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Interesting Facts #3

Kaja Popko

• Website :- www.thebrainandspine.com

The Mariana Trench, the deepest ocean trench on earth, has been found to be more polluted than some of China’s most polluted rivers. #FACT

Shark fin soup ISN'T a lot of things... It certainly IS a disgrace though. 🤑🙄 . The dish originated about 1000 years ago with Song dynasty of China as a delicacy in the royal court. Over centuries it remained being popular, but only reserved for the elites. However, with the household incomes growing since the 19th century, so did the appetite for the prestigious soup... 🍜 . Fast forwarding to current age and between 72-100 millions of sharks are killed every year to fulfill the insane demand for their fins. The soup is a very expensive, traditional element of Chinese banquets and weddings, crucial to showing status and wealth. Ka-chiiing! 💰 . If people are so crazy for it, this soup must be phenomenal right? Not really 😕 Shark fin has literally no taste, it only provides texture, while the flavour actually comes from other ingredients... Actually many forward-thinking Chinese cooks around the world are coming up with substitutes for the fin and guess what - no one can taste the difference! . So the fin must have some medicinal qualities? It's an aphrodisiac, cures cancer and fixes your marriage problems? Of course not. It does have a lot of mercury though, which is obviously poisonous. 😳 . Legislatory changes across the world are extremely important (check out @stopfinningeu if you're a EU citizen), but what needs to change first and foremost is the demand. Say no to shark fin soup on the menu during weddings, parties, tasting, etc. Your voice and telling other about it matters! 📣 . 👉 Follow @freshnsaltyeco to get a clue in the blue! . . . #freshnsalty #clueintheblue #oceandecade #stopfinningeu #stopsharkfinning #sharkfinsoup #sharkfinning #protectthesharks #sharkfin #sharks #oceandecade #sharkeducation #sharksarefriends #sharksofinstagram #savethesharks #oceaneducation #marinewildlife #animaleducation #protecttheocean #oceanawareness #savetheseas #marinelifematters #savemarinelife #oceanconservancy #oceanminded #oceanconservation #sciart #oceanlovers #oceanlife #marinelife https://www.instagram.com/p/CPODzfbB5-H/?utm_medium=tumblr

Happy 2nd of May ! (I forgot to post it yestersay... ^^") I'm joining mermay, and I'll be following @hollyfae_art 's prompt list to raise ocean awareness ! The first prompt is coral. The reefs are dying, which is a real issue because they're the undersea equivalent of rainforest trees and they also provide food and shelter to up to 2 million marine species.

Someone in the crowd there’s YOU! 🧜🏻‍♀️🌍🐢🐠@therealmermaids met hundreds of kiddos (and adults) at Norfolk Harborfest a few weeks ago! Every single one of them was so excited to meet a real Mermaid and equally excited for a real mermaid to teach them about protecting the oceans. Every child or adult we teach about the ocean will go back home and talk to their family about the ocean and protecting her creatures so while there may be hundreds of visitors to a festival like this, there’s only ONE of YOU to choose to make smart decisions to protect our oceans! . . . . Photographer: @therealmermaids Mermaid: @thevirginiamermaid Me-rologists: @mermaid_hales and @mermaidhyli Tail: @mermaid_jessica Location: Norfolk Harborfest . . #therealmermaids #therealmermaidstankshow #mermaidtank #mermaidtankshow #norfolkharborfest #harborfest #festevents #mermaid #realmermaid #thevirginiamermaid #mermaidnova #protecttheocean #oceanconservation #oceanawareness #worldoceansday #mermaidtail #mermaidhair (at Norfolk Festevents)

OMG I am in LOVE with this beautiful painting by @laniimre, "NAMI" [acrylic + oil on canvas] . . . #beautifulbizarremagazine #contemporaryart #oilpainting #goddess #oceanawareness