January 20, or Penguin Awareness Day
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
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Capricorn, January 20. Born on this day are strong, active individuals who confidently follow their impulses wherever they lead.
The ability to make extraordinary decisions and translate them into reality is the most characteristic feature of people born on this day.
Improvising rather than zealous, they accept life as it is - changeable and full of surprises.
Their inner state is unstable, although they are highly organized at work.
They are natural and laid-back.
Many of them miraculously know how to bring order to their work.
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Capricorn men born on January 20: Buzz Aldrin, Federico Fellini, David Lynch.
- can be proud of the following properties:
- ambitious,
- economical,
- restrained,
- careful.
- These people accept life as it offers itself to them, as it is.
- They are well aware that the world is changeable and full of surprises, which ultimately gives this person room to maneuver, the opportunity to become a part of this world, as well as to accept their own inner state, and if necessary, to come to terms with themselves.
Capricorn women born on January 20: Stacey Dash, Nikki Haley, Dorothy Provine.
- endowed with the following qualities:
- loyal,
- reasonable,
- stabilizing.
- These optimistic personalities have subtle humor, which they use with pleasure whenever the opportunity arises.
- But no matter how humorous Capricorns were born on this winter day, in fact, they, like all representatives of this zodiac sign, strive to lead a secretive lifestyle.
- Women according to the zodiac Capricorn horoscope are characterized by openness,
- responsiveness,
- reliability
- the warmth that attracts people to them.
- These love their loved ones, relatives and true friends, and usually this feeling for them is mutual.
Holidays
January 20
Penguin Awareness Day
January 20
Penguin Awareness Day
Penguins (Latin Spheniscidae) - a family of flightless seabirds, whose representatives swim and dive well.
There are 18 modern penguin species in the family.
The largest of them is the imperial penguin, its growth can reach 120 cm, and weight - more than 40 kg.
The smallest representative of the species is a small penguin, which is not higher than the knee of an adult, and its weight does not exceed 2.5 kg.
Penguins live only in the high seas of the Southern Hemisphere: off the coast of Antarctica, New Zealand, southern Australia, South Africa, across the coast of South America from the Falkland Islands to Peru, in the Galapagos Islands near the equator.
"Settling" penguins, as a rule, large colonies, numbering tens of thousands of pairs or more.
The life expectancy of these birds is on average 25 years.
To conserve heat on land and in water, penguins are helped by a thick layer of grease and water-repellent feathers. It is the perfect adaptation to aquatic life that distinguishes them from other species of birds.
The body of the penguin is ideally composed for swimming, and wings that resemble fins and paws with membranes allow it to develop a speed of up to 10 km / h in water. Some species of penguins also know how to dive to a depth of 200 meters.
Because the penguins are waterfowl, they feed on fish and crustaceans, which they hunt, swallowing directly under the water.
And during the molting (from one to three months), these birds are forced to completely abandon the food. Birds lose up to half the body weight, because they take energy from the store of fat accumulated in advance.
Some species of penguins also do not eat while hatching chicks.
But as females and males follow each other, it helps them not to starve. As a rule, both parents engage in hatching eggs and rearing chicks alternately.
Penguins are charming and friendly creatures, they walk funny, graceful and fast in the water. In most people, they evoke sympathy and a smile. But their numbers are gradually decreasing every year, including because of people. So, among 18 species of penguins by the beginning of the 21st century, three species are recognized as being on the verge of extinction, seven species are under threat of extinction.
Therefore, today's holiday is an occasion to learn more about these wonderful birds and their habitats, and to think what we can do to preserve the world around us and nature.
For example, there is a project Penguin Watch - this is part of the project of civil science Zooniverse, in which science lovers can take part in modern scientific research in the field of astronomy and climatology.
In particular, they help scientists process large amounts of data that can not be transferred to computer algorithms. For example, you can help scientists monitor the populations of penguins - count them in photos taken in penguin habitats. Adapt for this computer algorithm is not yet possible - black and white penguins merge with the terrain, and the computer is often mistaken. The results of the calculations are processed by specialists, and the scientists draw conclusions about how many birds visit those or other territories. During the project's work, already 40 thousand people counted penguins for 4.5 million pictures.
Also on January 20...
1804 - Eugène Sue, French writer, was born, especially known for his novels ''The Paris Secrets'' and ''The Eternal Jew''.
1892 - the first ''three-pointers'' was held - a basketball game (Springfield, Massachusetts, USA).
1906 - Aristotle Onassis, Greek billionaire, was born. In his honor, you can dance sirtaki, throwing around heaps of money (just do not forget to collect them back then).
1920 - Federico Fellini was born, Italian director, a miracle worker from cinematography.
1946 - David Lynch was born, an American film director, a mind shaker. One Twin Peaks is worth ...
1981 - The 40th president of the United States became ex-Hollywood actor Ronald Reagan. And 20 years later, in 2001, George W. Bush became the 43rd president of the United States, which turned out to be even more ridiculous than the former actor.
1993 - Audrey Hepburn (real name Audrey Kathleen Hepburn-Raston), British actress of Anglo-Dutch origin, often played innocent, semi-childish characters ("Roman Holiday", "My Fair Lady") died.
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