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Three strong oxen were living in the bush. one red, white and black. One day a lion came upon them and wondered how he might eat the three oxen. The lion realized that he could not attack all the three oxen at the same time . He made a plan to divide them and eat them one by one.
The lion came to the red & black oxen and told them that the white ox was spoiling the bush where they lived. He suggested that the white ox should be killed in order to save the environment. Unknowingly the two oxen thought that the lion was right and allowed him to kill and eat the white ox.
After few days, the lion again came to the red ox and told him that the black ox was arrogant and was intending to kill him (the red ox). The lion suggested that he should protect the life of the red ox by killing the black ox. The red ox agreed the lion’s plan and killed the black ox.
After few days the lion came to the red ox and said, “It is now your time to die.”
The red ox now understood the planned trick of the lion, but was powerless .
The red ox said to the lion,
“You killed me when you killed the white ox.”
Syrian woodpecker (Dendrocopos syriacus) male on a tree trunk.
Samiec dzięcioła białoszyjego (Dendrocopos syriacus) na pniu drzewa.
Syrian woodpecker (Dendrocopos syriacus) male foraging on a branch.
Samiec dzięcioła białoszyjego (Dendrocopos syriacus) żerujący na gałęzi.
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Syrian Bedouin, somewhere between the desert ruins of Palmyra and the city of Homs.
The land was once a forest of ancient Pistachio trees but now arid except for brief moments in spring when it provides enough sustenance for the sheep to produce milk used for cheese.
A land and people now consigned to history.
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John Wreford, Istanbul Based Photographer
Syrian woodpecker, oder auch Dendrocopos syriacus, der Blutspecht. Fotografiert in Ungarn, Hortobágyi. Futtertragend, am Nest.
Syria in 2010.
Krak des Chevaliers is a Crusader castle in Syria and one of the most important medieval castles in the world.
Palmyra is a set of spectacular ruins in Syria (which none of us have visited recently), but which I was fortunate to have seen in 2001. ISIS dynamited several of the monuments here, murdered the chief historian, etc. and tried to remove any evidence of any pre-Islam religion. The Brits set up a model of this arch in London (Trafalgar Sq), which was on the news yesterday.
Preservationists/archaeologists who have visited the site (since its recent re-capture by the Syrian govt) are cautiously optimistic that some of these monuments (including this arch) can be reconstructed...
Syrian woodpecker (Dendrocopos syriacus) male perched on a tree trunk.
Samiec dzięcioła białoszyjego (Dendrocopos syriacus) siedzący na pniu drzewa.
Leaving an oily smudge over the desert - the beaten up Hartmann loco forges a lonely path across the sands with its rickety train en route from Damascus to Deraa on the old Hedjaz Railway.
Syria. October 2007. © David Hill.
Syrian woodpecker (Dendrocopos syriacus) on a tree trunk.
Dzięcioł białoszyi (Dendrocopos syriacus) na pniu drzewa.
Syrian woodpecker (Dendrocopos syriacus) female foraging on a branch.
Samica dzięcioła białoszyjego (Dendrocopos syriacus) żerująca na gałęzi.
This portrait of a Syrian Bedouin woman was made on one of my many visits to the harsh Syrian desert between Homs and the border with Iraq.
It's been awhile since I've posted, but I still have been lurking the past couple months.
Enjoy this Syrian rebel outpost I finished a couple of weeks ago.
I have a Russian SU-34 Medium Bomber in the works and an artillery piece I will be posting soon.
Comments are appreciated!
Photo by: A. Shamandour
The beluga or white whale, Delphinapterus leucas, is an Arctic and sub-Arctic cetacean. It is one of two members of the family Monodontidae, along with the narwhal, and the only member of the genus Delphinapterus. This marine mammal is commonly referred to simply as the melonhead, beluga or sea canary due to its high-pitched twitter.
It is adapted to life in the Arctic, so has a number of anatomical and physiological characteristics that differentiate it from other cetaceans. Amongst these are its unmistakable all-white colour and the absence of a dorsal fin. It possesses a distinctive protuberance at the front of its head which houses an echolocation organ called the melon, which in this species is large and plastic (deformable). The beluga’s body size is between that of a dolphin’s and a true whale’s, with males growing up to 5.5 m (18 ft) long and weighing up to 1,600 kg (3,500 lb). This whale has a stocky body; it has the greatest percentage of blubber. Its sense of hearing is highly developed and it possesses echolocation, which allows it to move about and find blowholes under sheet ice.
Belugas are gregarious and they form groups of up to 10 animals on average, although during the summer months, they can gather in the hundreds or even thousands in estuaries and shallow coastal areas. They are slow swimmers, but they can dive down to 700 m (2,300 ft) below the surface. They are opportunistic feeders and their diets vary according to their locations and the season. They mainly eat fish, crustaceans and other deep-sea invertebrates.
The majority of belugas live in the arctic and the seas and coasts around North America, Russia and Greenland; their worldwide population is thought to number around 150,000 individuals. They are migratory and the majority of groups spend the winter around the arctic ice cap; but when the sea ice melts in summer, they move to warmer river estuaries and coastal areas. Some populations are sedentary and do not migrate over great distances during the year.
The native peoples of North America and Russia have hunted belugas for many centuries. They were also hunted commercially during the 19th century and part of the 20th century. Whale hunting has been under international control since 1973. Currently, only certain Inuit groups are allowed to carry out subsistence hunting of belugas. Other threats include natural predators (polar bears and killer whales), contamination of rivers, and infectious diseases.
From a conservation perspective, the beluga was placed on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List in 2008 as being "near threatened"; however, the subpopulation from the Cook Inlet in Alaska is considered Critically Endangered and is under the protection of the United States' Endangered Species Act. Of seven Canadian beluga populations, the two inhabiting eastern Hudson Bay and Ungava Bay are listed as endangered.
Belugas are one of the cetaceans most commonly kept in captivity in aquaria and wildlife parks in North America, Europe and Asia; they are popular with the public due to their colour and expressivity.