Sunday, May 15, 2005
I see three green ducks and a turtle
I am sure you remember the game where you are shown two nearly identical pictures, and you have to find 7 or 8 differences between them. Today being a lazy Sunday, I am pleased to present you with such a time waster.
One of the pictures below is from a traditional bullfighting event in Niigata, Japan called "Ushi no Tsunotsuki" that was held in early May. According to the Mainichi Shimbun newspaper, the event is thought to have started about 500 years ago as a religious ritual. Unlike Spanish or Mexican bullfighting, the fighting here consists of battles between two opposing bulls that attack each other with their horns. Spurred on by the calls of "beaters," the one-ton beasts clash violently, with spectators cheering and shouting encouragement. Some bulls just run away without fighting, much to the disappointment of spectators, but participants said the event went well. "The bulls were more lively than I had expected," said one 68-year-old resident who entered his own bull in the event.
The other picture is probably not from a traditional bullfighting event in Niigata, Japan. If you figure out which picture is which, and find at least five differences in less than one minute, you win the Distinguished Award of the Eagle Eye of Northern California. If you don't, you really should consider going to Japan to see the bulls up close. They are big but gentle, and some of them even wear loincloths.
- posted by Woofwoof @ 5:10 AM
