Islands named after dogs. Canary Islands named after what animal

In honor of which animal are the Canary Islands named? May 19th, 2013

The emblem of Spain shows the pillars of Hercules, which in ancient times were considered by the peoples of the Mediterranean to be the natural border of the inhabited world. There, in the west, the sun was setting. There was nothing but a formidable and dangerous desert of waters.

And the emblem of Spain flaunts a proud motto: “Plus Ultra” - “Farther than the Limit”, as a memory of those times when the country owned territories located just behind the very Herculean pillars. And today, Spain is a cultural metropolis for vast Latin America, almost entirely Hispanic.

So, in those proud days, ships leaving Spanish ports in America did not turn strictly west, which, it would seem, should shorten the path. For several days they went southwest along the coast of Africa in order to pester the Canary Islands. This was done both in order to check the ship and crew, and in order to replenish supplies of food and water in the Canaries before a long ocean crossing.

Now so planned flights to other planets. The spacecraft is first put into low Earth orbit, and from there it is already "jumping" into interplanetary space. Thus, the Canary Islands for several centuries was something like the current orbital space station: there is already an ocean around, but it is still close to reliable land.

Today, from this "bastard" primarily tourists. The Canary Islands is now a popular resort located in the African latitudes, but with European-class services. It is pleasant to bask in the pool and stare at the Atlantic Ocean going out to the horizon through its side. It is pleasant to live in a five-star hotel, surrounded by black rocks, reminiscent of the fact that a formidable volcano once erupted here. The Canary Islands are of volcanic origin, and an active volcano still exists on the island of Palma. Volcanologists claim that he is in a sleeping state, but if he suddenly wakes up, he will not seem to anyone, not even distant America. The eruption and the accompanying earthquake will cause a tsunami wave thirty meters high, which, moving at almost the speed of an airplane, will cover the US East Coast in eight hours.

And it's nice to feel abandoned to the ends of the earth. After all, the Canary Islands belonging to Spain are the westernmost point of the European Union. And the westernmost point in the Canaries is the western coast of the island of Hierro. In principle, it was here that some kind of triumphal arch should have been erected, and on it written in capital letters "Plus Ultra".

The ancient Romans knew about the existence of these islands. They gave them the name "Canariae Insulae" - "Dog Islands". There were many dogs here and the dogs were large. This was written by a Roman writer Plinius Maior (23 - 79)in his book Natural History. True, Pliny himself did not visit the Canary Islands, but he refers to the testimonies of the Moorish king Yuby II (52 BC - 23)who made an expedition here and brought dogs from here.

So the Canary Islands are named for dogs, but the little birds that were found in lots were called canaries on the islands.

Canaries are a local, insular, breed of finch, distant relatives of sparrows and siskins. In the 16th century, the Spaniards began to take them out of the island and sell them: the birds sang beautifully. For some time, canaries were a strategic commodity. So that they did not breed, they sold only males. They even kept the name of the birds, they said that they were brought from South America. But she sewed in a bag, but the canary in the Canaries can not be hidden. Birds spread throughout Europe and very soon turned into pets. By the way, the canary is one of the pets that Darwin took as an example, discussing the origin of the species.

Canaries were selected in two directions at once. Firstly, the color of the plumage was changed from the original green-brown to that bright yellow, which we now call "canary". And secondly, more singing, more voiced voices were born. Interestingly, the exterior of the canaries was mainly dealt with in "frivolous" France, and, so to speak, in the internal content - in the "solid" Germany and in Tyrol. Nobody has managed to bring out the blue canary yet. The name of the well-known song "Blue Canary" should be translated as "Sad Canary." There is such a meaning in the English word "Blue".

In Russia, before the revolution, canaries were loved and willingly bought for fun and comfort at home. And after the revolution, a yellow songbird along with harmless geraniums (by the way, a good folk remedy for pathogenic microbes and mosquitoes in the house) was accused of philistinism. The proletarian poet sentenced her severely:

Rather
roll the canary heads -
so communism
the canary was not beaten!
(V. Mayakovsky)

After that, he immediately gave her beloved Lilya Briek a cage with a canary. For fun and comfort in the house, as already mentioned.

In the 16th century, canaries from the Canary Islands "flew" to Europe. And in the opposite direction, to South America, from here almost at the same time sugar cane “started”. The fact is that the homeland of this useful plant is Southeast Asia and India. In the 12th century, he appeared in Europe. Arabs brought it here and began to grow it in Egypt. The Spaniards found that in the Canaries, this plant takes root very well. So by the time

On June 24, 1497, navigator John Cabot discovered Newfoundland - now part of the Canadian provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador. We offer you to find out how these places gave birth to popular breeds and why they should be visited not only by avid dog lovers.

A very picturesque island with rocky, sometimes inaccessible shores. From time to time it is enveloped in fogs, which makes landscapes extremely mysterious and mysterious ...

At first, the territory of Newfoundland was inhabited by purely Indian tribes. On June 24, 1497, the expedition of the merchant-navigator John Cabot arrived at its shores, initially with the aim of thoroughly exploring the space of present-day Canada. The discovery of the island was unexpected and pleasant: the Old World just did not have enough living space, and in Newfoundland it was possible not only to live, but also to cultivate land and cut forests, and a lot of fish were found off its shores. Having decided that it is entirely possible to feed here, the Europeans began to populate and develop “newly discovered land” - this is what the name of the island looks like in English.

Dogs of the same name, better known in Russia as divers, appeared on this island as a result of crossing “water” breeds with mastiffs and shepherds, which were brought by the expedition following Cabot. Newfoundlands helped people transport goods, rescued drowning people - and thereby secured a long future.

Today, this Canadian island has excellent opportunities for an exciting vacation. Local ocean landscapes attract thousands of artists, and travelers bring whole albums of stunning photographs from Newfoundland. The northern part of the island is a tundra, which is visited only by true fans of the drive, but on the south side there are many serene forests, small rivers and lakes. The national parks of Terra Nova and Gros Morne are full of interesting hiking trails and delight their visitors with virgin stretches of nature.

The three-star and four-star hotels offer comfortable accommodation for the guests of the island.

The Labrador Peninsula adjacent to Newfoundland also gave the name to the most popular breed of dog. It is noteworthy that Newfoundland is officially the "homeland" of the Labradors themselves, but numerous researchers dispute this and insist that still the first representatives of the breed appeared just on Labrador.

At a certain point on the Labrador deposits of magmatic petrified mass of a dark shade were discovered, which was called labradorite. Today, labradorite is used as a finishing material for facades and for facing the blind area of \u200b\u200bbuildings. The breed of European helper dogs that settled on the peninsula, at first had the same color as the stone, but eventually began to darken. And today, Labradors are found in different versions of the color exterior.

Unique lakes are located on Labrador - the results of a thousand-year-old melting of glaciers with clear water. The north is famous for Lake Minto; Bienville is located in the center, and in the south, travelers admire Mistassini.

A real expanse on the Labrador for hunters. After obtaining special permission on the land there you can hunt deer, hares, martens, lynxes and foxes. The flora of this piece of Canada is also varied: forest-tundra, coniferous forests, thickets of small trees and the absence of violent human activity give Labrador a special touch and purity.

In honor of which animal are the Canary Islands named?

In honor of the dogs. Canaries are named after the islands (of which they are indigenous), and not vice versa.

The archipelago got its name from the Latin name of the largest of the islands, which the Romans nicknamed the "Island of Dogs" ( Insula canada) due to the huge number of these animals on it - both wild and domesticated.

They say that the volcano on the island of Palma, which is part of the archipelago, can destroy its entire western half, causing a tsunami that can cross the Atlantic Ocean and after only eight hours bring down the wave on the East Coast of the United States, whose height will be up to thirty meters.

One of the traditional sports competitions of the Canarians, where all participants compete in the sand circle - " terrero", Called the" Canary struggle. " The main goal is to make the opponent touch the sand with any part of the body except the feet. No punches are permitted. This sport arose even among the Guanches - the first islanders who lived here before the arrival of the Spaniards.

Another attraction of the Canary Islands is the so-called "Homer whistle" ( Silbo gomero): A communication method used on the Canary Island of Homer to transmit information to mountainous, rugged gorges. "Speakers" in such a language are called "Silbadours" ( silbadors) And although initially communication took place in the native language of the Guanches, over time the Silbadurs adapted to whistle in Spanish. Today, the Homeric Whistle is a must in local schools.

Canaries are small birds like finches. For many centuries, British mining law required that these tiny birds be kept in the mines for gas detection. Canaries were used in this role until 1986, and the corresponding article remained in the safety rules for mining operations until 1995. The essence of this requirement was that toxic gases such as carbon monoxide and methane killed birds before their concentration could pose a threat to the lives of miners. The canaries were preferred because they sang a lot, so that the silence that comes when the bird falls silent can be noticed almost immediately.

By the way, only males sing; they can also imitate the calls of telephones and other household appliances. Yellow Tweety Pie in the famous cartoon series “Songs with Greetings” ( Looney Tunes) is also a canary.

Initially, the color of the canaries was greenish-brown, but 400 years of cross-breeding led to the familiar yellow, “canary” color. No one has yet managed to bring out the red canary, but the red pepper diet changes the color of the bird to orange.

London's Isle of Dogs was first named so on a map dated 1588, possibly because royal kennels were located on the island, although it may well be that the name was just an abusive term. By a strange coincidence, it is here that the Canary Wharf tower (or Canary Wharf) is located.

Today is Friday again, and again the guests in the studio, spin the drum and guess the letters. The field of miracles is on our air and here is one of the questions in the game:

There is an erroneous version that the Canary Islands are named after the birds of the canaries, although this is exactly the opposite. Moreover, in Latin Canaries are not bird islands at all. And which ones? (7 letters)

Correct answer - Dog (7 letters).

The Canary Islands did not get its name from the large number of canaries living there. In fact, on the contrary, it was the birds that were named after the islands.

And the name - Canary - goes back to the Latin word canis - dog. So the island was called by the Romans when they encountered its inhabitants who deified dogs. And today, on the coat of arms of the Canary Islands, it is dogs that support the shield.

The Canary Archipelago consists of 7 islands of volcanic origin, so the sand on the beaches is black, consisting of volcanic ash. There are beaches with yellow sand, but all of it is imported.

In honor of which animal are the Canary Islands named?

In honor of the dogs. Canaries are named after the islands (of which they are indigenous), and not vice versa.

What is the smallest dog in the world?

The world record belongs to the Yorkshire Terrier from the English city of Blackburn, Lancashire. Doggie was treated by Arthur Marplz, editor-in-chief of the English newspaper Our Dogs. His ward weighed 113 grams, height at the withers reached 6.5 cm, from the tip of the nose to the base of the tail was 9.5 cm long, lived for two years and died in 1945.

The smallest breed of dog is usually considered to be a chihuahua. However, according to the Guinness Book of Records, today's world record for the smallest dog does not necessarily belong to the representative of this breed.

Whitney, the Yorkshire Terrier record holder, lives in the town of Schuberiness, Essex; its height at the withers is 7.3 cm. A Chihuahua named Danka Kordak Slovakia is 18.8 cm long and lives, as you probably guessed, in Slovakia.

Today in the world there are more than 400 dog breeds, and all of them belong to the same species. Any male can cross with any female. There is no second creature in the world that would be represented by such a wide variety of shapes and sizes. No one has yet figured out why.

Dogs owe a unique variety of breeds to humans in the first place, but the biggest mystery is that, without exception, all dog breeds originate from ordinary wolves.

The Doberman Pinscher was bred by crossing German Pinschers, Rottweilers, Manchester Terriers and, possibly, Pointers in just thirty-five years, effectively challenging Darwin's theory of species evolution, according to which such processes take thousands, if not millions of years.

Due to some reasons unknown to us, when different dog breeds are crossed, not some average creature is born, but a complete surprise. Moreover, the new "breed" retains the ability to interbreed.

Chihuahuas got their name in honor of the state of the same name in Mexico: it was believed (based on samples of Aztec and Toltec art) that this breed has been living there since ancient times. However, none of the archaeological finds confirms such a theory, and today it is customary to believe that the animals depicted by the Indians are a kind of rodent.

Most likely, the ancestors of these dogs were brought to Mexico by the Spaniards from China, where the practice of breeding dwarf plants and animals has a rather long history.

In Mexico, the Chihuahua cheese is very popular, but it is named after the state, and not in honor of the dog.

How do dogs mate?

I wonder if the rest of the poodle dogs are considered members of some strange religious sect?

Rita Radner

Dogs mate "back to back", not "dog-like."

When you see how one dog climbs onto another and begins to give back and forth like a pump, in fact, before you is a body of movement, which is the procedure for establishing dominance. Ejaculation in these cases is a rarity. That is why your neighbor’s mongrel is always so actively attached specifically to children's legs. Sex is not the main thing for her, her task is to establish her position in the pack, and for this, the smallest are selected first.

When mating, the dogs really start with the approach from behind, but then the dog throws one hind paw so that, in the end, the partners end up close. As soon as this happens, the tip of the male’s penis (the so-called bulbus glandis) is poured with blood and swells, which prevents its extraction.

This situation is called “mating,” because the dogs are as if connected to each other. Its main goal is to minimize seed leakage: a classic example of a “sperm contest”, a way to prevent other dogs from getting inside the gene pool. After “mating”, a period of “sticking” begins, during which ejaculation takes place, the penis becomes limp, and the dogs can separate.

Beginners have a tight time: being “connected”, poor people sometimes react very violently. In such cases, “squeezing” and the screeching and whining accompanying it are more like a fight than a romantic relationship.