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Why does the starship have growths on its nose?

A mole lives in North America, but an unusual one. That is, in appearance he is like an ordinary mole living with us, if you do not look at his nose. Each nostril on the face of the star-nosed (or star-nosed, as it is also called) is surrounded by 11 growths. There are 22 of them in total, and together they all resemble an asterisk.

The growths around the nose are the organs of touch of the mole. Feeling potential prey, he moves them so quickly that the human eye is not able to follow their movement. And what else remains in the darkness underground? Just sniff and touch.

This animal has an unusual tail. It is longer than that of our mole, and noticeably thickens by winter. This is because it accumulates supplies for the hungry season.

Author: Cellarius E.Yu.

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In the Abrahamic world religions - Judaism, Islam and Christianity - women traditionally could not claim the clergy (with the exception of abbesses in Christian convents). However, at the end of the 20th century, in various currents of the listed religions, women began to be allowed ordination. If Orthodox Judaism still does not recognize the right of women to be rabbis, then in Reform Judaism they already have such a right. In China, Muslim women can become imams in special women's mosques, and in Western countries, especially Canada, there are female imams who preach even to men. Ordination of women is allowed in most Protestant communities, in Anglicanism they can be not only deacons, but more recently also bishops. But the Orthodox and Catholic churches categorically deny the possibility of raising women to the clergy.

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