Chinese giant salamander (娃娃鱼) a.k.a ‘baby fish’ due to the sound they make that sounds like a baby crying.
The Chinese giant salamander is one of the largest salamanders and one of the largest amphibians in the world. It is fully aquatic and is endemic to rocky mountain streams and lakes in the Yangtze river basin of central China.
The Chinese giant salamander is considered to be a “living fossil”. Although protected under Chinese laws, its population has faced severe declined over the last 70 years and is currently (2022) listed as threatened. There are evidence indicating that the Chinese giant salamander may be composed of at least five cryptic species, further compounding each individual species’ endangerment.
Here is a video of a 200-year-old Chinese giant salamander that was found in a cave.
Metropolis (1927)
Dir.: Fritz Lang.Stars Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel, Gustav Frolich, Rudolf Klein-Rogge
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On this day, 20 January 1964, a battalion of around 1,350 troops in Tanzania (then Tanganyika) mutinied in protest at low pay and at the fact that they were still commanded by British officers despite having gained independence two years previously. The rebellion spread to a further battalion the next day, as rebels took European officers hostage and took control of key locations in Dar es Salaam including the radio station, airport and telegraph office. Looting broke out, and trade unions planned to launch a general strike on 26 January. On 25 January, the government of the socialist independence leader Julius Nyerere requested British troops to help suppress the revolt. The next day, British commandos arrived and attacked the mutineers, while police arrested 200 people, including several union leaders and the general secretary of the Tanganyika Federation of Labour (TFL). At least 20 people were killed and over 100 injured. Mutinies with similar demands then also broke out in Uganda and Kenya, and again the new anti-colonial leaders requested assistance from British forces to suppress them. Nyerere’s government subsequently broke up the TFL, replacing it with a state-run “union” whose role was to support government policies.
Pictured: Tanganyika soldiers around this time https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1903138303204644/?type=3
