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Charles J. Sharp/Wikimedia CommonsA jaguar in Brazil.While domestic cats meow frequently to communicate with humans, big cats like lions and tigers are unable to make the same sounds. Scientists have long believed that jaguars couldnt meow either but cameras hidden deep in a Brazilian forest have now proven them wrong.Recordings clearly show female jaguars meowing to their young and their young meowing in return. This is the first time that jaguars have been captured making meow-like vocalizations, providing new insights into how big cats communicate with each other in the wild. Capturing Jaguars Meowing In The WildUniversity of SalfordOne of the jaguars recorded meowing in Iguau National Park.The discovery of the meowing jaguars was made by researchers from the University of Salford in the United Kingdom, Atlantic Technological University in Ireland, WWF Brazil, and experts at the Jaguars of Iguau Project. They placed camera traps deep in Brazils Iguau National Park and were surprised by the jaguar behavior that they captured. According to a press release from the University of Salford, the cameras recorded two instances of adult female jaguars making sharp, brief, and high-pitched sounds reminiscent of a domestic cats meow. Jaguars are known more for their quiet movements though male jaguars can roar and have never been recorded meowing before. As far as we know this is the first time that jaguars have been recorded using this kind of communication, which we are incredibly excited about, Dr. Marina Duarte, a research fellow at the University of Salford and a co-author of a new study about the meowing jaguars, remarked. Domestic cats meow at their owners to get attention, but the female jaguars in Iguau National Park seemed to use their vocalizations for a different purpose. They meowed to find their young, who then meowed in response. https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/meowing-jaguar.mp4This research really deepens our knowledge of how big cats can communicate, Duarte stated. We think they are making these sounds to help locate their young but they could also be using them for reproductive purposes too, to find a mate perhaps. It does sound very cute to our ears!The video footage of the meowing jaguars is more than cute, however. It also challenges long-standing assumptions about how big cats communicate.Do Big Cats Meow? Inside The Complicated QuestionThe footage of the jaguars meowing is especially important because of what it suggests about big cats. While some wild felines, like cheetahs, have been known to meow, scientists have long believed that animals in the Panthera genus are incapable of making meowing noises. The structure of their larynx and trachea makes meowing unlikely, and most big cats do not purr, either. Charles J. Sharp/Wikimedia CommonsA female jaguar in Brazil. While thought to be largely silent creatures, scientists now know that female jaguars are capable of meowing to their young. Yet jaguars like domestic cats and big cats like snow leopards and cougars do meow when communicating with their young. To scientists, the footage of the female jaguars meowing to their cubs in Brazil is an especially exciting discovery because it suggests that theres still much we dont know about these big cats. Thought to be quiet animals, the jaguars surprised the scientists by meowing on camera and also challenged assumptions that researchers have about their relatives, like lions and tigers. The discovery of the meowing jaguars also emphasizes the importance of further study. How else might jaguars use vocalization? Is the meowing limited to female jaguars and their young? Or can male jaguars make the sound as well? These results highlight the value of long-term monitoring efforts for this iconic Atlantic Forest species, Vania Foster, the Head of Research at the Project Jaguars of Iguau, said in the university statement, and show that there is still much to learn about how jaguars interact and communicate in their natural environment.After reading about the discovery of jaguars meowing in Brazil, go inside the story of Aoshima, Japans Cat Island, where felines outnumber humans. Or, learn about some of the most incredible prehistoric animals to ever walk the Earth.The post Scientists Have Captured Jaguars Meowing For The First Time Ever appeared first on All That's Interesting.

Womens Worlds in Qajar IranPhotos of Princess Qajar have gone viral but they barely touch on the truth about this Persian princess.They say that a picture is worth a thousand words. But in the age of the internet, it sometimes takes a few more than that to get to the truth of the matter. Though images of Princess Qajar have gone viral in the last couple of years, the true story of this mustached princess is complex. Social media posts have claimed that she was, for her time, the epitome of beauty. Some posts have even gone as far as to say that 13 men killed themselves because she spurned their advances. But though claims like these brush against the truth, they dont tell the whole story.This is the true story behind the viral images of Princess Qajar.How Princess Qajar Went ViralFor the past couple of years, a number of photos of Princess Qajar have circulated on the Internet. These posts, which have thousands of likes and shares, often follow the same basic narrative. One Facebook post from 2017, with over 100,000 likes, declares: Meet Princess Qajar! Shes a symbol of beauty in Persia (Iran) 13 young men killed themselves because she rejected them. One of the images of Princess Qajar that went viral over the last five years.Another popular post offers a similar version of the story, explaining: Princess Qajar was considered the ultimate symbol of beauty in Persia during the early 1900s. So much in fact, a total of 13 young men killed themselves because she rejected their love.But the truth behind these posts is more complicated than meets the eye. For starters, these images feature two different Persian princesses, not one. And while Princess Qajar never existed, both women were princesses during the Persian Qajar dynasty, which lasted from 1789 to 1925. The Persian Women Behind The PostsIn a takedown of junk history, Linkping University Ph.D. candidate Victoria Van Orden Martnez explains how this viral post has got a number of facts wrong.For starters, the photos seem to feature two half-sisters, not one singular woman. Martnez explains that the posts depict Princess Fatemeh Khanum Esmat al-Dowleh, born in 1855, and Princess Zahra Khanum Taj al-Saltaneh, born in 1884. Both were 19th-century princesses, the daughters of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar. The Shah had developed an obsession with photography at an early age, which is why so many photos of the sisters exist he enjoyed taking pictures of his harem (as well as his cat, Babri Khan).Wikimedia CommonsZahra Khanum Taj al-Saltaneh circa 1890.However, both were married very young, and probably never met any men who werent relatives until after their marriage. Therefore, its unlikely that they ever attracted, or spurned, 13 suitors. In any case, both women lived lives far more rich and exciting than the viral posts suggest.The second daughter of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, Esmat al-Dowleh married when she was around 11 years old. Over the course of Princess Fatemeh Khanums life, she learned piano and embroidery from a French tutor and hosted the wives of European diplomats who came to see her father, the Shah.Womens Worlds in Qajar IranEsmat al-Dowleh, better known as Princess Fatemeh Khanum, center, with her mother and her daughter.Her younger half-sister, Taj al-Saltaneh, was her fathers 12th daughter. She could have gotten lost in the shuffle, but Taj al-Saltaneh made a name for herself as a feminist, nationalist, and talented writer. Married when she was 10 years old, Taj al-Saltaneh went on to divorce two husbands and pen her memoirs, Crowning Anguish: Memoirs of a Persian Princess from the Harem to Modernity.Alas! she wrote. Persian women have been set aside from humankind and placed together with cattle and beasts. They live their entire lives of desperation in prison, crushed under the weight of bitter ideals.At another point, she wrote: When the day comes that I see my sex emancipated and my country on the path to progress, I will sacrifice myself in the battlefield of liberty, and freely shed my blood under the feet of my freedom-loving cohorts seeking their rights.Both women lived remarkable lives, lives much bigger than any single post on social media. That said, the viral posts about Princess Qajar did get one thing right about Persian women and beauty in the 19th century.The Truth Within The Princess Qajar PostsIn many of the posts describing Princess Qajar, an emphasis is placed on the downy hair on her upper lip. In fact, mustaches on women were considered beautiful in 19th-century Persia. (This did not extend into the 20th century, as some of the posts suggest.)Harvard Historian Afsaneh Najmabadi wrote an entire book on the subject called Women with Mustaches and Men without Beards: Gender and Sexual Anxieties of Iranian Modernity.University of California PressThe Princes Qajar posts do have contain a seed of truth about Persian beauty, as explained by historian Afsaneh Najmabadi.In her book, Najmabadi describes how men and women in 19th-century Persia ascribed to certain standards of beauty. Women prized their thick eyebrows and the hair above their lips, to such an extent that sometimes they painted them on with mascara. Likewise, beardless men with delicate features were also considered to be highly attractive. Amrad, young men without beards, and nawkhatt, adolescents with their first patches of facial hair, embodied what Persians saw as beautiful.These beauty standards, Najmabadi explained, started to change as Persians began to travel more and more to Europe. Then, they started to conform to European standards of beauty and leave their own behind.As such, the viral posts about Princess Qajar arent wrong, exactly. The beauty standards in Persia were different than today, and the women depicted in these posts embodied them. But they do oversimplify the truth and dramatize the fiction. There was no Princess Qajar but there was Princess Fatemeh Khanum Esmat al-Dowleh and Princess Zahra Khanum Taj al-Saltaneh. And there were no 13 suitors. Indeed, although these two women did embody the beauty standards of their time, they were also much, much more than their appearance. Esmat al-Dowleh was a proud daughter of a Shah who hosted his important guests; Taj al-Saltaneh was a woman ahead of her time who had powerful things to say about feminism and Persian society.Viral posts like the Princess Qajar one may be amusing and easy to share but theres much more here than meets the eye. And while its easy to scroll quickly through social media, sometimes its definitely worth seeking out the whole story. After reading about Princess Qajar, dive into these true stories from Iranian history. Learn about Empress Farah Pahlavi, the Jackie Kennedy of the Middle East. Or, look through these photos from the Iranian revolution.The post Meet The Real Persian Royals Behind The Viral Princess Qajar Memes appeared first on All That's Interesting.

Public DomainAimo Koivunen pictured after World War II.Over the course of World War II, Finland staved off a Soviet invasion, allied with Germany to invade the Soviet Union, and then fought with the Allies against Germany. And soldier Aimo Koivunens survival story breathtakingly embodies that chaos.While fleeing a Soviet ambush, Koivunen took a near-lethal overdose of methamphetamine. The drugs helped Koivunen cover hundreds of miles of ground but it nearly killed him in the process.Aimo Koivunens Fateful Ski PatrolHeavy snow covered the ground in Lapland on March 18, 1944. Finnish soldiers had been fighting for their country for over four years of nearly uninterrupted war. Deep behind enemy lines, one Finnish ski patrol found itself surrounded by the Red Army.Gunfire broke the silence. Men scrambled for safety. The ambush turned into a race for survival as the Finnish troops fled on skis.Finnish Wartime Photograph ArchiveA Finnish soldier tracks Soviet troops using marks in the snow.Aimo Koivunen led the Finnish skiers through deep, untouched snow. Koivunens fellow soldiers relied on him to cut the tracks for the rest of the troops to glide across. The grueling work quickly drained Koivunen until he remembered the package of pills in his pocket.Back in Finland, the squad had received a ration of a stimulant called Pervitin. The tablets would give soldiers a burst of energy, commanders promised. Koivunen initially resisted taking the drug. But his men were in desperate circumstances.So Koivunen reached into his pocket and pulled out the stimulants.By chance, Koivunen carried the Pervitin supply for his entire squad. Still fleeing the Soviets, pressing through the snow, Koivunen struggled to pop a single pill in his mouth. The thick mittens meant to protect him from arctic conditions made it impossible to take a single dose of Pervitin.Rather than stop to parse out the recommended dose, Aimo Koivunen downed 30 pills of pure methamphetamine.Immediately, Koivunen began skiing much faster. His squad matched his pace initially. And the Soviets fell back, unable to keep up. Then Koivunens vision went blurry and he lost consciousness. But he did not stop skiing. In a blackout state, Koivunen continued to cut through the snow. The next day, the soldiers awareness returned. Koivunen discovered that he had crossed 100 kilometers. He was also completely alone.Aimo Koivunens 250-Mile Survival JourneyAimo Koivunen had covered 100 kilometers of snow while on meth. And when he regained consciousness, he was still under the influence.His squad had fallen behind, leaving him alone. That did not bode well for Koivunen, who had no ammunition or food. All he had was skis and a meth-induced burst of energy.So Koivunen kept skiing.Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty ImagesFinnish ski troops during World War II.He soon learned that the Soviets had not given up the chase. During his long trek, Koivunen ran into Soviet troops several times.He also skied over a landmine. By chance, the exploding landmine started a fire. Somehow, Koivunen survived.Still, the landmine left Koivunen injured and delirious. He lay on the ground, drifting in and out of consciousness, waiting for help. Unless he moved soon, freezing temperatures would kill Koivunen. Fueled by meth, the Finnish soldier got back on his skis and kept going.As the days passed, Koivunens appetite slowly returned. While the mega-dose of meth had suppressed the soldiers desire to eat, hunger pains eventually brought his situation in stark relief.Winter in Lapland left few options for the soldier. He gnawed on pine buds to stave off hunger. One day, Koivunen managed to catch a Siberian jay and ate it raw.Somehow, Aimo Koivunen survived sub-zero temperatures, Soviet patrols, and a meth overdose. He eventually reached Finnish territory, where compatriots rushed their compatriot to the hospital.At the end of his ordeal, Koivunen had crossed 400 kilometers of territory or 250 miles. His weight dropped to only 94 pounds. And his heart rate remained a shocking 200 beats per minute.Amphetamine Use In World War IIAimo Koivunen was not the only World War II soldier fueled by performance-enhancing drugs. The Nazi regime also relied on drugs like methamphetamine to give its soldiers an edge.In the days before the Nazis invaded France, commanders passed out Pervitin to millions of soldiers.Berlins very own Temmler pharmaceuticals had developed Pervitin in 1938. The pill, essentially a swallowable form of crystal meth, cured depression, the pharmaceutical company claimed. For a brief time, Germans could buy the energy pills over the counter.Wikimedia CommonsArmies handed out Pervitin, made of methamphetamine, to troops in World War II.Then Otto Ranke, a German doctor, began testing Pervitin on college students. With war looming, Ranke suggested giving Pervitin to soldiers.The drug gave the Nazis an edge. Soldiers could suddenly march through the night without sleep. Eager to make use of methamphetamines, the Nazis issued a stimulant decree in the spring of 1940. The decree sent 35 million doses of meth to the front lines.And Allied troops also popped amphetamines as a way to stave off fatigue during combat. Doses of speed kept soldiers awake during the war.In spite of millions of doses of meth and speed handed out during the war, Aimo Koivunen was the only soldier known to survive an overdose of meth behind enemy lines. Not only that, Koivunen survived the war and lived into his 70s.After reading about Aimo Koivunen, read about amphetamine use during the war and then learn about Theodor Morell, the doctor who kept Adolf Hitler full of drugs.The post Meet Aimo Koivunen, The Soldier Who Survived WWII Thanks To Accidentally Overdosing On Meth appeared first on All That's Interesting.

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