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Some odd Sea Lion behaviour. One Sea Lion sat motionless in the water for perhaps an hour holding a fin/fluke in the air. Every few minutes it would raise its head and take a breath of air. A second Sea Lion was sitting beside it and would also raise its head occasionally. Mating behaviour?
Point Roberts.
"You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realise that you control your own destiny." Albert Ellis (via Twitter twitter.com/kimfishercbt/status/719221855517818881)
The owner put her arm in a tiger's mouth, then encouraged participants at her "close encounter" to stick their hands in front of the tiger's face to be licked. (Siberian Tiger Conservation Association, OH) Copyright Born Free USA/R&D
Public Lecture on "Changing Consumer Behaviour: Are We Becoming More Demanding?" by Professor Moira Clark, Director, Henley Centre for Customer Management on 25 February 2015
Muttamorphosis Dog Training & Behaviour Kennel Club Good Citizen Puppy Foundation Graduates March 2011
White admiral (Limenitis camilla) 1st instar larva on honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum). Sussex, UK.
This is Rollo resting on his defensive pier constructed with silk and frass along the leaf mid-rib. His aerial latrine is visible suspended beneath the leaf behind him. His body is also covered with frass.
Public Lecture on "Changing Consumer Behaviour: Are We Becoming More Demanding?" by Professor Moira Clark, Director, Henley Centre for Customer Management on 25 February 2015
Public Lecture on "Changing Consumer Behaviour: Are We Becoming More Demanding?" by Professor Moira Clark, Director, Henley Centre for Customer Management on 25 February 2015
Some odd Sea Lion behaviour. One Sea Lion sat motionless in the water for perhaps an hour holding a fin/fluke in the air. Every few minutes it would raise its head and take a breath of air. A second Sea Lion was sitting beside it and would also raise its head occasionally. Mating behaviour?
Point Roberts.
Egretta ardesiaca, Black Heron, Sare Yoba, Casamance, Senegal
@ How to explain the Black Heron's hunting behaviour? @
The bird is mostly seen wading forward rather quickly in an upright position, stopping abruptly and, at the same time, stretching its wings forward over its head to form a canopy, a few centimetres above or sometimes touching the water surface. During this posture, which is only held for two or three seconds, foot-stirring under the canopy can clearly be seen in the majority of occasions. After folding back its wings, the egret again wades with agile steps before resuming the canopy posture.
The canopy-formation may eliminate reflections from the water surface, enabling the egret to see more easily into the water. But is this the sole advantage?
(see further comment at photos 3235616795 and 3235617881)
(from The Bokmakierie, periodical magazine, Southern African Ornithological Society, Volume 37, No 3, September 1985, pages 73-75)
Leica R-E analogue camera & Leica-Telyt lens 560mm f/5.6
A similar hunting sequence (February, 2010) can be seen on the set "Birds of The Gambia" from www.flickr.com/photos/snarfel/4413354301/in/set-721576234... onwards (digital pictures).
Aigrette ardoisée - Garceta azabache - Garça preta - Glockenreiher - Swartreier - Black Egret
Conversing with Keas:2
Kea have been studying humans from many angles for more than four centuries yet many questions remain unanswered. Most individuals are approachable with care but it is important to remember they are not pets or a tame species and are capable of unpredicably destructive behaviour.
semi-abandoned building. Park planned, yet never progressed.
www.b12partners.net/mt/archives/2005/07/west_loop_park.html
I think there is problem with the site being so polluted.
The regular Sunday Evening service at Hexham Community Church results in the complete blocking of the pavement. The large trailer which belongs to a charity is so close to the junction that pedestrians have to walk unseen into the main road.
This Air Jamaica plane was about 30 degrees off course. It made a dramatic dip and turn and bank - I swear, those passengers had to be frightened as hell. I was... since it headed right at me after turning! Act of terrorism and I have my camera, lovely... er, not.
Governments around the world are drawing on behavioural insights to improve public policy outcomes: from automatic enrolment for pensions, to better tax compliance, to increasing the supply of organ donation.
But those very same policy makers are also subject to biases that can distort decision making. The Behavioural Insights Team has been studying those biases and what can be done to counter them, in collaboration with Jill Rutter and Julian McCrae of the Institute for Government.
The report was launched with remarks from Alex Chisholm, Permanent Secretary at the Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy.
Dr Michael Hallsworth, Director of the Behavioural Insights Team in North America presented the key findings.
The findings, their relevance to policy making today, and what they mean for the way governments make decisions were discussed by:
Polly Mackenzie, Director of Policy for the Deputy Prime Minister, 2010–15 and now Director of Demos
Dr Tony Curzon Price, Economic Advisor to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.
The event was chaired by Jill Rutter, Programme Director at the Institute for Government.
#IfGBIT
Photos by Candice McKenzie