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How deep can a sea turtle dive?

The record holder for diving depth among reptiles is the leatherback turtle. This is the largest of all modern species of turtles, living in all oceans except the Arctic, in length can exceed 2 meters. The largest specimen found weighed 916 kilograms.

Having placed depth gauges-recorders on the shells of several individuals, zoologists discovered that one of the experimental turtles dived in the Atlantic, far from the coast, to a depth of 640 meters. There is reason to believe that turtles of this species are able to dive even a kilometer.

Author: Kondrashov A.P.

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How did music come about?

Have you ever walked through the woods and come across a small stream, merrily babbling along the path? It sounds like music, doesn't it? When the rain drums on the roof, a bird gently sings - isn't that music?

When a person began to observe what was happening around him, he found that music was everywhere. And when he wanted to express great joy, when he wanted to jump, shout, expressing what he felt, he heard music in himself, although, perhaps, he could not yet put it into form. Gradually, man learned to sing - this was the first music created by man. What feeling do you think a person would like to express in a song in the first place? Happiness? Yes, the happiness of love. The first songs were love songs.

On the other hand, when a person was face to face with death, which horrified him, he expressed these feelings in various types of songs, for example, dirges or funeral songs, church hymns. Therefore, love and funeral songs were the first music created by man.

Another kind of music appeared with the development of dance. The man needed accompaniment during the dance. So he clapped his hands, snapped his fingers, or beat the drum. The drum was probably the oldest instrument that man invented to produce sounds. It is so ancient that we cannot trace its beginnings in history, but it is found in all ancient people throughout the world.

The most ancient wind instruments created by man were whistles and reed pipes. Whistles were made from bone, wood and clay. From this developed the flute. This is a very ancient instrument, the Egyptians owned it more than 6000 years ago. Stringed instruments followed suit. Did you know that they already existed in Ancient Egypt?

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