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I recently bought a field monitor to sit atop my camera to assist my aging eyes, knees and back in getting low perspective shots of small critters. In theory, the larger screen will help me as I track small birds and mammals like the prairie dog shown here. I say in theory because I did not get the chance to use it while we were in the Black Hills. These guys are very skittish (with good reason as I will post in the near future) and will typically run and slide back into their burrows when I even think about pointing a lens at one. Rather than get everything set up with the monitor, I decided to get out of the car to see if their skittishness would continue. Sure enough they all scattered - except for one. As you can tell from the facial expression and body language, it was not happy with me at all. Sorry bud!
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Monitor lizards are lizards in the genus Varanus, the only extant genus in the family Varanidae. They are native to Africa, Asia, and Oceania, and one species is also found in the Americas as an invasive species. About 80 species are recognized. Wikipedia
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The lace monitor or tree goanna is native to eastern Australia. A large lizard, it can reach 2 metres (6.6 ft) in total length and 14 kilograms (31 lb) in weight. Lace Monitors eat insects, mammals, reptiles (including snakes), eggs and nestling birds. They become used to humans and have wandered through some of the campgrounds we have stayed at, where they will forage for food that may be left around.
Despite their size they are adept at climbing trees - this one was disturbed on one of our hikes, staying quite still while we watched, and upon our return an hour later it scuttled up the same tree again.
(Enlarging the photograph will show the leathery textured skin and the very sharp claws.)
The battle of the Monitor and the Merrimack took place on March 9, 1862 during the Civil War. The battle became famous because it was the first battle between two ironclad warships, the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia. The CSS Virginia was referred to as the Merrimack because it was rebuilt into an ironclad warship from the burned-out hull of the USS Merrimack. While the Merrimack looked larger in the water and had a metal ram attached to the front of the ship, the Monitor had a low profile in the water and had a rotating gun turret that housed two 11 inch cannons. All day the two ships shot cannon balls at each other at close range without inflicting much damage to either ship. The battle, though inconclusive,
received worldwide attention and made it clear that ironclad ships were the future of naval warfare.
If you look at the likeness of the old ships, their shapes bear a striking resemblance to the shapes of these two buttes. The Merrimac Butte (the large rock to your left) and the Monitor Butte (on the right) are composed of Entrada sandstone. This Entrada sandstone is composed of three “members” or components—Dewey Bridge, Slickrock and Moab Tongue. The different “members” of the Entrada layer erode at different rates. The Dewey Bridge “member” erodes more quickly, causing the Slickrock cliffs to collapse. The process has created the Monitor and Merrimac Buttes.
On the lookout for a meal . The Lace Monitor is native to Eastern Australia and grows to 2 mts .
Varanus Varius
Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary
FTP . Brisbane
Wikipedia: The Asian water monitor (Varanus salvator) is a large varanid lizard native to South and Southeast Asia. It is one of the most common monitor lizards in Asia, ranging from coastal northeast India, Sri Lanka, mainland Southeast Asia to Indonesian islands where it lives close to water.
Conservation status: Least Concern
Red fox; As she examined and poked her head in the den, I was sure she would bring out the kits, but not this time ☹️
Wikipedia: The Asian water monitor (Varanus salvator) is a large varanid lizard native to South and Southeast Asia. It is one of the most common monitor lizards in Asia, ranging from coastal northeast India, Sri Lanka, mainland Southeast Asia to Indonesian islands where it lives close to water. Adults rarely exceed 1.5–2 m (4 ft 11 in–6 ft 7 in) in length, but the largest specimen on record, from Sri Lanka, measured 3.21 m (10.5 ft).
In Thailand, the local word for a water monitor, hia (เหี้ย), is used as an insulting word for bad and evil things, including bad persons. The word is also thought to bring bad luck, so some people prefer to call the animals 'silver-and-gold' (ตัวเงินตัวทอง) to avoid the jinx.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_water_monitor
Conservation status: Least Concern
Monitor Lizard
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"Due to the volatility of Hibernia Seismic Monitoring Stations have been built along the major fault lines. "
Auf dem Weg zu den Moken.
Some of my groups and albums
DIES UND DAS - BITS AND PIECES
STRASSENPHOTOGRAPHIE - STREET PHOTOGRAPHY
ASPHALT VETERANEN - BLACKTOP VETERANS
MASCHINE UND BEWEGUNG - MACHINE AND MOVING
TO SEE ONLY IN 30/60 OPTED OUT GROUPS !
NUR IN GRUPPEN OHNE 30/60 RESTRIKTION ZU SEHEN !
India, Kerala, Nelliampathi, Wanderoo or Lion-tailed macaque.
…just his kind of macho behavior, or really being angry,
…I decided rather to move on, instead of finding out.
📍….sometimes it is helpful to know someone who knows someone who is friends with a ranger & who is responsible for monitoring the endangered Lion-tailed Macaque...thanks Sania...🙏
So we were able to observe & photograph them in their natural habitat with the necessary distance to the animals & without tourist hype.
There is rarely & only in the company of a ranger individually or with maximal a handful of observers, feeding is absolutely forbidden, after about 2 hours the fun is over & we have to leave, so the monkeys don't get used to people & change their instinctive behaviour.
It is a zestful thing to observe the Wanderoo in the Forest Reserve of Nelliampathi, approximately 70 km straight line between the forest reserve & Kochi on the coast.
Lion-tailed macaques are omnivorous but their diets consists mainly of fruits, but also eat a wide variety of vegetation such as leaves, stems, flowers, buds fungi, occasionally insects, lizards, tree frogs & small mammals are part of their diet.
The Wanderoo monkeys live exclusively in southwestern India in the southern regions of the mountain range Western Ghats. They are diurnal rainforest dwellers & good climbers, spending most of their lives in the trees. In contrast to other macaque species, they avoid human contact & do not colonize plantations.
In their group behaviour they are similar to the other macaques: they live in groups of mostly ten to twenty animals, which are made up of a few males & many females.
There is a distinct hierarchy within the groups. Wanderoos are territorial animals, they initially defend their territory with loud screams against other groups. If this doesn't help, aggressive fights can also occur.
📌….In 2003 a report stated 3000–3500 of these animals live scattered over several areas in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka. The lion-tailed macaque ranks among the rarest & most endangered primates. Their range has become increasingly isolated & fragmented by the spread of agriculture, tea, coffee, teak wood & cinchona trees, construction of water reservoirs for watering & power generation & human settlements to support such activities. They do not live, feed or travel through plantations, destruction of their habitat & their avoidance of human proximity have led to the drastic decrease of their population.
📌….however, there is hope, actually are about 32 zoos worldwide that have this species in their zoo & participate in a common breeding program.
There are 5 zoos in Germany, 4 in China & 2 in the USA - San Diego, Birmingham, 1 in Canada, 2 Russia, the rest are spread out in zoos in Europe & a few other countries around the world....except India.
👉 One World one Dream,
🙏...Danke, Xièxie 谢谢, Thanks, Gracias, Merci, Grazie, Obrigado, Arigatô, Dhanyavad, Chokrane to you & over
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The Anti-Monitor! One of the most powerful beings of in the multiverse.
These are based on the recent Justice League version, the reformed appearance in Crisis, and the original appearance respectively.
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I've been reading a lot of Justice League recently, so this is just one of the groups I was inspired to make during reading.