View allAll Photos Tagged Extinct,
Big 5. Rhino. Rinoceronte. Kruger Park. South Africa. Jan/2019
A rhinoceros, commonly abbreviated to 'rhino', is one of any five extant species of odd-toed ungulates in the family Rhinocerotidae, as well as any of the numerous extinct species. Two of the extant species are native to Africa and three to Southern Asia. The term "rhinoceros" is often more broadly applied to now extinct relatives of the superfamily Rhinocerotoidea.
Members of the rhinoceros family are some of the largest remaining megafauna, with all species able to reach or exceed one tonne in weight. They have a herbivorous diet, small brains (400–600 g) for mammals of their size, one or two horns, and a thick (1.5–5 cm) protective skin formed from layers of collagen positioned in a lattice structure. They generally eat leafy material, although their ability to ferment food in their hindgut allows them to subsist on more fibrous plant matter when necessary. Unlike other perissodactyls, the two African species of rhinoceros lack teeth at the front of their mouths, relying instead on their lips to pluck food.[1]
Rhinoceros are killed by some humans for their horns, which are bought and sold on the black market, and used by some cultures for ornaments or traditional medicine. East Asia, specifically Vietnam, is the largest market for rhino horns. By weight, rhino horns cost as much as gold on the black market. People grind up the horns and consume them, believing the dust has therapeutic properties. The horns are made of keratin, the same type of protein that makes up hair and fingernails. Both African species and the Sumatran rhinoceros have two horns, while the Indian and Javan rhinoceros have a single horn. The IUCN Red List identifies the Black, Javan, and Sumatran rhinoceros as critically endangered
The black rhinoceros or hook-lipped rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) is a species of rhinoceros, native to eastern and southern Africa including Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Although the rhinoceros is referred to as black, its colors vary from brown to grey.
The other African rhinoceros is the white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum). The word "white" in the name "white rhinoceros" is often said to be a misinterpretation of the Afrikaans word wyd (Dutch wijd) meaning wide, referring to its square upper lip, as opposed to the pointed or hooked lip of the black rhinoceros. These species are now sometimes referred to as the square-lipped (for white) or hook-lipped (for black) rhinoceros.[5]
The species overall is classified as critically endangered (even though the South-western black rhinoceros is classified as vulnerable). Three subspecies have been declared extinct, including the western black rhinoceros, which was declared extinct by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in 2011
Source: Wikipedia
Os rinocerontes são cocomamíferos perissodáctilos (ungulados de dedos ímpares) da família Rhinocerontidae, que ocorrem na África e na Ásia. Atualmente, existem cinco espécies distribuídas em quatro gêneros. Duas ocorrem na África, o rinoceronte-branco (Ceratotherium simum) e o rinoceronte-negro (Diceros bicornis); e três ocorrem na Ásia, o rinoceronte-de-sumatra (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis), o rinoceronte-de-java (Rhinoceros sondaicus) e o rinoceronte-indiano (Rhinoceros unicornis).
Vivem geralmente isolados, em savanas ou florestas onde possam encontrar água diariamente. São especialmente protegidos na África, por fazerem parte do grupo dos cinco grandes mamíferos selvagens de grande porte mais difíceis de serem caçados pelo homem, sendo então uma das grandes atrações turísticas do continente. Contudo, a caça furtiva continua afetando as populações de rinocerontes.
O rinoceronte-negro (nome científico: Diceros bicornis) é uma espécie de rinoceronte, nativa do leste, sul e centro da África, incluindo o Quênia, Tanzânia, Camarões, África do Sul, Namíbia, Zimbábue e Angola. Embora referido como "negro", sua cor varia do marrom ao cinza.
O outro rinoceronte africano é o rinoceronte-branco (Ceratotherium simum). A palavra "branco" no nome é frequentemente dita como um erro na tradução da palavra africâner wyd, que significa largo, referindo-se ao lábio superior em forma de quadrado, em oposição ao lábio pontudo do rinoceronte-negro.[3]
A espécie é classifica como criticamente em perigo, mas três subespécies já foram declaradas extintas, como declarado pela IUCN em 2011
Fonte: Wikipedia
2014/01/11 (sat) HARDCORE PUNKS なめんなよ番外編Day1
at 新宿 ANTIKNOCK
DRUNK BOi!S
ISTERISMO
RAISE A FLAG
DIGRAPHIA
ESPERANZA
LASTLY
POIKKEUS
ACROSTIX
EXTINCT GOVERNMENT
ANGER FLARES
SKIZOPHRENIA
TOM AND BOOT BOYS
Skull of giant sloth lemur (right), next to that of Necrolemur antiquus, at Galerie de Paleontologie, Paris.
Palaeopropithecus maximus Standing, 1903
Palaeopropithecidae
Primates
Cette opération lancée par plusieurs entités telles que le Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Genève, la Société d'Astronomie de Genève, la Maison du Salève et le Grand Genève, a pour but de promouvoir la nuit noire.
Ce sont donc un peu plus d'une centaine de communes du bassin genevois qui ont joué le jeu en coupant les lumières publics au moins jusque minuit ce 26 septembre 2019.
C'était donc l'occasion de photographier cette belle initiative depuis l'observatoire du Mont Salève.
Photo prise après la "coupure".
2014/01/11 (sat) HARDCORE PUNKS なめんなよ番外編Day1
at 新宿 ANTIKNOCK
DRUNK BOi!S
ISTERISMO
RAISE A FLAG
DIGRAPHIA
ESPERANZA
LASTLY
POIKKEUS
ACROSTIX
EXTINCT GOVERNMENT
ANGER FLARES
SKIZOPHRENIA
TOM AND BOOT BOYS
Skeleton of Paracyclotosaurus davidi at Natural History Museum, London.
Paracyclotosaurus davidi (Watson, 1958)
Capitosauridae
Caudata
Platybelodon (an extinct elephant) skull fashioned from wood scraps, a football helmet, wine corks and a couple of kid-shovels.
Forelimb bones of Deinocheirus mirificus at Natural History Museum, London.
Deinocheirus mirificus Osmolska & Roniewics, 1970
Deinocheiridae
Saurischia
Steller’s Sea Cow (Hydrodamalis gigas), extinct gentle creature. Naturhistorisches Museum Wien (Museum of Natural History) NHM Vienna
Fossil vertebrates from the famous Miocene- Pliocene deposits of the phosphate mines in Aurora, North Carolina:
Carcharocles chubutensis, an extinct relative of the Great White. C. chubutensis is distinguished by having small but noticeable serrated side cusps, unlike similar teeth of other great white and mako shark species found in the same deposits.
Jurong Bird Park, collection of more than 8,000 birds from 600 species, offers visitors an experience that is entertaining as well as educational. The whole family can enjoy the entertaining Birds n Buddies Show and be enthralled by the birds of prey in the King of the Skies show and in the Fuji World of Hawks. The bird shows at the Pools Amphitheatre featuring flamingoes, macaws, hornbills and cockatoos are both spectacular and funny, and recommended particularly for children. To watch magnificent birds of prey in action, catch the 'Fuji World of Hawks' show!
The Penguin Parade enclosure, in a re-created Antarctic setting, houses more than 200 penguins of five species. Within the Penguin Parade enclosure, there are some 50 other sea-birds such as the inca terns and puffins. Another highlight is the colorful Hornbills and Toucans exhibit, the world's largest collection of Southeast Asian Hornbills.Jurong Bird Park
The Southeast Asian Birds Aviary houses in its 24 individual aviaries and a main walk-in aviary, more than 100 species of birds from the equatorial jungles of Southeast Asia. The birds' natural equatorial habitat is re-created within this exhibit, including simulated tropical thunderstorms everyday at noon.
One of the newly opened areas of the park is the African Waterfall Aviary, home to more than 1,500 free-flying African birds. This is an enclosed sexton of the park with many small tropical birds and a beautiful man-made waterfall.
The Lory Loft showcases the Lory, a native bird of Australia, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Visitors can enter, traverse and exit Lory Loft at treetop level, allowing for a bird eye’s view of the majestic panorama. From beginning to end, the Lory Loft provides visitors with a 360 degrees elevated view of the environs.
Jurong Bird Park presents “The Early Bird Breakfast Show”, featuring a rare opportunity to get up close and personal with some of its prized birds, which includes Big John, a 45-year-old Sulphur Crested Cockatoo, Merlin-the Yellow-Naped Amazon, Eclectus Parrots and more. Visitors will get the chance to mingle with these birds while having breakfast amidst the lush surroundings of the Jurong Bird Park. The programme takes place at the Bongo Burgers Terrace daily, with breakfast starting at 8.30am and the show beginning at 9.15am. For reservations, call (65) 6661 7856.
The Bird Discovery Centre, a living classroom is where visitors will be able to find the answers to their questions on birds as well as see the different stages of a bird’s life from an embryo to an egg, come up close to the now-extinct Elephant bird, specimens of birds’ anatomies, and many more. The Bird Discovery Centre is open to visitors from 8.30am to 6.00pm daily.
The Bird Park added yet another feather to its cap with the addition of The Riverine - a simulated natural freshwater river habitat featuring over 20 species of ducks, fishes and turtles.
The best way to start a tour of the Bird Park is to board the modern, air-conditioned panorail system. Its route covers the entire Park, providing excellent elevated views of the various exhibits. A walking tour is then suggested, using the Park's footpaths and map.
Open: 8:30 am - 6 pm (daily) (Last ticket sale at 5.30pm)
Admission: SGD 18 adults, SGD 12 children (3-12 years)
2014/01/11 (sat) HARDCORE PUNKS なめんなよ番外編Day1
at 新宿 ANTIKNOCK
DRUNK BOi!S
ISTERISMO
RAISE A FLAG
DIGRAPHIA
ESPERANZA
LASTLY
POIKKEUS
ACROSTIX
EXTINCT GOVERNMENT
ANGER FLARES
SKIZOPHRENIA
TOM AND BOOT BOYS
"Argentinosaurus may have been the largest, heaviest land animal that ever lived. It could grow to 150 feet long and more than 100 tons."
-Extinct.
The Hawaiian Rail (Porzana sandwichensis,) Hawaiian Spotted Rail or Hawaiian Crake was a somewhat enigmatic species of diminutive rail that lived on the Big Island of Hawai'i but is now extinct.
It was a flightless bird that was apparently found in shrubland and secondary growth on abandoned fields and in times of danger had the habit of hiding in Polynesian Rat burrows. Specimens are known or assumed to be from an area which roughly corresponds to the middle elevations of today's Puna district around the present settlement of Mountain View, below the primary rainforest.
A dark form and a lighter, spotted one are known. - Considerable confusion has been created by the existence of two distinct forms. While it cannot be completely excluded that early specimens were collected on another island, only O'ahu and Kaua'i seem possible given the history of the specimens' collection and only on the latter island is a similar-sized species now known to have once existed. However, the bones from Kaua'i are in the upper size range of those found of P. sandwichensis, while the specimens of the lighter form are all of smaller birds.
On the Big Island, a smaller species of the genus Porzana is now known from subfossil bones found on the southwestern slope of Mauna Kea, but this bird was only the size of a Laysan Crake; it may have been the bird named Iao or 'Iao, which would place its extinction at a relatively recent date. In addition, there are some bones of a third species, approximately 15% larger than P. sandwichensis, found near Kailua-Kona.
The generally accepted theory is that the lighter birds represent immatures and certainly, only such specimens have been described as young birds. However, the exact collection localities are not known with sufficient detail to draw any definite conclusions.
Info. Wikipedea | edt.]
Bishop Museum
Acq.| V / XXI / ' XI
Superdomain: Neomura
Domain: Eukaryota
(unranked): Unikonta
(unranked): Obazoa
(unranked): Opisthokonta
(unranked) Holozoa
(unranked) Filozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
(unranked): Bilateria
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclass: Osteichthyes
Clade: Sarcopterygii
Class: Dipnoi
Order: Ceratodontiformes
Family: †Ceratodontidae
Genus: †Ceratodus
Species: †C. humei
2014/01/11 (sat) HARDCORE PUNKS なめんなよ番外編Day1
at 新宿 ANTIKNOCK
DRUNK BOi!S
ISTERISMO
RAISE A FLAG
DIGRAPHIA
ESPERANZA
LASTLY
POIKKEUS
ACROSTIX
EXTINCT GOVERNMENT
ANGER FLARES
SKIZOPHRENIA
TOM AND BOOT BOYS
We took a tour to see the sunrise and then bike down the volcano, about 35 miles. This is an extinct volcano on Maui, about 10,000 feet high. The temperature was around 40F degree with the wind blowing 30 miles an hour. I could barely hold my hands steady.
No post-edit, no crop.
Notice 8 pages (+ 4 de couverture) 7,5 x 10,5 cm, pp 4-5.
Bourse de matériel photographique, 31 octobre 2015, St-Bonnet de Mûre (Rhône)
Are they? Are they really? I must get down there immediately to make sure I'm prepared for 2010...
On the very last page of the diary is this disclaimer: "All information is included by the editors in good faith and is believed to be correct at the time of going to press. No responsibility can be accepted for any error". I doubt they expected it would be this piece of information that would have the greatest inaccuracy!