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The African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana), also known as the African savanna elephant, is the larger of the two species of African elephants, and the largest living terrestrial animal. These elephants were previously regarded as the same species, but the African forest elephant has been reclassified as L. cyclotis.
The adult bush elephant has no predators other than humans. While the most numerous of the three extant elephant species, its population continues to decline due to poaching for ivory and destruction of habitat.
The African bush elephant is the largest and heaviest land animal on Earth, being up to 3.96 metres (13.0 ft) tall at the shoulder and 10.4 tonnes (11.5 short tons) in weight. On average, males are about 3.2 metres (10.5 ft) tall at the shoulder and 6 tonnes (6.6 short tons) in weight, while females are much smaller at about 2.6 metres (8.5 ft) tall at the shoulder and 3 tonnes (3.3 short tons) in weight. Elephants attain their maximum stature when they complete the fusion of long-bone epiphyses, occurring in males around the age of 40 and females around the age of 25.Their large size means that they must consume around 50 gallons of water everyday in order to stay hydrated.
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Roses - Santa Gemita - 052722 - Enhanced-9
Senecio barbertonicus is an evergreen succulent bush. Toxic to humans and animals. Flower have a sweet fragrance.
Full frame. Dedicated Vintage macro film lens. No crop. No post processing.
Finch patiently awaiting-resting to get his/her turn at the birdfeeder. Hang in there little one, very strong wind gusts today.
Coastal bush on the way to the Cape Liptrap lighthouse in Victoria, Australia.
There is green grass in the foreground, dry grass in the middle ground with a profusion of small ferns growing over both areas.
Whilst it threatened rain it did not happen for another six hours.
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV © 2023 Klaus Ficker. Photos are copyrighted. All rights reserved. Pictures can not be used without explicit permission by the creator.
The grey bush chat (Saxicola ferreus) is a species of passerine bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in the Himalayas, southern China, Taiwan, Nepal and mainland Southeast Asia
Yellow Robin - alert but not alarmed was posing for a while before spotting that tasty bug on the ground.
(Eopsaltria australis)
Smith's bush squirrel (Paraxerus cepapi), also known as the yellow-footed squirrel or tree squirrel, is an African bush squirrel which is native to woodlands of the southern Afrotropics.. Londolozi Game Reserve, South Africa. Conservation status: Least concern
121 in 2021.
85. Shades of orange
I passed this bush in one of the gardens on my walk into town last week
Well, that's the translation of what this bush is called in my language - Dutch. There is a variety where the flowers form round white balls, looking like snowballs. However, it flowers in early spring.
And they smell so good ...
The speckled bush-cricket (Leptophyes punctatissima) is a flightless species of bush-cricket that occurs across most of Europe.
"The rain continued. It was a hard rain, a perpetual rain, a sweating and steaming rain; it was a muzzle, a downpour, a fountain, a whipping at the eyes, an undertow at the ankles; it was a rain to drown all rains and the memory of rains. It came by the pound and the ton, it hacked at the jungle and cut the trees like scissors and shaved the grass and tunneled the soil and molted the bushes. It shrank men's hands into the hands of wrinkled apes; it rained a solid glassy rain, and it never stopped."
The long rain. From The Illustrated Man. A superb book written in 1951 by Ray Bradbury (1920-2012). A wonderful writer that was ahead of his time.
There was a TV show called the Ray Bradbury Theater. This is the chapter of this short story: youtu.be/9sg5Wo4AAZc
The music: youtu.be/qDDDDtq8RR4
On the mountainous winding drive down into the town of Borrego Springs the hillsides were just a blaze of yellow. The tall cane like plants Ocotillo were blooming with their flaming red tips and Indian Paint Brush scattered to break up the color. It was a spectacular show of Mother Nature on display.....
Euphorbia acanthothamnos is a Greek and Aegean endemic plant growing from sea level to over 2000m. A spiny cushion-like shrub which flowers from March to June. It grows mainly in limestone areas. Its name means "thorny bush" in Greek which is a very accurate description.
SoCal hit the burst button this year for wildflowers.
I did not get to see the poppies. which is fine for me because in the lower desert we are blessed with this burst of yellow and gold.
I did not know Brittlebush existed before I moved here.
2017 was a fabulous year for wildflowers ( before this year hit )
I went down a few times to shoot these then.
I've been passing these for a few weeks now in my travels down the hill and finally took a trip down there this afternoon to have my way ......
I'm sure I'll be posting a few more. LoVe these xxxx
btw this is lower desert, I live in the high desert. this is off hwy 62
Brittlebush
The brittle bush is a common plant of the Mojave and Sonoron deserts, they flower from March to June, turning the desert bright yellow. It's a member of the sunflower family and its flowers resembles the sunflower, only in miniature form.
www.livescience.com/44641-desert-plants-brittlebush-photo...