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Yuki being the big sister (on the left) is trying her best to set Emily straight on the hierarchy of this family of ours. However it seems to go in one ear and out the other with a puppy.
Dominance and hierarchy., otherwise known as the Pecking Order
This young Gannet is getting a lesson in it., and in a few years it'll no doubt be dishing it out lessons of it's own
It's the way of the world and the reason every species in the world has evolved to what it has today
Aks Darwin
Morning light mixes with pond mist at Northside Park in Wheaton.
Nikon D7500, Sigma 18-300, ISO 200, f/7.1, 175mm, 1/640s
Wat Khao Phra Angkhan, Buriram Province, Thailand
Nikon D7500, Sigma 18-300, ISO 200, f/10.0, 200mm, 1/320s
Every fall, we get to witness the hierarchy of bucks in the area. This guy is second in line. Unlike the younger males that run from the head honcho when he even looks at them, this one is up for the challenge.
Masai Mara National Reserve
Kenya
East Africa
Nile crocodile on the banks of the Talek River.
The Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) is an African crocodile and the second largest extant reptile in the world, after the saltwater crocodile. The Nile crocodile is quite widespread throughout Sub-Saharan Africa, and lives in different types of aquatic environments such as lakes, rivers and marshlands. The Nile crocodile is between (13 ft) to (16 ft), and weighs around 410 kg (900 lb
The Nile crocodile is an opportunistic apex predator and a very aggressive species of crocodile capable of taking almost any animal within its range. Their diet consists mostly of different species of fish, reptiles, birds and mammals.
The Nile crocodile is an ambush predator and can wait for hours, days and even weeks for a suitable moment to attack. They are quite agile predators and wait for the opportunity for the prey item to come close within the range of attack.
Nile crocodiles are very social crocodiles. They share basking spots and large food sources such as schools of fish and big carcasses. There is a strict hierarchy, that is determined by size. Large, old males are at the top of this hierarchy and have primary access to food and the best basking spots. Crocodiles know their place in the hierarchical order and rarely act against it.
The Nile crocodile is one of the most dangerous species of crocodile and is responsible for hundreds of deaths of humans every year. It is a rather common species of crocodile and is not endangered. – Wikipedia
Moremi Game Reserve
Botswana
Southern Africa
The yellow mongoose (Cynictis penicillata), sometimes referred to as the red meerkat, is a small mammal averaging about 1 lb (1/2 kg) in weight and about 20 in (500 mm) in length. A member of the mongoose family, it lives in open country, from semi-desert scrubland to grasslands in Angola, Botswana, South Africa, Namibia, and Zimbabwe.
The yellow mongoose is carnivorous, consuming mostly arthropods but also other small mammals, lizards, snakes and eggs of all kinds.
The yellow mongoose is primarily diurnal, though nocturnal activity has been observed. Living in colonies of up to 20 individuals in a permanent underground burrow complex, the yellow mongoose will often co-exist with Cape Ground Squirrels or suricates and share maintenance of the warren, adding new tunnels and burrows as necessary. The tunnel system has many entrances, nearby which the yellow mongoose makes its latrines.
The social structure of the yellow mongoose is hierarchical, based around a central breeding pair and their most recent offspring. There are also subadults, the elderly, or adult relatives of the central pair. Male ranges tend to overlap, while females from other dens have contiguous non-overlapping ranges. - Wikipedia
Masai Mara National Reserve
Kenya
East Africa
The iconic crocodile found in Africa, the Nile crocodile is the second largest crocodile in the world, reaching a typical adult length of 4.5 metres (14.7 feet). The Nile crocodile is quite widespread throughout sub-Saharan Africa, the Nile Basin, and Madagascar in rivers, freshwater marshes, and mangrove swamps.
On average the Nile crocodile is between 4 metres (13.1 feet) to 4.5 metres (14.7 feet), weighing around 410 kg (900 lb). However, specimens measuring 5 metres (16.4 feet) in length and weighing 600 kg (1,300 lb) can occasionally be seen. Nile crocodiles are found along the eastern and southern regions of Africa. The population in the West of the continent are now recognised as a separate crocodile species, the West African Crocodile (Crocodylus suchus). However, specimens measuring 6.1 metres (20 ft) in length and weighing 907 kg (2,000 lb) have been recorded. They have thick scaly skin that is heavily armored.
The Nile crocodile is an opportunistic apex predator and a very aggressive species of crocodile that is capable of taking almost any animal within its range. They are generalists, taking a variety of prey. Their diet consists mostly of different species of fish, reptiles, birds and mammals. The Nile crocodile is an ambush predator and can wait for hours, days and even weeks for the suitable moment to attack.
Nile crocodiles are very social crocodiles. They share basking spots and large food sources such as schools of fish and big carcasses. There is a strict hierarchy, that is determined by size. Large, old males are at the top of this hierarchy and have primary access to food and the best basking spots. It is a rather common species of crocodile and is not endangered. - Wikipedia
Like delicate lace,
So the threads intertwine,
Oh, gossamer web
Of wond'rous design
-Bill Watterson
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These Great Blue Herons look ready to leave the nest and the hierarchy among the nestlings seems obvious. The dominant heron stands tall, and chatters with two of the others. All three of those herons' crests are elevated, and all three are animated.
The fourth heron sits crouched over, crest flat and in disarray. He is so far to the edge of the nest, that he appears on the verge of falling out.
This hierarchy can occur in many ways. For example, all of the eggs may not have hatched at the same time, and the ones that hatch first will have a head start at being fed and growing. The "sad sack" heron may have suffered an injury, an illness, or just received "bad genes" from its parents.
Polistes dominula és una espècie d'himenòpter apòcrit de la família dels vèspids (Vespidae), subfamília dels polistins (Polistinae), molt semblant a Polistes gallicus amb la què comparteix àrea de distribució a Europa.[1] És una vespa d'agressivitat mitjana o baixa, considerada com a plaga a diversos països, i amb impacte negatiu cap a les activitats agropecuàries, particularment la fruticultura. És nativa d'Europa i del nord d'Àfrica però ha estat introduïda accidentalment als Estats Units i a les serralades de l'Argentina i Xile, on està ben establerta.
Característiques
P. dominula posseeix un cos color negre amb taques grogues. Pot assolir fins a 2 cm de llarg. Presenta l'abdomen allargat i amb cintura molt estreta. Pot ser confosa amb Polistes gallicus, de la qual es diferencia per les galtes i el clipi grocs, sense taques negres. Vespula germanica, que és una altra vespa similar, és molt més agressiva, té potes més curtes, poca cintura i l'abdomen més engruixat; Polistes dominula, en canvi, té potes llargues que porta penjant en volar i antenes color taronja.
Història natural
Habitualment construeix els seus nius en ràfecs i abrics protegits de la intempèrie en els sostres d'edificacions i construccions humanes, encara que també poden aparèixer en arbres. S'alimenta principalment de fruites madures. Normalment ataca només quan percep agressions cap al seu niu.
Picada
En la part final del seu abdomen posseeix l'agulló amb el qual sol atacar inoculant un verí dolorós, el qual en els éssers humans pot produir picades doloroses, edemes, i fins a casos fatals a causa de xoc anafilàctic. Al no perdre el seu agulló quan pica, una mateixa vespa pot atacar diverses vegades a la seva víctima.
The European paper wasp (Polistes dominula) is one of the most common and well-known species of social wasps in the genus Polistes. Its diet is more diverse than those of most Polistes species—many genera of insects versus mainly caterpillars in other Polistes—giving it superior survivability compared to other wasp species during a shortage of resources.
The dominant females are the principal egg layers, while the subordinate females ("auxiliaries") or workers primarily forage and do not lay eggs. This hierarchy is not permanent, though; when the queen is removed from the nest, the second-most dominant female takes over the role of the previous queen.[1] Dominance in females is determined by the severity of the scatteredness in the coloration of the clypeus (face), whereas dominance in males is shown by the variation of spots of their abdomens.[2] P. dominula is common and cosmopolitan due to their exceptional survival features such as productive colony cycle, short development time, and higher ability to endure predator attacks.[3]
These wasps have a lek-based mating system. Unlike most social insects, 35% of P. dominula wasps in a colony are unrelated. It is considered an invasive species in Canada and the United States.
Taxonomy
The European paper wasp was originally described in 1791 by Johann Ludwig Christ as Vespa dominula. The specific epithet dominula is a noun meaning "little mistress",[4] and following the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, species epithets which are nouns do not change when a species is placed in a different genus. Authors who were unaware that dominula was a noun have misspelled the species name as "dominulus" for decades. P. dominula is often referred to as the European paper wasp because of its native distribution and its nests, which are constructed from paper and saliva. It is also frequently referred to in older literature as Polistes gallicus, a separate species with which it was often confused.[5]
Description and identification
Close-up of the head
Little variation occurs among individuals of P. dominula; the wing lengths of males range from 9.5 to 13.0 millimetres (3⁄8 to 1⁄2 in), while those of females range from 8.5 to 12.0 millimetres (5⁄16 to 1⁄2 in). Its body is colored entirely yellow and black, similar to that of Vespula germanica, one of the most common and defensive wasps in its native range.[6] The female mandible is black and sometimes has a yellow spot. Females have a black subantennal mark that rarely has a pair of small, yellow spots. The female vertex sometimes has a pair of small, yellow spots behind the hind ocelli. Females have yellow, comma-shaped scutal spots.[7]
Variations amongst individuals
Although the wasps do not display much conspicuous variation that enables one to tell them apart with the naked eye, definite features are unique to each individual. For example, the abdominal spots on males of P. dominula vary in sizes, locations, and patterns. They act as sexually selective signals and also are associated with social hierarchy within the colonies. Males with smaller, regular patterns of spots are more aggressive and dominant over those with larger, irregular patterns. Similarly, females' appearance varies between individuals and is associated with their social rank. The larger and the more scattered the clypeus marks on the foundress, the higher the probability that she is dominant over other females.[8]
Distribution
P. dominula in the Netherlands
The native range of P. dominula covers much of southern Europe and North Africa, and temperate parts of Asia as far east as China.[9] It has also been introduced to New Zealand,[10] Australia, South Africa,[11] and North and South America. Since the mid-1980s, the population of P. dominula has expanded to rather cooler regions, especially towards northern Europe. Global warming is speculated to have raised temperatures of certain areas, allowing P. dominula to expand to originally cooler regions.[7]
The first North American occurrence of P. dominula was reported in Massachusetts in the late 1970s,[12] and by 1995, this species had been documented throughout the northeastern USA.[13] However, the species is also likely present in additional states, but has just not yet been reported. Although detailed mechanisms of the species' dispersal are still unknown, some number of individuals, including the foundresses, may have hidden inside transportable items such as shipping crates, trailers, boats, or other human-made structures used during international trading between countries.[7] wikipedia dixit
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This is what (see the arrow) the lower rung Bohemians (Waxwings that is) get from their top brass. Luther Marsh, Ontario
“Creation becomes a hierarchy of mirrors, each casting an image of God. The farther off the individual image is from God, the smaller the image of Him it reflects, but his brightness never diminishes.”
-James Miller, “Three Mirrors of Dante’s Paradiso,” 266.
What Dante sees in the Primum Mobile is this perspective[11] visually reversed; instead of being the outer “crust” of the universe, the Primum Mobile is actually next to the central Still Point, whirling with inconceivable speed. God, the Still Point, is a non-spatial entity which is everywhere and nowhere.
-Allen Tate, “The Symbolic Imagination,” 271.
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-Air, Alone in Kyoto
I took this a few years back on a very lucky chance of being at the right place and the right time.
They were filming a new special about this open range animal parc.
And Everytime I come to this wonderful place I try to beat the crowd by getting to this hidden spot quickly. And on this morning a news crew was there with the wolf-keeper. Who saw me and said "come on in and get closer."
"Your lucky to be here today at this time". And So I was!!! The wolf -keeper demonstrated how the pack or wolves respect their hierarchy leaders (The Alfa and Omega) And I was able to capture a wonderful series of photos of these magnificent Wolves. :-)
I will always remember that experience of watching and captureing these beautiful creatures!
The Royal College of Music was founded in 1882 and is a world leading conservatoire training gifted students from all over the world as performers, conductors and composers. The two original buildings of the College were designed by Arthur Blomfield and Sidney Smith following a coherent hierarchy between public areas and private teaching rooms. As the RCM has expanded it has however become constrained by later piecemeal additions from the 1960s and 1970s.
The proposed scheme addresses these constraints and is centred on a new external Quad at ground level, accessed from an enlarged Entrance Hall and a new triple-height foyer, which will form the heart of the new master plan. The new project includes: two new multi-functional performance venues; a new home for the Museum of Music, which boasts one of the most significant collections of historic musical instruments in the world; new communal spaces for audiences with cafe-bar and restaurant facilities, as well as new digital recording studio facilities and additional practice and teaching rooms for the College.
The redevelopment of the RCM estate is designed to integrate the College’s buildings more closely with its surroundings, making the most of its unique location opposite the Royal Albert Hall, which was specifically selected for the College by the Prince Consort himself when he designed the master plan for ‘Albertopolis’. The design builds on the heritage and traditions of the Royal College of Music, fashioning an environment which is architecturally harmonious and timeless, with a balance between indoor and outdoor spaces. The new architecture will blend seamlessly with the much loved architecture of Blomfield and Smith and make good the circulation for the first time since originally built.
New communal spaces will address the existing changes in floor-levels and provide step-free access between new and existing spaces so that all visitors and students can find their way around the College with ease. The new state-of-the-art performance spaces will be designed to include recording facilities to enable multi-media broadcasts which will underpin and enhance further the College’s global reach in teaching music.
The scheme will enhance the College’s status as one of the premier destinations for world-class music education; strengthen the RCM as a cultural venue of national and international significance; and create a greatly enhanced environment that inspires students, professors, visiting musicians and the tens of thousands of visitors who come and support the RCM each year.
Public consultation has been carried out with the local community prior to the submission of the Planning and the Listed Building Consent applications in June 2015. It is anticipated that the two year building programme could commence as early as 2016 for completion in 2018.
Wainhouse tower.
Halifax.
England 2023.
Could be 1978
Taken with a Ricoh 35ZF
Ilford delta 400
Ilfotec dev.
Scratched negative adds a certain stormy quality to this snowy scene.
An evening angler casts a lure into shallow shore waters of Green Bay near Fish Creek in Door County, Wisconsin.
Nikon D7500, Sigma 18-300, ISO 200, f/9.0, 300mm, 1/1250s
The hierarchy of deer feeding. It is so interesting to watch who gets to eat and how some deer try to sneak in for a bite to eat
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Another T4 chase shot, this one from Slinger, WI. T4 finally rounds the bend after waiting for numerous CN trains in front of him.
Excerpt from the plaque:
At RBG Centre's Hierarchy of Nature installation, explore the link between athletes and nature. Athletes seek bronze, silver, and gold; our horticulturists pursue excellence through integrity, strength, and creativity. Both find inspiration in nature's resilience and adaptability, striving to achieve new heights.
The dominance hierarchy is constantly changing. These are the same two Plains Bison males featured in the current series, engaged in a little testing. The bull on the right was the aggressor; he was slightly taller and heavier, and tried to use this to advantage. The slightly smaller bull on the left seemed happy to engage in a little friendly head shoving. It seemed to be more like playing than fighting, but of course the underlying intent was serious: establishing dominance.
The REALLY serious challenges will happen between mid-July and mid-August, when the annual rut unfolds. This happens in a remote, inaccessible area, and whereas I would love the photo ops, it's probably best that tourists are nowhere near, because it can get dangerous. I've seen serious injuries in the aftermath, including a bull bison that had been badly gored. A sad outcome for him, as he died a few days later. But a protein extravaganza for the local coyotes, magpies, ravens, and other scavengers.
Tomorrow: the prairie wildlife series continues with some different species...
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