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It`s getting near to Bluebell season and I shall miss being out in the woods to shoot a carpet of them, but , I have a few in my garden starting to come through which I will follow. This is a two shot focus stack , nature is amazing , keep safe. Stay home .
Thank you Ivania~ for adding your magic and creativity to my SP. You have amazing talent girlfriend! LUV YA! The green makes my eyes pop!
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1. The African elephant has two finger-like tips at the end of it's trunk that it uses to clasp smaller objects. The trunk is so delicate it is at times used to wipe or clean their eyes. On the other hand, the trunk is an extremely powerful tool that can pull out trees and lift up to 350 kg (770 lb).
2. Elephants are the only animals that can snorkel without aid. By holding the tips of their trunks above the water's surface, elephants can traverse rivers totally submerged. They simply walk across the riverbed.
3. Elephant Trunks actually have "fingers." African elephants have two. That's why they are able to grasp objects by pinching the opposing tips of the trunk.
4. The elephant's trunk contains over 40,000 muscles, divided into as many as 150,000 individual units! Compare that to the human body, which contains a paltry 639 muscles, and you start to get an idea how intricate the appendage is.
5. Thanks to its trunk, an elephant sports a sense of smell up to four times as sensitive as a bloodhound's. It's been reported that an elephant can smell water several miles away! Key to this ability are millions of receptor cells housed in the animal's upper nasal cavity.
6. Humans have a body part similar to a trunk, and that's the tongue. (The nose, of course, is also analogous.) Both the tongue and the trunk are muscular hydrostats -- body parts composed almost exclusively of muscle tissue that utilize water pressure to move. These body parts have muscles oriented in many varied directions, which grant acrobatic manoeuvrability.
7. Elephant trunks are stunted at birth, then rapidly elongate over the course of a few days. Calves (elephant babies) aren't at all adept at using these complex appendages at first, so they often tread on their own trunks. Luckily for human children, they don't have to worry about tripping over their noses, only their feet.
This sub-adult Elephant was having some trouble with feeding itself and got its trunk in a twist. Photographed on a game drive Samburu Game Reserve, Kenya.
Chaitya halls at Ajanta Caves with an amazing carving the make the roof look like a wooden structure !!
Feb-2018.
An awesome place for dog sledding and hunting for the Northern Lights.
After dogsled driving we gathered in the lavvo with coffee and hot chocolate. In the background one can see the Big Dipper.
We would like to thank Tromsø Villmarkssenter for an outstanding and unforgettable experience with stunning Norwegian scenery and great service.
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