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Here I've tried to highlight some of the current situation with the Corona virus awareness in Rajshahi.
22 March, 2020
© Ayon Saha
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A herd of Impalas looking back in the direction that they came from.
Impala - Fast food of the African bush!
The impala even has the distinctive MacDonald's "M" on its rump and are also called predator take-aways. There are thousands of them in the Kruger Park and we get so used to spotting them that eventually we just ignore them.
Impalas have evolved a number of unique adaptations that allow them to thrive in their dangerous environment.
Grooming and tick removal are high on the list of survival skills. The impala is the only hoofed animal that allogrooms - mutual grooming from one animal to another - as well as grooming itself.
It is also the smallest antelope that tolerates oxpecker birds to assist in removing ticks. Ticks can reduce blood reserves exposing the antelope to disease and malnutrition. To assist them in grooming, impalas possess an "antelope's toothcomb" comprised of canines and incisors adapted for removing ticks and other parasites. By allogrooming they get rid of ticks etc in the unreachable places, like around the ears, head and neck. When it comes to the area under the tails the two black stripes of the MacDonalds logo come into play. The constantly wagging tail of the impala brushes the ticks towards the warmer black hair where the impala can reach with its teeth.
Unlike most animals, the impalas graze and browse, thereby maximising the availability of food. For safety they move in herds as large as the available food will allow. They scatter in all directions if a predator should charge, leaping in strides of up to 12 meters. Impala ewes give birth away from the herd and rejoins with her calf within two days. With lambs in the herd, vigilance is sharpened, but the lambs still fall prey to wild dogs and other predators.
Even though they are considered predator "fast food", their numbers are increasing and these graceful antelope will not be on the endangered list for some time to come.
Source: Getaway Magazine - January 2004
Kruger National Park as seen from Ngwenya Lodge
Mpumalanga
South Africa
Here I've tried to highlight some of the current situation with the Corona virus awareness in Rajshahi.
22 March, 2020
© Ayon Saha
#StaySafe #Covid19 #Corona #AyonSaha #Bangladesh
Had a sow with two 3 year old cubs on Stoney Hill today. This one raised up to look for the others.
Notice the leaf sticking out of it's mouth..... :)
She is on the lookout for danger.
A doe in the fog
Cades Cove Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
I was taking some photos around the lake. This parrot came very close to me and was observing me for quite a while.
תרגיל ״בלו פלאג״ 2015: התרגיל האווירי הגדול בתולדות החיל בו השתתפו חילות-אוויר מרחבי העולם ותרגלו טיסה משותפת במתארי קיצון
צילום: הגר עמיבר
2015 "Blue Flag" exercise: The biggest aerial exercise in the history of the IAF in which multiple foreign forces took part and practiced coalition flying in extreme scenarios
Photo by: Hagar Amibar
Well, halfway, since he hasn't gotten off the sofa. Still, something has captured His Highness' attention...
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Made Explore @ #331 on July 16. Thanks everyone!
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289 on July 18. Remmy is so popular...! ;)
Camm Alert in Buckie. Still with original name Ptarmigan on the hull. It is one of the smaller scallop dredgers at a little under 15 metres in length.
Merriconeag Yachting Association 2018 race 2, which finished in thick fog. Alert was not a participant in the race.
Nikon F2A, Zeiss ZF 85/1.4 Planar, Rollei Retro 80s
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Got the predator one more time.
This is one of the first few shots from cannon 70-200 L. The L lens is awesome, instant focus and amazing clarity!!
Sloop of War:
Laid down in 1803 as the collier Oxford, in England
Purchased by the Royal Navy in May 1804, and converted to a 20-gun sloop of war, renamed HMS Alert
Captured after a brief battle by USS Essex, CAPT. David Porter USN, in mid-Atlantic west of the Azores being the first British ship to surrender to a fighting ship of the United States during the War of 1812.
Porter loaded a large number of prisoners taken from merchantmen and the British sailors from Alert and ordered her to carry them to Canada for prisoner exchange, including 200 homesick American sailors who were delivered safely to New York in the early autumn Alert was condemned by the New York Admiralty Court and sold to the United States Navy
Alert was found to be unfit for cruising and was converted to a storeship by the New York Navy Yard were she served untill 1818
In 1818 she was fitted out for duty as a receiving ship, serving in that capacity ended 1829
Final Disposition, broken up in 1829 at the Norfolk Navy Yard
Very Pregnant Cow Moose ..., she was not at all shy about modelling for me, and even briefly pranced about a bit in my direction a couple of times.
Near White River, Yukon, a few days ago.