Archive for June, 2010
Monday, June 7th, 2010 | 1,087 views
Hello, friends! Recently, I followed my brothers and sister’s kindergarten field trip to the Kemaman Mini Zoo.
 The Kemaman Mini Zoo Bus A special wooden bus with a wooden roof picked us up from school and transported us to the zoo. In the bus, we sat on wooden garden chairs. It was cool! However, we had to walk our way around the mini zoo as the mini trains were out of service.
As we entered, we were greeted by a black bird chirping, “Assalamualaikum!”. It was so funny! Next, we saw ostriches, kiwi birds and cassowaries. The ostriches were really friendly.
 The Ostriches saying Hello! Then, we came to the bird aviaries. They had multi-coloured pheasants and parrots. After much walking, we took a break at a hut and enjoyed our food and drinks. Later, we were really excited about the humongous fish called arapaimas in the aquarium.
We also enjoyed walking on the suspension bridge over the deer enclosure but sadly, we didn’t spy any deer. Where are you, deer?
Some parts of the zoo were closed for repairs. We also saw otters, geese and a pair of bears. At the orchid garden, we got to view some tortoises and baby alligators.
Next, we saw a few gigantic pythons sleeping on the ground and on trees. There were some chickens who looked scared being caged in with the pythons. I bet that when the pythons wake up, they would gobble the chickens.
On our walk back, we visited the peacocks. They were really beautiful!
We had a wonderful time at the zoo and learnt a lot of things too.
Tags: alligator, bear, bird, chickens, deer, fish, kemaman, mini, ostrich, peacock, pythons, zoo
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Thursday, June 3rd, 2010 | 1,560 views
 Pre-Columbian woman mummy from Peru The Egyptian funeral rite of mummification dating back to 2.400 BC in ancient Egypt has always triggered interest in the public worldwide fueling on people’s fascination for death and ancient Egypt. However, a new exhibition of more than 40 mummies, Mummies of the World, opening this summer in Los Angeles and traveling for three years in the USA, shows that this rite is not limited to Egypt nor to pharaohs.
As New Yorkers can still visit Tutankhamun’s Funeral exhibition in New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art until September 6 with artifacts that trace the life, death and mummification of Tutankhamun, American Exhibition is putting together what they call “the largest exhibition of mummies ever assembled”, to open on July 1, in Los Angeles California Science Center.
In the LA exhibition premiere that will later travel for three years in North America, visitors will be able to see more than 90 funeral artifacts along with 40 partial and complete human and animal mummies from Egypt, of course, but also from Oceania, Asia, Europe and South America.
One of the unusual traits of this exhibit is the fact that most mortal remains are not wrapped, adding a scientific or even an anatomical component to the historic dimension of such presentation.
This survey presenting, for instance, one of the oldest mummified infants ever discovered, a complete mummified family or even a German nobleman, was made possible by a consortium of 15 museums from seven countries that have loaned mummies and objects for this exhibition, from Germany, Hungary, Switzerland, the Netherlands…
Looking at the photos of the exhibition, one can’t help thinking about recent exhibitions that made the headlines worldwide of plastinated bodies, a more recent technique to preserve corpses invented by German anatomist Gunther von Hagens.
Exhibitions such as Our Body or Body Worlds are currently touring the world and are crowding North America. Gunther von Hagens’ Body Worlds can be seen in Denver and Calgary while Bodies, the American declination of the concept is currently on view in Las Vegas, Dallas, NYC, Cleveland… maybe a sign that Mummies of the World could be a potential hit in North America.
Mummies of the World
On view in Californian Science Center (Los Angeles) from July 1 (other museums to be announced in the fall)
Tickets can be purchased from June 6 on http://www.californiasciencecenter.org
Tags: ancient, Egypt, exhibition, mummies of the world, mummy
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Thursday, June 3rd, 2010 | 999 views
In the never-ending war against childhood obesity, researchers are trying to figure out the best way to instill healthy eating habits in young children. A new study published in the May edition of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that hungry children aged three to four who were given vegetable snacks prior to a meal were more likely to eat all their vegetables.
“We have shown that you can use portion size strategically to encourage children and adults to eat more of the foods that are high in nutrients but low in calories,” said Barbara J. Rolls, Helen A. Guthrie Chair of Nutritional Sciences at Penn State University.
Rolls and colleagues tested their findings by serving a lunch with or without a carrot appetizer to 51 daycare children at four different times and measured the amount of vegetables consumed. The children all received pasta, broccoli, unsweetened applesauce, and low-fat milk following a first course of “no carrots or 30g, 60g, or 90g of carrot.” The children were allotted ten minutes to eat their veggie appetizer.
The results showed those who did not have any carrots to start ate only “23 grams of broccoli from the main course,” however the children that were first served 30g of carrots ate nearly 50% more broccoli and those given 60g ate three times the amount of broccoli (63g) than those who had no carrots.
Maureen Spill, Penn State graduate student in nutrition and co-author, added, “The great thing about this study is the very clear and easy message for parents and care-givers that while you are preparing dinner, put some vegetables out for your children to snack on while they’re hungry. Parents also need to set an example by eating vegetables while children are young and impressionable.”
Full study, “Eating vegetables first: the use of portion size to increase vegetable intake in preschool children”: http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/91/5/1237
Tags: appetite, appetizer, childhood, eat, healthy, kids, obesity, vegetable
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