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Albino black-tailed prairie dog at the Prairie Homestead, South Dakota.
You might think they'd be used to having tourists traipse around their colony, but especially this photogenic white prairie dog behaved really fidgety and getting a good shot wasn't easy. Maybe they expect food for a decent photo ;-)
Gunnilaberg's construction began in the 1660s. The yellow main-building is built in carolina-style timber with walnut ceilings and has wall paintings from the later part of the 18th century. Gunillaberg is since 2008 owned by flower artist Tage Andersen. The farm has since 2009 been open to the public summer time as a garden park and a cultural center.
Arja took in 2 fox babies as her own. She even developed milk for them. In this series the foxes are 8 weeks old an they adore Arja.
A la ferme aux Crocodiles de Pierrelatte (26 Drôme)
Sa longueur peut atteindre plus de 6 mètres, soit autant que le crocodile du Nil et le crocodile marin. Il est reconnaissable à ses mâchoires particulièrement étroites et allongées. Chez les mâles de plus de 4 mètres, la longueur de la protubérance spongieuse sous le museau peut atteindre jusqu'à six fois sa largeur.
Le Gavial du Gange a 29 dents de chaque côté de la mâchoire supérieure et 26 dents de chaque côté de la mâchoire inférieure. II porte des plaques osseuses sur les côtés de la nuque et du dos. C'est le plus adapté à la vie aquatique des crocodiliens. Revers de la médaille, il ne semble pas capable de marcher comme le font les autres membres du groupe lorsqu'ils sortent de l'eau.
Les œufs de gavial sont plus gros que ceux des autres crocodiliens. À l'éclosion, les jeunes mesurent environ 35 cm de long. La taille du jeune gavial augmente en moyenne tous les deux à trois ans d'environ un mètre, dans un milieu sans présence humaine.
Alimentation
C'est un crocodilien piscivore. Il se nourrit uniquement d'animaux aquatiques. De ce fait, il ne présente pas un danger pour l'homme qui ne fait pas partie de ses proies. Ses très longues mâchoires sont garnies de dents fines et pointues lui permettant de maintenir fermement ses proies glissantes (poissons, amphibiens, crustacés).
(Wikipedia)
On my down off the mountain I came across this fella. I laid down near him & watched him - he was so comfortable with me being there he just cleaned himself & was content.....but never taking his eye off me
The Gibraltar Barbary macaques are considered by many to be the top tourist attraction in Gibraltar. The most popular troop is that of Queen's Gate at the Apes' Den, where people can get especially close to the monkeys. They will often approach and sometimes climb onto people, as they are used to human interaction. Nevertheless, they are still wild animals and will bite if frightened or annoyed.
The macaques' contact with large numbers of tourists was causing the integrity of their social groups to break down, as they began to become dependent on humans. This induced the monkeys to forage in the town, resulting in damage to buildings, clothing, and vehicles. Close contact with humans has also led to the macaques learning how to open pockets and unzip handbags and rucksacks in order to steal food from humans. For these reasons, deliberately feeding the macaques in Gibraltar is now an offence punishable by law. Not that anybody seemed to care the day I was they, visitors came well supplied with treats for the hungry macaques.
The scarlet minivet (Pericrocotus speciosus) is a small passerine bird. This minivet is found in tropical southern Asia from the Indian subcontinent east to southern China, Indonesia, and the Philippines. They are common resident breeding birds in forests and other well-wooded habitats including gardens, especially in hilly country. While the male of most subspecies are scarlet to orange with black upper parts, the females are usually yellow with greyish olive upper parts
(Wikipedia)
My older flickr friends know HOW my Nature-Lover self just adores the Belgian Autumn !!
Because , when I start strolling within my beloved Château de La Hulpe wonderland, especially in Autumn, I feel this immediate upliftment!! I feel this magical oxygen, not only filling my heart and my brain, but also my soul and my spirit!!! I am surrounded by a Paradise site, where humans and animals are SO happy!! Smiling humans of all ages, happy and healthy doggies and all sort of birds!!
You can clearly see the expression of this upliftment of mine on my Autumn captures , now and in the past!! This time I present you some lucky beautiful ducks, creating colourful paintings amidst their multicoloured natural habitat within the exuberant Belgian Autumn!!!
This is a Crested Caracara, and although this one was at the Brevard Zoo, I have seen them in Okeechobee County. They are only found in three states in the U.S. : Florida, Arizona, and Texas. They range through Cuba, Central and South America.
"...'Cobre el mes... ¡vaya tranquilo!,
ya me ha hecho temblar la pera
no piensa de otra manera,
un hijo de Juan Cirilo.
Aunque mi vida en un hilo,
quizás esté sujetada,
doy mi palabra empeñada
a quien ha sido campero
y de viejo el pingo overo
¡se morirá en La Blanqueada!..."
Fragmento de "Y murió allá en La Blanqueada", de Carlos Ramón Fernández
Fuente: gauchoguacho.blogspot.com
San Antonio de Areco, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Amigos, visitem: www.visiteareco.com