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OPINION - God and spirit are controversial discussions in science and even mythology will have no place among naturalists and for Darwinians. Apparently this has been final that mythology is a delusional, mystical and superstitious concept that cannot be empirically proven in the world of science. Most scientists and science activists have agreed that god is nonsense, delusional and cannot be accommodated in the theory of evolution. This opinion can be understood methodologically and I agree with the sentences. But so many behaviors are very real and occur in the field. I am a fieldman who goes to the wild every day, along rice fields and forests to watch insects to plants, talk to people especially in villages, visit Hindu-Buddhist temples built in the 8th century, witnessing busyness in mosques, temples and churches. I feel something is missing in the view of naturalists and Darwinians. There are short moments that are missed in analyzes in the timeline of human evolution. The...

Ndok erok or capung badak or slender skimmer or green marsh hawk ( Orthetrum sabina ) is an animal species in the Libellulidae, medium sized dragonfly with wingspan of 60-85mm, green eyes, adults yellow to green with black stripes on the thirax and abdomen. O. sabina has a pair of large, green eyes with black plots. A pair of transparent wings with black veins and white margins. Long white and black tail. The legs are black with green plots and have a long row of spikes. Females and males are similar in shape, color and size, but differ in sexual characteristics. This species is known as a fierce predator that preys on other dragonflies that are larger. Predatory activity has started since the larval stage, which preys on tadpoles and small fish. Green marsh hawk underwent an incomplete metamorphosis which lays the eggs in water to become nymphs and then larvae. Adults will take their wings and come out of the water to fly freely. Larvae can live up to three years, while adult drago...

Wooden grasshopper or Javanese grasshopper ( Valanga nigricornis ) is an animal species of Acrididae, grasshoppers that have at least 18 subspecies, insects with very wide diversity in color and size, sexual dimorphism in which females are larger in size and paler in color. V. nigricornis in males has a length of 45-55 millimeters and females 15-75 mm. The head is square and green or yellow or brown or black in color. A pair of antennas has a black color. The eyes are large and gray or white or brownish. The hind legs are very large and have a green or yellow or brown or black color, plain or brindle. The limbs have two rows of large and long spines with black tips facing backward. The wings have a length exceeding the belly, a rough surface and are brown or green or yellow or black in color with pulse lines forming spaces filled with black color. The hind wings are rose red which will be visible when flying. Nymphs are pale green or yellow or brown or blackish in color. Javanese gr...

Rembet or nila grass or giant sensitive plant ( Mimosa diplotricha ) is a leguminous wood shrub species in the Caesalpinioideae, grown as erect shrubs or rock climbers, up to 3 m high and includes three varieties: Mimosa diplotricha diplotricha , Mimosa diplotricha odibilis and Mimosa diplotricha inermis . M. diplotricha develops sensitive leaves and will fold if touched. The bipinnate leaves are bright green, hairy and sit alternately along the stem. Each leaf contains about 20 pairs of small sessile lancet leaflets facing each other. Each leaflet is 6-12 mm long and 1.5 mm wide. Rembet has very long and square-shaped wooden trunks with four longitudinal angular backs. The rows of dense thorns are very sharp stretching along the ridge where each is 3-6 mm long. Flowers are pale pink, forming balls for a diameter of 12 mm and appearing from short stems in leaf joints. Flowers develop into seed pods and winding. Each pod has a length of 10-35 mm and a width of 6 mm. The seeds a...

Kangkang or big-legged brown-tipped bug ( Anoplocnemis phasianus ) is an Anoplocnemis species inside Coreidae, dominated by black and brown, has large legs with a wide thorn, brown back and a pair of black atena with a brown tip. A. phasianus lives on plant stalks to suck plant fluids on flower stalks and wood fluids, causing plants to lack nutrients and slowly weaken. The puncture marks give white spots caused by the fungus Helminthosporium. Females lay eggs on the leaves to become nymphs. These insects live in rice fields, river banks, parks, villages and cities. They breed fast and become a colony that controls an area. The kangkang moves quickly along the stalks of plants using their big and strong legs. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Hemiptera Family: Coreidae Genus: Anoplocnemis Species: A. phasianus

Randu alas or kapok alas or red silk-cotton or red cotton tree ( Bombax ceiba ) is a species in Malvaceae like other trees commonly known as cotton trees. This tropical tree has perpendicular stems and deciduous leaves in winter. Red flowers with 5 petals appear in the spring before the leaves grow new. B. ceiba produces capsules containing white fibers such as cotton. Old trees up to 60 meters in the wet tropics, but wood is too soft to use. Young stems and branches are equipped with cone spines, but eroded with age. The palate leaves have 6 leaflets radiating from the center point or the tip of the petiole, 7-10 cm wide, 13-15 cm long. Flexible leaf stalks up to 20 cm long. Solitary or clustered cup-shaped flowers, axilla or sub-terminal, follicular near the tip of the branch, on average 7-11 cm wide, 14 cm long, petel up to 12 cm long. Short staminal tube, more than 60 in 5 bundles. The stigma is bright red, 9 cm long, the ovary is pink to 1.5-2 cm long with skin covered in wh...

Gudindang or common tree frog or golden tree frog or four-lined tree frog or striped tree frog ( Polypedates leucomystax ) is a species of frog in Rhacophoridae that usually lives on trees, is medium-sized, rather slim, about 50 mm long in males and 80 mm in female. Dorsal has smooth skin, no creases, bumps or pimples. P. leucomystax has variable colors including yellowish brown, grayish to pale whitish. Some are plain, while others have large dark spots and small or elongated stripes. This frog also changes color from a rather dark and contrasting pattern at night to pale and faint at noon. Gudindang has a dark to black ribbon between the nose and eyes, then back over the top of the ear to the shoulder. This black ribbon is bordered by thin golden yellow lines on the top, especially from the eyes to the shoulders. A similar golden line also appears at the narrow sides of the hand from the elbow to the lateral side of the fingers and on the side of the foot to the lateral side ...

Kumbang tanduk or Asiatic rhinoceros beetle or coconut rhinoceros beetle ( Oryctes rhinocerus ) is a species of beetle in Scarabaeidae, horned head, shiny black or dark brown when mature in length 3.5 - 4.5 cm and fat. The male beetle has a longer and curved rear horn, while the female beetle has a horn in the form of a simple protrusion. The larva is as big as a thumb, gray white and covered with brown hair, a small head is reddish brown in color and eats the decaying stem tree. The life cycle of these insects varies depending on habitat and environmental conditions. A dry climate and a little food will damage the growth of larvae which can last for 14 months and cause a smaller adult size. The temperature suitable for larvae is 27-29 C with 85-95% humidity. Pupa is wrapped in materials formed from soil, leaves and twigs. O. rhinocerers live on a variety of trees, including giant sensitive tree ( Mimosa pigra ), but most like palm species and lay eggs on stems of decaying host...

Giant sensitive tree ( Mimosa pigra ) is a species of Mimosa in Fabaceae that forms dense shrubs, woody, thorny and widely spread throughout the tropics, especially in wet areas. These legumes have a height of up to 6 m, the stem is greenish in young plants but becomes brown wood when the plant is enlarged. M. pigra is armed with spines up to 7 mm long on the trunk, bright green leaves and bipinnate where smaller spines stand in the middle 20 to 25 cm long with 5 cm pinnae lengths to 16 pairs, each divided into pairs for lengths of 3 to 8 mm. The leaves fold when touched and the night comes. Pink flowers 1 cm in diameter. Each flower head produces a group of 10 to 20 seed pods which then break into hairy segments and each contains seeds. Mature seeds are light brown to brown, hard and can remain idle for at least 23 years in sandy soil. Giant sensitive trees germinate throughout the year on moist soil but do not flood and most germination at the beginning and end of the rainy s...

Talok or kersen or calabur tree ( Muntingia calabura L.) is a tree species in Muntingiaceae, producing small, sweet, bright green and red fruits. These shrubs generally grow only 3-6 m tall, enduring green, continue to flower and bear fruit throughout the year. M. calabura has horizontal branches, hanging at the ends and forming a shady shade. Twigs and leaves have fine hair mixed with glandular hair. The leaves are flat, alternating in asymmetrical strands, round lanceolate eggs, jagged and pointed edges, measuring 1-4x4-14 cm, dense gray haired underside and short stem. Tapering leaves in the form of threads, the longer they dry and fall out, while in other parts rudimentary. Talok flowers appear among the leaves in a file containing up to 5 buds on the armpit above the growing leaves, long-stemmed, twins and five, petals sharing in, tapered tangle shaped thread and fine hair. Flat crown, round egg upside down, white thin, bald and 1 cm in diameter. Stamen amounts to 10 to m...

Mahoni or mahogany or small-leaved mahogany ( Swietenia mahagoni ) is a species in Meliaceae, a medium-sized semi-evergreen tree that grows up to 35 meters long, pinnate leaves for 47 cm long with four to eight leaflets where each leaflet has 10 cm length, 4 cm width and do not have terminal leaflets. S. mahagoni has small flowers and is produced in panicles. The fruit is a wooden capsule for 16 cm long and 9 cm wide and contains many winged seeds. Young trees have fine and grayish wood, but turn darker and wrinkle with age. Mahogany trees reduce 47-69% of air pollution so they are called shade trees, air filters and water catchers. The leaves are tasked with absorbing the pollutants around it. The leaves will release oxygen (O2) which makes the air around it fresh. The roots bind water when it rains, so it becomes a water reserve. Mahogany fruit contains flavonoids and saponins which are used to improve blood circulation, reduce cholesterol, reduce fat in the blood vessels, ...

Sonosiso or North Indian rosewood ( Dalbergia sissoo ) is species in Fabaceae, a fast-growing and hardwood rosewood tree. This large tree grows to maximum height of 25 m and diameter of 3 m, bark are rough and light brown. D. sissoo has a coarse, compounded leaf and is about 15 cm long. The flowers are whitish to pink, fragrant, 1.5 cm long in dense groups of about 5 to 10 cm long. Pods are 4-8 cm long and 1 cm wide. Each pod contains 1-5 seeds in the form of flat beans for 8-10 mm. This species grows at an elevation of 200-1400 meters, temperature 10-40C, capable of rainfall of 2000 mm/year and drought of 4 months. The soil is pure sand, gravel to alluvium and slightly salty. Seedlings are not shade tolerant. This tree is a commercial wood species under the famous teak ( Tectona grandis ) class for sale internationally. Trees are planted on the roadside, along canals and as shady trees. Wood is famous for making furniture, musical instruments, plywood, agricultural implements, ...

Arca Gupolo or Agastya statue site is a collection of seven Hindu-style statues which are scattered in a valley in Sambirejo Village, Prambanan District, Sleman Regency, Yogyakarta Province, Indonesia. Site in the middle of the forest and surrounded by black bamboo clumps. Gupolo is the nickname of the locals for the 2 meter high statue of Agastya inside the site. The Agastya statue has been eroded and seems not too perfect, but the trident weapon as a symbol of Lord Shiva is still clearly visible, three reliefs of the human face beside his face and wearing clothes with floral motifs that look faint. Around the Agastya statue are smaller statues of Hindu gods in a sitting position and currently have no head. Near the statues are a well as a clear spring which is still used by local residents. Gupolo archaeological site in the middle of barren limestone land, but this spring is never dry even though the dry season is long. The history of the Gupolo Statue is still mysterious to...

Bondol peking or pipit peking or emprit peking or scaly-breasted munia or spotted munia ( Lonchura punctulata ) is a species of rice-eating and grain birds. Birds are small from the beak to the tip of the tail around 11 cm, mature brown in the neck and upper side of the body with slightly faint streaks of light and white stalks. L. punctulata has a reddish brown throat, white underside with brown scales similar to the chest and sides, while the lower abdomen to white buttocks. Young birds have a chest and a deep yellow belly to slightly brown, but without scales. Males are no different from females in appearance. The eyes are dark brown, the typical cheeks are bluish gray and the legs are grayish black. Bondol peking is often found in rural and urban environments, especially near rice fields. They live on the coast up to 1,800 m above sea level, even 2,200 m in Lombok and 2,300 m in Timor. The main foods of this bird are various seeds of grass including rice and often visit ric...

Putri Malu or shy princess or action plant or sensitive plant ( Mimosa pudica ) is a short shrub in Fabaceae and is easily recognized by leaves that quickly close when touched. Although a number of legion members can do the same, shy daughters react faster than other species. M. pudica folds leaves only temporarily where a few minutes will recover or expand as before. This plant will also close the leaves when blown by the wind or exposed to heat. The process occurs by changes in turgor pressure in the leaf bone. The stimulation was also felt by other leaves that were not touched. This seismonastic motion is an example of a tigmonastic movement that does not care where the touch comes from. The sensitive plant also folds the leaves at sunset and will recur after sunrise. Basically shy princess plants close the leaves to protect themselves from herbivores who want to eat them. The color of the lower leaves is paler in color to make the animal think that the plant has withered an...