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Eleutherodactylus es un género diverso de anfibios anuros de la familia Eleutherodactylidae.^[1] Los miembros de este género se encuentran en el sur del estado de Texas en los Estados Unidos, México, Belice, Guatemala y las Indias Occidentales.

El género Eleutherodactylus solía tener más de 800 especies, pero se consideraba como un grupo artificial por la pobre información disponible. El género fue separado usando datos de ADN mitocondrial y ahora muchos de ellos están en las familias Craugastoridae o Brachycephalidae.^[2]

Una de las especies más conocida es el coquí común (Eleutherodactylus coqui), el cual es el símbolo nacional de Puerto Rico, y notable invasor en Hawái. Dos especies de este género, E. limbatus y E. iberia, están entre los tetrápodos más pequeños del mundo, midiendo apenas 8,5 mm de longitud, algo más que Paedophryne amauensis que ostenta el récord. ^[3]^[4]

Índice

1 Reproducción y desarrollo
2 Coquí
3 Especies
- 3.1 Indias Occidentales (subgénero Eleutherodactylus)
- 3.2 Indias Occidentales (subgénero Euhyas)
- 3.3 La Española (subgénero Pelorius)
- 3.4 América del Norte/América Central y Cuba (subgénero Syrrhopus)
- 3.5 Incertae sedis
4 Referencias
5 Enlaces externos

Reproducción y desarrollo[editar]

Todas las especies del género Eleutherodactylus se caracterizan por tener desarrollo directo, en el que de los huevos eclosionan directamente ranas pequeñas, saltando completamente la etapa de renacuajo. Esta adaptación puede ser, en gran parte, responsable de su éxito ecológico y evolutivo. La mayoría de las especies de Eleutherodactylus se caracterizan por conductas de cuidado parental. En algunos casos, incluso ranitas jóvenes son atendidas por sus padres. Una especie casi extinta de Puerto Rico, el coquí dorado (Eleutherodactylus jasperi), es ovovivípara, o sea que retiene los huevos en su interior y las ranas nacen de la madre.

Se llaman coquíes a las ranas del género Eleutherodactylus endémicas de Puerto Rico. Reciben el nombre onomatopéyico común de coquí debido a la llamada de dos notas que hacen los machos de dos especies, E. coqui y E. portoricensis, que suena como “co” – “quí”. La hembra del coquí común (E. coqui) pone entre veinticinco y cuarenta huevos cada vez, por lo general en hojas de bromelias o palmas, y sus crías nacen ya como adultos en miniatura. Esta forma de reproducción le permite vivir en los bosques y en otros hábitats sin depender de cuerpos de agua temporales o permanentes.

Algunas de las especies de coquíes parecen estar en peligro de extinción o no se las ha visto en mucho tiempo y se cree que se han extinguido. El coquí palmeado, el dorado y el de Eneida se cree que están extintos, y aunque las razones pueden variar se coincide en que la principal es la pérdida de hábitat y la contaminación de este.

Dentro del género Eleutherodactylus en Puerto Rico se encuentran las siguientes especies:

Eleutherodactylus antillensis – Coquí churí
Eleutherodactylus brittoni – Coquí de las hierbas
Eleutherodactylus cochranae – Coquí pitito
Eleutherodactylus cooki – Coquí guajón
Eleutherodactylus coqui – Coquí común
Eleutherodactylus eneidae – Coquí de Eneida
Eleutherodactylus gryllus – Coquí grillo
Eleutherodactylus hedricki – Coquí de Hedrick
Eleutherodactylus jasperi – Coquí dorado
Eleutherodactylus juanariveroi – Coquí llanero
Eleutherodactylus karlschmidti – Coquí palmeado
Eleutherodactylus locustus – Coquí martillito
Eleutherodactylus monensis – Coquí de Mona
Eleutherodactylus portoricensis – Coquí de la montaña
Eleutherodactylus richmondi – Coquí caoba
Eleutherodactylus unicolor – Coquí duende
Eleutherodactylus wightmanae – Coquí melodioso

Se reconocen las 191 siguientes según ASW:^[1]

Indias Occidentales (subgénero

Eleutherodactylus)[editar]

E. (E.) abbotti Cochran, 1923
E. (E.) amplinympha Kaiser, Green & Schmid, 1994
E. (E.) antillensis Reinhardt & Lütken, 1863
E. (E.) audanti Cochran, 1934
E. (E.) auriculatoides Noble, 1923
E. (E.) auriculatus Cope, 1862
E. (E.) barlagnei Lynch, 1965
E. (E.) bartonsmithi Schwartz, 1960
E. (E.) brittoni Schmidt, 1920
E. (E.) cochranae Grant, 1932
E. (E.) cooki Grant, 1932
E. (E.) coqui Thomas, 1966
E. (E.) eileenae Dunn, 1926
E. (E.) eneidae Rivero, 1959
E. (E.) flavescens Noble, 1923
E. (E.) fowleri Schwartz, 1973
E. (E.) glamyrus Estrada & Hedges, 1997
E. (E.) gryllus Schmidt, 1920
E. (E.) guantanamera Hedges, Estrada & Thomas, 1992
E. (E.) haitianus Barbour, 1942
E. (E.) hedricki Rivero, 1963
E. (E.) ionthus Schwartz, 1960
E. (E.) jasperi Drewry & Jones, 1976
E. (E.) johnstonei Barbour, 1914
E. (E.) juanariveroi Ríos-López & Thomas, 2007
E. (E.) karlschmidti Grant, 1931
E. (E.) lamprotes Schwartz, 1973
E. (E.) leberi Schwartz, 1965
E. (E.) locustus Schmidt, 1920
E. (E.) mariposa Hedges, Estrada & Thomas, 1992
E. (E.) martinicensis Tschudi, 1838
E. (E.) melacara Hedges, Estrada & Thomas, 1992
E. (E.) minutus Noble, 1923
E. (E.) montanus Schmidt, 1919
E. (E.) parabates Schwartz, 1964
E. (E.) patriciae Schwartz, 1965
E. (E.) pinchoni Schwartz, 1967
E. (E.) pituinus Schwartz, 1965
E. (E.) poolei Cochran, 1938
E. (E.) portoricensis Schmidt, 1927
E. (E.) principalis Estrada & Hedges, 1997
E. (E.) richmondi Stejneger, 1904
E. (E.) ronaldi Schwartz, 1960
E. (E.) schwartzi Thomas, 1966
E. (E.) staurometopon Schwartz, 1960
E. (E.) unicolor Stejneger, 1904
E. (E.) varians Gundlach & Peters, 1864
E. (E.) wetmorei Cochran, 1932
E. (E.) wightmanae Schmidt, 1920

Indias Occidentales (subgénero

Euhyas)[editar]

E. (Eu.) acmonis Schwartz, 1960
E. (Eu.) adelus Diaz, Cádiz & Hedges, 2003
E. (Eu.) albipes Barbour & Shreve, 1937
E. (Eu.) alcoae Schwartz, 1971
E. (Eu.) alticola Lynn, 1937
E. (Eu.) amadeus Hedges, Thomas & Franz, 1987
E. (Eu.) andrewsi Lynn, 1937
E. (Eu.) apostates Schwartz, 1973
E. (Eu.) armstrongi Noble & Hassler, 1933
E. (Eu.) atknisi Dunn, 1925
E. (Eu.) bakeri Cochran, 1935
E. (Eu.) beguei^[5] Díaz & Hedges, 2015
E. (Eu.) blairhedgesi Estrada, Díaz & Rodríguez, 1998
E. (Eu.) bresslerae Schwartz, 1960
E. (Eu.) brevirostris Shreve, 1936
E. (Eu.) caribe Hedges & Thomas, 1992
E. (Eu.) casparii Dunn, 1926
E. (Eu.) cavernicola Lynn, 1954
E. (Eu.) corona Hedges & Thomas, 1992
E. (Eu.) cubanus Barbour, 1942
E. (Eu.) cundalli Dunn, 1926
E. (Eu.) cuneatus Cope, 1862
E. (Eu.) darlingtoni Cochran, 1935
E. (Eu.) dimidiatus Cope, 1862
E. (Eu.) dolomedes Hedges & Thomas, 1992
E. (Eu.) emiliae Dunn, 1926
E. (Eu.) etheridgei Schwartz, 1958
E. (Eu.) eunaster Schwartz, 1973
E. (Eu.) feichtingeri Díaz, Hedges & Schmid, 2012
E. (Eu.) furcyensis Shreve & Williams, 1963
E. (Eu.) fuscus Lynn & Dent, 1943
E. (Eu.) glandulifer Cochran, 1935
E. (Eu.) glanduliferoides Shreve, 1936
E. (Eu.) glaphycompus Schwartz, 1973
E. (Eu.) glaucoreius Schwartz & Fowler, 1973
E. (Eu.) goini Schwartz, 1960
E. (Eu.) gossei Dunn, 1926
E. (Eu.) grabhami Dunn, 1926
E. (Eu.) grahami Schwartz, 1979
E. (Eu.) greyi Dunn, 1926
E. (Eu.) griphus Crombie, 1986
E. (Eu.) guanahacabibes Estrada & Rodríguez, 1985
E. (Eu.) gundlachi Schmidt, 1920
E. (Eu.) heminota Shreve & Williams, 1963
E. (Eu.) iberia Estrada & Hedges, 1996
E. (Eu.) intermedius Barbour & Shreve, 1937
E. (Eu.) jamaicensis Barbour, 1910
E. (Eu.) jaumei Estrada & Alonso, 1997
E. (Eu.) jugans Cochran, 1937
E. (Eu.) junori Dunn, 1926
E. (Eu.) klinikowskii Schwartz, 1959
E. (Eu.) lentus Cope, 1862
E. (Eu.) leoncei Shreve & Williams, 1963
E. (Eu.) ligiae^[6] Incháustegui, Díaz & Marte, 2015
E. (Eu.) limbatus Cope, 1862
E. (Eu.) lucioi Schwartz, 1980
E. (Eu.) luteolus Gosse, 1851
E. (Eu.) maestrensis Díaz, Cádiz & Navarro, 2005
E. (Eu.) michaelschmidi Díaz, Cádiz & Navarro, 2007
E. (Eu.) monensis Meerwarth, 1901
E. (Eu.) neiba^[6] Incháustegui, Díaz & Marte, 2015
E. (Eu.) nubicola Dunn, 1926
E. (Eu.) orcutti Dunn, 1928
E. (Eu.) orientalis Barbour & Shreve, 1937
E. (Eu.) oxyrhyncus Duméril & Bibron, 1841
E. (Eu.) pantoni Dunn, 1926
E. (Eu.) paulsoni Schwartz, 1964
E. (Eu.) pentasyringos Schwartz & Fowler, 1973
E. (Eu.) pezopetrus Schwartz, 1960
E. (Eu.) pictissimus Cochran, 1935
E. (Eu.) pinarensis Dunn, 1926
E. (Eu.) planirostris Cope, 1862
E. (Eu.) probolaeus Schwartz, 1965
E. (Eu.) rhodesi Schwartz, 1980
E. (Eu.) ricordii Duméril & Bibron, 1841
E. (Eu.) riparius Estrada & Hedges, 1998
E. (Eu.) rivularis Diaz, Estrada & Hedges, 2001
E. (Eu.) rogersi Goin, 1955
E. (Eu.) rufifemroralis Noble & Hassler, 1933
E. (Eu.) schmidti Noble, 1923
E. (Eu.) sciagraphus Schwartz, 1973
E. (Eu.) semipalmatus Shreve, 1936
E. (Eu.) simulans Diaz & Fong, 2001
E. (Eu.) sisyphodemus Crombie, 1977
E. (Eu.) tetajulia Estrada & Hedges, 1996
E. (Eu.) thomasi Schwartz, 1959
E. (Eu.) thorectes Hedges, 1988
E. (Eu.) toa Estrada & Hedges, 1991
E. (Eu.) tonyi Estrada & Hedges, 1997
E. (Eu.) turquinensis Barbour & Shreve, 1937
E. (Eu.) varleyi Dunn, 1925
E. (Eu.) ventrilineatus Shreve, 1936
E. (Eu.) warreni Schwartz, 1976
E. (Eu.) winlandi Barbour, 1914
E. (Eu.) zugi Schwartz, 1958

La Española (subgénero

Pelorius)[editar]

E. (P.) chlorophenax Schwartz, 1976
E. (P.) hypostenor Schwartz, 1965
E. (P.) inoptatus Barbour, 1914
E. (P.) nortoni Schwartz, 1976
E. (P.) parapelates Hedges & Thomas, 1987
E. (P. ) ruthae Noble, 1923

América del Norte/América Central y Cuba (subgénero

Syrrhopus)[editar]

E. (S.) albolabris Lynch & Lescure, 1980
E. (S.) angustidigitorum Taylor, 1940
E. (S.) cystignathoides Cope, 1877
E. (S.) dennisi Lynch, 1970
E. (S.) dilatus Davis & Dixon, 1955
E. (S.) grandis Dixon, 1957
E. (S.) grunwaldi Reyes-Velasco, Ahumada-Carrillo, Burkhardt & Devitt, 2015
E. (S.) guttilatus Cope, 1879
E. (S.) leprus Cope, 1879
E. (S.) interorbitalis Langebartel & Shannon, 1956
E. (S.) longipes Baird, 1859
E. (S.) marnockii Cope, 1878
E. (S.) maurus Hedges, 1989
E. (S.) modestus Taylor, 1942
E. (S.) nitidus Peters, 1870
E. (S.) nivicolimae Dixon & Webb, 1966
E. (S.) pallidus Duellman, 1958
E. (S.) pipilans Taylor, 1940
E. (S.) rubrimaculatus Taylor & Smith, 1945
E. (S.) rufescens Duellman & Dixon, 1959
E. (S.) saxatilis Webb, 1962
E. (S.) symingtoni Schwartz, 1957
E. (S.) syristes Hoyt, 1965
E. (S.) teretistes Duellman, 1958
E. (S.) verrucipes Cope, 1885
E. (S.) verruculatus Peters, 1870
E. (S.) wixarika Reyes-Velasco, Ahumada-Carrillo, Burkhardt & Devitt, 2015
E. (S.) zeus Schwartz, 1958

Incertae sedis[editar]

Cystignathus humilis Jiménez de la Espada, 1875
Rana maculata Daudin, 1801

Referencias[editar]

↑ ^a ^b Frost, D. R. «Eleutherodactylus ». Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1. (en inglés). Nueva York, EEUU: Museo Americano de Historia Natural. Consultado el 14 de junio de 2015.
↑ Hedges, S. B., W. E. Duellman, and M. P. Heinicke. 2008. New World direct-developing frogs (Anura: Terrarana): molecular phylogeny, classification, biogeography, and conservation. Zootaxa 1737: 1-182.
↑ The Center for Reptile and Amphibian Research: Interesting Facts About Amphibians
↑ Rittmeyer, Eric N.; Allison, Allen; Gründler, Michael C.; Thompson, Derrick K.; Austin, Christopher C. (2012). «Ecological guild evolution and the discovery of the world’s smallest vertebrate». En Etges, William J., ed. PLoS ONE 7 (1): e29797. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0029797. Consultado el 11 de enero de 2012.
↑ Díaz, L. M. & S. B. Hedges. 2015. Another new cryptic frog related to Eleutherodactylus varleyi Dunn (Amphibia: Anura: Eleutherodactylidae), from eastern Cuba. Solenodon: Revista Cubana de Taxonomía Zoológica 12: 124–135.
↑ ^a ^b Incháustegui, S. J., L. M. Díaz & C. Marte. 2015. Dos especies nuevas de ranas del género Eleutherodactylus (Amphibia: Anura: Eleutherodactylidae) de La Hispaniola. Solenodon: Revista Cubana de Taxonomía Zoológica 12: 136–149.

Lynch, J. D. 1976. The species groups of the South American frogs of the genus Eleutherodactylus (Leptodactylidae). Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History 61: 1-24.
Lynch, J. D. and W. E. Duellman. 1997. Frogs of the genus Eleutherodactylus in Western Ecuador: systematics, ecology, and biogeography. Special Publication of the University of Kansas 23: 1-236.

Enlaces externos[editar]

Wikispecies tiene un artículo sobre Eleutherodactylus.
Wikimedia Commons alberga una categoría multimedia sobre Eleutherodactylus.

Control de autoridades	Proyectos Wikimedia Datos: Q223286 Multimedia: Eleutherodactylus / Q223286 Especies: Eleutherodactylus Identificadores NKC: ph217527 Diccionarios y enciclopedias Britannica: url Bases de datos taxonómicas BOLD: 34391 EOL: 13868 GBIF: 2424035 iNaturalist: 22086 ITIS: 173554 NCBI: 8380 Paleobiology Database: 37459 WoRMS: 1287534 uBio: 8328212

Control de autoridades

Proyectos Wikimedia
Datos: Q223286
Multimedia: Eleutherodactylus / Q223286
Especies: Eleutherodactylus

Identificadores
NKC: ph217527
Diccionarios y enciclopedias
Britannica: url
Bases de datos taxonómicas
BOLD: 34391
EOL: 13868
GBIF: 2424035
iNaturalist: 22086
ITIS: 173554
NCBI: 8380
Paleobiology Database: 37459
WoRMS: 1287534
uBio: 8328212

Rana depredadora del coquí campea por su respeto en Puerto Rico

El nombre científico de la rana cubana es Osteopilus septentrionalis. (Flickr: Thomas Brown)

Nota de archivo: esta historia fue publicada hace más de 9 años.

Por Rosita Marrero

18 de noviembre de 2014 • 2:20pm

Presentado por

Se cree que llegó a la Isla de forma clandestina para los años 70 y hoy, al igual que otras especies exóticas, constituye una amenaza para nuestra fauna, particularmente para nuestro coquí, al que gusta devorar, al igual que a los lagartijos y a los insectos.

Se trata de la rana cubana, cuyo nombre científico es Osteopilus septentrionalis, la cual ha sido avistada tan reciente como este fin de semana en un patio residencial de Cupey y también en el barrio Cibao Ocasio de Camuy.

“La vi trepada en una mata de orquídea. Era crema y pequeña”, dijo una vecina que no se identificó.

“Yo vi una en Camuy, pero era grande. Era amarilla. Parece que se quedó atrapada en un cubo. Mi tía escuchó el ruido que hacía y cuando miramos era la rana”, relató.

El teniente del Departamento de Recursos Naturales, Ángel Atienza, dijo a Primera Hora, que están dispersas por la isla, pero no en poblaciones grandes.

“Son individuos. No hemos identificado poblaciones grandes. Esa rana es oriunda de la isla de Cuba. Se entiende que puede haber llegado para los años 70 y que la trajeron militares como mascotas. Donde primero se identificaron fue en Aguadilla, en la Base Ramey. Es una teoría, pero es donde primero las identificaron”, dijo.

“Es muy posible que esas especies de rana y quizás otras lleguen también en lotes de materiales de construcción o lotes ornamentrales. Los militares iban a Guantánamo”, aclaró Atienza.

Indicó que estas ranas, que adoptan una variedad de colores, dependiendo del ambiente en que se encuentran, emiten una secreción igual que la de los sapos. Tienen unas glándulas sebáceas, agregó, que segregan un veneno y lo utilizan como mecanismo de defensa.

“De hecho, si alguna persona tiene contacto o agarra esta rana con las manos, debe lavárselas de inmediato. El veneno que segregan es su defensa para protegerse de sus depredarores. Las personas que vayan a tocar ese animal, no lo vayan a hacer con las manos. Si tienen contacto deben lavarse las manos rápidamente porque el líquido es urticante; pica. Pero si cae en los ojos, le puede causar hasta una ceguera parcial. Es bien doloroso. A mi me pasó. Cuando me cayó en los ojos, es el mismo efecto del pepper spray. La visión se te nubla y es bien doloroso”, señaló.

“A mi me cayó porque estaba buscándola. Dije: ‘Mira, ahí está la rana’, pero ellas rápidamente se sienten amenazada y votan el líquido. Fue un chorro chiquito. Lo sentí bien caliente. Eso me duró como una hora. No recibí atención médica. Lo aproveché para saber cómo era el efecto. Me lavé la cara muchas veces. Se puso bien caliente. Como que se hincha. Cuando cae en las manos, a los 10 segundos ya se convierte como si fuera un chicle bien pegajoso”, describió el funcionario.

El oficial del DRNA exhortó a los ciudadanos a que cuando vean una de estas ranas que se comen a nuestros coquíes, notifiquen a la agencia, pero no recomiendan que se les acerquen. Explicó que por la razón que la encuentran en lugares como el Cibao, en Camuy, es porque hay un lago y las ranas se reproducen en los cuerpos de agua.

“Si usted tiene un cuerpo de agua, piscina o estanque, revise porque son individuos que ponen miles de huevos. Para identificarla, el macho es bien pequeño y la hembra es bien grande, sobrepasa las cuatros pulgadas y puede variar de color de brown hasta blanco y tonos de amarillo y verde, dependiendo del lugar”, apuntó.

¿Qué se puede hacer al respecto?

Nosotros lo que hacemos es que las removemos. Se orienta a los ciudadanos y se llevan al Centro de Especies en Arecibo. Esa especie es un depredador de animales en Puerto Rico como el coquí, los lagartijos y cualquier insecto. Así que no le cojan pena. Tienen apetito voraz y acaba con nuestras especies.

9.6. An interest in animals. Paradox of the 20th century

There are many cases of mysterious death or disappearance of animals associated with UFO sightings in the same areas. Very famous was the case of a horse that disappeared and then found after a long search, and the reasons for its death remained unexplained (November 1973, Colorado, USA). Since January 1974, the mysterious death of animals has been recorded in various US states (Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota, etc.).

March 4, 1975 The New York Times reported numerous examples of animal mutilation in northern Texas and Oklahoma. The animals were missing certain parts of the body (tongue, ear, nostril, etc.). The governor of Oklahoma led a team to investigate each such fact. According to the conclusion of a specialist from the University of Minnesota, all operations on animals were carried out at a professional level. In addition, the animals were completely bled, “as if it had been done with a needle.” February to July 1975 years, the center of the mysterious death of animals was the area of the village of Moca in Puerto Rico. There was talk of a vampire appearing. But if this is a vampire, then he must have some kind of means of transportation, as can be seen from his unexpected appearance and other disappearance from Puerto Rico. In the magazine “L.D.L.N.” (1976, No. 157) gives the following figures for animals killed in Puerto Rico: 90,003

? Chickens? 182? 57.80%? ? Ducks? 40? 12.70%? ? Goats? 33? 10.50%? ? Rabbits? 20 ? 6.38%? ? Geese? 18 ? 5.70%? ? cows? 8 ? 2.55%? ? Sheep? 5 ? 1.59%? ? Pigs? 3? 0.96%? ? Dogs ? 3? 0.96%? ? Cats? 1 ? 0.32%?

As long as scientists turn away from facts, fear, mysticism and superstition will flourish. People who are familiar with the facts, but far from the problem of UFOs, are looking for an answer from scientists and, not finding it, go their own way to “vampires”, “devils” and “devils”. Animal cases led to a number of interesting conclusions:

– Animals die at night, more often at dawn.

– In almost all cases, the owners did not hear the slightest noise, although they slept quite close to the location of the animals.

The death of animals is caused by inflicted wounds, which in some cases are not serious enough to cause their death.

– In numerous cases, wounds are made according to the same pattern with an instrument that destroys organs and bones.

– Wounds depend on the size of the animal. For poultry, 1/4 inch; for goats, more than 1 inch.

– The depth of the wound also changes, but there is absolutely no blood along its edges.

– The wound remains open, as if the hollow instrument that made it had pulled out the tissue trapped inside the instrument.

– In numerous cases, selectivity was noted: several animals or birds of the same breed died at the same time, although they were kept together with other breeds.

University of Puerto Rican biophysicist Dr. Ángel de la Sierra, who studied one case in detail, noted that the incision made in the ear of a piglet is similar to that made in experimental surgery to identify the causes of deafness. Consider one of the cases that occurred in the state of Carolina (USA). B. Bello used to feed his geese in the evening. 5 April 1975 about midnight, he, as always, carried food, but was surprised to note that the dogs, who usually accompanied him, preferred to stay away. The next morning, Bello found 10 geese and 3 chickens dead. On closer examination, he saw that each of the geese had two wounds 1/4 inch in diameter. One of the geese was found in the yard of an empty neighboring house. Unlike the geese already mentioned, this one had the upper part cut off with some extremely sharp instrument. The incident was reported to the police and the Federal Department of Agriculture, whose employees took the geese for study. An autopsy of the geese showed the presence of two deep wounds (2.5 centimeters) on each, with a diameter of about 8 millimeters. These wounds somehow healed immediately, and no blood was visible. It seemed that both wounds were inflicted at the same time. It is curious to note that Bello’s bedroom is next to the poultry yard, but he did not hear anything, although geese are famous for their reaction to the slightest extraneous noise. After what happened for several days, the dogs refused to go to the poultry yard. (See L.D.L.N., 1976, no. 157).

At 25 kilometers from Santa Victoria do Palmar (Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) is the farm of lawyer O. Rodriguez. In the summer of 1972, sheep began to die, and on each they found a round wound with a diameter of 2 centimeters on the left side of the head or in the region of the heart. All this lasted two months, after which there were no cases of death of rams. One night, Rodriguez and the farm workers who were on duty hoping to catch a pest saw a light coming from a strange object sitting in a pasture. When you try to get closer to the object, the latter “extinguished” and disappeared. Specialists-veterinarians have not found an explanation for these cases. If you are disgusted by the idea of UFO involvement in the mysterious death of animals, then call all of the above fiction. It’s very reassuring…

Masha beat the Japanese “hard” – Gazeta.

September 30, 2004, 2:31 pm
Sport

Russian tennis players Maria Sharapova and Marat Safin reached the quarterfinals of tournaments in Seoul and Bangkok, respectively. Also on Thursday, the names of the participants in the male part of the Kremlin Cup became known.

Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova reached the quarterfinals of the tournament in Seoul, the prize fund of which is $140,000. On Thursday, she beat Japan’s Miho Saeki 6-3, 6-1. Despite the fact that Saeki is only 258th in the world ranking against eighth Sharapova, it was the Japanese who took the lead first. Saeki acted at the beginning of the meeting more actively and energetically and quickly took the opponent’s serve (3:1).

And then Sharapova came to her senses. “In the first three games,” Sharapova will tell reporters after the match, “I didn’t play my game. Only when I began to act actively on her serve, everything began to work out for me.

Saeki in the first set no longer managed to take a single game.

The 17-year-old Wimbledon winner simply crushed her opponent with her might.

The “beating” of the Japanese woman continued in the second set, in which Saeki managed to win the game only once.
“I just needed time to adapt to my opponent,” Sharapova justifies herself for the unsuccessful start of the fight. “But the victory was won, and this is the main thing.”

In the quarterfinals, the Russian woman will meet with the eighth racket of the competition, the Australian Samantha Stosur, who has already knocked out another Russian woman, Galina Voskoboeva, from the fight.

Sharapova recently met with Stosur at a tournament in Birmingham, where she easily outplayed the Australian – 6:4, 6:3. Then the rivals performed on the grass. Now the coverage is even “faster”.

“She has a very good serve,” Sharapova said of her future opponent, “so this time I will have to give it my all. ”

The success of his compatriot was repeated by Marat Safin, who also reached the quarterfinals at the tournament in Bangkok

(the prize fund is $550,000). On Thursday, Marat, seeded under the third number, beat the 151st racket of the world Czech athlete Jiri Vanek with a score of 6:3, 6:4.

Marat Safin will fight either against Igor Andreev’s offender, 542nd racket of the world, Roger Wassen from the Netherlands, or with Brazilian Flavio Saretta for reaching the semi-finals.

On Thursday, it also became known that four representatives of Russia will play in the men’s bracket of the Kremlin Cup tennis tournament, which will be held October 11-17 in Moscow. The players of the Russian national team in the Davis Cup will enter the courts of the Olimpiysky sports complex in the capital: Marat Safin, Mikhail Yuzhny, Igor Andreev and Nikolai Davydenko.

Romanian Andrei Pavel, Slovak Dominik Hrbaty, Swede Thomas Johansson, German Nicolas Kiefer and others will also come to Moscow.
The preliminary list of participants does not include last year’s winner of the tournament American Taylor Dent.

At the tournament in Guangzhou, China, Russian Dinara Safina defeated the top seeded tennis player. On Thursday, Safina, ranked 54th in the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) ranking, beat Hisela Dulko 6:1, 6:4.
For reaching the next stage – the semi-finals – Dinara will compete with the Czech Barbora Strykova.

But another representative of Russia Tatyana Panova (84th racket of the world) was less fortunate. On Thursday, she lost to Puerto Rican tennis player Christina Brandi. The score of the meeting is 6:0, 6:1 in favor of the Puerto Rican.

Thus, after Panova’s defeat at the competitions in Guangzhou, only one Russian remained – Dinara Safina.

Russian Elena Dementieva won her first match at the tournament in Hasselt, Belgium. In it, she overcame the resistance of the representative of the Czech Republic Mihaella Pashtikova 6:4; 6:2. For Dementieva, the Gaz de France tournament is one of the last opportunities to take at least one title this season. She reached the final three times, but she never managed to win them.

The victory over Pashtikova increased the chances that Elena will still be able to break this series of failures, and not only reach the final, but also win.

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