Follow-the-star - Follow The Star

Naono - Tender Telescope

The Hubble Space Telescope looks at the Veil Nebula, the magnificent remains of a supernova that went boom about 8,000 years ago.

En la costa de la Eternidad

hay infinita arena de estrellas.

Allí se sientan los dioses

a contemplar el mar de los cambios

y una y otra vez juegan con el oleaje

de incontables edades humanas,

formando la espuma blanqueada

donde pescan las gaviotas del tiempo.

Cayetano Arroyo

"Solo quiero saber que es lo que pasa por tu cabeza cada vez que estoy con tigo"

(Yo cada vez que veo tus ojos)

Nebula Images: http://nebulaimages.com/

Astronomy articles: http://astronomyisawesome.com/

KENNY: THE INBRED TIGER WITH “DOWN SYNDROME”

Pictures have been circulating the internet about a white tiger with down syndrome. Kenny’s diagnosis of down syndrome is questionable. But what is sure is that he was a victim of inbreeding. White tigers are rare and to ensure that the offspring would be a white tiger, Kenny’s parents were brother and sister. A lot of his siblings were stillborns or died very young.

But despite all this, breeders kept trying to mate Kenny’s parents. When parents are very closely related, there is a higher chance of both parents carrying the same “bad” gene. So there is a greater risk for their child to have a dominant bad gene. 

Kenny lived to be 10 years old. Kenny was described as non-aggressive and very friendly. 

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