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2019-10-10 15:54:03+00:00
Spreading the teachings of Buddha in China!
Ancient Indian monks are credited with the spread of Buddhism in China.
Most prominent being Bodhidharma, who is noted to have traveled from Mamallapuram to China where he transmitted the Chan school of Buddhism.
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2019-10-10 03:28:16+00:00
Poison Fire Coral❓
✅One of the world's deadliest species of fungi, the Poison Fire Coral, has been identified growing in Australia for the first time.
💎Previously, the presence of fungus has also been found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
💎The Fire Coral fungus has its native habitat in the mountains of Japan and Korea.
💎Several people have died in Japan and Korea after mistaking this bright red fungi for edible mushrooms.
💎Its toxins can even be absorbed through the skin.
💎If eaten, it causes symptoms such as stomach pain, vomiting, diarrhoea, fever and numbness which are followed over hours or days by the skin peeling off the hands and feet, and the shrinking of the brain.
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2019-10-10 03:25:26+00:00
Peacock Parachute Spider or Gooty Tarantula ❓
✅Researchers have sighted a critically endangered species of tarantula for the first time beyond its known habitat in the Eastern Ghats
✅Spider belonging to the genus Poecilotheria
✅ Spotted in the Pakkamalai Reserve Forests(Tamil Nadu) + The species, known to be endemic to India
✅ IUCN categorised it as Critically Endangered
✅ Species had so far not been sighted in any other part of India or Sri Lanka except its known habitat in Andhra Pradesh
✅Tarantulas are biological pest controllers and there is a huge demand for them by collectors in the pet trade
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2019-10-05 15:22:07+00:00
🦋Chilka Lake, in Odisha, is the Asia’s largest inland salt water lagoon and an important habitat and breeding ground of flamingos in India.
🦋Pulicat Bird Sanctuary is the second largest brackish-water in India, located in Nellore of Andhra Pradesh and extending into northern part of Tamil Nadu. It is an important breeding site for spot billed pelicans in India and noted for the many greater flamingos.
🦋Thol Lake (Gujarat) is an artificial lake surrounded by marshes and declared as the Thol Bird Sanctuary.
🦋Gadsisar Lake (Jaisalmer, Rajasthan) was excavated in 1367 and is a scenic rainwater lake surrounded by the small temples and shrines of Amar Sagar.