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Giant kelp air bladders resting on bull kelp frond, Salt Creek Recreation Area, Clallam County, Washington, USA
Gentiana utriculosa L.
Bladder Gentian, DE: Schlauch-Enzian, Aufgeblasene Enzian
Slo.: trebušasti svišč
Dat.: June 10. 2008
Lat.: 45.94582 Long.: 14.14293
Code: Bot_270/2008_DSC9372
Habitat: grassland among mixed wood patches, flat terrain; moist, calcareous ground; half sunny; humid place; elevation 570 m (1.900 feet); average precipitations ~ 2.400 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, borderline between prealpine and Dinaric phytogeographical region.
Substratum: soil.
Place: Žejna dolina valley, next to the local road from village Hotedršica, Notranska, Slovenia EC.
Comment: Gentiana utriculosa is easy to recognize among numerous other species of this large genus. Its deep blue flowers have a distinct trait, which separates it from all other species of this genus growing in Slovenia. This is its characteristic inflated calyx (collective term for all the sepals) with very prominent 'wings' on its edges. The 'wings' can be up to 4 mm wide. The calyx is as long as the corolla tube and very wide.
Gentiana utriculosa can be found scattered in all parts of Slovenia (except in its northeast part) and in many parts of Alpine belt (but not in all), Dinaric and Balkan mountains, Apennines and Carpathians from lowland to subalpine elevations.
Ref.:
(1) M.A. Fischer, W. Adler, K. Oswald, Exkursionsflora für Österreich, Liechtenstein und Südtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 693.
(2) A. Martinči et all., Mala Flora Slovenije (Flora of Slovenia - Key) (in Slovenian), Tehnična Založba Slovenije (2007), p xx.
(3) K. Lauber and G.Wagner, Flora Helvetica, 5. Auflage, Haupt (2012), p 750.
(4) D. Aeschimann, K. Lauber, D.M. Moser, J.P. Theurillat, Flora Alpina, Vol. 2., Haupt (2004), p 24.
I believe this to be an Adder - Common Viper - also known as a Black Adder or Slack Bladder if you are a fan of the TV series. Happy to be corrected if it is not. I was walking my Spaniel on the Downs when this slithered out of the undergrowth, no doubt startled by my nearby dog. Luckily my dog was too interested in chasing birds to notice the snake. At a guess, it was just over 2ft long.
A white, 5-parted, 3/4" to 1" wide flower.
Plant height: 8 to 30 inches.
Non-native. Potentially invasive.
Prefers a part shade to sunny habitat in sandy or gravelly disturbed soil.
Blooms June - Oct.
Also known as Maiden's-tears.
This is actually a urinal in the Men's room at 21C. From the hallway it looks like a mirror, but inside it's just a window with water rushing down it. If you've ever been bladder shy, this is not your kind of restroom.
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Glande à gaz. Le remplissage de la vessie gazeuse est d’ordinaire orchestré par la glande à gaz associé intimement au faisceau admirable (rete mirabile). La glande à gaz est
une modification de l’assise interne (tunica interna) de la vessie natatoire : elle est composée d'un épithélium spécialisé et vascularisé ! Les cellules épithéliales produisent de l’acide lactique et du CO2, et sont à l’origine d’une forte élévation de la pression partielle en O2
dans les capillaires artériels afférents et dans la glande à gaz. La diffusion de gaz dans la vessie s’effectue lorsque la pression partielle en O2 est devenue assez élevée. Ce grossissement permet de voir les grandes cellules de la glande à gaz entre lesquelles s’insinuent des capillaires sanguins (globules rouges colorés par l’orange-G).
- Pour plus de détails ou précisions, voir « Atlas of Fish Histology » CRC Press, ou « Histologie illustrée du poisson » (QUAE) ou s'adresser à Franck Genten (fgenten@gmail.com)
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Gas gland. The filling of the gas bladder is typically ensured by the gas gland in combination with the rete mirabile. The gas gland is a modification of the inner lining (tunica interna) ; it is composed of a highly specialized and vascularized epithelium whose cells produce lactic acid and CO2. The induced acidification allows gas diffusion from afferent arterial capillaries into the bladder. This high magnification shows large gas gland cells with capillaries (red blood cells stained by orange-G) in between.
- For more information or details, see « Atlas of Fish Histology » CRC Press, or « Histologie illustrée du poisson » (QUAE) or contact Franck Genten (fgenten@gmail.com)
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Day 4, and time to say farewell to lovely Krk. Hazel and I took an early morning stroll back to the Titanic Bar spit for some photos from the water front. Total tranquility. Breakfast and then off in the minibus back to Krčki most (Krk bridge) and the mainland. The drive down the Jadranska magistrala coast road was fabulous, and after stocking up with supplies in Senj, we turned inland and zig zagged up into the Velebit mountains.
At the entrance to Northern Velebit National Park we said farewell to the minibus (which took our bags on up to Zavižan), donned boots and day packs and headed off into the Park's forests and high mountain meadows. A lovely walk - lots of flowers - brought us to Zavižan (1597m). From the mountain hut there are fabulous views out over the mountains and forests of Velebit and back out over the coast to the islands and the Adriatic.
After lunch, and a taste of the warden's rakia, Edo led The Ladies down to the Botanical Gardens - a bowl-shaped depression (technically a sink hole or - given the karst terrain - a doline) where examples of Velebit flora have been gathered together, with many also labelled. I had a field day. Part way round the Gardens, we turned left and climbed through the woods and on up through the scrub pines to the peak of Veliki Zavižan (Great Zavižan) at 1676m. A steep climb, and worth it for the views. Edo got his "this is why I love my job" photo; and in honour of *that* Mammia Mia evening, Hazel, Cat and I did our interpretation of Abba's Waterloo.
Back at the mountain hut, we sampled a bottle of two of the Velebit range of beers before mucking in to make salad, chop cheese and generally prepare for dinner. In between starters (Tomato-cucumber-pepper salad, bread, Krk goats cheese) and mains (bean stew and sausage), we took ourselves up the small hill opposite and watched the sunset over the islands - beautiful. Back for beans, then bed.
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"Many years ago the Indians hunted moose and caribou for food, clothing and tools. One of the first items brought home from the kill was the heart bag (pericardium) and bladder. Moose and caribou bladders were used to carry water, food or to store melted fat. Bear grease was used to waterproof them.
Selina asked her elders how the bags were used. An Eskimo lady said that her grandmother used a caribou heart bag to carry snuff. Once, when she ran out of snuff, she chewed pieces of the bag. Selling’s ancestors used the heart bag for carrying food, like a lunch bag, or for food storage. It was also used to carry precious things, such as a small knife, an awl, needles or anything valuable.
Selina has been making the bags for many years. Her heart bags are tanned with a shoe wax called Snow Seal. The bladder bags are simply cleaned, inflated and dried. She once saw a bag made by an elder, and has learned the assembly technique from her mother in law. She is not certain what the older bags looked like, but she is certain they were not as fancy as the ones she makes today. They are purchased mostly by collectors. She enjoys making them because it gives her a feeling of doing something from long ago.
Special feasts and ceremonies were held to amuse and placate the souls of dead animals. One of these was the bladder festival. The bladder of an animal was believed to contain its soul and so, when an animal was killed, the hunter carefully removed and preserved the bladder until the time came for the festival. Then, with great ceremony, the bladders were inflated and hung in a special feast-house. After much singing and dancing and offering of food, the bladders were taken down and thrust into a hole cut in the ice, so that the souls could return to the sea where they would enter the bodies of unborn animals and return again to be hunted. If these things were not done correctly, the souls of the animals would feel neglected and game would become scarce. At the beginning of the year, before the hunting season began, the Eskimos held another festival, at which animal masks were worn to please the animals and encourage them to return."
( from www.tribalexpressions.com/annex/annex.htm )
The base hospital has some wonderful art in it.
The female dog has been straining to urinate and passing blood for several weeks. Two rounds of antibiotics helped but have not cleared the infection. Urinalysis looked like a possible kidney infection. X-rays show a totally different story. Two large bladder stones and many smaller stones! This dog needs surgery!
These bladders have been filled with water and placed near the access road to form a wall that will protect the access road during construction.
Bladder wrack / Blæretang (Fucus vesiculosus) Edible seaweed.
Even though it's dark brown like this when you gather it it will turn green after blanching.
Agrandissement de l'image P7a_009 au niveau du canal biliaire principal (ou cholédoque - flèches) qui met en communication la vésicule biliaire (1) et le duodénum (2), première portion de l’intestin grêle. Chez de nombreuses espèces, les canaux cholédoque et pancréatique(s) fusionnent avant de rejoindre le duodénum. 3 baigne au sein d'hépatocytes à l'aspect vacuolaire.
- Pour plus de détails ou précisions, voir « Atlas of Fish Histology » CRC Press, ou « Histologie illustrée du poisson » (QUAE) ou s'adresser à Franck Genten (fgenten@gmail.com)
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Enlargement of the picture P7a_009 emphasizing the
large bile duct (arrows) connecting the gall bladder (1)
to the duodenum (2), first part of the small intestine. In many fish the main bile duct and the pancreatic duct(s) merge before entering the duodenum. The vacuolar aspect of hepatocytes is shown in 3.
- For more information or details, see « Atlas of Fish Histology » CRC Press, or « Histologie illustrée du poisson » (QUAE) or contact Franck Genten (fgenten@gmail.com)
•Fuel Bladders: NEW Fuel Safe 220 gallon bladders(7/2012). Much higher quality reinforced material than ATL cheaper bladders. Also, coated in special ethanol resistant coating with life expectancy of 10 years. Bladder compartment was totally refinished with rubber buna-n fuel proof foam to protect bladders and prevent any pre-mature bladder leaks from improper installation. Coated with low permeation coating to eliminate any fuel smells.
Two Boys by Candlelight, Blowing a Bladder
ca. 1767-1773
Maker: Joseph Wright of Derby
British, 1734-1797
36 x 28 3/8 in. (91.4 x 72.1 cm.)
oil on canvas
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
The brown-throated sloth (Bradypus variegatus) is a species of three-toed sloth found in the neotropical ecozone.
It is the most common of the four species of three-toed sloth, and is found in the forests of South and Central America.
The brown-throated sloth is of similar size and build to most other species of three-toed sloth, with both males and females being 42 to 80 centimetres (17 to 31 in) in total body length. The tail is relatively short, only 2.5 to 9 cm (1.0 to 3.5 in) long. Adults weigh from 2.25 to 6.3 kg (5.0 to 13.9 lb), with no significant size difference between males and females. Each foot has three fingers, ending in long, curved claws, which are 7 to 8 cm (2.8 to 3.1 in) long on the fore feet, and 5 to 5.5 cm (2.0 to 2.2 in) on the hind feet.
The head is rounded, with a blunt nose and inconspicuous ears. As with other sloths, the brown-throated sloth has no incisor or canine teeth, and the cheek teeth are simple and peg-like. They have no gall bladder, cecum, or appendix.
The brown-throated sloth has grayish-brown to beige-color fur over the body, with darker brown fur on the throat, the sides of the face, and the forehead. The face is generally paler in color, with a stripe of very dark fur running beneath the eyes.[4]
The guard hairs are very coarse and stiff, and overlie a much softer layer of dense under-fur. The hairs are unusual in lacking a central medulla, and have numerous microscopic cracks across their surfaces. These cracks are host to a number of commensal species of algae, including Rufusia pillicola, Dictyococcus bradypodis, and Chlorococcum choloepodis. The algae are generally absent in the hair of young sloths, and may also be absent in particularly old individuals, where the outer cuticle of the hair has been lost. Sloth hair also harbours a rich fungal flora.
Over parts of its range, the brown-throated sloth overlaps the range of Hoffmann's two-toed sloth. Where this overlap occurs, the three-toed sloth tends to be smaller and more numerous than its relative, being more active in moving through the forest and maintaining more diurnal activity.
This image was taken in Boca da Valeria, along the Amazon river in Brazil
Haleakala Crater hike on Haleakala Crater Hike on 7/9/2019
I caught the first Hawaiian Airlines flight to Maui from Oahu which left at 5:05 am, arrival at 5:44 am.
I took a carry-on duffel bag and a photo backpack ( no checked bags )
Picked up my rental car from Alamo and first stopped at 7-Eleven for water, food and snacks.
Maui Airport has changed. All the car rental companies moved to one central location reachable by tram. Additionally a specific Airport Access road was constructed and in use by this trip.
7:40 am left 7-Eleven for Haleakala.
7:30 am arrived at park entrance. $25 entrance fee by credit card only.
8:00 am arrived at Halemau'u trail head parking lot. Filled my CamelBak bladder with 3L of water, redistributed my equipment and used the bathroom to add a thermal underwear layer for the cold.
8:40 am left the parking lot and went to the Hitchhiking spot to wait for a ride. I was picked up by the 3rd car to come along. A single young male on vacation by himself. As I was grabbing my things to get into his car a mother and young son came up and asked to share the ride. I only waited maybe 5 minutes to catch a ride.
9:00 am arrived at the Summit Visitor Center parking lot. The driver had never been up to Haleakala even after visiting Maui a couple of times before, and he was considering doing a short hike while up there. I would be passed by him and the other hitch hiker about a mile down the trail later.
9:15 am after a short look around at the lookout and tightening up my boot laces, I started on Keonehe'ehe'e ( Sliding Sands Trail )
11:51 am I would get to the bottom of the crater and the trail for Holua cabins or Kapaloa, Paliku cabins. Ate lunch of one Spam musube.
12:06 pm I would start on the trial to Holua Cabin
12:59 pm top of the ascent to "Ka Moa o Pele"
1:24 pm trail juncture on the left of "Halali'i"
2:14 pm Silver Sword loop begin ( did not take the loop )
2:22 pm Silver Sword loop end
3:05 pm Holua Cabin - rested
3:32 pm left Holua Cabin and headed out on Halemau'u trail and the crater rim.
4:13 pm arrived at base of crater rim and the start of the switchbacks up the crater wall. rested and stretched.
4:27 pm started up the crater rim switch backs.
6:56 pm I would reach the flat narrow spot I consider the end of the switchbacks.
7:00 pm the temperature would be 56 degrees and dropping down to 52 degrees ( not including windchill )
7:10 pm Sunset, and I was hiking in dark shadow. Too dark to take meaningful pictures or pics of my watch.
8:00 pm I would reach the Halemau'u parking lot and my car.
8:30 pm I would finish unloading and repacking bags for going to my hotel and possibly doing some astro-photography.
8:45 pm arrive at Kalahaku overlook to check out the possibility of astro-photography. The 50% moon washed out the Milky way too much, stars were visible and I was starting to yawn. So I didn't, and I left at 9:05 pm for Kahului and a shower.
I used up all my water, when I got to my hotel and check, the hydration bladder was flat. Possibly one or two sips left in the tube. This was the 2nd time hiking this trail. Both times I brought a collapsible water bag w/filter to refill water at Holua and did not. If I do this again I really, REALLY need to refill water at Holua cabin.
The weather reports for the previous week were about the possibility of hurricane Barbara hitting the islands the day before my trip. Fortunately Barbara down graded and by the time of my trip and predictions for the summit were somewhat cloudy with occasional showers. While hiking I only encountered a few light drizzle/drops from the clouds that didn't require me to break out any of the rain gear I brought or to stow my cameras from rain.
The weather at the summit was cloudy and approximately 65 degrees with windchill. Along the hike until the ascent up the crater rim at the end, the temperature would not seem as cold as I expected or remember from my previous hike a couple of years ago. Possibly due to my wearing thermal underwear, hiking pants, a medium thick long sleeve athletic shirt beneath a button long sleeve hiking shirt and my broad brimmed hat of course. While moving I felt cool and relatively comfortable temperature wise, while raising a slight glistening sweat. At least it wasn't dripping into my eyes.
Keeping to my expected and normal average hiking pace of around 1 mph or less going down hill and across the flats, I would take pictures about every 1-2 hundred feet of the trail. Boring, but I like to document the trail condition. In addition to any interesting views, scenery or recording the weather.
I kept one of my watches attached to my sleeve so it would not be in skin contact and would mostly dangle in my body shade. This would give me a way of tracking my elevation and mostly the temperature.
There were many more day hikers actually crossing the crater along the same route I was going. Most notable was the mother and son that caught a ride with me. They met up with her husband and other son who caught another ride a bit later.
Probably all the hikers that were crossing the crater caught up to me and passed me, and they all started later than I did. The only people who caught up but didn't pass me were 3 female park rangers on their way to Holua Cabin and pretty much started doing their park ranger stuff in the area where they caught up to me and didn't catch up again.
I was constantly annoyed by the hikers I would see taking short cuts along the trail. I had to remind myself to not get pissy with them. I'm tempted to think the only other hikers on the trail that did not take short cuts were the park rangers I met.
Personally, I started the hike with a kinda sharp lower back pain, which had been ongoing since the previous week. But since this hike was already book and paid for I wasn't going to cancel. All thru the hike my back would be in constant pain and I would continually think I might have to give up hiking if my back doesn't get better. It was most painful going down hill, while the flats and going up weren't as bad.
I was hoping the strain and constant back movement would loosen up my lower back and aleviate my pain. Surprisingly, while getting on my stomach with all my gear still on me, when I got up my lower back was better. The pain would come and go, but could now be aleviated for short periods of time by taking off all my gear and bending over to stretch my back. When I would get home, my lower back pain issues would return to "normal"
Evidently, the dry cold air and constant breeze caused my face and lips to chap, which showed up a day after I got home.
Once again I brought chapstic but didn't use it.
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CamelBak Octane 16X Hydration Pack (3L Hydration bladder)
3 liters of water = 6.6 pounds
1x Nikon D700 w/battery grip - Nikon 28-300mm
1x Nikon D700 w/out grip - Rokinon 12mm f2.8 fisheye
Tokina 16-28mm f2.8
Camera & lens weight = 12 pounds
I brought both cameras to reduce the amount of time spent changing lenses and the possibility of getting grit on the camera sensors. Turns out I never changed to the 16-28 so never removed any lens. Yay, no spots in my pictures, Bo, lugged another heavy lens around for nothing. At least I left the 100mm macro in the car already.
Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej cancelled a public appearance to mark his 87th birthday, on medical advice. This did not prevent many Thai Nationals based in Ireland from celebrating his official birthday at the teachers club on Parnell Square in Dublin.
King Bhumibol, the world's longest-reigning monarch, was last seen in public in November. He has spent the past few months in hospital and recently underwent an operation to remove his gall bladder. Crowds of supporters dressed in yellow, the colour of the monarchy, massed outside the hospital in Bangkok on Friday to wish him well.
There is deep affection for the king in Thailand and within the Thai community here in Dublin.
I very much appreciated the invitation to attend the celebration today ... thanks!
For Our Daily Challenge - Three
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This is the brewery and one out of 11 pubs serving a new found addiction of mine, Bathams Ale.
Apparently this is "a real old men pub" and after looking into some of the rooms in the back I might have to agree.
They do however have t-shirts and hoodies on sale!
"In the early morning rain"
Plantae-Caryophyllaceae- Silene vulgaris=Bladder Campion
Listed under Saskatchewan's "Weed" Control Act
Orange Bladder Senna showing orange flowers, a good clue to separate from ordinary Bladder Senna, except they are not always orange! They are the typical peaflower shape, with standard, wings and keel.
Diospyros whyteana
Common name: Bladder Nut, Wild Coffee
Family: Ebenaceae
The bladder-nut does form small, pendulous flowers (max. 10 mm) that are creamy white and sweetly scented in spring and early summer. Thereafter roundish berries develop, completely enveloped in a papery and inflated bladder-like structure – hence its popular name. Various fruit-eating birds will feed on the fleshy red berries. The seeds can be roasted, ground and used as a substitute for coffee. The wood can be used for making household articles, whilst the bark and root have medicinal properties.
I like how this flower looks like it's in its own little self contained overflowing vase. It's a pretty small flower - about one inch.
Silene vulgaris
1044
see notes for description.
basically, kitty's bladder is tiny, and the mass is growing out into it taking up half the space. no wonder he has to use the litter box so often. he doesn't believe kitty is in pain as he got no reaction during the exam or ultrasound. the blood is possibly due to irritation from this mass stretching the bladder and irritating the tissue. since kitty vomited this morning - first time in over a month! - dr thinks the prednisolone will help with the inflammation so hopefully that will decrease.
surgery is the only way we would be able to a. remove this thing, if at all possible, and b. find out what the heck it is. it is not likely malignant at this point. perhaps one day it could turn on us, but for now, the thought of putting kitty through a risky surgery (the mass being so close to the urethra) and stressing him out that much (which seems to cause flare-ups) is disheartening. we agreed that for now he is ok, and we will just have to live with the bloody urine and frequent litter box changes as well as pilling for inflammation. cross fingers he doesn't get diabetes (side effect).