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Peregrine Falcon bringing in the one who tried to take his gull.
We witnessed two Peregrine Falcons fighting over a gull in Lake Superior. It ended when one killed the other, drug him to shore and proceeded to eat him.
Black Spider Vs White Spider
WHITE SPIDER WINS !!
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Sometimes a mouthful is not enough for hungry hatchlings. This is a shot from the Saint Augustine Alligator Farm during the spring mating season. Snowy egrets along with other species practice siblicide.
(www.birdwatchingdaily.com/news/science/eldon-greij-explai...)
In the clutch of 2-3 eggs, all the food goes to the oldest hatching to insure the strongest grows up to reproduce. It a cruel trick of nature, but this guards against extinction. Both parents show a preference for the older chick. However; if the oldest is full, then the other chicks get whatever is left. Often, the older chick(s) will push the youngest from the nest, and parents do nothing to prevent it! The snowy like to nest near a stream were Alligators swim below. The gators provide them protection from nest predators. Gators like the arrangement, since they eat the small chick before it hits the water. So if you are a snowy egret, birth order does make a big difference.
If you want to read more about siblicide, check out the link above.
This is an image I would have been very happy not to have taken .
I met up with two of my oldest friends in Otley last month . We walked up the Chevin to visit the bench that has been placed to commemorate our good friend Beate who died suddenly in October 2019. Her children Lenya and Nikki placed the bench and planted some trees on the hillside above Otley in her memory . It's a perfect spot it is just above where she used to live and she would regularly go for runs along the Chevin. Her death was completely out of the blue it was particularly awful given that of all my old friends she was the youngest and easily the fittest . She worked as a teacher for deaf children and was an accomplished musician playing in a number of ensembles . The bench has a brief inscription. “ Determine to live life with flair and laughter “ Beate certainly did live up to this motto
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An eastern pondhawk eating either a small damselfly or immature dragonfly on a concrete birdbath at my home in Fairfield Harbour, NC . Erythemis simplicicollis, the eastern pondhawk, also known as the common pondhawk, is a dragonfly of the family Libellulidae, native to the eastern two-thirds of the United States and southern Ontario and Quebec, Canada. The length of the body is approximately 1.5 inches (3.81cm)
These two bucks are actually brothers. I saw them earlier this year with velvet on their antlers. Last week they were licking each other's faces, now they are full of hormones and banging heads. The rut has started!
locked up
determining who is fittest
to own the harem
Image and haiku by John Henry Gremmer
Survival of the fittest.
Peregrine dad brought breakfast to one of his chicks, they did the transfer in the air. As soon as it happened, two more chicks showed up trying to steal it from the one that got it first. (Hard to see but there's a small bird in the middle of them.) In the end, the biggest of them, a female ended up with the prey.
RKO_3805. Three pair of coot in the ditch behind my house having a continuous territorial dispute creating for dynamic moments. Sharp? No. Dynamic? Yes!
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The killer moment
Imagine a world where every single day you have to go out and hunt down your food
The alternative... starvation!
Many of the morals and standards (most of us) live by would quickly evaporate... Replaced by one simple truth...
Survival of the fittest!
That phrase originated from Darwinian evolutionary theory as a way of describing the mechanism of natural selection
And explains why creatures like this Buzzard are so magnificently evolved into what they are
It perhaps also explains our attraction to them., reminding us of our primeval and ancestral hunter gatherer past
Black Label Society - Concrete Jungle
The freaks in the streets, the nuns with the shotguns
The graves rolling by your side
Survival of the fittest and there ain't no pity
No one gets out alive
In the concrete jungle, it's the well of the damned
Once you step inside and then you'll understand
Misfits, psychos and the twisted slaves
The house of the sane, no one can be saved
Pileated Woodpecker youngsters in a nest in Palm Harbor, FL.
On April 14th, six days before this shot was taken, there were three chicks (see my earlier Flickr post). From then on, there were only two chicks. This, of course, depicts what happens in nature - survival of the fittest. Reality of life in the wild. Interestingly, even after only six days, you can see a maturation in the chicks.
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Time to shift from Mother Nature’s grand ocean landscapes to one of her smaller overlooked worlds. This little beauty is a Clivia (also known as Bush Lily or Natal Lily, though it is no way related to Lily's, more closely related to onions), native to southern Africa but surprisingly happy in our garden. The photo is a stack of 10 focus-bracketed shots with my Oly 60mm macro lens.
Clivias are the perfect plant for us because, I can't describe it any other way, we are terrible gardeners ;) Anything that thrives here has to be tough and a little independent - survival of the fittest applies more in our backyard than it does in the wild! Luckily, Clivias don’t mind a bit of neglect; they put up with low light, forgetful watering, and still reward you with lush leaves and glorious blooms.
Although all you can see here is the macro detail of the stamen, the plants have rich green strap-like leaves, the flowers bell-shaped, ranging from yellow through orange to deep red. And they have red berries, the seed pod. Quite an interesting plant.
I think they deserve a medal just for putting up with us.
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... or Two Heads Are Better Than One.
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This is survival of the fittest
This is do or die
This is the winner takes it all
So take it all
Wasn't ready to be no millionaire, I was ill-prepared
I was prepared to be ill though, the skill was there
From the beginning, it wasn't 'bout the ends
It was 'bout busting raps and standing for something, f*ck an acronym
Cut the f*cking act like you're happy, I'm f*cking back again
With another anthem, why stop when it doesn't have to end?
It ain't over 'til I say it's over – enough when I say enough
Throw me to the wolves and close the gate up
I'm afraid of what'll happen to them wolves
When the thought of being thrown into an alligator pit, I salivate at it
Weight is up, hands up like it's 12 noon, nah, homie
Hold them b*tches straighter up, wave 'em 'til you dislocate a rotator cuff
Came up rough, came to ruffle feathers, nah, egos
I ain't deflate enough, last chance to make this whole stadium erupt
This is survival of the fittest
This is do or die
This is the winner takes it all
So take it all . . .
Pic taken at [SLMC] [Task Force: Ghosts] Enemy Spawn SL
Survival of the fittest, baby
Yeah, you thought that life was so damn easy
You try to run before you crawl
Yeah, you're innocent 'til they prove you guilty
Got yourself some bad information
A victim of ill communication
You can run, but you just can't hide
Baby you gotta let it ride
Guilty,
Steal your
Steal your heart
You burn brightly in the darkness, alone
You burn brightly in the dark
Got yourself some bad information
A victim of ill communication
You can run but you just can't hide
Baby you gotta let it ride
Guilty,
Steal your
Steal your heart
You burn brightly in the darkness, alone
You burn brightly in the dark
Run on our own
Run so far, so our hearts stop breaking
Run on our own
On our own
You burn brightly in the darkness, alone
You burn brightly in the dark
Run on our own
Run so far, so our hearts stop breaking
Run on our own
On our own
Our winter weather is beginning to take its toll even among the youngest and fittest. Linus sleeps more than usual during the day, the world outside is just too boring at the moment. Unfortunately this means that he is often wide awake in the middle of the night and starts to annoy everybody. Fighting cats on my bed isn't exactly what I need when I'm trying to sleep.
Taken just next to our Tower block. These cygnets were the first to be hatched on the 'floating wetlands' on the Yarra River.
The mother is still incubating another egg. But it was a tragic ending to the last born.
For some unknown reason, the mother, father and the cygnets left the nest leaving the last egg behind.
Not long after they left, the egg actually hatched but the poor cygnet was too weak to upright itself and was weight down by the shell which is still stuck to its body as it drowns in a small pool next to the nest !
At this stage, there was a big crowd watching from the river bank.
Someone called the people in charged of the " floating wetlands " but they said it would be too late to help by the time they reach the nest.
Maybe the parents knew that the third cygnet will not be able to survive....
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Nome. Jamais croisé une bête aussi massive. Faut dire que les mammouths sont éteints. Mais pas eux. Assez étrange car leur réflexe en cas de menace n'est pas de fuir en raison de leurs courtes pattes mais de se rassembler en groupe compact. Les hommes pré-historiques l'auraient eu facile en comparaison des mammouths. That's a beast. Survival of the fittest in deep cold..
Time consuming, but it ensured he left no evidence behind.
No body, no crime.
The bits of viscera that fall away due to his messy eating fall into the water, drawing in several fish that happily swallow down his crumbs.
Taking the bodies, he finally descends into the depths. His magic is released, a sudden pulse that pings out to the dangers that lurk in the deep.
It’s not long before there’s an answer to his call.
Within a matter of minutes, the monster is surrounded by a group of Short fin Mako Sharks, circling, curious. Magic amplifies his thoughts, his will. For a moment their silence leaves him hanging, believing they do not wish to share his meal.
Sharks do not consider humans as part of their diet. At least there is no record of it. Whenever an attack happens it’s mainly due to other reasons.
Yet, this type of shark is known to devour their own siblings.
Survival of the fittest.
They shoot forward with incredible speed, their mouths eagerly tearing into the bodies he’s provided. His own maw parts, reflecting those around him before another bit of flesh is torn off and swallowed.
Having dinner with others makes it more enjoyable.
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EXPLORE # 27
Prior to the unification of the Kingdoms of England and Scotland the border between the two nations was disputed and ill defined. For centuries Families or Clans living beside these Debatable Lands were caught up in a lawless existence where English or Scots Law was almost impossible to enforce. Survival of the fittest was the normality with feuding, murder and pillaging part of everyday life. Reiving, the local word for Raiding was rife with farms regularly losing their horses and livestock to Cattle Rustling from rival Clans.
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I've wanted to get a decent shot of this iconic old barn along busy I80 near Princeton,IL. for a long time. Pulling off the busy interstate to get the right angle seems a unsafe,and possibly,illegal way of doing it.So this heavily processed shot will have to do until I figure out how.There are a lot of much better shots of this beauty on various sites,and some even include the great old windmill until it blew down 10 or more years ago. Its continued survival shows the great workmanship in its construction.While a great location for a great view,the amount of wind and weather it has received in its long life would have brought down many a lesser barn by now....
A link to a picture of this beauty in the winter with an accompanying hog or chicken shed(since gone)....
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Writing spider and unfortunate guest at the end of my garage.
In the comments , Buddha's Ghost asked if spidey might be molting. I had never thought of it that way.Could be. Either way, the scene is creepy to me. Maybe spidey is having itself over for dinner. I just like the title.
Ecological Cycle: Lesson One
I took a long walk in search of shore birds along the coast of a Massachusetts beach; at the end of two miles, I stumbled across a group of gulls feeding on a seal carcass. For reasons unknown, the seal was not able to overcome his fight for survival. On the other hand, this dominant gull secures the find, fending several other gulls – the very essence of Mother Nature; call it survival of the fittest!
Massachusetts, USA | 03-Jun-17
Survival of the fittest plays out in the eagle nest near my home. These egg-eaglet-full size transitions can be amazing to watch. I learned the other day that this is the fastest growing species in the bird world. This is an oldie and remains one of the memorable photos from the ongoing story of the nesting pair.
The phrase, "survival of the fittest", which was coined by Darwin or by the philosopher Herbert Spencer remains kind of controversy,but it sure is widely misunderstood.
Though it conjures up an image of a violent struggle for survival, in reality the word "fittest" seldom means the strongest or the most aggressive. On the contrary, it can mean anything from the best camouflaged, most fecund, cleverest or the most cooperative. Forget Hitler, think Einstein.
Cooperation is an incredibly successful survival strategy. Indeed it has been the basis of all dramatic steps in the history of life.
Bee or ant colonies consist of cooperating individuals and great examples of cooperation.
When cooperation breaks down, the results can be disastrous. When elements in our bodies turn rogue, for instance, the result is cancer.
Auf einem öden Platz mit Verbundsteinen zu keimen, wachsen, blühen und Samen zu bilden erfordert schon einiges an Lebensenergie. Diese Mohnpflanze hat das alles geschafft. Respekt!
Germinating, growing, flowering and forming seeds in a barren place with interlocking stones requires a lot of life energy. This poppy has done it all. My respect!