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During August, most newts remain buried in substrate beneath the water during the day and emerge only at night in search of food. While they enjoy sunlight, the summer heat exceeds their thresholds, the mating season is over, and predators are all awake.
But newts, like all creatures, are individuals and this brown spotted newt decided to take a chance and enjoy a leisurely swim in the temperate water.
Picturesque framing of a mangrove forest, one of the most productive ecosystems on earth.
The coastline of Nabq National Park is fringed by 4.8 km of mangrove forest, the most northerly and the largest in the Red Sea.
A mangrove ecosystem is characterized by salt-tolerant trees and shrubs
adapted to thrive in salty, intertidal environments.
Mangroves have developed impressive adaptations to survive in challenging conditions, including filtration systems to manage salt intake and complex root systems that anchor them in shifting sediments.
Some of the mangroves here have completely become terrestrial and don't grow aerial roots anymore. The grey mangroves of Nabq normally build aerial roots all around them, that are able to desalinate the seawater and to absorb oxygen. They also serve as a stabilization on the muddy and soft substrate. The leafs excrete salt through special pores and keep the degree of salinity within the plant at a low level.
They play a vital role in coastal ecology by stabilizing shorelines, reducing erosion from storms and tides, and providing critical habitat and nursery grounds for a wide variety of marine organisms.
Marine life lives and breeds among the mangrove root systems, while the crowns of the mangrove form a nesting and feeding habitat for shore birds.
JardĂn, Antioquia, Colombia
The spectacularly bizarre Andean Cock-of-the-rock is perhaps the most popularly recognized bird of the cloud forests of the Andes Mountains.
Distributed from Venezuela to Bolivia in the Andes, this species is readily identified by its fan-shaped crest and brilliant orange plumage. Males spend much of their time displaying at leks, where they jump up and down on particular branches and utter low, guttural croaks. The name is derived from their preference for rocks and ledges as substrates for their mud cup nests.
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Géranium noueux ou géranium à tige noueuse (Geranium nodosum), en anglais Knotted Crane's-bill, est une plante de la famille des Géraniacées.
Les synonymes taxinomiques sont Geranium freyeri Griseb., Geranium duplicatum Kitt.
Sous-bois herbacés des montagnes d'Espagne, de Suisse, Italie, Dalmatie, Monténégro et de France.
En France elle se retrouve dans le Massif-Central, les Cévennes, les Corbières, les Pyrénées, les Alpes et en Corse.
Geranium nodosum, the knotted crane's-bill, is a perennial herbaceous plant in the family Geraniaceae.
This plant is native to southern Europe. It is present in the Alps, Jura, and the Pyrenees.`
The typical habitat of this species is the margins of deciduous forest among oak, beech, and chestnut. It grows on calcareous and siliceous substrates with neutral pH and average soil moisture. It occurs at altitudes of 100–1,300 metres (330–4,270 ft) above sea level.
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Quinag is an 808 m high mountain range in Sutherland in the Scottish Highlands, with an undulating series of peaks along its Y-shaped crest. The name Quinag is an anglicisation of the Gaelic name Cuinneag, a milk pail, reflecting its distinctive shape.Geologically, Quinag is made of Torridonian sandstone, resting on a substrate of Lewisian gneiss.
One flower is open and there are another four buds.
Cultivated in SGK = substrate glass culture.
It smells very nice.
Wish I could remember the name of this Guy. Could he be a Puffer or Blowfish? I'll just call him Hootie :-)
He was very interested in my camera and seemed to enjoy posing for a portrait.
Thanks to Flickr Friend, Sheri Rapstra, I have Hootie’s Identification. He’s just what he resembles… a Cowfish.
Call me silly, I should have guessed :-)
The longhorn cowfish, Lactoria cornuta, also called the horned boxfish, is a variety of boxfish from the family Ostraciidae, recognizable by its long horns that protrude from the front of its head, rather like those of a cow or bull. They are a resident of the Indo-Pacific region and can grow up to 50 centimeters (20 inches) long. While badly suited to the home aquarium, the cowfish is becoming increasingly popular as a pet.
Adults are reef fish, often solitary and territorial, and live around sand or rubble bottom up to a depth of 50 m. They are omnivorous, feeding upon benthic algae, various microorganisms, and foraminiferans that it strains from sediments, sponges, polychaetae worms from sand flats, mollusks, small crustaceans, and small fish, able to feed on benthic invertebrates by blowing jets of water into the sandy substrate.
(Wikipedia)
Found at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, California.
Nikon - 105mm - 1/125 @ f4 - ISO 2000
An adult newt is resting two feet under the water’s surface on substrate consisting of decomposing leaves and algae. It’s an alien world that exists so close to our own.
Below the newt and slightly to the left is a large aquatic snail; part of a species with green and white shells. Above him is a small worm. If the amphibian was hungry both would be in danger. However, newts are primarily nocturnal feeders.
He is currently relaxed and enjoying the mid-day sun penetrating the water.
These neat little jelly babies are one of my favorite fungi. They fruit in groups from a mossy or bare soil substrate now in late summer and early autumn. They likely tap into nearby tree roots for their nutrition and I usually find them associating with oak trees. Some mushroomers say they are tasty little treats but the store-bought variety sounds sweeter to me.