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Fynn and a mouse, a real one this time. Sorry, this is not a very pretty sight but something you have to get used to if you live with predators. Fynn isn't a very passionate hunter and he didn't kill the poor mouse himself. When he found it on the path behind the house, the mouse was already dead, probably dropped there by Sethi who hunts everything that moves and is smaller than himself. Fynn occasionally catches mice too but usually brings them home alive and releases them somewhere in the house. That's not very funny either but I honestly prefer a living mouse in my bedroom to a dead one on my doorstep.
Fynn has a vet appointment next Tuesday for his dental surgery but I think I will have to cancel it. The cat flu strikes again at the moment and a surgery under these circumstances would probably be a very bad idea. I will talk to the vet on Monday and see what she says.
These deceptively small animals, the wild dogs are one of the most ferocious in the forest- even more so than the leopard. And as they are rare to sight, capturing a pair of them with my camera was a treat. They looked warily, yet curious straight into my lens.
20.10.2022
Predator EN100-006 jako osobowy relacji: Warszawa Śródmieście WKD - Podkowa Leśna Główna za chwilę zatrzyma się na p.o. Otrębusy.
….and then between 2 bushes we saw a male Blue Wildebeest slowly walking in the direction of an open area.
It was not aware of the Lioness nor of our jeep.
The Wildebeest was about 40 meters away from the Lioness and even closer to us when it noticed that it was not alone....
The Lioness immediately launched her attack bursting into full speed and the Wildebeest ran away turning in our direction.
This is the SECOND image of the series.
There was no time to change any settings ( or actually even to breath …. )
Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa
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For the longest time I've wanted to make a minifigure sized Predator. It never felt like something that was possible, to be honest. His size, his details; very difficult. Use minifigure parts? Not possible in the slightest. Using bricks? Turns out, that is possible!
Having already built the Alien, and having spent the past year building a dozen large characters, I felt I was finally at the point to try out something even more difficult: this tiny beast. And so after two hours work, it turns out you can make a decent minifigure sized(ish) hunter! Its a bit larger than it should be--although it does look great next to the Alien; and its head is currently...er..."resting" on the shoulders, but it's off to a good start. It could also use some more efficient bricks--I barely managed to build this one, and with the rarity of the bricks used, it would be difficult to amass a small hunting party. Incidentally, Aliens are far more cost effective...so this is accurate to the films? That's what I'm going with!
Also included are is a skinned victim and a rather simple Dutch.
Kaziranga National Park
State Of Assam
India
The wild water buffalo (Bubalus arnee), also called Asian buffalo, Asiatic buffalo and wild buffalo, is a large bovine native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It has been listed as Endangered in the IUCN Red List since 1986, as the remaining population totals less than 3,400. A population decline of at least 50% over the last three generations (24–30 years) is projected to continue. 3,100 live in India, mostly in Assam. The wild water buffalo is the most likely ancestor of the domestic water buffalo.
The wild water buffalo occurs in India, Nepal, Bhutan, Thailand, and Cambodia, with an unconfirmed population in Myanmar. It is associated with wet grasslands, swamps, flood plains and densely vegetated river valleys. Tigers, mugger crocodiles and Asian black bears feed on adult wild water buffaloes.
In India, it is largely restricted to in and around Kaziranga, Manas and Dibru-Saikhowa National Parks, Laokhowa Wildlife Sanctuary and Bura Chapori Wildlife Sanctuary and in a few scattered pockets in Assam.
Wild water buffaloes are both diurnal and nocturnal. They are probably grazers by preference, feeding mainly on graminoids when available. They also eat other herbs, fruits, and bark, as well as browsing on trees and shrubs. They also feed on crops, including rice, sugarcane, and jute, sometimes causing considerable damage. – Wikipedia
1. Mantis Series 7/7, 2. I'm watching you, 3. Mantis Series 6/7, 4. Mantis Series 3/7
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Heliconius comprises a colorful and widespread genus of brush-footed butterflies commonly known as the longwings or heliconians. This genus is distributed throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the New World, from South America as far north as the southern US. The larvae of these butterflies eat Passion flower vines (Passifloraceae). Adults exhibit bright wing color patterns to signal their distastefulness to potential predators.
Heliconius butterflies have been the subject of many studies, due partly to their abundance and the relative ease of breeding them under laboratory conditions, but also because of the extensive mimicry that occurs in this group. From the nineteenth century to the present-day, their study has helped scientists to understand how new species are formed and why nature is so diverse.
Because of the type of plant material that Heliconius caterpillars favor and the resulting poisons they store in their tissues, the adult butterflies are usually unpalatable to predators by bright colors and contrasting wing patterns, a phenomenon known as aposematism.
Heliconius antiochus
Wings of the Tropics, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami, FL
In my case more like time to catch up.
Just had another lovely few weeks up north and still haven't gone through all the barnie and Farne Island pics.
Barn owl (Tyto alba)
Yorkshire Dales - Lower Barn/ Embankment male
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Beautiful yet ferocious, dragonflies’ extraordinary flight skills allow them to catch prey with a success rate of up to 97%. In addition to super vision, their precise and agile maneuvers in flight make them highly effective deadly hunters.
On a sunny early morning at Frank Lake, Alberta, we were photographing shore birds. Suddenly they all flew away.
When we looked up to see what predator had arrived I was surprised to see this juvenile female Northern Harrier.
I wish I had been ready for a sky flight photos and not laying in the mud for the shorebirds. Had I been standing I think the photo of this female would have better. But, I had not photographed this bird before so I am happy that I managed to get something useable.
Once this young female matures more her eyes will change to a yellow colors.
Other names for this bird are marsh hawks or ring-tailed hawk.
-Circus hudsonius
Tarantula hawk
Taken in Los Liones Canyon
These wasps have one of the most painful stings of any animal and are in fact rated number two in pain for bug bites. They are not very aggressive though. One of the few predators who will eat these are roadrunners.
Warm River, Idaho
An awesome and fascinating bird. While this bird can't walk on water it can walk under it. Its range is in the mountains of Western North and Central America. It is an elevational migrant only moving down a stream course if it becomes completely frozen over. They have feathered white eyelids and they build their nest in very difficult places for predators to access, sometimes even behind a waterfall. There are 5 subspecies of dippers found in the world and they are most closely related to the Thrushes.