The extraordinary snail

Snails are terrestrial gastropod mollusks.
They breathe through a lung …
… therefore being of the order Pulmonata.
They have a spiral limestone shell.
Belong to the suborder Stylommatophora which also includes slugs.
Let’s look inside its body …
The aquatic species are called sea snails…
Fantastic Nature !!!
Snails have no hearing. They use touch and smell and they not see very well.
Snails are an incomplete hermaphrodite…
… and so they need a partner to…
In Portugal, France and Italy, snail is considered a delicacy.
Escargots in France
Lumache in Italy

As it should be, here’s an anecdote involving Snails:
An Alentejano leaves home at dawn for his rural work.
At the end of the day he returns to his house but before entering he looks back and sees a snail on the floor.
Furious, he steps valiantly exclaiming:
Take this big f *** ~ * ’cause you’ve been chasing me all day !!!

Credits: Based on the PowerPoint “O extraordinário caracol” by José Cervantes. Images from Internet.

You ca find the original here: https://pt.slideshare.net/jmpcard1/o-caracol-50089647

Mortal Kombat legends: Scorpion’s revenge

Oh well, it’s hard for me not say anything good, just because I’m a Mortal Kombat fan since 1992/1993, with the first game from this amazing franchise!

For me, it’s not just fighting another opponent, off course it’s awesome! But I really enjoy the story behind it, the cosmogenesis of all realms, the mark of each character, its origins, its nuances, the need for revenge (in this particular case of Scorpion)… It’s a vast universe that needs to get itself into more movies, series and so!

If you’re a fan, you’ll love this new movie, although the story becomes a bit different, even though its origins are the same!

Go watch it!

Fight!

Very very old Lisbon

The 25 de Abril Bridge under construction

The October 5, 1910 Revolution

The sale of milk in 1910

Waterers in 1912

Fountain of Hope – Waterers in 1908

The Terreiro do Paço

Paperboy and capilé seller – 1908

Lisbon – Sintra Highway

Municipal Library of the Santa Luzia Viewpoint

The Martinho da Arcada

Saint Paul Fountain – 1907

Largo da Achada fountain

Largo do Rato fountain

Gypsies in 1909

Santa Justa lift

Columns Pier – Boats

Marquis of Pombal

Eduardo VII Park

1938 – Youth planting trees in Monsanto Park

Varina on the banks of the Tagus

Ribeira – Varina unloads the fish

Street sales of turkeys

Chestnut seller

1903 – Visit of Afonso XIII of Spain

Based on the PowerPoint made by Nuno Costa: