{"id":87043,"date":"2019-11-27T17:11:22","date_gmt":"2019-11-27T11:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=11951"},"modified":"2019-11-27T17:11:22","modified_gmt":"2019-11-27T11:41:22","slug":"turtle-survival-rides-on-handmade-towel-in-assam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/turtle-survival-rides-on-handmade-towel-in-assam\/","title":{"rendered":"Turtle survival rides on handmade towel in Assam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>Recently,multipurpose Assamese gamosa which is a white cotton towel, has been assigned a function of conservation of Assam freshwater turtles.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Assamese Gamosa:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Assamese Gamusa is generally a white rectangular piece of cloth with primarily a red border on three sides and red woven motifs on the fourth.<\/li><li>It is valued as a gift for visitors, used as a scarf, anti-dust mask and wrapped around the head as a turban.<\/li><li>Conservationists are now banking on this cultural icon to carry forward the message of turtle conservation with gamosa woven with turtle images.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Assam Roofed Turtle:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Assam roofed turtle (Pangshura sylhetensis) also known as Sylhet roofed turtle is a species of the turtle family Geoemydidae.<\/li><li>The species is primarily found in Bangladesh, Assam(India) and possibly in Bhutan.&nbsp;<\/li><li>It is found in terrestrial and freshwater habitats in areas with upland tropical moist forest, and fast-flowing streams and perhaps also small rivers.<\/li><li>It is listed as Endangered in the IUCN red list.Further, it has been listed on Schedule \u2013 I of the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act,1972.<\/li><li>The species is exploited for its (a)meat and eggs for local consumption and may also enter the pet trade (b)Habitat destruction by logging and (c)incidental capture in fishing gear.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News:Recently,multipurpose Assamese gamosa which is a white cotton towel, has been assigned a function of conservation of Assam freshwater turtles. Facts: About Assamese Gamosa: The Assamese Gamusa is generally a white rectangular piece of cloth with primarily a red border on three sides and red woven motifs on the fourth. It is valued as a&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/turtle-survival-rides-on-handmade-towel-in-assam\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Turtle survival rides on handmade towel in Assam<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4182],"tags":[4775],"class_list":["post-87043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","tag-assam-freshwater-turtle","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704847664},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87043\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}