 15 100-gram Damien Desrocher bars of soap requires about 80 grams of snail mucus. Thus, with only 40 snails, Damien Desrocher was able to produce 15 bars of soap weighing 100 grams. Although novel in the West, snail mucus is a familiar beauty ingredient in Korea because of its anti-aging and skin-restoring properties – including collagen and elastin molecules – in it. The snail itself also uses the slime it secretes to repair the shell when damaged. Currently, Mr. Desrocher has a total of 60,000 snails. When entering the breeding season, most snails will be moved to a larger location to live, in the yard of only about 4,000 snails. With excellent nourishing ingredients, snail mucus helps to stimulate collagen and elastin formation, protect skin from free radicals, soothe skin, repair damaged tissues and restore hydration. It is also added to treat dry skin, wrinkles and stretch marks, acne and rosacea, age spots, burns, scars, razor bumps and even flat warts. The application of snail mucus actually began in ancient Greece, where the father of medicine Hippocrates prescribed snail grinding and yogurt to cure inflammation. Please watch the video: Top 10 Longest Living Animals on Earth. Source: Yan News