The caste system, the division of rich and poor, the dowry custom, the cremation custom in India, the horrible unsanitary life on the Ganges River were shared by the female writer in her travel book “Lonely on Everest”. “. On the occasion of the Covid-19 earthquake raging violently in India, writer Di Li shared his experiences about this country on his personal Facebook page. VietNamNet would like to introduce to readers: Writer Di Li visits the Victoria Museum in Kolkata, India (photo: Di Li) Criticizing poor and dirty India: a half perspective The number of deaths from Covid in India has reached 4,529 cases / day (an incomplete number), the highest in the world since the beginning of the epidemic season until now. Indians have the custom of cremation, so if people die too much, they will break branches in the park and burn their bodies on the sidewalk, poor people can’t buy firewood and can’t steal branches from the park. then stealthily carry the body of a relative to the door of the funeral home, throw it, then abandon the body and run for someone else, or more simply, let the body be thrown into the Ganges River to float. The virus in the body just mixes with the river water and then drifts downstream wherever it goes, whoever it sticks to next, while the water of the Ganges River still travels throughout Asia. I have been to India 4 times (March 18 last year was canceled because of India’s blockade due to Covid-19, not 5 times). Trot has already changed money, so there is still a pile of rupees in the drawer. Because India is a passion, a destination that I can fly to several dozen times in my life. In short, every time I make a fuss, I buy a ticket to India. Many people think that India is dirty and poor, Indians are ugly, Indian boys are fierce, India is backward, India is uncivilized… but only half of it has been seen. In New Delhi, there are many greener, cleaner, more beautiful places than Europe, with great buildings dating back many centuries. India is the world’s second silicon valley and is set to overtake the US in computing software capacity. The place that produces the most movies is Bollywood, not Hollywood. The countries that own the most Miss Universe in the world, in addition to a few South American countries, there is also India. India has many beautiful people, because they are multi-racial. The young man covered in a scarf who looks like a football star is a tuk tuk driver in the village in Jaipur – photo taken in 2013 (photo: Di Li) For example, two young men I met and took random pictures in Jaipur. The young man with a scarf who looks like a soccer star is a tuk tuk driver in the village (I only took portraits because if I scrolled down… he was wearing ripped pants). The Indian guy with dark glasses that I (Di Li) took with me was a street vendor, making the whole crew bewildered because he looked like a Hollywood actor” -(photo: Di Li) The guy with the dark glasses I took with him was a street vendor, making our whole group bewildered because he looked like a Hollywood actor. He offered to buy goods, I stood dumbfounded because he asked in turn in English, French, German, Italian to see if I knew what language I could speak, so I would communicate in that language. Indian men are actually the gentlest of the countries I’ve been to, and even the salesmen are often humble and poor. Even scolded did not dare to react. In Vietnam, if you scold, you will be beaten back. I used to travel across North India and a few times to New Delhi, traveling all by myself but still safe, and not being watched by anyone as people say. India is one of the world’s earliest philosophies, the cradle of culture, architecture and art, one of which is Buddha. The world’s richest people and the world’s best playboys are also concentrated in India. In 2018, the daughter of tycoon Mukesh Ambani got married (Ambani is the richest person in Asia and the fourth in the world with a fortune of 40 billion USD, even surpassing Bill Gates in one year), the money for mosaic wedding invitations alone. encrusted, calculated in Vietnamese currency has cost hundreds of billion. The price of extremism But unfortunately, India is an extreme country, in this place it seems that there are only two concepts. Either very nice or very ugly. Either extremely gentle and shy, or extremely aggressive and perverted. Either very clean or extremely dirty. Either extremely intellectual or illiterate. Either so rich or so poor that they can’t afford firewood for cremation. Either extremely civilized or extremely backward (so much so that now many villages still maintain the custom of widows burning themselves with their husbands). Either extreme meditation, peaceful mind and body (the birthplace of Yoga), or extreme lust (also the birthplace of Kama Sutra). The landscape is extremely cold (the Himalayas) and extremely hot (the Great Indian desert). The food is either amazing (just brought to the mouth, must be spit out) or extremely delicious. India has the most luxurious hotels in the world for guests to stay there as ecstatic as the land of ecstasy and there are also slums that are considered as hell on earth. All this polarization is due to the five caste system that has persisted in India from BC until now. If someone is dirty, ugly, poor, illiterate, or ignorant, their descendants will be passed down for hundreds of generations. But it’s very rare like other countries that from a shoe shine boy to become a billionaire, from the son of an illiterate mother who can become a scientist, from a hired dishwasher to become a beauty queen, from unacknowledged adopted son to deputy prime minister. In India, the monks and nuns sweep banyan leaves, and there are rare cases of jumping from one caste to another. Most of the time, trying to come up, they were drowned so they couldn’t open their eyes. So the tourism slogan given by India itself is as true as they claim to be “Incredible India”. Covid-19 when it came to India it was also weird according to this country, it mutated and increased virulence, and of course it excluded the rich. Because the rich, they take a private plane to the Maldives or Dubai to stay in a 6-star resort to avoid illness, when the epidemic is over, they will return. They sunbathe, shop for diamonds, drink cocktails under the stars at night and post pictures on Facebook. If you are poor, you will suffer everywhere, whether East or West, whether Buddhist or Christian, feudal or modern, hierarchical society or democratic equality. When something happens in the country, war, coup, epidemic, economic crisis, natural disaster, climate change, the poor receive enough. They are the most vulnerable in society. And India has many poor people. No matter how high GDP is, it is only in the hands of the billionaire elite. On the 7th of last year, I was still in India. At that time, seeing the news at home, they rushed to buy masks but sold out, so the last day the group went to the market not to buy any gifts but just bought a bunch of masks to bring back. The Indians found that very strange, shrugging their shoulders in surprise because at that time there were no cases in India. But at that time I said: If Covid-19 spread to India, the whole country will be infected, the number of cases will lead the world. The poet Nguyet Vu who accompanied me later kept saying that my words were… prophetic. Poor thing, it’s not a prophecy, India is always full of people every day, it looks like a Zombie movie, it’s strange that it’s not infected. The world keeps scolding India for not locking down. But they couldn’t do that. Thousands of Indians still bathe in the Ganges River in Haridwar during the Kumbh Mela festival despite the Covid-19 epidemic Firstly, India has many of the world’s leading religious festivals. People die right next to them how they do not know, but still several tens of thousands of Indians bathe together during the religious festival of Kumbh Mela. No one wants to wear a mask. They poured water on them from the Ganges River, then buried their faces in the viscous cow dung and told the gods to help them. They would rather die from Covid-19 but definitely refuse to give up their pilgrimage. The Prime Minister also cannot ban the festival because the power of the Brahmin priests here is supreme (Is the first of the 5 castes). Called the king’s magic to lose to the village rules. Our festivals also gather as many people as in India, but the Party and Government ask people to stay at home right away, and the whole country listens. Countries that have prided themselves on long-standing democracies can’t do that. Because the people above told them not to listen, people also scolded for more, not to mention asking people to declare and trace Covid-19. In the epidemic situation, this is called the other side of democracy. Mr. Ram Vriksha Gaur, one of the directors of the popular TV series “8-year-old bride” went bankrupt due to the epidemic, had to sell vegetables and fruits. Second, India’s poverty rate is very high. If the blockade, it is likely that the number of people starving to death is higher than dying from Covid-19. For example, Ram Vriksha Gaur, one of the directors of “8-Year-Old Bride”. The epidemic made him bankrupt, so he had to drive a car to sell vegetables. It is not surprising that the Indian variant of Covid will spread to the whole world, especially Africa. At that time, it was normal for middle-class people to go bankrupt. So if you guys go away for a holiday, don’t wear a mask during the trip, come home and hide from the declaration, then carry your body around and go out in contact with other people, then only the poor will hurt the most. Because if the epidemic breaks out, the poor will not be able to sell baskets of vegetables and fruits. According to media reports, if vaccinated diligently, it will also take India … 10 years to fully vaccinate more than 1 billion of their people. The story of India makes me see nothing too optimistic about the current Covid-19 situation. Because the first logic is that only when the vaccine is given enough around the world, travel between countries will be completely free. As long as there is still a country with Covid-19, it will spread back and forth, even adding new strains for which a vaccine will not solve the problem. The second logic is that the land border between countries (except for the island countries) is often open for hundreds of kilometers, the whole field is not empty, so it is normal to spread each other. Now India, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia are considered defeated. Soon it will be Nepal’s turn to fall, a country with a high population density, poor health care, poor sanitation and unfortunately shares a very long border with India. If anything happens, the outcome could be even worse than India, because they are much poorer than India, traffic is no different from Indiana Jones movies, it is difficult to get aid and supplies. This is really heartbreaking because these are the two countries that I love the most.

Puffer fish is one of the poisonous fish and can take the life of diners. However, in Japan this fish is still popular. Photo: byFood. Even puffer fish is an expensive specialty that not everyone can afford to enjoy. Photo: Kokoro Media. In the puffer fish, the toxin-causing substance Tetrodotoxin is stronger than cyanide. The poison of the puffer fish can kill up to 30 people. After eating it for about 20 minutes, diners may experience symptoms such as nausea, dizziness, stomach pain, muscle paralysis, cardiac arrest. Photo: 8chan.se There are 120 species of puffer fish in the world. In Japan, the government has allowed restaurants to use 20/120 species of puffer fish to prepare dishes. Photo: Internet However, not all restaurants serve puffer fish. Only chefs who are certified by the Government can cook. Parts of fish after preliminary processing must also be destroyed. Photo: Internet Tiger puffer Takifugu rubripes is the most famous puffer fish dish in Japan. This type of fish is auctioned right at the fish market instead of selling it in bulk. Photo: Wiki. In the high season, this type of puffer fish can be up to 265 USD/kg (more than 6 million VND). Even the price of puffer fish is increasing day by day due to overfishing. Photo: Internet During processing, the fins and mouth of the fish are removed, followed by the skinning and handling of the internal organs. The non-poisonous fish meat is separated and after a few cuts, they become the famous sashimi. The dish has a delicate, fresh taste, completely different from other sashimi dishes, so despite the danger many diners still want to enjoy it. Video: Adding a Japanese retail giant to Vietnam. Source: VTV24

Illustration. Devil face fish (English name is Stonefish) also has many other names such as stonefish, lionfish … known as a fish with an extremely ugly appearance with very hard scales, looking rough, rough, the color is exactly like the dead coral reefs. This fish can only imagine its ugliness just by hearing the name. Devil face fish is classified as one of the most unique fish species, known as “the king of venom” on the ocean floor because it has extremely poisonous fin rays on its back. However, if you know how to cook, this fish becomes a super food and brings high nutritional value that many tourists are willing to spend up to tens of millions of dong to buy it. In China, this fish is also known as “Shitou Ngu” (fighting fish). They live in clean waters, delicious meat and very clean. This is also an easy fish to catch, just throw the net and there will be 1-2 fish that “automatically get into the basket”. The head of the devil face fish is much larger than the body, this fish is very common, they often live in ditches, rivers and streams. In those days, devil-faced fish were often used by Chinese rural people as food for… chickens and ducks. And at the present time, devil face fish has become an extremely luxurious dish. Illustration. Contrary to the unfriendly and extremely fierce appearance, the devil’s face fish meat is highly appreciated both for its deliciousness as well as for its nutritional level. Their meat is especially firm, chewy and naturally sweet. Moreover, this fish has also been studied by many leading experts and concluded that fish meat contains a lot of nutrients that are beneficial to human health as well as other fish species. Fish contains a large amount of omega 3, which helps the blood circulation process better, reduces the risk of cancer and cardiovascular diseases, and helps the skin to be more beautiful. In addition, devil face fish also contains a lot of calcium that helps in bone growth and regeneration. Although it looks terrible, the benefits that this fish brings to health are worth it for you to enjoy. In many famous tourist destinations, devil face fish only appear in the menus of seafood restaurants, but it is not easy to see. If the restaurant is lucky, you will have the opportunity to enjoy it, if not, visitors need to book in advance to be able to enjoy this delicious and attractive fish. Devil face fish with many attractive ways of processing To prepare this devil face fish dish is not easy at all. The first thing the chef will have to remove the rough skin on the outside of the fish head because its skin is tough and has many sharp fins, so this process needs to be done very carefully. The preliminary processing requires the chef to be meticulous and careful to keep the fish meat inside. Unlike many other fish species, the devil face fish requires a longer processing time because its meat has a certain firmness and toughness. Illustration. Grilled fish: Baking will help retain the full flavor of the dish as possible. If you travel to Nha Trang, travel to Phu Yen, travel to Binh Thuan and have the opportunity to enjoy this devil-faced fish dish but do not know how to choose the processing method, grilled fish will be a great choice. Visitors can freely create different dipping sauces to find the flavor they like best when enjoying this fish dish. Grilled fish with salt and pepper: It is also a grilled dish, but the devil’s face fish will be further modified to be grilled with chili salt, stimulating the taste of visitors and making you feel more appetizing. Grilled fish with salt and pepper has a fatty, juicy and chewy taste mixed with the spicy taste of chili salt that will surely make visitors fall in love with the first pieces of meat. Braised fish with curry bread: This way of processing devil fish is also chosen by many tourists when enjoying. The dish is seasoned according to professional recipes, making it more attractive than ever. Braised curry fish served with bread will definitely be a great choice for visitors to enjoy.

Where far away, even Me in String also wished to have a hand in hand to “ Eat and die right away, but don’t bother to remember “However. But there is a very … strange fact that in Muong So, Lai Chau, people process finger leaves into many attractive dishes and even become specialties. Fingered leaves are specialties in the mountains of Muong So, Lai Chau? (Photo: Internet) According to the elders here, there are two types of toes: poisonous and non-toxic. Non-poisonous toes have been discovered for a long time and are cultivated in the garden by the people here to process into many attractive dishes. Therefore, hearing the name of the finger leaf is afraid of poisoning, but in fact, the finger leaf type used to process the dish is not poisonous, and becomes a specialty of the people of this region. In fact, the specialty of Muong So is a non-toxic finger leaf. (Photo: Internet) The discovery of this non-poisonous finger leaf is related to a Thai love story, passed down by the people. Due to the girl’s family forbidden, both of them decided to die with their fingers. But strangely enough, when chewing this leaf, they do not feel the poison but the sweet sweetness, strange acrid. Since then, the non-toxic finger leaf has become a green vegetable with many uses in cuisine. In order to distinguish the differences between these two cultivars, it is important to observe carefully because they have the same creeper stems. In terms of shape, the poisonous toes are elongated, lanceolate-shaped, while the non-toxic finger leaves are round, shorter and larger, as big as betel leaves. The characteristic feature is that the non-toxic finger leaves are round and short, the leaves are about the size of one hand. (Photo: Internet) The Muong So people take advantage of the non-toxic finger leaf to make many dishes in family meals. The most traditional style is boiled or cooked and enjoyed as a fresh, sweet vegetable. But the most attractive is stir-fry with garlic, a famous specialty used by people to entertain diners. The non-toxic finger leaves, after being washed, will be shredded and crushed. On a saucepan that is hot in oil, add the leaves and stir-fry with the garlic and taste the spices to taste. Sautéed finger-leaf plate with attractive aroma along with stimulating shine. The non-toxic finger leaves when stir-fry have an acrid taste, but the tip of the tongue is sweet and mildly fragrant. (Photo: Internet) It looks delicious, but many diners have to hesitate, afraid to pick up because they are still worried about the danger of this dish. However, when enjoying, you will be impressed with the unique, strange taste that is hard to describe. If you have the opportunity to visit the Northwest and plan to enjoy this specialties, you must be very careful, thanks to the experienced people who choose to buy vegetables and prepare them for you!

A new species of pumpkin toad has been discovered in Brazil. Researchers have uncovered a new species of pumpkin toad that is orange in color, fluorescence glow in the dark and is as small as 1 cm in size in Brazil’s Atlantic forest. This amphibian, Brachycephalus rotenbergae, is a relative of at least 36 species of pumpkin toad, named after the pumpkin popular for Halloween. Like the venom-releasing frog, the pumpkin toad’s vibrant color signals predators that their skin carries a toxin that can be lethal. This new species of pumpkin toad was recently described in the journal Plos One . They were found in extensive research efforts across Brazil to find new pumpkin toads. The identification of the organisms is crucial to the country’s biodiversity conservation, especially in areas with as many species as the Atlantic forest, where 93% of its area is lost, experts say. Initial cover due to deforestation and agricultural development. A small pumpkin toad crawls past the bright orange mushroom, which is a common feature of their habitat. Brazil has the highest number of amphibian species in the world, at least one thousand species. But amphibians worldwide are among the most vulnerable groups of vertebrates, especially when it comes to climate change. Lead researcher Professor Ivan Sergio Nunes Silva, scientist at São Paulo State University, said: “As a scientist, the happiest moment is when you see something new and you are the only one. best know. But unfortunately, today, we are losing undetermined species faster than the rate at which new species are described. Interesting story about new toads Images of the newly discovered pumpkin toad. Photo: Plos One. Professor Nunes and his team found the pumpkin toad B. rotenbergae through 76 field surveys between 2018 and 2019 in the Mantiqueira Mountains 2,132 meters above sea level. They spent hours wandering the cliffs and streams flowing through the forest. Most pumpkin toad species are quite similar. They are particularly tiny frogs, among the smallest in the world with a length of just over a centimeter and often have bright, tangerine skin that secretes a powerful nerve agent. Back in the lab, the team took DNA samples from 71 toads and compared them with samples of known pumpkin toads. They also analyze their physical characteristics, bone structure, behavior and record their mating calls to determine that this is a new species. The new pumpkin toad, for example, is smaller than other known toads, with a smaller snout. Other unusual features include black, matte patterns on the skin and a preference for living at higher altitudes in the Atlantic forest. The creatures cannot hear the sound of their calls because their ears are not yet developed, Nunes said. “Their communication is basically visual, because these toads can communicate by opening their mouths,” he added. In particular, it is a mystery that B. rotenbergae has bone fragments on its skull and back that fluoresce and can glow through the skin under ultraviolet light, a wavelength that they can see, But humans are not. Only two other pumpkin toad species are known to emit fluorescence, Nunes added. He doesn’t know what fluorescent bones are used for, but they might play a role in communication. This species has patches of bones on its skull and back that glow green through the skin under UV rays. Photo: Plos One. There is much more work to be done Professor Michel Varajao Garey, of the Latin American Institute of Natural Sciences and Life (ILACVN), said Professor Nunes and colleagues’ approach is comprehensive. Such a thorough approach could “reveal unknown diversity” and possibly reclassify some mislabeled species. In fact, up until this study, the authors say, B. rotenbergae was misclassified as B. ephippium because it looked so similar. The number of new species is unknown, but Nunes and his colleagues hope to conduct more surveys to find out where it lives, as well as look for more pumpkin toad species. Most of the rest of the Atlantic forest are protected in nature reserves, but these areas are still threatened by deforestation, climate change, and land use change. Although deforestation rates are declining in Brazil, more than 28,000 acres of forest land were cleared in 2018. Professor Nunes hopes the discovery will inspire governments and organizations to better take care of their resources, including closely monitoring endangered species. “Nature is only stable if it’s complex enough,” says Professor Nunes. This shows that biodiversity is paramount for a country as large as Brazil. “

Alexander White, 44, living in Sydney, Australia bought a pack of lettuce at a local Aldi store. After bringing everything home, Mr. White discovered that the salad bag was moving and he thought it was a big worm. However, after examining it, he found it to be a snake again. Shortly thereafter, the couple called Wires wildlife rescue organization. Alexander White was shocked to discover the snake in the salad. Photo: JAM PRESS “I told my wife that there was a snake inside the lettuce package, but she didn’t believe it until she saw it with her own eyes” – Mr. White said. Mr. White did not understand when the snake lay there but felt lucky that he carried that salad bag around the supermarket for hours without being bitten by the snake. “Fortunately, my children were not at home at that time because often I still ask them to help prepare things after going shopping. If so, I don’t want to think what could have happened” – he White said. After the Wires arrived, they put the snake in a box and carried it away. They say it is a pale-headed snake, a very highly venomous snake. “He said that if the snake bit someone, they will have to quickly go to the hospital” – Mr. White added. After the handler took the snake away, Mr. White still used the above lettuce for the family lunch. “I washed it very carefully” – Mr. White told the newspaper The Guardian.

As India suffers from the world’s worst corona virus crisis, our New Delhi chiefs describe the fear of living in the midst of a pandemic spreading at large scale and speed. so. The crematoriums piled up the bodies, as if a war had just happened. Fire burns day and night. Many places held mass cremations, with dozens of people at the same time. And, at night, in some areas of New Delhi, the sky was blazing with flames. The sick person, without a bed, must lie down on the ground. Photo: New York Times. I waited for my turn to become infected Sickness and death were everywhere. Dozens of homes in my neighborhood have people infected. One of my colleagues is sick. My son’s teacher is also sick. The neighbor is two houses on the right side: Um. The two houses on the left: Um. “I don’t know what kind of illness I have,” said a good friend of mine who was in the hospital. “Just taking a breath and you will …”, his voice fades, unable to finish the sentence because he is too tired. He barely has a decent bed. And the medicine that the doctor prescribed for him is not in India. I was sitting in my house waiting for my turn to get sick. That is the feeling it is in New Delhi, as the world’s worst Covid-19 crisis is happening all around us. It’s out there, I’m here, and I feel as if it’s only a matter of time before I get sick. India is recording more infections every day, sometimes up to 350,000, more than any other country since the beginning of the pandemic, and that’s just the official numbers. Most experts believe that this number is lower than reality. The crematorium was overloaded, many bodies were waiting for their turn. Photo: New York Times. New Delhi, the vast capital of India’s 20 million people, is suffering from a huge spurt. A few days ago, the positive rate reached a staggering 36%. This means that more than a third of people tested are infected. A month ago, this figure was less than 3%. The disease spread so quickly that hospitals were completely flooded with sick people. Thousands of people were turned away. Medicine is exhausted. The same goes for lifesaving oxygen. Patients are trapped in long, tangled lines at the hospital gate or at home. They were gasping for breath, literally. Although New Delhi was blocked, the epidemic was still raging. Doctors across this city and some of Delhi’s top politicians are giving desperate SOS calls, both on social media and on TV, to beg for oxygen, medicine, and help. . It was as if war had just happened in India Experts have always warned that Covid-19 could devastate India completely. The country is vast with about 1.4 billion people, densely populated, and in many places, its inhabitants are still very poor. What we are witnessing is very different from last year, in the first wave of India. Then there is the fear of the unknown. Now we know. We know the overall disease, its size, its speed. We know how frightening this second wave is, it hits everyone at once. The outdoor collective cremation ground is constantly red and fiery. Photo: New York Times. What we feared in the first wave of last year is now coming to the fore: the disruption, the fall, the realization that so many people will die. As a foreign reporter for nearly 20 years, I traveled around war zones, was kidnapped in Iraq and sent to jail in many places. But this pandemic is worrisome in another way. There is no way to know if I, my wife, and two children are among those with mild illness and then recover well, or if we will be exhausted. And if we get really sick, where do we go? The intensive care areas are full. The entrance to many hospitals has been closed. A new strain here has a “double mutation” that can cause a lot of harm. Science has yet to delve into it, but as far as we know, one mutation makes the virus more contagious, and the other makes it partially resistant to the vaccine. Doctors are quite scared. I talked to a few people and they said that I had the vaccine twice but still got very sick. A Covid-19 patient is waiting to be hospitalized in South Delhi, April 24. Photo: New York Times. So what can we do? Personally, I try to stay optimistic, believing it to be one of the best immune system boosters. However, in reality, I find myself lazily walking indoors, cooking for the children in a lethargic state, feeling like both my mind and body are dough like wet powder. I’m afraid of checking my phone because I miss a text message telling my other friend that my friend is seriously ill, or worse. I am sure millions of people feel the same way. I began to visualize the symptoms: Did I have a sore throat? What is that headache? Is my condition worse today than yesterday? A part of where I live, South Delhi, is now blocked. Like many other places, we had a strict blockade last year. But now, the doctors here are warning us that the virus is more contagious and we have a lot less chance of getting help than the last wave. Therefore, many of us are frightened when we step outside, as if there is poison in the air and everyone is afraid of breathing. No one wears a mask, not even the police Delhi is plunged into hardships and dangers, but the situation is still getting worse. Epidemiologists say the number will continue to grow, possibly up to 500,000 new infections per day nationwide, and up to one million Indians will die from Covid-19 until August. It should not be like this. India was anti-epidemic well up until a few weeks ago, at least on the surface. The country closed its doors, experienced the first wave, then reopened. The mortality rate here is very low (at least according to official statistics). Last winter, life almost returned to normal. I was out for the news in January and February, driving through towns in Central India. Nobody – I mean, no one, not even the police – wear a mask. This is as if the country is telling itself: “It’s okay, we have it under control”, despite the wave of a second wave. But now, not many people dare to think like that anymore. Relatives of a Covid-19 victim were performing a religious ceremony during the funeral on April 24. Photo: New York Times. Many in India are also upset with the speed of the vaccination campaign. Less than 10% of the population has received one dose, and only 1.6% are fully vaccinated, even though India is producing two vaccines. “Catastrophic catastrophe” Here, as elsewhere, the rich are less affected by a crisis. But this time it was different. A friend of mine, well connected, asked all the people he knew to help his friend, a severe Covid-19 patient. His friend is dead. No one can help him in hospital. The patient is paralyzed. “I tried everything to get him a bed, but we couldn’t. Everything is chaotic, ”my friend said, his emotions still intact. “This is a disaster. This is murder ”. Every day, I ventured out to buy food because no one delivered it. I wear two masks completely and stay as far away from others as possible. Almost every day passed, a family of 4 of us all withered from inside. We try to play together, try not to talk about the people who just got sick, or the people running around town looking for help, and they probably won’t find it. Sometimes we just sat quietly in the living room, looking out at the sweet figs and palms. Through the open window, on long, hot, quiet afternoons, we can only hear two languages: the sound of an ambulance. And birds. ‘The dead cannot leave peacefully in New Delhi either’ India is suffering from a serious shortage of medical equipment and oxygen in the context of a rapidly increasing number of Covid-19 cases. The patient’s family had to wait languidly for the cremation.

Ackee and salted fish are two dishes associated with Jamaican culture. According to the BBC, Usain Bolt, the fastest man in the world, usually eats this dish in the morning. However, many people wonder how the dish including the poisonous fruit of West Africa and the fish from the North Atlantic become the “wet country” in Jamaica? Photo: Melting Pot. Writer Brendan Sainsbury said this story is tied to the “triangle of the slave trade” between England, West Africa and the Caribbean colonies in the 18th and 19th centuries. Ackee looks like lychee, originating from Ghana. Salted fish comes from the windy waters of Northern Europe and Eastern Canada. Photo: Getty. Ackee is suitable for the tropical climate of Jamaica so it has developed strongly since then. Today, across the country you’ll find large, overgrown ackee trees. Photo: BBC. Meanwhile, salted fish (mainly cod) is preserved by salting because in mid-17th century, freezer appeared. It was transferred mainly from Nova Scotia (Canada) to the British Caribbean colonies (including Jamaica). Somehow, the perfect recipe for these two was born. Photo: Getty. Cuthbert Binns, the head chef of a long-established Jamaican restaurant, shares the recipe: “First, boil ackee and salted fish together for 20 minutes before draining, filter the fish bones. Sour, spring onion, chili in a separate pan. Add boiled ackee with salted fish and sprinkle with thyme, black pepper. Photo: WordPress. Despite having a showy green crust, ackee hides a terrifying toxin. This fruit is extremely toxic if eaten unripe. If you eat, you will vomit, or die (quite rarely). Before that, Time magazine once listed ackee on the list of the most dangerous foods in the world. Ackee trading and importing is controlled very carefully. In Haiti, many cases have been recorded death from eating unripe ackee fruit due to lack of food. Photo: Serious Eats. However, the Jamaican people did not heed these dangerous warnings. “We know when it is safe to pick ackee fruit. You can only pick it when the fruit is open naturally, with a clear look at the yellow inner skin. This fruit contains toxic gas and it will release itself at ripe” Jamaican resort owner Janet Crick told the BBC. Photo: Elle Adventures.

According to information from Bach Mai Hospital (Hanoi), Dr. Nguyen Trung Nguyen, Director of the Poison Control Center, said that there are at least 3 types of poisonous crabs: demon-faced crab, seed crab and Florida crab. father in the waters of Central Vietnam, Nha Trang and some other places. Recently, the Institute of Oceanography, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, also confirmed that the man in Thanh Hoa was poisoned after eating crab. This type of crab has a very high toxicity, very easily fatal when eaten. Dr. Nguyen said that the crab poisoning progress is very fast, it can appear after eating within a few hours. Many patients eat at sea, on ships, on islands, get poisoned and when they are brought ashore, they cannot be treated in time. Even many cases died on the way to the hospital. Devil-faced crab Devil face crab, scientific name is Zosimus aeneus, is one of the poisonous crab species living in Vietnamese waters, there are many from Da Nang to Vung Tau. Devil-faced crabs are often hidden in shallow, low-tide areas. They have the same color as coral, so it is difficult to identify. According to information from Nha Trang Institute of Oceanography, the devil face crab has the widest chest shell of nearly 90 mm, about 55 mm long. Crab shell has many flat convex, eye-catching colors, unlike food sea crabs. Devil-faced crabs are blue-green with white, brown, and yellow markings. The legs and legs of the crab are dark brown. The crab’s meat, eggs and claws contain the same toxins in pufferfish as saxitoxin, neurotoxin and tetrodotoxin. The poisonous crabs poisonous crabs formed by the main food source are the algae in the coral reef. These substances cause paralysis of the nervous system, inhibiting respiration. This is a very powerful toxin to the nervous system, just 0.5 mg can be fatal for adults. Devil-faced crabs can be fatal when ingested. Photo: Sciencesource. Crab fan This crab species has the scientific name Demania reynaudii of the family Xanthidae (the Xanthid reef crab). According to the literature, the fan crab is a crustacean, benthic, common in coral reefs in the tropical Indo-Pacific. Currently, scientists have identified nearly 300 species of crabs living in the sea, some of which contain the toxin saxitoxin or tetrodotoxin. These are 2 toxins that cause poisoning and death if ingested. According to Associate Professor, Dr. Dao Viet Ha, Director of Institute of Oceanography, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, tetrodotoxin is heat-stable and acid-stable so it does not decompose at high temperature when cooking. nine. It can even exist in processed, frozen, canned products. This toxin can affect the central nervous system of humans and higher animals, stopping the transmission of nerve signals. Symptoms of poisoning usually appear about 30 minutes after eating, including tongue numbness, lip numbness, dizziness, headache, abdominal cramps, nausea, vomiting, difficulty speaking, difficulty swallowing, movement imbalance. .. In severe cases, the victim has seizures, froth, coma and death. Demania renaudii fan crab specimen collected from food poisoning in Thanh Hoa on March 27. Photo: Truong Si Hai Trinh. Crab seeds The seed crab (Platypodia granulosa) is just as poisonous as the demon face crab. Crab seeds have oval body. Their nipple shells are semi-circular, the longest about 30 mm, the widest about 40 mm, covered with granular convex tumors. Raw crabs are yellowish-green in color, sometimes yellowish-brown or purplish-red in color. The knuckles are black in color. The seed crab is usually found on living coral reefs, at a depth of about 3 m, at Hon Tam – Nha Trang. They are sometimes mistaken for the common Florida crab (Atergatis floridus). Crab Florida According to the National Institutes of Medicine (NIH), this crab has the scientific name Atergastis floridus. They have an oval body, relatively narrow shell, smooth surface, smooth back. The whole crab body is brown to dark brown in color, with large yellow spots on the back. The Florida crab has a nipple shell that is almost like a horizontal ellipse. The back surface of the crab shell is slightly convex but smooth, making it difficult to identify areas. The toes are dark colored. The crabs are of large, equal and smooth size with a black spoon-shaped head. Male crabs are usually larger than females. The crab shell has a square shape, is quite thick and has a width of 8-10 cm. Florida crabs are usually more active at night. Atergatis floridus occurs in the eastern Indian Ocean, Southeast Asia, Australia, and the western Pacific. According to the Western Australian Museum, The meat of the crab Florida, like many related crabs from the Xanthidae family, is very poisonous. The toxins in this crab species such as tetrodotoxin and saxitoxin are produced by vibrio-like bacteria that live in symbiosis on crabs. These toxins, similar to puffer fish, are a major factor in poisoning cases in shellfish.

As it turns out, the act of killing a spider is not only a “bad omen” but also harms the home ecosystem. Even the cleanest houses have inhabited spiders. In the journal The Conversation, entomologist Matt Bertone and colleagues at North Carolina State University in the United States published a study of 50 homes in North Carolina and in each home they found spiders. According to Bertone, arachnids are important members of the inner human ecosystem. They are “omnivorous” predators and eat almost anything they catch: from a fly trapped in a window to a mosquito trying to suck human blood. Sometimes, the spiders eat their own kind. A house spider is watching for flies Many of the “victims” of spiders are potential vectors of disease. There is even a species of jumping spider in Africa that only likes to eat blood-sucking insects in the house. So when you kill a spider by hand, you accidentally “kill” a “soldier” to destroy the pathogen in your home. The indoor spiders are not the venomous monster spiders in Australia that we still see in newspapers. During his research, Bertone often found only common indoor spiders like Pholcidae * and the most harmless arthropods of the family Theridiidae **. Both of these spiders spread silk where they live. Spiders Pholcidae sometimes leave their webs to hunt and eat other spiders around. I don’t want to see this scene in my house at all, what about you guys? The truth is that most spiders are poisonous, but the venom of most of them is not strong enough to harm humans. The spider’s fangs are also often too weak to bite through the skin. Hollywood movies have sprinkled us in the head with spiders attacking us while we are off guard. However, in contrast to these movie “myths”, the spiders almost never crawl past a sleeping person. The act of snoring, puffing, or even ordinary human breathing is enough to scare away the vertebrates in the home. Furthermore, spiders are afraid of humans and always try to avoid us. We are far more dangerous to them than they are to us. Cases of spider bites are extremely rare. The scene is haunting for many people Although there are some highly toxic species like the Black Widow, they very rarely bite humans and even so, these bites rarely cause serious medical disorders. If you have phobia or simply don’t want to see spiders crawling around where you live, follow the scientists’ recommendations: instead of killing arthropods, catch them in one. box and drop off the road. The spiders themselves will find a new place and we do not have to carry the “killing” karma. *: Pholcidae are arachnids in the arachnid family of the suborder Araneomorphae. They have a body length of 2–10 mm and their legs can be up to 50 mm long. They can be found on every continent in the world except Antarctica. They weave a messy, irregular mesh. Spider webs are woven in wet and dark areas, in caves and under rocks, and abandoned animal caves. Do these spiders look familiar? Spider webs do not have cohesive properties, but their unusual insect trap structure makes it difficult for prey to escape. Spiders quickly cover their prey with spider webs and then inflict a poisonous bite to kill the prey. The prey can be eaten or stored immediately thereafter. **: Theridiidae is a family of arachnids of the order Araneae. This family has 109 genera, a total of 2295 species. The spider Theridiidae is usually reclusive, almost harmless and extremely gentle.

Currently, many people respond to the trend of raising Koi fish in the garden pond in the household

These are two types of pets bought by Mr. Tai in HCMC. The food of South American dragons and African turtles Sulcata is just water spinach, sweet vegetables, pumpkins …, farmers don’t have to spend a lot of money, just take care. Mr. Tai said: “I am a young person so I like to play something unique and strange. Since then, I have changed from raising dogs and cats to South American dragons and African Sulcata turtles. These two types have beautiful, benign colors. So I like it. Above all, for me, taking care of pets is also a way to teach my children how to love and take care of those around me, while at the same time connecting family members together. ”

Koi fish have appeared in Vietnam for a long time and been well received, but this hobby only appeared in Long An in recent years. According to the Koi fish hobbyists, in terms of feng shui and spirituality, this fish is considered a symbol of wealth, longevity and fertility. Raising large and beautiful Koi fish looks like the owner has had feng-shui, good luck. Mr. Nguyen Cong Danh, living in Binh Tam commune, Tan An city, said: “In the past, I mainly raised ornamental fish but recently switched to koi fish. I have a beautiful body, color, pattern, and a flexible and relaxed swimming figure. Initially, my family only kept fish in a glass tank, then upgraded to a garden pond. With natural beauty, the pond must be wide, the depth is from 0.8-1.5m, the water is always clear, clean, the pH is always kept at 6-8, algae, and algae are not too much, in particular. Do not let dirty water be poisoned and dead fish, and for food, you must use specialized food, ensure protein from 30-35% “.

According to Koi hobbyists, this breed has 25 different lines distinguished by color and pattern, in which some lines such as Tangcho, Obachi, Showa, Kohaku, Asagi are prominent. And now, Danh owns nearly 200 Koi fish from Tangcho, Obachi, Showa, Kohaku, Asagi. These are the most beautiful and meaningful lines of Koi fish today, because of the color and meaning of luck for the owner. Mr. Danh added: “Seeing that I keep Koi fish in the garden pond, many of my friends who used to play ornamental fish have gradually switched to koi fish. And the household Koi fish hobby is spreading strongly in Long An,” he added. create a healthy, useful playground for many people with similar interests after working hours, studying stress “.

It can be seen that the trend of raising pets is not new in Long An, what is new is that people’s lives have been improved, since then the trend of raising poisonous and strange pets has increased. Through the trend of raising pets has helped many people find joy and live less self-contained. Because for the breeder, pets are not simply animals, but they are also “friends” companions, always sticking together in everyday life.

(According to Long An Newspaper)

Use your hands to feel the shrimp, the first thing that can help housewives recognize it best is the softness of the shrimp. The impurities pumped shrimp body is usually fat, abnormally stretch, especially the joint between the head and body, so fat that the bones on the body are almost stretched.

The impurities pumped shrimp often have hard gills. Meanwhile, the ordinary shrimp without impurities has a soft and curved body.

Shrimp impurities pumped out their tail, protruding their head, and prickly spines

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Only with the naked eye you can immediately recognize the chemically pumped shrimp with the superficial features. The impurities pumped shrimp often spread their tail, protruding head, and prickly spines, while the clean shrimp is often the opposite of the above characteristics.

When processing shrimp, there is often a lot of water flowing

Shrimp pumping impurities when cooking will melt a lot of water, shrimp meat shrinks. When the meat is eaten, the taste is paler than normal shrimp. If the shrimp is jelly pumped into you, when cooked, you peel off the shell of the shrimp, you will easily see the jelly layer between the meat and shrimp shell, especially at the top and bottom of the gills.

Before the situation of shrimp being pumped with impurities, or the residue of antibiotics is forbidden to exceed the threshold …, consumers need to be vigilant and very alert when choosing this type of seafood.

The secret to buying iron shrimp

Although iron shrimp is smaller in size compared to other shrimp, it has a delicious taste and a sweet and rich taste when processed.

• When choosing to buy iron shrimp, you should also choose to buy fresh, raw shrimp, the body is white pink and the shrimp legs are still attached to the body.

• If you see iron shrimp with a dark pink color, this shrimp has been preserved for a long time, rotting and the quality has been greatly reduced.

The secret to buying fresh shrimp (sea shrimp)

• Shrimp has a thin shell, soft and smaller head than tiger shrimp, but is rich in nutrients and has a natural sweet taste.

• When choosing to buy black shrimp, you should buy live shrimp, jumping, the body of shrimp is pink and white, with blue eyes.

• Do not choose to buy dead crayfish, the shells are dark pink.