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It was frosty and sunny so I had a walk round the Cruickshank Botanical Gardens in Old Aberdeen. I did not expect to see so many flowers out on a freezing February morning.
The Seven Dwarfs sign in Wheaton, Illinois, features a dwarf more impish than his Disn*y counterparts.
This is my character from a Dungeons & Dragons campaign. He's a dwarf runepriest and paladin. I didn't spend much time on this figure, other than swapping out an axe for a sword. I might revisit it later to add some details, but I had a bunch of figures to get ready for a campaign so I chose mine of the bunch to speed through. This is a Reaper model.
Believed to be dwarfism caused by allopatric speciation (a small population that isolated from its parent, usually subject to strong Genetic Drift) of the extinct Straight-tusked Elephant, the Dwarf Elephants populated the Mediterranean islands during the Pleistocene. These fossils were specifically found in a cave in Sicily, where their skulls may have given rise to the mythological cyclops.
Naturmuseum Senckenberg, Frankfurt Am Main, Hesse, Germany
Color of Life Color Conceals: Cuttlefish are excellent examples of cryptic coloration. Chromatophores in the cuttlefish skin are controlled neurologically, allowing almost immediate color change disappearing into its background right before your eyes.
Ref: California Academy Color of Life exhibit 2015
TAXONOMY
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Sepiida
Family: Sepiidae (Cuttlefishes, shell internalized)
Genus/species: Sepia bandensis
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS: S. bandensis has 8 arms with rows of suckers along each and 2 feeding tentacles. It moves by the undulation of lateral fins that surround the body. Cuttlefish have an internal shell within their bodies that they can fill with more or less gas to create neutral buoyancy. The cuttlebone is often collected and used as a calcium supplement, beak sharpener, and all-purpose toy for caged birds.
Like most cephalopods, cuttlefish have 3 hearts. Two hearts pump blood to the gills, and a central heart pumps oxygenated blood to the body.
Length up to 10 cm (4 inches)
DISTRIBUTION/HABITAT: The Indo-Pacific region, including the Philippines, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea.
Found in shallow coastal waters near or on coral reefs or sandy substrates.
DIET IN THE WILD: Crustaceans and fish. The Cuttlefish changes colors and patterns as it approaches prey then ejects its feeding tentacles to capture its prey with its suckers and eating it with a parrot-like beak and a radula. Active diurnally.
ACADEMY DIET: Shrimp and crab (M Avila, staff biologist)
LONGEVITY: Life span: 6 mos. to 3 yrs.
REMARKS: Masters of camouflage, cuttlefish and most cephalopods can change their colors, shapes and textures in seconds to avoid predators and blend into their surroundings. They have keen vision, but are color blind.
They also produce large amounts of ink, both as a decoy and foul-tasting deterrent. Known as sepia ink, after the genus name of cuttlefish, it was a dye once prized by artists.
The Steinhart Aquarium is the first institution in the U.S. to breed dwarf cuttlefish. To date, (2010) more than 350 have hatched at the Academy, most of which have been sent to other aquaria and research institutions. Quote from Rich Ross, Academy biologist and cuttlefish breeder extraordinaire: Over time, [cuttlefish] learn to recognize and respond to you, and will often greet you when you walk into the room (or maybe they just know you bring the food). They are smart, beautiful and unusual, and unlike certain other eight-armed cephalopods (think octopus), they don’t try to escape from your aquarium!
References
California Academy of Sciences Steinhart Aquarium Water is Life Surviving 2016 AQG13
The Marine Biology Coloring Book 2nd Ed. Thomas Niesen 2000
EOL Encyclopedia of Life eol.org/pages/591499/details
Ron's flickr www.flickr.com/photos/cas_docents/3953684359/in/album-721...
Ron's Wordpress shortlink wp.me/p1DZ4b-1yp
10-15-11, 11-7-14, 7-22-15, 12-8-16
Here is finished piece... Silly me - I did not realize I could not take part in the challenge (joined too late). Finished it anyhow. Good practice is never bad.
by Chase Howard
Botanists recently confirmed the discovery of dwarf sundew (Drosera brevifolia) in Maryland, where it was reported growing in open areas with wet, peaty sand near Nassawango Creek in Worcester County on Nature Conservancy property. Local botanist, Chase Howard, made the discovery and contacted the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and The Nature Conservancy to confirm.
© Jean Marc-Teychenne 2004
Dwarf Athletic Games
UK weight lifters just before the competition. 28 yr. old Jason Erwing (to the left), from Manchester, won the competition with a lift (and personal best) of 170kgs. Jason started weight lifting 10 yr. ago, he is the current European Dwarf silver medallist. He also won the discus event 16.10m. Jason is under lottery funding to get prepared for the 2004 Paralympic games in Athens.
creador.Eric Joisel
plegado:Sergio.A.Spinolo
Lo plegue con un cuadrado de papel afiche de 30 CM(naranja y blanco,solo utilise la parte blanca).Del cp que se publico el tanteidan book N°13,es un modelo que da para mucho juego,para ponerlo en muchas posiciones y por supesto si se utilisa papel sandwich mucho mejor,el autor recomienda un tamaño del papel inicial de 50 CM para darle mucho mejor los detalles de la cara y el cuerpo.
Punica granatum var. nana (dwarf pomegranate) fruiting in the Warm Temperate Pavilion. Photo by Michael Stewart.
This is my second attempt at miniature painting. This is still a work in progress, but it is starting to come together nicely.
Our Dwarf Hamster, Elly nibbling some cucumber with one of her babies under her arm.
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Dwarfs from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs float Main Street Electrical Parade on Main Street, U.S.A. at Magic Kingdom Park in Walt Disney World Resort.
Out of focus, but still has its charm. Would be great for a flyer. At Sex Dwarf at Fluid Nightclub in Philadelphia, Friday, July 20, 2006.
Dwarf rhododendron in the garden. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene.
See www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/26085040093/ for a 3D version
Hubble Space Telescope image of the dwarf galaxy ESO 540-31. Note the multitude of other galaxies in the background.
Dwarf Golden Hemlock Bonsai - Very slow growing. It will reach 3.5' tall in 20 years when planted in the landscape. Very rare and hard to find in my area, unless you know the guy who discovered it. Discovered and propagated from a Witch's broom.
The Common Dwarf Mongoose (Helogale parvula), sometimes just called the Dwarf Mongoose, is a small African carnivore belonging to the mongoose family (Herpestidae).
The Common Dwarf Mongoose is primarily found in dry grassland, open forests, and bush land, up to 2,000 meters in altitude. It is especially common in areas with many termite mounds, their favorite sleeping place. The species avoids dense forests and deserts. The Common Dwarf Mongoose can also be found in the surroundings of settlements, and can become quite tame.
The species ranges from East to southern Central Africa, from Eritrea and Ethiopia to Transvaal and South Africa.
The Common Dwarf Mongoose is a diurnal animal. It is a social species that lives in family groups of two to thirty animals. There is a strict hierarchy within a group, headed by a dominant pair. The dominant female is usually the leader of the group. All group members cooperate in helping to rear the pups and guarding the group from predators.
Dwarf mongooses are territorial, and each group uses an area of approximately 30-60 hectares (depending on the type of habitat). They sleep at night in disused termite mounds, although they occasionally use piles of stones, hollow trees, etc. Territories often overlap slightly, which can lead to confrontations between different groups.
Generally, only the group's dominant female becomes pregnant and she is responsible for 80% of the pups reared by the group. If conditions are good, subordinate females may also become pregnant but their pups rarely survive. After the gestation period of 53 days, 4-6 young mongooses are born. They remain below ground (within a termite mound) for the first 2-3 weeks. Normally one or more members of the group stay behind to babysit while the group goes foraging. At 4 weeks of age the pups begin accompanying the group.
A mutualistic relationship has evolved between Dwarf Mongooses and hornbills, in which hornbills seek out mongooses in order to forage together and warn each other of nearby birds of prey and other predators
San Diego Zoo-San Diego Ca.
The latest draft (the white one at the bottom) is on a 12x12 grid with three waterbomb bases in the middle for the hat, face, and beard. The pleats for the arms, fingers, and legs develop naturally as the model is collapsed.