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a young fox.
This beautiful fox was hunting rabbits in a field near to my home.
I had the opportunity to approach them (they were 2) this time : only 25-30m !!
I have never been so close from a fox.
Please zoom in for more details
Serie dedicated to Annie Bevilacqua and Mary Lee Agnew who are specialist of photo of foxes
un jeune renard.
Ce beau renard chassait des lapins dans un champ près de chez moi.
J'ai eu l'occasion de les approcher (ils étaient 2) cette fois : seulement 25-30m !!
Je n'ai jamais été aussi proche d'un renard.
Merci de zoomer dans la photo.
serie dédicacée à Annie Bevilacqua and Mary Lee Agnew qui sont de vrais spécilaistes de la photo de renards
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Portrait of a young fox.
This beautiful fox was hunting rabbits in a field near to my home.
I had the opportunity to approach them (they were 2) this time : only 25-30m !!
I have never been so close from a fox.
Please zoom in for more details
Serie dedicated to Annie Bevilacqua and Mary Lee Agnew who are specialist of photo of foxes
Portrait d'un jeune renard.
Ce beau renard chassait des lapins dans un champ près de chez moi.
J'ai eu l'occasion de les approcher (ils étaient 2) cette fois : seulement 25-30m !!
Je n'ai jamais été aussi proche d'un renard.
Merci de zoomer dans la photo.
serie dédicacée à Annie Bevilacqua and Mary Lee Agnew qui sont de vraies spécilaistes de la photo de renards
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I was glad to be able to get out and use my camera today after an illness. I believe this is a Cooper's Hawk and it was hunting rabbits. Looking forward to taking more shots and to checking out what I missed on Flickr.
Captured in: Dartmoor National Park.
Devon, England.
Seen here is a view of sunrise at Dartmoor's Hound Tor... This is one of the many tors (a hill or rock formation comprised of granite) that can be found throughout the park.
Hound Tor is actually part of a spooky Dartmoor legend that goes back over a thousand years... The story includes another rock formation known as Bowerman's Nose, which I'll feature in a subsequent post.
Legend has it that a huntsman (named Bowerman) was out hunting rabbit on the moors when he and his pack of hunting dogs accidentally ran into a coven of witches...
The encounter was rather disruptive to a ceremony they were performing, as Bowerman's dogs overturned their cauldron. The witches became incensed at the intrusion, and decided they would punish him the next time he went out hunting.
They watched and waited for him... Stalked their prey just like a hunter. When they saw him leave on his next outing, one of the witches turned herself into a hare for Bowerman and his dogs to chase after...
The witch managed to lead Bowerman and his hounds into a mire, where all the witches pounced. Before Bowerman could get loose, they turned both Bowerman and his dogs to stone -- forever to be locked in granite amid the Dartmoor landscape.
The dogs are said to be found among the jagged chain of rocks atop Hound Tor, while the huntsman himself became the rock formation known as Bowerman's Nose.
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"The Legend of Hound Tor" is an HDR image that was processed using a combination of Photomatix, ACR, Photoshop and various Topaz Labs Plugins (Adjust, AI Clear, Denoise, Glow, and Impression).
I spent several amazing hours observing and photographing two families of Red Foxes for the past two days. This is the younger family, one of the kits is still in the den just to the right of these five. Mom was off hunting.
Rabbit, Rabbit - Happy May :)
Copyright Barb D'Arpino
Captured in: Dartmoor National Park.
Devon, England.
So this is what happened to Bowerman, the hunter at the center of the Hound Tor legend. He sits forever cursed and entombed in granite upon the northern slopes of Haynes Down in Dartmoor.
As I mentioned in a previous post, Bowerman's Nose is part of a spooky Dartmoor legend that goes back over a thousand years... The story includes another rock formation known as Hound Tor, which was also recently featured in my photostream.
Legend has it this huntsman (named Bowerman) was out hunting rabbit on the moors when he and his pack of hunting dogs accidentally ran into a coven of witches...
The encounter was quite disruptive to a ceremony the witches were performing, as Bowerman's dogs overturned their cauldron. They became incensed at the intrusion, and decided to punish him the next time he went out hunting.
They watched and waited for him... Stalked their prey just like a hunter. When they saw him leave on his next outing, one of the witches turned herself into a hare for Bowerman and his dogs to chase after...
The witch managed to lead Bowerman and his hounds into a mire, where all the witches pounced. Before Bowerman could get loose, they turned both Bowerman and his dogs to stone -- forever to be locked in granite amid the Dartmoor landscape.
The dogs are said to be found among the jagged chain of rocks atop Hound Tor, while the huntsman himself became the rock formation known as Bowerman's Nose.
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"Bowerman's Nose" is an HDR image that was processed using a combination of Photomatix, ACR, Photoshop and various Topaz Labs Plugins (Adjust, AI Clear, Denoise, Glow, and Impression).
It is always nice to see them resting! Most of the time nature is wonderful and amazing to witness and brings so much happiness to my heart. This winter has been a heartbreaking winter for the snowy owls because many of the snowy owls caught the bird flu and died. They had been hunting and eating the ducks that were infected with the bird flu and caught it that way. I was heartbroken and some of the owls I had photographed had passed. I am happy to hear that some snowys have been seen lately and hopefully they are hunting rabbits and mice instead.
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This beautiful fox was hunting rabbits in a field.
As you can see grass was very high because at this time it was raining almost every day.
Please zoom in for more details
Ce beau renard chassait des lapins dans un champ.
Comme vous pouvez le voir, l'herbe était très haute car à cette époque il pleuvait presque tous les jours.
Veuillez zoomer pour plus de détails
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Captured in: Dartmoor National Park.
Devon, England.
Late summer in Dartmoor brings a wide array of color to this beautiful part of the English countryside. You can find patchwork quilt like green landscapes, wildflowers, free ranging animals, and gorgeous sunsets throughout this National Park. This particular scene was captured from the top of a hill near a stone formation known locally as Bowerman's Nose...
Bowerman's Nose is said to be part of a spooky Dartmoor legend that goes back over a thousand years. The story includes another rock formation known as Hound Tor, which was also recently featured in my photostream.
Legend has it that a huntsman (named Bowerman) was out hunting rabbit on the moors when he and his pack of hunting dogs accidentally ran into a coven of witches... This encounter disrupted a ceremony the witches were performing, as Bowerman's dogs happened to overturn their cauldron. The witches became incensed at the intrusion, and would look to punish him the next time he went out hunting.
So they watched and waited for Bowerman, stalked their prey just like this hunter would a rabbit. When they saw him leave on his next outing, one of the witches turned herself into a hare for his dogs to chase after...
The transformed witch managed to lure Bowerman and his hounds into a mire, trapping him and his dogs in the mud. That's when the witches pounced... Before he could get loose, they turned both Bowerman and his dogs to stone, forever to be locked in granite amid the Dartmoor landscape.
The dogs are now said to be found among the jagged chain of rocks atop Hound Tor, while the huntsman himself became the rock formation known as Bowerman's Nose.
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"The Colors of Dartmoor" is an HDR image that was processed using a combination of Aurora HDR, ACR, Photoshop and various Topaz Labs Plugins (Adjust, AI Clear, Denoise, Glow, and Impression).
Iberian Lynx (Lynx pardinus) checking out the humans in the camouflaged hides/blinds. Every cat we saw did this. Just staring at us, making sure we did not present a threat. Then they got on with their business - usually, hunting rabbits.
Happy Easter Flickr friends, as hard as it may seem, some where within this image is a small Sunday slide, happy hunting 🐰 HSS
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Hello Loves!❤ As Easter is coming we have prepared some exciting things for all of you!
For this holiday we will be doing a social media giveaway, Easter hunt 🐰 and also chat giveaways in our SL group!
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🐰 We are also doing an Easter hunt! We have hidden 12 eggs around our mainstore which will give you different amounts of credit! We are collabing with our friends at Vision Clothing and so they are offering 12 more eggs! When you collect all 12 eggs you should have a total of 500L$🔥 worth of store credit in your balance! If you collect the other 12 from Vision you will have 500L$🔥 in Store Credit to their store as well!
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We wish you a happy Easter and happy hunting!🐰🌷
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Hello Loves! ❤ As Easter is here we have prepared some exciting things for all of you!🌷
For this holiday we will be doing a social media giveaway & Easter hunt! 🐰
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... you might shoot the Easter Rabbit - he's always a great help for Santa during the days before Christmas!
A panorama of Snib's cave.
BENNANE CAVE, OR SNIB’S CAVE, can be found down the closed and now bypassed original coast road off the A77.
A mortared masonry wall stands across the entrance to the cave, once inside you can see the remains of a now blocked window and the fireplace. There are traces of mortar on the rocks above the wall, suggesting that the cave was completely walled up previously. Further back is a second wall with a doorway that separates the front and back of the cave. While the front of the cave is very damp, towards the second room at the back of the cave it becomes much drier, this area was probably what served as the dwellings bedroom.
Henry Ewing Torbet, also known as Snib Scott, lived as a hermit in Bennane Cave. As he never gave his own name, it is thought that he inherited the name Snib from the previous cave dweller. Torbet was born in 1912 and passed away in 1983, for the last three decades of his life the cave was his home.
Born in Dundee, Torbet trained as an accountant but he gave up his job, severed all connections, and took to the road becoming a tramp and a beggar. After several arrests for begging in the 1940s and 1950s, he disappeared for a while before reappearing near Arrochar and moving into an abandoned miner’s cottage in Ayrshire.
Torbet was described as a very proud man. For many years he was self-sufficient, doing odd jobs for the locals, hunting rabbits, and gathering leftover potatoes, he foraged the beaches for driftwood for a fire and fish to cook on it. He would collect bottles and exchange these at the local shop for items he needed, he did not claim state benefits and he would not accept charity in the form of food or clothing, these were left for him on the dyke near the cave and he would collect them once the donor had left.
Unfortunately, a fierce gale made his cave almost uninhabitable and in December 1983 he was found in his cave suffering from pneumonia and hypothermia. He was taken to hospital where, sadly, he died two days later. A memorial cairn to Torbet stands nearby, erected by funds raised by public subscription.
Der weitere Verlauf der Kaninchenjagd in Patagonien. Der Abstand zwischen Puma und Kaninchen wurde immer geringer. Das Kaninchen jedoch wollte nicht aufgeben und versuchte immer wieder seinem Schicksal zu entrinnen
The further course of the rabbit hunt in Patagonia. The distance between puma and rabbit became smaller and smaller. The rabbit, however, refused to give up and kept trying to escape its fate
National Geographic episode right in my yard!
Here's the story: rabbit tracks across a small amount of snow on my deck. Along comes Mr. Fox. Stops right in his tracks and is still for minutes. Then, nose in the air, he walks 20' north and picks out a rabbit from his hiding place. No running. No chasing. He just picked him up and took him right up the mountain.
Dinner, I imagine.
I've had families of rabbits in my yard for the last several yards. Cute. Fun to watch. But no flowers, no hosta, etc., etc.
Rabbits, all of them, are gone.
This year there are flowers.
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Hello Loves! ❤ As Easter is here we have prepared some exciting things for all of you!🌷
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🐰 We are also doing an Easter hunt! We have hidden 5 eggs around our store which will give you different amounts of credit! When you collect all 5 eggs you should have a total of 350L🔥 worth of store credit in your balance!
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Says Charlie. Loving the Tough Camera for this reason. I yanked it out of my pocket and hit the button when Charlie climbed an outcropping above me to get a better look around.
He is busy hunting rabbits and squirrels...NO time for posing!
Love this tiny dog and the tiny camera!
Yes, he wears his beeper collar proudly!
isn´t she just adorable. I am in bed working on pictures and my girlfriend is sleeping next to me and Kaira is in my legs breathing like she is having beautiful dreams about hunting rabbits :D that´s a good living :)
After taking the shot below, I back tracked to the bridge over the Redfish Lake outlet as I wanted to get some shots with the trees that were covered in frost from all the moisture coming off of the water. I really liked how the sun was backlighting these frosty trees. Then when I found these tracks, which I'm guessing to be a coyote, I finally had an image I liked.
A common form of recreation among the middle class is owling. Similar to falconing, the use of snowy owls for hunting rabbits is especially common in the northern provinces. In some of the southern lands barn owls are used as well. This is however much rarer.
a female fox focused on a rabbit a few meters away, she was a very succesful hunter and careful mom for her pups.
It should be noted that this Fox has been totally soaked by a recent rain shower.
When it's dry, it has an incredibly beautiful and fluffy coat.
The tiny flowers throughout the meadow really added to the beauty of the scene (at least for me, haha).
So Very Pretty!!!
For a number of years, family holidays were spent in the little town of Jamieson in Victoria's alpine north-east. As kids, we ran free in the safety of this remote picture-book country village, catching trout and hunting rabbits, being sent to collect the morning milk and new-laid eggs fresh from the dairy just down the road. In summer months, the Jamieson River was at the bottom of our garden at McQuilton's Cottage, where we always stayed.
I returned last year on a nostalgic journey and stayed for a few days. This is our old "swimming hole' - almost as we left it. I wondered if the platypus family that we briefly sighted from time to time had kept a connection with this spot.
My sister maintained her love for the town and the cottage long after I had moved far away. Her connection will remain forever. Her ashes were interred there when she died.
Audie Leon Murphy (June 20, 1924 – May 28, 1971), was the United States' most decorated combat soldier of World War II. He later became an actor and singer/songwriter.
Among his thirty three awards and decorations was the Medal of Honor, the highest military award for bravery that can be given to any individual in the United States of America, for "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty." Murphy received every decoration for valor that the U.S. had to offer, some of them more than once, and five decorations by France and Belgium. He served three years active service as a combat soldier in World War II. Murphy was released from the Army as an active member and reassigned to inactive status on September 21, 1945.
Audie Murphy and his wife, Pamela Archer.Audie Murphy was the son of poor Texas sharecroppers, Emmett and Josie Bell Murphy. He was born near Kingston, Texas (Hunt County). He grew up in nearby Celeste, Texas (Hunt County). He went to school in Celeste until the eighth grade when he dropped out to help raise his family. He also lived in the rural area of Farmersville and later at Greenville, Texas. Murphy was the sixth of twelve children, only nine of whom survived to see their eighteenth birthday. Food was scarce and the Murphy family was very poor. Before his ninth birthday, he had become a decent shot, hunting rabbits and squirrels to help put food on the table. Sometimes he could only afford a single shell in his rifle to supply meat for his family of nine brothers and sisters. He became a very good shot, a skill which served him well later in life. In 1936, when Murphy was twelve, his father Emmett Murphy, deserted the family and never returned. At twelve, Murphy left school and was hired out as a farmer's helper, ploughing and picking cotton at a dollar a day to help make ends meet. He also went to work in a combination general store, garage and filling station in Greenville, Texas. At sixteen, Audie was working in a radio repair shop when tragedy struck again. He became an orphan when his mother, Josie Bell, died. He had to place the three youngest siblings in an orphanage according to his mother's last wish.
Audie Murphy fought in World War II with such courage that he received every decoration for valor that the United States had to offer, plus another five decorations that were presented to him by Belgium and France. He was the most decorated U.S. soldier during WWII. Part of Murphy's appeal to many people was that he hardly fit the "image" of a war hero. He was a slight, somewhat skinny, shy and soft-spoken young man, with a boyish appearance (something he never lost throughout his life). Beginning his service as an Army Private, Murphy quickly rose to the enlisted rank of Staff Sergeant, was given a battlefield commission as Second Lieutenant, and company commander. He was promoted to Second Lieutenant prior to receiving his Medal of Honor. Murphy was credited with killing over 240 of the enemy while wounding and capturing many others. Murphy became a legend within the Third Infantry Division for his heroism. He was wounded three times and awarded the Purple Heart with Second Oak Leaf Cluster. Murphy served the rest of the war as a liaison officer and then returned to Texas after the war. After Murphy's discharge from the service, he went back to Texas to be welcomed to parades, banquets and speeches. He even had his photo hung at the Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas.
Murphy sufferred from Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). His first wife, Wanda Hendrix often talked of his struggle with his condition, claiming he had at one time held her at gun point. He was plagued by insomnia and depression. During the mid-1960s he became dependent for a time on doctor prescribed sleeping pills called Placidyl. When he recognized that he had become addicted to this prescription drug, he locked himself in a motel room. He stopped taking the sleeping pills and went through withdrawal symptoms for a week. Always an advocate for the needs of veterans, he broke the taboo about discussing war related mental problems after this experience. In a effort to draw attention to the problems of returning Korean and Vietnam War veterans, Audie Murphy spoke-out candidly about his personal problems with PTSD, then known as "Battle fatigue". He publicly called for United States government to give more consideration and study to the emotional impact war has on veterans and to extend health care benefits to address PTSD and other mental health problems of returning war veterans.
Actor James Cagney invited Murphy to Hollywood in September 1945, when he saw Murphy's photo on the cover of Life Magazine on July 16, 1945. The next couple of years in California were hard times for Murphy. He became disillusioned from lack of work. He was broke and slept on the gymnasium floor of his friend, Terry Hunt. He finally received token acting parts in his first two films, Beyond Glory and Texas, Brooklyn and Heaven but his roles were very minor in these movies. Murphy's third movie, Bad Boy, was Murphy's first starring role.
Murphy's 1949 autobiography "To Hell and Back" became a national bestseller. The 1955 film, of the same name was based on his book. The film grossed almost ten million dollars during its initial theatrical release, and, at the time, became Universal's biggest hit movie in the 43-year history of the studio. It held the record as Universal's highest-grossing motion picture until 1975, when it was surpassed by Steven Spielberg's Jaws. This film would not be released until October, 1955, but Universal believed the movie would be a big hit, so the studio gave Murphy latitude in choosing roles as long as they required a lot of action.
For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Audie Murphy has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1601 Vine Street. In the twenty five years that Murphy spent in Hollywood, he made a total of forty four feature films.
In addition to acting in motion pictures, Murphy also became successful as a country music songwriter. While on a business trip on May 28, 1971, (Memorial Day Weekend) he was killed at the age of 46. His private plane was flying in fog and rain. It crashed on the side of Brush Mountain near Catawba, Virginia, some twenty miles west of Roanoke, Virginia. Five others including the pilot were also killed.
On June 7, 1971, Audie Murphy was buried with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery. His gravesite, near the Amphitheater, is second most visited gravesite year round. President John F. Kennedy's grave is the most visited. At Arlington Cemetery, the tombstones of Medal of Honor winners are normally decorated in gold leaf, but Murphy had requested that his tombstone remained plain and inconspicous
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Trivia about Audie Murphy
Murphy's height was 5'5".
Had only one buttock. Lost in battle.
Was the orginial choice to play the Scorpio Killer in Dirty Harry.
Had horrible nightmares and slept with a gun under his pillow.
Purchased a Middle Eastern oil field in the 60's which was blown up during the Six Day War, causing him to file for bankruptcy.
His highest grossing film was To Hell and Back (film).
Would often say he had "no talent."
His films earned him close to 3 million dollars in 23 years as an actor.
Ironically, former WWII General and President Dwight Eisenhower did not enjoy Murphy's films saying his fight scenes were unbelievable due to his small stature.
I saw this red fox late in the evening in early September at the San Juan Island, National Historical Park in the American Camp. It was hunting rabbits and decided to sit down for a bit. I took the image from my car.
Trimingham is a coastal village and parish in North Norfolk. The village is 5 miles (8 km) north of North Walsham, 4 miles (6 km) east of Cromer and 20 miles (32 km) north of Norwich. The villages name means 'Homestead/village of Trymma's people.
The village sign depicts St. John the Baptist's Head church looks out to sea over the eroding cliffs.
For many years it appeared that Trimingham might join its neighbours on the east coast, Overstrand, Sidestrand and Mundesley, and develop into a tourist destination. Five pathways once led to the beach,
they descended the cliffs, which are the highest in Norfolk at almost 60 ft. (18 m) tall. Today there is no safe access to the beach from the village.
It began to go wrong in the summer of 1940, during the Second World War. Although many Norfolk beaches were mined to prevent a German invasion, Trimingham was the only area where mines were placed in and around cliffs. The task of clearing Norfolk's minefields began toward the end of the war, in January 1944. The job claimed the lives of 26 men between then and 1953.
Two lives were lost at Trimingham on 26th. May 1953, as the Eastern Daily Press reported, 'That morning a mine was detected and marked with a cone about two fifths of the way up the cliff. Both men saw this cone. In the afternoon an explosion was heard. Those investigating found a crater with a body lying some 50 yards (45 m) away. Parts of another body were found over a wide area.'
There were also civilian casualties. Two boys died in January 1943 and a 65 year old man, Ben Payne, was killed whilst hunting rabbits on the cliffs.
Maps used to indicate the position of mines were of little use since the cliffs had been subject to erosion and falls since the mines were placed. In the face of a seemingly insurmountable challenge, an act of parliament in 1946 caused the danger area to be closed to the public in perpetuity. Residents fought to reverse this decision. An unsuccessful application was made to the parish council in April 1946 from a Mr. Coleshaw, who wished to run donkey rides on the beach. All other Norfolk beaches had been cleared of mines by 1947. A petition was sent to the secretary of state for war by signatories requesting that a 600 ft. (180 m) stretch of the beach be opened opposite the church. Rev. Page testified to a safe route down the cliffs, it was one he had used around 200 times for his daily swim before police had become aware and stopped him.
In response to the petition, mine clearing efforts began again in August 1947. In one week a 6,000 ft. (1,800 m) stretch of beach were searched and 30 mines removed. When checked again just one week later, more mines were found.
Clearing ceased again and the request of the petitioners was refused on safety grounds. In 1953 a further 100 mines were found and removed. Progress was slow because of cliff falls, erosion and moving sand. By 1966, 528 mines had been removed and 300 were presumed to have been destroyed by self-detonation or other accidental reasons. It was estimated that 100 or so mines were unaccounted for, but it was considered that this made the beach no more of a hazard than any other beaches in the region.
Trimingham beach finally reopened to residents and visitors on Monday 1st. August 1966.
They walked past me on Queen Street East in Toronto. “Is that a ferret?” I asked. “Yes” they said. We are just on our way to the park for a walk.” I asked if ferrets make good pets and she said “They make great pets. They are very smart and very affectionate. I’ve got four of them. This is Stabby.” When I clarified the name she shrugged and said “I let my daughter name her.” I asked if I could take a photo and they said “No problem.” Meet Allan and Beverly.
The air was cold but the sun was bright. The only shade was a very thin slice alongside a Pizza Hut outlet. Allan was accommodating but was not the enthusiastic one. I couldn’t tell is he was really as tough as his expression and his tattoos made him appear but holding the squirming ferret definitely made for an interesting contrast.
Beverly said “Ferrets are really fun pets but unless you have them fixed (mine are) you will have lots and lots of baby ferrets. They also have a very strong odor so I’ve had mine de-scented.” I asked Allan a question, trying to get more of a sense of this quiet fellow. He just shrugged and said “The ferrets are her thing.” Beverly went on to explain that historically ferrets were Scottish hunting animals and were used for hunting rabbits.
I took one more photo of Allan and Beverly together with Stabby. It was hard getting photos because Stabby was in constant motion and was interested in everything going on around us. Everything, it seemed, but my camera.
Thank you Allan and Beverly (and Stabby) for participating in The Human Family Group on Flickr. It was fun meeting you. I hope you had a good visit to the park.
This is my 229th submission to The Human Family Group on Flickr.
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Oscar Berninghaus American 1874 – 1952
The Rabbit Hunter circa 1945
Oil on canvas
The Rabbit Hunter seems superficial in the context of World War II. Oscar Berninghaus’s vibrant painting circa 1945 depicts men from Taos Pueblo hunting rabbits on horseback with bows and arrows. It perpetuates an anachronistic view of the region in an age of nuclear weapons.
Although the Taos Society of Artists had disbanded two decades earlier, Berninghaus continued to paint as if the group still dominated New Mexico art. In the aftermath of the war, the nostalgic genre paintings of ethnic scenes had lost their appeal. The world had changed; New Mexico had changed; the artists had changed; and so had the audiences.
Gift of John A. and Margaret Hill in memory of Maurice N. Mikesel, 1975
From the Placard: The New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM
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Fox, hunting rabbits. Rabbits (mostly) play it cool. Yew Hill, Winchester, Hampshire, UK, 27 June 2018.
The ferret (Mustela putorius furo) is the domesticated form of the European polecat. The history of the ferret's domestication is uncertain but it is likely that ferrets have been domesticated for at least 2,500 years. Caesar Augustus sent ferrets to the Balearic Islands to control the rabbit plagues in 6 BC.
They are still used for hunting rabbits in some parts of the world, but increasingly, they are kept only as pets. Looking at their teeth I for one would be very reluctant to have one as a pet. Thanks, but no thanks! Ferrets spend 14–18 hours a day asleep and are most active around the hours of dawn and dusk, meaning they are crepuscular.
In England, in 1390, a law was enacted restricting the use of ferrets for hunting to the relatively wealthy:
"it is ordained that no manner of layman which hath not lands to the value of forty shillings a year shall from henceforth keep any greyhound or other dog to hunt, nor shall he use ferrets, nets, heys, harepipes nor cords, nor other engines for to take or destroy deer, hares, nor conies, nor other gentlemen's game, under pain of twelve months' imprisonment."
A group of ferrets is commonly referred to as a "business".
So, now you know!
The ferret (Mustela furo) is a small, domesticated species belonging to the family Mustelidae. The ferret is most likely a domesticated form of the wild European polecat (Mustela putorius), evidenced by their interfertility. Physically, ferrets resemble other mustelids because of their long, slender bodies. Including their tail, the average length of a ferret is about 50 cm (20 in); they weigh between 0.7 and 2.0 kg (1.5 and 4.4 lb); and their fur can be black, brown, white, or a mixture of those colours. The species is sexually dimorphic, with males being considerably larger than females.
Ferrets may have been domesticated since ancient times, but there is widespread disagreement because of the sparseness of written accounts and the inconsistency of those which survive. Contemporary scholarship agrees that ferrets were bred for sport, hunting rabbits in a practice known as rabbiting. In North America, the ferret has become an increasingly prominent choice of household pet, with over five million in the United States alone. The legality of ferret ownership varies by location. In New Zealand and some other countries, restrictions apply due to the damage done to native fauna by feral colonies of polecat–ferret hybrids. The ferret has also served as a fruitful research animal, contributing to research in neuroscience and infectious disease, especially influenza.
The domestic ferret is often confused with the black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes), a species native to North America.[1]
Etymology
The name "ferret" is derived from the Latin furittus, meaning "little thief", a likely reference to the common ferret penchant for secreting away small items.[2] In Old English (Anglo-Saxon), the animal was called mearþ. The word fyret seems to appear in Middle English in the 14th century from the Latin, with the modern spelling of "ferret" by the 16th century.[3]
The Greek word ἴκτις íktis, Latinized as ictis occurs in a play written by Aristophanes, The Acharnians, in 425 BC. Whether this was a reference to ferrets, polecats, or the similar Egyptian mongoose is uncertain.[3]
A male ferret is called a hob; a female ferret is a jill. A spayed female is a sprite, a neutered male is a gib, and a vasectomised male is known as a hoblet. Ferrets under one year old are known as kits. A group of ferrets is known as a "business",[4] or historically as a "busyness". Other purported collective nouns, including "besyness", "fesynes", "fesnyng" and "feamyng", appear in some dictionaries, but are almost certainly ghost words.[5]
Biology
Skull of a ferret
Characteristics
Ferret profile
Ferrets have a typical mustelid body-shape, being long and slender. Their average length is about 50 cm (20 in) including a 13 cm (5.1 in) tail. Their pelage has various colorations including brown, black, white or mixed. They weigh between 0.7 and 2.0 kg (1.5 and 4.4 lb) and are sexually dimorphic as the males are substantially larger than females. The average gestation period is 42 days and females may have two or three litters each year. The litter size is usually between three and seven kits which are weaned after three to six weeks and become independent at three months. They become sexually mature at approximately 6 months and the average life span is 7 to 10 years.[6][7] Ferrets are induced ovulators.[8]
Behavior
Ferrets spend 14–18 hours a day asleep and are most active around the hours of dawn and dusk, meaning they are crepuscular.[9] If they are caged, they should be taken out daily to exercise and satisfy their curiosity; they need at least an hour and a place to play.[10] Unlike their polecat ancestors, which are solitary animals, most ferrets will live happily in social groups. They are territorial, like to burrow, and prefer to sleep in an enclosed area.[11]
Like many other mustelids, ferrets have scent glands near their anus, the secretions from which are used in scent marking. Ferrets can recognize individuals from these anal gland secretions, as well as the sex of unfamiliar individuals.[12] Ferrets may also use urine marking for sex and individual recognition.[13]
As with skunks, ferrets can release their anal gland secretions when startled or scared, but the smell is much less potent and dissipates rapidly. Most pet ferrets in the US are sold descented (with the anal glands removed).[14] In many other parts of the world, including the UK and other European countries, de-scenting is considered an unnecessary mutilation.
If excited, they may perform a behavior called the "weasel war dance", characterized by frenzied sideways hops, leaps and bumping into nearby objects. Despite its common name, it is not aggressive but is a joyful invitation to play. It is often accompanied by a unique soft clucking noise, commonly referred to as "dooking".[15] When scared, ferrets will hiss; when upset, they squeak softly.[16]
Diet
Ferrets are obligate carnivores.[17] The natural diet of their wild ancestors consisted of whole small prey, including meat, organs, bones, skin, feathers and fur.[18] Ferrets have short digestive systems and a quick metabolism, so they need to eat frequently. Prepared dry foods consisting almost entirely of meat (including high-grade cat food, although specialized ferret food is increasingly available and preferable)[19] provide the most nutritional value. Some ferret owners feed pre-killed or live prey (such as mice and rabbits) to their ferrets to more closely mimic their natural diet.[20][21] Ferret digestive tracts lack a cecum and the animal is largely unable to digest plant matter.[22] Before much was known about ferret physiology, many breeders and pet stores recommended food like fruit in the ferret diet, but it is now known that such foods are inappropriate, and may in fact have negative consequences for ferret health. Ferrets imprint on their food at around six months old. This can make introducing new foods to an older ferret a challenge, and even simply changing brands of kibble may meet with resistance from a ferret that has never eaten the food as a kit. It is therefore advisable to expose young ferrets to as many different types and flavors of appropriate food as possible.[23]
Dentition
Ferret dentition
Ferrets have four types of teeth (the number includes maxillary (upper) and mandibular (lower) teeth) with a dental formula of
3.1.4.1
3.1.4.2
:
Twelve small incisor teeth (only 2–3 mm [3⁄32–1⁄8 in] long) located between the canines in the front of the mouth. These are used for grooming.
Four canines used for killing prey.
Twelve premolar teeth that the ferret uses to chew food—located at the sides of the mouth, directly behind the canines. The ferret uses these teeth to cut through flesh, using them in a scissors action to cut the meat into digestible chunks.
Six molars (two on top and four on the bottom) at the far back of the mouth are used to crush food.
Health
Male ferret
Ferrets are known to suffer from several distinct health problems. Among the most common are cancers affecting the adrenal glands, pancreas and lymphatic system.
Adrenal disease, a growth of the adrenal glands that can be either hyperplasia or cancer, is most often diagnosed by signs like unusual hair loss, increased aggression, and difficulty urinating or defecating. Treatment options include surgery to excise the affected glands, melatonin or deslorelin implants, and hormone therapy. The causes of adrenal disease speculated to include unnatural light cycles, diets based around processed ferret foods, and prepubescent neutering. It has also been suggested that there may be a hereditary component to adrenal disease.[24]
Insulinoma, a type of cancer of the islet cells of the pancreas, is the most common form of cancer in ferrets. It is most common in ferrets between the ages of 4 and 5 years old.[25]
Lymphoma is the most common malignancy in ferrets. Ferret lymphosarcoma occurs in two forms—juvenile lymphosarcoma, a fast-growing type that affects ferrets younger than two years, and adult lymphosarcoma, a slower-growing form that affects ferrets four to seven years old.[26]
Viral diseases include canine distemper, influenza and ferret systemic coronavirus.[27][28][29]
A high proportion of ferrets with white markings which form coat patterns known as a blaze, badger, or panda coat, such as a stripe extending from their face down the back of their head to their shoulder blades, or a fully white head, have a congenital deafness (partial or total) which is similar to Waardenburg syndrome in humans.[30] Ferrets without white markings, but with premature graying of the coat, are also more likely to have some deafness than ferrets with solid coat colors which do not show this trait.[31] Most albino ferrets are not deaf; if deafness does occur in an albino ferret, this may be due to an underlying white coat pattern which is obscured by the albinism.[30]
Health problems can occur in unspayed females when not being used for breeding.[32] Similar to domestic cats, ferrets can also suffer from hairballs and dental problems. Ferrets will also often chew on and swallow foreign objects which can lead to bowel obstruction.[33]
History of domestication
Women hunting rabbits with a ferret in the 14th-century Queen Mary Psalter
In common with most domestic animals, the original reason for ferrets being domesticated by human beings is uncertain, but it may have involved hunting. According to phylogenetic studies, the ferret was domesticated from the European polecat (Mustela putorius), and likely descends from a North African lineage of the species.[34] Analysis of mitochondrial DNA suggests that ferrets were domesticated around 2,500 years ago. It has been claimed that the ancient Egyptians were the first to domesticate ferrets, but as no mummified remains of a ferret have yet been found, nor any hieroglyph of a ferret, and no polecat now occurs wild in the area, that idea seems unlikely.[35] The American Society of Mammalogists classifies M. furo as a distinct species.[36]
Ferrets were probably used by the Romans for hunting.[37][38] Genghis Khan, ruler of the Mongol Empire, is recorded as using ferrets in a gigantic hunt in 1221 that aimed to purge an entire region of wild animals.[3]
Colonies of feral ferrets have established themselves in areas where there is no competition from similarly sized predators, such as in the Shetland Islands and in remote regions in New Zealand. Where ferrets coexist with polecats, hybridization is common. It has been claimed that New Zealand has the world's largest feral population of ferret–polecat hybrids.[39] In 1877, farmers in New Zealand demanded that ferrets be introduced into the country to control the rabbit population, which was also introduced by humans. Five ferrets were imported in 1879, and in 1882–1883, 32 shipments of ferrets were made from London, totaling 1,217 animals. Only 678 landed, and 198 were sent from Melbourne, Australia. On the voyage, the ferrets were mated with the European polecat, creating a number of hybrids that were capable of surviving in the wild. In 1884 and 1886, close to 4,000 ferrets and ferret hybrids, 3,099 weasels and 137 stoats were turned loose.[40] Concern was raised that these animals would eventually prey on indigenous wildlife once rabbit populations dropped, and this is exactly what happened to New Zealand's bird species which previously had had no mammalian predators.
Ferreting
Main article: Rabbiting
Muzzled ferret flushing a rat, as illustrated in Harding's Ferret Facts and Fancies (1915)
For millennia, the main use of ferrets was for hunting, or "ferreting". With their long, lean build and inquisitive nature, ferrets are very well equipped for getting down holes and chasing rodents, rabbits and moles out of their burrows. The Roman historians Pliny and Strabo record that Caesar Augustus sent "viverrae" from Libya to the Balearic Islands to control rabbit plagues there in 6 BC; it is speculated that "viverrae" could refer to ferrets, mongooses, or polecats.[3][41][42] In England, in 1390, a law was enacted restricting the use of ferrets for hunting to the relatively wealthy:
it is ordained that no manner of layman which hath not lands to the value of forty shillings a year shall from henceforth keep any greyhound or other dog to hunt, nor shall he use ferrets, nets, heys, harepipes nor cords, nor other engines for to take or destroy deer, hares, nor conies, nor other gentlemen's game, under pain of twelve months' imprisonment.[43]
Ferrets were first introduced into the American continents in the 17th century, and were used extensively from 1860 until the start of World War II to protect grain stores in the American West from rodents. They are still used for hunting in some countries, including the United Kingdom, where rabbits are considered a pest by farmers.[44] The practice is illegal in several countries where it is feared that ferrets could unbalance the ecology. In 2009 in Finland, where ferreting was previously unknown, the city of Helsinki began to use ferrets to restrict the city's rabbit population to a manageable level. Ferreting was chosen because in populated areas it is considered to be safer and less ecologically damaging than shooting the rabbits.
As pets
A ferret in a war dance jump
In the United States, ferrets were relatively rare pets until the 1980s. A government study by the California State Bird and Mammal Conservation Program estimated that by 1996 about 800,000 domestic ferrets were being kept as pets in the United States.[45]
Regulation
Australia: It is illegal to keep ferrets as pets in Queensland and the Northern Territory;[46] in the Australian Capital Territory a licence is required.[47]
Brazil: Ferrets are allowed only if they are given a microchip identification tag and sterilized.
New Zealand: It has been illegal to sell, distribute or breed ferrets in New Zealand since 2002 unless certain conditions are met.[48]
United States: Ferrets were once banned in many US states, but most of these laws were rescinded in the 1980s and 1990s as they became popular pets.
Illegal: Ferrets are illegal in California under Fish and Game Code Section 2118;[49] and the California Code of Regulations,[50] although it is not illegal for veterinarians in the state to treat ferrets kept as pets. "Ferrets are strictly prohibited as pets under Hawaii law because they are potential carriers of the rabies virus";[51] the territory of Puerto Rico has a similar law.[52] Ferrets are restricted by some municipalities, such as New York City,[52] which renewed its ban in 2015.[53][54] They are also prohibited on many military bases.[52] A permit to own a ferret is needed in other areas, including Rhode Island.[55] Illinois and Georgia do not require a permit to merely possess a ferret, but a permit is required to breed ferrets.[56][57] It was once illegal to own ferrets in Dallas, Texas,[58] but the current Dallas City Code for Animals includes regulations for the vaccination of ferrets.[59] Pet ferrets are legal in Wisconsin, however legality varies by municipality. The city of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, for example, classifies ferrets as a wild animal and subsequently prohibits them from being kept within the city limits. Also, an import permit from the state department of agriculture is required to bring one into the state.[60] Under common law, ferrets are deemed "wild animals" subject to strict liability for injuries they cause, but in several states statutory law has overruled the common law, deeming ferrets "domestic".[61]
Japan: In Hokkaido prefecture, ferrets must be registered with the local government.[62] In other prefectures, no restrictions apply.
Other uses
Ferrets are an important experimental animal model for human influenza,[63][64] and have been used to study the 2009 H1N1 (swine flu) virus.[65] Smith, Andrews, Laidlaw (1933) inoculated ferrets intra-nasally with human naso-pharyngeal washes, which produced a form of influenza that spread to other cage mates. The human influenza virus (Influenza type A) was transmitted from an infected ferret to a junior investigator, from whom it was subsequently re-isolated.
Ferrets have been used in many broad areas of research, such as the study of pathogenesis and treatment in a variety of human disease, these including studies into cardiovascular disease, nutrition, respiratory diseases such as SARS and human influenza, airway physiology,[66] cystic fibrosis and gastrointestinal disease.
Because they share many anatomical and physiological features with humans, ferrets are extensively used as experimental subjects in biomedical research, in fields such as virology, reproductive physiology, anatomy, endocrinology and neuroscience.[67]
In the UK, ferret racing is often a feature of rural fairs or festivals, with people placing small bets on ferrets that run set routes through pipes and wire mesh. Although financial bets are placed, the event is primarily for entertainment purposes as opposed to 'serious' betting sports such as horse or greyhound racing.[68][69]
A very small experimental study of ferrets found that a nasal spray effectively blocked the transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that causes COVID-19.[70]
Terminology and coloring
Typical ferret coloration, known as a sable or polecat-colored ferret
Most ferrets are either albinos, with white fur and pink eyes, or display the typical dark masked sable coloration of their wild polecat ancestors. In recent years fancy breeders have produced a wide variety of colors and patterns. Color refers to the color of the ferret's guard hairs, undercoat, eyes and nose; pattern refers to the concentration and distribution of color on the body, mask and nose, as well as white markings on the head or feet when present. Some national organizations, such as the American Ferret Association, have attempted to classify these variations in their showing standards.[71]
There are four basic colors. The sable (including chocolate and dark brown), albino, dark-eyed white (DEW, also known as black-eyed white or BEW) and silver. All the other colors of a ferret are variations on one of these four categories.
Waardenburg-like coloring
White or albino ferret
Ferrets with a white stripe on their face or a fully white head, primarily blazes, badgers and pandas, almost certainly carry a congenital defect which shares some similarities to Waardenburg syndrome. This causes, among other things, a cranial deformation in the womb which broadens the skull, white face markings, and also partial or total deafness. It is estimated as many as 75 percent of ferrets with these Waardenburg-like colorings are deaf.
White ferrets were favored in the Middle Ages for the ease in seeing them in thick undergrowth. Leonardo da Vinci's painting Lady with an Ermine is likely mislabelled; the animal is probably a ferret, not a stoat (for which "ermine" is an alternative name for the animal in its white winter coat). Similarly, the ermine portrait of Queen Elizabeth I shows her with her pet ferret, which has been decorated with painted-on heraldic ermine spots.
The Ferreter's Tapestry is a 15th-century tapestry from Burgundy, France, now part of the Burrell Collection housed in the Glasgow Museum and Art Galleries. It shows a group of peasants hunting rabbits with nets and white ferrets. This image was reproduced in Renaissance Dress in Italy 1400–1500, by Jacqueline Herald, Bell & Hyman.[72]
Gaston Phoebus' Book of the Hunt was written in approximately 1389 to explain how to hunt different kinds of animals, including how to use ferrets to hunt rabbits. Illustrations show how multicolored ferrets that were fitted with muzzles were used to chase rabbits out of their warrens and into waiting nets.
Import restrictions
Australia – Ferrets cannot be imported into Australia. A report drafted in August 2000 seems to be the only effort made to date to change the situation.[73]
Canada – Ferrets brought from anywhere except the US require a Permit to Import from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency Animal Health Office. Ferrets from the US require only a vaccination certificate signed by a veterinarian. Ferrets under three months old are not subject to any import restrictions.[74]
European Union – As of July 2004, dogs, cats and ferrets can travel freely within the European Union under the pet passport scheme. To cross a border within the EU, ferrets require at minimum an EU PETS passport and an identification microchip (though some countries will accept a tattoo instead). Vaccinations are required; most countries require a rabies vaccine, and some require a distemper vaccine and treatment for ticks and fleas 24 to 48 hours before entry. Ferrets occasionally need to be quarantined before entering the country. PETS travel information is available from any EU veterinarian or on government websites.
New Zealand – New Zealand has banned the import of ferrets into the country.[75]
United Kingdom – The UK accepts ferrets under the EU's PETS travel scheme. Ferrets must be microchipped, vaccinated against rabies, and documented. They must be treated for ticks and tapeworms 24 to 48 hours before entry. They must also arrive via an authorized route. Ferrets arriving from outside the EU may be subject to a six-month quarantine
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