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Bison commonly rub against trees and leave lasting impressions that make for interesting abstracts. Thanks Bison!
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Tomorrow's my last exam, then I'll be visiting you all to see what lovely work I've missed.
Thanks for all the comments... I appreciate the time spent saying something nice about my uploads 'specially considering my absence.. muchos gracias :)
Well wishes for the weekend, and HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
Fred getting a tummy rub.
He sleeps behind me on the spare bed when I work all day only waking every now and then for some attention.
He woke me up at around 3am this morning throwing up fur balls... lovely. It's the wrong time of year for him to be moulting so much fur (this is his second bout of furballs in a week) he should be developing his winter coat, but he still has two bald patches from over grooming, he's a highly strung wee boy really although he hides it well ;)
Ghaf (Prosopis cineraria) a flowering tree, holds great promise for combating desertification and improving soil fertility in arid environments thanks to its unique qualities, long-term research by the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) suggests.
The Rub' al Khali is the largest contiguous sand desert in the world, encompassing most of the southern third of the Arabian Peninsula. The desert covers some 650,000 square kilometres including parts of Saudi Arabia, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. It is part of the larger Arabian Desert. One very large pile of sand!!!
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Don Ruben , Viudo de de aprox 65 años. Su casa está a punto de derrumbarse , tras el terremoto del viernes 27 de febrero. Su casa se encuentra en un pueblo llamado Licantén, cerca de la costa de Llico. Don Ruben se niega a dejar su casa, ya que no tiene adonde ir. Lo que se alcansa a ver en la foto , es lo único que quedó de su casa., Sus muros quedaron destruidos y no tiene como protegerse en las noches. Una de las tantas razonas por la cual no quiere dejar su casa, es que al no estar protegida, le roben lo único que tiene.( lo que se logra ver en la foto)
I haven't posted in many months, finally feeling like I'm back on two feet (somewhat) and anxious to get the hell back out there.
A few shots from a class I'm taking at Valley Ridge Art Studio this weekend, more to post after tomorrow.
Silver loves to roll over for a tummy rub. He also likes to sleep on his back. At 21 pounds, he is even big for a Maine Coon.
He often will have his eyes and mouth open just a bit while sleeping. This can be disconcerting if you aren't used to it. I've even had to shake him to make sure he was still with us.
You can see more of Silver and his friends at:
www.flickr.com/photos/wendeldh/sets/72157622391026593/wit...
Camera + Lens : GF1 + VOIGTLÄNDER NOKTON CLASSIC S.C 35mm F1.4
Detail of the toe area of a man's foot where (presumably) thousands of people have touched it (for good fortune?) and it has changed colour.
Not being a metallurgist I am not sure what the process may be called but it seemed that the chaps foot had been "rubbed raw".
x the base, Rub Kandy, Mimmo Rubino, Rome 7/'10
Tnx: Diego Benini (assistant) and Luca De Gennaro (assistant and Backstage Photographer)
Xanthostemon ruber est un arbuste ou arbre pouvant atteindre 20m de haut, de la famille des Myrtaceae.
Endémique de Nouvelle-Calédonie, il fréquente le sud de la Grande Terre, en forêt humide ou dans le maquis.
The Arabian camel (Camelus dromedarius), is a large, even-toed ungulate with one hump on its back. The dromedary is the smallest of the three species of camel; adult males stand 1.8–2 m (5.9–6.6 ft) at the shoulder, while females are 1.7–1.9 m (5.6–6.2 ft) tall. Males typically weigh between 400 and 600 kg (880 and 1,320 lb), and females weigh between 300 and 540 kg (660 and 1,190 lb). The species' distinctive features include its long, curved neck, narrow chest, a single hump (compared with two on the Bactrian camel and wild Bactrian camel), and long hairs on the throat, shoulders and hump. The coat is generally a shade of brown. The hump, 20 cm (7.9 in) tall or more, is made of fat bound together by fibrous tissue.
Dromedaries are mainly active during daylight hours. They form herds of about 20 individuals, which are led by a dominant male. This camel feeds on foliage and desert vegetation; several adaptations, such as the ability to tolerate losing more than 30% of its total water content, allow it to thrive in its desert habitat. Mating occurs annually and peaks in the rainy season; females bear a single calf after a gestation of 15 months.
The dromedary has not occurred naturally in the wild for nearly 2,000 years. It was probably first domesticated in Somalia or the Arabian Peninsula about 4,000 years ago. In the wild, the dromedary inhabited arid regions, including the Sahara Desert. The domesticated dromedary is generally found in the semi-arid to arid regions of the Old World, mainly in Africa, and a significant feral population occurs in Australia. Products of the dromedary, including its meat and milk, support several north Arabian tribes; it is also commonly used for riding and as a beast of burden.
The Rub' al Khali is the largest contiguous sand desert in the world, encompassing most of the southern third of the Arabian Peninsula. The desert covers some 650,000 square kilometres including parts of Saudi Arabia, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. It is part of the larger Arabian Desert. One very large pile of sand!!!
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Big Meadows - Shenandoah National Park, Virginia
This is my follow-up post to Anatomy of A Whitetail Scrape that I posted 2 weeks ago here on Flickr.
You may be wondering just what exactly is a 'rub'? It's another method of sign-post marking by whitetail bucks (the other being 'scrapes'). Rubs are mostly created on small diameter trees but also on shrubs and saplings as well. (click here to view a photo of rubs) To make a rub, a buck uses his antlers to strip the bark from trees and/or saplings. A rub not only presents a visual sign but also a social rank amongst bucks by the scent left on each rub. Dominant bucks release a stronger scent from their forehead gland secretions than younger bucks do.
There are two distinct types of rubs:
1. Velvet rubs: these begin occurring around the end of August to remove the velvet on their antlers. It may take a few hours to remove the velvet or a few days. These type of rubs are not usually as visible as rutting rubs are.
2. Rut rubs: as the rut approaches, bucks begin to feel the effects of growing testosterone levels. The buck's neck begins to swell due to the testosterone pumping through his blood and the aggression is released by creating rutting rubs, which also serves the purpose of territorial marking. This rubbing activity helps to strengthen their neck muscles which will be necessary for the peak of the rut, both visually and physically.
Dominant bucks begin rubbing before smaller bucks. Deer biologists have found that individual bucks make from 69 to 538 rubs each year, with dominant bucks averaging 300 rubs or more. Smaller bucks exhibit a slower rise in testosterone levels so they seldom begin the behavior until late in October and also do not make as many rubs.
I'm not all that satisfied with this photo. I've had several opportunities in recent weeks to witness some decent size bucks creating rubs but I always opted to videotape those moments rather than photograph them. So one evening I came across this buck in Big Meadows creating a rub in bright direct sunlight (which casted shadows from the many saplings), and I decided to use my camera this time.
Note that this buck has a deformed left antler. I've seen him a lot since late Summer, here is a photo of him which better displays his abnormal antler (when his rack was still in velvet). He's not a trophy size buck by any means but he did tolerate my presence for a photo shoot while he did his thing.
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Click on the below links to view my short HD video clips of rub behavior. There's nothing comparable to a 'moving picture' when it comes to wildlife behavior captures :-)
Short HD Video Clips Of Rubbing (on my stream at YouTube, clips will open in a new window)
Horizontal rub video clip. This one is rather interesting as the Buck leaves his saliva scent on the splinters (by licking and nibbling on them).
Sapling/Brush rubbing video clip.
Vertical and Horizontal rubbing.
Vertical rubbing by a familiar Buck that I refer to as Ol' Rutter (a non-HD clip)
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