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Kahn & David
Kahn & Etta had a bath today💦
Daily Dog Challenge: Four Elements - dog, man, trees and rock :)
Sometimes, or should I say often, when we go out looking for one thing, we coincidently come across something else. Such was the case with this red fox, found trotting along the brushy field when out looking for raptors. Of course, I was quite pleased with this "substitution". I think that the moment was almost mutual as it found us about the same time we found it. Loved that look of awareness and curiosity in its face. Mine was most likely the same. :-) Within no time at all, that stare was over and it went on to trotting through the field in search of its next meal.
Wildlife in the winter is extra special for me, probably because until the last 5 years or so snowy wildlife shots were limited to winter out of state vacations (having lived in FL). I still get a rush out of it. Love winter's effect on their coats, all wet, damp, or snow covered, which really gives it texture. Winter's light also makes them stand out. I can't wait to stumble across wildlife again ... no matter the species. :-)
Happy Monday!
© Debbie Tubridy Photography
Mani wheel is a type of Buddhist legal instrument, usually with a round tube, and an internal structure with a written text or words.
Believers mutually believe, each time you move, the first time you go, the first time you follow the same thought, the first time you repeat the same thought, the ability accumulates merits and eliminates karmic obstacles.
The wheels are different in size, with a small wheel in hand and a large wheel in the temple.
The wheel moves in the normal direction of the hour hand, written by Sanghui, a Buddhist teaching.🌸
轉經輪（Mani wheel）是一種藏傳佛教的法器，通常為圓筒狀，內部裝有經文或咒語。
信徒相信，每轉動一次轉經輪，就如同念誦了一次經文，能累積功德並消除業障。
轉經輪的大小不一，從手持的小型轉經輪到寺廟中巨大的轉經輪都有。
轉經輪通常以順時針方向轉動，象徵著佛法的傳播。
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Seen at the Modigliani Unmasked exhibit at the Jewish Museum.
"Jeanne Hebuterne With Yellow Sweater" 1918-19
I'm curious how they fly so well and she's curious why I take so many pictures of her!
This shot took at least two hours to get.
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Pucerons et fourmis : mutualisme
Les pucerons sont attirés par le suc des végétaux dont ils se nourrissent et qu'ils rejettent par l'anus en miellat sucré (feuilles collantes). Les fourmis apprécient particulièrement cette substance sucrée
Les pucerons se nourrissent de sève riche en sucre. Leurs déjections sont ainsi liquides, translucides et sucrées : c'est le miellat. Les fourmis sont très friandes de ce miellat, qui peut constituer une source de nourriture importante pour elles.
Les fourmis ont donc tout intérêt à protéger les pucerons, voire à les soigner, pour pouvoir bénéficier de ce miellat. On peut même dire qu'elles les élèvent pour les traire, comme l'homme le fait avec le bétail. Elles repoussent les prédateurs des pucerons, notamment les larves de syrphes et les coccinelles (elles sont en revanche inefficaces contre les insectes parasitoïdes), et nettoient la colonie de pucerons en éliminant les dépôts de miellat sur les feuilles ainsi que les exuvies (cette "toilette" freine le développement de champignons néfastes pour les pucerons). Elles peuvent même déplacer les pucerons d'une tige à une autre, voire d'une plante à une autre, quand la sève commence à manquer.
De leur côté, les pucerons, pour bénéficier de la protection des fourmis, mettent à leur disposition leur miellat sous forme de goutte qui perle à l'extémité de leur abdomen, au lieu de le rejeter sur les feuilles. Les fourmis prélèvent cette goutte et l'ingèrent.
Pucerons et fourmis tirent tous deux des avantages de cette collaboration : on parle de symbiose ou de mutualisme.
Aphids and ants: mutualism
Ants have developed a large number of associations with a wide range of organisms and particularly with other insects. In the temperate regions, the most frequent association involves the suborder Homoptera and mostly the aphids. A certain number of aphid species considered as myrmecophilous interact with ants.
The species concerned respond to palpation by ants with the secretion of honeydew. For those ants it is a sugar- rich supplement to their diet. This behavioural relationship is called trophobiosis. It can be obligatory or facultative depending on the species. This kind of interaction exists since at least the Oligocene (50 million years BP). The ants, in exchange for this supply of food, provide the aphids with an aggressive defence force against their predator and parasitoid antagonists. This defence can sometimes be reinforced by release of a pheromone alarm signal produced by the aphids themselves. In consequence, the aphid populations prosper thanks to this protection service.
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Alternative titles: “Circle Game” and “Heart of Gold”, with apologies to Joni & Neil, respectively, who played the game and mined. Trout-lily Mining Bee, Andrena erythronii, on False Dandelion, Pyrrhopappus carolinianus, in Seabourne Creek Nature Park.
My inaugural offering for the new “Flickr for the Planet” group, hence the title.
Happy Flower Friday!
I liked this picture Larry took (even though my name ended up on it....oops!) while I was having a little photo session with Floydd!
It kind of sums up our relationship!
He's my little buddy!
This is on our property and the buck is used to seeing me but of course he is prepared to leave if I head in his direction. I refer to this buck as 'Bully Boy' because he chases all the other deer so he can pig out on the treats.
After 2 years of contact we can sit 1m from each other with no fear on either part. His teeth are so strong they crush bones with ease. Yet he carefully takes chicken scraps, or a sausage, from my fingers. Most notably, he leaves nothing, not even the very smallest morsel we can hardly see.
Over the last 4-5 months Milo has not given his keeper Christy a cuddle. The changes going on with his family/pride with Amari and the cubs and also in that time being separated from Misty, Milo was out of sorts.
The keepers were still able to work in with him but he pretty much stuck to himself on his rock.
Now that things have settled down he is back to his old self.
Like everyone you are thinking , 'you can't trust him', he's still a wild animal' or whatever it is you are thinking that may be negative this one photo shows, trust, acceptance, patience and mutual respect.
So after 5 months Milo rewards Christy with the most glorious head rub. He was ready and so was she.
For a lion to do this shows they accept her as a pride member and this is only because she has worked with them day and night to form a bond with them. Just like our own cat or dog we know their body language and when they like to be patted, how hard and for how long.
Lions give off that same body language and it takes time to know that animal and what it means.
Christy knows by the shape of his eyes, the flick of his tail and even the way he walks what sort of mood he is in and what is acceptable.
If you or I were to walk in and expect a cuddle, without a doubt we would be injured because one we are stupid to expect a lion to cuddle us and two we do not have a relationship with this animal.
Like many people who see this for the first time are shocked that the keepers can work in with the lions to me, after spending time and witnessing the relationship first hand and also behind the scenes this is the most natural and authentic friendship between 2 individuals I have ever seen.
I LOVE how Milo has his eyes closed for Christy's kiss.
Batman and Idaho were taking turns grooming the other's head. Sometimes they were doing it at the same time.