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The Latin name for the tiger is ‘Panthera tigris‘. They can live up to 26 years in captivity and in the wild. Tigers prefer to inhabit forests, grasslands and mangrove swamps. There are six distinctive tigers: Bengal, Indochinese, Malayan, Siberian, South China and Sumatran. White tigers are caused by recessive genes and inbreeding. There are as few as 30 Golden Tigers in captivity. There are three extinct breeds: Bali, Caspian and Javan. They can measure up to 11ft, including tail.
They can weigh up to 670lbs. The stripes that a tiger has are as unique as human fingerprints. Tigers are generally solitary creatures, but are seen as highly social able.
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A captive Peregrine Falcon at York Center for Wildlife, Maine. The species is also called Falco peregrinus.
Just loved the up-close version of this image taken in August for the Art as Mindfulness Project.
Visit exact location it was shot
Over the past year, I have really struggled with having my business shut down, forced lockdowns all while wearing face diapers in public so I thought it was fitting to rezz a cage for me with doves flying free...
The symbolism of my doves is divine sovereignty versus captivity of humanity's free will. I yearn for true freedom.
(Divine sovereignty, which is that God exercises efficacious, universal, and loving control over, it is compatible with human freedom in that humans are free to do what they want to do, although God is sovereign over our desires)
I pray to my maker, for it is he who opens cages & restores clipped wings.
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A venerable inhabitant of Patara Elephant Farm dwells amidst its steamy natural surroundings in rural Chiangmai Province, Thailand.
Nikon D7500, Sigma 18-300, ISO 1000, f/9.0, 92mm, 1/125s
Fort Boyard is a fort built on Boyard bank, an ocean bank located between the Île-d'Aix and the Île d'Oléron in the Pertuis d'Antioche straits on the west coast of France. Though a fort on Boyard bank was suggested as early as the 17th century, it was not until the 1800s under Napoleon Bonaparte that work began. Building started in 1801 and was completed in 1857. In 1967, the final scene of the French film Les aventuriers was filmed at the remains of the fort. Since 1990, it is the filming location for the eponymous TV game show.
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.... perching high above their watering hole and seemed to enjoy looking down at all the onlookers looking up at them; me included, lol. A glass window was his backdrop and the blue sky gave quite a light upon his head and shoulder.
Visited the zoo last month (have hundreds of photos, I may get round to posting) loved this one of the Sun Bear basking in the sunshine showing off the sun on his neck. x
The common bottlenose dolphin or Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) is a wide-ranging marine mammal of the family Delphinidae. The common bottlenose dolphin is a very familiar dolphin due to the wide exposure it gets in captivity in marine parks and dolphinariums, and in movies and television programs. It is the largest species of the beaked dolphins. It inhabits temperate and tropical oceans throughout the world, and is absent only from polar waters. While formerly known simply as the bottlenose dolphin, this term is now applied to the genus Tursiops as a whole. As considerable genetic variation has been described within this species, even between neighboring populations, many experts think additional species may be recognized.
Common bottlenose dolphins are grey, and between 2 and 4 m (6.6 and 13.1 ft) long, and weigh between 150 and 650 kg (330 and 1,430 lb). Males are generally larger and heavier than females. In most parts of the world, adult length is between 2.5 and 3.5 m (8.2 and 11.5 ft); weight ranges between 200 and 500 kg (440 and 1,100 lb). Dolphins have a short and well-defined snout that looks like an old-fashioned gin bottle, which is the source for their common name.
This image was taken just off the coast of Northumberland, near Amble on a boat trip to Coquet Island
What might he be thinking, the Orang Utan in captivity at the Dresden Zoological Garden?
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Was mag er wohl denken, der Sumatra-Orang-Utan in Gefangenschaft im Dresdner Zoo?
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Ancianos encerrados en sus casas o centros viendo venir el desastre.
Elderly locked up in their houses or centers watching the disaster come.
Who couldn't love a rodent named the Fat Sand Rat?
The Fat Sand Rat is a terrestrial mammal from the gerbil subfamily that is mostly found in North Africa and the Middle East, ranging from Mauritania to the Arabian Peninsula. This species usually lives in sandy deserts, but may also be found in rocky terrain or saline marsh areas. Fat Sand Rats are very selective in their diet, only eating stems and leaves of plants from the amaranth family. In captivity, Fat Sand Rats can become obese and rapidly develop diabetes-like symptoms when fed the diet typically given to other rodents. They have an average lifespan of 14 months in the wild and 3–4 years in captivity.
Boumalne Dades, Morocco. March 2019.