The population of these animals, as well as the steppe vipers, decreased by 50% between 1972 and 2010. The reason is the same — sparing fishing nets of greedy poachers.
In the United States, Prohibition began to operate in 1920 and continued right up to 1933. For 13 years, people have tried in every possible way to circumvent the ban on the sale, production and transportation of alcohol, staged demonstrations, protests, and massively engaged in smuggling. In our time, it is still difficult to imagine the effect of this law in full force. However, what the consequences may be and how people lived during the prohibitions on alcohol can be seen in the next photo selection.
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The tragedy of 1912, when the Titanic sank, left an indelible mark on the hearts of millions of people. Today, the archive contains photographs from the bottom of the ocean in which the liner sank. This selection will clearly show the very unique shots of the sunken ship in comparison with the pictures that were taken in the year of the tragedy.
The new year 2020 began with the advent of a new virus in the Chinese city of Wuhan. To date, coronavirus has claimed about 100 lives and continues to test people for strength. The history of mankind has repeatedly known extremely dangerous viruses and epidemics, which claimed millions of lives, wreaking havoc on the trail of panic and chaos. But even the worst of all infections, people managed to win and live on ... exactly until the next outbreak of some mutated flu.
Dolphins are quite intelligent animals of the underwater world that children and adults all over the planet love. Legends about the kindness of dolphins reach fantastic examples, but is everything so smooth in the idealized behavior of these animals?