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In giro con l'egregio Matteo ad inizio agosto, fra Ciociaria e Marsica.
Lupi a Civitella Alfedena (AQ).
Couldn't resist adding another to this set, as the anticipation of the next flying bone made for great expressions. A picture is worth 1000 words.
European Gray Wolves (#9)
Tama Zoo, Tokyo.
Canon EOS 7D, Sigma 120-300mm f/2.8 @ 500 ISO .
There were no wolves in Yellowstone in 1994. The wolves that were reintroduced in 1995 and 1996 thrived and there are now over 300 of their descendants living in the Greater Yellowstone Area. Recent studies have shown that wolves are quite intelligent and have strong family ties and complex social relationships. The real wolf facts about why wolves howl are, Saying hello - Wolves howl to greet fellow pack members, Communicate location - Howling is the most effective way for a member of the pack to call another to its location. Mark territory - Howls give warning to other wolves about a pack's territory boundaries. Call together - If a kill has been made, the best way to bring the pack together is to howl. Perhaps more interesting, researchers have now found that wolves howled more frequently to members of their pack with whom they spent more time. In other words, the strength of the relationship between wolves predicted how many times a wolf howled. There is one member of the pack who will tend to howl more boldly: the alpha male. The alpha male is the dominant male of the pack, and father of the pups. He is most likely to howl to, and even approach, a stranger often with confrontation on his mind. One sign of this aggressiveness can be heard in his voice; his howls become lower-pitched and coarser in tone as he approaches a stranger. Lowering the pitch of a vocalization is a nearly universal sign of increasing aggressiveness in mammals, and in wolves it can sound quite impressive. Wolves are excellent hunters and have been found to be living in more places in the world than any other mammal except humans. Fact, there have been no documented reports of a wolf killing a human. Wolves have two layers of fur, an undercoat and a top coat, which allow them to survive in temperatures as low as minus 40 degrees Celsius! In warmer weather they flatten their fur to keep cool. Wolves have sweat glands in between their paws. Wolves in the wild have short life spans. The average is only 6 to 8 years. The cubs weigh approximately one pound at birth and deaf and blind. A wolf pups eyes are blue at birth. Their eyes turn yellow about the time they are 6-8 months old. Wolves breed only once a year, December through March, depending on latitude, the gestation period is 63 days. The wolf has extremely powerful jaws capable of generating 1,500 psi pressure; bite strength of 500-700 pounds per square inch is about the highest for large dogs compared to a 120 psi for a human. Wolves run on their toes, which helps them to stop and turn quickly and to prevent their paw pads from wearing down. Wolves can swim long distances aided by small webs between their toes. Their bodies don't sweat it exacts though their feet. A light-reflecting layer on a wolfs eye called the tapetum lucidum , causes a wolfs eyes to glow in the dark and may also facilitate night vision. While a wolfs color perception and visual acuity maybe be inferior to a humans, a wolfs eyes are extremely sensitive to movement.
A black wolf is a melanistic color variant of the grey wolf. On January 15, 2009, a black male wolf from "Mollie's Pack" in the Yellowstone National Park's Pelican Valley was weighed in at 143 lbs, making it the largest Yellowstone wolf on record. Wolves are extremely opportunistic carnivores, and they will not miss a chance at a meal. While living in some of the most unforgiving terrain on the planet. Wolves have a vast communication repertoire including scent marks, vocalizations, visual displays, facial and body postures and rituals. Although most wolves have basically grey coats, hence the common name, the coats usually have a lot of base yellow interspersed between the salt-and-pepper fey and black hair. Wolves anywhere can have coats that grade from almost pure white to jet black, although all of the arctic wolves are usually all white.
This European Gray Wolf was snoozing in the shadows when something caught its attention. At the very same moment, a shaft of sunlight caught its face.
Tama Zoo, Tokyo.
Olympus E-5, Zuiko 300mm f/2.8 ED.
The General is the most important part of the Blood Wolves army, unless he's not around that is. The generals are typically very arrogant sons of rich friends of our supreme potentate and typically have little to no experience at all.
Well, it's almost the end... Of the minifigs that is ;)
Only 2 more left!
Blood Wolves:
[Basic Squad]
[Grunt]
[ "Major" Payne ]
[ Hercules ]
[Spec Ops]
[Commando]
[Ranger]
[Advanced Units]
[Assassin]
[Pilot]
[Engineer]
[ General ]
[Medic]
[Demolitions]
[ "Mayhem" ]
[ "Ka-Boom" ]
Prompt: A pair of wolves howling at the moon in a winter forest. Beautiful silver-grey wolves standing on snow-covered ground near a river, surrounded by tall trees. The night is illuminated by a soft glowing blue moon, with soft colors and a detailed, highly realistic , photo-realistic, oil paint, medium brush strokes, --ar 3:4 --v 6.1
The picture is taken at "Skansen" in Stockholm. When I took the picture on the wolf I didn't realize that it was another one behind him.
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Surprise! Today's upload is a twofer, but that also means this is the last of the minifigs. Hopefully over the next week I will have all my vehicle uploaded and then I will be done!
The Medic is a very crucial part of any attack. Armed only with a knife and a dirty recycled syringe, the Medic bravely faces all foes to reach his victim... patient.
Blood Wolves:
[Basic Squad]
[Grunt]
[ "Major" Payne ]
[ Hercules ]
[Spec Ops]
[Commando]
[Ranger]
[Advanced Units]
[Assassin]
[Pilot]
[Engineer]
[ General ]
[Medic]
[Demolitions]
[ "Mayhem" ]
[ "Ka-Boom" ]
At the bear and wolf discovery center in West Yellowstone, a pair of grey wolves play at mock combat, fighting for the fun of it.
This young Gray Timber Wolf was running alongside the older female in what I imagine is some kind of submissive pose (fawning?), judging by the body language. It went on for a while before the Senior turned at snapped at the yelping youngster!
Canon EOS 1D Mk111, EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS @ 400 ISO.