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Purple, green and orange - I thought they were nicely contrasting colors.
The ocellaris clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris), also known as the false percula clownfish or common clownfish, is a marine fish belonging to the family Pomacentridae, which includes clownfishes and damselfishes. Amphiprion ocellaris can be distinguished from other Amphiprion species based on the number of pectoral rays and dorsal spines. Amphiprion ocellaris are known to grow about 110 mm long. Like many other fish species, females are, however, larger than males. The life cycle of Amphiprion ocellaris varies in whether they reside at the surface or bottom of the ocean. When they initially hatch, they reside near the surface. However, when Amphiprion ocellaris enter into the juvenile stage of life, they travel down to the bottom to find shelter in a host anemone. Once they find their anemone, they form a symbiotic relationship with them. (Wikipedia) Romblon, Philippines
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In the truly symbiotic relationship, both parties gain an advantage by sticking together. For example, birds ride along on the backs of hippopotami eating insects. The birds are delighted by the plentiful supply of food, and the hippos are pleased to be bug free with little effort on their parts.
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Symbiosis is a close ecological relationship between the individuals of two (or more) different species. Sometimes a symbiotic relationship benefits both species, sometimes one species benefits at the other's expense, and in other cases neither species benefits.
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Lichen covers a flower budding twig. It does no harm. Lichen are a symbiotic combination of fungus and algae/cyanobacteria.
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Symbiosis is any type of a close and long-term biological interaction between two different biological organisms, be it mutualistic, commensalistic, or parasitic. The organisms, each termed a symbiont, must be of different species. Wikipedia
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This lone zebra among the wildebeest was keeping an eye on our jeep at Masai Mara.
Zebras and wildebeest have a symbiotic relationship. They are good at looking out for each other at potential threats in different ways. Zebra has good eyesight while the wildebeest has good hearing and smell. They also migrate in harmony because they eat different parts of the same grass in the savannah.
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This American bison is at Rocky Mountain Arsenal - National Wildlife Refuge, Commerce City, Colorado. A black-billed magpie, serving as a hat, is likely searching for a snack of bugs.
Scientific name: Triplaris americana
Popular names: Anthill, Ant's stick (Pau-de-formiga), Taquari
Family: Polygonaceae
Category: Trees, Ornamental Trees
Climate: Equatorial, Subtropical, Tropical
Origin: South America, Brazil, Paraguay
Height: above 12 meters
Luminosity: Full sun
The Ant's stick a majestic tropical tree, which impresses with its size and exuberant flowering. Its canopy has a columnar to pyramidal shape, with a rectilinear, elegant and hollow trunk, sheltering ants inside, in an interesting symbiotic relationship. The wood is light, of low density and the bark is gray and slightly cracked. The leaves are large, oval and simple.
Because it is a dioecious species (separate sexes), the Ant's stick has male and female individuals, which are clearly differentiated during flowering. The female plants have erect inflorescences, with showy reddish-pink flowers, while the males have greyish, tapered, long and pendent inflorescences. Flowering occurs in winter and early spring and is quite durable.
The Ant's stick has fast growth and its size varies from 8 to 20 meters in height. Despite its large size, it does not have aggressive surface roots, and can be planted on sidewalks free of electricity.
A typical tree of riparian forests, the Ant's stick prefers to be planted near watercourses or lakes, where it benefits from soil moisture. It can be grown in drier and more drained places, but in this case it requires regular irrigation.
Massive tree roots of a Moreton Bay fig tree in Palm Canyon at Balboa Park, San Diego, California.
Moreton Bay Fig ~ This remarkable large tree was planted in preparation for the 1915 exposition from a five-gallon container. Since it was a few years old at the time, its age is computed from about 1910.
This tree is listed in the California Registry of Big Trees as one of the champion trees of the state. The tree measured in 1996 about 78 feet (24 meters) high, with a crown width of 123 feet (37 m) and a trunk girth of 486 inches (12.3 m). It shares the title for this species with the famous Moreton Bay Fig tree of Santa Barbara, California, which has a broader canopy but is not as high.
Many people who grew up in San Diego remember climbing around the roots of this tree as children, while their families enjoyed picnics in the cool shade. Unfortunately, heavy foot traffic caused soil compaction and damage to the delicate surface-feeding roots of the tree, preventing it from obtaining nutrients and water, and the tree began to decline. It was trimmed and fenced off in 1989, mulch was allowed to accumulate, and the tree has recovered and once again shows thick, glossy foliage. As it has recovered it has begun to show the aerial roots that are characteristic of fig trees. In the wild, these roots would have been growing since the early youth of the tree, and would have reached the ground and developed into stout, woody props to help support the heavy branches.
The small dry fruits of the Moreton Bay Fig, are actually composed of hundreds of tiny flowers completely enclosed within the inverted fleshy tissue of the receptacle upon which they rest. A tiny hole (called an ostiole) in the tip of the fruit allows minute symbiotic wasps, which pollinate and lay their eggs within the flowers, to enter and leave the structure.
Ficus macrophylla is a native of east Australia. When it is grown in an open area where it can spread, the Moreton Bay Fig may become as much as 150 feet wide; but crowded in its natural forest habitat, or near buildings in an urban setting, it tends to grow tall and narrow. Several other specimens of this species, as well as 32 other kinds of fig trees, are planted in Balboa Park.
Charles Darwin described the Galapagos land iguana as "ugly animals, of a yellowish orange beneath, and of a brownish-red colour above: from their low facial angle they have a singularly stupid appearance." The Galapagos land iguana grows to a length of 0.9 to 1.5 m (3–5 ft) with a body weight of up to 11 kg (25 lb), depending upon which island they are from. Being cold-blooded, they absorb heat from the sun by basking on volcanic rock, and at night sleep in burrows to conserve their body heat. These iguanas also enjoy a symbiotic relationship with birds; the birds remove parasites and ticks, providing relief to the iguanas and food for the birds.
Many of you who are lucky enough to go on safari have seen examples of the symbiotic relationship btween animal and animals and birds. I have seen it as well but in the past the birds flew away before I could get a decent picture.
Luck was with me again here by Lake Nakuru where I finally was able to capture oxpeckers with an impala. The birds pick ticks and other insects off of the impala. And I guess we have to believe that the impala is appreciative. I know many of wehumans would be.
There,s a symbiotic relationship with some ant species,with Aphids,leaf,and some plant hoppers,where the ants offer protection in exchange for honeydew excretion.This red ant was waiting for his treat from this Thornbug mimic,Campylenchia latipes.Nature is so cool!
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The investment in my mobile intruder alarm system paid off bigtime. Translation: the dogs were barking up a storm which prompted me to investigate the cause of this. My decision to not store my photo equipment in assorted lens and camera storing compartments but to leave it easily accessible on the coffee table proved to be right on point as well. Once I discovered the reason for the alert (this was not easily accomplished since I scanned the yard at a much lower level than where the saw-whet owl was actually located – top of the swinging bench), I just needed to extricate my camera from other urgently needed items (clutter) on my coffee table. The owl was completely oblivious to mine and the dogs’ presence, being utterly preoccupied in deciding on the best angle of attack for a delicious mouse dinner. The owl and I have a bit of a symbiotic relationship. She keeps the mouse population under control on the outside of the house (my cat does the inside) and I get to use her as a bit of a decorative item for various yard structures, in this case the hanging swing bench. This image was taken about 15 minutes before it got too dark to shoot at reasonable ISOs.
Even though the mouse population may disagree with this, I find lots of things that are sweet about her.
Yes...Extinct in the Wild. Simandoa Cave Roach, a harmless insect that lived a symbiotic relationship with bats. Miners tore down the cave - and the only specimens we have left are captive bred.
The hissing noise that the birds make that are on the neck of the giraffe may be the way that the birds warn of predators close by. As you can see the, the giraffe is vulnerable even as he starts the process of trying to bend over to take a drink.
Nature's wonders are so glorious and Africa never ceases to amaze. This is the first time I have been able to photograph a giraffe taking a drink! It was an exciting moment and I will add more images of the moment in later posts.
Prowling earlier this week armed with a macro lens, I came across some insignificant looking pale green patches on the wooden handrail of a bridge crossing some water. Lichen. The individual growths were only maybe 3mm across at most but the macro lens showed them as delicately structured entities of a different world.
It's probably greenshield lichen, some living some gone. All lichen are a symbiotic (some say parasitic) combination of fungus and cyanobacteria.
I forgot about this image from my Longwood Gardens visit earlier in the month, and decided to post it now. A water lily blossom with a blue dasher dragonfly perched on top. I guess one could say a serene and symbiotic natural relationship. Best viewed large for detail.
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A Lesser flamingo (Phoenicopterus minor) was caught into a perfect frame while foraging under a muddy salty wetland. They are the natural feeder on algae and diatoms of extreme salty water bodies. In fact their pink colour comes from the pigments of symbiotic bacteria residing in their food. I had to wait inside the muddy wetland for three long hours on my knee with a camouflaged tele in monopod just for their intimacy. After such wait one of them approached and to my pleasure it became a success for me. The rest of group members were blurred into a artistic bokeh by my Nikon prime.The backdrop pastel pink color bokeh rendered the charm of this portrait. Pics was taken from Little Rann of Kutch, Gujrat, India.
It was good to see this pair of Silver-studded Blue butterflies, a declining species, mating on Bell Heather on Silchester Common, Hampshire. Its name derives from the silver spots or 'studs' (scales) visible on the underside of the hindwings. The female will lay her eggs beside a black Lasius ants nest with whom the species has an interesting symbiotic relationship; the ants protect the caterpillar in return for a sugary substance produced by the emerging adult.
Why are sea lions teeth black?
Sea lions teeth are black or dark brown. Sea lions do not have enamel on their teeth like us. Instead, they have a natural bacteria that builds up when they are young and helps protect the teeth.
Symbiotically, the bacteria living in their mouths cleanse their mouths and the sea lion provides them with an environment to live in.
Taken in BC, Canada
-Eumetopias jubatus
The name Pothole Point comes from the numerous “potholes” that have formed in the slickrock, uneven slickrock leads to diverse pothole communities. The potholes trap water after a desert rain. The rainwater is mildly acidic and ever so slowly enlarges the pothole. An intricate, symbiotic animal community featuring shrimp, worms, snails, and perhaps even a Great Basin spadefoot toad gradually develops in some potholes.
The Quetzal plucks fruit off the avocado tree while flying, and then perches for a while before swallowing the entire fruit. Later, it regurgitates the seeds, and that's why they are the only disperses of seeds for these trees, in a symbiotic relationship.
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Clownfish or anemonefish are fishes from the subfamily Amphiprioninae in the family Pomacentridae. Thirty species are recognized: one in the genus Premnas, while the remaining are in the genus Amphiprion. In the wild, they all form symbiotic mutualisms with sea anemones. Depending on species, anemonefish are overall yellow, orange, or a reddish or blackish color, and many show white bars or patches. The largest can reach a length of 17 cm, while the smallest barely achieve 7–8 cm. Anemonefish are endemic to the warmer waters of the Indian, including the Red Sea and Pacific Oceans, including the Great Barrier Reef, Southeast Asia, Japan, and the Indo-Malaysian region. While most species have restricted distributions, others are widespread. Anemonefish typically live at the bottom of shallow seas in sheltered reefs or in shallow lagoons. No anemonefish are found in the Atlantic. 24406
Showy orchis is one of Iowa's rarer woodland wildflowers for a variety of reasons. The pristine rich woodland habitats they require to survive are now mostly gone, the plants need to grow for several years before they begin to bloom, and showy orchis seedlings must quickly form a symbiotic relationship with suitable soil fungi or they perish from lack of food. On top of all those troubles, stupid people still try to dig these pretty plants up to sell or take them home, killing these fragile flowers in the process. Anyway, look at that wonderful large white lip that serves as a perfect landing pad for pollinating bumble bees.
This week's theme for Mosaic Montage Monday was Very Peri - Pantone's Color of the Year for 2022. It is one of those colors that works well in the background or in the shadows as it symbiotically brings out the beauty in other colors and other colors bring out the beauty in it. By itself, Very Peri is a calming color yet it has a slight bit of electricity in the right light. Who knows how 2022 will play out and I'm happy Pantone created Very Peri to take us forward.
HMMM and Happy New Year!
Magpies will eat the ticks and parasites off of larger animals such as deer, elk, and bison. In return the deer or host animal receives the service of having these pests removed from them. It's a great working relationship.
A lichen is a symbiotic association between a fungus and an alga,
they are just about the hardiest visible organism on earth !!
Galapagos Islands
Off The Coast Of Equador
South America
Santa Fe Island
The Barrington Land Iguana or Santa Fe Land Iguana (Conolophus pallidus) is a species of lizard in the Iguanidae family. It is one of three species of Conolophus. It is endemic to Santa Fe Island in the Galapagos.
The Barrington Land Iguana is similar in every detail to the Galapagos Land Iguana except that the Barrington Island Iguana is paler yellow in color with a longer more tapered snout and more pronounced dorsal spines. The Barrington Land Iguana grows to a length of three feet with a body weight of up to twenty-five pounds.
Being cold-blooded, they absorb heat from the sun basking on volcanic rock and at night sleep in burrows to conserve their body heat. These iguanas also enjoy a symbiotic relationship with the island's finches; the birds remove parasites and ticks providing relief to the iguana and food for the birds.
Barrington Land iguanas are primarily herbivorous, however some individuals have shown that they are opportunistic carnivores supplementing their diet with insects, centipedes and carrion. Because fresh water is scarce on the islands it inhabits, the Land Iguana obtains the majority of its moisture from the prickly-pear cactus that makes up 80% of its diet: fruit, flowers, pads, and even spines. During the rainy season it will drink from available standing pools of water and feast on yellow flowers of the Genus Portulaca. Listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. - Source Wikipedia
Dedicated to the memory of poet and naturalist W.S. Merwin (1927-2019).
Did you know that a single tree can produce up to 2.6 × 10² pounds of oxygen each year? Trees, and all green plants take in carbon dioxide and convert it to oxygen. In other words, plants and animals have a symbiotic relationship. You can't have one without the other. If you want to go a long way to solving the world's pollution problems the answer starts here: Plant MORE trees!
This is a vision that was embraced by one of my favourite American poets. When William Stanley Merwin died in Hawaii on March 15, 2019 he left behind more than just a legacy of powerful poetry and a commitment to the anti-war movement. He left behind a growing forest.
Listen to him read this great poem, "Even Though the Whole World is Burning".
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8FjapGvsAM
So when Merwin retired from teaching he moved to Hawaii, bought a deforested reserve and began to plant several trees every single day for the rest of his life. He now has a forest. I heartily recommend this documentary. I bought it several years ago and have watched it many times. vimeo.com/ondemand/merwinfilm
www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/w-s-merwin
onetreeplanted.org/blogs/stories/inspirational-quotes-abo...
SÜDAFRIKA, Pinguinkolonie Stony Point,
Stony Point Nature Reserve conservation.
This unique mainland seabird breeding colony is the home to three endangered seabird species and one rarity, all of whom are visible from the reserve’s elevated viewing boardwalk.
The iconic black and white African penguin is the focus of conservation efforts. Our hardy endemic arrived from declining off-shore island colonies to this rocky mainland location in 1982 and has thrived ever since to currently support the largest penguin colony in the Western Cape with over 2 000 seasoned breeding pairs (data correct as of 2014).
The uniformed black Bank cormorant pairs, with courting white rumps, predominate at the rocky outcrops of Beacon Bay in Stony Point. The clumsy Cape cormorant roosting numbers are increasing at this location due to their symbiotic foraging relationship they share with the deep diving penguin and other neighborly marine predators. Finally, our rarity at this unique location is the Crowned cormorant whose pairing numbers are also increasing. They too brood alongside the Bank cormorant and also predominate the rocky out crops of Beacon Bay. Their tea-pot form, crest of plumage and ruby colored eye amongst the black and turquoise of the larger Bank cormorant
A cluster of miniature Hygrocybe (Waxcap) mushrooms appear vibrant orange in a ray of sunshine that finds its way to the forest floor.
Research indicates that some Hygrocybe species may form beneficial (symbiotic) associations with the roots of mosses or higher plants.
A few species are considered to be edible.
For more information (technical) see:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S17545048130008...
Camera: Olympus EM5 Mk II
Lens: Meyer Optik Görlitz Oreston 50/1.8 (1960's twin zebra version; M42)
West Quebec, Canada
Very basic and minimal processing done in PS Camera Raw
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Stony Point Nature Reserve conservation
This unique mainland seabird breeding colony is the home to three endangered seabird species and one rarity, all of whom are visible from the reserve’s elevated viewing boardwalk.
The iconic black and white African penguin is the focus of conservation efforts. Our hardy endemic arrived from declining off-shore island colonies to this rocky mainland location in 1982 and has thrived ever since to currently support the largest penguin colony in the Western Cape with over 2 000 seasoned breeding pairs (data correct as of 2014).
The uniformed black Bank cormorant pairs, with courting white rumps, predominate at the rocky outcrops of Beacon Bay in Stony Point. The clumsy Cape cormorant roosting numbers are increasing at this location due to their symbiotic foraging relationship they share with the deep diving penguin and other neighborly marine predators. Finally, our rarity at this unique location is the Crowned cormorant whose pairing numbers are also increasing. They too brood alongside the Bank cormorant and also predominate the rocky out crops of Beacon Bay. Their tea-pot form, crest of plumage and ruby colored eye amongst the black and turquoise of the larger Bank cormorant
zwei Mohnblumen nah beieinander ...
two poppies close together ...
Umgeben
von lauter anderen Lebewesen
sind wir uns so nah
du strahlst durch mich hindurch
ich durch dich
wir nehmen unser Licht auf
und leuchten zu zweit
bereit
zusammen sind wir größer
mag sein
dass sie uns als zu symbiotisch empfinden
jedoch möchte ich einen anderen Reim ?
;-) ...
Surrounded
of other living beings
we are so close
you radiate through me
I through you
we take up our light
and shine as two
ready for each challenge
together we are greater
may be
that they perceive us as too symbiotic
however would I like another rhyme ?
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Interesting fact: alder is particularly noted for its important symbiotic relationship with a nitrogen-fixing bacterium called Frankia alni. This bacterium is found in the root nodules. The bacterium absorbs nitrogen from the air and makes it available to the tree. Alder, in turn, provides the bacterium with sugars, which it produces through photosynthesis.
As a result of this mutually beneficial relationship, alder improves the fertility of the soil where it grows.
The Siskin (Carduelis spinus) is mainly a resident breeder from southern England to northern Scotland, but is most numerous in Scotland and Wales. Many breeding birds are residents; in winter birds arrive here also from Europe.
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04-May-2022: about turism: my perplexities towards a future with more and more bans and more and more over-taxes.
Lake Bohinj and the much more famous Lake Bled are close (less than 20 km) but the second has a mass tourism now rooted, while the first is expanding its tourist reception in recent years, coming out (unfortunately) from the shadow of Bled, that was a lightning rod for peaceful and symbiotic nature lovers.
I am totally against mass tourism because it transforms a relaxing resort into an area where it is difficult even to access it.
Around Lake Bled, even at a certain distance, there are only paid parking lots, which come to cost 6 euros per hour (about the most decentralized and in May...) that, certainly, leave perplexed about the "tourist selection" that "they" would like to implement (high-end tourism) and, in general, certainly drive away the tourist in search of nature and not restaurants, bars, concrete lake-front and crowd baths.
The naturalist tourist should not feel like a tourist in Nature, which is a single great asset of humanity and that only administratively is divided between various Countries, while in Bled, as in Rimini or Cortina d'Ampezzo, they make you feel not only tourist, but also guest, sometimes unwanted if you spend little.
As tourism increases, so do the bans, because unfortunately mass tourism includes many people who don't know anything about Nature and generally only go to very touristy places to make themselves of...people, sowing dirt and ignorance wherever they move.
The imposition of prohibitions/bans to limit the "damage from mass tourism" affects everyone indiscriminately, including locals and naturalists who have always had a symbiotic relationship with these places, thus making them become inhospitable, at least to those seeking pure contact with nature itself.
Of course this happens all over the world, but it should be condemned.
We already pay State taxes for the maintenance of the slice of Nature that falls within our administration, tourist surcharges, exploiting market laws that should be verified and contained, are for the most part unconstitutional, as well as several prohibitions that deprive access and use of public property.
With the money that the tourist municipalities pocket they could very well implement a targeted prevention (controls by foresters, cameras, ad hoc fences for areas subject to micro-pollution...) rather than closing everything and then de-empowering themself on the maintenance of roads and areas (more and more numerous), thus going to save further, starting from the basic taxes that we pay to also have access to given areas.
I can understand that you tax parking at high altitude to maintain the roads, but the amount of the payment should be directly proportional to the expenses that must be incurred to ensure accessibility, not by putting prices at random and with increases of 200% from one year to the next.
I have always appreciated the fact that Slovenia, thanks also that it is not densely inhabited and has a modest tourism (except precisely Bled, Postojna Caves and the Coast), guarantees a wide accessibility and use of its territories and I hope it can continue, limiting the prohibitions and parking lots everywhere.
The Kingdom Fungi includes some of the most important organisms, both in terms of their ecological and economic roles. By breaking down dead organic material, they continue the cycle of nutrients through ecosystems. In addition, most vascular plants could not grow without the symbiotic fungi, or mycorrhizae, that inhabit their roots and supply essential nutrients. Other fungi provide numerous drugs (such as penicillin and other antibiotics), foods like mushrooms, truffles and morels, and the bubbles in bread, champagne, and beer.
The ant pictured here appears to be feeding on a miniature Hygrocybe mushroom. But is it?
Many ant species cultivate and live symbiotically with fungi while others eat fungi only occasionally. However, only one species of ant, that lives in the rainforests of Malaysia, is known to rely entirely on fungi as a food source.
For further information see: www.scientificamerican.com/article/mushroom-munching-ants...
and
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant%E2%80%93fungus_mutualism
Photo taken July 2017. West Quebec, Canada
Camera: Olympus EM5
Lens: Pentacon 29/2.8 (M42)
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A fragile poppy flower being held on by the tiny thorns on the stalk on the left, expressing their symbiotic relationship. It was very windy and the flower petals were fluttering a lot.
SÜDAFRIKA, Pinguinkolonie Stony Point,
Stony Point Nature Reserve conservation
This unique mainland seabird breeding colony is the home to three endangered seabird species and one rarity, all of whom are visible from the reserve’s elevated viewing boardwalk.
The iconic black and white African penguin is the focus of conservation efforts. Our hardy endemic arrived from declining off-shore island colonies to this rocky mainland location in 1982 and has thrived ever since to currently support the largest penguin colony in the Western Cape with over 2 000 seasoned breeding pairs (data correct as of 2014).
The uniformed black Bank cormorant pairs, with courting white rumps, predominate at the rocky outcrops of Beacon Bay in Stony Point. The clumsy Cape cormorant roosting numbers are increasing at this location due to their symbiotic foraging relationship they share with the deep diving penguin and other neighborly marine predators. Finally, our rarity at this unique location is the Crowned cormorant whose pairing numbers are also increasing. They too brood alongside the Bank cormorant and also predominate the rocky out crops of Beacon Bay. Their tea-pot form, crest of plumage and ruby colored eye amongst the black and turquoise of the larger Bank cormorant