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Deer are fascinating to watch and I'm so pleased to have captured this wee behaviour from this impressive Red Deer stag. He was so permanently furious and stompy but mesmerising to watch and capture with my camera. It isnt just deer who do this (Big cats and horses do this too) but it is a known behaviour for scenting females and whilst the stag looks like he is sneering, he stretches his neck, lifts his nose and curls his top lip, maximising exposure to air containing pheromones to his vomeronasal organ, (located in the roof of his mouth). This helps him detect Doe's in Oestrus.
Nature is truly incredible.
Human pollution has affected the behavior of the American white ibis via an increase in the concentrations of methylmercury, which is released into the environment from untreated waste. Exposure to methylmercury alters the hormone levels of American white ibis, affecting their mating and nesting behavior and leading to lower reproduction rates.
Human pollution has affected the behavior of the American white ibis via an increase in the concentrations of methylmercury, which is released into the environment from untreated waste. Exposure to methylmercury alters the hormone levels of American white ibis, affecting their mating and nesting behavior and leading to lower reproduction rates.
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Today is a pink or purple day at Color my World Daily and the theme at Smile on Saturday is numbers.
As you can see, Mr. Egg is obsessed with numbers… Since he gained a little bit of weight, he can’t stop measuring himself… He takes note of all the numbers each day. Unfortunately for Mr. Egg, even with all the efforts he makes in order to lose some weight, the numbers are still the same (or almost)… Maybe Mr.Egg’s metabolism has slowed down…or maybe it is hormonal … or maybe it is both… or maybe Mr. Egg eats too much Nutella on his cheat days… We will never know. However, Mr. Egg is very motivated to bring those numbers down before going back to work in few weeks…
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Human pollution has affected the behavior of the American white ibis via an increase in the concentrations of methylmercury, which is released into the environment from untreated waste. Exposure to methylmercury alters the hormone levels of American white ibis, affecting their mating and nesting behavior and leading to lower reproduction rates.
Eine Begegnung während eines Herbstspaziergangs.
An encounter during an autumn walk.
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Fasciated Black-eyed Susan Inflorescence in the TWU Butterfly Garden, Denton, Texas
Fasciation (pronounced /ˌfæʃiˈeɪʃən/, from the Latin root meaning "band" or "stripe"), also known as cresting, is a relatively rare condition of abnormal growth in vascular plants in which the apical meristem (growing tip), which normally is concentrated around a single point and produces approximately cylindrical tissue, instead becomes elongated perpendicularly to the direction of growth, thus producing flattened, ribbon-like, crested (or "cristate"), or elaborately contorted tissue. Fasciation may also cause plant parts to increase in weight and volume in some instances. The phenomenon may occur in the stem, root, fruit, or flower head.
Some plants are grown and prized aesthetically for their development of fasciation. Any occurrence of fasciation has several possible causes, including hormonal, genetic, bacterial, fungal, viral and environmental causes. (Wikipedia)
Roundings and hormones for happiness...
Today I show you a different rounding compared to yesterday, a semicircular vault with frescoes.
They are part of a biliotheque and under it students study.
Is the end of our ever-expanding space round? Circles play in any case on our earth and in our life an important role and because the human being is a physilogical premature birth, no other creature comes so clumsily on the world, must be led at least 20 years and the baby already begins in the womb with the learning, the evolution has come up with a reward system for our learning. Learning successes generate happiness hormones in us ... Learning is the most beautiful thing in the world ...
ein paar Gedanken .. heute zeige ich euch, im Vergleich zu gestern, eine ander Rundung, ein halbrundes Gewölbe mit Fresken. Sie sind Teil einer Biliothekt und unter ihr lernen Studenten.
Ist das Ende unseres sich ständig weiter ausbreitenden Weltraums rund?
Kreise spielen jedenfalls in unserem Universum und in unserem Leben eine wichtige Rolle.
Und da der Mensch ein physilogische Frühgeburt ist, kein anders Lebewesen so unbeholfen auf die Welt kommt, mindestens 20 Jahre geführt werden muss und das Baby schon im Mutterleib mit dem lernen beginnt, hat sich die Evolution ein Belohnungssystem für unser Lernen einfallen lassen.
Lernerfolge erzeugen Glückshormone in uns ... Lernen ist die schönste Sache der Welt ...
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one of the five frames I got of these two in focus together
Catch up with you all later. Going out for a nice long morning walk with Otto and my neighbor and her dog.
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Zuzu been molting and also she is plucking her feathers, is a hormonal thing,
Please click on the link to see her colors,
Picture with her best friend my beautiful Phill that we sadly lost.
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The hormones have kicked in... my sweet adorable people pleasing puppy is still adorable but increasingly, he tries it on. Ignoring me, as in this image, throwing puppy tantrums, growling, you name it, he tries it.
Iron is Tryin!!
Adolescence is here to stay!!
Tibetan Mastiff puppy Iron putting me through my paces, but I am putty in his paws....
Wenn die Hormone regieren spielt das Wetter keine Rolle
When hormones reign, weather doesn´t matter
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Like I said before... there is nothing "common" about a Common Loon.
When he flapped his wings after preening, I was lucky enough to catch this series of this extraordinary bird.
He was busy catching crabs and at times fighting with another bird in breeding plumage who repeatedly tried to drag him under and drive him across the water. Soon that relented and they began to tolerate each other. I think their hormones levels are high at this time.
I felt at peace as I lay down and watched these two birds go about their business. They couldn't care less about our presence as they swam closer and closer and directly to us. It was a magical moment as our faces met. Even in the moment I couldn't stop from saying "Wow". They cried out their wailing calls several times to each other. I never tire of that sound. I felt blessed to be in their presence.
Whenever life gets tough, getting out in nature and with the birds just lifts me back up again. This is especially true when I get to spend time in the beautiful Pacific Northwest with my favourite person and one of my favourite birds, the Common Loon.
- Oui, le soir, car, proches de la maturité, nos têtes restent fixes, orientées vers l'est...
Jeune, le plan du tournesol "suit" le soleil. Selon Ouest France, la lumière du soleil "a une incidence sur l’auxine, une hormone qui permet l’allongement des cellules de la plante. L’auxine se situe en haut de la tige, mais craint la lumière. Plus la quantité de lumière captée par la plante est importante, plus l’auxine va devoir se déplacer vers les parties ombragées. En clair, au plus près de la base de la plante. Les parties ombragées vont donc grandir plus vite que les parties ensoleillées. Ce faisant, la tige, dissymétrique, penchera en direction de la source de lumière. Voilà pourquoi nous avons l’impression que le tournesol suit le soleil."
Mais "une fois le tournesol arrivé à maturité, [...] (l)a plante se tournera vers l’est et n’en bougera plus. Bref, elle ne suivra donc plus le cycle du soleil.
Pourquoi vers l’est ? Car cette orientation lui permettra de capter le soleil dès les premières heures du jour. Selon une étude de la revue Science, le parfum alors dégagé attirerait en effet cinq fois plus d’insectes pollinisateurs."
Do you turn your backs on the sun?...
- Yes, in the evening, because, close to maturity, our heads remain fixed oriented towards the east...
When young, the sunflower plant "follows" the sun. According to newspaper "Ouest France", sunlight "has an impact on auxin, a hormone that allows the plant's cells to elongate. Auxin is located at the top of the stem, but it is sensitive to light. The more light the plant captures, the more auxin will have to move to the shaded areas. In short, as close as possible to the base of the plant. The shaded parts will therefore grow faster than the sunny parts. In doing so, the stem, asymmetrical, will lean towards the light source. This is why we have the impression that the sunflower follows the sun."
But "once the sunflower reaches maturity, [...] (the) plant will turn east and stay there. In short, it will no longer follow the sun's cycle.
Why east? Because this orientation will allow it to capture the sun from the first hours of the day. According to a study in the journal "Science", the fragrance it releases attracts five times more pollinating insects."
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in the Laikipia area in northern Kenya last month
Taken at 560mm and f/8
Musth is a completely natural phenomenon seen in mature bull elephants.
Generally characterised by the secretion of a hormone rich substance called temporin from the temporal gland (on either side of the elephant’s head) and a steady trickle of urine down the back legs of the elephant, musth involves a rise in the reproductive hormones in the elephant’s body. This causes the animal to feel more restless, energetic, aggressive or unpredictable – and generally irritable and oversensitive to sounds and movements. Musth is seen in healthy adult bull elephants.
African Bush Elephant
loxodonta africana
Afrikaanse olifant
Eléphant d'Afrique
Afrikanischer Elefant
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Pineapple gives you happy hormones!! I'm having two!!
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Rheydt Castle is famous for its Renaissance Architecture , its park and its peacocks. This cock was the first one who exercised in a one-cock-show to be prepared for the upcomeing courtship season to persuade a hen.
While standing out along the edge of a cliff with a bunch of other puffins, this individual stood out visually for obvious reasons, and attracted a bunch of attention.
Some of us speculated that it was a young puffin that hadn't completed the change over to full breeding plumage and colour. But that might have been only be part of the story.
In talking to a longtime puffin photographer and documenter at a local coffee shop the next day, I was given an alternate explanation. Judging by beak wear marks, he believed this may be the same individual that was seen a few times over a few years, and the plumage and beak colour has been the same each year.
He had previously contacted a Scottish puffin expert, who wrote a book on the puffin, who believed it was a very mature female that was lacking some of the hormones that allowed it to develop the characteristic bright breeding colours on the legs and beak, the white facial plumage, full gape rosette (the orange at the base of the beak), and decorative orange and grey skin around the eye.
So, if you see a puffin out on the ocean in the winter, it would look a lot like this individual.
If you've just experienced a hormone surge then this magnificent suit from Avec Toi is for you. The Piper glasses from DS set it off in an appropriately severe fashion as does the Paradox hair from Stealthic.
Applications will be taken for Cara to take this off to show off her new LaraX body. Valuable consideration assumed. Line up in an orderly fashion please!
The Hormones - Take the A-Train Musikfestival Salzburg - 13.09.2019 - Jazzit Musik Club Salzburg
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Besetzung:
Zhou Lijuan: drums
Wang Minghui: bass
Zhu Mengdie: vocals, keys
Wang Jiao: guitar
From just over a year ago, a Mule Deer buck watches me from tall grass near the river. I was on foot for this one. It's a little more difficult than shooting from the rolling red Toyota blind, because as soon as they identify me as human, they put distance between us as fast as possible. This buck allowed me one shot, then it was gone.
Occasionally, though, I am able to work for an extended time - on foot - with deer and other local species, and these are by far the most rewarding encounters.
I still can't believe how thick his neck is. This was near the start of the annual rut, and the combination of hormones plus workouts - thrashing bushes, grass, and the ground with his antlers - have enlarged and strengthened his neck.
More Mule Deer to follow over the next few days...
Photographed in the Frenchman River Valley, Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2023 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
Milu had her blood results back on Tuesday and although her thyroid hormone levels are not where they should be, they are 'close enough' to quote the vet. So we are maintaining the same levels of Thyronorm and she will go back for her next blood test in three months. There have been times where we have thought "this is it" when she has become lethargic and won't eat but recently she has definitely perked up. She still only weighs 2.9 kilos but apart from screaming like a banshee when I give her medicine (through syringe in the mouth) she appears happy enough. Oh and to all those Youtubers who say just gently wrap your cat in a towel like this - HA! First you have to catch her and then you have to ensure that you have swaddled her to within an inch of her life so she cannot move those dagger claws one inch
The young stags are suddenly a lot more brazen, happy to be seen out, munching in gardens and ground around houses. Perhaps they are getting hormonal in the run up to the rutting season.
un des moteurs de l'activité des mammifères est la dopamine, hormone du plaisir immédiat... manger, baiser, plus quelques trucs apparus chez les humains (consommer, paraître, accumuler..) mais pas les autres, pas l'écologie..
Uno de los motores de la actividad de los mamíferos es la dopamina, la hormona del placer inmediato... comer, besar, además de algunas cosas que aparecieron en los humanos (consumir, aparecer, acumular...) pero no los demás, no la ecología...
One of the engines of mammal activity is dopamine, a hormone of immediate pleasure... eating, kissing, plus some things that appeared in humans (consuming, appearing, accumulating..) but not the others, not ecology..
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...and also Harrie... and Harey... and Harie.
Four hormone-crazed males chasing a female.
Distance 70m.
This picture shows the imprint of a human placenta over white paper. The red tree is the mother’s blood supply and at the bottom of the picture is the long umbilical cord. The placenta (also known as afterbirth) is an organ that connects the developing fetus to the uterine wall to allow nutrient uptake, provide thermo-regulation to the fetus, waste elimination, and gas exchange via the mother's blood supply, fight against internal infection and produce hormones to support pregnancy.
Each year, at the conclusion of the mating season, bull moose shed their antlers. The process is driven by reduced hormone levels. The older bulls lose theirs first, while younger bulls hold on to theirs a bit longer. This happens sometime between mid-December and mid-January.
This bull moose had just shed his antlers. I shot this on December 7th, so it was a little early. He's likely a much older bull. He was the first bull I saw to shed his antlers. His pedicle was still open and raw looking. It bleeds in the beginning, but scabs over and the wound heals. The antlers then become a food source for smaller animals during winter, which is why there's Wyoming laws in place that prohibit picking sheds up until May 1st on public lands. It guarantees the rich food source for a plethora of animals that depend on them over our brutal winters. Come May, people search for the fallen antlers-- which are worth a lot of money. If you're lucky enough to find a matched pair, all the better. A pair is worth the most. But because the antlers fall off independent of one another, it's more likely you'll just find one. A matched set is worth between $500-$1,000, based on size.
The Hormones - Take the A-Train Musikfestival Salzburg - 13.09.2019 - Jazzit Musik Club Salzburg
www.jazzfoto.at/konzertfotos19/_take_the_a_train/_tag3/th...
Besetzung:
Zhou Lijuan: drums
Wang Minghui: bass
Zhu Mengdie: vocals, keys
Wang Jiao: guitar
These adult bulls won't be so chummy next time they meet, in the fall. Then, overflowing hormones and estrus females will enter the mix. But for this month, a mostly peaceful catastrophic molt..
A male Silver Studded Blue homing in but too late.. He tried to join in in the previous shot. He didn't give up easily...
Instinct and hormones are a fuzzy business in the world of migrant birds, and so an immature bird gathering nesting materials on its way south after the end of the breeding period is not as unusual as this seemed to be in the moment. Birds never fail to challenge expectations, especially seasonal ones. The super bright lime green of the immature Chestnut-sided Warbler is another example of confounded expectations.
That is, her full title, 'The Patron Saint of Hormone Disruptors and the Oil and Plastics Industries'.
In a statement she said she had no idea how they got there, but she quite liked the results, that merging. Marcel Mac was less forthcoming. He had more to lose, she guessed.
Liathróidí, and how's your father?
Adding, we all love our plastics, perhaps it's just part of an evolutionary process (Rrose gave a saintly wink) even a step on the path towards bifurcation. Who knows? She mused.
Rroseeen frequently mused, she was a great one for the fecking musing, as we say in the old sod.
Styling by 'Lanech of Lahinch', of course.
(See below, sometimes the plastic bag is almost, or completely, invisible. But, that's plastic for you, go figure!)
GLOSSARY:
Liathróidí (pronounced LEE-ah-row-dee): This is the Irish (Gaeilge) word for "balls" or "testicles". It is frequently used in slang to refer to courage or bravery, similar to the English phrase "having balls".
"And how’s your father?": This is a British and Irish euphemism primarily used to refer to sexual activity.
Origin: It was popularized as a comedic catchphrase by music-hall entertainer Harry Tate around 1910. Tate used it as a non-sequitur to change the subject whenever his character felt embarrassed or stumped.
Modern Usage: It is often used playfully, such as "Fancy a bit of how's your father?". It can also be used as a placeholder for a "whatsit" or an object the speaker is too embarrassed to name.