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Buzzard - Buteo Buteo
Being mobbed by Carrion Crow!
Frustrated by the social distancing guidelines? All you need is to grow a pair a wings and get involved with an ocean going flash mob. No distancing here, just plain old frolicking at the coast.
Año Nuevo CA
The Minecraft 2023 Mob Vote Crab, my second favourite Mob that was robbed- I mean that lost the Mob Vote, right behind the Copper Golem (which inspired my other moc CU-29).
Made for the Time For Crab community collab!
(Thank you a9 for the large claw design, genuinely put my design to shame)
Poznan, Poland
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Meerkats (Suricata suricatta) are small, social mammals belonging to the mongoose family, native to the arid grasslands and deserts of Southern Africa. Famous for their cooperative behavior and upright sentry posture, they live in family groups called "mobs".
Appearance
Size: A meerkat's slender body measures 25 to 35 centimeters (10–14 inches) long, with a tail nearly as long. They typically weigh less than one kilogram.
Fur: Their coats are grizzled gray and brown, with faint dark stripes across the back. This coloration helps them camouflage with their sandy environment.
Facial features: They have a pointed snout and dark patches of fur around their eyes, which act like sunglasses to reduce sun glare.
Tail: Their long, thin tail is used for balance when standing on their hind legs.
Claws: Strong, sharp claws on their forefeet are used for digging burrows and foraging for food.
Ears: The ears can be closed to keep dirt out while digging.
Habitat and distribution
Geographic range: Meerkats are found in Southern Africa, including Botswana, Namibia, Angola, and South Africa.
Ecology: They inhabit arid and open areas, such as savannas and grasslands, where they build complex underground burrow systems. These burrows provide shelter from predators and extreme temperatures.
Behaviour
Social structure: Meerkats are highly social, living in mobs of up to 50 individuals, though groups of 10 to 15 are more common. Each mob is often led by a dominant male and female.
Teamwork: A mob works together for survival. Some individuals act as sentries, standing on their hind legs to watch for predators, while others forage or care for the young.
Communication: Meerkats use a complex system of vocalizations to communicate within the group. A sentry will emit different alarm calls depending on the type and urgency of a threat.
Defense: If threatened, a mob may band together, arch their backs, and hiss to intimidate a predator.
Diet
Meerkats are omnivores, though their diet is primarily insectivorous.
They forage for food by digging in the sand using their powerful claws and keen sense of smell.
Their diet mainly includes insects, such as beetles, grubs, and termites, but they also eat spiders, scorpions, small reptiles, eggs, and occasionally plant matter like tubers.
Meerkats are notably immune to the venom of certain scorpions.
Conservation status
Least Concern: Meerkats are classified as "Least Concern" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), meaning their population is not currently at risk of extinction.
Threats: While stable, populations can be affected by factors like habitat destruction and environmental changes.
Misrepresentation: Media portrayals as friendly animals have fueled an illegal pet trade, which is harmful to the species. The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) and others strongly advise against keeping them as pets.
I noticed that a number of hummingbirds were challenging the Green Heron. Not sure if there was a nest or they just didn't want it in their "territory" ! It was clear that the Green Heron was transfixed by these annoying hummers !!
Neue Nationalgalerie (New National Gallery) Berlin, Germany
The artist: Alexander Calder (Philadelphia 1898 - 1976 New York)
Calder mobiles are kinetic sculptures made of metal plates, wire, and other materials that are set in motion by air currents in a seemingly weightless dynamic. A wonderfully balanced interplay.
They combine abstract beauty with the principle of equilibrium.
Calder-Mobiles sind kinetische Skulpturen, die aus Metallplatten, Draht und anderen Materialien bestehen und durch Luftzug in scheinbar schwereloser Dynamik in Bewegung versetzt werden. Ein wunderbar ausbalanciertes Spiel.
Sie vereinen abstrakte Schönheit mit dem Prinzip des Gleichgewichts.
Photo André Knoerr, Genève. Reproduction autorisée avec mention de la source.
Utilisation commerciale soumise à autorisation spéciale préalable.
Le convoi De 4/4 25 + AB 98 + B 49 arrive à Sonzier en provenance de Montreux.
En fin de carrière, la motrice 25 s'aventurait rarement sur la section Montreux- Montbovon.
Malheureusement, et "grâce" à la politique de préservation déplorable du MOB, la BDe 4/4 26, dernière motrice de la série BFZe 4/4 23-26, a été récemment démolie.
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MOB FZe 6/6 2002 and LEB BCFe 4/4 11 stand outside the museum at Chaulin on the Blonay Chamby railway
La Ge 4/4 8002 du MOB emmène un Goldenpass Panoramic panaché en direction de Montreux sous un ciel menaçant et une légère neige.
Der Be 4/4 1003 der Chemin de fer Montreux - Oberland - Bernois steht am 26.08.2017 anlässlich seiner Abschieds-Extrafahrt auf dem 46m langen Lauciau-Viadukt zwischen La Tine und Rossinière.
Der 1958 als ABe 4/4 5 an die Ferrovia Lugano - Ponte Tresa gelieferte Triebwagen wurde 1984 an die MOB verkauft und versah dann jahrelang seinen Dienst als Triebwagen für Regionalzüge und für diverse Rangierarbeiten.
Der Triebwagen wurde trotz diverser Bestrebungen zum weiteren Erhalt am 31.10.2017 abgebrochen.
La GDe 4/4 6004 du MOB transfère de Chamby à Montreux les voitures Ars 101 et As 102 ayant servi pour des trains spéciaux au Chemin de Fer Musée Blonay-Chamby.
Caution!!
This mob is armed (plenty of arms) and dangerous!!
This photo was taken by a Mamiya C-330 TLR medium format film camera and Mamiya-Sekor 1:2.8 f=80mm lens with a Mamiya 46ø UV SL39•3 filter using Kodak Ektar 100 film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered in Photoshop.