Where did golden animals, birds and butterflies live? Detailed answer

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The Inca state of Tahuantinsuyu arose in the XNUMXth century BC. The capital of the Incas was the city of Cusco. At the beginning of the XNUMXth century, there were more inhabitants in Cuzco than in London. When the Spaniards came to Cuzco, they saw the grandiose temples of the Sun, the Moon and other Indian deities. The amazing square, which was called the Golden Court, was decorated with life-size figures of animals (pumas, jaguars, fallow deer, deer, snakes) made of gold and silver. Golden birds sat on the branches of golden trees, butterflies on flowers.

The Spaniards melted all this splendor into coins, and destroyed palaces and temples. On their foundations they built their churches and palaces for the nobility. In 1950, after an earthquake, the church of St. Dominic, which stood on the site of the Golden Court, collapsed, and the restoration of this beautiful square began. The temple of Thunder, the temple of the Rainbow, the premises for sacrifices have already been restored.

Cusco is the most beautiful city in Peru, which has preserved many palaces and churches of the XNUMXth-XNUMXth centuries, typically Spanish houses with arcades on the first floor and wooden balconies on the second.

Cusco is located in a valley between the mountains, at an altitude of almost 3,5 thousand meters. The air in the city is rarefied, and therefore it is difficult to breathe here. The slopes of the mountains around the city are cut by ledges, a kind of terraces that the Incas created. And now the Quechua Indians grow potatoes, wheat, maize, barley, fruits on them.

Author: Cellarius E.Yu.

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Scientists believe that there are currently between 3000 and 3500 species of snakes. From 10 to 15% of them are poisonous. They infect or kill their prey with poison. The rattlesnake is a type of venomous snake. The rattlesnake belongs to the group of vipers or vipers. All members of this group are poisonous. The rattlesnake has a scaled rattle, which is where they get their name from. This rattle is very sensitive to the slightest changes in temperature. It allows snakes to detect the presence of a warm-blooded organism even in the dark.

Rattlesnakes have a highly developed and perfect venom system. The fangs are long. Each canine is mounted in a short "upper jaw" and can rotate. When the snake wants to close its mouth, the jaw rotates so that the fangs fit in the mouth and the mouth can close. in relation to the throat.

The poison that the snake releases into its prey affects the blood cells and blood vessels. They swell and bleed. The venom of some snake species, such as the South American rattlesnake, also affects the nervous system.

Rattlesnakes are found only on the American continent, there are about 30 different species of them. Their rattle consists of dry, keratinized ringlets of skin, scales that are firmly attached to each other. When a snake shakes its tail, which happens when it is angry, the scales rub against each other. There is a soft thump or dull sound. This rumble warns animals of danger.

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