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Something about Snow Geese that lend themselves to a bit of an artistic interpretation. Escher enjoyed them and so do I, seeing them take flight is really an amazing sight.
A new flock, new location and a bit more of a dive into an abstract interpretation. This is a bit of a blow-up from the pic in the first comment. How I got here is anyone's guess, I sure don't remember, I did use a lot of Topaz Clean to refine the edges. Convincing the software to stay in my color palette was quite the undertaking.
An abstract slide of sorts for this fine and getting Spring-like Sunday - Happy Slider Sunday - HSS
Just as a camera is a sublimation of the gun, to photograph someone is a subliminal murder - a soft murder, appropriate to a sad, frightened time.
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The giant fungus looks beautiful. But the fungus (because those are fungi) can completely fell huge beech trees. The beech tree then dies. The giant fungus squeezes the wood barrels completely shut, causing the tree to slowly but surely die. He eats up the trees, as it were. There is a way to stop that whole process, but that still has some feet in the earth. Incidentally, the beech trees themselves also fight like crazy against the fungus, but they never actually win that fight.
De reuzenzwam ziet er prachtig uit. Maar de schimmel (want dat zijn zwammen) kan enorme beuken volledig vellen. De beukenboom gaat dan dood. De reuzenzwam knijpt namelijk de houtvaten helemaal dicht, waardoor de boom langzaam maar zeker sterft. Hij vreet als het ware de bomen op. Er is wel een manier om dat hele proces te stoppen, maar dat heeft nog wel wat voeten in de aarde. Overigens vechten de beukenbomen zelf ook als een malle tegen de zwam, maar dat gevecht winnen ze eigenlijk nooit.
At sundown when a day’s words
have gathered at the feet of the trees
lining up in silence
to enter the long corridors
of the roots into which they
pass one by one thinking
that they remember the place
as they feel themselves climbing
away from their only sound
while they are being forgotten
by their bright circumstances
they rise through all of the rings
listening again
afterward as they
listened once and they come
to where the leaves used to live
during their lives but have gone now
and they too take the next step
beyond the reach of meaning
Poetry By — W.S. Merwin, from Present Company
Blazo! - Liquid Silver - 2013 [Colors of Jazz 2]
'Happy sight and sound my friends' :)
Fish eating Robin is quite a novelty.
The American Robins' diets are primarily insects and worms in the summer months when those are common and abundant. But in the winter months, insects are hard to find.
In one of our city's parks, a small flock of robins that overwintered there was seen pulling minnows out of small ice openings near the edge of the pond that were partially frozen.
The lack of insect protein diet may explain why these resourceful robins had taught themselves how to ice fish, and found themselves an excellent food source in winter.
Taken on: March, 2022, Hermitage Park, Edmonton, Alberta.
Nikon D500 w/ 500 f4G; f7.1; 1/2000; -1/3EV; ISO 800
DR5 Right-angle viewfinder.
Lightroom 6.0
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The day was raining with brief periods of sun in between, so the greens were quite saturated and made for excellent backdrop. The birds were also wet and some of them were drying out.
There was a large flock of these birds on one of the bare trees and some of them were sort of drying themselves I suppose in the gentle breeze. The hair was standing up in the wind and made for some nice shots.
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While attending a wedding on California’s central coast, I snuck away for a bit of Pelican watching at Pismo Beach. Watching these unwieldy Birds dive at breakneck speed into the Pacific Ocean (to catch a fish) makes for an interesting morning… but I’m easy to please : )
The Brown Pelican is a comically elegant bird with an oversized bill, sinuous neck, and big, dark body. Squadrons glide above the surf along southern and western coasts, rising and falling in a graceful echo of the waves.
They feed by plunge-diving from high up, using the force of impact to stun small fish before scooping them up. They are fairly common today—an excellent example of a species’ recovery from pesticide pollution that once placed them at the brink of extinction.
While the Brown Pelican is draining the water from its bill after a dive, gulls often try to steal the fish right out of its pouch—sometimes while perching on the pelican's head. Pelicans themselves are not above stealing fish, as they follow fishing boats and hang around piers for handouts.
Pelicans incubate their eggs with the skin of their feet, essentially standing on the eggs to keep them warm. In the mid-twentieth century the pesticide DDT caused pelicans to lay thinner eggs that cracked under the weight of incubating parents. After nearly disappearing from North America in the 1960s and 1970s, Brown Pelicans made a full comeback thanks to pesticide regulations.
During a dive, the Brown Pelican tucks its head and rotates its body to the left. This maneuver is probably to cushion the trachea and esophagus—which are found on the right side of the neck—from the impact.
The oldest Brown Pelican on record was 43 years of age.
(Nikon D500, 80-400/5.6 @ 300 mm, 1/5000 @ f/6.3, ISO 360, edited to taste)
a majority of those who make themselves heard and who vote - a very different thing :-)
Walter H. Judd
Protest Injustice! Resist!! Vote!!! Vote!!! Vote!!!
camellia, little theater garden, raleigh, north carolina
While most cats despise water, tigers love taking baths to help keep themselves cool during the hottest parts of the day. They'll submerge themselves in nearby lakes and streams, soaking for up to an hour, but neck deep only. Tigers don't like getting water in their eyes, to the point that they'll actually enter the water backwards to prevent this from happening.
Once they return to dry land, the combination of the wetness and the wind has a pleasant cooling effect on the tiger's body and if it starts to wear off, no problem - they just repeat the process. And thanks to their webbed feet, tigers are also powerful swimmers, and have been known to cover up to 20 miles in a single outing!
Superman may be faster than a speeding bullet and able to leap tall buildings in a single bound, but tigers can hold their own when it comes to heightened senses and amazing abilities. Their most developed sense is hearing, but they have excellent binocular and color vision, including the ability to see six times greater at night than a human can. In the sound department, though they don't purr due to a modification of their larynx. They do, however, have a mighty roar that can be heard as far as two miles away!
That's a pretty mighty bark, but in this case, it's not worse than their bite - a tiger's canine tooth can grow up to three inches, which is about the length of your middle finger. But with 30 of those suckers in its mouth, don't be flipping the bird to this predator anytime soon. A chomp of a tiger's jaws can generate pressures of up to 10,000 pounds per square inch, which is enough to crunch through the vertebrae of any creature on the earth!
DISTINCTIVE wader with four five-day-old chicks, they feed for themselves from birth, the last one is about to get under its mother to get out of the rather cold wind, blowing across the open marshes at Elmley. The problem they have is protecting the young as they make off in all directions, making an easy meal for gulls, but the lapwing parents swoop at any approaching bird and are very brave.
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One of the Green Heron parents in flight! He flew across Commonwealth Lake to check on his brood of five that were hunting and feeding themselves!
Parc national de KRKA en Dalmatie
Le parc se compose de chutes d’eau qui se sont créées sur la rivière Krka grâce à la formation de travertin.
il possède une faune et une flore riche et variée.
En traversant le parc, parcouru de petits ruisseaux et petites cascades se déversant dans un immense lac, on croit avoir trouvé le Paradis sur terre...
National park of KRKA in Dalmatia
The park consists of waterfalls which built up themselves on the river Krka thanks to the formation of travertine.
It possesses a fauna and a rich and varied flora.
By crossing the park, browsed by small brooks and small waterfalls pouring in an immense lake, we believe to have found the Heaven on Earth...
Der Park stellt sich aus den Wasserfällen zusammen, die sich auf dem Fluß Krka dank der Bildung, die ist travertin, geschaffen haben.
Er besitzt eine Fauna und eine reiche und verschiedenartig gestaltete Flora.
Den Park überquerend, der von kleinen Bächen und den kleinen in einem riesengroßen See fließenden Wasserfällen durchgelaufen ist, glaubt man, das Paradies auf Land(Erde) gefunden zu haben...
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During the day, the Pancake Rocks in New Zealand show themselves in very bright yellow tones. Only during sunrise and sunset they display their color splendor. However, you need some luck to enjoy these colors, because the west coast of the South Island is known for its torrential rains that can last for days and weeks of gray skies.
How lucky I was to have a week of good weather in the New Zealands autumn and be able to take a few pictures in the morning at sunrise at this iconic place, even though the sun rises behind the mountains of Punakaiki at this time of year.
If you want to spend more time with the picture: A sign on the circular path of the Pancake Rocks shows figures and faces especially for this rock, which you can visualize with a little imagination.
Tagsüber zeigen sich die Pancake Rocks in Neuseeland in sehr hellen Gelbtönen. Nur während des Sonnenauf- und Untergangs kann man ihre wirkliche Farbenpracht genießen. Allerdings braucht man etwas Glück, um diese Farben zu sehen, denn die Westküste der Südinsel ist bekannt für ihre sintflutartigen Regenfälle, die tagelang anhalten können und wochenlangem grauem Himmel.
Was für ein Glück, dass ich eine Woche lang im neuseeländischen Herbst gutes Wetter hatte und morgens zum Sonnenaufgang ein paar Bilder schießen konnte, obwohl die Sonne zu dieser Jahreszeit hinter den Bergen von Punakaiki aufgeht.
Wer sich länger mit dem Bild beschäftigen möchte: Eine Hinweistafel auf dem Rundweg der Pancake Rocks zeigt speziell für diesen Felsen Figuren und Gesichter, die man sich mit ein wenig Phantasie vorstellen kann.
they speak for themselves :-)
Jeb Dickerson
HMM!!
prunus, flowering cherry, 'First Lady', sarah p duke gardens, duke university, durham, north carolina
The Church of the Nativity of Christ in the refectory chambers of the New Jerusalem Monastery was built simultaneously with the three vast chambers themselves in 1686-1692. By order of Princess Tatyana Mikhailovna, who donated money for the construction, each of the three chambers of the refectory served its purpose. Thus, the middle "meal", connected to the Nativity Church, was intended for all pilgrims who arrived at the monastery, the second - for the brethren's meals, and the third, apparently, more ceremonial, "a living room for worldly food of all ranks to people."
The Christmas refectory church was made two-story, with the second floor communicating with the chambers. Its architecture is typical of the late 17th century - in the Moscow Baroque style. The lower floor - the "warm" church - was originally surrounded by an open porch, which in the 18th century was replaced by an arcade that has survived to this day, decorated with classic rustic woodwork and pilasters.
The upper, "summer" church is in two tiers of windows, covered with a closed vault, on which there are two octagonal with a dome. The entire decor of the temple: architraves, columns on the apse, octagons under the cupola, are made in the Moscow Baroque style. Not only the church is decorated in the same way, but all the refectory chambers.
In 1792, a hundred years after its construction, the refectory chambers were badly damaged by a fire in the monastery kitchen. All the chambers were burnt out, and the church utensils were barely saved, while much was still damaged by fire. After renovation, in 1810, a wooden ceiling was made in the upper part of the Nativity Church, supported by two brick pillars. This greatly reduced the space of the large baroque temple and made it much darker. Therefore, already in the 1850s. this "innovation" was removed and the restoration was carried out under the direction of the architect K.A. Ton.
The luxurious tyablo iconostasis of the Nativity Church was burned down in 1922. Museum expositions were housed in the premises of the temple. During the colossal destruction of the monastery by the Nazis in 1941. The Nativity Church was almost not damaged, and during the restoration the original appearance of the interior of the church and the refectory chambers was restored.
In 1995, the Church of the Nativity of Christ was transferred to the newly formed monastic brethren; in 1996, restoration work began there, and in 1997 the church was re-consecrated.
Now the temple is a very interesting picture - it is practically side by side adjacent to the museum remaining in the refectory chambers, and the visitor may well seem at first to be an exhibition hall as well. Only by looking more attentively, one can notice that there is no longer museum life going on here.
I will forever champion the bullied and those unable to stand up for themselves, so when I stumbled into Color the World Orange , I was all in. This beautiful build is a place created to raise awareness about the United Nations' Orange the World campaign which seeks to end gender-based violence. #orangetheworld
To make it even better, this gorgeous statue of Lady Carmagnolle by Bryn Oh is used as a centerpiece to this lovely and important place. To read more about Color the World Orange and some of the Art there please follow this link to my blog.
I have only visited Henley on Thames once and this is my only image of the Oxfordshire town . It sits alongside the River Thames and it certainly makes for an attractive scene . I remember we had a good lunch in the pub the white building at the far side of the bridge. The town does have some vey pleasing buildings
Henley is of course best known for the Royal Henley Regatta that takes place in July. Its a part of the summer social scene like the Lords Test Match, Glyndebourne and Wimbledon for the well heeled to parade themselves in their finery
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She said that hearts can't break themselves
Looking for something, leaving with nothing
But souls can't save themselves
Learning to fly, learning to fly
She said that souls can't save themselves
Learning to fly, learning to fly
Oh souls can't save themselves
Learning to fly, learning to fly
Oh momma, how I love you!
Learning to fly, learning to fly
No momma, how I love you
Learning to fly, sweet mother of mine!
Taken on the beautiful beach of Cherishville/Detroit
Hurricane Nicholas swept through Gulf of Mexico into southern Louisiana in mid-Sept, 2021, leaving devastations along the path.
After almost 6 hours of pounding rain and wind, this is all that's left for this fishing pier.😥
This is what the pier once looked like. 😒
On the other hand, the birds are happy to have all of it for themselves! 😁
1 In a Series
Photographed at the Lakeside STA
Yes that is the same fence from which the wet web bung in the prior photo - a two-fer.
From Cornell:
The sweet, lazy whistles of Eastern Meadowlarks waft over summer grasslands and farms in eastern North America. The birds themselves sing from fenceposts and telephone lines or stalk through the grasses, probing the ground for insects with their long, sharp bills. On the ground, their brown-and-black dappled upperparts camouflage the birds among dirt clods and dry grasses. But up on perches, they reveal bright-yellow underparts and a striking black chevron across the chest.
Lakeside Ranch Stormwater Treatment Area (STA)
Located in western Martin County, the Lakeside Ranch Stormwater Treatment Area plays a crucial role in the restoration of the Lake Okeechobee watershed by improving the quality of water flowing into the lake. The wetlands treats stormwater runoff from the Taylor Creek and Nubbin Slough basins to the north before that runoff enters Lake Okeechobee.
Approximately 2,700 acres of Lakeside Ranch is open to the public to enjoy hiking, bicycling, wildlife viewing or simply relaxing. The recreation area is surrounded by levees that are accessible to visitors on foot or on bicycle.
A couple of stand-up paddlers have the whole lake to themselves as they head off into the sunset in Niagara on the Lake.
Steichen took over 1,000 exposures of a single white teacup and saucer against a graduated scale of tones from pure white to black velvet. While this redundancy may seem obscure, in A life in Photography, Steichen stated that "the experiment was to a photographer what finger exercises were to a pianist."
Edward Steichen
HFF! this confused magnolia blossom normally blooms early spring
Loebner magnolia, 'Leonard Messel', sarah p duke gardens, duke university, durham, north carolina
Autumn and winter is when most female grey seals haul themselves ashore to give birth.
It seems like a strange time to do it, when icy winds are blowing and the nights are long. One explanation is that after a summer of catching fish, the females are simply in great shape to feed their young.
When pups are born the mothers spin round to sniff them and get to know their smell. The pups are covered in fluffy white fur, not good camouflage on sand or pebbles you might think, but that's because it's a relic from the ice age when they would have been born on snow!
Female grey seals are dedicated parents, spending several weeks feeding their pups and losing up-to 65kg in the process. The pups drink two and a half litres of milk every day and it's so rich pups can grow by as much as 30kg in two weeks.
After a month or so, females leave their pups and head back out to sea where they feed and mate again. The pups can spend up to two weeks all alone on the beach while they build up the courage (and the right fur) to take the plunge into the sea and learn to fish for themselves.
It is said, “Canadian contributes the Banff and Jasper National Parks to the world, but keeps the Kananaskis park for themselves”. Kananaskis park is a provincial park, not as famous as Banff and Jasper. But there is comparable Rocky Mountains and lakes. It is a very quiet place, no people around, nice trails to walk around the lakes and mountains, really enjoyed the most at this peaceful and quiet place! The photo was taken on the backyards of the camping sites. The walks were great with awesome views of the lakes from the back of camping sites.
Those who forget the past condemn themselves to relive it "Georges Santayna" D-Day 6.06.1944 In these troubled times, never forget!!!!!! Tribute for the 78th anniversary of the Normandy landings - Normandy - France - Europe
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Warbling vireos are a common nesting bird here at Lake Meyer Park too. They always present themselves in such a pleasing way.
Black Skimmer nabs a Killifish. No surprise that the Skimmers came back numerous times to get sufficient nutrition for themselves and their chicks. Fun spectacle for bird photographers.
Back to Greenland with a series of new images. Different approach in post-processing as I felt colors were somewhat detracting from the icebergs themselves. Shooting conditions turned for the better on the last day with low clouds and heavy fog, a significant change from the cloudless dark blue skies we had experienced during the week. These images have been grouped together at www.flickr.com/photos/132192297@N04/albums/72157712965713538.
Lightning is a naturally occurring electrostatic discharge during which two electrically charged regions, both in the atmosphere or with one on the ground, temporarily equalize themselves,
“Those who find beauty in all of nature
will find themselves at one
with the secrets of life itself.”
L. Wolfe Gilbert
Autumn and winter is when most female grey seals haul themselves ashore to give birth.
It seems like a strange time to do it, when icy winds are blowing and the nights are long. One explanation is that after a summer of catching fish, the females are simply in great shape to feed their young.
When pups are born the mothers spin round to sniff them and get to know their smell. The pups are covered in fluffy white fur, not good camouflage on sand or pebbles you might think, but that's because it's a relic from the ice age when they would have been born on snow!
Female grey seals are dedicated parents, spending several weeks feeding their pups and losing up-to 65kg in the process. The pups drink two and a half litres of milk every day and it's so rich pups can grow by as much as 30kg in two weeks.
After a month or so, females leave their pups and head back out to sea where they feed and mate again. The pups can spend up to two weeks all alone on the beach while they build up the courage (and the right fur) to take the plunge into the sea and learn to fish for themselves.
Autumn and winter is when most female grey seals haul themselves ashore to give birth.
It seems like a strange time to do it, when icy winds are blowing and the nights are long. One explanation is that after a summer of catching fish, the females are simply in great shape to feed their young.
When pups are born the mothers spin round to sniff them and get to know their smell. The pups are covered in fluffy white fur, not good camouflage on sand or pebbles you might think, but that's because it's a relic from the ice age when they would have been born on snow!
Female grey seals are dedicated parents, spending several weeks feeding their pups and losing up-to 65kg in the process. The pups drink two and a half litres of milk every day and it's so rich pups can grow by as much as 30kg in two weeks.
After a month or so, females leave their pups and head back out to sea where they feed and mate again. The pups can spend up to two weeks all alone on the beach while they build up the courage (and the right fur) to take the plunge into the sea and learn to fish for themselves.
At the weekend we had high visitors in our garden. A group of admirals sat down on the overripe fruits of our honeysuckle to fortify themselves with the (probably) very sweet juice of the berries. Unfortunately they were too shy to let me photograph the open wings.
Since they first appeared this year and then too numerous (at least 4 at a time) I think they are preparing for their journey.
Admirals are migratory butterflies that fly over the Alps to southern Europe and sometimes even as far as Africa in autumn, at least 1,500 to 2,500 km, to spend the winter there. An overwhelming achievement for such a delicate creature. So I'm happy to provide them with a refueling station.
Am Wochende hatten wir hohen Besuch bei uns im Garten. Eine Gruppe Admirale hatte sich auf den überreifen Früchten unseres Geißblattes niedergelassen um sich mit dem (wahrscheinlich) sehr süßen Saft der Beeren zu stärken. Leider waren sie zu schüchtern, um mich die geöffneten Flügel fotografieren zu lassen.
Da sie das erste Mal dieses Jahr und dann auch noch so zahlreich erschienen sind (mindestens 4 auf einmal) glaube ich, dass sie sich gerade auf Ihre Wanderung vorbereiten.
Admirale sind nämlich Wanderfalter, die im Herbst über die Alpen nach Südeuropa und manchmal sogar bis nach Afrike fliegen, immerhin 1.500 bis 2.500 km, um dort zu überwintern. Eine überwältigende Leistung für so ein zierliches Geschöpf. Da stelle ich ihnen doch gern eine Tankstelle zur Verfügung.
more of this on my website at: www.shoot-to-catch.de
Autumn and winter is when most female grey seals haul themselves ashore to give birth.
It seems like a strange time to do it, when icy winds are blowing and the nights are long. One explanation is that after a summer of catching fish, the females are simply in great shape to feed their young.
When pups are born the mothers spin round to sniff them and get to know their smell. The pups are covered in fluffy white fur, not good camouflage on sand or pebbles you might think, but that's because it's a relic from the ice age when they would have been born on snow!
Female grey seals are dedicated parents, spending several weeks feeding their pups and losing up-to 65kg in the process. The pups drink two and a half litres of milk every day and it's so rich pups can grow by as much as 30kg in two weeks.
After a month or so, females leave their pups and head back out to sea where they feed and mate again. The pups can spend up to two weeks all alone on the beach while they build up the courage (and the right fur) to take the plunge into the sea and learn to fish for themselves.
Female bobolinks are one of the most secretive grassland birds, typically tucking themselves into some dense shielding tall grass.
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There are different varieties of tulips showing themselves in various parts of the garden. I've been assured that this particular one when it flowers, is a beauty. It's interesting being here with the garden as winter has led into spring as it gives me an opportunity to experience it firsthand rather than just photos being sent by WhatsApp as happened at this precise time last year when I became very ill with Covid when we were still living in London. To lift my spirits after the first week of being ill, my in-laws here would take photos of the flowering spring flowers and send them to me on a daily basis. Day by day, I'm recognising flowers and plants as they come into bloom.
Talking of which...tomorrow me and my partner are receiving our AstraZeneca vaccines! :-)
Hindu pilgrims pray and immerse themselves in the waters of the Ganges River, which they consider sacred.
“Beautiful songs could sometimes take a person out of themselves and carry them away to a place of magic. But when she sang, it was not about the song, really. She could sing the phone book. She could sing a shopping list. Whatever she sang, whatever the words or the tune, it was so beautiful, so achingly lovely, that no one could listen and be untouched.”
― Michael Grant
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We all get busy during the hectic holiday season, but please let's not forget those less fortunate than we are. Too many people are having trouble keeping themselves and their families fed.
I've been there. It's hard.
Give what you can to the disadvantaged in your community and elsewhere. Every little bit makes a difference.
One way to do this is through the Little Free Pantries. Little Free Pantries are a resource from which to receive and a place to which to give. When looking for your nearest pantry to donate, consider your neighbors and what foods they might need. The Little Free Pantries provide food from neighbors for neighbors, and donating has a positive impact on the recipients, the givers, and their communities.
These pantries are open 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. No ID is required and anyone is welcome to give and receive food from them. They are a no-barrier access point to food, but too many are empty or near-empty, like the one in the photo.
For more information and to find a Little Free Pantry near you, visit www.thelittlefreepantries.org/find-a-pantry.
Note: Although this particular Pantry may be in front of a church, please don't take this to mean that either the Little Free Pantries or this photographer is associated with any religion or religious association of any kind. Indeed, I am not associated with the Little Free Pantries themselves, but I am a fan of the concept.
Sir Walter Scott once described Glen Lyon as the longest, loneliest and loveliest glen in Scotland, how true he was, as near to the hamlet of Camusvrachan within the glen, lies a cluster of old stone cottages at Balmenoch where you can venture up Gleinn Da-Eigg and eventually encounter one of the glens most striking rock formations, “Fionn’s Rock” or “The Praying hands of Mary” This was my autumnal excursion to see and photograph them for the first time, and I was amazed at the beauty of not only the stones themselves but the view they commanded looking right down Glen Lyon itself. Spectacular to say the least.
Salmon attempting to leap over falls. They try repeatedly, sometimes slamming into boulders knocking themselves senseless. They may land within reach of a hungry bear or bobcat. Their power, drive and blind instinct is something to behold. I wouldn't want to be a salmon.