17 May 2012

Cuttlefish / Sipa













Papa V is a passionate diver, snorkler and sea-lover! Besides having fresh and healthy lunch directly from the sea (almost) every day, he often brings home some other interesting treasures, such as stones, sea shells, sand from the bottom of the sea, etc.
This time he brought something special! This is a cuttlefish bone from a cuttlefish that he brought, and it's ink - sepia - that V used for drawing. We were so happy to be abble to show V this fenomenon, and talk about it: the cuttlefish ejects it's ink from an ink sack in order to protect itself from the enemy when attacked. Then we remembered other ways that animals protect themselves when in danger: the chameleon changes color, the hedgehog has spines, a skunk sprinkles a liquid with a strong, foul odor, etc. Nature is so so exciting!

Tata V je strasni ronilac, podvodni ribolovac i obožavalac mora! Pored toga, što skoro svaki dan imamo svež ručak direktno iz mora, on često izroni i donese i druge zanimljivosti kao što su školjke, zanimljivo kamenje, pesak sa dna mora, itd.
Ovog puta je doneo nešto posebno! Ovo je sipina kost od sipe i njeno mastilo - sepia - koje je V upotrebio za crtanje. Bili smo toliko srećni što nam se pružila prilika da pričamo sa V-om o ovom fenomenu - sipa ispušta svoje tamno mastilo da bi se zaštitila od neprijatelja, stvarajući tako  u vodi taman "oblak" koji je u potpunosti sakriva i štiti. Onda smo se prisetili i drugih životinja koje V zna a koje se na zanimljiv način štite od opasnosti: kameleon menja boju stapajući se sa svojom okolinom, to isto radi i hobotnica, jež ima bodlje, tvor ispušta neprijatan smrad, itd. 

This ink - sepia - can be used for cooking as well, but we used it for drawing and painting, which reminded me of some other animals that provide pigments for drawing and painting such as the indian yellow pigment manufactured from the urine of cattle in India fed only on mango leaves and water, or the carmine red pigment derived from the secretion of female scale insects that feed on the twigs of various trees native to India. And the rest of the cuttelfish - we fried in olive oil and garlic, and had some yummy lunch! So many things one can learn from a cuttlefish!


Ovo mastilo - poznato još i pod imenom sepia, može da se koristi za kuvanje (npr. crnog rižota), ali i za crtanje i slikanje, što me je podsetilo da se u prirodi boje i pigmenti nalaze na najzanimljivijim i čudnim mestima i da postoje još neke životinje od kojih se oni mogu dobiti: npr. pigment indijske žute se dobijao iz mokraće jedne vrste indijskih krava koje se hrane lišćem manga, a pigment karmin crvene od sitnih insekata coccus cacti koji se stružu sa grana jedne vrste smokve. Priroda je veoma uzbudljiva! 


Mi smo sepiu ovog puta iskoristili za crtanje, a ostatak sipe smo ispržili na belom luku i maslinovom ulju i u slast pojeli! 

2 comments:

Milos Tomic said...

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