Ahuii Falls

Country: French Polynesia, Nuku-Hiva

Location: ?
River: ?
Height: 550 m (350 m?)

Japan's Planning To Bring Jurassic Park Live! To Begin With The Mammoth?

A small news tidbit to stir up the furthermore the everlasting two schools of thoughts - is this news worth initiating heated arguments and debates from the communities on science ethics, spiritual beliefs and faith, theories on evolution versus the archeological evidences on the creation of MAN?

Well, coming to the point, Japanese scientists has decided to venture on resurrecting the believed hypothetical beast, the mammoth, that evolved to the timid giant of this day, the elephant.

What they believe? As all the archaeological evidence favoring evolution locates to the cold Siberian desert, the group of Japanese scientist, whose Eureka thoughts of resurrecting back to life, at this, theoretically a possible achievement using the preserved genetic evidences, is to figure out though the highly debatable reasons for extinction at the foremost will tell them to predict the future of invincible future of the earth.

How they plan to achieve? A simple concept of in vitro fertilization and cloning of inserting the nuclei of the mammoth's preserved genetic information into the denucleated egg cell of the elephant and implanting into the womb (uterus) of an elephant.

What will be the end result? As per theory should be the mammoth! And, this is not a one or six months process, but will use resources and investigation for at least a minimum of five years, despite this theoretical concept has been successful with DOLLY! Does this brings back the painful death of this sheep, the first of its kind? Nevertheless, the sheep survived for the scientists to success? But there was a life brought back to die! Still there is one more unanswered question? If successful, what will happen to the mammoth? Where will they plan to release? Will that be able to outbreed if left in the forest with the elephant to create another MALOPHANT (Mammoth and Elephant) like the Mule on which Mother Mary was taken to the stable for begetting Jesus, and later Jesus rode following the 40 days of penance, if I am not wrong? Well, there maybe many more questions, which will remain unanswered?

Tugela Falls

Country: South Africa
Location: Natal National Park
River: Tugela River
Height: 850 m (948 m (Encyclopædia Britannica))
Other information: Cascade of waterfalls. River falls from Drakensberg plateau.
Links: Look at the image at the bottom of this page . Another, very slow page - there is picture of this waterfall as well.

Tugela Falls is the world's second highest waterfall. The total drop in five free-leaping falls is 948 m (3,110 ft). They are located in the Drakensberg (Dragon's Mountains) in the Royal Natal National Park in KwaZulu-Natal Province, Republic of South Africa. They are easily viewed after a heavy rain from the main travel road into the park, glistening from the reflection of the late afternoon sun. The source of theTugela River (Zulu for 'sudden') is the Mont-Aux-Sources plateau which extends several kilometers beyond The Amphitheater escarpment from which the falls drop. There is an undeveloped camp site and mountain hut immediately above the falls.

There are two trails to the Tugela Falls. The most spectacular trail is to the top of Mount-Aux-Sources, which starts at the Sentinel car park (through Phuthaditjhaba on the R57, approximately 2hrs drive from Royal Natal National Park via the R74, 90 minutes from Harrismith via the R712, or 80 minutes from Golden Gate Highlands National Park). From here it is a relatively easy climb to the top of the Amphitheatre, however it does take about 4.5 to 8 hours round trip depending on fitness level. Access to the summit is via two chain ladders. 

This is the only day hiking trail which leads to the top of the Drakensberg escarpment. Another trail to the foot of the Tugela Falls starts at Royal Natal National Park. The easy 7 km (4.3 mi) gradient up the Tugela Gorge winds though indigenous forests. The last part of the hike to the Tugela Falls is a boulder hop. A little chain ladder leads over the final stretch for a view of the falls rushing down the amphitheater in a series of five cascades.