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am glad I was not thorough in weeding the front yard ☺
This is the amazing chickweed which can be eaten and some claim helps with digestion, blood and skin problems.
A Crested caracara (Caracara plancus) perched on one leg on a fence post, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. The yellow mark on its breast is a distended crop, indicating that it has recently eaten. The crop is a thin-walled expanded portion of the alimentary tract used for the storage of food prior to digestion.
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Bearded Reedling - Panurus Biarmicus
aka Bearded Tit. (F)
This species is a wetland specialist, breeding colonially in large reed beds by lakes or swamps. It eats reed aphids in summer, and reed seeds in winter, its digestive system changing to cope with the very different seasonal diets.
Often having to take grit in order to help digestion.
The bearded reedling is a species of temperate Europe and Asia. It is resident, and most birds do not migrate other than eruptive or cold weather movements. It is vulnerable to hard winters, which may kill many birds. The English population of about 500 pairs is largely confined to the south and east with a small population in Leighton Moss in north Lancashire. In Ireland a handful of pairs breed in County Wexford. The largest single population in Great Britain is to be found in the reedbeds at the mouth of the River Tay in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, where there may be in excess of 250 pairs.
Other Breeding areas include Norfolk and Somerset and Alkborough Flats, lincolnshire.
Population:
UK breeding:
630 pairs
Europe:
232 - 437,000 birds
Female peregrine falcon swallowing a small rock.
She had a couple of rocks this morning, and they do this to help with digestion.
Obviously, they don't have teeth so a few rocks inside their gizzard (a portion of their stomach) act like teeth and help with digesting food. If you zoom in, you notice that the rock is pointy, with time it will erode and become roundish.. and that's when they spit them out and get a couple more.
Ejemplar de flores y frutos de la planta denominada Caña de Indias.
Acompañada de algunas curiosidades: Canna indica (achira, achera, sagú, capacho, biri, cucuyús, juquián, risgua, caña de India, caña de cuentas, cañacoro, flor del cangrejo, yerba del rosario o papantla), son otros de los nombres por los que localmente, se la conoce
Usos
En Europa es mayormente empleada como planta ornamental en jardines, mientras que en Latinoamérica se cultiva principalmente por sus cormos o rizomas, que son de importancia para la alimentación humana y la agroindustria.
El almidón es de fácil digestión y la harina se usa para fabricar panes, bizcochos, galletas, tortas, tallarines y fideos; en la Península de Paria Venezuela la harina se utiliza para preparar un atol para los niños después del destete, y para los ancianos y convalecientes por su alto poder nutritivo. Los cormos de la achira se comen también asados o cocidos. En decocción las raíces se usan como diurético y las hojas como cicatrizante; el jugo de estas como antiséptico. Las hojas recién cortadas se usaban, y probablemente todavía se usan sobre las quemaduras para refrescar y disipar el calor de la piel quemada. Las semillas se utilizan para confeccionar collares y sonajeros o maracas. Tallos y hojas sirven de forraje para el ganado. A las hojas también se les utiliza como un tipo de empaque natural para envolver comidas típicas similares a los tamales, de sabor dulce, conocidas como quimbolitos. En la zona rural de pregonero llamada Laguna de García en el estado Táchira se usan para forrar las emblemáticas hallacas en sustitución de las hojas de plátano.
Fuente WIKIPEDIA.
Grosbeak ( Euonymus ) is a genus of about 170 to 180 species in the grosbeak family ( Celastraceae ). The genus consists of deciduous and evergreen shrubs and small trees . The genus has a wide range in Europe , Asia , Australia , North America and Madagascar .
The leaves are opposite or in some species alternately arranged, elliptical, 2-15 cm long and usually finely toothed. The small flowers are usually green-white and inconspicuous.
The fruit is a pink-red, four- or five-loll capsule , which splits open to reveal the fleshy, orange seeds . The seeds are eaten by birds, which excrete the seeds after digestion, causing them to be spread.
All parts of the plant are poisonous to humans .
Looking at a pretty cluster of Venus Flytraps in the fine bog for insectivorous plant of the Hortus, I noticed that a Wasp had been captured not very much earlier. In fact, the trap was still slowly closing on the already dead insect. A Flesh Fly alighted to see what it could see, and have a lick or two of terminal waspy body fluids. After a minute or so, it flew off to land right in the middle of another trap. It overstayed its welcome; generally those traps close within about twenty seconds of two or three of its trigger hairs having been touched. The drama unfolded before my eyes; relatively slowly the trap closed and Fly could no longer break loose... If you examine the inset you can see its red left eye looking through the 'bars'. As I left it was still struggling against digestion. An hour or so later all was still.
Why I hike! Can beauty really be captured with an image? Or does it take all 5 senses to really "flesh" it out? And what of memory that we bring to the scene? How does the hunt for composition, texture, light, color and so on allow for easier digestion of the spirit of place? That's a lot to carry around in the mental backpack!
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I know, I know Snugs looks like she is snarling but she is just enjoying chewing on the grass! I believe it helps with her digestion
Ein Sandstrand ist bei der Futtersuche ideal, weil das angespülte Futter sich nur schwer verstecken kann. Es bedeutet aber auch, daß man das eine oder andere Sandkorn mitfuttert. Aber wer weiß, vielleicht ist das ja gut für die Verdauung.
A sandy beach can be ideal for foraging because food that was washed ashore is easy to find. But it also means that you will eat the odd grain of sand in the process. Who knows, maybe this is even good for digestion.
created by Nats and Loki
d une idee original de nats
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Partis du néant nous avions besoin d'une planète où nous épanouir ! Nous créâmes l'attrape Terre...
Issue de nos plus sombres pensées, elle grandit et se développa se nourrissant de la planète !
Suite à la digestion complète de la Terre et de toutes ses ressources, il ne reste à la plante qu'à évacuer les inconsommables... Que l'on qualifie de déchets : nous !
Il nous reste peu de chance de sauver notre planète, alors prenons- nous en main !
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Went of the nothingness we needed a planet where to spread us ! We created the Earth Catcher..
Exit of our most dark thoughts, it grows and developed feeding on the planet !
Further to the complete digestion of the Earth and all resources, now it stays in the plant only to evacuate the inedible... That we qualify as waste: we !
We have not enough luck to save our planet, Let us save together !
texte ;Loki : )))
This bird was a real highlight of my time in Algonquin Park last week. I had no real expectation of being able to get a decent image, as the small flocks mostly hang around the highway through the park or the Visitor Centre parking lot. Their need to eat small stones or sand to aid in the digestion of conifer seeds drives them down to some of the least attractive locations for photography. By luck I found them drawn to an alternative source of sand, where photographs became possible.
I've always admired the insectivorous plants of the Hortus. And now they have a much enlarged section. Our Forked Sundew - provenance northern Tasmania - was able to really branch out to almost a meter's height. In an earlier post - www.flickr.com/photos/87453322@N00/27181176293/in/photoli... - I've given a bit of a description of the digestive processes of the mucous-tipped hairs below these pretty flowers.
La última fotografía de éste més de Enero, no podía ser otra que ésta imagen...La cual nos costó más de un resbalón y una digestión tras la comida un tanto acelerada...Con éste resultado.Para mi, lo más importante no fué la ronda de fotografías en si, sino el echo de poder visitar al amigo JMCR, al cual no veia desde hace meses.Un anfitrión de lujo! Espero que Febrero sea tan divertido como lo a sido éste primer més del año.Salud!
Je me suis approché pas à pas de lui , sans qu'il ne soupçonne ma présence ... et nullement inquiet !!!
So gesund ist die Feige
Feigen sind ein wahres Powerobst und dürfen sich mit Recht zu den Superfoods zählen, denn in ihnen stecken viele Nährstoffe.
Neben energielieferndem Fruchtzucker und sättigenden Ballaststoffen bringen sie reichlich Eisen, Kalium, Magnesium und Kalzium sowie viele Vitamine mit sich. Sie gelten als blutreinigend und durch die enthaltenen Ballaststoffe als verdauungsfördernd
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This is how healthy figs are
Figs are a real power fruit and can rightly be counted among the superfoods because they contain many nutrients.
In addition to energy-providing fructose and filling fiber, they contain plenty of iron, potassium, magnesium and calcium as well as many vitamins. They are considered to purify the blood and, thanks to the fiber they contain, to aid digestion
The apple blossom is the state flower of both Michigan and Arkansas. The flower was chosen as the state flower by the Michigan legislature in 1897, and the specific variety chosen is Pyrus coronaria, the crabapple, because it is native to Michigan.
Not only do the blossoms turn into apples, but the blossoms can be eaten themselves! It turns out, they are high in antioxidants and have a sweet flavour to them. When made into a tea you can experience benefits like clear complexion, better digestion and stress relief.
Apples have been grown in the UK for for well over a thousand years and the blossom and harvest times have always been key dates for growers. There is now a huge amount of information about when particular varieties blossom and fruit which can help the gardener.
Blossom and harvest dates are relative to each other. This means that if blossom is delayed / advanced then the same will normally be true of the harvest time. Also if one variety of apple is delayed / advanced for harvest / blossom then generally all other varieties will be affected by a similar time frame.
The first cup moistens the throat;
The second shatters all feelings of solitude;
The third cleans the digestion, and brings to mind the wisdom of 5,000 volumes;
The fourth induces perspiration, evaporating all of life’s trials and tribulations;
With the fifth cup, body sharpens, crisp;
And the sixth cup is the first on the road to enlightenment;
The seventh cup sits steaming – it needn’t be drunk, as from head to feet one rises to the abode of the immortals.
–Lu Tong, 9th century
This short poem is an ancient meditation on tea’s ability to transcend its cup and stimulate mindfulness and tranquility in our day.
Mycena mariae is a small mushroom species (cap diameter 1-2 cm) that is native to New Zealand and typically grows on leaf litter, fallen twigs, and branches. It uses extracellular digestion for its energy needs. In extracellular digestion, the breakdown of food materials into small molecules occurs outside the cell on the decaying organic materials using enzymes secreted by the hyphal tips. Then the newly broken down nutrients can be absorbed by the cells nearby. Fungi play important roles in many ecosystems, and there is still much to be learned about them.
Superata la frazione de La Sterza, il paesaggio toscano si trasforma in grandi spazi pieni di silenzio.
E questo perchè i grandi spazi mangiano il rumore.
Ci si trova così dentro un grande spettacolo di silenzio e il luogo ne è il teatro.
"Il teatro del silenzio" è un niente strutturale di vento e sole. Un volume invisibile senza contorni fisici,
un enorme palcoscenico aperto.
Questo spazio viene apparecchiato una sola volta all'anno per una voce, quella di Andrea Bocelli, garbata, gentile, saggia come il suo proprietario. Una voce che vince sui parametri accademici della lirica, tono, timbro e potenza, con il suo velluto, carico del vissuto dell'Uomo, della fermentazione e della digestione dei suoi sentimenti.
Semplicità e silenzio, come i due ingredienti che hanno reso famosa nel mondo questa ricetta.
Durante i 364 giorni all'anno di silenzio, la magia che all'improvviso si crea nell'unico suo giorno di apertura, non si spenge al termine di qull'unico giorno.
Lo spettacolo eccezionale di Lajatico al "Teatro del Silenzio" riporta ad una sede antica e nuova, "a cielo aperto", in "luoghi collinari", dove i posti a semicerchio degradavano verso il centro, verso i cori, le scene e le orchestre
Bearded Reedling - Panurus Biarmicus
aka Bearded Tit. (M)
A Schedule 1 Bird.
This species is a wetland specialist, breeding colonially in large reed beds by lakes or swamps. It eats reed aphids in summer, and reed seeds in winter, its digestive system changing to cope with the very different seasonal diets.
Often having to take grit in order to help digestion.
The bearded reedling is a species of temperate Europe and Asia. It is resident, and most birds do not migrate other than eruptive or cold weather movements. It is vulnerable to hard winters, which may kill many birds. The English population of about 500 pairs is largely confined to the south and east with a small population in Leighton Moss in north Lancashire. In Ireland a handful of pairs breed in County Wexford. The largest single population in Great Britain is to be found in the reedbeds at the mouth of the River Tay in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, where there may be in excess of 250 pairs.
Other Breeding areas include Norfolk and Somerset.
Population:
UK breeding:
630 pairs
Europe:
232 - 437,000 birds
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I often wondered how cows survive winter, so I did some research . Here is what I found….
Growing Winter Hair
In the cool fall months, cows start to grow a thick hair coat. Their heavy winter coat makes an excellent outer layer to help trap body heat while shedding wind and other elements. However, this coat is not impermeable and can be dangerous when wet, causing cold stress on the cows.
Thick and Fatty Skin
A cow can also prepare for winter by bulking up and consuming additional feed. Cows naturally have thick skin, which helps keep cold out and heat in. But you may also notice their desire to prepare for the winter months by increasing their food intake and storing up extra fat under their skin. This extra feed will go beyond the daily maintenance energy requirements for adult cows and lead to good body conditions for your herd. This, combined with overall good nutrition will add yet another layer of protection from cold conditions.
Proper Food Intake
Cows are ruminants, meaning their stomachs are designed to digest and internally ferment grasses and other plants. Both of these processes—digestion and fermentation—naturally produce heat. This allows cows to heat themselves from the inside out if given enough food
Wood Ducks often eat acorns. They are swallowed whole and the shell is ground up in the gizzard before digestion. Wood Ducks also feed on other nuts, berries, seeds and eat insects and invertebrates.
It's only 21°C (70°F) today but the flies are still blowing bubbles in my garden. Scientists still don't know why they do it but there are several theories ranging from temperature &/or humidity control, to aid their digestion or send out pheromones to attract possible mates.
The young'uns have flown their nest and no longer provide Wasp with their sweet nutrients. So it must fly out to seek what it needs. Late Summer has fewer nectar-producing flowers, at least in the dry spell we're having. So this particular Wasp was reduced to following the alluring odor of Cape Sundew, the well-known carnivorous plant. Its 'hairs' secrete those little, sparkling drops of 'dew' that have a sweet, fruity scent (the taste to me, at least, is not at all sweet). But beware! that stong viscous fluid serves as a sticky trap for the nourishment of the plants whose tendrils will fold around an unaware, caught insect. Bingo! A good meal, certainly if the unfortunate creature is as large as our ensnared Wasp. More digestive secretions will within half a day or so have reduced Wasp to plant nutrient leaving only its chitin as a sign of a filling meal.
The elephant pees, poops, and covers his excrement with sand.
All in one go. All in the lovely African evening light.
Le centre monégasque de soins des espèces marines (CMSEM) a ouvert au musée océanographique de Monaco le 27 avril 2019. Il est accessible au public.
Cinq bassins sont en place pour accueillir des tortues blessées. Une centaine seraient repêchées en détresse chaque année en Méditerranée.
Les tortues blessées sont facilement reconnaissables : elles flottent et ne peuvent pas plonger en raison de troubles de digestion liés à l'ingestion de bouts de plastique.
Le nouveau centre monégasque propose aux plaisanciers et aux pêcheurs de les ramasser et de les alerter afin de les prendre en charge. Une fois soignées, les tortues sont relâchées en mer.
On rencontre en Méditerranée plusieurs centaines d'espèces de tortues marines. Elles peuvent atteindre 400 kg et 130 cm et évoluent à une quarantaine de kilomètres au large du littoral azuréen.
The Monegasque Center for the Care of Marine Species (CMSEM) opened at the Monaco Oceanographic Museum on April 27, 2019. It is open to the public.
Five pools are in place to accommodate injured turtles. A hundred would be recovered in distress each year in the Mediterranean.
Injured turtles are easily recognizable: they float and can not dive because of digestive disorders related to ingestion of plastic tips.
The new Monegasque center offers boaters and fishermen to pick them up and alert them to take care of them. Once treated, turtles are released at sea.
In the Mediterranean there are several hundred species of sea turtles. They can reach 400 kg and 130 cm and evolve about forty kilometers off the azure coast.
The rain was pouring down all day and the rugged disc golf course by the park was entirely deserted, so we let loose and had some FUN!!!! Tidda's digestion has made a rapid recovery on her new diet and we needed to celebrate!
With her off leash where she normally can't be, we explored all the soggy trails up and down the hillsides, stepping over earthworms and ducking under rain-laden branches. Soon Tidda's belly was thickly covered in mud. She dashed through the wet bushes like through a car wash, raced up and down steep inclines and happily jumped over obstacles. I was laughing and unguarded in a public space, and we shared a wonderful spontaneous joy together!
Bearded Reedling - Panurus Biarmicus
Norfolk Titchwell
aka Bearded Tit. (M)
This species is a wetland specialist, breeding colonially in large reed beds by lakes or swamps. It eats reed aphids in summer, and reed seeds in winter, its digestive system changing to cope with the very different seasonal diets.
Often having to take grit in order to help digestion.
The bearded reedling is a species of temperate Europe and Asia. It is resident, and most birds do not migrate other than eruptive or cold weather movements. It is vulnerable to hard winters, which may kill many birds. The English population of about 500 pairs is largely confined to the south and east with a small population in Leighton Moss in north Lancashire. In Ireland a handful of pairs breed in County Wexford. The largest single population in Great Britain is to be found in the reedbeds at the mouth of the River Tay in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, where there may be in excess of 250 pairs.
Other Breeding areas include Norfolk and Somerset and Alkborough Flats, lincolnshire.
Population:
UK breeding:
630 pairs
Europe:
232 - 437,000 birds
Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) has been valued since ancient times for its great healing properties. It is a symbol of the true perseverance of nature. Dandelions are full of antioxidants and boosts immune system. Other benefits include weight loos, kills cancer cells, supports bile secretion, healthy digestion and fights constipation.
Centaury is a small, annual herb, native to Europe and naturalized in the United States. It thrives in boggy meadows as well as in dry dunes. The root is fibrous and woody. The plant has pale green, oval leaves, a capsule fruit, and light pink to red flowers. The whole herb is used in medicine. Synonyms are Erythraea centaurium, C. umbellatum, C. minus. Centaurium consists of approximately 40 species (annuals or biennials)
The name of the genus to which it is at present assigned, Erythraea, is derived from the Greek erythros (red), from the colour of the flowers. The genus was formerly called Chironia, from the Centaur Chiron, who was famous in Greek mythology for his skill in medicinal herbs, and is supposed to have cured himself with it from a wound he had accidentally received from an arrow poisoned with the blood of the hydra. The English name Centaury has the same origin. The ancients named the plant Fel Terrae, or Gall of the Earth from its extreme bitterness. The old Engiish name of Felwort is equivalent in meaning to this, and is applied to all the plants of the Gentian family. It is also thought to be the 'Graveolentia Centaurea' of Virgil, to which Lucretius gives the more significant epithet of tristia, in reference to this same intense bitterness. As this bitterness had a healing and tonic effect attributed to it, we sometimes find the Centaury called Febrifuga and Feverwort. It is known popularly also as Christ's Ladder, and the name Centaury has become corrupted in Worcestershire to 'Centre of the Sun.'
Centaury is one of the classic bitters – it’s very straightforward in its bitterness. Its taste is clear, cold, and cutting.
Bitters like this will stimulate digestive secretions throughout the GI tract, helping you assimilate the nutrients from your food. They are also strongly drying and draining to stagnant fluids; centaury is helpful for mitigating fluid retention and edema. In addition, centaury is a stomachic herb – it strengthens the stomach in those who have weak digestion.
"Fricassee me in red wine you will not! "
Truth be told, Willie only ever has one glass before he roosts for the night, claims it aids with digestion.
Cape Of Good Hope
South Africa
The South African ostrich (Struthio camelus australis), also known as the black-necked ostrich, Cape ostrich or southern ostrich is a subspecies of the common ostrich endemic to Southern Africa.
The Ostrich (struthio camelus) is a member of a group of birds known as ratites, that is they are flightless birds without a keel to their breastbone. Of the 8,600 bird species which exist today, the ostrich is the largest. It cannot fly, but they are very fast runners.
Ostriches are mainly vegetarian, eating grass, succulents, berries and seeds, though they will also eat insects. They swallow large numbers of pebbles which help grind the harder food in the gizzard and aid digestion.
Ostriches normally mate for life, and they share the task of incubating the eggs. Ostriches form bisexual groups with a complex structure. Territorial males compete for flocks of 3 to 5 hens. Mating includes elaborate displays of hisses and dancing.
Most wild ostriches are found in fragmented groups in West, East and South Africa. - Wikipedia
CURIOSIDADES Y USOS:
Utilizado en la medicina natural desde la antigüedad.
Se dice que sus beneficios incluyen el alivio de las enfermedades respiratorias, el estrés, la depresión, el fortalecimiento del sistema inmunológico, el tratamiento de la inflamación e incluso la facilitación de una mejor digestión.
NOTA: NO UTILIZAR PLANTAS DE JARDÍN O SILVESTRES, PUEDEN CONTENER QUÍMICOS PELIGROSOS PARA LOS HUMANOS.
Los geranios son comidos por las larvas de algunas especies de lepidópteros, incluidas la mariposa lagarta cola parda, la polilla fantasma y la mariposa ratón.
CUMPLIMIENTO!!!! 😍
TERAPIA LOGRADA UN DÍA MÁS.
FUERZAAAAAA!!!
Y SEGUIMOS APOYÁNDONOS Y DISFRUTANDO POR ESTAS GALERÍAS. 💪✌👍💪😍
FELIZ NOCHE.
💚💖⭐🌟⭐🌟💪💪😍
Bearded Reedling - Panurus Biarmicus
aka Bearded Tit. (M)
A Schedule 1 Bird.
This species is a wetland specialist, breeding colonially in large reed beds by lakes or swamps. It eats reed aphids in summer, and reed seeds in winter, its digestive system changing to cope with the very different seasonal diets.
Often having to take grit in order to help digestion.
The bearded reedling is a species of temperate Europe and Asia. It is resident, and most birds do not migrate other than eruptive or cold weather movements. It is vulnerable to hard winters, which may kill many birds. The English population of about 500 pairs is largely confined to the south and east with a small population in Leighton Moss in north Lancashire. In Ireland a handful of pairs breed in County Wexford. The largest single population in Great Britain is to be found in the reedbeds at the mouth of the River Tay in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, where there may be in excess of 250 pairs.
Other Breeding areas include Norfolk and Somerset and Alkborough Flats, lincolnshire.
Population:
UK breeding:
630 pairs
Europe:
232 - 437,000 birds
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いつもふと目が合うこの子のことを僕は「ことり草」と呼んでいる
それはまるで木の小枝にことりたちが集まって楽しくおしゃべりしているみたい
今日はそのさえずりのボリュームがいちだんと大きく感じたのは
家ごとどこか遠くに吹き飛ばされてしまうかと思った春の嵐が過ぎ去った直後だから
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[original ver.] a song after the spring storm
Bearded Reedling - Panurus Biarmicus
aka Bearded Tit. (M)
A Schedule 1 Bird.
This species is a wetland specialist, breeding colonially in large reed beds by lakes or swamps. It eats reed aphids in summer, and reed seeds in winter, its digestive system changing to cope with the very different seasonal diets.
Often having to take grit in order to help digestion.
The bearded reedling is a species of temperate Europe and Asia. It is resident, and most birds do not migrate other than eruptive or cold weather movements. It is vulnerable to hard winters, which may kill many birds. The English population of about 500 pairs is largely confined to the south and east with a small population in Leighton Moss in north Lancashire. In Ireland a handful of pairs breed in County Wexford. The largest single population in Great Britain is to be found in the reedbeds at the mouth of the River Tay in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, where there may be in excess of 250 pairs.
Other Breeding areas include Norfolk and Somerset.
Population:
UK breeding:
630 pairs
Europe:
232 - 437,000 birds
You may know that its outer 'skin' is so hard and durable that pollen can survive even millions of years. Thus it can be used to date geological and archaeological finds, giving insight, for example, into the processes of climate change.
How then can an insect such as our Long Hoverfly eating pollen access the nutrients inside such a grain?
Well, the pollen grain is 'tricked' - as Christopher Hassall says. When pollen lands on a flower's stigma, the sticky, sweet surface signals it to open a germination pore in that hard outer covering. Through it a pollen tube grows down the style to the ovary to fertilise an ovule which if all goes well will become a seed.
Now, grains of pollen ingested by our Hoverfly into its mid-gut land in a similar environment with nectar and enzymes. They're induced to open a germination pore which gives those enzymes extraction access to pollen's nutrients, thus nourishing our insect and allowing it further life and more pollination work. The empty pollen grains are then normally evacuated.
The photo shows a Hoverfly licking a purple stamen of Field Bindweed for its white pollen. In the middle is the flower's stigma and pistil.
People with no sense of humor will want to pass this over, this is not for you... (My humor doesn't translate here, well, really, anywhere) 😄
Those that have no shame, trudge boldly ahead...
(Yeah, you, that guy way in the back!) :)
A Fish in Love...
Hank's a really smooth guy, this huge graceful bird...
Me? I can only hang onto his every word.
I have watched him daily while he stands at the pier...
That he won't see me, is my one greatest fear.
His long-chiseled beak, how he stands so erect!
That cool racing flag chest tattoo, it's all so perfect!
When he swoops me up which makes me giggle...
Into the air I flop, my tail starts to wiggle.
For all of this, so him I should thank...
Our picture perfect meeting at this lake's shallow bank.
"Lunch?" He said, just the two of us...
"Really?"
Is this too soon, or just me being silly?
He laughs and says that I'll definitely flip...
As he speaks of some very short and memorable trip...
He said that for me, something he's got planned...
A particular place he called, "The Promised Land".
Assuring me of safety, in a secure little nook...
Away from all of those razor-sharp, pointy fishing hooks.
He needs his lunch soon, and to this I screamed, "Oh God, no!"
He asked for my answer, "Yes, Hank", with you I will go!
Now I'm excitedly thinking he'll pop the big question...
At the destination he'd take me called,"State of Digestion".
He lifted me up with oh, such beautiful grace...
To tuck me away in that warm hiding place.
Please be real, and I hope it's all true...
Oh please God, I want him to take me, I really, really do.
Oh my dear beloved, I trust you I do...
My true blue, Hank the Heron, I'll always I love you.
Bearded Reedling - Panurus Biarmicus
Norfolk Titchwell
aka Bearded Tit. (Juvenile)
A Schedule 1 Bird.
This species is a wetland specialist, breeding colonially in large reed beds by lakes or swamps. It eats reed aphids in summer, and reed seeds in winter, its digestive system changing to cope with the very different seasonal diets.
Often having to take grit in order to help digestion.
The bearded reedling is a species of temperate Europe and Asia. It is resident, and most birds do not migrate other than eruptive or cold weather movements. It is vulnerable to hard winters, which may kill many birds. The English population of about 500 pairs is largely confined to the south and east with a small population in Leighton Moss in north Lancashire. In Ireland a handful of pairs breed in County Wexford. The largest single population in Great Britain is to be found in the reedbeds at the mouth of the River Tay in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, where there may be in excess of 250 pairs.
Other Breeding areas include Norfolk and Somerset and Alkborough Flats, lincolnshire.
Population:
UK breeding:
630 pairs
Europe:
232 - 437,000 birds
Argiope trifasciata es una especie de araña araneomorfa perteneciente a la familia Araneidae.1 En Europa solamente se la encuentra en la península ibérica, Madeira, Islas Baleares e Islas Canarias,2 y es fácilmente confundible con la araña tigre (Argiope bruennichi) por su gran similitud, pero la primera no tiene las franjas amarillas y negras tan intensas como la segunda.
Es relativamente frecuente en el sur de España. Presenta un marcado dimorfismo sexual. Su tela es grande, hasta 6 dm de diámetro; y su hilo uno de los más resistentes. Con una sola inseminación es capaz de poner varias puestas de las que salen gran número de arañas. Como casi todas las arañas, esta especie posee veneno, que inyecta a sus víctimas mediante los quelíceros (son piezas bucales acabadas en punta). Este veneno es paralizante y lleva incorporado unos jugos gástricos que provocan la digestión externa de las víctimas.Al igual que casi todas las otras arañas, estas especies son inocuas para los seres humanos.
These Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) flowers dotted up through the leaf litter at the Springfield Nature Center. They look so bright against all the fall leaves.
The large fleshy root emits a red sap that was used as a dye. The plant was used by Native Americans to treat hemorrhages, rheumatism, fevers, poor digestion, colds, and coughs. Today it is used as a plaque-inhibiting agent in toothpaste and moughwashes.