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Prey and Predator Here is a quiet and tranquil scene that, for me, brims with conflicting emotion. During birthing season juveniles have to be extremely lucky to survive. In the case of Cape Buffalo, for example, if they can keep up with the herd there is some degree of protection. In the case of Thomson’s Gazelle, if spotted by a Cheetah, they are as good as gone. Adult Thomson’s are fast and agile, yet often fall victim to an adult Cheetah. Juveniles have no chance and are taken in seconds rather than minutes. There is no herd to protect them and literally nothing the parents can do but fend for themselves. It’s tough out there. (Cheetah - Acinonyx jubatus; Thompson’s Gazelle - Eudorcas thomsonii) (Sony a1, 200-600 lens @ 524mm, f/6.3, 1/5000 second, ISO 640)
This is the same Black Bear featured yesterday, known as Georgina, in full predator mode. She has caught a female Pink Salmon, but has her eye on a second salmon, glimpsed in the pool at the lower right (we're looking at the top of its head). She had wounded and disabled this fish when she saw a splash and chased down the one now in her jaws. A moment later she finished off the first salmon. A great feast on days when the salmon are running.
Not all days are like this. Water temperature is one of the keys - if the water is too warm, the fish stay offshore and wait. Meanwhile the bears gather on shore and wait. The photographers wait, too. It's a waiting game.
On this day, a fine, misty rain was sprinkling down, the temperature was cool for late August, conditions were right and the salmon were trying to sneak past half a dozen bears to reach their spawning pools upstream. Some made it and some didn't.
Photographed on Vancouver Island, British Columbia (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2019 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
During this week that I spent at home in quarantine, I made many observations and began to envy the birds! Now they are the owners on the streets!
За эту неделю, что я провела дома в карантине, я сделала много наблюдений и стала завидовать птицам! Теперь они хозяева на улицах города!
Серия фото, сделанных в период карантина COVID-19
A series of photos taken during the quarantine period COVID-19
Leopard dragging his prey, a beautiful warthog, up the side of the ravine we were tracking in, in Entabeni, S. Africa, Oct 2023. Did not attempt to photograph the kill, the cries of the poor warthog were chilling beyond words.
I found along the way at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum...
The bright orange-and-black color of adult ailanthus webworm moths apparently serves to warn potential predators that this moth may be distasteful or toxic if eaten.
This old boy was looking as if I was its prey and he wanted to climb the food chain. While walking the fence line for brakes after finishing for the day. This hawk was intent on keeping his spot to the point where I was within 15 feet before he vacated.
Dice Snakes on the northern shore of Lake Balaton / Hungary near Keszthely.
The dice snake (Natrix tessellata) is a European nonvenomous snake belonging to the family Colubridae, subfamily Natricinae.
Würfelnattern am Nordufer des Balaton / Plattensee (Libás Strand = Gänse Strand).
_ Die Würfelnatter (Natrix tessellata) ist eine ungiftige, für den Menschen harmlose eurasische Schlange aus der Familie der Europäischen Wassernattern (Natrix). In Mitteleuropa ist die wärmeliebende Art extrem selten. Sie wurde zum „Reptil des Jahres 2009“ gekürt. Am Nordufer des ungarischen Plattensee kommt sie jedoch häufig vor. (wikipedia)
két kocka kígyók északi Balaton-part Keszthely (Libás strandot).
A kockás sikló (Natrix tessellata) egy eurázsiai kígyófaj, mely közeli rokonával, a vízisiklóval ellentétben valóban vízhez kötött életet él, és tápláléka nagy részét is innen szerzi.
siehe auch/see also: >> Henry der Mops
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Holidays in Hungary, image #188 of 581
H1505-(188)
SONY NEX-7 & SEL 18-200
200mm _ f/9 _ 1/320s _ ISO200
11.05.2015 10:47
Analogica ,Exa 1 B ( 1977 ) priva di esposimetro, Zeiss Pancolar 50 mm 1.8 F, Kodak color 200 asa, sviluppo con Tetenal.
An old photo with a bit of an edit and a bigger crop. The Heron did eat it after a bit of a struggle. I have seen them eat bigger and then go straight back to fishing.
The American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus) is a very large native frog to southern and eastern parts of the United States and Canada. This frog is an introduced species to California where it is an apex predator with a voracious appetite. Bullfrogs eat anything they can catch including other amphibians, reptiles, rodents, crayfish, birds, and even bats.