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And not just the dinosaur... A familiar sight on the way to Dinosaur Provincial Park... This gas station and cafe have been closed for years now, although this land still is still used for the community mail box...
Superdomain: Neomura
Domain: Eukaryota
(unranked): Unikonta
(unranked): Obazoa
(unranked): Opisthokonta
(unranked) Holozoa
(unranked) Filozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
(unranked): Bilateria
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclass: Osteichthyes
Clade: Sarcopterygii
Class: Actinistia
Order: Coelacanthiformes
Suborder: Latimerioidei
Family: Latimeriidae
Subfamily: †Ticinepomiinae
Genus: †Foreyia
Species: †F. maxkuhni
Shoshone Ice Cave, Remains in the distance of cone of the volcano that caused the lava tube that became the cave. (B&W version of earlier photograph.)
DOSER
BNFE 19142
Western Fruit Express. This was attached to the FATSO Solid Cold. One of two reefer on the way to the scrapper . It is gone now (been scrapped), but not forgotten. This image is better viewed: LARGE
Benched in Los Angeles County, CA
The Welsh Sheepdog (Welsh: Ci Defaid Cymreig, pronounced is a landrace of herding dog from Wales. Some people incorrectly call a Welsh Sheepdog a Welsh Collie - usually 'Welsh Collie' is used for a cross between a Welsh Sheepdog and a Border Collie, who is often a milder dog and easier to manage than the pure breed. Like other types of working dog, Welsh Sheepdogs are normally bred for their herding abilities rather than appearance, and so they are generally somewhat variable in build, colour and size. Welsh Sheepdogs are of collie type, usually black-and-white, red-and-white or tricolour, and merle markings may occur over any of these combinations. The coat may be short or fairly long, and the ears are pricked, but usually folded at the tip. They are longer in leg, broader in chest and wider in muzzle than the Border Collie. They are extremely active and intelligent, and therefore need much exercise and mental stimulation, if they are to be kept as pets. Over many decades the Welsh Sheepdog has largely been replaced for working sheep in Wales by the Border Collie, a standardised breed. However, in more recent years, efforts have been made to maintain the indigenous Welsh Sheepdog as a distinct variety. Welsh Sheepdogs are usually of loose-eyed action, not fixing the stock with their gaze like the strong-eyed [de] Border Collie. They are able to work independently without necessarily being under direct human control. Welsh Sheepdogs are most often used for herding sheep, but also readily work cattle, goats, and even horses and pigs. Traditionally they were often used as droving dogs to take cattle and sheep to markets locally or elsewhere in Britain. The Welsh Sheepdog's life span is 12–15 years. At one time there existed many sheep-herding dogs peculiar to Wales; during the 18th century Welsh drovers taking sheep for sale took with them five or six sheepdogs as "herders on the narrow roads, guards against highwaymen, and providers of game on the route". These were an early type of Welsh Sheepdog, higher on the leg and more racily built than the modern day breed. However, by the 1940s the group had decreased to two or three breeds only. The ancient pure breeds of Black-and-Tan Sheepdog and Welsh Hillman were almost extinct, and were scarcely seen working. The type best known in Wales at that time was mostly descended from the old Black-and-Tan with an infusion of working Border Collie blood. In the 1940s the Welsh Sheepdog was still common throughout the north and central Welsh counties. In herding activities, it did not normally work low to the ground in "the showy manner sometimes seen in the work of the working [Border] Collies", as British dog fancier C. L. B. Hubbard put it in 1948.[1] It was variable in type; approximately 18 in (46 cm) in height, but the weight ranged from the lighter built, leggier dog of North Wales at 35 lb (16 kg) to the more solid 40 to 45 lb (18 to 20 kg) dogs of Glamorganshire and Monmouthshire. There were no dog show classes for the Welsh Sheepdog as it was purely a working breed. Welsh Sheepdogs are primarily herding dogs who have a natural ability with large flocks of sheep or cattle. Some have been trained to compete in dog agility trials, obedience, rally obedience, flyball, tracking, and herding events. Herding instincts and trainability can be measured at non competitive herding tests. Welsh Sheepdogs can be trained to compete in stock dog trials.
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Bourbon Crested Starling (Fregilupus varius). Extinct starling once endemic to reunion. 30 centimeters long, extinct due to introduced rats and hunting since 1837. Specimen from the Zoological Museum in Firenze, Italy.
Scale: 1:50
Producer: Safari Ltd (Wild Safari)
Released: 2016
Time: Late Jurassic Asia
Commentary and comparison photos: dinotoyblog.com/forum/index.php?topic=3390.msg127544#msg1...
The beautiful and tiny (about 3/4 inch long) Kihansi Spray Toad was an unknown species until 1996. That year the species was discovered in the spray zone around the Kihansi waterfalls in the southern Udzungwa Mountains in Tanzania.
The construction of Kihansi Dam in 1999 was the means of their undoing. Presently they only live in zoos. Since they seem to only thrive in spray zones, it is unlikely they will ever see the outdoors again.
This is also one of the only species of frog that gives birth to live young. No eggs on this toad and they have no place to go.
Scale: 1:25
Producer: Kaiyodo (Capsule Q Museum)
Released: 2015
Time: Late Devonian
Commentary and additional photos: dinotoyblog.com/forum/index.php?topic=3390.msg135243#msg1...
Extinct monsters and creatures of other days : a popular account of some of the larger forms of ancient animal life / by Rev. H. N. Hutchinson. With illustrations by J. Smit, Alice B. Woodward, J. Green, Charles Knight, and others.
London : Chapman & Hall, 1910.
Original Caption: Massed highrises of Waikiki District, favorite of tourists seen from top of diamond head, the famous extinct volcano. The Waikiki Improvement Association has formed an architectural design review board to oversee such building, but it is probably too late. In 1963 there were 9,203 hotel rooms in all of Oahu island. Today there are some 26,000 rooms, most of them here in Waikiki, October 1973
U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 412-DA-11213
Photographer: O'Rear, Charles, 1941-
Subjects:
Honolulu (Hawaii)
Environmental Protection Agency
Project DOCUMERICA
Persistent URL: research.archives.gov/description/553672
Repository: Still Picture Records Section, Special Media Archives Services Division (NWCS-S), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001.
For information about ordering reproductions of photographs held by the Still Picture Unit, visit: www.archives.gov/research/order/still-pictures.html
Reproductions may be ordered via an independent vendor. NARA maintains a list of vendors at www.archives.gov/research/order/vendors-photos-maps-dc.html
Access Restrictions: Unrestricted
Use Restrictions: Unrestricted
Lockett Meadow Campground in the heart of the San Francisco Peaks is primitive campground and day use area. It offers a scenic view of the San Francisco Peaks in the cool aspen trees that surround Lockett Meadow. This is a terrific campground for those who cherish a real mountain camping experience and love to hike wilderness trails. There is a small day use area, making this a beautiful place to have a picnic and enjoy the meadow and Peaks views. The Inner Basin Trail ascends from Lockett Meadow into the caldera of the San Francisco Peaks, an extinct volcano and home of the tallest peaks in Arizona.
Star gazing is just one of the many activities campers enjoy at Lockett Meadow. Arizona is renowned for clear, sunny days and incredible star-filled nights. Flagstaff was the world's first International Dark Sky Place, leading the movement to reduce light pollution in 1958 by enacting lighting ordinances that help protect northern Arizona's dark skies for local observatories, astronomers, and star gazers. Sedona, Big Parks/Village of Oak Creek, and area National Monuments have joined the ranks of Dark Sky Places, making the night skies over Coconino National Forest a magnificent sight most nights. The Milky Way is visible with the naked eye throughout northern Arizona, aided by Dark Sky ordinances, low population density, and extensive public lands.
Photo by Deborah Lee Soltesz, May 2017. Source: U.S. Forest Service, Coconino National Forest. See Lockett Meadow Campground and Inner Basin No. 29, the International Dark Sky Association, and the Coconino National Forest for more information.
Here, you can see a prime example of the aforethought extinct, Shy Coastal Gorilla, which was discovered Christmas Day in Daytona Beach, Florida. Unlike many other gorilla species, the Shy Coastal Gorilla is very thin, tall, and walks erect, leading some to believe that it is the notorious "Missing Link" in the evolutionary process.
The Shy Coastal Gorilla has a voracious appetite, and is an omnivore. Using its unusual, and deceptive charm, it manages to disarm those who would normally be wary of an animal of this size, by gaining their trust and causing them to erroneously believe that it is helpless, and in need of food and shelter. The Shy Coastal Gorilla especially enjoys gaining invites into homes where ham and mashed potatoes are being served, having long ago lost its desire for more organic fare, or the desire to hunt regularly, though it is perfectly able to. .
To identify the Shy Coastal Gorilla, scientists carefully examine the animal's stance, and behavior. Though sometimes found hanging from tree limbs, this species often stands erect, grinning from ear to ear, placing its finger up to its lips, in an effort to appear innocent. Extreme caution must be used when approaching this animal, as it will use its cunning and ability to engage and entertain passers by, sometimes to the point of hysteria, which has been known to result in some people literally laughing themselves to death!
The Shy Coastal Gorilla can most often be seen in public places like Walmart, or as in this case, my brother's front yard. Do not attempt to approach the Shy Coastal Gorilla if you encounter one. While doing so is not usually dangerous, the most likely result will be that your pantry will be emptied of food. It is advisable not to feed this species unless you want to have it around your neighborhood permanently, which could be advantageous to those suffering from depression.
Several more captures will be posted to make identification easier, although when you've seen one, you most likely won't have difficulty distinguishing it from other apes due to its rubber-like, frozen facial features. The most common physical traits of the Shy Coastal Gorilla are its erect, lanky posture, its black fur, idiotic fixed grin, eyes that may appear to have slipped below the eye socket, and brightly colored, slip on, tennis shoes.
On October 21, 2015, the Cleveland Museum of Natural History (@goCMNH) had their monthly Think & Drink with the Extinct (#ThinkandDrink). The evening's theme was "Paleontology - Fossils and Ferments."
Raise a glass and increase your knowledge of the natural world at one of the brainiest happy hours in Cleveland!
Third Wednesday at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History is #ThinkandDrink. Each month highlights a different field of research or Museum area, and offers exclusive access to professional staff and researchers, paired with unique experiences and interactive demonstrations. Cash beer/wine bar. Complimentary light snacks. Food available for purchase.
Juanacatlán Falls (Spanish: El Salto de Juanacatlán) is a waterfall on the Santiago River in the Mexican state of Jalisco, once known as the Niagara of Mexico. Decreased flow in the Santiago River has left the falls now virtually extinct.
Coordinates: 20.5132°N 103.1752°W
About thirty years ago, the falls were cleaner than ever and plenty of tourists visited it. But, now the falls have been polluted by toxic wastes, chemicals, and garbage from the factories and the nearby city of Guadalajara. These once-majestic falls, the first Mexican landscape on a postage stamp back in 1899, have been reduced to a trickle of foul-smelling effluent. At the start of the twentieth century, the falls provided hydro-electric power for Guadalajara and turned the wheels of a cotton and woolen mill, the ruins of which now stand to one side. The region where the Santiago lies is a heavily industrious area. Since the implements of the North American Free Trade Agreement or NAFTA in 1994, the region has been transformed into one of Mexico's largest industrial zones with factories dumping their wastes into the river.
There have been any people who with diseases caused by the river, and many of them have died because of the toxins that spread to the air, but the most famous incident is the boy named Miguel Angel Lopez Rocha, who was playing with his friends and accidentally slipped and fell into the river. He got out of the river and decided to keep playing until his clothes were dried. He died 18 days later because of arsenic poisoning. The river has been known to have 400 times more arsenic than the acceptable limit.
People have been known to have respiratory diseases because of the toxins that also have been spread into the air. There have been reports of Leukimia and Cancer in the nearby town of El Salto which is near the river. But it is not just Cancer and Leukemia, government health statistics have also shown that respiratory disease and kidney failure are also among the highest causes of death in El Salto.
Fortunately, the federal government recently installed a $65 million treatment plant near El Salto. The plant removes some of the foam from the river, but not heavy metal wastes. Nevertheless, the arsenic level in the river has decreased. The government estimates that cleaning the Santiago river would cost $873 million.
In February 2020 the government of Jalisco launched an investigation into the source of heavy metals and other pollutants in the Grande de Santiago River, which feeds the once-spectacular Juanacatlán Falls.[1]
The Glossotherium, an extinct giant ground sloth belongs to a group of mammals that have bony body armor, like the armadillo.
The Hall of Primitive Mammals, one of two halls in the Lila Acheson Wallace Wing of Mammals and Their Extinct Relatives, traces the lower branches of the evolutionary tree of mammals, including monotremes, marsupials, sloths, and armadillos.
The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), located at Central Park West and 79th Street, comprises of 28 interconnected buildings housing 45 permanent exhibition halls, in addition to a planetarium and a library, across 2-million square feet. The collections contain over 33 million specimens of plants, animals, fossils, minerals, rocks, meteorites, human remains, and human cultural artifacts. Founded in 1869, the museum opened in the original Victorian Gothic building designed by J. Wrey Mould in 1877. A southern expansion, a rusticated Richardsonian Romanesque by J. Cleveland Cady, extends 700 feet along West 77th Street and in 1936, John Russell Pope added the overscaled Beaux Arts entrance on Central Park West.
A Mammoth is a large extinct elephant with a hairy coat and curved tusks.
On my day out 'photo hunting' with my friend Loretta I found this one on top of Mammoth Hill at the Watermead Country Park , Birstall. Prehistoric remains of mammoth, bison and deer were discovered in the now flooded gravel pits of the Watermead Country Park. This one was quite happy to pose for me, lol.
Watermead is a two mile long park, with a wetland area and lakes. An ideal spot for walking, fishing, cycling, picnics, birdwatching and watersports. Plenty ducks and swans on the lake, and loads of dragonflies. It is adjacent to the canal and a river.
Extinction Rebellion à Lausanne, après les scientifiques ce sont les médecins et soignants qui les ont rejoints cette fois.
Courageux ou inutiles, ils ont au moins le mérite de ne pas laisser indifférents... comme une piqûre de rappel dont on a bien besoin.
Mount Barker.
At the time of European settlements Mount Barker had around 300 Aboriginal people from the Peramargk tribe living in the township area but by 1884 they were reported as being extinct. They had suffered from their loss of land, their food supplies and their cultural spiritual base as well as from European diseases. Some moved away to live on missions. The first European to sight Mount Barker was Captain Charles Sturt on his epic voyage down the Murray in February 1830. He mistook Mt Barker for Mt Lofty sighted and named in 1802 by Captain Matthew Flinders. This mistake was corrected by the explorations of Captain Collet Barker in April 1831 when he officially recorded the error in his journals. Captain Sturt changed to name of the mountain to Barker after Barker’s unfortunate death and disappearance near Encounter Bay. By 1838 herds of livestock began to arrive at Mt Barker from NSW on their way to Adelaide. Mt Barker was an ideal place for stock to recover their condition after their long walk from Sydney as there was ample grass and water there. By the end of 1838 settlers were attempting squat on the land with no legal claim to it but this was averted by the Special Surveys Act of 1838 which allowed the wealthy to pay £4,000 for a survey of 4,000 acres in a site of their choosing. Consequently the first Special Survey in SA was the Mt Barker survey of January 1839 for Dutton, Finniss and MacFarlane. These three envisaged an absentee landlord system like in England with tenant farmers on the land growing wheat. That system continued in parts of Mt Barker until around 1880. From the start wheat was a viable crop with tenant, and freehold farmers who had purchased some of the government sections, sold in 80 acre lots. By early 1840 Mt Barker township was laid out by the owners of the Special Survey and some of their 4,000 acres was also put up for sale. By 1845 Mt Barker had a Courthouse, police station, a steam flourmill run by John Dunn, an inn and some houses. By 1851 it had a second hotel, a Presbyterian and a Wesleyan church from 1850. Other churches followed in later years including the current Dunn Memorial Methodist Church in 1883, the Catholic Church from 1911( there had been an earlier one from 1850 on the other side of the railway line), and the Anglican Church from 1856 with its rectory from 1901. Robert Barr Smith of Auchendarroch had contributed to the cost of the rectory in 1901. Other significant structures in the growing town were the second Courthouse built in 1865, the original Post Office built in 1860, Daw’s Butcher Shop erected in 1884 and the early National Bank built in 1866.
In the 1850s Mt Barker established its own district council, 1853, and the Courier newspaper in 1880, a brewery, two local iron works and foundries for agricultural equipment and wrought iron lace work, and a tannery which processed skins from as far away as Broken Hill. Then after 1889 when Amos Howard discovered subterranean clover at Blakiston and a way of extracting the seeds the local agriculture shifted from wheat growing to pasture improvement for dairy cattle. Mt Barker began producing butter. Into the twentieth century the town also had smallgoods works, and a small industry round the subterranean clover seeds and machines to extract the seeds. One local “industrialists” became the social and political leader of Mt Barker and that was John Dunn the flourmill. He had his mansion the Laurels built around 1860on a rise overlooking the town. The mansion even had its own chapel plus extensive gardens and servants’ quarters. Today it is used for a retirement village. At the other end of town Robert Barr Smith of Torrens Park house bought the old Oakfield Hotel site in 1878 and created his summer retreat there which he gave a good Scottish name to - Auchendarroch. The new house cost £10,200 and was designed by architect John Grainger. Joanna Barr Smith another fortune decorating the house especially with William Morris fabrics and wallpapers. In 1922 the Trustees of the Memorial Hospital in North Adelaide purchased the house as a convalescent hospital. During World War Two the Red Cross used it for the same purpose. More recently it has been converted into a cinema complex and function centre by Wallis Cinemas. It is still a grand house in the French Empire style with many classical features and Victorian architectural exuberance.
Extinct monsters and creatures of other days : a popular account of some of the larger forms of ancient animal life / by Rev. H. N. Hutchinson. With illustrations by J. Smit, Alice B. Woodward, J. Green, Charles Knight, and others.
London : Chapman & Hall, 1910.
Commentary.
Capital of Scotland.
The Athens of the North.
Built on and around extinct volcanic plugs.
The Royal Mile is a special High Street linking
the Royal Palace of Holyrood to
Edinburgh’s Castle, on its volcanic rock.
The architectural masterpiece that this city represents, can be viewed from summits of 100, 150 and 251 metres,
namely Calton Hill, Salisbury Crags and Arthur’s Seat.
What can be seen from these landmarks? So much, including:
Holyrood Palace, Scottish Parliament Building,
“Armadillo” Discovery Building, St. Giles Cathedral,
Edinburgh Castle, Princes Street,
Waverley Station, Scott Memorial, Leith and its docks,
Edinburgh’s Georgian “New” Town, Dean Village,
Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh Zoo,
many churches and two more Cathedrals,
at least a dozen museums, the Firth of Forth,
the Kingdom of Fife and even the Queensferry Crossing.
The so-called New Town is reminiscent of Bath,
with its splendid Georgian Crescents and Squares.
Across the city there are many medieval buildings,
like the house lived in by John Knox, full of character and distinction.
Edinburgh is one of the most popular cities for visitors from Britain and Europe.
Huge numbers of tourists also come from Asia, America, Oceania and Africa.
Events like the Military Tattoo and “Fringe” street entertainers
attract hundreds of thousands of visitors every year.
In summer, the city can be as busy at 03:00 as it is at 15:00.
Like London it is immense because of its fabulous culture,
amazing history and the huge number of places of genuine interest.
It is certainly one of my favourite cities.
I found this poor bugger stuck in the Museum of Natural History in New York. He was dumped at the top of a staircase, with no fanfare. I can't imagine many people taking notice of it unless they happened to recognise that it was a Tasmanian Tiger. The thing died in a Boston zoo. I got really sad, even a little teary looking at it. It was a skinny stuffed thing, but I thought it was very beautiful, which kind of suprised me. I thought if this is all that's left, then it should really be back home in Tasmania. The sadness of the animal's extinction tends to get lost behind stories about whether there are survivors out there in the wildness. There aren't, and humanity's to blame. We suck.
PS. Another Tassie Tiger photo can be found at www.flickr.com/photos/cenz/11848145/
Down the volcano on the north coast.
At the eastern end of the island, this high plateau is crowned by the extinct volcano Maunga Pu A Katiki (400m) and bound in by steep cliffs. There are also three small volcanic domes, one of which sports a huge mask carved into the rock that looks like a giant gargoyle. Also worth looking for is a series of small moai that lie facedown, hidden amid the grass, as well as the Grotto of the Virgins (Ana O Keke).
Legend has it that this cave was used to confine virgins so that their skin would remain as pale as possible. It's worth crawling inside if you don't feel dizzy (there's a little path that leads to it, on a ledge, with the unbroken sweep of the Pacific below) to admire a series of petroglyphs.
The best way to soak up the primordial rawness of Península Poike is to take a day hike with a guide because the sights are hard to find.
One of dozens of original paintings by Julian P. Hume housed at the Smithsonian Institution (Washington, D.C.).
On a visit to the Smithsonian in October 2003, Helen James & Storrs Olson showed us several wonderful paintings of an artist depiction of extinct Hawaiian subfossil avifauna. The truth is, however, that no one alive really knows what they actually looked like. But, Julian does a great job of bringing the bones to life with his world class paintings!
Helen & Storrs allowed me to take photographs with the condition that they not be shown publicly until published. The photos were finally published in "Extinct Birds of Hawaiʻi" (2016) by Michael Walther and generously illustrated by Julian P. Hume.
This comparison painting shows a scaled reconstruction of extinct Hawaiian geese with nēnē (far right).
From left to right:
+ Giant Hawaiian goose (Branta sp.), Hawaiʻi Island; extinct
+ Kauaʻi Turtle-jawed goose (Chelychelynechen quassus), Kauaʻi; extinct
+ Maui nui moa-nalo (Thambetochen chauliodous), Maui, Lānaʻi and Molokaʻi (Maui Nui); extinct
+ Oʻahu moa-nalo (Thambetochen xanion), Oʻahu; extinct
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+ Stumbling moa-nalo (Ptaiochen pau), Maui
+ Greater Hawaiian goose or Nēnē-nui (Branta hylobadistes), Maui and possibly Oʻahu and Kauaʻi; extinct
+ Nēnē or Hawaiian goose (Branta sandvicensis), exant on Kauaʻi, Oahu, Molokai, Maui and Hawaiʻi Island
Helen working
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Helen & Storrs
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Street Play (Theru koothu), the oldest and most powerful art form is a folk theatre performed in the open mostly during temple festivals in the villages of Tamilnadu, India. the performances generally depict scenes from ancient epics like Ramayana, Mahabharatha and tamil classical epics. There will be no dialogues instead only songs. Artists are trained to sing in their own voice and in a high pitch to reach entire crowd, since no technology available that time. The artists dressed up with complex heavy costumes and have a very bright elaborated makeup. They put on high towering head dress, sparkling shoulder plates and wide colorful skirts. Usually the whole trope will be played by males, even female characters also be performed by males.
Different variety of koothu includes Nattu Koothu, Kuravai Koothu, and Valli Koorhu, which are of about the state and culture of different peoples in Tamil country; Samaya Koothu showcasing religious topics, Porkaala Koothu, Pei Koothu, Thunangai Koothu about martial arts and war of the country. Another important art form viz, Chakyar koothu is very popular in Kerala.
In early days, they were respected for their skills and were invited to perform in villages during the festivals. The plight has changed over time, Street plays are now becoming extinct even in the rural villages of India, as the younger generation opt for dance programs, light music instead of street play.