Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Komodo Island will become 7 wonders of the World


Komodo dragon or Komodo dragons (Varanus komodoensis), an ancient reptile species in the world is left there on the island of Komodo, Rinca, Flores, Gili Motang, and Gili Dasami in Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. Komodo which were first discovered by Western scientists in 1910.

In 1910 the Dutch named the island in the southern province of East Nusa Tenggara is the nickname of Komodo Island. This story begins with Lieutenant Steyn van Hens Broek who tries to prove statements about the presence of Dutch troops large animal resembling a dragon on the island. Steyn then killed a dragon and bring documentation to the Museum and Botanical Garden in Bogor to be investigated.

The characteristics and behavior of Komodo. Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) became the largest reptile in the world who have reached a body length of 3 meters and weighing 70 kg. The largest wild specimen was found to have 3:13 meters long with a weight of 166 pounds (including weight of undigested food in his stomach). Although for the species that live in captivity Komodo dragon is able to have greater weight.
Komodo has the same tail length with his body, and about 60 pieces of jagged sharp teeth each about 2.5 cm long, which often change.
In the teeth have gingival tissue is often torn during meals. Therefore often  little blood on the Komodo dragon saliva. Saliva is an ideal growth environment for deadly type of bacteria that live in the mouth of the Komodo dragon.

Dragons tongue long, yellow, and branching. Male Komodo dragons are larger in size than females, with skin color from dark gray to brick red. While the skin of female dragons are green olives, and a small piece of yellow on the throat. Young dragons more colorful, with yellow, green and white on a black background.
Komodo has no sense of hearing, despite having the ear hole. These lizards are able to see as far as 300 m, but less well seen in the darkness of night. Komodo uses his tongue to detect taste and smell stimuli, like other reptiles, with the sense of Jacobson's vomeronasal organ use, an ability that can help navigation in the dark. With the help of wind and habits cocked his head to the right and left when walking, dragons can detect the presence of carrion as far as 4-9.5 miles



Be careful if you go to Komodo Island, do not be alone, you can get lost and be gone forever

Komodo has a ZW chromosomal sex-determination system, rather than the XY sex determination system. Flora of androgynous male offspr
ing,

indicating the occurrence of several things. Flora is that the eggs are not fertilized are haploid at first and then doubling the chromosomes themselves become diploid, and that he did not produce diploid eggs, as can occur if one-reduction division process of meiosis in ovaries fail. When a female Komodo dragon (a ZW sex chromosomes) to produce the child in this way, he passed only one of the pairs of chromosomes that dipunyainya, including one of two sex chromosomes. A single set of chromosomes is then duplicated in the egg, which is growing at a partenogenetika. Eggs that received Z chromosome would be a ZZ (male), and who receive W chromosome will become WW and fail to develop. [37]

Komodo Island is an island located in the Nusa Tenggara Islands. Komodo Island is known as a habitat for native animals dragons. This island is also the Komodo National Park which is managed by the Central Government. Komodo Island in the eastern island of Sumbawa, which are separated by the Sape Strait.
Administratively, this island including the District of Komodo, West Manggarai regency, East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia. Komodo Island is the most western tip of Nusa Tenggara Timur province, bordering the province of West Nusa Tenggara.

On the island of Komodo dragons animals live and breed well. Until August 2009, on this island there are about 1,300 dragons tail. Coupled with other islands, such as Island and Rinca and Gili Motang, their numbers totaled about 2500 tails. There are also approximately 100 individuals dragons in Wae Wuul Nature Reserve on the mainland island of Flores, but not including the Komodo National Park.
Besides Komodo, the island is also store a variety of exotic flora Sepang timber which by local people used as medicine and dye clothes, this nitak tree or sterculia oblongata in the believe is useful as medicines and seeds are tasty and delicious like peas. / * wikipedia
in addition, said local people and also people who've been to the island of Komodo, there has not been afdol if we have not snorkeling. (sort of diving and enjoy the coral reefs in the sea. NGK understand ..?)
ni please refer to its appearance.

how ...?
cool is not it .. our beloved island?



now let us all vote is Komodo island, as one of the 7 wonders of the world. 
how:
  • open this site new 7 Wonders
    Step 1: Select the seven candidates had no choice Komodo, 7 wonders of the world.
    Step 2: 7 candidates appeared, and the contents of Form Register.
    Step 3: Confirm e-mail link. Open your email.
    Step 4: Open the email that there are new 7 wonders ... Click the link in blue.
    Step 5: Show 7 images you have selected, then click Komodo until Your votes for your Official New7Wonders of Nature nominees have already been successfully counted.
    or also can directly    click    here 


Indonesia, Pull Back, Komodo island became "Seven Wonders"
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Indonesian government through the Ministry of Culture and Tourism withdraw the Komodo National Park (KNP) as a finalist in the selection of the seven natural wonders of the new or "New seven wonders of nature" (N7WN).
"This decision was taken because the organizer of the campaign the New 7 Wonders (N7W) Foundation has committed unprofessional, inconsistent, and not transparent, and do not have the credibility that can be accounted for," said Minister of Culture and Tourism (Minister of Culture), Wacik, in Jakarta, Monday.
According to the minister when the decision was officially announced in a press conference, although TNK-election campaign resigned from the new seven natural wonders of the New 7 Wonders Foundation insisted, but the KNP remains a "world heritage" or a Unesco world heritage recognized in 1991.
In August 2008,
Ministry of culture and tourism the Official Supporting Committee (OSC) / Lead Agency to support the KNP as one of the seven natural wonders of the new selection is done through online voting". 


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    Saturday, May 14, 2011

    Carving a beautiful natural

    Here's a beautiful natural landscape that we can see.
    From the top of the mountains.


     
    From the bowels of the earth below


    Pacitan Indonesia - East Java was indeed save a lot of charm. Wherever the place, a variety of beauty and natural wonders to be found. Likewise in Pacitan, East Java, which has been attached to the barren mountains and arid, you can find tourist Gua Gong amazing.

    Gua Gong is one of the caves hidden in the belly of small mountains in Pacitan. This cave is a cave with a length of about 256 horizotal meters. According to some researchers and foreign tourists, this cave is also the most beautiful caves in Southeast Asia.
     

    Being in a cave, you'll see the composition of stalactites and stalagmites with age hundreds of years. Carving nature is very admirable. Flow and water drops for hundreds of years has made a valuable artwork.

    In addition to stalactites and stalagmites, also formed a combination of both poles (coloumn) that resembles a Gothic pile. When exposed to light reflection of colorful lights, this ornament will look more beautiful.
     
    One very beautiful ornament is a set of curtains (drapery) is filled with giant spots pearls glow like fireflies. The atmosphere is dimly lit cave increasingly add sparkling thousands of tiny dots.
    The beauty of the amazing cave ornaments immortalized by various names, such as Earth Cengger Selo, Selo Giri Gate, Great Cipto Citro Selo, Selo Pakuan Bomo, Selo Adi Citro Lane, Selo banks of wind, and Selo spur wind.
     
    Still in the cave, you will also find valuable magical spring according to the trust some people. Spring-spring, among others, Spring jampi Rogo, Panguripan Spring, Spring niche Jiwo, Kamulyan Spring, and Spring Nisto niche that is believed to have magical value to cure disease.

     

    Gua Gong also has several rooms. The first room Spring room dalah Apsara contained a small spring with clean water and cold. Next to him is the living Angel. The third and fourth space is the space of crystal and marble.

    The fifth room is the most spacious room. In this place once held a music concert four countries (Indonesia, Switzerland, Britain and France) in order to promote the existence of Gua Gong to Worldwide.



    Goa Gong is located on the south coast, exactly in Dusun Pule, Bomo Village, District Punung, Pacitan, 37 km to the west of the town of Pacitan. Goa Gong is surrounded by a row of mountains, including:

    - To the north is Mount Manyar
    - To the east is Mount Gede
    - To the south is Mount Karang pulut
    - To the west is Mount Grugah

    A line of mountains that surround the cave Gong is mostly planted with teak trees, bananas, coconuts, but also vice versa in the rainy season planted cassava, chilli, rice, cucumbers, etc., so that from afar seem greenery that can add beauty of the cave atmosphere Gong in the morning and arrived at dusk.

     
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    Sunday, May 1, 2011

    beautiful place travel to Indonesia

    This world is full of grandeur so much and so many wonderful places, but we often forget this beauty there. Because the modern lifestyle of our lives are busy and comfortable we fail to see what the world really offer to us to be seen. when it comes to the site and see the natural beauty we will be pleased and happy there. so many real natural paradise waiting to be seen by us, as well as in Indonesia so many beautiful places you can visit and see.

    Look at the places below and you'll find that there is heaven on earth. There are places much more than what is listed below, and maybe this list is slightly biased like heaven we may be different from you, but we still believe you'll find something spectacular, maybe even feel desire when you see pictures in Under the most amazing places that you just have to see it.

    Toba Lake North Sumatra

    Other side Toba Lake

    Green Canyon Indonesia West Java

    Gunung Bromo east java

    Dream Land Bali


    Taman Laut Bunaken

    Buanaken

    Goa Gong east java

    Gunung Rinjani NTB

    Pulau Komodo  NTT

         and many others