Nelayan Kompresor dan Potas di Kepulauan Seribu

14 October 2008 Environment 27

Pagi itu, matahari belum sepenuhnya bertengger tinggi ketika saya dan buddy dive saya Esther sudah muncul di pelabuhan Marina Ancol. Sambil menunggu peralatan dimasukan ke dalam kapal, saya menyempatkan menyeruput segelas teh manis panas di warung pojok tepi dermaga, sekaligus menunggu Adek, seorang penyelam guide yang menjadi perantara perjalanan saya kali ini. Sudah sejak lama saya tertarik untuk mempunyai dokumentasi photo aktivitas para penangkap ikan illegal di kepulauan seribu, Jakarta.

Mereka kerap kali di sebut nelayan kompresor dan nelayan potas, karena dalam kegiatannya mencari ikan mereka memakai kompresor udara sebagai alat bantu pernafasan serta racun potas. Menemukan mereka tidaklah sulit, dalam setiap perjalanan menyelam di kepulauan Seribu, kita sering berpapasan dengan kapal kapal mereka, yang ditandai dengan banyaknya selang selang berseliweran keluar dari sebuah kapal menuju dalam laut. Hanya saja mereka cenderung tertutup dan tidak mau lokasi penangkapan ikan mereka di dekati, mungkin karena kegiatan mereka sebenarnya cenderung merupakan metode penangkapan illegal, sehingga sangat sensitive terhadap orang orang asing.

Melalui Adek, yang pernah tinggal dan besar di kepulauan seribu, saya akhirnya bisa mendapatkan kontak dengan Bapak Udin, seorang nelayan yang tinggal di Pulau Pramuka, untuk bisa mengantarkan saya kepada komunitas nelayan penangkap ikan ini. Setelah disepakati harinya, karena ada hari hari seperti hari Jum’at dan hari tertentu yang menurut kepercayaan mereka bukan hari baik untuk melaut, Pak Udin akan menemui saya di pulau Kotok pada jam 10 pagi.

Perjalanan menuju Pulau Kotok Besar sangat cepat karena permukaan air laut yang cenderung flat dan tidak bergelombang. Sesekali kapal boat berkekuatan 3 mesin , masing masing 150PK harus berhenti karena baling balingnya tersangkut sampah yang sangat banyak berceceran di laut lepas. Sungguh memprihatinkan nasib laut di halaman muka ibu kota republik ini.
Akhirnya kapal boat Kul Kul merapat di dermaga Kotok setelah menempuh waktu satu setengah jam. Ternyata Pak Udin sudah lama menunggu dengan sebuah kapal kecilnya bersandar di pojok dermaga. Setelah menyiapkan tabung tabung penyelaman dan peralatan photography, kami bergegas naik ke atas kapal jukung berkekuatan mesin 45 PK untuk menuju ke luar area Pulau Semak Daun sebagai titik pertemuan kami dengan nelayan kompresor.

Setelah menempuh perjalanan selama 45 menit, di kejauhan sudah terlihat sebuah kapal nelayan kompresor, yang ditandai dengan banyaknya orang berkerumun di atas dek kapal. Hati saya menjadi lega, karena terus terang selama perjalanan dari pelabuhan Marina Ancol, saya agak was was kalau mereka tiba tiba tidak muncul pada hari yang dijanjikan.
Ternyata mereka baru saja istirahat setelah menyelesaikan sortie penangkapan ikan. Saya meminta Pak Udin untuk merapatkan kapal jukung ke badan kapal sehingga saya bisa melompat naik. Wajah wajah keras penghuni kapal, nelayan nelayan kepulauan seribu menyambut saya dengan dingin dan penuh curiga. Hati saya agak ciut, mengingat mereka pasti sangat berhati hati menerima orang asing di atas kapalnya. Setelah basa basi sebentar, dan saya yakin bahwa Pak Udin telah menjelaskan kepada mereka sebelumnya,bahwa kami bukanlah wartawan atau petugas aparat, maka saya berusaha membuat suasana menjadi akrab.

Kapal berukuran 3 x 10 meter itu tampak penuh sesak dijejali dengan manusia manusia, sebagian duduk berkerumun diatas kap kapal, dan sebagian lagi berkerumun di haluan. Area buritan didisain sedemikan rupa untuk meletakan mesin kompresor angin, yang bunyi suaranya sangat memekakan telinga. Di pojok belakang buritan, salah seorang nelayan sedang menyiapkan makan siang. Sebuah kuali baja hitam berisi air dan ikan ikan yang sudah dipotong potong, tampak diatas sebuah kompor gas yang menyala. Ia lalu mengupas bawang putih sambil menumbuknya bersama bumbu bumbu lain diatas sebuah cobek batu,lalu memasukannya begitu saja ke dalam kuali sambil mengaduk ngaduk.

Disinilah ketegangan mencair. Sambil makan siang bersama – saya baru menyadari begitu nikmatnya makan nasi keras dan gulai ikan – kita ngobrol dan membuat hubungan lebih akrab. Akhirnya mereka mengijinkan saya untuk mengikuti kegiatan mereka hari itu.

Metode penyelaman mereka benar benar menyalahi aturan. Mereka hanya bermodal selang dari kompresor besar yang mengalirkan udara. Bayangkan kompresor pengisi angin tambal ban saja. Ini mengalirkan udara yang tidak jelas komposisinya. Padahal kalau kita para penyelam mengetahui bahwa tabung udara yang kita hirup tidak murni oksigen. Terdiri dari 21 % oksigen dan 79 % nitrogen.
Sementara dengan udara – tambal ban – ini,membuat tenggorokan penyelam nelayan tersebut panas dan perih. Sehingga setelah menyelam mereka meminum susu dan kopi, untuk menetralisir pengaruh tidak enak di tenggorokannya.

Mereka hanya memakai pemberat, masker, selang dan boot. Karena mereka berjalan di bawah laut sambil merentangkan jaring jaring yang akan menangkap ikan ikan. Pertama tama beberapa orang menyelam sambil menyemprotkan potas – sianida – dalam botol aqua. Ini akan membuat ikan ikan pingsan dan tak berdaya ketika ditangkap.

Setelah itu satu persatu penyelam masuk ke dalam air, merentangkan jaring, sambil kapal berjalan memutari target sasaran. Begitu mereka naik ke kapal. Penyelam lainnya masuk ke dalam air lagi bergantian untuk menggiring jaring untuk mengunci ikan ikan yang terperangkap.

Ada sebuah aturan, bagi para penyelam untuk melakukan surface interfal sehabis menyelam. Karena dengan menyelam ada nitrogen yang terserap ke dalam tubuh kita. Nitrogen ini harus dilepaskan dulu sebelum kita menyelam lagi. Membutuhkan waktu beberapa lama di permukaan. Konsekuensinya bahkan bisa mengakibatkan kematian atau kelumpuhan.
Tak heran, di sekitar pulau seribu banyak ditemukan nelayan nelayan yang lumpuh. Ini akibat dari kebiasaan mereka menyelam – naik turun – sesukanya ketika menangkap ikan.

Ini sama yang dilakukan oleh para penyelam penangkap ikan hias. Ikan ikan hias yang djual di Jalan Sumenep atau menjadi hiasan aquarium. Mereka menyelam disekitar terumbu karang mencari cari ikan hias diantara anemone. Potas dalam botol aqua mereka semprotakan di anomone dan dibalik karang karang.
Tak berapa lama mereka kembali menyelam, dan tinggal memunguti ikan ikan hias yang pingsan.
Padahal menurut resensi ilmiah yang saya baca, setiap penyemprotan potas akan mematikan area terumbu karang seluas 4 x 4 meter. Bisa dibayakangkan, lama kelamaan terumbu karang di Kepulauan Seribu akan habis. Mati dan kering. Tak ada ikan lagi, karena ikan ikan memntuhkan terumbu karang sebagai rumah dan habitatnya.
Ini tak bisa dianggap remeh. Para nelayan mengakui sekarang mereka harus melaut jauh hampir ke utara di luar area kepulauan seribu, karena ikan ikan yang mulai langka ditemui di dalam kepulauan Seribu sendiri.

Memang Dinas Perikanan Kepulauan Seribu sudah mensosialisasikan bagaimana kerusakan ekosistem ini dengan mulai mengajarkan budidaya ikan hias. Ini memerlukan kerja keras , sekaligus pengabdian yang konsisten.
Kecilnya anggaran dan juga minimnya patroli pengawasan membuat pelanggaran pelanggaran ini selalu mudah ditemui. Pola kerja mereka mencari ikan yang sudah dilakukan beberapa generasi tak mudah begitu saja diubah. Selalu ada pergesekan.

Hari makin sore, saya memutuskan kembali ke sebuah pulau kecil tempat seorang penangkap ikan hias sedang mencari cari ikan disana. Tak mungkin saya melarangnya. Ini masalah hidup mati mereka mencari nafkah bagi keluarganya. Saya hanya membeli ikan ikan hias yang mereka tangkap.
Ikan itu saya bawa ke Pulau Kotok dan dilepas di pinggir dermaga. Mereka bergerak gerak, setelah sadar – =racun potasnya hilang – lalu berenang cepat ke bawah koral terumbu karang.
Mungkin ini hanya sementara. Sampai suatu hari kelak ia tertangkap lagi oleh penyelam potas.

15 October 2008 21:50:13
ichaawe

how wonderfull website !!!
tp aku liat artikel yg ini, yg nulis mas iman brotoseno …mmmhhh kereen

ituh foto yg terakhir, mirip nemo fish

wah baru liat penyelam2 tanpa menggunakan tabung oksigen. pantesan banyak nelayan kita yg kena paru2 basaha…ato penyakit radang apa gituh yg bahaya banget.
20 October 2008 17:04:09
bangsari

jadi inget masa kecil dulu. mungkin gara gara penggunaan potas itu, ikan di bangsari dah ngga ada lagi. padahal dulu, setiap banjir besar, ikan ada dimana-mana. bahkan dengan tangan pun cukup untuk lauk sehari.

ya begitulah…
31 October 2008 16:04:14
Andree

Kalo cuma pake putas aja sih mendingan ya…
di Lampung, para nelayan nya sering banget pake BOM..!!
saya sendiri selama ini diving di lampung, sudah 3x di BOM pada saat melakukan penyelaman. Suaranya kencang sekali, utung saya tidak pingsan waktu di bom tersebut hehehhehe.
Dan lagi di lampung sering sekali para penyelam kompresor ini menggunakan pahat untuk mengambil terumbu karang.
Yg ironis nya, lokasi tempat mereka melakukan pengeboman itu sangat dekat dengan markas angkatan laut + BBL (balai budaya laut) yg dimana sudah seharusnya tugas mereka untuk menjaga/melarang perbuatan seperti itu.
Tapi sampai detik ini saya menulis ini, kegiatan pem-BOM-an di perairan teluk lampung tetap berlangsung…
Inilah Indonesia 🙂
25 February 2009 12:44:41
sitti kardina

wwww..
amazing …..
i lke it..
benar2 lat yang indah….
kekayaan indonesua…
jadi rasanya liat.. ikan2 n terumbu karang.
tambahin lagi ya. gambar2nya yang keren n interesting
6 June 2009 22:54:58
puloseribu.com

Yth, pengelola web dunialaut.com

Salam kenal. Kami redaksi puloseribu.com, media yang dikembangkan beberapa anak muda pulau seribu, amat tertarik merepublikasi tulisan “Nelayan Kompresor dan Potas di Kepulauan Seribu” ini. Karena itu kami bermaksud meminta izin agar tulisan tersebut bisa kami republikasi dengan mencantum sumber aslinya. Atas perkenannya kami ucapkan terima kasih.

Salam
redaksi puloseribu.com
18 August 2009 16:39:30
Idris

salam kenal

saya Idris dari Yayasan TERANGI (Terumbu Karang Indonesia) kami adalah NGO yang bergerak di kepulauan seribu sejak tahun 2000an dan kebetulan kelompok target yang kami sentuh adlah nelayan ikan hias di Pulau Panggang, terkait dengan tulisan tersebut diatas saya sangat mengapresiasi tulisan tersebut, karena berisi tentang ancaman-ancaman yang merusak kelestarian terumbu karang di kepulauan seribu dan berdasrkan penilitaian yang kami lakukan dari tahun 2000an sampai sekarang bahwa telah terjadi fluktuasi tutupan karang hidup di kepulauan seribu….
singkatnya saya juga ingin pembaca tulisan ini mengetahui bahwa sekarang nelayan ikan hias kepualuan seribu sudah jarang menggunakan potas (meskipun hanya 90%) sisanya sebenarnya adalah nelayan yang target utamanya bukan ikan hias tapi ikan konsumsi dan secara kebetulan sekali dalam proses penangkapanya mereka menemukan ikan hias makanya mereka menagkap ikan tersebut, mengapa saya mengatakan begitu karena berdasrkan penelitian itung2an ekonomi, harga ikan hias tidak mencukupi jika di tangkap dengan potas,
maka untuk itu saya menghimbau kepada teman2 pembaca untuk mengangkat juga sisi positif dari nelayan ikan hias yang sudah mau berubah untuk tidak menggunakan potas lagi seabgai bentuk apresiasi kita terhadap perubahan sikap mereka…..setidaknya kita telah menginformasikan hal yang berimbang dari segi perubahan masyarakatnya yang mau menerima perubahan meskipun butuh waktu yang lama dan kesabaran
sekian informasi dari saya

Salam Lestari
Idris
idris@terangi.or.id
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nani

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15 January 2025 08:27:36
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Unveiling the Potential of Kelp DAO
In today’s rapidly evolving digital economy, Kelp DAO emerges as a transformative force in the field of decentralized finance (DeFi). By leveraging blockchain technology, Kelp DAO aims to improve governance and promote sustainability.

What is Kelp DAO?
Kelp DAO is a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) designed to democratize decision-making processes on the blockchain. It serves as a pivotal tool for communities seeking enhanced and a focus on eco-friendly initiatives.

Why Choose Kelp DAO?
Here are several compelling reasons to consider Kelp DAO for your blockchain ventures:

Environmental Sustainability: Kelp DAO incorporates mechanisms that align with environmental conservation goals, making it an eco-conscious choice.
Decentralized Governance: With a robust framework for community-driven governance, participants can actively influence project directions.
Innovation in DeFi: By fostering an environment of innovation, Kelp DAO contributes to the evolving landscape of decentralized finance.
How Does Kelp DAO Work?
Kelp DAO operates through a token-based voting system, where community members hold the power to vote on proposals and influence project decisions. The DAO’s infrastructure ensures transparency and inclusivity, empowering stakeholders.

Getting Involved with Kelp DAO
Joining Kelp DAO is a straightforward process. Interested parties can engage by acquiring Kelp tokens, participating in community discussions, and voting on platform proposals. This involvement not only offers strategic governance participation but also contributes to the broader aim of sustainable development in the digital realm.

The Future of Kelp DAO
The ultimate vision for Kelp DAO is a fully decentralized platform where members collaboratively address global challenges while advancing decentralized financial mechanisms. As the community grows, so does its capacity to influence .

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16 January 2025 13:24:23
OscarBlibe

Base Bridge: Your Gateway to Seamless Asset Transfer
As the digital landscape expands, transferring assets across different blockchain networks has become increasingly important. Base Bridge offers a robust solution for managing digital assets efficiently and securely.
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What is Base Bridge?
Base Bridge is a cutting-edge platform designed to facilitate the seamless transfer of assets between different blockchain networks. By providing a bridge across these networks, users can enjoy enhanced connectivity and flexibility.

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18 January 2025 00:09:56
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1 March 2025 20:45:24
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Betao: A Melhor Plataforma de Apostas e Cassino Online no Brasil
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O aplicativo movel Betao e apresentado como a melhor plataforma de apostas esportivas e cassino online no Brasil, conhecido por oferecer opcoes de apostas profissionais, jogos de cassino de alta qualidade e ofertas de bonus atrativas. A plataforma e muito popular entre os jogadores brasileiros, oferecendo estrategias eficazes para maximizar lucros e ajudando os usuarios a aproveitarem ao maximo suas apostas. O Betao e a melhor escolha para os jogadores que desejam ter sucesso em 2025, especialmente para aqueles que buscam previsoes confiaveis, oportunidades de apostas lucrativas e um aplicativo movel facil de usar.

Interface e Design do Usuario
O Aplicativo de Apostas Esportivas Betao foi projetado para oferecer uma experiencia de usuario elegante, moderna e intuitiva, facilitando a navegacao pelos diversos esportes e jogos de cassino. Combinando visuais dinamicos, tipografia limpa e modo escuro, o app apresenta um visual polido e envolvente, alem de opcoes de personalizacao para atender as preferencias individuais.

Navegacao Facil
O Betao se destaca por sua navegacao intuitiva, garantindo que os usuarios encontrem rapidamente o que procuram. As categorias de esportes do app sao organizadas por esportes gerais, eventos em alta e principais ligas, com filtros praticos como Mais Populares, Apostas Ao Vivo e Proximos Eventos. Esses recursos permitem que os usuarios entrem diretamente na acao. A separacao entre apostas esportivas e jogos de cassino e clara, com filtros para ambas as categorias, garantindo uma experiencia organizada e fluida.

Para quem prefere velocidade e eficiencia, as opcoes avancadas de busca e classificacao do aplicativo permitem que os usuarios encontrem seus times, esportes e eventos favoritos com apenas alguns toques.
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O Aplicativo de Apostas Esportivas Betao oferece um desempenho excepcional em diferentes dispositivos. Usuarios de iOS geralmente experimentam velocidades mais rapidas e mais estabilidade devido a integracao otimizada de hardware e software, incluindo recursos integrados como Apple Pay e Face ID. No Android, o desempenho do app pode variar dependendo das especificacoes do dispositivo, mas o design responsivo garante que ele se adapte suavemente tanto para as orientacoes retrato quanto paisagem em celulares e tablets.

Seja no celular ou no tablet, o app ajusta automaticamente seus elementos de interface para garantir uma experiencia consistente e fluida, independentemente do dispositivo.

Opcoes de Personalizacao
O Betao oferece um alto grau de personalizacao, garantindo que os usuarios possam ajustar o app conforme suas preferencias. Temas como modo claro e escuro estao disponiveis, permitindo que os usuarios troquem conforme seu conforto ou preferencias esteticas. Alem disso, os apostadores podem personalizar suas opcoes de apostas, incluindo formatos de odds preferidos e tipos de apostas, tornando o app ainda mais adequado aos estilos individuais de apostas.

Para uma experiencia ainda mais personalizada, o app permite que os usuarios salvem seus esportes, times e eventos favoritos. Esse recurso facilita o acesso rapido as opcoes de apostas preferidas e eventos ao vivo, com o minimo de navegacao possivel.
9 April 2025 09:26:26
Rodgerbet

Remote and rugged
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A more organic way to see this coast is by the multi-day coastal ferry, the long-running Sarfaq Ittuk, of the Arctic Umiaq Line. It’s less corporate than the modern cruise ships and travelers get to meet Inuit commuters. Greenland is pricey. Lettuce in a local community store might cost $10, but this coastal voyage won’t break the bank.

The hot ticket currently for exploring Greenland’s wilder side is to head to the east coast facing Europe. It’s raw and sees far fewer tourists, with a harshly dramatic coastline of fjords where icebergs drift south. There are no roads and the scattered population of just over 3,500 people inhabit a coastline roughly the distance from New York to Denver.

A growing number of small expedition vessels probe this remote coast for its frosted scenery and wildlife. Increasingly popular is the world’s largest fjord system of Scoresby Sound with its sharp-fanged mountains and hanging valleys choked by glaciers. Sailing north is the prosaically named North East Greenland National Park, fabulous for spotting wildlife on the tundra.

Travelers come to see polar bears which, during the northern hemisphere’s summer, move closer to land as the sea-ice melts. There are also musk oxen, great flocks of migrating geese, Arctic foxes and walrus.
Some of these animals are fair game for the local communities. Perhaps Greenland’s most interesting cultural visit is to a village that will take longer to learn how to pronounce than actually walk around — Ittoqqortoormiit. Five hundred miles north of its neighboring settlement, the 345 locals are frozen in for nine months of the year. Ships sail in to meet them during the brief summer melt between June and August.

Locked in by ice, they’ve retained traditional habits.

“My parents hunt nearly all their food,” said Mette Barselajsen, who owns Ittoqqortoormiit’s only guesthouse. “They prefer the old ways, burying it in the ground to ferment and preserve it. Just one muskox can bring 440 pounds of meat.”
9 April 2025 09:34:08
DavidElend

While the Cumberland sample may contain longer chains of fatty acids, SAM is not designed to detect them. But SAM’s ability to spot these larger molecules suggests it could detect similar chemical signatures of past life on Mars if they’re present, Williams said.
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“Curiosity is not a life detection mission,” Freissinet said. “Curiosity is a habitability detection mission to know if all the conditions were right … for life to evolve. Having these results, it’s really at the edge of the capabilities of Curiosity, and it’s even maybe better than what we had expected from this mission.”

Before sending missions to Mars, scientists didn’t think organic molecules would be found on the red planet because of the intensity of radiation Mars has long endured, Glavin said.
Curiosity won’t return to Yellowknife Bay during its mission, but there are still pristine pieces of the Cumberland sample aboard. Next, the team wants to design a new experiment to see what it can detect. If the team can identify similar long-chain molecules, it would mark another step forward that might help researchers determine their origins, Freissinet said.

“That’s the most precious sample we have on board … waiting for us to run the perfect experiment on it,” she said. “It holds secrets, and we need to decipher the secrets.”

Briony Horgan, coinvestigator on the Perseverance rover mission and professor of planetary science at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, called the detection “a big win for the whole team.” Horgan was not involved the study.
“This detection really confirms our hopes that sediments laid down in ancient watery environments on Mars could preserve a treasure trove of organic molecules that can tell us about everything from prebiotic processes and pathways for the origin of life, to potential biosignatures from ancient organisms,” Horgan said.

Dr. Ben K.D. Pearce, assistant professor in Purdue’s department of Earth, atmospheric, and planetary sciences and leader of the Laboratory for Origins and Astrobiology Research, called the findings “arguably the most exciting organic detection to date on Mars.” Pearce did not participate in the research.
9 April 2025 11:41:36
KevinRhync

Why there’s a huge collection of vintage cars stored in the middle of the desert
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Back at the turn of the 21st century, Qatar was a country with few cultural attractions to keep visitors and residents entertained. Yet the Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani Museum — known as the FBQ Museum — was a place that most people visited as an alternative to the then-still rather ramshackle National Museum of Qatar.

You had to make an appointment, and drive out into the desert, getting lost a few times along the way, but then you were welcomed to the lush Al Samriya Farm with a cup of tea and some cake. The highlight was being allowed into a space crammed full with shelves and vitrines holding all sorts of eclectic artifacts from swords to coins — with the odd car and carriage standing in the grounds.

It wasn’t necessarily the kind of museum you’d find elsewhere in the world, but it was definitely a sight that needed seeing.

Today, it has grown and now claims to be one of the world’s largest private museums. It holds over 30,000 items, including a fleet of traditional dhow sailboats, and countless carpets. There’s also an entire house that once stood in Damascus, Syria.

There are archaeological finds dating to the Jurassic age, ancient copies of the Quran, a section that details the importance of pearling within Qatar’s history, and jewelry dating to the 17th century.

There are also items from 2022’s FIFA World Cup in Qatar including replica trophies, balls used in the games, entry passes, football jerseys and even shelves full of slightly creepy dolls and children’s plush animals.

Some of the more disturbing exhibits include various items of Third Reich paraphernalia in the wartime room, and, strangely enough, several showcases of birds’ legs with marking rings on them. Basically, whatever you can think of, you have a very good chance of finding it here.

Rumor even has it that behind a locked door is a room filled with the late Princess Diana’s dresses and other memorabilia, accessible only to a select few visitors. Another door hides a room, no longer open to the public, filled with collectibles of the late Saddam Hussein.
9 April 2025 15:03:30
KennethLef

Challenging our perceptions of ‘perfection’
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With health influencers raising the bar for success, the wellness space now often feels like a performative space where people strive to showcase peak physical and mental strength.

While seeing others’ achievements can be motivating, it can also be discouraging if your progress doesn’t match theirs.

Each person is chasing the perfect version of themselves — whether it’s a body or a lifestyle — which is dangerous because this is typically an impossible or dangerous version to achieve, Curran said. He added that this type of comparison creates a dangerous cycle in which people constantly feel dissatisfied with their own progress.

“It’s a fantasy in many ways, and once you start chasing after it, you constantly find yourself embroiled in a sense of doubt and deficit,” he said.

Curran also noted that wellness challenges can be particularly damaging for women who struggle with perfectionism, as they tend to be bombarded with impossible beauty standards and societal expectations.

Renee McGregor, a UK-based dietitian who specializes in eating disorders and athlete performance, encourages people to approach wellness trends with curiosity and skepticism. That’s because some influencers and celebrities could be promoting products because there’s a financial benefit for them.

“The thing to ask yourself about the person you’re taking advice from is what do they gain from it?” McGregor said. “If they are going to gain financially, then you know that they (could be willing) to sell you a lie.”
Whether you want to try a new challenge or product that promises amazing results, McGregor suggests doing your research and seeking diverse perspectives, including consulting with doctors when possible.
10 April 2025 05:36:17
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Of course, he said yes to coming back to the series, which eventually required him to live in Italy for a few months for filming.
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During production, White revealed to Gries that Greg is “very sinister.” That became rather irrefutable by the season’s climax, which saw Tanya’s demise orchestrated by her now-husband.

Come Season 3, Gries had to rewrite Greg’s backstory again, this time drawing from some unlikely sources for inspiration, like HBO docuseries “The Jinx,” about late convicted killer Robert Durst, and the case involving the man who came to be known as the Tinder Swindler.

Gries said he was struck by Durst’s “kind of seemingly even keel personality,” which served as a model for where Greg was headed, someone “who doesn’t really show a great deal of emotion, doesn’t seem to get too angry, just gets a little bit irritated and is dangerous.”

“There’s a bridled rage underneath. And those kind of people I find – at least with respect to Gary, Greg, Gary – fascinating,” he said.

And yet, while searching for an empathetic way back to portraying his character, Gries kept wondering if there was anything still redeeming about Greg.
An important “wake up moment” came during a decisive conversation he had with White just before filming in Thailand, in which the show’s creator said of Greg, in no uncertain terms: “He’s a psychopath.”

“And that was it. It was like, ‘back to the drawing board.’ And it really did help me,” Gries said.

The penultimate episode of the series will air on Sunday, an evening that thanks to “Lotus” and other shows has again become a night of appointment viewing amid a general move away from binge watching. Gries said he appreciates the shift.

“We’re a society that in a weird way doesn’t understand the beauty of waiting. The beauty of the space between the notes,” he shared. “If I binged (‘White Lotus’) I’d feel like I just ate too many chocolates. It just wouldn’t be the same. You need to process this.”

“The White Lotus” airs Sundays at 9 p.m. EDT on HBO, with the episode available to stream on Max. HBO and Max, like CNN, are owned by the same parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery.