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Just living is not enough. One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower. ~Hans Christian Andersen.
Hope, deceitful as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route. ~ François Duc de La Rochefoucauld.
Hello! Welcome to my userpage. I am Sainsf, an Indian Wikipedian. I joined the community in 2010, but became actually active from 2012. It's been almost 10 years here; a long journey from back when I was in school to now, when I am a chemistry undergraduate. I have mostly been a contributor to natural history articles, and an active good article reviewer . I became less active here after 2016 due to big changes in real life, but I have started contributing significantly again from late 2019. I am thankful to many editors who helped me become who I am today here, especially Mysdaao and Sasata (who have since become inactive).
I can try doing reviews for you if I have the time and interest, just leave me a message on my talk page. Newbies , I would feel honored to help you! Note: This userpage is based on a design by Phaedriel (we miss you <3) .
Though these userboxes I racked up from literally everywhere in my early days on Wiki (yeah I was a crazy teen) speak way more than you need to know about me (:P), here are some details anyway:
I joined Wikipedia way back in my early teens.. mostly on an impulse to create an article. Then I made all sorts of mistakes, even wondered if I did the right thing by joining. But nearly ten years later, I am so glad I did . This platform has helped me learn a lot how to communicate, how to write scientific articles and all in all has been a rewarding experience!
I am no expert on natural history, though I have a good understanding of biology up to an intermediate level. My interest in natural history is mostly amateurish, in real life I am a chemistry nerd. May be I will start working on chem articles later in the future, but I wish to improve a lot of neglected mammal articles for now.
I am female but sort of a tomboy. It amuses me every time I'm referred to as "he" :D
My stuff – This is where I treasure all my significant contributions in one place :)
My articles
Articles I have significantly contributed to
Did You Know? (DYKs)
Amanita thiersii
Caracal
Four-horned antelope
Ocelot
Note : DYKs are listed in the order of their appearance on the main page.
Did you know ...
... that Amanita thiersii has the genetic capability to decompose cellulose and can survive on it alone?
... that the fungus Stereum ostrea gets its common name 'False Turkey-tail' due to its great resemblance with the Turkey-tail (Trametes versicolor )?
... that the pharmocological products derived from the Spanish foxglove are up to three times more potent than those obtained from the common foxglove ?
... that impala are known for their unique leaping ability, reaching heights up to 3 metres (9.8 ft)?
... that rock paintings of the dibatag have been discovered on the west bank of the Nile River , far from its present range?
... that the Mongalla gazelle continued its extensive migration in South Sudan despite three decades of civil war?
... that the mountain nyala , featured on the obverse of the Ethiopian ten santim coin, was the last species of large antelope to be discovered in Africa?"
... that the ears of the sitatunga are so specialized that they can pinpoint the direction of the origin of a sound?
... that the blue duiker marks its territory by the secretions of glands near its eyes?
... that the royal antelope is the smallest antelope in the world?
... that the unusual four-horned skull of the four-horned antelope makes it a popular target for trophy hunters ?
... that despite its name, the jungle cat eschews rainforests and woodlands, and prefers swamps ?
... that every cheetah has a unique pattern of spots on its coat?
... that the caracal can leap more than 3 metres (10 ft) in the air and catch birds on the wing?
... that among klipspringers , pair bonds are formed that may last for life?
... that in South America, taboos are associated with the consumption of the meat of the six-banded armadillo ?
... that the activity of the bare-tailed woolly opossum is influenced by moonlight?
... that blackbuck could play a role in the dispersal of Prosopis juliflora fruits?
... that Mahavira was the 24th and last tirthankara (Teaching God) in Jainism?
... that the nilgai has been declared as vermin in Bihar , India?
... that the serval has the longest legs of any cat relative to its body size?
... that the bluebuck was the first large African mammal historically recorded to have become extinct?
... that artist Salvador Dalí claimed that his pet ocelot was an ordinary domestic cat that he had "painted over in an op art design"?
... that the Vietnam mouse-deer , which had been feared to have gone extinct nearly 30 years ago, was sighted again in 2019?
... that populations of the Canada lynx undergo cyclic rises and falls in line with those of the snowshoe hare ?
... that meerkats use alarm calls that can identify the type of predator posing the risk, the level of danger, and the caller itself?
... that the sun bear is the smallest of all bear species?
... that despite being a member of the cat family , the jaguarundi has several features in common with mustelids such as otters and weasels?
... that the banteng is the second endangered species to be successfully cloned , and the first clone to survive beyond infancy?
... that Heuglin's gazelle , reportedly last seen in Eritrea over a century earlier during Italian colonial rule , was sighted again in the country last year?
Good article reviews
Beckford's Tower
Borscht
Elephant
Geography of Wales
Gill Sans
Ivan Aivazovsky
Lilioid monocots
Puri
Starfish
Uturunku
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1930 Salmas earthquake • 1969 Atlantic hurricane season
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Abe Mickal • Abrahams Creek • Acer pseudoplatanus • 'Adud al-Dawla • Agriculture in Scotland in the Middle Ages • AirAsia India • Air India • Ajtony • Akzidenz-Grotesk • Alan Moore (war artist) • Alasdair Cochrane • Albert Camus • Albin K. Longren • Al-Birwa • Ali Abu Nuwar • Alloxylon flammeum • All Saints' Church, Southampton • Alnus glutinosa • Al-Rahba • Amir al-ʿarab • Antlion • Antoine, Duke of Lorraine • Ariwara no Narihira • A. R. Rahman • Attack on Titan
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Baleen whale • Banksia lemanniana • Banton, Romblon • Bara Gumbad • Beckford's Tower • Bembo • Big King • Billie Jenkins • Bobbili Fort • Borscht • Brigadier General Albert Pike • Buford, Georgia • Burkhan Khaldun
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Caitlyn Jenner • California sheephead • California sea lion • California State Route 11 • Campbell's dwarf hamster • Canidae • Carlos Menem • Carre's Grammar School • Cerro Blanco (volcano) • Cerro Tuzgle • Charles Kanaʻina • Chau Say Tevoda • Cheshire, Connecticut • Chikan, Kaiping • Cho Ki-chon • Christy Jenkins • Chudleigh, Tasmania • Circle dance • Clal Center • Clementine cake • Clifton Bridge railway station • Climate of Argentina • Climate of Buenos Aires • Clwyd • Coimbatore • Common toad (My first review!) • Congress of Durrës • The Conquest of Belgrade • Constance of Antioch • Coropuna • Cotton production in Pakistan • The Culinary Institute of America • The Culinary Institute of America at Greystone
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Danny Higginbotham • Decorating of the Bride • Der Herr ist mein getreuer Hirt , BWV 112 • Devi Upanishad • Digambara • Doreen Valiente
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Eagle Boys • Eciton burchellii • Ecnomiohyla rabborum • Eduardo Duhalde • Education in Medieval Scotland • Elephant • Eliza Meek • El Laco • Else Christensen • Es ist euch gut, daß ich hingehe , BWV 108 • European hare
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Faisalabad • Fernando de la Rúa • Ferdinand Paleologus • Floating Clouds (artwork) • Fonteynkill • Food in England • Fortifications of Xi'an • Fried chicken
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Gail Godwin • Gareth Bale • Geography of Wales • George Bellew • George S. Armstrong • George Tucker (politician) • GE steam turbine locomotives • Glad (duke) • Golaghat • Great white shark • Grevillea juniperina • Gill Sans • The Good Huswifes Jewell • Gleichwie der Regen und Schnee vom Himmel fällt, BWV 18 • Grace Banker
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Halden Prison • Halt im Gedächtnis Jesum Christ , BWV 67 • Heterodontosaurus • Hippeastrum • Hirtodrosophila mycetophaga • History of agriculture in Scotland • History of Harvard Extension School • HMS Foxhound (H69) • House Sparrow • Hull Castle • Hunlock Creek • Hurst Castle
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Ich bin vergnügt mit meinem Glücke, BWV 84 • Incapillo • Indian peafowl • IndiGo • Isa ibn Muhanna • Isopogon anemonifolius • Isopogon anethifolius • Ivan Aivazovsky
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Jain monasticism • James Wood Bush • Jet Airways • Jewett House • Jimmy Frise • João Sousa • Joe Wilson (Australian footballer) • John C. Calhoun (joined as second reviewer) • John Hadley (philosopher) • John of Brienne • John Sigismund Zápolya • Johor Bahru • Julia Gasper
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Kaivalya Upanishad • Karaikudi S. Subramanian • Kato Svanidze • Keeping Up with the Kardashians • Kenneth Grant • Kerala • Kidnapping of Jaycee Dugard • King Island Emu • Ko Olina Station and Center • Kusumoto Ine • Kyra (Charmed)
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Lazarus Aaronson • Lesser Antillean Macaw • Lilioid monocots • Literature in early modern Scotland • Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele , BWV 143 • Long, Long, Long • Los Pollos Hermanos • Lucinda L. Combs • Lutz Tavern
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Macau • Mahavira • Malacca City • Malacostraca • Marjorie Cameron • Mary, Queen of Hungary • Mary Stuart Smith • Masroor Rock Cut Temple • Mathematics and architecture • Matrilineal society of Meghalaya • Meat ant • Mediterranean cuisine • Meech Lake Accord • Milutin Bojić • Mindful Yoga • Miriam Weiner (genealogist) • Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, BWV 125 • The Modern Cook • Montsoreau • Mount Waesche • Mount Washington (New Hampshire) • Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management • Muhanna ibn Isa • Murder of Lenford Harvey • Museum of Socialist Art, Sofia
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Naem • Nanticoke Creek • Nathaniel G. S. Hart • National Assembly Building of Slovenia • National Museum of Vietnamese History • North Carolina Highway 98 • Northern Mockingbird
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O ewiges Feuer, o Ursprung der Liebe , BWV 34 • Only a Northern Song
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Palace Theatre (Marion, Ohio) • Pall Mall, London • Patchway railway station • Peter de Maulay • Peter Taylor (footballer, born 1928) • Philosophie Zoologique • Pink slime • Prince Romerson • The Proclamation of Dušan's Law Codex • Puri
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Railroad Gazette • Rainbow trout • Ralph Milne • Ralph Waldo Trine • Raúl Alfonsín • Raynald of Châtillon • The Red Dragon (magazine) • Requiem (Fauré) • Rob Roy (dog) • Rodrigues starling • Romblon • Rosalie Slaughter Morton • Rosemary Edna Sinclair • Rudra Mahalaya Temple • Ruth Archer
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San Giacomo Scossacavalli • Sarawak • Sargonid dynasty • Sathyamangalam Wildlife Sanctuary • Savoy Truffle • Scaly-breasted Munia • Scleractinia • Second Avenue Subway • Sélestat • Sheet Harbour, Nova Scotia • Shumen fortress • Shumen Plateau Nature Park • Shwezigon Pagoda • Sie werden aus Saba alle kommen, BWV 65 • Snakefly • Sour Milk Sea • South Africa at the 2012 Summer Paralympics • Southcote, Berkshire • South India • Sphecomyrma • SpiceJet • Spix's macaw • Spotted green pigeon • Starfish • State Shinto • Steep, Hampshire • Stephanolepis cirrhifer • Stephen Sutton • Sully Historic Site • Sumedha • Surat • Sydney punchbowls
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Terry Conroy • Thomas Stephens (historian) • Tilbury Fort • Time (xkcd) • Timothy Olyphant • Toby Creek • Tommy Lawton • Tree • Trenton, New Jersey • Tristimania • Tropaeolum • Tuyajto Lake • Typhoon Noul (2015)
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Udvada Atash Behram • Ulyana Nesheva • United States Army Herald Trumpets • United States Capitol cornerstone laying • University of Campinas • University of Notre Dame • Uturunku
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Varaha Upanishad • Vilayet Printing House (Sarajevo) • Vistara • Vizianagaram fort
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Wahrlich, wahrlich, ich sage euch , BWV 86 • Walter Loving • War of the Antiochene Succession • Wayzata Bay Center • What's So Amazing About Grace? • Whitney Russell • Wignacourt Arch • Winifred Hoernlé • Wusun
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Yin Yoga • Yoga Body • Yogatattva Upanishad
Z
Zuo zhuan
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Today's featured article
Cranial remains of the Bonn–Oberkassel dog
The Bonn–Oberkassel dog was a Late Paleolithic (c. 12,000 BCE ) dog whose partial skeletal remains were found buried alongside two humans in Bonn , Germany. Initially identified as a wolf upon its discovery in 1914, its remains were separated and lost within the University of Bonn 's collections. These were reunited in the late 1970s, and the animal was re-identified as an early domestic dog and dated to the Late Glacial Interstadial . It likely suffered and survived canine distemper as a puppy, a disease with an almost 100-percent fatality rate in wild dogs and wolves. The puppy's survival likely required intensive care from humans, including food, water, and regular cleaning. This may show a close emotional bond between the humans and the dog, and possibly that it was regarded as a pet – perhaps by the humans it was buried alongside. The dog died aged around 7.5 months for unclear reasons; it may have died from natural causes, or have been sacrificed to be buried alongside the humans. (Full article... )
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A sunset near Königswalde (Germany).
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