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I decided to share this image for the upcoming #macromondays theme called #wrinkled
It shows some Muffin tins which can be very useful in the kitchen.
What do we know about wrinkles ? In short - Wrinkles are folds, ridges, or creases in the skin or on fabric.
Following description refers to wrinkles in fabric...
Wrinkles are creases, folds, or ridges that typically appear on the skin as a result of aging, repeated facial expressions, or other external factors. Here’s a more detailed description of wrinkles:
Causes of Wrinkles:
Aging: As we age, our skin naturally loses its elasticity and becomes thinner and drier, leading to the formation of wrinkles.
Facial Movements and Expressions: Repeated facial expressions such as smiling, frowning, and squinting can cause lines and creases in the skin.
Sun Exposure: Ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun breaks down collagen and elastin fibers in the skin, which are essential for maintaining skin’s structure and elasticity.
Smoking: Nicotine in cigarettes narrows blood vessels in the outer layers of the skin, impairing blood flow and reducing the skin's ability to repair itself.
Dehydration: Lack of adequate moisture can make the skin appear more wrinkled and dry.
Genetics: Hereditary factors can influence the timing and extent of wrinkle formation.
Environmental Factors: Pollution and exposure to toxins can accelerate skin aging and contribute to the formation of wrinkles.
Diet and Lifestyle: Poor nutrition, lack of exercise, and high levels of stress can negatively impact skin health and contribute to the development of wrinkles.
Types of Wrinkles:
Fine Lines: These are small, shallow lines that often first appear around the eyes (crow’s feet) and mouth.
Deep Furrows: These are more pronounced lines and folds that can develop on the forehead, between the eyebrows, and around the nose and mouth.
Prevention and Treatment:
Sun Protection: Wearing sunscreen, hats, and protective clothing can help prevent UV-induced skin damage.
Healthy Lifestyle: Maintaining a balanced diet, staying hydrated, exercising regularly, and avoiding smoking can contribute to healthier skin.
Skincare Products: Using moisturizers, retinoids, and other anti-aging products can help reduce the appearance of wrinkles.
Medical Treatments: Procedures such as chemical peels, laser therapy, Botox injections, and dermal fillers can effectively reduce or eliminate wrinkles.
Hydration: Keeping the skin well-hydrated can help maintain its elasticity and reduce the formation of wrinkles.
Visual Characteristics:
Texture: Wrinkled skin often feels less smooth and may have a more uneven texture.
Appearance: Wrinkles can appear as fine lines or deeper creases, often more noticeable in areas of frequent movement, such as around the eyes, mouth, and on the forehead.
Color: The skin around wrinkles can sometimes appear darker or lighter due to changes in pigmentation.
Understanding the factors contributing to wrinkles and adopting preventive measures can help maintain healthier, more youthful-looking skin.
Description of wrinkles i nfabric
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Wrinkles in fabric refer to the creases, folds, or ridges that form on cloth materials due to various factors. Here's a detailed description of wrinkles in fabric:
Causes of Wrinkles in Fabric:
Compression: When fabric is pressed or folded tightly for a period of time, it can develop wrinkles. This often happens during storage or packing.
Moisture: Exposure to moisture can cause fibers to swell and then contract unevenly as they dry, leading to wrinkling.
Heat: Excessive heat from washing or drying can alter the shape of fabric fibers, causing them to shrink or expand irregularly, resulting in wrinkles.
Movement: Continuous movement and friction, such as wearing or handling the fabric, can create wrinkles, especially in areas of frequent bending like elbows and knees.
Fabric Type: Different fabrics have varying tendencies to wrinkle. Natural fibers like cotton and linen wrinkle more easily than synthetic fibers like polyester and nylon.
Types of Wrinkles in Fabric:
Sharp Creases: These are well-defined, linear folds that typically occur from precise folding or pressing.
Surface Wrinkles: These are less defined, small, and shallow creases that spread across the surface of the fabric.
Deep Folds: These are pronounced, deeper lines that form when fabric is heavily compressed or bent for a longer period.
Prevention and Treatment:
Proper Storage: Store fabrics by hanging them or folding them loosely to avoid excessive pressure that can cause wrinkles.
Ironing: Using an iron on the appropriate heat setting can help remove wrinkles by flattening the fabric fibers.
Steaming: A garment steamer can effectively remove wrinkles by relaxing the fibers using steam.
Fabric Softeners: Adding fabric softeners during washing can reduce the tendency of fabric to wrinkle.
Proper Washing and Drying: Following care instructions, such as washing on a gentle cycle and promptly removing clothes from the dryer, can help prevent wrinkles.
Anti-Wrinkle Sprays: These products can be sprayed onto fabric to help smooth out wrinkles without the need for ironing.
Visual Characteristics:
Texture: Wrinkled fabric has an uneven, bumpy texture compared to the smooth surface of unwrinkled fabric.
Appearance: Wrinkles can appear as lines, creases, or folds, varying in depth and length depending on the cause and type of fabric.
Shading: Wrinkles can create shadows or highlights on the fabric, making the wrinkled areas appear darker or lighter than the surrounding material.
Examples of Common Situations Leading to Wrinkles:
Packing Luggage: Clothes packed tightly in a suitcase often come out wrinkled.
Sitting for Long Periods: Fabric can wrinkle in areas of stress, such as the knees or elbows, after sitting or bending for a long time.
Laundry Practices: Leaving clothes in the washing machine or dryer after the cycle has finished can lead to wrinkling.
By understanding the factors that contribute to fabric wrinkles and adopting proper care techniques, you can maintain a neater and more presentable appearance for your textiles and garments.
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The adult humpback whale is generally 14–15 m (46–49 ft) long, though individuals up to 16–17 m (52–56 ft) long have been recorded. Females are usually 1–1.5 m (3 ft 3 in – 4 ft 11 in) longer than males.
The species can reach body masses of 40 metric tons (44 short tons). Calves are born at around 4.3 m (14 ft) long with a mass of 680 kg (1,500 lb)] The species has a bulky body with a thin rostrum and proportionally long flippers, each around one-third of its body length.[14][15] It has a short dorsal fin that varies from nearly nonexistent to somewhat long and curved.
Like other rorquals, the humpback has grooves between the tip of the lower jaw and the navel. The grooves are relatively few in number in this species, ranging from 14 to 35. The upper jaw is lined with baleen plates, which number 540–800 in total and are black in color.
The dorsal or upper side of the animal is generally black; the ventral or underside has various levels of black and white coloration. Whales in the southern hemisphere tend to have more white pigmentation. The flippers can vary from all-white to white only on the undersurface. Some individuals may be all white, notably Migaloo who is a true albino. The varying color patterns and scars on the tail flukes distinguish individual animals.[
The end of the genital slit of the female is marked by a round feature, known as the hemispherical lobe, which visually distinguishes males and females.
Unique among large whales, humpbacks have bumps or tubercles on the head and front edge of the flippers; the tail fluke has a jagged trailing edge. The tubercles on the head are 5–10 cm (2.0–3.9 in) thick at the base and protrude up to 6.5 cm (2.6 in).
They are mostly hollow in the center, often containing at least one fragile hair that erupts 1–3 cm (0.39–1.18 in) from the skin and is 0.1 mm (0.0039 in) thick. The tubercles develop early in gestation and may have a sensory function, as they are rich in nerves. Sensory nerve cells in the skin are adapted to withstand the high water pressure of diving.
In one study, a humpback whale brain measured 22.4 cm (8.8 in) long and 18 cm (7.1 in) wide at the tips of the temporal lobes, and weighed around 4.6 kg (10 lb). The humpback's brain has a complexity similar to that of the brains of smaller whales and dolphins.
The structure of the eye indicates that eyesight is relatively poor, being only able to see silhouettes over long distances and finer details relatively close. Computer models of the middle ear suggest that the humpback can hear at frequencies between 15 Hz and 3 kHz "when stimulated at the tympanic membrane", and between 200 Hz and 9 kHz "if stimulated at the thinner region of the tympanic bone adjacent to the tympanic membrane". These ranges are consistent with their vocalization ranges.
As in all cetaceans, the respiratory tract of the humpback whale is connected to the blowholes and not to the mouth, although the species appears to be able to unlock the epiglottis and larynx and move them towards the oral cavity, allowing humpbacks to blow bubbles from their mouths. The vocal folds of the humpback are more horizontally positioned than those of land mammals which allows them to produce underwater calls. These calls are amplified by a laryngeal sac.
This image was taken in Reykjavik, Iceland
Whenever there is a large blue butterfly in or from South or Central America, some immediately say it's a blue morpho. While this is correct, it isn't just a single species. There are about 30 species of Morpho butterflies (and about 150 subspecies). All of them aren't blue though.
This one - a Peleides blue morpho (Morpho peleides) - is really blue though. Not seeing it? Well that's actually a strategy. The ventral side is shimmering in the most wonderful metallic blue and the idea is that when a bird spots this eye-catching blue colour and tries to catch it, they land, fold up the wings and mister Bird looking for something blue suddenly can't find it anymore.
Interestingly, the blue colour is not achieved by pigmentation of the wings. Instead this happens because of iridescence through structural coloration. The scales reflect light in different layers and the resulting interference effects which of course vary with the angle your eye is seeing them from - leading to the magnificient shimmering effect.
Here is a shot of one with its wings open, showing you how blue they are: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52042598269/
And here is a short clip of a male and female trying to hook up for mating which shows the shimmer quite nicely: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52680739456/
Also, do zoom in on this one to see the almost fabric-like structure of the wings.
@Chattbir Zoo, Chandigarh
"Panthera Tigris"
...approx 2 yrs old...
White Bengal tigers are fully grown at 2 - 3 years of age. Male White Bengal tigers reach weights of 200 - 230 kilograms and up to three metres in length. The female White Bengal tigers weigh 130 - 170 kilograms and measure up to 2.5 metres long. White Bengal tigers have stripes all over their body. Their stripes are like fingerprints, no two are the same. The stripes are not only in the tigers fur, but are a pigmentation of the skin.
We now reach the high point of the boat trip and Rio Lagartos's "unique selling point" -- the further reaches of the lagoon, where there are flamingos. February is a little too early for nesting in this population. But courtship has started. It consists of stretching the neck and head upwards by males to impress (females are the same colour but smaller than males). A brief display of the contrasting colours of outstretched wings is also offered.
The local Mayans paint the town pink in celebration of the flamingos, but the Caribbean species is, as can be seen, not pink, but a rich scarlet in colour. Pink or red, the pigmentation comes from their consumption of large quantities of brine shrimp in these highly saline waters. They also eat the algae on which the shrimp feed. Both organisms are rich in beta-carotene, the compound which gives carrots their colour. Take the beta-carotene from their diet, and flamingos become white.
Caribbean flamingos breed on several Caribbean islands, in northern South America, on the Yucatan Peninsula and in Florida.
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I spent some time birding with a good friend of mine today and I grabbed this portrait of a subadult bald eagle. This guy was easy to spot since he lacks pigmentation and does not blend in very well. Can't miss a huge white bird.
of a gentle giant
Portrait of a Galloway Cattle
Galloways are a hardy breed of cattle from Scotland. A key feature of the Galloways is their double-layered coat with a long, wavy top coat and fine, thick undercoat. This and their comparatively thick skin as well as the adapted economical metabolism make the Galloways particularly resistant. That's why they can withstand harsh winters outdoors without any problems. Today, Galloways are bred worldwide with the pigmentation "black", "dun" (fawn, yellow-brown) and "red" (red-brown).
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Leucism /ˈljuːkɪzəm/ is a condition in which there is partial loss of pigmentation in an animal resulting in white, pale, or patchy coloration of the skin, hair, feathers, scales or cuticle, but not the eyes. Unlike albinism, it is caused by a reduction in multiple types of pigment, not just melanin. Thanks Lynn
American Robin AMRO (Turdus migratorius)
Winter Robins should be checked over for Eurasian rarities
:)...but not the case here
Patricia Bay
North Saanich BC
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Jeremy G first noticed this bird which i bird-nerded on to photo doc
Leucism - Wikipedia
Leucism (/ˈljuːkɪzəm/; or /ˈluːsɪzəm/) is a condition in which there is partial loss of pigmentation in an animal resulting in white, pale, or patchy coloration of the skin, hair, feathers, scales or cuticle, but not the eyes. Unlike albinism, it is caused by a reduction in multiple types of pigment, not just melanin.
Leucism & albinism
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White is maybe the most rigorous and psychological color, it seems to purify the surfaces, it’s a color that makes the vacuum merge.
The empty spaces have slight contrasts of shape as a value. I like to deal with this non-pigmentation because its process is a ramification of many harmonic elements that allude to a perfect informality.
Sculpture by Ilaria Gasparroni
On Photovogue
On L'oleil de la Photographie
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www.vogue.com/photovogue/photographers/51977/gallery#1085273
Is this the real life?
Is this just fantasy?
Caught in a landside,
No escape from reality
Open your eyes,
Look up to the skies and see,
I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy,
Because I'm easy come, easy go,
Little high, little low,
Any way the wind blows doesn't really matter to
Me, to me
Mamaaa,
Just killed a man,
Put a gun against his head, pulled my trigger,
Now he's dead
Mamaaa, life had just begun,
But now I've gone and thrown it all away
Mama, oooh,
Didn't mean to make you cry,
If I'm not back again this time tomorrow,
Carry on, carry on as if nothing really matters
Too late, my time has come,
Sends shivers down my spine, body's aching all
The time
Goodbye, everybody, I've got to go,
Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth
Mama, oooh
I don't want to die,
I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all.
Freddie Mercury
Excerpt from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axolotl:
The axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) is a paedomorphic salamander closely related to the tiger salamander. It is unusual among amphibians in that it reaches adulthood without undergoing metamorphosis. Instead of taking to the land, adults remain aquatic and gilled. The species was originally found in several lakes underlying what is now Mexico City, such as Lake Xochimilco and Lake Chalco. These lakes were drained by Spanish settlers after the conquest of the Aztec Empire, leading to the destruction of much of the axolotl's natural habitat.
A sexually mature adult axolotl, at age 18–27 months, ranges in length from 15 to 45 cm (6 to 18 in), although a size close to 23 cm (9 in) is most common and greater than 30 cm (12 in) is rare. Axolotls possess features typical of salamander larvae, including external gills and a caudal fin extending from behind the head to the vent. External gills are usually lost when salamander species mature into adulthood, although the axolotl maintains this feature.[15] This is due to their neoteny evolution, where axolotls are much more aquatic than other salamander species.
Their heads are wide, and their eyes are lidless. Their limbs are underdeveloped and possess long, thin digits. Males are identified by their swollen cloacae lined with papillae, while females are noticeable for their wider bodies full of eggs. Three pairs of external gill stalks (rami) originate behind their heads and are used to move oxygenated water. The external gill rami are lined with filaments (fimbriae) to increase surface area for gas exchange. Four-gill slits lined with gill rakers are hidden underneath the external gills, which prevent food from entering and allow particles to filter through.
Axolotls have barely visible vestigial teeth, which develop during metamorphosis. The primary method of feeding is by suction, during which their rakers interlock to close the gill slits. External gills are used for respiration, although buccal pumping (gulping air from the surface) may also be used to provide oxygen to their lungs.[15] Buccal pumping can occur in a two-stroke manner that pumps air from the mouth to the lungs, and with four-stroke that reverses this pathway with compression forces.
Axolotls exhibit diverse color variations driven by mutations in their pigmentation genes. These genes play a crucial role in determining the coloration of these unique creatures.
We traveled India and Nepal by car following Indian elephants. When we hit the collapsed and dead bridge, we found a white tiger cub. The cub was drowning in the river. We protected immediately. We are going to look for the mother tiger right away. It is their happiness that animals live in nature.
The white tiger or bleached tiger is a pigmentation variant of the Bengal tiger, which is reported in the wild from time to time in the Indian states of Madhya Pradesh, Assam, West Bengal and Bihar in the Sunderbans region and especially in the former State of Rewa.[1] Such a tiger has the black stripes typical of the Bengal tiger, but carries a white or near-white coat.
John Barry - Born Free - Main Title
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-Lost Lagoon- www.flickr.com/groups/4505438@N21/pool/
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[Deadwool] Worn out jeans - M (high) BC - dark wash
[Deadwool] Patmos boots - black - (male) - M
*ARGRACE* Cowboy Hat / SORA - Blonde
[Deadwool] Fermo watch - male - full black - RARE
[ kunst ] - Cross Necklace [M]
KITE - Mini Rawrs - Shy COMMON
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Blueberry: Top and Shorts
Baby Monkey: Kami Boots
Riders Straw Cowboy Hat
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The sei whale's body is typically a dark steel grey with irregular light grey to white markings on the ventral surface, or towards the front of the lower body. The whale has a relatively short series of 32–60 pleats or grooves along its ventral surface that extend halfway between the pectoral fins and umbilicus (in other species it usually extends to or past the umbilicus), restricting the expansion of the buccal cavity during feeding compared to other species.
The rostrum is pointed and the pectoral fins are relatively short, only 9–10% of body length, and pointed at the tips.[6] Sei whales have a solitary ridge extending from the tip of the rostrum to the paired blowholes that are a distinctive characteristic of baleen whales.[21]
Its skin is often marked by pits or wounds, which after healing become white scars. These are now known to be caused by cookie-cutter sharks (Isistius brasiliensis).[It has a tall, sickle-shaped dorsal fin that ranges in height from 38–90 cm (15–35 in) and averages 53–56 cm (21–22 in), about two-thirds of the way back from the tip of the rostrum. Dorsal fin shape, pigmentation pattern, and scarring have been used to a limited extent in photo-identification studies. The tail is thick and the fluke, or lobe, is relatively small in relation to the size of the whale's body.
The sei whale is the third-largest balaenopterid, after the blue whale and the fin whale. Adults usually weigh between 15 and 20 t (15 and 20 long tons; 17 and 22 short tons).[29] They exhibit sexual dimorphism, with females outweighing and being longer than their male counterparts. At birth, a calf typically measures 4.4–4.5 m (14–15 ft) in length.
This image was taken in the Mid North Atlantic Ocean inbetween Madeira and Barbados
I'm being slack with uploads again, not posting in order of date taken with this one but this is a special one, it takes priority haha.
This is a leucistic Grey Fantail, leucism is a condition in which there is partial loss of pigmentation in an animal resulting in white, pale, or patchy coloration of the skin, hair, feathers, scales or cuticle, but not the eyes. Unlike albinism, it is caused by a reduction in multiple types of pigment, not just melanin.
Thank you Google search for the information, this as far as i can remember is only the second ever leucistic bird i have seen, the first being an Australian Magpie at the Sydney Botanical Gardens. I nearly witnessed this bird's demise, it only just avoided being caught by a bird of prey i couldn't identify that appeared out of nowhere from the bush surrounding the town dam, hopefully this bird has a happy life, it will be tough.
Eristalis tenax, the common drone fly, is a common, migratory, cosmopolitan species of hover fly It is the most widely distributed syrphid species in the world, and is known from all regions except the Antarctic. It has been introduced into North America and is widely established. It can be found in gardens and fields in Europe and Australia. It has also been found in the Himalayas..Eristalis tenax is a large, stocky bee mimic. The eyes are marbled in black. Males have hovering displays. The average wing length is 9.75–13 mm and their average wingspan is 15 mm.
The exact appearance of the drone fly can vary considerably.The abdomen can vary in color from dark brown to orange. Pigmentation has an important role in the control of body temperature; the black areas down the center of the drone-flies abdomen may absorb solar radiation and so warm the dorsal blood vessel, which is right underneath
White is maybe the most rigorous and psychological color, it seems to purify the surfaces, it’s a color that makes the vacuum merge. The empty spaces have slight contrasts of shape as a value.
I like to deal with this non-pigmentation because its process is a ramification of many harmonic elements that allude to a perfect informality. These pictures may seem incongruous because they are elegant and messy at the same time. They are contemporary, I took familiar objects like: “Burger King” glasses, crumbled pills, glasses of plastic or packs, which I photographed in high key. This kind of illumination, in which high and white tones are predominant, spreads positivity and freshness, which is another element of contrast towards the mess of the scenery, that often has a dirty tablecloth, like someone suddenly left the meal. The position of elements is never random, but it is necessary to highlight the constituent structure: pieces of silverware, pills, bottles, remains of food or dry branches are often put close to each other on levels, like there was a narrative correlation more or less narrow between each other. There is no human presence, but it is re-invoked through the representation of objects, where plasticity alternates with flatness, creating at the same time tension and melancholy.
Like other right whales, the Southern Right Whale is readily distinguished from other whales by the callosities on its head, a broad back without a dorsal fin, and a long arching mouth that begins above the eye. The body of the whale is very dark grey or black, occasionally with some white patches on the belly. The right whale's callosities appear white, not due to skin pigmentation, but to large colonies of cyamids or whale lice.
The Southern Right Whale is almost indistinguishable from the closely related North Atlantic and the North Pacific Right Whales, with only some minor skull differences. It may have fewer callosities on its head and more on its lower lips than the northern species. The maximum size of an adult female is 18.5 m (61 ft) and approximately 130 tons.
The testicles of right whales are likely to be the largest of any animal, each weighing around 500 kg (1,100 lb). This suggests that sperm competition is important in the mating process.
Wikipedia : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Right_Whale
Laguna Colorada (Red Lagoon) is a shallow salt lake in the southwest of the altiplano of Bolivia, within Eduardo Avaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve and close to the border with Chile.
The lake contains borax islands, whose white color contrasts with the reddish color of its waters, which is caused by red sediments and pigmentation of some algae.
James's flamingos abound in the area. Also it is possible to find Andean and Chilean flamingos, but in a minor quantity.
---Wikipedia
The humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) is a species of baleen whale. It is a rorqual (a member of the family Balaenopteridae) and is the only species in the genus Megaptera.
The adult humpback whale is generally 14–15 m (46–49 ft), though longer lengths of 16–17 m (52–56 ft) have been recorded. Females are usually 1–1.5 m (3 ft 3 in – 4 ft 11 in) longer than males.
The species can reach body masses of 40 metric tons (44 short tons). Calves are born at around 4.3 m (14 ft) long with a weight of 680 kg (1,500 lb).
The body is bulky with a thin rostrum and proportionally long flippers, each around one-third of its body length.[15][16] It has a short dorsal fin that varies from nearly non-existent to somewhat long and curved.
As a rorqual, the humpback has grooves between the tip of the lower jaw and the navel. They are relatively few in number in this species, ranging from 14–35. The mouth is lined with baleen plates, which number 270-400 for both sides.
Unique among large whales, humpbacks have bumps or tubercles on the head and front edge of the flippers; the tail fluke has a jagged trailing edge.
The tubercles on the head are 5–10 cm (2.0–3.9 in) thick at the base and poke up to 6.5 cm (2.6 in). They are mostly hollow in the center, often containing at least one fragile hair that erupts 1–3 cm (0.39–1.18 in) from the skin and is 0.1 mm (0.0039 in) thick. The tubercles develop early in the womb and may have a sensory function as they are rich in nerves.
The dorsal or upper-side of the animal is generally black; the ventral or underside has various levels of black and white coloration. Whales in the southern hemisphere tend to have more white pigmentation. The flippers can vary from all-white to white only on the undersurface.
The varying color patterns and scars on the tail flukes distinguish individual animals. The end of the genital slit of the female is marked by a round feature, known as the hemispherical lobe, which visually distinguishes males and females.
This image was taken at Isafjordur on the north west coast of Iceland.
The humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) is a species of baleen whale. It is a rorqual (a member of the family Balaenopteridae) and is the only species in the genus Megaptera.
The adult humpback whale is generally 14–15 m (46–49 ft), though longer lengths of 16–17 m (52–56 ft) have been recorded. Females are usually 1–1.5 m (3 ft 3 in – 4 ft 11 in) longer than males.
The species can reach body masses of 40 metric tons (44 short tons). Calves are born at around 4.3 m (14 ft) long with a weight of 680 kg (1,500 lb).
The body is bulky with a thin rostrum and proportionally long flippers, each around one-third of its body length.[15][16] It has a short dorsal fin that varies from nearly non-existent to somewhat long and curved.
As a rorqual, the humpback has grooves between the tip of the lower jaw and the navel. They are relatively few in number in this species, ranging from 14–35. The mouth is lined with baleen plates, which number 270-400 for both sides.
Unique among large whales, humpbacks have bumps or tubercles on the head and front edge of the flippers; the tail fluke has a jagged trailing edge.
The tubercles on the head are 5–10 cm (2.0–3.9 in) thick at the base and poke up to 6.5 cm (2.6 in). They are mostly hollow in the center, often containing at least one fragile hair that erupts 1–3 cm (0.39–1.18 in) from the skin and is 0.1 mm (0.0039 in) thick. The tubercles develop early in the womb and may have a sensory function as they are rich in nerves.
The dorsal or upper-side of the animal is generally black; the ventral or underside has various levels of black and white coloration. Whales in the southern hemisphere tend to have more white pigmentation. The flippers can vary from all-white to white only on the undersurface.
The varying color patterns and scars on the tail flukes distinguish individual animals. The end of the genital slit of the female is marked by a round feature, known as the hemispherical lobe, which visually distinguishes males and females.
This image was taken from the breakwater at Honningsvag Harbour in Norway
This is only the second leucistic American goldfinch that I've had the pleasure to see. Leucism is the partial loss of pigmentation, and this unique guy has lost the gold color in many of his belly feathers as well as on his back.
(not great photos but the best I could do with the sun and through the windows).
I noticed some almost fluorescent white stripes on one of the birds flitting around in the lilac branches and ran for the camera.
Once I saw it through the lens I realized it was a sparrow... but, I've never seen it around previously and now...not since that day although I do watch for it.
I can't believe how white the feathers were. Like I said... almost fluorescent in that they were so bright white. It is a little female... and, she seems not bothered at all by them...and, other than a few perfectly matched feathers, it was all the "leucism" she sported. The others didn't seem to treat her any differently... she was just there hanging out with everybody. Pecking at nuts and seeds in the feeders and jumping in and out of the lilac branches. And, then, she was gone ....
When I see the same size group of sparrows each day I more or less assume they are the same darn group. But, obviously she came from somewhere else... or with a different group..or maybe she is even flitting about by herself. Who knows with birds... as usual.....
Here is some info on leucisim.
Leucistic sparrows are far more prevalent than the Albinos. Spotting a sparrow with a few white parts, you might consider it to be a Partial Albino. However, the correct term for such a species is Leucine.
Whereas Albinos lack all the color pigmentation, resulting in entirely white feathers and white plumage, Leucinos are affected by a partial loss of pigmentation. This deficiency of pigmentation usually occurs in the feathers, while the soft parts remain intact.
In contrast to the Albino Sparrows, Leucistic sparrows appear to live somewhat everyday life, like their other mates. Even if not in massive amounts, the presence of melanin in their bodies aids the bird in better eyesight and stronger feathers than an absolute Albino.
Interestingly, there is often a variation in the intensity of leucism on the bird’s body, exhibiting alterations in its white feathers. With every new cycle of molding, the spread of white feathers may increase or decrease.
The photo beside this one shows her profile so that you can see she is all sparrow with only the few beautifully white feathers.
Explore March 28/09....White-cheeked Turaco. View Large On Black Turacos are the only birds to possess true red and green pigmentation. When you look at most birds, the color you are seeing is a reflection produced by the feather structure. The turaco's red pigment (turacin) and green pigment (turacoverdin) both contain copper. In fact, if you stirred a glass of water with a red turaco feather, the water would turn pink! (Taken indoors at Butterfly World, Victoria BC, Canada) IMG_1395
Similar to albinism which means the animal lacks pigmentation, there is also erythrism, sometimes called erythrochroism, which instead makes them red or pink.
More than all other animals, grasshoppers happen to suffer from this, but it still looks quite alien, wouldn't you say? Like a tiny plastic toy or something.
This one is just a nymph, and typically the pink ones tend to be nymphs as the intense colour makes them easier to spot for predators so fewer survive to adult form. As there are several species which look just the same as nymphs, I can't say which exact species this is, but the white eyes make it look really cool in my book!
This Leucistic Great Horned Owl was amongst the branches so I couldn’t avoid the shadows, but I’m pleased I got to see him. Leucism is the partial loss of pigmentation causing white feathers but not in the eyes.
Laguna Colorada (Red Lagoon) is a shallow salt lake in the southwest of the altiplano of Bolivia, within Eduardo Avaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve and close to the border with Chile. The lake contains borax islands, whose white color contrasts with the reddish color of its waters, which is caused by red sediments and pigmentation of some algae.
Source: Wikipedia.org
The adult humpback whale is generally 14–15 m (46–49 ft), though longer lengths of 16–17 m (52–56 ft) have been recorded. Females are usually 1–1.5 m (3 ft 3 in – 4 ft 11 in) longer than males. The species can reach body masses of 40 metric tons (44 short tons). Calves are born at around 4.3 m (14 ft) long with a weight of 680 kg (1,500 lb).
The body is bulky with a thin rostrum and proportionally long flippers, each around one-third of its body length.[15][16] It has a short dorsal fin that varies from nearly non-existent to somewhat long and curved. As a rorqual, the humpback has grooves between the tip of the lower jaw and the navel. They are relatively few in number in this species, ranging from 14–35. The mouth is lined with baleen plates, which number 270-400 for both sides.
Unique among large whales, humpbacks have bumps or tubercles on the head and front edge of the flippers; the tail fluke has a jagged trailing edge. The tubercles on the head are 5–10 cm (2.0–3.9 in) thick at the base and poke up to 6.5 cm (2.6 in).
They are mostly hollow in the center, often containing at least one fragile hair that erupts 1–3 cm (0.39–1.18 in) from the skin and is 0.1 mm (0.0039 in) thick. The tubercles develop early in the womb and may have a sensory function as they are rich in nerves.
The dorsal or upper-side of the animal is generally black; the ventral or underside has various levels of black and white coloration. Whales in the southern hemisphere tend to have more white pigmentation.
The flippers can vary from all-white to white only on the undersurface. The varying color patterns and scars on the tail flukes distinguish individual animals. The end of the genital slit of the female is marked by a round lobe. This lobe visually distinguishes males and females.
This image was takem near Maui, one of the Hawaiian Island in the North Pacific Ocean. It has suffered an injury to the right hand side of its fluke, so should be able to identify its name.
Rather better shots were obtained of the flamingos at the El Cuyo end of the reserve than at the Rio Lagartos end.
The Caribbean species is, as can be seen, not pink, but a vibrant scarlet in colour. Pink or red, the pigmentation comes from their consumption of large quantities of brine shrimp in these highly saline waters. They also eat the algae on which the shrimp feed. Both organisms are rich in beta-carotene, the compound which gives carrots their colour. Take the beta-carotene from their diet, and flamingos become white.
Caribbean flamingos breed on several Caribbean islands, in northern South America, on the Yucatan Peninsula and in Florida.
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New Game Picture Sonic the Hedgehog
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG
Species: Hedgehog
Age: 15
Abilities: run at high speeds, spindash, flash jump, light speed dash, light speed attack (attacks depend on what game you are playing).
Sonic is a loyal yet rebellious character that fights for what is right and for freedom of the innocent animals that his enemy Ivo Robotnik harshly captures. Since a young child, Sonic was a gifted child with the ability to run at high speeds. After the disappearance of his parents, Sonic has been on his own from a young teenage age. After being assaulted constantly by the "Eggman" a.k.a - Robotnik, Sonic started to see the true potential of his special abilities. He was faster and smarter than any other hedgehog on Planet Mobius. Sonic soon he met Amy Rose, another hedgehog with the gift of speed, though she couldn't run as fast as Sonic. Soon, Amy fell in love with Sonic, but Sonic didn't exactly fell the same for her. However, he would still try to protect her if anything happened. Sonic is friendly, yet demanding, giving him the trait of leadership. Others find it easy to be his friend by living with the fact the Sonic gives up for nobody. He's his own follower. After a brutal fight with Robotnik about 6 years ago, which Sonic successfully won at, he started to realize that it would take more than his own power to stop Robotnik should he come back again. While running down a street one day, Sonic ran into a homeless pup named Miles Prower. The pup was lonely and Sonic took him in. Soon, Sonic gave the young pup a new nickname which he liked - Tails. Tails would be Sonic's best friend from that point on. The two are known for their successful defeat against Robotnik's "Death Egg" attack vessel, which was a large floating battleship
BIOGRAPHY Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog is the flagship character and mascot for the video game and arcade game (and formerly game console) company Sega, which has released a series of video games in which he either stars or plays a role. Sonic was competing head-to-head with Nintendo's mascot, Mario, for over a decade until Sega left the console market. His games are now on various Nintendo systems and other consoles. Sonic replaced Alex Kidd, who was Sega's mascot prior to 1990. Naoto Oshima designed the character while Yuji Naka was the main programmer. He would later become head of the Sonic Team division. He was also used as the mascot of Sega's Blast Processing, a feature of the Sega Genesis which supposedly allowed Genesis games to draw polygons faster. Sonic was an early example of the "obscure anthropomorphic animal starring in a platform game" character archetype that was later seen in characters such as Crash Bandicoot, Spyro the Dragon, Blinx, and Sly Cooper. Sonic is a blue, 15 year old hedgehog who lives on the planet Earth (or Mobius in various other American or European sources, which, depending on the universe, varies from being simply the name of Earth in the future to being an entirely different planet). He has the ability to run at supersonic speeds, hence his name. His blue pigmentation was explained in an issue of gaming magazine GamePro as being the result of getting caught in an explosion involving cobalt, but this is probably not canonical. There is an alternative explanation in Stay Sonic: Official Sega Handbook, a book about Sonic the Hedgehog written by Mike Pattenden. At some point it was divulged (probably from an American source) that Sonic enjoys eating chili dogs. The premise of the games revolves around Doctor Eggman (Doctor Ivo Robotnik in the earlier releases in North America and Europe) trying to take over the world by turning the animals into robots (often called Badniks, though this is an US/EUR term and hasn't been used since Sonic Adventure). Sonic is charged with saving them. In later games he is joined by Tails (Miles "Tails" Prower), Amy Rose, Knuckles the Echidna, Cream the Rabbit and a host of other characters. Sonic must collect Golden Rings to protect himself from the robots, and he ultimately must collect the Chaos Emeralds from the Special Stages in order to become his most powerful form, Super Sonic. However, Sonic's quest does not necessitate collecting the Emeralds himself; he must only prevent Eggman from collecting them and dooming the world with their power, as well as deal with numerous other foes, such as Metal Sonic (Mecha Sonic), Fang the Sniper (formerly Nack the Weasel in the West, still Nack in the comic books), Shadow the Hedgehog, and Rouge the Bat. Sonic has numerous abilities, including Homing Attack, where he hits enemies while jumping, and Light Dash, where he can run along a path of rings, even in the air. He is a poor swimmer, however, and will drown in water, even as Super Sonic. (However, as Hyper Sonic in Sonic 3 & Knuckles, he can stay alive in water.) In SatAM Sonic's love interest is Princess Sally Acorn; in the video games Amy Rose believes she is Sonic's girlfriend (Sonic, however, is quite repelled by Amy's constant advances but in the modern day Sonic TV show Sonic X, there is a bit more of a mutual vibe between Sonic and Amy); Breezie hedgehog in Adventures of Sonic the hedgehog cartoon; and both Sally Acorn and Mina Mongoose in Sonic's Archie comics. Interestingly, one of a class of genes involved in fruit fly embryonic development, called hedgehog genes after the name given to the first member of this class discovered, has been named "sonic hedgehog" after this character. The music of the first two Sonic the Hedgehog games on the Megadrive and Genesis was composed by the Japanese band Dreams Come True. Sonic is also incredibly popular with the fangaming community, with possibly more fanmade games than any other video game star. In all games, Sonic is voiced by either Jun'ichi Kanemaru or Ryan Drummond. In the TV shows, he is voiced by five different actors (specific to each show): Jaleel White, Masami Kikuchi, Martin Burke , Jun'ichi Kanemaru and Jason Griffith .
Soha is the male White Tiger of La Flèche Zoo Park, La Flèche, France
The White Tiger, also known as the White Bengal Tiger, is a pigmentation variant and a subspecies of Tiger, found throughout the Indian subcontinent.
Over the past couple of centuries the White Tiger has become even rarer in the wild due to trophy hunting or capture for the exotic pet trade, with there having been no recorded sightings of these elusive predators for the past 50 years.
Today, the White Tiger can still be found in a handful of zoos and animal sanctuaries around the world with these large and beautiful felines often being the star attraction.
Mohan, the last recorded white tiger born in the wild, was the founding father of the white tigers. He was captured as a cub in 1951 by Maharaja of Rewa. In 1953, Mohan was bred to a normal-coloured wild tigress called Begum "royal consort", which produced orange cubs. Mohan was then bred to his daughter Radha (who carried the white gene inherited from her father) with success.
Mohan was featured in the National Geographic documentary "Great Zoos Of The World" in 1970. He died aged almost 20, and was laid to rest with Hindu rites as the palace staff observed official mourning.
The unusual junco is not an albino. Instead, it has leucism, that prevents melanin from depositing normally on feathers. The result is pale or muted colors and a "pied" appearance.
A true albino would have no pigmentation everywhere which would lead to pink eyes.
Juncos are ground feeders and prefer feeders that are on the ground, hence the pie tin feeder on the deck.
For more details, check feederwatch.org/learn/unusual-birds/
Es el sitio más importante para la observación de flamencos, donde se concentran tres especies:El Flamenco Chileno, El Flamenco Andino y La Parina Chica.Constituye un sitio de singular interés por la coloración de sus aguas, de un rojo intenso debido a los finos sedimentos de esa tonalidad depositados, y a pigmentos de algunos tipos de algas.
Bolivia.
¡Mejor ver en grande!.
Laguna Colorada (Red Lagoon) is a shallow salt lake in the southwest of the altiplano of Bolivia, within Eduardo Avaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve and close to the border with Chile.
The lake contains borax islands, whose white color contrasts nicely with the reddish color of its waters, which is caused by red sediments and pigmentation of some algae.
Laguna Colorada is one of the Ramsar Wetlands of International Importance under the Ramsar Convention signed in 1971.