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I spotted this Tortoise and his Human Pal taking an ocean-front walk along the cliffs of Palos Verdes California. One thing about California, you will usually find something interesting or unusual, even when you're not looking for it : )
The Tortoise:
Tortoises are "cold-blooded," meaning their body temperature varies with the surrounding environment. They are also herbivores, meaning they eat plants. Tortoises are found in a variety of habitats, including deserts, forests, grasslands, and swamps.
There are over 300 species of tortoises, and they come in a wide range of sizes. The smallest tortoise is the speckled padloper tortoise, which is only about 4 inches long. The largest tortoise is the Galapagos tortoise, which can grow to be over 150 pounds.
Tortoises are long-lived animals. Some species can live for over 100 years. The oldest known tortoise is a Galapagos tortoise named Jonathan, who is over 190 years old.
Here are some interesting facts about tortoises:
Tortoises have been around for over 200 million years.
The largest tortoise ever recorded was a Galapagos tortoise named "Johnathan" who weighed over 500 pounds and was over 190 years old.
Tortoises are very good at conserving water. They can go for long periods of time without drinking.
Tortoises are not very good swimmers.
Tortoises are very social animals and enjoy spending time with other tortoises.
Tortoises can be very affectionate and make great pets.
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It is naptime for me now and grumpy face has come to get me. Cammy always looks so mad, but he is the most affectionate cat (besides Patches) I have ever had. Cammy reminds me of a dog. He plays fetch. He waits for me, greets me at the door.
2 cheetah cubs in the late afternoon while their mother sits on top of this ridge to scan the area
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Known affectionately (not) around the mostly empty village as "the Blood Countess" Yah def wanted to be on the other side of Hungary when it was her bath time......
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I thought that birds were descended from dinosaurs and were always cold-blooded in nature. But last week one of the RSPB experts and Bremton Cliffs explained that the clashing beaks was some a ritual to strengthen the birds' monogamous bond before laying their eggs.
Known affectionately as Butter-Butts, Yellow-rumped warblers, (Setophaga coronata), migrate south in the winter. These flocks of Florida snowbirds can be found in mangroves, scrub, forests, or your yard.
Their winter diet consists of fruit from shrubs such as wax myrtle, juniper berries, poison ivy, and poison oak as well as many seeds including those from goldenrod and beach grasses.
The yellow-rumped warbler ranges over most of North and Central America, breeding in the summer throughout most of the Rocky Mountains and along the far northern reaches of the continent. Come fall, it migrates in huge numbers, flying south to Florida and warm spots beyond. Not all yellow-rumps make the trip, however. Their ability to eat and digest certain wax-covered fruit allows them to spend the winter as far north as New England or even into Canada.
There are two distinct forms of the yellow-rumped warbler, the wax myrtle, predominant in the east, and Audubon's, which tends to hang in the Rockies and is rarely seen in the east. Myrtles, however, will winter along the Pacific Coast. They've also been known to roam as far as Alaska, Siberia and Europe.
Another one of my yard birds.
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This is our lovely Rhubarb, so affectionate bombarding us with licks and kisses when we arrived at our daughters house to take care of both her and Goose, my daughters other yorkie.
Yes butter wouldn't melt
That is of course until she's let out into the garden before bedtime. Then it becomes a skill of wits attempting to get her in again.
Rhubarb likes to chase birds, bees, moths, come to think of it, basically anything that moves.
And boy did we have a task on our hands, getting her in that night.
Affectionately known to bird watchers as "butterbutts," yellow-rumped warblers are abundant migrants that pass through North America each spring and fall in most of Canada and in every state except Hawaii. Summer finds the gray and yellow birds in the evergreen forests of Canada, the mountainous western U.S. and the Northeast. They spend winters farther north than most warblers, in the southern U.S. as well as in Mexico and Central America. The yellow-rumped-warbler is a species that is familiar to just about every birder in North America. It has has four distinct forms, and compelling evidence that three of them are full species. It is not the first time these 5-inch-long, half-once birds have prompted debate among ornithologists. For most of the last century the yellow-rumped warbler was known to bird watchers as two species, the myrtle warbler of the East (and far north) and the Audubon's warbler of the West. However, in 1973, evidence the two species routinely hybridize in a narrow zone in western Canada led scientists to reclassify them as a single species. (news.cornell.edu) I saw this lovely warbler sitting amongst the cherry blossoms in Huntington Beach Library in Huntington Beach, California.
Der Blue Port Hamburg vom Lichtkünstler Michael Batz findet alle zwei Jahre vor und während den Cruise Days statt und taucht den Hamburger Hafen in ein mystisches Blau.
Blick vom State Theater Hamburg auf den Fernsehturm und Hamburgs Wahrzeichen, die St.-Michaelis-Kirche, liebevoll Michel genannt. Im Vordergrund die Überseebrücke mit dem Heck des Museumsschiffes Cap San Diego.
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The Blue Port Hamburg by light artist Michael Batz takes place every two years before and during the Cruise Days and immerses the port of Hamburg in a mystical blue.
View from the State Theater Hamburg to the television tower and Hamburg's landmark, the St. Michaelis Church, affectionately called Michel. In the foreground the Überseebrücke with the stern of the museum ship Cap San Diego.
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I caught Lu, the Neighbour, in mid-yawn during her basking in the morning sun period. She really is an attractive cat with unusual coloured eyes. She is both affectionate and curmudgeonly, often at the same time.
The Coathanger is the name by which Sydneysiders affectionately refer to the Sydney Harbour Bridge. This is a second zoom burst photo of the bridge when it was lit up during the Vivid Festival. It is a longer exposure and I stopped zooming during some of the exposure. I was surprised by the detail in the face and ferris wheel at Luna Park, an amusement park.
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I came across a small group of White Tail Deer, at first they were curious and then when they decided I was not a threat, they continued their social activities...
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The roses (from Latin pink) are the planting plants of the Rosaceae family. The genus encompasses between 100 and 250 species.
Although they are not the only birds to engage in similar behaviour, gannets are famous for "billing" or “mutual fencing.” While it can happen any time both birds from a mated pair are at their nest site, it is quite routine when one bird returns to the nest after foraging for food or nesting material. The two gannets will face each other, often touching and calling. They then shake their heads side to side with their bills clacking together. They often bow, rub necks, and preen each other’s neck before taking up the more mundane activities of nesting in colonies, such as bickering and fighting with neighbors.
Pirate Ship - An outcrop of Tufa affectionately names the Pirate Ship by the locals - Copyright 2015 Martyn Phillips, M4Photo.
Three visits to Mono Lake resulted in three very different images. The colours around the lake change all the time and I’d previously had a more purple looking image, a gorgeous blue image and today the light went a little flat with a patchy cloudy sky obscuring the sunshine.
I therefore opted to go for a longer exposure and to concentrate on one of the tufa rock formations out in the bay. Looking like a submarine, I loved the shapes in the outcrop of rock and the darkening clouds forming overhead.
It was interesting that, although I’d referred to the outcrop of rock as a submarine, right at the end of the shoot a local gentleman came up to me and referred to the rock as the Pirate Ship. After further discussion, it would seem that I was completely wrong and the outcrop has an official name and I therefore guess that I ought to name this image thus.
With the rain about to fall, this was one of the last images that I would capture at this truly amazing lake.
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Affectionately known as the Beast, Dragonhunters (Hagenius brevistylus) are our largest dragonflies. We saw 4 perched yesterday, posing nicely, so a fun day at Gibbs Gardens/North GA.
I also found foty Band-winged meadowhawks, extremely rare in the Deep South. A mating pair!
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The roses (from Latin pink) are the planting plants of the Rosaceae family. The genus encompasses between 100 and 250 species.
I'm a 3-yr-old Shorthair Oriental, although my breed is not listed in the top most Affectionate Cat Breeds, I seek human cuddles and companions all the time!
When my human goes out, I carry my favorite toy, walk around the house and cry for at least 10 minutes. I don't meow when I cry, I make baby crying sounds instead.
I'm a handful.
A cat loving cat-sitter tells my human that she can no longer host me when he goes on his next trip because I demand too much of her attention.
It's fine, my human has a loving family that I can always sleep over at their houses. They let me nap on their lap. Well, they really don't want me to because they don't like my hair to cling all over on their clothes, but I am persistent. I show them how much I appreciate them by snuggling up on their faces a lot.
I figured out how to open the closed door and kitchen cabinets. I like to hide but often I get myself trapped, sometimes for a long time, so I meow my lungs out hoping someone will hear me eventually.
Oh, I am a girly girl!
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A cat named Bruno was returned to a shelter for being 'too affectionate.' Now, he has a new home.
Updated 11:25 am EST Jan. 28, 2023
A cat that was returned to a New Jersey shelter for being "too affectionate" has found a new home – and has helped other cats at the shelter get adopted too.
Bruno the cat first arrived at the Montville Animal Shelter in November, after the child of his previous owners became allergic to him. Two months later, he was adopted by a single mother and young daughter seeking a first pet. But when they brought him home, the shelter's Lindsay Persico said, he was just a little too close for comfort.
Persico explained that the mother worked from home and the cat would constantly headbutt her, making it difficult to get work done. The cat also insisted on sleeping in the young daughter's bed, which resulted in the two staying up late to play. So a week later, Bruno was brought back to the shelter.
Persico said that when Bruno returned, he was depressed. So Persico took to Facebook and posted Bruno's story. The post blew up, with over 200,000 views and hundreds of comments. And the adoption applications started pouring in.
"We probably got about 50 [applications]," Persico said, which is rare for the shelter.
In fact, an update to the Facebook post said they had to pause applications. People from all over the country called the shelter to inquire.
Bruno was adopted and is now in a new home. But the overwhelming response has helped the shelter's other cats too.
"People were coming to our door to meet Bruno and we got almost all the cats in the store adopted in the meantime," she said.
Sam Golden was affectionately known as Sammie G by the locals and by his customers alike. Sam, a likeable guy and a good businessman ran a very successful used car business in the small town of Goshen Connecticut, a short ride from the state's capital in Hartford. He had a reputation of giving fair prices on very good, well taken care of used cars, and people would come from miles away to shop for a car at Sam's. And Sam had an excellent connection for those good used cars with his twin brother Irwin who owned Golden's Ford across the border in Amenia, NY. And with that connection you might say that Sam got the cream of the crop of traded in cars from his brother's business. The arrangement that Sam had with his brother Irwin was for him to get the best trade in's from Irwin, and in return the profit on those cars once sold would be split fifty fifty between he and his brother. And, in spite of those bad post depression years of the early thirties, Sam was always able to keep his business in the black. Sam was once quoted as saying, "People always need a car. You can't go to work around here without a car. It's not like our little town has public transportation, and you need a car to go to work, and to put food on the table. And it's my job to help those people do that!" And Sam did that very thing.
In early 1934, Sam's brother sold a new 1934 Ford to Ezra and Margaret Chase. And the car they traded in was a 1930 Ford pictured in the middle of the above photo. Now, that doesn't seem so special until you hear the rest of the story. That new 1934 Ford purchased by Ezra and Margaret was subsequently stolen by a little known local gangster by the name of Clyde Barrow who had joined with Bonnie Parker, and used that car for a short spree of robberies, shootings, and murder. In the end both were shot to death in a police ambush in that very 1934 Ford.
Above is pure fiction, of course with some real names thrown in for fun
Affectionately called, “The Bean” and what has become synonymous with the Chicago experience is Anish Kapoor’s Cloud Gate. Cloud Gate was created using computer technology to cut 168 massive stainless-steel plates into precise shapes which were then pieced together like a puzzle and welded shut.
A Yellow-rumped Warbler, affectionately known as a butter butt, posed for a closeup on the bank of Horsepen Bayou.
One of Ladybower Reservoir’s spillways affectionately known as the Plugholes.
Only two hours out of my life to reach here and get home before the heavens opened again. The joys of autumn.
These big rigs do this for the sheer fun of it, just because they can. :)
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Shih tzu belong to the group of Tibetan dogs.
They are very Active with a strong Personality , Bold, Communicative, Friendly, Affectionate, Smart, Vivid, Fun and much more . Weigh is 4 - 7.2 kg and Size 20 - 28 cm . Life expectancy is 10 to over 16 years .Shih Tzus have a higher body temperature than humans, with a normal temperature of about 100 to 102.5 F ( 37.7 -38.7 °c )
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Cheetahs are caring, affectionate and dedicated mothers. They spend a long time caring for their cubs. Cubs typically stay with their mothers for one and a half to two years.
The cheetah originated over 4 million years ago. That’s long before any of the other big cats of today. They used to be found in North America when they crossed the Bering land bridge from Asia to the Americas before becoming extinct.
The cheetah is the fastest land animal in the world, reaching speeds of up to 113km/h. They can accelerate from 0 to 100km/h in just 3 seconds. When running, cheetahs use their tail to steer, like a rudder for a boat.Cheetahs are the only large cat that can turn in mid-air while sprinting.
Cheetahs do not roar like lions, however they do have a range of other meaningful vocalisations such as purring, growling and a variety of contact calls which resemble bird-like chirping sounds. -Wikipedia
Affectionately known as the “City of Bridges,” Pittsburgh boasts 446 bridges – more than any other city in the world, including Venice, Italy. Long before the majestic bridges soared above the Three Rivers, Pittsburgh was a rugged terrain of deep valleys, creeks, and rivers, isolating many of the city's residents. 139
We had a fun day yesterday wandering around "Budgie". Go ahead and view the photos in full size so you can take a virtual dip, hunt for shells among the pebbles, stroll along the soft sand, or sprint up the sand dunes at the wild and wonderfully untouched Budgewoi Beach.
Affectionately known as "Budgie" by us Central Coast residents, this 8km stretch of pristine coastline is actually a collection of several smaller beaches: Red Ochre Beach, Birdie Beach, Budgewoi Beach, and Lake Beach. Nestled between these beaches and two lakes, Lake Munmorah & Budgewoi Lake, is the cool little lakeside village of Budgewoi. It has a great little pub with nice battered flathead and chips on the menu too, perfect with a cold beer ;)
And if an 8km beach walk doesn’t quite tire you out, there’s always the 17km foreshore path around the lake, complete with picnic spots, bridges, parks, BBQ areas, loos (& let's face it, we all tend to need them these days ;) and plenty of rest areas with breathtaking views.
Yesterday's adventure pushed my total number of culled photos for July and August to over 1,000. I’m beginning to think I’m going to need a bigger disk than the 2TB external drive I’m currently using for RAW file storage! At this rate, I might need a storage intervention! How do you keep up with managing all your photo storage? How do you keep up with managing all your photo storage?
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