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I think the reason this grasshopper was so patient with my presence and not launching itself into flight is because, from what I can see, it appears to be missing one of it's rear legs. (DSC_6743.jpg)
Being involved in Polo Photography, I learned the term Handicaps. Each player is handicapped (on a 6 chukka basis) from minus 2 up to 10 goals (the best player). The aggregate handicap of the four players is the team handicap. In handicap tournaments the number of goals start is obtained by dividing the difference between the two teams handicaps by six and multiplying by the number of chukkas to be played; any fractions count as half a goal.
Complicated isn't it.... So is the game...
The Netherlands - Heemskerk
Every now and then a disabled invertebrate appears on my screen, like this male Roesel's bush-cricket (Roeseliana roeselii - Greppelsprinkhaan). He misses a hind leg and fhat's quite a handicap for a grasshopper. © Tom Kisjes
This one-legged goose seems to be growing and getting along very nicely. I was concerned about it earlier in the year.
Encountering handicapped individuals, regardless of age is a common scene in Cambodia that experienced Civil War in the 70s.
Spotted at a Locust Grove shopping center in Orange County Virginia. Print Size 13x19 inches. Happy Truck Thursday
A lesson to be learned here......This little fellow has a growth on his right foot and he would not use it at all. He appears to be juvenile white crowned sparrow. This species is only here in Louisiana during the winter, so that means this little fellow probably migrated down from the far north with the use of one foot only. I witnessed him feeding for a while and he got around quite nicely landing on the ground to feed and even perching on limbs with only the one useful foot. It just gos to show its not always "only the strongest survive" sometimes its the most determined that survive also. He found a way to make do with one good foot. Good luck to my little friend. ( explore # 34 my thanks to everyone )