Wildlife photographer Andy Rouse made a series of photographs showing Mountain Gorillas in Rwanda who had been eating the fermented sap from bamboo shoots.
"It was not exactly Gorillas In The Mist, more like gorillas who were pissed," said Rouse.
"Some were running round cackling to each other, others were going mad swinging through the trees, some were just lying on the ground in an inebriated state."
Gorillas eat bamboo all year and can tolerate a lot of it before getting intoxicated; usually they eat it with a handful of other greenery to water it down. Sometimes however they over-indulge, a habit they share with chimps and elephants.
"When I went back the next day," says Andy, "it was all very quiet, as if they were nursing gorilla-sized hangovers"
Link: Photo Set at Telegraph.co.uk
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Pop Stars Sing Puccini
Turandot is the fairy tale of a princess who riddles her suitors and if they fail, she beheads them. Calaf uses the power of true love to answer her riddles, but Princess Turandot still rejects him so he offers her a second chance: if she can guess his name by dawn she may still behead him, but if she cannot then she must marry him.
While Calaf waits for Turandot to guess his name, he sings Nessun Dorma, which translates to "None shall sleep tonight" and it is one of the most famous tenor arias ever.
Mario Lanza
Link: YouTube
Luciano Pavarotti
Link: YouTube
Aretha Franklin
Link: YouTube
Michael Bolton
Link: YouTube
3 Redneck Tenors
Link: YouTube
Deep Purple (in English)
Link: YouTube
Manowar (Heavy Metal Band)
Link YouTube
Enrico Caruso
Link YouTube
While Calaf waits for Turandot to guess his name, he sings Nessun Dorma, which translates to "None shall sleep tonight" and it is one of the most famous tenor arias ever.
Nessun dorma! Nessun dorma! Tu pure, o Principessa, nella tua fredda stanza, guardi le stelle che tremano d'amore, e di speranza!Consider the following recordings of people singing Nessun Dorma. Some we know as opera singers, but others are more famous for other kinds of singing.
None shall sleep! None shall sleep! Even you, O Princess, in your cold bedroom, watch the stars that tremble with love and with hope!
Ma il mio mistero è chiuso in me; il nome mio nessun saprà! No, No! Sulla tua bocca lo dirò quando la luce splenderà!
But my secret is hidden within me; none will know my name! No, no! On your mouth I will say it when the light shines!
Ed il mio bacio scioglierà il silenzio che ti fa mia!
And my kiss will dissolve the silence that makes you mine!
Dilegua, o notte! Tramontate, stelle! Tramontate, stelle! All'alba vincerò! Vincerò! Vincerò!
Vanish, o night! Set, stars! Set, stars! At daybreak I shall win! I shall win! I shall win!
Mario Lanza
Link: YouTube
Luciano Pavarotti
Link: YouTube
Aretha Franklin
Link: YouTube
Michael Bolton
Link: YouTube
3 Redneck Tenors
Link: YouTube
Deep Purple (in English)
Link: YouTube
Manowar (Heavy Metal Band)
Link YouTube
Enrico Caruso
Link YouTube
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