What was the Greek island of Delos like before the birth of Apollo and Artemis? Detailed answer

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What was the Greek island of Delos like before the birth of Apollo and Artemis?

According to the ancient Greeks, once the island of Delos was floating and lost this quality in connection with the following events. Titanide Leto, pregnant by Zeus, was forced to wander around many countries, finding no shelter anywhere. Jealous Hera took care of that: fearing that Leto's children would surpass her own in their greatness, she forbade all lands to accept the titanide. Moreover, Hera announced that Leto would not be able to produce children where the sun shines. Hera also sent the monstrous serpent Python to chase Leto around the world.

Some say that many countries were afraid to adopt a pregnant Titanide because of her huge size, as well as fear of the power of her future children. When the time came for Leto to be relieved of her burden, Poseidon, on the orders of Zeus, sent her to Delos.

Since this island was then floating, it could not be considered land, and so that the sun would not shine on it, Poseidon made a huge wave bend over the island. In the shadow of this wave, after nine days of labor pains, Leto was resolved by the divine twins Apollo and Artemis. After their birth, Poseidon permanently fixed Delos at this spot in the Aegean.

Author: Kondrashov A.P.

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What is a sticky shell?

If you have ever been to the sea and walked near breakwaters, boulders, protective walls, then you probably saw shells that stuck. That "crust" that you probably noticed on breakwaters and boulders consists of many millions of shells stuck.

A sticky shell is just a small mollusk. When they are born, they are free-floating. But, having reached the adult state, they no longer move, but attach themselves to any suitable surface and completely lose their ability to move. Since they tend to cling not one by one, but in millions, they are a serious hindrance to a person.

For example, when these shells form a crust on a ship's hull, they can cut its speed in half! In the old days, when the ships were very small, shells were a real danger, made it difficult to control the ship and could even delay it and not allow it to arrive at the port at the appointed time. Pirates who sailed in the Caribbean were forced to capsize their ships on the shore and clean off shells.

Whalers of old times had great difficulty returning home after a two-year voyage because of the huge quantities of shells stuck to the hull of the ship. Even in our time of modern, powerful ships, shipping throughout the world suffers huge losses due to shells, which cause loss of time and increase wear on propulsion systems.

There are many varieties of sticky shells, among which there are shells that prefer to live on rocks rather than on wood and metal. As we have already said, only when they are born, they resemble small crabs or lobsters and can move around. But as soon as the shell attaches to any surface, it already remains there for life!

At the attached shell, the shell continues to grow, which completely covers its body. In this case, her tentacles or antennae remain the only movable organ. She has six pairs of these tentacles, with which she is able to move in order to reach out to some small marine organisms and draw them to her.

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