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This Australian Magpie ruffled up some grass (I use the word lightly) hunkered down with wings spread and stayed like that for several minutes. Then he hopped up and walked away preening itself.
The only explaination I can think of is ant cleaning. I have seen starlings gather up a bunch of ants in their beak, and rub them under their wings. I'm told the formic acid from the ants delouses the feathers.
Sorry for poor quality it was taken through a window.
Today I spotted this female Bee Fly sitting in some loose soil in my Mum's garden, vibrating her 'butt' like mad!
The one reference to this behaviour I could find suggests she may have been gathering sand to coat her eggs to keep them from drying out. Apparently syrphid flies have been observed doing the same thing!
Shame I didn't have the sense to video it - but there you go - there's always next time!
Sept. 18, CR3, 11:00am. Matic Meglic presents "Web and Mobile Process Support for Management of Patients with Depression: Preliminary Results of the Improvehealth.eu Randomized Controlled Trial"
I cannot confirm it but to the best of my knowledge this is the Curraheen Walkway and I was at Lee Fields when I found it.
Sadly there were many signs of anti-social behaviour and I suspect that items of street-furniture such a litter bins and signage had been set alight.
A person that I met on the trail mentioned that I might see an a coypu and I had no idea what he was talking about. Later, on my return to the hotel, I checked online and found the following “The public has being asked to report sightings of any coypus, sometimes mistaken for otters, after one was spotted in or near the River Lee near the Lee Fields in Cork City recently”.
I did not see any big rodents but there were many horses and dogs to be seen.
Misty rain made it difficult for my lens to focus.
Gesture, attitude, behaviour : a workshop with dancers Mauro Paccagnella and Alessandro Bernardeschi on march 6, 2007 at Erg (Ecole de Recherche Graphique, Brussels) for bachelor 1 students. Professors : Sabine Voglaire and Marc Wathieu. Pictures by Yves André.
Ever wondered how the penguins' beaks get so shiny?
There's a team of young ladies who make sure they are spick and span.
At least I hope that's what they are doing !-D
I become more and more convinced that a major barrier to Japanese speaking English is that they can not use adjectival clauses.
They need to be convinced that English is not like Japanese, that English is far more difficult than Japanese, because it is impossible to learn English vocabulary because there is too much of it. The Japanese don't realise that English vocabuliary can't be learned because they learned their own vocabulary by learning the Kanji characters which enbable them to make up all the words in the lexicon. Japanese vocabulary is vastly easier in that respect since there is a short cut to a massive vocabuilary, and enables even non intellectuals to use on average far more words than speakers of other languages.
Note the cicada checking the other one out with it's foot, I think this is to determine if it can mate.
Taking nosiness to a new level, Maya drags her stool right up to the neighbour's fence and has a good look, all from the comfort of a seated position.
The grand entrance hall to Kings Weston House just to the North of Bristol, and one of the city's finest buildings. Carefully restored by a local architect who now runs the place for meetings and events. This detail of the fire surround, not the original Vanbrughn one but a later Georgian addition really makes me smile. I am sure most of teh wedding guests miss this
More dung-sniffing action I'm afraid, but this time I've focused on the legs. I thought the mudballs on the mare's fetlocks looked quite pretty. I wouldn't say this if I had to groom them off!
Socks the cat spent several minutes playing with this mouse, who showed incredible pluck in standing up to him, sadly the outcome wasn't so favourable for the mouse!.
Most greens grow upwards. Das meiste Grünzeug wächst nach oben. The record album with the same name is one of my all-time favourites though ;–)
Change in dog behaviour: When your dog reaches the age of two, you will see fewer behaviours that were common when he was younger.
He's less likely to get involved in things he shouldn't and less likely to be rambunctious. You will also notice that he is more attentive when training.
Have fun with your puppy at the age of two. Around five months, most puppies go through a difficult stage.
Depending on the breed, dogs may not grow out of their adolescent phase for another 2-3 years.
Many experts think the most challenging period is between 8 and 18 months. This is the only time they mature, and most adults don't do childish things like intentionally disobeying a command they already understand, like "sit."
It is not a fixed date when they suddenly "change." They change as they reach full maturity.
They had reached sexual maturity at six months, and we had them in our early teens, but neither of us was emotionally mature.
What To Expect As Your Dog Approaches Two Years of Age
Growth And Development
Your dog should be eating adult dog food by now. Please select a high-quality dog food that will supply appropriate nutrients while not overloading him with calories. The amount of food required by your dog is determined by its size, activity level, and breed.
Assess your puppy's diet kind and amount with your veterinarian or a dog nutritionist. As for activity level, remember that your puppy benefits from daily exercise.
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Finally they managed to get it on...I felt like giving them a round of aplause but I wandered off and lit a cigarette!
:@)
Edit: Well a bit of a turn up for the books...due to the comments made by my learned friend Tim Melling, I now believe these to be both males displaying homosexual behaviour...maybe it should be added to the long list of other animals and insects listed here on Wikipedia that do the same.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_animals_displaying_homosexu...
I have also learned that the street term for homosexual in Mexico is “Mariposa”, meaning butterfly in Spanish. The stereotyped image of a homosexual is that of an effeminate male who tends to keep up his appearance and leads an active social life composed of many appearances at bars and parties. Homosexuals may be called “Mariposas” because of their associations with butterflies symbolizing femininity, the lepidopteral symbol of “social butterfly”, and butterfly’s habit of “flitting” from flower to flower.
Each to their own, I say! :@)
Common Blue~Polyommatus icarus
Please check out Tim's glorious set of British butterflies here
The elephant in the room
We often compare animal and human behaviour, but we tend to omit those examples which do not fit the hetero-norm. Did you know that elephants engage in same-sex relationships?
By presenting only a bull elephant, this display may imply that the male is central to the pack. However, elephants live in a matriarchal herd structure, which also does not fit the hetero-norm. Why has the museum chosen to show a male rather than a female? This animal was selected because of his sex. A male elephant is seen as a more impressive and dangerous trophy, fitting ideals of hyper-masculinity.
Why have we put a tutu on the elephant? In elephant hierarchy, the matriarch dominates and all males are subordinate to her. In an elephantine sense, the tutu empowers this specimen and raises its status amongst the herd. The tutu also visually contrasts our human inclination to assign gender to an object.
Kläderna gör mannen
Vi människor jämför ofta vårt beteende med djurens, men vi har också en benägenhet att utelämna det som inte passar den heterosexuella normen. Visste du till exempel att elefanter ofta lever i samkönade förhållanden?
Genom att museet bara visar en elefanttjur antyder det att hanar är de mest dominanta och betydelsefylla av elefanterna. I själva verket lever elefanter i matriarkala flockar, vilket inte heller överensstämmer med mänskliga normer. Varför har museet valt att visa en hane istället för en hona? Det här exemplaret valdes på grund av sitt kön, eftersom elefanttjurar av människor betraktas som farligare och mer imponerande byten. Detta i linje med ett hypermaskulint ideal.
Varför har vi satt en ballerinakjol på elefanten? Inom elefanters hierarki dominerar en matriark och alla hanarna är underordnade. Symboliskt sett skulle denna kjol ge mer makt åt en hane och öka hans status inom flocken. Kjolen visar också på hur vi människor har en tendens att dela ut genus åt objekt.