Hinges
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A beautiful Lioness we spotted while on a 2023 photo safari in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. She stopped her search for prey just long enough to show me those eyes.
In the savannas of Africa, female lions play a crucial and dynamic role in their familial groups, shaping the social structure and bearing the responsibility for the pride’s survival. Contrary to some common misconceptions, lion prides operate within a matriarchal social structure, where females hold the key roles in decision-making and coordination.
Lionesses are the primary hunters within the pride. Their exceptional teamwork and strategic approach to hunting are essential for the pride’s survival and well-being. Together, they deploy strategic hunting techniques, such as coordinated flanking and ambushing, to outwit their prey. Their synchronized efforts increase the likelihood of a successful hunt to secure food for the entire pride.
Male lions are typically responsible for protecting their pride from other males. However, the females play a vital role in defending the pride’s territory against threats such as leopards, hyenas, neighboring prides, and occasionally other males. The survival of a pride often hinges on the lionesses’ ability to protect their territory.
The lionesses’ strong maternal instincts are at the foundation of the pride’s social bonds. As a group, they are responsible for raising and nurturing the cubs. They teach essential survival skills, including hunting techniques and social behaviors, which ensure the continuity of the pride’s legacy. The pride communicates through vocalizations and body language, fostering a strong sense of community. The bonds formed among females contribute to the overall success and stability of the group.
In the lion pride, females emerge as the unsung heroes, weaving together the threads of survival, protection, and legacy. Their role as huntresses, defenders, nurturers, and leaders is integral to the pride’s success.
(Nikon Z8, 100-400/5.6 @ 340 mm, 1/250 @ f/5.6, ISO 1100, edited to taste)
Wild South Africa
Kruger National Park
Pan-hinged Terrapins, turtle-like creatures seeking up the sun.
I photographed this lizard on the island of Penang, in Malaysia. I wondered if it had suffered a broken tail, given its sharply hinged appearance. However, when the lizard moved away, its tail seemed perfectly normal.
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Or, just another day at the beach. The best moments so often hinge upon the most delicate of details.
Ornate door hinge at the Sandringham church of St Mary Magdelene, Norfolk. The church is said to date back to the 1500s but saw considerable restoration in the second half of the 1800s.
The brickwork is carrstone, a 70 million year old sandstone laid down when this part of Norfolk was covered by a warm sea. The attractive, but soft, red-brown stone was much used locally as a building material.
This is the oldest flyable British aircraft.
This aircraft is partly controlled by 'wing warping' - twisting the wings like a bird, hence all the cables visible in the picture. Wing warping was a technology developed (and patented) by the Wright brothers a few years earlier. The Wright brothers spent far more time in court defending their patents, than they ever spent in the air! An alternative method for rolling aircraft using hinged flaps on the trailing edge of the wings, called ailerons, was used by Glen Curtiss in an attempt to circumvent the Wright Brothers' patents, but the ensuing dispute spent much time in court, and the matter was forcibly resolved by the US Government due to the urgency of the first World War's demand for aircraft to be manufactured.
This aircraft It is owned by The Shuttleworth Collection, and seen here in an evening display flight at its Old Warden home base in July 2025.