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A vulture looking for left overs. Taken at Masai Mara
Game Reserve.
Some Vulture Facts.
Vultures are incredibly diverse. There are over 20 species found across the world.
Vultures are found on every continent except Australia and Antarctica.
Vultures lay only one egg every year or so.
A vulture can eat up to 1 kilogram (about 2 pounds) of meat in a single meal. That’s over 10% of its body weight!
In Asia, some vultures are almost extinct and have declined by 99% in just 15 years.
Vultures have huge ranges. For example, researchers found a single vulture using all of Kenya, northern Tanzania, and even going into Ethiopia and Sudan.
All vultures eat carrion or dead animals for at least part of their diet.
In ancient Egypt, vultures were used as a symbol of femininity.
In Germany, police have trained turkey vultures to help them find missing people.
Because many species of vultures are social, vultures are highly affected by poisoning. Over a hundred birds can be killed at just one poisoned carcass.
Vultures are the ultimate recyclers. They can strip a carcass in just a few hours. They keep our environment clean and disease-free.
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Ammonites are an extinct group of marine invertebrate animals in the subclass Ammonoidea of the class Cephalopoda.
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The beaver has been extinct in the UK since the 16th century, however up and down the land there are now numerous reintroduction projects. Apart from the wish to see the introduction of a large mammal back into our countryside there are now strong arguments that the beaver through its dam creation will help transform many of our smaller rivers. It is expected that by building the dams the flow of water will reduce after heavy rain and therefore gradually release the run off rather than produce the deluge we often see. Of course dam creation creates ponds and floodplains which in turn will have a knock on effect on the environment. There is one such designated release area not too far from me but I have yet to see the star attractions.
This photo was taken on our recent American trip in Oregon close to the coast at Barview which is just north of Tillamook. I should have expected we might have struck lucky as Oregon is known as the "Beaver State".
I had spotted somewhere to photograph a heritage diesel service and whilst I waited the beaver appeared. Alas I only had my standard lens to hand. The diesel passed, I got my shot and returned to the car to grab my long lens. This time Shirley accompanied me and for once was pleased I had stopped for a railway photograph. Thankfully it was quite active and reappeared a couple more times. Clearly it was an industrious individual.
Snow Leopards.
Panthera uncia
According to data provided by The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) the sad reality is that it estimated to be less than 4,000 Snow Leopards in the wild and this is despite the fact these magnificent creatures are spread over a 2 million Km2 region of the globe.
This data reveals that sadly the Snow Leopard is now the most endangered cat on the planet.
It is estimated that approximately 450 of these magnificent animals are killed each year by farmers.
Often referred to as mountain ghosts due to their swiftness and agility to kill up to 20 goats or sheep contained within a pen it is this reason why the Snow Leopard is hunted and killed.
The loss of livestock severely impedes on the livelihoods of the poverty stricken farmers.
It is a vicious cycle in that in their attempt to survive the Snow Leopard is in turn depriving farmers of their respective livelihoods and in turn hunt and kill the leopards.
The Snow Leopard is commonly found in the rugged mountains of Central Asia and includes twelve countries from Afghanistan, China, Mongolia, Nepal, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Bhutan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Pakistan, India and Kazakhstan.
A hardy creature the Leopards survive in temperatures ranging from -40 degrees Centigrade to 40+ Centigrade and their main source of food is obtained from Blue Sheep (Bharal) Argali and the Asiatic Ibex.
Billabong Zoo is just one of four Australian zoo’s to have Snow Leopards in their care, Kamala, Sabu, Samarra and Khumbu today call Billabong home and each one weighs in at about 35 kg.
We need to ensure the longevity of the Snow Leopard before they too are removed from the Endangered Species list to the Extinct list.
Billabong Zoo.
Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia.
UP LPR49C hauls through Palatine, IL on the journey to Janesville, WI. Unfortunately, this train was recently placed on the abolished list and these SD40Ns no longer see much action on the Harvard Sub.
Been through National Park lots of times but don't often get to see these extinct volcanos very often as the weather is usually bad but this day you could see them just!
Wicker Park Warlords from a time before the hood flipped affluent; found this acting on a tip from "Mr. Eastvill". Between Schiller & Evergreen on Damen. (Gang Graffiti)
It is with great sadness that the Beautiful Tigers in Cambodia are now considered extinct.
Here is a link: www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/apr/06/tigers-declar...
Timanfaya National Park, Lanzarote
The spectacular volcanic landscape, that covers a quarter of the island, was created over six years of near-continuous volcanic eruptions that took place between 1730 and 1736, with a smaller episode in 1824. The scale of the eruptions was enormous, with an estimated 2,000,000,000m3 of lava spewed out from more than 100 volcanoes onto previously-fertile land and villages, as well as reclaiming some new land from the sea. Although the majority of the eruptions took place nearly 300 years ago, Lanzarote’s dry climate means that the Volcanic landscape is relatively unchanged since that time.
Erlebniszoo Hannover, Hanover, Germany
Der Berberlöwe, Atlaslöwe oder Nubische Löwe (Panthera leo leo) ist eine Unterart des Löwen. Sie war ursprünglich in Nordafrika heimisch und ist heute in freier Wildbahn ausgestorben.
The Barbary lion is an African lion (Panthera leo leo) population that is considered extinct in the wild. This population inhabited the Atlas Mountains ranging from Morocco to Tunisia and is also known as the Atlas lion.
Quelle Wikipedia
Little game? Brown bears or white bears, which will become extinct first? Today I'm sour, I feel the breath of the circus on my neck like a lion (and in fact my sign is lion).
Partitina? Orsi bruni o orsi bianchi, chi si estinguerà prima? Oggi sono acida, mi sento sul collo il fiato del circo come un leone (e infatti il mio segno è leone).
Long since extinct in the UK, a number of white storks were recently reintroduced & some made their way down to my corner of Cornwall.
Cornwall 2020 calendar: www.DanRansley.net/prints/2020calendar
Extinct in the UK since the 1851 and an endangered species in Europe. So I was particularly pleased to witness this rare butterfly in Arcis sur Aube, France
Extinct fossilized Woolly Mammoth ivory carved bear head from Alaska. A lovely souvenir of watching the bears in Kodiak!
Photo taken with a LensBaby Velvet 56 lens.
Natural history museum in New York. That ceiling is a minimalist, abstract or pattern junkie paradise.
This is another version of my recent picture Prehistoric Sunset on the Marsh. I removed the dinosaurs from that one and replaced them with balloons. At least balloons aren't extinct...although after this picture they may have to go into hiding for a while.
after yesterdays Boris Eldagsen / sony awards / fiasco
i was inspired to dig out some old images
created using similar tools from last year
he was kind enough to message me back late last night
despite being interviewed on the bbc at 6am this morning
This Butterfly is officially extinct in the UK, but there is a small colony in the West Midlands at the moment in a small Nature Reserve. They have clearly been released there by someone.
This Butterfly is officially extinct in the UK, but there is a small colony in the West Midlands at the moment in a small Nature Reserve. They have clearly been released there by someone.
"Ammonoids are an extinct group of marine mollusc animals in the subclass Ammonoidea of the class Cephalopoda. These molluscs, commonly referred to as ammonites, are more closely related to living coleoids (i.e., octopuses, squid, and cuttlefish) than they are to shelled nautiloids such as the living Nautilus species.[1] The earliest ammonites appear during the Devonian, and the last species died out in the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event.
Ammonites are excellent index fossils, and it is often possible to link the rock layer in which a particular species or genus is found to specific geologic time periods. Their fossil shells usually take the form of planispirals, although there were some helically spiraled and nonspiraled forms (known as heteromorphs). "
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This is a Christmas Island blue-tailed skink (Cryptoblepharus egeriae). It is only found on Christmas Island and although abundant in numbers there around 1979 there has been a catastrophic decline in numbers since the early 1980s. By 2010 they were believed to be extinct in the wild. The root cause of such a decline is unknown but the prime culprits/candidates are cats, rats, wolf snakes, yellow crazy ants and giant poisonous centipedes all of which have been inadvertently introduced to the Island.
In 2009 a captive breeding program was established on the Island and despite limited funding a few dedicated researchers have worked hard to successfully establish several hundred breeding pairs. Later in the year there will be a controlled release back into the wild in a specially prepared area.
We were very lucky to be allowed into the facility to shoot these extremely rare creatures and to hear about the rescue efforts.