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What are the largest snakes?

The South American anaconda reaches a length of up to 8 m. Once a specimen was found 18 m long and 82 cm thick.

Author: Mendeleev V.A.

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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.

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