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A flask made of faience in the shape of a resting lion. Dating to the second half of the 6th century B.C. It was found at Kamiros, Rhodes, Greece. It might have been made there, or it could be an import from Egypt.
On display at British Museum.
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Ni siquiera sé si me gusta... Pero está curiosón. Curvas, ni tantas, y contraste del que carecen este tipo de lentes... Y eso ;-)
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Big Cats can be very intense. Many of them are ambush predators. Even the speedsters, though, need to sneak up close enough to their prey to launch a strike. This wild female Puma (Puma concolor) takes the “stalk and chase” approach. Pumas are fast - they can reach speeds of 40-50 mph in sprint mode. This cat had already eaten earlier in the day and she was patrolling the lake shore. Pumas are also opportunistic hunters so you never know where a sighting will take you.
We saw this wild female Puma (Puma concolor) as a cub in 2018. Her mother is called “Sarmiento” - her territory covers the area surrounding Lago Sarmiento, pictured in the background. This cat, called “Petaca” (little one) by local guides, surveys the heights bordering the lake. Apparently her mother has allowed her to hang in the territory, at least for now.
Wild female Puma (Puma concolor), named "Petaca" by local guides, moves silently through the tall grass. Loosely translated, her name means "little one" or "little thing" - she was the smallest cat in her litter and the only female.
Wild Puma (Puma concolor) gets up from her resting spot on the shore overlooking Lago Sarmiento, and checks out the area. Like all big cats, they are masters of using cover and stealth to get close to prey. She was not hungry at this point but kept a low profile and stayed close to the bushes anyway.
We tracked this cat for almost two hours. When she headed up a hill, we actually got to the top before her. She poked her head up, took a sniff of air, and immediately retreated. When she popped up again about 20 yards away, she was in hunt mode. Ears back, low to the ground, stalking carefully and purposefully. A herd of Guanaco grazed ahead, unaware of her presence. Then it happened. The cat trotted, then broke into an all-out sprint. Here she gets all four feet off the ground in pursuit of her prey. She didn't catch the Guanaco, but she provided the most heart-pounding 6 seconds of activity we've ever experienced in wildlife photography.
This Puma (Puma concolor) aka Mountain Lion aka Cougar aka Panther is the mother of two nearly grown cubs, Amarga and Paine. This Puma family is featured in our latest YouTube video - see link below to check out the video. We first saw Petaca in 2018 when she was a tiny cub and in 2019. It was a thrill to see her as a fully grown adult, and a mother in her own right. youtu.be/98XvTIdi8HU
Como se hizo
Mii amigo Guillermo LLamas arquitecto de profesión, -siempre me advierte que hay que mirar arriba y atrás- apasionado por las bellas artes, despues de un recorrido por la ciudad, con parada en el Museo del Ferrocarril y en el Palacio de Fernán Nuñez. Acabamos en mi casa en el rincón de la fotografia. Su mirada se detuvo en la estanteria. Allí un revoltijo de libros y chuches sobre el monotema.
Un antiguo mechero dupont y junto a él una petaca de carton de montecristo del nº 4 precintada, con una fecha escrita a mano 230596. La fecha en que por ultima vez dejé de fumar 20 años atrás.
La acarició, cogiendo uno de aquellos puros ya secos y jugueteando con el y con el mechero encendido comenzo voluctuosamente a darle vueltas. Bajé la persiana, cerré la puerta en silencio y disparé.
How it was made
My friend, Guillermo LLamas, architect by profession, always warns me that you have to look up and back, passionate about the fine arts, after a tour of the city, with a stop at the Museo del Ferrocarril and the Palacio de Fernán Nuñez. We ended up at my house in the corner of photography. His gaze lingered on the shelf. There a jumble of books and chuches on the monothema.
An old cigarette lighter dupont and next to him a carton of card of montecristo of the number 4 sealed, with a date written by hand 230596. The date in which I last quit smoking 20 years ago.
He caress, picking up one of those cigars already dry and fiddling with the cigar and the lighter on, began voluptuously to spin. I lowered the shutter, closed the door in silence, and fired.
Der weitere Verlauf der Kaninchenjagd in Patagonien. Der Abstand zwischen Puma und Kaninchen wurde immer geringer. Das Kaninchen jedoch wollte nicht aufgeben und versuchte immer wieder seinem Schicksal zu entrinnen
The further course of the rabbit hunt in Patagonia. The distance between puma and rabbit became smaller and smaller. The rabbit, however, refused to give up and kept trying to escape its fate
Our tracker Junior located her chilling out on a hill overlooking Lago Sarmiento. The brilliant deep blue of the lake provided the perfect compliment to her light tawny color. Petaca, a wild female Puma (Puma concolor), made her way through deep, thick brush along the shore of the lake for which her mother Sarmiento was named. A brief moment of eye contact with this beautiful cat took our breath away.
There are many pictures of this species on the Internet. This cat (variously known as Puma, Mountain Lion, Cougar, Panther, Catamount - the scientific name is Puma concolor) enjoys the widest distribution of any cat in the Western Hemisphere, from the Yukon in Canada to the southern tip of South America. In North America the Puma survives by being reclusive and wary. Humans and other predators abound on this continent and as a result most Puma images we’ve seen taken in North America were captive or game farm animals. However, in the southern portion of both Chile and Argentina, the region of Patagonia, these cats are the apex predators. With no bears or wolves or jaguars around, Pumas can be viewed in daytime and will even hunt opportunistically in daylight.
This is a wild female Puma, named Petaca by local guides. It’s not a technically perfect, contest-winning image, but to us the eyes tell the story of the Patagonian Puma. Look at those eyes. The fire and the passion highlight the struggle to survive. Here Petaca is feeding on a Rhea (a huge, flightless bird related to the Ostrich). First time we’ve seen a cat with that prey, and the situation was doubly unique. Based on her location over the last few days and the age of the carcass, our guides were pretty sure Petaca did not kill this bird. Adult Pumas generally do not eat prey they don’t kill themselves. This cat is about 18 months old - just separated from her mother this year - so perhaps she still carries that cub-like trait.