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10 mins before this photograph was taken, the Sun had been shining, with a breeze, suddenly clouds appeared the wind died leaving this eyrie atmosphere.
Continuing the adventures of Cheapo the Danbo...
Tired of searching for a mate Cheapo decides to make his own. What he didn't realise was the Box 'Freebie the Danbo' was delivered in was also the Box she was made out of.
This series of shots was taken late in the afternoon last Saturday, where in Victoria, Australia, it was a sunny and very warm day. Four of the dingoes at Healesville Sanctuary were sensibly resting or sleeping in the shade.
This one has just got up - he may look intensely, but really, I think his eyes show tiredness! You can see under his snout some of the garden mulch that has stuck to his fir!
Dingoes are believed to have descended from the Asiatic Wolf.
The dingo (plural dingoes) or warrigal, Canis lupus dingo, is a type of wild dog, probably descended from the Southern-East Asian Wolf (Canis Lupus Pallipes). It is commonly described as an Australian wild dog, but is not restricted to Australia, nor did it originate there. Modern dingoes are found throughout Southeast Asia, mostly in small pockets of remaining natural forest, and in mainland Australia, particularly in the north. They have features in common with both wolves and modern dogs, and are regarded as more or less unchanged descendants of an early ancestor of modern dogs. The name dingo comes from the language of the Eora Aboriginal people, who were the original inhabitants of the Sydney area.
The dingo is legendary as Australia's wild dog, though it also occurs in Southeast Asia. The Australian animals may be descendants of Asian dingoes that were introduced to the continent some 2,000 to 3,000 years ago.
These golden-orange canids may live alone (especially young males) or in packs of up to 15 animals. They roam great distances and communicate with wolf-like howls.
Dingo hunting is opportunistic. Animals hunt alone or in packs. They pursue small game such as rabbits, rodents, birds, and lizards in addition to larger prey such as kangaroos, sheep and deer. These dogs will eat fruits and plants as well. They also scavenge from humans, particularly in their Asian range.
Dingoes breed only once a year. Females typically give birth to about five pups, which are not independent until six to eight months of age. In packs, a dominant breeding female will kill the offspring of other females.
Australia is home to so many of these animals that they are generally considered cute, but pests. A famous "dingo fence" has been erected to protect grazing lands for the continent's herds of sheep. It is likely that more dingoes live in Australia today than when Europeans first arrived.
Though dingoes are numerous, their pure genetic strain is gradually being compromised. They can and do interbreed with domestic dogs to produce hybrid animals. Studies suggest that more than a third of southeastern Australia's dingoes are hybrids.
At between 10 and 24 kilograms (22-53 pounds), dingoes are a little smaller than wolves of the northern hemisphere and have a lean, athletic build. They stand between 44 and 63 cm (17-25inches) high at the shoulder, and the head-body length varies between 86 and 122 cm (34-48inches). Fur colour varies but is usually ginger: some have a reddish tinge, others are more sandy yellow, and some are even black; the underside is lighter. Alpine dingoes are found in high elevation areas of the Australian Alps, and grow a second thicker coat during late autumn for warmth which usually sheds by mid to late spring. Most dingoes have white markings on the chest, feet, and the tip of the tail; some have a blackish muzzle.
Unlike the domestic dog, dingoes breed only once a year, generally do not bark, and have erect ears.
Wild dingoes prey on a variety of animals, mostly small or medium-sized animals, but also larger herbivores if need be.
Dingoes do not generally form packs; they more often travel in pairs or small family groups. However, they are capable of forming larger packs to hunt cooperatively.
Domestication is possible only if the dingoes are taken into captivity as young pups.
Asian seafarers transported Dingos from mainland Asia, through South-East Asia to Australia and other parts of the Pacific, during their voyages over the last 5000 years. Fossil evidence suggests that Dingos arrived in Australia around 3500 - 4000 years ago, and quickly spread to all parts of the Australian mainland and offshore islands, with the exception of Tasmania.
The arrival of Dingos is often considered to have caused the extinction of Thylacines from mainland Australia. Aboriginal paintings and fossil evidence indicate that Thylacines once inhabited the entire Australian mainland but then disappeared suddenly about 3,000 years ago. As Dingos are thought to have arrived around 500 years earlier this was considered ample time for them to impact on Thylacine populations, either through competition for food or through the introduction of diseases. The fact that Thylacines survived until the 1930s in Tasmania where Dingos were absent was often put forward as further indirect evidence that they were a major cause for the disappearance of Thylacines from the mainland.
The role of Dingos in the extinction of the Thylacine has recently been questioned.
Healesville Sanctuary, Healesville, Victoria, Australia
Cab driver changing a tire on Richmond Street, Toronto.
This was taken on my iPhone and processed with Nick Campbell's brand new CrossProcess app.
Graphics for a new post breaking down what the Pantone Matching system is. Check it out here: cliqunited.com/pms-the-design-color-standard-explained/
Weir flat expression session
No shirt No shoes No Helment
Just pure fucking fun
This is why i did so bad in my HSC instead of studying just fucking around on the farm
Now for something really different, What would you haul in a rack side flat bed trailer that needs a reefer unit? You can seen the fuel tank under the deck too. Lilly Trucking was running this rig when I caught in Green Bay, Wis. in July of 2008.
Had a great time, and was dressed this way all day.
No problems whatsoever...even among some people I knew. And when potty time came, a woman leaving the ladies' room as I approached opened the door for me, pointed in, and held the door for me. "Here you go, Ma'am." I just thanked her and went on in...no waoing to decline her invitation and use the adjacent men's room. It was my first time in a ladies' rest room, and she had invited me. (Before you ask, yes, I sat down!) Doesn't get better than that! Since I had been seen, when I took another potty break later in the day, I used it again, with no problem.
Definitely it was much nicer, and much cleaner, than the typical mens' room!
Last weekend (May 2012), I took the old car to another show, this time wearing very light makeup, stirrup leggings, women's polo top, and Keds, with a girly little cross-body purse instead of my customary big one.
Saw only a few people I know, and none of them commented on my appearance. Initially, the rest of the people weren't sure of my gender, so pronouns were omitted.
But eventually I had to inquire as to where the restrooms were located... One of the staff pointed me in the direction of the porta-pots. When I got there, several guys in line reminded me that "the line for the Women's is over there, honey." Well, here we go...no way I can refuse...looks like I'm a girl today! And after I was shoo-ed over into the proper line, a woman came out and held the door for me. "There you go, sweetie!"
I thanked her, and went in, finding the women's porta-pot more roomy, cleaner, and more civilized than your typical men's. In place of the usual appliance men's porta-pots have for convenience, there was a compact sink with running water, paper towels and hand sanitizer. This was really deluxe...I should be girly more often!
When I came out, there were other women in line, so I held the door for the first one, and she said "Thank you, Ma'am!" A couple of the girls smiled and asked if I was enjoying the show...so we chatted for a few moments before I had to go back to the car.
When the judges came around, turns out that one of the women in the porta-pot line was a judge! She said "Hey Girl, nice car!" And the male judge addressed me as "Miss." It was wonderful being treated as a woman.
Later, just before it was time to hand out trophies, I had to visit the porta-pot again. The men's line was very long, so, dressed as I was, the safest approach was to just get in line with the other women. There were too many people in the vicinity to risk drawing extra attention to myself, by having the men evict me from "their" line again! And the women were very cordial. Soon it was my turn, and the lady coming out held the door for me. Nice!
Yes, my car earned a trophy, and yes, I was announced as "Ms." (They can do that legitimately, since my real first name is most commonly a women's name.)
It was a fun day!
Typical landscape of northern Victoria - flat as far as the eye can see. Thank goodness for the clouds to create some interest in the sky!
Thought this would work well in mono due to the use of a polariser to make the sky go nice and dark, with the clouds providing a nice contrast.