MEDI1TV Afrique : #Chronique_culture du 24/01/2025 - 24/01/2025
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00:00Welcome to Medea TV and we are heading to Peru,
00:12where paleontologists have discovered a 9 million-year-old fossil
00:20that seems to belong to a parent of the Great White Shark.
00:24It is up to 7 meters long.
00:26It was one of the largest predators of its time.
00:28It is another discovery in Peru,
00:30after presenting last November the fossil of a young crocodile
00:34that lived more than 10 million years ago.
00:38The Peruvian paleontologists have discovered fossil remains
00:42belonging to a parent of the Great White Shark.
00:44It is specified that the fossil was found about 235 km south of Lima,
00:50in the Pisco Basin.
00:52Almost complete remains that would be 9 million years old.
00:56We are listening to César Augusto Chacaltana,
00:59he is an engineer at the Peruvian Geological and Mining Institute.
01:06The entirely fossilized shark, Cosmopolytodus astalis,
01:11which can be considered as the ancestor of the Great White Shark,
01:15lived about 9 to 10 million years ago.
01:19This animal existed when the Doku Cajé desert was still an ocean.
01:24Everything that was found in its stomach corresponds to sardines,
01:29which means that at that time the sea was populated by sardines and not by anchovies.
01:34About 1.5 meters long, it has a fully developed skull
01:38with sparse teeth in the correct position and a vertebral column.
01:45Cosmopolytodus astalis is what it is called
01:50and is a species of extinct shark that lived in the Eocene,
01:54in the Pliocene, between 58 and 1 million years ago.
02:00Being able to measure up to 7 meters long at an adult age,
02:03its teeth, which measured about 9 cm,
02:06made it one of the largest predators of its time.
02:10We know that sharks are the largest predators of seas
02:13and it is during the Pliocene period
02:16that they became the most dangerous creatures in the marine environment.
02:20It was at this time that gigantic sharks appeared,
02:23such as the Otodus megalodon, a predator of 15 meters in length.
02:28The first sharks appeared during the Paleozoic, 400 million years ago.
02:34They were at first in competition with other marine mammals and some bone fish.
02:42We listen to Mario Urbina,
02:44he is a paleontologist at the National University of Majorca de San Marcos.
02:50This specimen is about 9 million years old.
02:53Fossilized sharks are rare because, unlike zoos,
02:57their cartilage quickly deteriorates at the bottom of the ocean.
03:01However, thanks to the unique conditions of this place,
03:04we find some of the best preserved shark fossils that I have seen in Peru.
03:11And we leave Peru for France,
03:13since Rachida Dati, Minister of French Culture,
03:16announces support and recognition measures for the cabaret,
03:20an art that embodies French culture and freedom,
03:23in front of the actors of the sector to which she promises support to obtain tax aid.
03:27These measures, 475,000 euros, aim to mark support for the creation,
03:31strengthen the visibility of the cabaret and give it a truly deserved recognition,
03:36declares the Minister of Culture at the Moulin Rouge,
03:39famous Parisian cabaret and temple of Cancan,
03:42where she gives visits to various workshops.
03:45According to the Ministry, the sector has some 200 cabarets,
03:492.7 million spectators, 5,000 jobs,
03:52including 1,600 artists from dance, singing, burlesque circus, magic or more,
03:57and 225 million euros in turnover.
04:01I invite you to listen to Rachida Dati, Minister of Culture.
04:05So what is this plan?
04:07First, the appreciation and recognition of this art,
04:10of this living, material and immaterial heritage.
04:13And so there will be several events.
04:15First, there will be conferences, exhibitions,
04:18a recognition on the basis of this art, of this living heritage.
04:24It's France, it's really a French art.
04:26This art of freedom, everything is there,
04:29the song, the theater, the comedy, the transgression, the transformism, everything is there.
04:36But it's really a space of freedom.
04:38What embodies more the French culture than freedom?
04:41For example, the tax credit on video games,
04:43for 1 euro of tax credit, it's 7 euros of return on investment.
04:48So it's a sector that has been structured,
04:51that has developed thanks, of course, to this tax support.
04:56And so the cabaret can benefit from it.
04:58In any case, I announced my support.
05:02Thank you, dear viewers, for your loyalty.
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