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Banana slugs thrive in the moist coastal redwood forest climate. I've long been fascinated by this colorfully slimy little slug. The slime is actually a mucus that contains a chemical that numbs the tongues of potential predators.
The banana slug is the official mascot of the University of California, Santa Cruz as approved by a student vote. A university t-shirt caption proudly claims: "No known predators!
A yearly festival and contest is held at Russian River that includes slug races and a contest for recipes. Slug chefs feed the slugs corn meal to purge them, and soak them in vinegar to remove the slime. Even with the most careful preparation the flavor of the slug is not well regarded. Go figure.
That's a lot of hoopla for a slimy not so little slug me thinks.
Humboldt County CA
The bane of cats and dogs all over the community.She's opportunistic and stealthy. I don't care much for them. I've had two dogs eaten by them and another attacked.
IMG_0116-1 190519 Coyote
The break between the beginning and the end of the work was huge, but unlike other WIPs, here I found the strength to finish what I started.
As all you know this is type of the falcon's family, in our country called (Gernas) in Arabic (قرناص), and easily to be or become tame and accustom to human. you can see the note on shot where the falcon is tied up by rope and during it's meal the owner catch it!
Sorry for bloody scene, but this is life!!
Explored Dec 30, 2009 #9
Do you see a victim or do you see a predator?
I'm not sure if I should just stick to the naturey stuff?
Model: actor/magician/wolf activist Steve Wastell with 3 wolf-pups.
These pups were 3 weeks old when Steve and his wife rescued them and their mom from an illegal backyard breader. Here they are 8 weeks old and a total handful.
The title refers to predators at the top of the food chain. I wanted this shot to be a combo of cute/scary :)
From L-R
Rick Hawkins
Blain Cooper
Mac Eliot
Predator
Alan "Dutch" Schaefer
Al Dillon
Anna Gonsalves
Billy Sole
Jorge "Poncho" Ramirez
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Buteo jamaicensis immature,
San Luis Obispo Co., California
I was curious what was up there--what is a predator wary of? A larger predator? But I took this photo from inside my car and couldn't look up immediately.
Hawks don't always swallow their prey whole like owls do but rather rip their meal in pieces first, especially larger prey. Most birds have a crop where food will be softened and temporarily stored. (The crop is like a pouch along the esophagus where the food initially goes before it moves to the stomach.)
An edit of one of my favorite shots from South Africa - With help from some friends. Thank you! www.flickr.com/groups/make_it_a_megashot/discuss/72157600...
Large - 'Predator' On White
A jumping spider with a recent catch.
Focus stacked using the Canon R7's internal stacking, Raynox DCR-250 adaptor for macro.
"Harmony with the land is like harmony with a friend: you cannot cherish his right hand and chop off his left. That is to say, you cannot love game animals and hate predators...the land is one organism."-Aldo Leopold
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-Name will be changed once I think of it...
As I said yesterday Carson and I went adventuring around Lost Lake which can be seen here. Basically its this really nasty lake that's usually green because of algae and is surrounded by 200ft cliffs that we like to play on. Here I'm on a little ledge that drops right off. While exploring in this area we also made friends with a porcupine that we named Josey. He made super cute sounds too!