The official term for the red thing on a turkey is a wattle. The wattle changes color as the turkey gets excited or angry.
~Wikipedia~
The seven deadly sins, also known as the capital vices or cardinal sins, is a grouping and classification of vices of Christian origin.
Behaviors or habits are classified under this category if they directly give birth to other immoralities.
According to the standard list, they are pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, and sloth, which are also contrary to the seven virtues. These sins are often thought to be abuses or excessive versions of one’s natural faculties or passions (for example, gluttony abuses one’s desire to eat).
The Culture of Mongolia has been heavily influenced by the Mongol nomadic way of life. Other important influences are from Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism, and from China. Since the 20th century, Russian and, via Russia, European culture have had a strong effect on Mongolia.
~~Traditional values~~
Among the topics that are mentioned from the oldest works of Mongolian literature to modern soft pop songs are love for parents and homesickness, a longing for the place where one grew up. Horses have always played an important role in daily life as well as in the arts. Mongols have a lot of epic heroes from the ancient time. Hospitality is so important in the steppes that it is traditionally taken for granted.
The Mongolian word for hero, baatar, appears frequently in personal names, and even in the name of Mongolia’s capital, Ulaanbaatar (Mongolian: Улаанбаатар, Ulan Bator).
Klangwelt “Gobi” from his Weltweit CD
Label: Spheric Music — SMCD 6100
Country: Germany, released in 2002
Style: Electronic, Ambient
Thanks to Oliver (youtube/MrBorrany) for turning me onto Gobi.
Klangwelt (“sound-world” or “world of sound”) is the musical project of Gerald Arend, a German audio-designer from Norderstedt (near Hamburg) who’s working for the multimedia and computer games industry.
Born in 1966, he already made his first contact with electronic music in the late 70’s with Jean-Michel Jarre’s famous “Oxygene” album. More records with synthesizer music followed, made by artists like Tangerine Dream, Michael Rother, Vangelis, Kitaro and Klaus Schulze.
The more he listened to these fascinating sounds, the more he was convinced that this was the kind of music he would like to play himself.
“Cats are very sensitive to scents. Their sense of smell is about 200 times stronger than the human nose, and they also have the ability to sense pheromones with a small organ on the roof of their mouth. Cats also have scent glands all over their body, quite a few of them on the head: the forehead, cheeks, chin and lips.
Other scent locations are at the base of the tail and along the length of the tail, on the feet and the flanks. When cats rub their scent glands on people, objects and other animals, they are transferring scent. Interestingly, some people have observed that cats seem more likely to mark people and other cats with the forehead and cheek scent glands and will mark objects with the scent glands on the lips and chin (called “chinning”).
Cats distribute their scent around their environment by rubbing or scratching on objects, or even spraying urine. Each cat has a unique smell, and their own scent mixed with the smells of the cats that they associate with makes them feel comfortable and safe in their own territory. When they rub against another cat in the colony, it is thought that they are replenishing the cat’s “group scent” after the other cat has been away. Many people notice that their cats will come running when they walk in the door and immediately start rubbing around their legs. This suggests that cats consider their owners to be part of their colony. Our response is generally to reach down and pet them, which reinforces this behavior.
Cats may also head-butt when seeking attention – sometimes a cat will head-butt another cat or person and then offer their neck sideways with their head tucked down. In this way, the cat is asking for grooming from the other cat, or scratches from a person, which simulates grooming behavior. Grooming is another touch-related bonding experience that makes cats feel good, comfortable and safe. So while your cat may not be saying “I love you!” in quite the same words we might use, she is saying “You’re mine, because you smell like me, and you make me feel safe and secure,” which, to a cat, is essentially the same thing.”
~~KITTY’S GALLERY~~
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~~Why does my cat head butt me~~
Cat facts
~~Published on Feb 22, 2014~~
(Directly from the YouTube video’s description)
Why does my cat head butt me?
This is called bunting and is actually a form of affection. Your kitty may be telling you ‘pet me!’ or ‘i love you’.
From Wikipedia: Some cats rub their faces on humans as a friendly greeting or sign of affection. This visual action is also olfactory communication as it leaves a scent from the scent glands located in the cat’s cheeks. Cats also perform a “head bonk” (or “bunt”), in which they bump a human or other cat with the front part of the head, which also contains scent glands. Head-bumping may also be a display of social dominance, and cheek rubbing is often exhibited by a dominant cat towards a subordinate.
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