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Pitcher plants are several different carnivorous plants which have modified leaves known as pitfall traps—a prey-trapping mechanism featuring a deep cavity filled with digestive liquid. The traps of what are considered to be "true" pitcher plants are formed by specialized leaves. The plants attract and drown their prey with nectar.
These birds are usually the last of the southbound migrants in the fall, although this year we had a bit more variety. These birds have greater digestive flexibility and can process late berry crops, making them less vulnerable to a cold snap that suddenly reduces insect activity. Their relentless hawking of insects - pulling them out of the air in flight - makes them a bit of a challenge for photographers, but in small flocks they are often less skittish than other Warblers. This bird, helpfully displaying the yellow rump that gives it its name, looked at me briefly before charging off to feed. Though they can turn to berries they are clearly pretty aggressive in consuming insects, especially immediately before continuing their migration.
Blessed Thistle is a medicinal plant, is used in folk medicine for digestive problems such as gas, constipation, and stomach upset. This herb acts as an appetite stimulant and digestive aid. The entire plant is edible. The herb contains B-complex vitamins, calcium, iron and manganese. Today Blessed Thistle is used to treat digestive problems. It also cleanses the blood, improves circulation, and strengthens the heart. Blessed Thistle increases the appetite and stomach secretions, and works to heal liver and gallbladder diseases. It is also used for menopause and menstrual cramps, and can aid in increasing milk flow in nursing mothers. Blessed Thistle also works well in treating anorexia, indigestion, flatulence and colic. It can relieve headaches caused by a sluggish liver, lethargy and irritability and is used for reducing diarrhea. Blessed Thistle is known to alleviate inflammation and stop bleeding and cuts
MALACHI: “Look what I found, Mutzli!”
MUTZLI: “What is it, Malachi?”
MALACHI: “It’s a delicious chocolate coated McVities Digestive Biscuit!”
MUTZLI: “My goodness Malachi! It’s huge!”
MALACHI: “I know! It’s the perfect size for two little bears with grumbly tummies to enjoy for elevenses, Mutzli.”
MUTZLI: “But where did it come from, Malachi? It can’t have appeared on its own on this pretty plate.”
MALACHI: “That’s true Mutzli. I think Daddy left it on this plate.”
MUTZLI: “Then mightn’t this McVities Chocolate Digestive Biscuit be for Daddy, for his elevenses, Malachi?”
MALACHI: “You can be so dense sometimes, Mutzli. I should have thought it was obvious. Daddy isn’t here, so he must have left it for us to find and enjoy.”
MUTZLI: “Are you sure he just hasn’t left it here whilst he goes to make a cup of tea?”
MALACHI: “Daddy would be very silly to leave a McVites Chocolate Digestive unattended when there are bears with grumbly tummies around, Mutzli. No! It must be for us.”
MUTZLI: “Alright Malachi.” *Ponders.* “Are you quite sure Daddy won’t mind us eating this sweet biscuit?”
MALACHI: “Of course he won’t Mutzli! Daddy has a whole packet of McVites Chocolate Digestive Biscuits in the pantry if he so desires. He can get his own. Besides, don’t you have a grumbly tummy?”
MUTZLI: “Oh I do, Malachi! Grumbly tummy, Malachi. Grumbly tummy.” *Rubs tummy vigorously.*
MALACHI: “That settles it then! Let’s enjoy our elevenses.”
DADDY: “Ummm… Malachi?”
MALACHI: “Oh!” *Looks up and sees Daddy watching he and Mutzli. “Yes Daddy?”
DADDY: “Malachi, pardon me for asking this, but what exactly are you and Mutzli doing?”
MALACHI: “Well, I thought that was obvious Daddy! We are helping ourselves to some elevenses that you kindly left us. Grumbly tummy Daddy! Grumbly tummy!” *Rubs tummy vigorously.*
DADDY: “Well that's all well and good Malachi, but how am I meant to have my elevenses if you and Mutzli are eating it?”
MALACHI: “Well, I'm not entirely sure Daddy, but I'm sure you will think of something.” *Smiles and takes bite from of McVites Chocolate Digestive Biscuit.*
MUTZLI: “Hullo Daddy!” *Blushes pink beneath plush white fur.* “Grumbly tummy?”
The theme for "Looking Close on Friday" for the 14th of July is "sweet food in a square photo". I must confess that the older I get, the less of a sweet tooth I have, but I am still partial to the occasional McVities Dark Chocolate Digestive Biscuit with a cup of tea. I immediately thought of photographing one in the centre of one of my 1920s Art Deco Square plates (in this case a Royal Albert one featuring an unnamed pattern). However, I thought I would add a little bit of humour and interest to my submission for the theme this week by using Malachi and Mutzli again after their reappearance at "Looking Close on Friday" after a long hiatus for the themes "capture the time", "eraser" and "a single marble".
If you follow my photostream, you may know that I collect 1:12 size miniatures, some of which have featured in past themes in the "Looking Close on Friday" and "Smile on Saturday" groups. This includes Malachi the bear, who today is joined by his cousin, Mutzli and the pair are enjoying a larger than life elevenses treat of a sweet biscuit. I do hope that you like my choice, and that this photograph makes you smile!
Malachi I acquired in mid-March 2020 (and mid Coronavirus) from a wonderful Melbourne stalwart toy shop: Dafel Dolls and Bears, when I went looking for a present for one of my goddaughters. Malachi is designed by Mary and hand-made by Wendy Joy in Australia. He has articulated arms and legs, and an extremely sweet face. Malachi was the name he came with, written by hand on his little tag.
Mutzli was a lovely surprise gift from a dear friend in Britain who kindly slipped him into a parcel of other delightful gifts for me. Like Malachi, he is mohair, has articulated arms and legs, and an extremely sweet face. Mutzli got his name from the tiny gold tag around his neck. He is made by Mutzli, a Swiss bear manufacturer since 1949.
I was out looking for owls when I came across this male moose eating the twigs of willows in a frozen wetland area just off the road.
Of course, it was close and I had the longer prime lens on. But the bigger challenge was trying to focus on a dark eye in a dark animal that is fairly strongly backlit by the morning sun.
I am amazed that these big animals can subsist all winter on a diet that consists primarily of shrub branches. They must have a strong digestive system! Their longs legs, combined with the way they walk and run make them well-suited to getting around in deep snow. It doesn't take long for them to get into a forested area when they set their mind on it.
Pitcher plants are several different carnivorous plants which have modified leaves known as pitfall traps—a prey-trapping mechanism featuring a deep cavity filled with digestive liquid. The traps of "true" pitcher plants are formed by specialized leaves. The plants attract and drown their prey with nectar.
Carnivorous plants are plants that derive some or most of their nutrients from trapping and consuming animals or protozoans, typically insects and other arthropods. Carnivorous plants have adapted to grow in places where the soil is thin or poor in nutrients, especially nitrogen, such as acidic bogs. In 1875 Charles Darwin wrote Insectivorous Plants, the first well-known treatise on carnivorous plants.
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Windows to the Tropics, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami FL
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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"Les Consonnes" by LES RITA MITSOUKO, on 'Acoustiques' (1996)
This is a slope full of wood anemone. I took the photo in bright, late afternoon sun, on an early spring day (April 2, 2021).
A large patch of wood anemone (Anemonoides nemorosa) is a precious thing!
Why? It spreads extremely slowly--ca. 2m in a century (!! ). It self-seeds, but new plants take 3-4 years to produce flowers.
So a large patch of wood anemone means that the ground has not been cultivated or otherwise much disturbed for many, many years.
Possible toxicity: Some reports suggest that all parts of the plant are quite toxic. They indicate that forceful or extended-time contact with the skin can produce blisters and other inflammatory responses. Similarly, eating any part of the plant are said to cause lesions in the mouth and throat and various forms of digestive tract upsets. Toxicity does seem like a good defense mechanism for a slow growing, slow spreading plant.
Location: A small area of pasture and woodland, just off of Hellring, a lane adjacent to Wenkenpark, Riehen BS Switzerland.
In my album: Roaming Riehen.
I do enjoy a chocolate digestive biscuit but I'll put these away for later!!
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From the days when they put biscuits in bottles ... (actually the full wording on the bottle is "Watkins's Digestive Relish".
Previously posted in an uncropped, more luridly coloured version.
Actually blue Stilton and digestives but the strongest flavour comes from the bacteria so let’s be honest about what we’re eating.
Non, ne vous moquez pas! Le saumon au limoncello, c'est tellement bon que...il faut une petite sieste réparatrice après.
Alors détrompez-vous, je ne dors pas...je somnole!
Après un déjeuner en petit comité, nous faisons une promenade découverte au bord de la Luynes à côté du Pavillon de Chasse du Roy René
Well, it's that time of year again and autumn's upon us. Made a variation on traditional Tiffin bars, substituting digestives with ginger nut biscuits — makes them more moist and the ginger background kick is absolutely delicious.
I have only see them twice in ten years.
The Cape Hare is a nocturnal herbivore, feeding on grass and various shrubs. Coprophagy, the consumption of an organism's own fecal material to double the amount of time food spends in the digestive tract, is a common behaviour amongst rabbits and hares. This habit allows the animal to extract the maximum nourishment from its diet, and microbes present in the pellets also provide nutrients.
Like other hares, they run fast. The only predator which is capable of outrunning them is the cheetah. All other predators are ambush and/or opportunistic hunters; examples of these are leopards, caracals, and black-backed jackals.
After a 42-day-long pregnancy, the female gives birth to from one to three young, termed leverets, per litter and may have as many as 4 litters per year. A characteristic of hares which differentiates them from rabbits is that the young are born precocial; that is, the young are born with eyes open and are able to move about shortly after birth. The Cape Hare is no exception in this regard.
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Kruger National Park.
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Garcinia
family Clusiaceae
asia, australia ns.africa. out of 200 sp. 35 r found in India $ 17 r endemic sp.
evergreen sp.
aromatic, culinary, pharmaceutical, and industrial uses. The tree is also ornamental, with a dense canopy of green leaves and red-tinged tender emerging leaves
Garcinia indica seed contains 23-26% oil, which remains solid at room temperature and is used in the preparations of chocolates, medicines and cosmetics. It is used as a slightly bitter spice in recipes and as a souring agent and substitute for tamarind in curries and other dishes.
Recently, industries have started extracting hydroxycitric acid (HCA) from the rind of the fruit.
Garcinia indica has medicinal uses both as a digestive tonic, and to cope with paralysis.
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All proper, natural, organic SPONGES. Heraklion/Crete.
A sponge is a sea animal with a soft round body made of natural sponge.
Sponges do not have nervous, digestive or circulatory systems.
That wall of course was the first I saw, so literally attractive and eye-catching.
You didn’t seriously think I‘d walk out of there without a photograph of it did you? Ha ha…
A beautiful shop, where they sold olive soaps, fragrant herbs, delicious honeys, olive oils and ... aahh, yes, sponges!
Came home with lots of Mediterranean herbs and Saffron!
I composed it so that there was nothing else, not easy, it was jam-packed!
I was in my element.
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In Alaska, spruce grouse:
Spend most of the daylight in spruce trees, loafing, or feeding on needles.
Roost either in a spruce tree, on the snow near its trunk, or in a "snow-roost" beneath the snow surface at night.
Grow "snowshoes" on their toes in the fall to support themselves on snow and grip branches.
Enlarge their digestive system to process many conifer needles, which are low in protein and tough to digest.
Create a sealed dome under the snow to stay warm in inclement conditions.
The sight and sound of a calling Chaffinch is something that doesn't really generate a lot of interest and yet to me our gardens and woodlands would be a different place without them.
From a high base they are sadly in decline. There are two diseases that affect the Chaffinches, Fringilla Papillomavirus and Trichomonosis. Fringilla Papillomavirus is a mite which causes lumps and a ‘scaly’ look on the birds legs/feet. It can also spread to their beak. Trichomonosis affects a bird’s digestive system and is a disease caused by a parasite which is spread during breeding season when a bird regurgitates its food to feed its young.
This photo was taken in the woodlands closeby the visitors centre at Bempton. It is a great example of the variety to be found at this RSPB managed reserve. Everyone automatically thinks, seabirds when Bempton is mentioned, but there is also a good variety of farmland and woodland birds to be found.
Tracy's Sundew
Sundews emit a sweet smell that entices insects to come near it. Sundews are covered in a sticky mucus-like substance filled with digestive enzymes. Once the insect lands, the tentacle-covered leaves of the sundew curl around it and suffocate the insect before digesting it.
the digestive system, Ethiopia ~ 2010
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