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"Circles and Waves XX " (1987), Hans van de Bovenkamp, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
The backround is taken from their official website www.howtodestroyangels.com The lyrics of "The Space in Between" added by me.
TAXONOMY
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Asteroidea
Order: Valvatida
Family: Oreasteridae
Genus: Protoreaster
Genus/species: Protoreaster nodosus
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS: The backround body color is highly variable; may be beige, brown, orange, red or other hues, such as green or blue. Horn-shaped tall dark nodules are conical and arranged in a single row, radially on the dorsal (top) side. Most horned sea stars found are a roughly rigid five-pointed star-shape (occasionally 4 or 6) with tapering arms to the end. Their skeleton is made up of many calcified plates that move like flexible joints and is covered by a spiny skin.
Diameter up to 30 cm (12 in).
DISTRIBUTION/HABITAT: Red Sea, Indian and western Pacific oceans. Found in shallow sheltered sand and seagrass beds.. Depth range Depth range 1 - 582 m (3.3 - 1900 feet).
DIET IN THE WILD: The mouth is located ventrally (bottom). The star covers its food, then pushes out its stomach from inside its body of prey. Sea stars have a unique adaptation for consuming bi-valve mollusks (oysters, clams, mussels, etc.). Stars insert a portion of their stomach into the small “gape” between the valves of a mollusk. Stomach enzymes are released and digest the fleshy part of the mollusk inside its own shell. The digested contents are moved back into the sea star leaving an empty bi-valve shell. P. nodosus prefers sponges, corals, clams and snails, other invertebrates; also opportunistic carrion feeders.
REPRODUCTION: P. nodosus is a broadcast spawner. As in other sea stars, fertilization is external. Eggs and sperm are stored in the rays and released simultaneously. Larvae look nothing like the adults. The form that first hatches from the eggs is bilaterally symmetrical and planktonic. Larvae eventually settle and transform into tiny sea stars.
PREDATORS: Triggerfish, pufferfish, boxfish and parrotfish.
CONSERVATION: IUCN Not Evaluated
REMARKS: The Chocolate Chip Seastars are also called “knobbly sea star” and the “horned sea star.”
The chocolate chip sea star can regenerate lost limbs, as long as the central disk of the body is intact.
References
California Academy of Sciences Steinhart Aquarium Mangrove Pop-Up, Main floor (level one) 2018
Ron's Wordpress shortlink wp.me/p1DZ4b-1ml
Atlantic City Aquarium: www.acaquarium.com/animals/chocolate-chip-sea-star/
Encyclopedia of Life eol.org/pages/4704956/details
Georgia Aquarium www.georgiaaquarium.org/animal-guide/georgia-aquarium/hom...
Woods Hole www.whoi.edu/science/B/people/kamaral/SeaStar.html
Bishop Museum hbs.bishopmuseum.org/pubs-online/pdf/op11-8.pdf
Georgia Aquarium www.georgiaaquarium.org/animal-guide/georgia-aquarium/hom...
Reef Creature Identification, Humann and Deloach 2010, page 426
Marine Biology link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00227-008-1064-2
Ron's flickr www.flickr.com/photos/cas_docents/15010829781/in/set-7215...
1-23-13, 9-26-14, 1-9-17, 2-3--18
It looks like a studio pic, with a white backround and some light sources but in fact this was taken in the middle of the street. I put her in the narrow shadow line along the wall of a house and the strong midday sun did the rest. I love her shiny eyes...you can even see the blue sky and some clouds reflecting into them. My first impression was that I hadn't a good pic of her because she was too flattered and some times she had a scary expression on her face. But I was surprised once at home reviewing the shots...so here we go.
She is spanish and comes from Pontevedra...my anomymous face collection is still growing.
In the backround: The home we re-built for the "guardian" of the property and his family. He has lived on this undeveloped property for 14 years, and his "home" was little more than a shanty-like shack.
In the tradition of caring for my employees, we re-built him a better place to live!
Note that contruction costs are VERY low!
The government claims power will be there in 2007. A road is being constructed part-way to the locale. Sadly, the government is notoriously SLOW!
I am saving money for a generator, hopefully solar powered. They are cheaper in Peru than in the US (a rare occurence!). However I have lived in the jungle before without power (we use kerosene lamps at night and a small gas stove for cooking). Additionally, we have conducted plenty of animal clinics in the jungle without the benefit of electricity.
Once a week I'll rent a boat to bring in non-perishable supplies, including large 5 gallon bottles of filtered water.
I will save money on rent, build a bigger animal refuge, and maintain 1 acre of nature trails for the community and their pets, and have more housing for volunteers and access to more remote communities. The total property is 2.2 acres and is on the banks of the Rio Itaya. I purchased with my own money for $1600. Since it is prime property on the water it should appreciate. I donated the property to Amazon CARES (that is where MOST of my money goes, but I am not complaining, as I am doing what makes me happy!)
We will still maintain our in-town Veterinary Clinic, but hope to have a satellite clinic here as well. The tiny jungle community of "Cabo Lopez" has no power, plumbing, or roads! We are installing a water tower to collect rainwater, and we are installing plumbing as well in the main house (where I will live with volunteers).
Learn more at www.amazoncares.org or www.amazoncaresblog.com!
The garden is in the backround.
A perfect and peaceful retreat right in the middle of the town, this is a dream come true for any who wish to relax and unwind in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
Casa Alegre has 5 bedrooms and 5 bathrooms, excellent grounds, near beaches and anything you may need.
Booking and reservations @ www.mycasaalegre.com
My Casa Alegre
Animata with custom backround as Jackal Series
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Animata with custom backround as Jackal Series
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v#amsterdam #ottograph #wijdesteeg
Ottograph who graduated from the Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam, started to paint at the young age of ten, he liked the idea of painting on the walls of the streets of Amsterdam and has never stopped doing so. Now Ottograph’s art can be seen in galleries, on wall’s, in bars and shops around the world and not to mention the wall’s of the Modern Art Museum of Antwerpen, MoMu in Belgium. Ottograph’s work is full of color and life. What Ottograph paints is something that reflects to society in general and is something that people can relate to. On his own or to gether with his fellow artist/friends Ottograph has also set up several successful projects such as CIA (Central Illustration Agencey), which speaks for it self as well as KMDG a group of artist with a backround in illustration, graffiti and street-art who bring together artist from around the world to paint walls and commissions together. Over the years Ottograph has accumulated several important client’s such as Nike, Mars, MercedesBenz, and Apple i-pod and i-phone just to name a few… ottograph wijdesteeg amsterdam #wijdesteeg amsterdam