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Lion
Of all the great cats, the lion has always held a supreme place in man's esteem and imagination. The lion has always been honored by man, crediting the regal beast with attributes he prizes most; nobility, courage, loyalty, combative skills and sexual prowess. This attribution applies to both sexes, for a lioness is a creature of sinuous beauty ,but the full-grown male, whose magnificent mane ranging in color from a rich golden brown to a deep blackish-brown, mark him as the veritable monarch of the plains. The legacy of the lion, King of Beasts, as the model throughout history is demonstrated by its appearance among the earliest drawings made by humans over 15,000 years ago.
Zoological name: Panthera leo
Species: Of the known sub-species of lion there seems to be an agreement on 2 as far as genetics go - Pantherinae Panthera leo leo - the African lion, and Pantherinae Panthera leo persica - the Asian lion. Regardless of the area of Africa a lion is found in today, their DNA analysis has shown them to be the same, whereas there is a difference between African and Asian. As of the time of this writing, the Barbary lion has never been tested and compared to these results, and may in fact be a third and distinct lion sub-specie.
Presence on the planet: The lion was once found from northern Africa through southwest Asia (extinct in most countries within past 150 years), west into Europe (extinct 2000 years ago) and east into India (relict population in Gir Forest only). Today, the majority of Africa’s lions can be found in east and southern Africa, with a small number in west Africa. Most of the lions today exist inside protected areas. No accurate number of how many lions exist in the wild has been reported, but guesstimates are between 30,000-100,000.
Habitat: Lion prides are often found in the open plains, but are known from nearly all habitats except deep desert and rainforest. Lions climb trees to rest and cool off, or sometimes to escape stampedes. During the day, lions rest by water holes or salt licks, but at night these places are usually reserved for hunting.
Physical appearance: Males range from 172 to 250 cm in body length, females from 158 to 192 cm. Tail length varies between 60 and 100 cm in length. Females are 45 to 68 kilograms lighter than the average-size male, but have an equal muscle mass. Males weigh between 150 and 260 kg while females weigh between 122 and 182 kg.Lions have a broad face, rounded ears, and a relatively short neck. Male lions have a mane, which varies in color. It usually is a silverish-grey or a yellowish-red. The darker the mane the older the lion. Captive lions are known to have longer and fuller manes than wild lions. The underside of males is a buff color, while the females' underside is whitish in color. Both sexes have sharp retractable claws on each paw and powerful shoulders, which they use to bring down their prey. Hinge-like jaws containing 5 centimeter canines also aid the lion in hunting and catching their prey.
Diet: Lions are very opportunistic eaters, and will take almost any prey ranging from small rodents to young rhinos, hippos and elephants. The majority of its prey, however, is medium to large ungulates, most notably zebra, wildebeest, impala, warthog, hartebeest and waterbuck. They will stay away from adult rhinos, hippos, elephants and even giraffes. The females do most of the hunting, and the male will come and join the females after the kill is made. The females will make way for the males and allow him to eat his fill first. Males will participate on a hunt when it is a particularly large prey item - like a water buffalo - where his size and strength is required to bring down such a large animal (although enough females can do it successfully on their own). Males must also hunt during their bachelor stages, when there are no females to take care of them.
Reproduction & Offspring: Lions will reproduce any time of the year, and all females of reproductive maturity will breed at the same time. This allows them to give birth in synchrony with each other, thereby sharing the suckling responsibilities. Any lactating female in a pride will suckle any cub that belongs to the pride. Lions give birth to 1-6 cubs after a gestation of 110 days. The cubs are born blind and helpless, and weigh approximately 2-4 pounds. Cub mortality is very high in lions, and less than half will survive their first year. Young males will leave their pride between 2-4 years if they can get away with staying that long, but sometimes they are forced out as early as 13-20 months. Females remain with their natal pride most of the time, although some will disperse and form new prides. While male lions are physically capable of reproducing at 30 months and females at 24 months, they do not generally successfully reproduce until pride membership has been firmly established.
Conservation status: Lions are generally considered problem animals whose existence is at odds with human settlements and cattle culture. Their scavenging behavior makes them highly susceptible to poisoned carcasses put out to eliminate predators. Where the wild prey is migratory, lions will predate on captive stock during the lean season, thus making the nuisance animals and easy targets for humans to eliminate.
I worked with this picture from October 16th I had originally decided was not a keeper. After some work, it became somewhat more "a keeper."
For the purposes of this comic, the only “canonical” texts are the first Predator film and the first Batman vs. Predator miniseries–all other comics and movies involving the Predator are ignored. As for when it’s supposed to take place in DC continuity–I don’t really care. By including the miniseries as history I’ve already placed it outside the DC canon anyway.
Well, I should rather work on my Alien vs. Predator presentation for university. But the subject was just to inspiring not to build something related to it. I chose the Predator.
Originally it was planed to build him with his creepy face but I couldn't find a proper way to build it in this scale. So he comes with helmet. The fitting amor gave me the chance to use some Hero Factory parts in pearl silver I had laying around.
Furthermore I tried something new with the background.
I hope you like it.
Alsace - le Hohwald - sep. 2009
Not exactly a Mona Lisa smile, but her eyes !! Enigmatic and meditative. But that's enough anthropomorphism...
Owls in general have poor eyesight. This lady has yellow irises, which means she is diurnal. Nocturnal subspecies have red irises.
The structure of the rostrum starts in the skull and is asymmetric. The concentrical soft feathers capture the soundwaves and lead them to the orifices of the ear canal. The ruffle of tiny mouses between autumnal grasses is enough to locate them with pinpoint precision. The same fine feather structure on the upper side of the relatively broad wings guarantees a stealthy flight.
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While watching these least chipmunks play around on the rocks, I got to see some cool behavior. Suddenly, they all became very attentive and grouped up on this rock. One was calling out with a little chirping call, while they all looked down from above. We were around 10,000 feet in elevation and the only predators that are supposed to exist up there, to my knowledge, are lynx, western garter snakes, and birds of prey. They were looking almost directly down, and I could see that there were no lynx or birds of prey around so the only thing I can think is that there must've been a garter snake around. Trail Ridge Road, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
A rather unusual look at a Damselfly. This is a teneral Common Blue Damselfly I found at Wollaton yesterday, being quite a cool day there were a lot of grounded inactive Damselflies on low vegetation, this allowed for this interesting angle. This nicely illustrates the complex nature of a Damselflies mouthparts, it is easy to forget that these guys are accomplished predators.
This was a 4 image stack at F/8, not my deepest of stacks, but thought it was interesting to see.
A jumping spider drags off its latest prey, a Sely's Sundragon about three times larger than itself.
So today I received Richard's Predator. And I must honestly say that this is one of the best, if not the best Predator sculpt I've ever seen. I decided to show him off in this picture without the mask because the sculpted head is absolutely stunning.
I thought it'd be nice to display my own Predator from a while ago next to his, alongside Richard's line of figures from the Alien Franchise (Namely, the Alien and Facehugger).
If you haven't picked one up yet, do so now before he runs out, it's absolutely worth the money both as a collectible and as a challenge to paint.
Daddy kite will be responsible for food and come back to deliver it to mommy kite while they are having eggs to hatch. They usually perform food exchange in the air.
The Serval is a medium-sized African wild cat. It is closely related to the African Golden Cat and the Caracal.
It is a slender animal, with long legs and a fairly short tail. The head is small in relation to the body, and the tall, oval ears are set close together. The pattern of the fur is variable. Usually, the Serval is boldly spotted black on tawny.
Although the Serval is highly specialised for catching rodents, it is an opportunistic predator whose diet also includes hares, hyraxes, birds, reptiles, insects, fish, and frogs. The Serval has been observed taking larger animals, such as small Springbok, but over 90% of the Serval’s prey weighs less than 200g. The Serval eats very quickly, and if its food is big enough,
Yellowfin tuna flank a female great white shark off the coast of Mexico's Isla de Guadalupe. While the tuna are a preferred prey item of the shark, their speed and maneuverability allow them to keep a safe distance from their predator. The sharks have to rely on stealth in order to ambush attach the speedy prey.
While it's not uncommon to see yellowfin tuna at Guadalupe, they seem far more abundant around the island in the past couple of years. I'm not sure it's a result of El Nino effects or not, but I definitely saw noticeably more tuna around the sharks than usual on this trip.
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La sittelle torchepot niche dans des trous ou des crevasses, mais ne creuse pas elle-même. C'est souvent une ancienne loge de pic.
Elle réduit l'entrée en construisant un dur mur de boue séchée autour du trou jusqu'à ce qu'il ait la bonne taille. Elle utilise aussi de la résine en tant que répulsif pour les prédateurs. L'intérieur du trou est tapissé de morceaux de copeaux d'écorce, d'herbes, de poils et de plumes.
Pour en savoir plus: www.oiseaux.net/oiseaux/sittelle.torchepot.html
The Nuthatch nests in holes or crevices, but does not dig itself. It is often an old peak lodge.
It reduces the entrance by building a hard wall of dried mud around the hole until it is the right size. It also uses resin as a repellent for predators. The inside of the hole is lined with pieces of bark chips, grass, hair and feathers.
To find out more: www.oiseaux.net/oiseaux/sittelle.torchepot.html
Mongoose : formidable predator which originates from North Africa and found in Spain . Mongoose were thought to have been introduced to Spain by the Arabs during their occupation from 8th to 14th century, however Mongoose bones have been carbon dated to the 1st century A.D. and it's entirely possible they always were in Spain when it was adjoined to N. Africa before the land masses separated