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With original tissue liner albeit the worse for wear after many, many, well-enjoyed halloweens past. The eyes are quite diabolical. I have heard some dealers and collectors say many collectors look for the "gentleman" or "dapper" looking devils with the mischievous smiles because the ones that are scarier like this one creep them out.
To draw attention to the plight of the Tasmanian devil I am going to be making a work a day throughout October inspired by Tasmanian Devils.
Tasmanian Devils population has declined by 90% in large areas of Tasmania due to Devil facial tumor disease. In November I will be taking part in the Garmin Point to Pinnacle; a 21.4km long and just over 1,270 meters in elevation run up Tasmania's Mount Wellington to raise money for The Devil Island Project (www.savethetasmaniandevil.org.au/) If you would like to sponsor me you can at this link> garmin-point
Melbourne, Australia, early 1982. His name was Marty, his girlfriend was named Matilda. Pretty much the same as the cartoon except his didn't spin or eat dynamite (not while I was watching, anyway),
"Devil's Club (Oplopanax horridus, Araliaceae; syn. Echinopanax horridus, Fatsia horrida) is a large shrub native to the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia coastal forests of North America noted for its large palmate leaves and erect, woody stems covered in brittle spines. Also known as Devil's Walking Stick, the species was once included in the closely related genus Fatsia as Fatsia horrida.
Devil's Club generally grows to 1-1.5 m tall; however, instances exist of it reaching in excess of 5m in rainforest gullies. The spines are found along the upper and lower surfaces of veins of its leaves as well as the stems. The leaves are spirally arranged on the stems, simple, palmately lobed with 5-13 lobes, 20-40 cm across. The flowers are produced in dense umbels 10-20 cm diameter, each flower small, with five greenish-white petals. The fruit is a small red drupe 4-7 mm diameter."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil's_Club
Ar'alani is correct... these things are painfully deadly...
they are also great medicine, I learned they are good for diabetis.. I think it is the root you make the tea from. Also the root runners just under the surface of the soil make great walking sticks if you find a good one, with nice knobs..
but geez, ya gotta do battle to get what you want!
I remember one time doing stand exams in the Forest Service, where you draw a grid on the map and count your steps across teh map... running tests on trees at each cross point. Problem was, the grid is nice strait lines, and the land was full of deep narrow ravines with lots of Vine Maple and Devils Club under the tall Douglas FIrs, Hemlocks and Cedars. Here you go counting your steps and keeping your eye on the compass as you step off into the Ravine nad try to catch yourself on the nearest branches which turn out to be the Devil's club!
the growth here is the young tender part... as the plant matures, the older thorns are harder and more fierce!
No, Jaap... not at all a Euphorbia, but actually believe it or not it is in the Ginsing Family... I never would have guessed that!
A portrait of a longhorn beetle Protomocerus pulcher, Lamiinae from Rustenburg-area, South Africa.
Place: Ledig, Rustenburg-area, South Africa, Oct. 2012.
Canon 40D, MP-E 65mm. Focusing stack in studio. 96 exposures stacked in Zerene Stacker.
Bacon cheddar, fried chicken skin, spicy crab, & shrimp stuffed deviled eggs... from Sugar Freak in Astoria... www.bradleyhawks.com
Devil I bought in 2013 at Milagros in (near) Seattle's Pike Place Market. I had him mailed home. Not putting him on the plane with me.
An old female on the Night Tour.
Tasmanian Devil - Sarcophilus harrisii
The Tasmanian Devil is the second largest carnivorous marsupial in the world, second only to the Thylacine, or Tasmanian Tiger, which though considered recently extinct (early 1900s), a very slight possibility of their existence still remains and there are thousands of unconfirmed but reliable sightings since the death of the 'last' Thylacine in 1936 cannot be ignored.
Unfortunately, the Devil too faces extinction. In 1996, the first example of Devil Facial Tumour disease was found on a female devil on the east side of the island. Within 14 years, the 100% fatal cancer has killed more than 95% of the wild Tasmanian Devil population. Because of the Devils aggressive nature towards each other, they will often (particularly when competing for food around a carcass) nip or bite each other. The cancer cells are grafted on to the other devils jaw by the diseased devil during this behaviour, and because of thousands of years of developing on a small, confined island, the genetics are so similar, almost identical, like twins, that the immune system does not realise that the cancer cells are alien. The tumour grows without defiance, and kills the devil within less than a year.
A natural geographical boundary of mountains and rough terrain still remains, however, which acts as a natural fence between the diseased Devils on the east side of the island and the disease free devils on the west side. However, the effectiveness of the geographical fence can not be the only thing that must be depended on to save the devils. Zoos and sanctuaries all over Tasmania and the Mainland have taken in a population of devils for captive breeding programs, to ensure a population fit to restart the species when reintroduced into the Tasmanian wilds. So far there are about 600 in captivity, but at least 1000 will be needed before any hope of a successful reintroduction can even be hoped for.
One of my first genuinely Tasmanian Tasmanian Devils. :) This one was a joey.
A little known fact about the Tasmanian Devil is that for it's size it has the strongest jaws of any animal. When feeding together devils will consume the entire animal, sometimes only leaving a small bit of fur behind. In a Tasmanian Devil feeding scrum the gory sound of bones cracking becomes very regular.
Also, despite what some might say, the Tasmanian Devil is very capable of hunting. It will more often scavenge, as it is far easier for it, but they do have an ability to hunt that is not given enought credit to, however slightly limited it is.
American Indians use the Tower as a place of
worship. Most of the ceremonies that take place are
small groups or individuals, who have gathered for
prayer, pipe ceremonies, the tying of prayer cloths, or
vision quests.
Thorny Devil an Australian Outback oddity that uses the distinctive coverage of many sharp spikes to collect humidity from the extremely dry atmosphere of the Desert that covers much of central Australia. Friend on Facebook Follow on Twitter to get FREE Access to download the Large Format Full Size Images. FREE To Download, Free To Use as you like. www.facebook.com/brian.steampunkwestin / www.twitter.com/Steampunk1867
The interesting yacht Devil's Advocate, built in Canada, and modelled after an Atlantic trawler, spent the night anchored off Freddie's Beach Bar.
Taken in Devil's Canyon, Arizona, near globe. Vivitar 285 w/ umbrella camera right, bare vivitar 285 pointed at the couple's faces camera left. Yep they're sitting on the edge of a very intimidating cliff.
Devils@Cradle is great, though small, is great because it shows the visitors how Tasmanian Devils actually interact realisitically, like they're in the wild, around dinner time. Incredibly ferocious, you could acutally hear the bones cracking at they ate this piece of Pademelon roadkill brought in from the National Park roads.
Tasmanian Devil - Sarcophilus harrisii
The Tasmanian Devil is the second largest carnivorous marsupial in the world, second only to the Thylacine, or Tasmanian Tiger, which though considered recently extinct (early 1900s), a very slight possibility of their existence still remains and there are thousands of unconfirmed but reliable sightings since the death of the 'last' Thylacine in 1936 cannot be ignored.
Unfortunately, the Devil too faces extinction. In 1996, the first example of Devil Facial Tumour disease was found on a female devil on the east side of the island. Within 14 years, the 100% fatal cancer has killed more than 95% of the wild Tasmanian Devil population. Because of the Devils aggressive nature towards each other, they will often (particularly when competing for food around a carcass) nip or bite each other. The cancer cells are grafted on to the other devils jaw by the diseased devil during this behaviour, and because of thousands of years of developing on a small, confined island, the genetics are so similar, almost identical, like twins, that the immune system does not realise that the cancer cells are alien. The tumour grows without defiance, and kills the devil within less than a year.
A natural geographical boundary of mountains and rough terrain still remains, however, which acts as a natural fence between the diseased Devils on the east side of the island and the disease free devils on the west side. However, the effectiveness of the geographical fence can not be the only thing that must be depended on to save the devils. Zoos and sanctuaries all over Tasmania and the Mainland have taken in a population of devils for captive breeding programs, to ensure a population fit to restart the species when reintroduced into the Tasmanian wilds. So far there are about 600 in captivity, but at least 1000 will be needed before any hope of a successful reintroduction can even be hoped for.
A little known fact about the Tasmanian Devil is that for it's size it has the strongest jaws of any animal. When feeding together devils will consume the entire animal, sometimes only leaving a small bit of fur behind. In a Tasmanian Devil feeding scrum the gory sound of bones cracking becomes very regular.
Also, despite what some might say, the Tasmanian Devil is very capable of hunting. It will more often scavenge, as it is far easier for it, but they do have an ability to hunt that is not given enought credit to, however slightly limited it is.
Devil Sails Poster
A very toxic and attractive poster wich can be used for a multiple variations of events from workshops and club or bar parties.
Font links included in the info file.
Devils Wall.
This is the „Teufelsmauer“, a geologic oddity that can be found near the Harz mountains and near to my stay last weekend. I visited the place before, it's a strange landmark. Weather was great, bot so much the time I got there, but at least some landscape pictures.
Tasmanian Devil - Sarcophilus harrisii
The Tasmanian Devil is the second largest carnivorous marsupial in the world, second only to the Thylacine, or Tasmanian Tiger, which though considered recently extinct (early 1900s), a very slight possibility of their existence still remains and there are thousands of unconfirmed but reliable sightings since the death of the 'last' Thylacine in 1936 cannot be ignored.
Unfortunately, the Devil too faces extinction. In 1996, the first example of Devil Facial Tumour disease was found on a female devil on the east side of the island. Within 14 years, the 100% fatal cancer has killed more than 95% of the wild Tasmanian Devil population. Because of the Devils aggressive nature towards each other, they will often (particularly when competing for food around a carcass) nip or bite each other. The cancer cells are grafted on to the other devils jaw by the diseased devil during this behaviour, and because of thousands of years of developing on a small, confined island, the genetics are so similar, almost identical, like twins, that the immune system does not realise that the cancer cells are alien. The tumour grows without defiance, and kills the devil within less than a year.
A natural geographical boundary of mountains and rough terrain still remains, however, which acts as a natural fence between the diseased Devils on the east side of the island and the disease free devils on the west side. However, the effectiveness of the geographical fence can not be the only thing that must be depended on to save the devils. Zoos and sanctuaries all over Tasmania and the Mainland have taken in a population of devils for captive breeding programs, to ensure a population fit to restart the species when reintroduced into the Tasmanian wilds. So far there are about 600 in captivity, but at least 1000 will be needed before any hope of a successful reintroduction can even be hoped for.
A little known fact about the Tasmanian Devil is that for it's size it has the strongest jaws of any animal. When feeding together devils will consume the entire animal, sometimes only leaving a small bit of fur behind. In a Tasmanian Devil feeding scrum the gory sound of bones cracking becomes very regular.
Also, despite what some might say, the Tasmanian Devil is very capable of hunting. It will more often scavenge, as it is far easier for it, but they do have an ability to hunt that is not given enought credit to, however slightly limited it is.