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Adult hippos move at speeds up to 8 km/h (5 mph) in water; typically resurfacing to breathe every three to five minutes. The young have to breathe every two to three minutes. The process of surfacing and breathing is subconscious: a hippo sleeping underwater will rise and breathe without waking up. A hippo closes its nostrils when it submerges into the water. As with fish and turtles on a coral reef, hippos occasionally visit cleaning stations and signal, by opening their mouths wide, their readiness for being cleaned of parasites by certain species of fishes. This is an example of mutualism in which the hippo benefits from the cleaning, while the fish receive food. Although hippos lie close to each other, they do not seem to form social bonds except between mothers and daughters, and they are not social animals. The reason they huddle close together is unknown. Hippopotamuses are territorial only in water, where a bull presides over a small stretch of river, on average 250 m (270 yds) in length, and containing 10 females. The largest pods can contain over 100 hippos.
Info source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippopotamus
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The photo was taken during January 2016 at Mabula Private Game Reserve, Rooiberg, Limpopo, South Africa.
I spotted a large pod of pelicans at Mud Lake last Saturday. Monday, we went back. Didn't see any pelicans. Happy to see these pelicans today. .
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Designed for low-altitude cargo transportation, the C27 is used extensively in shipping yards across the galaxy, with many corporations outfitting craft with additional grasping arms or manoeuvring jets for handling more varied cargo.
I doubt this would sit well in the Star Wars galaxy due to its small size but I had a lot of fun building this little guy none the less! :D
I have a large poppy plant in a pot, bought last year. It survived the winter and has now flowered and gone to seed. A neighbour has/had some of these in his garden, not sure if they're still there. I was hoping my poppy would have been pollinated from his plants, but as these pods haven't opened, I'm guessing not. A candidate for 28th July Macro Mondays, but I went with the moss fern instead.
This is really different for me, playing with the macro a bit. View On Black
Texture is "Earth a bit dramatic" see the before
In one of the urns, I have dry hydrangea heads and dried Lotus Pods. These pods have glitter around the seed openings so I used them for Christmas decorations out there. Snow blew into the little empty pockets overnight where the seeds used to live.
POD means picture of the day.
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them all?
Simplicity is the best 😄
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The Australian Banksia accumulates seeds in its canopy, releasing them only when conditions are suitable for establishing new plants. The delayed release of this mature seed bank is known as serotiny, and can require the preservation of seeds inside their pods for several years, somehow secured against damage from high levels of UV radiation, predation, changing weather conditions and microbial attack. Release is then triggered, often by the normally destructive agency of bushfires.
The Australian children's author, May Gibbs, featured villains called Big, Bad Banksia Men whose scary looks were modelled on these strange growths.
French Broom, Genista monspessulana, young seed pods, only ~ 1/2" (13mm) long,
Cerro Alto, Los Padres National Forest,
San Luis Obispo Co., California
This is an invasive, non-native shrub and I have my antipathies. But I can't help being enamored with the glow of the seed pods.
Asclepias syriaca - As September winds down, milkweed pods dry out and split open, releasing flat, brown seeds carried aloft by a white, silky fuzz known as milkweed floss. This was growing in our backyard in Carmel, New York.
To see what green pods look like follow this link: www.flickr.com/photos/sue_10512/22092833209/in/photolist-...