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Top 10 reasons to visit the Eden Project
Here's some of what you'll find when you visit:
1.the world's largest rainforest in captivity with steamy jungles and waterfalls
2.cutting-edge architecture and buildings
3.stunning garden displays all year round
4.world-class sculpture and art
5.evening gigs, concerts and an ice rink in the winter
6.educational centre and demonstrations to inspire all ages
7.brilliant local, fairly traded food in the restaurants and cafes
8.a rainforest lookout that takes you above the treetops
9.living example of regeneration and sustainable living
10.free land train pulled by a tractor.
Even if you've visited before, our plants, exhibits and events programme change every season and every year.
Rainforest Biome - Our 50-metre-tall Biome houses the world’s largest rainforest in captivity.
Mediterranean Biome - A colourful, sensory journey through citrus, olives, vines and perfumed herbs.
In our beautifully transformed clay pit in Cornwall, you'll find over 80 exhibits, including unusual plant combinations, unique sculpture and quirky information displays.
The Core is Eden's innovative education centre: it's a fantastic building full of interactive displays where both children and adults can press buttons, wind handles and peer inside things.
The Somali Giraffe or Reticulated Giraffe, Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata, is a subspecies of giraffe native to Somalia, but is also widely found in Northern Kenya and Southern Ethiopia. Reticulated giraffes can interbreed with other giraffe subspecies in captivity or if populations are low in the wild.
The reticulated giraffe is the most well-known of the nine giraffe subspecies, and is by far the giraffe most commonly seen in zoos. Its coat consists of large, polygonal liver-colored spots outlined by a network of bright white lines. The blocks may sometimes appear deep red and may also cover the legs. The extraordinary height of giraffes allows them to feed from the branches of trees that other hoofed animals can't reach.
Giraffe are easily recognizable because of their height and size. They are the tallest animal in the world. Giraffe males can be 18 feet tall, while females can reach 15 feet (3). Giraffe weigh in at up to 4000 pounds (male) and 2600 pounds (female). Even though the giraffe has a neck that can be up to 6 feet long, it only has seven vertebrae, the same number as humans. For as large as they are, giraffe are fairly decent runners, and can reach speeds of 35 miles per hour during sprints . To gain maximum velocity, giraffe have adapted a special way of running. They only use one side of their body at a time, for example, the right front leg and the right back leg . For a long time, giraffe were thought to be silent animals, but it seems that they do make noise. Some researchers that have spent their whole lives monitoring giraffe have reported giraffe grunting or bleating . Giraffe seem to make noises only when danger is approaching, as a warning system .Giraffe are found in Africa on game preserves and wildlife parks. They are hardly found in the wild due to poaching and over development by humans. Giraffe are typically found in all parts of Africa, except North Africa. The vegetation is too sparse and the land is too heavily populated to accommodate giraffe . Giraffe prefer the open savannas, but do sometimes venture into wooded areas. They can easily camouflage by hiding between trees.
Reticulated giraffe are herbivorous, since they eat mostly plants, although giraffe have been seen eating the carcass of an antelope . A giraffe’s favorite snack is the acacia bushes and trees that frequent the African landscape. While these leaves are preferred, a giraffe will munch on many other kinds of vegetation. Giraffe food preferences change according to seasons: in the dry season, they seem to be fine with pine like needles . Giraffe feed by browsing, which typically means they eat continuously throughout the day. A male is able to eat 75 pounds of food in a single day . Giraffe use their sense of smell to locate the leaves they want. They ingest everything on the branch when eating, including insects, bark, and thorns. The giraffe uses its massive tongue (up to eighteen inches long) to scrape off the leaf Giraffe have very tough lips to guard against scratching. While the acacia tree is their favorite, giraffe have also been known to eat mareola berries and other fruits . Giraffe have become intoxicated off the mareola berry, since it ferments in their stomach . Reticulated giraffe are cud feeders, just like cows and other ungulates. As explained in Stattler’s Giraffes, The Sentinels of the Savannah, the giraffe stomach has four parts, with food passing through the first and water going directly to the second. The first stomach partially digests the twigs, leaves, and whatever else the giraffe has ingested whole. During the day, when the animal is not feeding, parts of this fermented mixture are brought back up from the stomach in hard lumps. Giraffe chew on these lumps, called cud, throughout the day, helping to further break the food down. Once they are done chewing on the piece of cud, it is sent to the third stomach, and finally the fourth stomach to be digested fully .
Giraffe are very good at conserving water in the hot African climate. Giraffe are able to conserve and maintain their body temperature in part because of their shape- their long thin legs allow heat to release quickly . The leaves they eat are actually a good source of water, and can allow them to go days without a drink . Giraffe have a difficult time lowering their massive heads to the ground to drink, and this also leaves them vulnerable to predators. They are able to bend down by spreading their front legs and stretching their neck down.
These are mares and foals from the Owyhee HMA of Northern Nevada. This is their first day in captivity, after being rounded up by the BLM. I recently adopted the pinto medicine hat, who was also the lead mare of this band. Finally, after months of trying, she has been accepted into a wonderful sanctuary! Many thanks to a special someone who dedicated many hours to helping Oshunnah get there. You know who you are. I am literally doing the happy dance! All the rescues and sanctuaries are FULL. My sweet and brokenhearted girl will get to live free again on 5 thousand acres. So happy for her. I can't wait to see her run out into the woodlands of her wild horse paradise.
Oshunnah, spirit of the earth.
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Explored ~ February 20th, 2011 ~ #331 Bumped up to #306 ~ Big Hugs Labs / Feb. 24th.
Feb. 25th, still on Explore, but dropped in position to #329. WOW, March 6th, still on Explore, now @ #319. Interesting its still active. Currently at #317, still on Explore. : ) March 13th
August 18th @ # 306, not dropped yet! Feb 2012 # 300 0 Explore. Still not dropped!
June 2012, still on Explore!
Today I visited the World Center for Birds of Prey in Boise. The center houses the peregrine fund whose mission is to restore rare species through captive breeding and releases,Improve capacity for local conservation conduct scientific research and environmental education and conserve habitat of endangered raptors.
This photograph was taken at Singapore Zoological Gardens, the home of a female and male white tiger pair. The White Tiger is neither a subspecies in its own right, nor an albino form of a "normal" tiger. Instead, it is a rare form of a Bengal Tiger that possesses a specific gene (autosomal recessive trait), giving it a lighter appearance. They live in the grasslands and forests of South-east Asia and in various parts of India.
Unfortunately, as beautiful and majestic as these creatures are, their existence are in dire straits. "Records dating back at least four centuries indicate that wild white tigers once prowled freely in the forests of India. Some were shot, others were captured and sent to royal menageries and still others remained in the jungles to perpetuate their lineage. The last known specimen in the wild was shot dead in 1958, leaving behind only the captive breeding population. Trophy hunting, habitat loss and habitat fragmentation drove the rest to extinction."... "Almost all of the white Bengals alive today are descended from a solitary male cub that was captured in 1951. Deliberate inbreeding has maintained the animals’ recessive coloration but it also has led inevitably to a whole range of health problems."
More information about this species can be found at:
These animals are well fed and looked after at the zoo; much better conditions than the wild. Would the animals prefer this life at the expense of their freedom?
It was 100 degree F (38 deg C) and was tough for all the animals. This leopard was no exception. He just took an afternoon nap to beat the heat!
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Charles I of Austria or Charles IV of Hungary (Karl Franz Joseph Ludwig Hubert Georg Otto Marie; 17 August 1887 – 1 April 1922) was, among other titles, the last ruler of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He was the last Emperor of Austria, the last King of Hungary,[1] the last King of Bohemia and Croatia and the last King of Galicia and Lodomeria and the last monarch of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine. He reigned as Charles I as Emperor of Austria and Charles IV as King of Hungary from 1916 until 1918, when he "renounced participation" in state affairs, but did not abdicate. He spent the remaining years of his life attempting to restore the monarchy until his death in 1922. Following his beatification by the Catholic Church, he has become commonly known as Blessed Charles of Austria.
...After the second failed attempt at restoration in Hungary, Charles and pregnant Zita were briefly quarantined at Tihany Abbey.
Chester Zoo’s new baby elephant calf, which has caused a stir of excitement among keepers and visitors alike, has been named Nayan meaning eye in Hindi.
The male calf, which was born close to midnight on Sunday 18th July, has been exploring his new home while staying close to his mother, Sithami. The name was chosen by both the Zoo’s elephant keepers and the staff from the Assam Haathi Project, the conservation project which mitigates human elephant conflict in north east India. The project is run by Chester Zoo and EcoSystems-India.
Nandita Hazarika , Project Manager of Assam Haathi Project, who was visiting from India at the time of the birth, said: “We are delighted to be involved in the naming of the Zoo’s new elephant calf. We worked with the elephant keepers to find a Hindi name and think Nayan is a perfect choice. As a charity, Chester Zoo funds various conservation projects abroad so by visiting the new baby elephant, visitors are helping support these projects and in doing so playing a part in conserving various animal species around the world.”
Nayan is the second calf for Sithami, 13, who is also mum to Sundara, six. Proud dad is Upali, 16.
RIP Nayan died 29th July 2013
Shine Tarot # 5 / 22
The Hierophant
When appearing upright, this card stands for = Marriage, alliance, captivity, servitude, mercy and goodness, inspiration. Intuition, psychic ability. Longing for approval. Resenting authority of others.
When appearing reversed = Dissapation, lacks faith, overly kind, weakness, indulgence. Craves sexual gratification. Unused creativity.
Puppies being kept under a basket in order to sell them later on to Togolese people (who eventually eat them, after having "employed" them as watchdogs). Seen in Sege/ Ghana.
I was walking down the street to the mailbox this afternoon when I saw this little wildflower growing alongside the road. Since I'm always looking for subjects to exploit ... I mean photograph.... I stopped and picked it.
Strobist info: I used a YN560 in a 24 inch soft box for my main light, camera right at 4 o'clock and a YN560-II in a Rogue grid behind the flower, camera left at 1 o'clock, for some backlighting. The strobes were triggered with a Yongnuo RF-603N. Down below in comments, there's a picture of the lighting setup.
Other plants, flowers, fruit or thingys that I've photographed using strobes can be seen in my Strobe Lit Plant set. In the description for that set, I list resources that I've used to learn how to light with off camera flash, and the equipment that I use. www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157628079460544/
Yeah, this is how records are set...
Dedication, and focus.
There are a DOCUMENTED, and seen by my eyes currently, FOUR original Austin Cruzer Cook Brothers Racing 26" frames. There are others that are gussetted and cool...but, of the original run of bikes, I have only seen FOUR in modern times, and I own I believe one of TWO with original decals.
The red one Wheelie man has here, and my beige ruler that I could talk all damn day about.
I remember a few more specific examples of these bikes...and there is one in particular I would really like to find...
So, they are out there...but where?
Many got gussetted after the fact...kinda like SS Chevys...plenty of badged cars, but few original survivors.
Four.
Wheelieman has two. One is legit and OG, the other a re-spray...
That is focus, commitment, and for now...a record.
These wolves were in captivity at the Grouse Mountain Wolf Display. They are still loosing their winter coats. The good thing is they're close to where I live so I'm sure I'll go back.
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