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An American Pika (Ochotona princeps) pauses for a moment in a scree field beside Cascade Creek, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming.
This is the first pika I’ve ever managed to photograph at all reasonably, as most times they are frantically moving and skittering amongst the rocks, and don’t take too kindly to two-legged invasion of their space - they will dash for cover at the slightest provocation. This particular species lives in holes and crannies in the rocks at high elevation in North America and does not hibernate. To make it through the winter, it collects vegetation into ‘hay piles’ that it then eats once the fresh food sources die and the temperatures drop. We now know that the composition of these hay piles is not random, and that pika will intersperse tannin-rich plants throughout the piles, likely to help preserve their fodder and stave off molding and decomposition.
Pika are lagomorphs, related to hares and rabbits, and all lagomorphs differ from rodents in that they have twice as many incisors, and these incisors sport enamel on both sides (rodents only have iron-rich enamel on one side, which causes rodent teeth to appear orange and wear unevenly). Moreover, lagomorphs are vegetarians and obligate caecotrophes, meaning they produce two different types of faeces - normal faeces that are eliminated and hopefully forgotten about, and ’night faeces’ which require immediate attention. These latter faeces must be re-ingested and passed through the digestive system a second time. Similar to other vegetarian mammals, lagomorphs lack the enzymes necessary to digest cellulose and so miss out on most of the energetic value of the food they eat the first time it passes through the gut. To deal with this problem, on its first trip through food is fermented in the hindgut by a suite of microorganisms that convert the cellulose to sugar. After the primary elimination, this fermented mixture is then eaten again so that the animal can extract the newly released sugars that were inaccessible the first time through. A digestive kludge, to be sure...
On 22nd Sep. 2013, heavy clashes took place across Hebron (clashes started on 20th Sep. and lasted seven days), leading to the injury and arrest of numerous Palestinians as well as the death of an Israeli soldier. As part of Sukkot celebrations, the street outside checkpoint 56 leading to Yatta was closed by Israeli military and border police. The army announced by military order that all shops on the street would have be closed and cars would have to be moved between 11am and 3pm, to ensure safe passage for settlers and Jewish visitors for a pilgrimage to the cave of Otniel ben Knaz, located on said road (what was clear provocation). Crowds of Palestinians, internationals and journalists gathered to witness and protest against this breaking of the Hebron agreement, signed in 1997 between the Palestinian Authority and the Israeli government and dividing the city into zones H1 and H2 under PA and Israeli military control respectively. The road to Yatta falls under Palestinian Authority control and is therefore illegal for Israelis to access. The clashes in Bab Al-Zawiyeh began around 11.30 am when Palestinian youths began to throw stones at the invading Israeli army and border police. The occupation forces responded with tear gas canisters, stunt grenades and plastic-coated steel bullets. Live ammunition was eventually used against resisting protestors and there are reports of several Palestinian men being treated for gunshot wounds.
Place: Bab al Zawiye, Hebron, Palestine.
Gleiwitzer Radiosender, Ort der Naziprovokation am 31 August 1939.
Gleiwitzer broadcasting station, place of nazi provocation on 31th August 1939;
I was wandering around the garden the other day and as I came around the corner, I spotted this wasp on a bush. I tried to get in nearer for some closeups, but he was watching me intently and looked like he was about to attack, so I beat a hasty retreat. Bees don't bother me, but wasps sometimes sting without provocation - and a camera in it's face seems like provocation to me LOL. I have googled and have come up with Digger Wasp (Sphex cognatus), maybe someone can confirm this for me.
Drawings Forbidden to the Pure. The truth they don't want to see is the truth under the skin.
The body is mine.
The sculpture is mine.
Origin is not shown is faced.
I knelt before that from which we all come.
It is not pornography. It is Memory.
It is not provocation. It is Existence.
THE FIRST STONE (2014), the sculpture is an X. A wound, A portal. Inside that X is Humanity.
(Ardea herodius) Thomson Marsh, Kelowna, BC.
Each of the various herons in the various areas I monitor has a unique "heronality." Ralphie of Belmont and Michaelbrook, is very docile, accustomed to people, and willing to stand by while photographers snap away.
Others, like Hider of Thomson, are much more guarding of their privacy. He loves to settle into restricted spaces and will take flight at the slightest "provocation" (his word, not mine....) In this sequence, I spotted him first trying to imheronate a cattail, then huffing a way a few meters in search of a better lair, then finally, throwing a complete hissy fit, flying off, intimidating whatever ducks or Hooded Mergansers got in his way before settling back into the reeds where I saw him last week.... The next several images portray what went down....
The robin occurs in Eurasia east to Western Siberia, south to Algeria and on the Atlantic islands as far west as the Azores and Madeira. It is a vagrant in Iceland. In the south-east, it reaches the Caucasus range. Irish and British robins are largely resident but a small minority, usually female, migrate to southern Europe during winter, a few as far as Spain. Scandinavian and Russian robins migrate to Britain and western Europe to escape the harsher winters. These migrants can be recognized by the greyer tone of the upper parts of their bodies and duller orange breast.
Attempts to introduce the European robin into Australia and New Zealand in the latter part of the 19th century were unsuccessful.
The robin is diurnal, although has been reported to be active hunting insects on moonlit nights or near artificial light at night. Well known to British and Irish gardeners, it is relatively unafraid of people and drawn to human activities involving the digging of soil, in order to look out for earthworms and other food freshly turned up. Indeed, the robin is considered to be a gardener's friend and for various folklore reasons the robin would never be harmed. In continental Europe on the other hand, robins were hunted and killed as with most other small birds, and are more wary. Robins also approach large wild animals, such as wild boar and other animals which disturb the ground, to look for any food that might be brought to the surface. In autumn and winter, robins will supplement their usual diet of terrestrial invertebrates, such as spiders, worms and insects, with berries and fruit. They will also eat seed mixtures placed on bird-tables.
Male robins are noted for their highly aggressive territorial behaviour. They will fiercely attack other males and competitors that stray into their territories and have been observed attacking other small birds without apparent provocation. Such attacks sometimes lead to fatalities, accounting for up to 10% of adult robin deaths in some areas.
Because of high mortality in the first year of life, a robin has an average life expectancy of 1.1 years; however, once past its first year it can expect to live longer and one robin has been recorded as reaching 19 years of age.
For more information, please visit Wikipedia
The Wire Fox Terrier breed standard says they should be 'on the tip-toe of expectation at the slightest provocation.' Once a mainstay of traditional British foxhunts, today's Wire is a handsome and amusing companion and master show dog.
"Before you stands a sports car of flesh and blood. Boasting a voluminous 4.0-litre six-cylinder horizontally opposed and naturally aspirated engine packing 383 kW (520 hp), mounted in the rear.
Its race track chassis will show you what it means to confront the tarmac head on. Eye for an eye. Lap after lap. The fixed rear wing is a flagrant provocation to do battle. To the opponent. And to the opposing headwind. The rear silencer as well as the tailpipes in titanium are a visible sign of what the new 911 GT3 RS is promising: unadulterated sound, pure performance, and a challenge that nobody whose heart beats for sports cars can shy away from..."
Source: Porsche
Photographed at Mondello Racetrack during Fundracer - event returned to Mondello Park for fifth time to raise funds for The Jay & Ellie Foundation and supporting Autism.
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Un piccolo omaggio per il 4 luglio: ma questo è orgoglio newyorkese o provocazione francese?
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A little homage for the Independence Day: Pride of New York or French provocation?
He was a man of his word. By his word he would remain, though, as in the present case, any objective observer would be forced to admit that his provocation to betray her, his temptation to betray her, must have been unusual in the extreme. By honor, such an important jarl must set an example for the men of Torvaldsland. He had nobly, if not cheerfully, set the example.
The European robin (Erithacus rubecula), known simply as the robin or robin redbreast in the British Isles, is a small insectivorous passerine bird, specifically a chat, that was formerly classified as a member of the thrush family (Turdidae) but is now considered to be an Old World flycatcher. About 12.5–14.0 cm (5.0–5.5 inches) in length, the male and female are similar in colouration, with an orange breast and face lined with grey, brown upperparts and a whitish belly. It is found across Europe, east to Western Siberia and south to North Africa; it is sedentary in most of its range except the far north.
The robin is diurnal, although has been reported to be active hunting insects on moonlit nights or near artificial light at night. Well known to British and Irish gardeners, it is relatively unafraid of people and drawn to human activities involving the digging of soil, in order to look out for earthworms and other food freshly turned up. Indeed, the robin is considered to be a gardener's friend and for various folklore reasons the robin would never be harmed. In continental Europe on the other hand, robins were hunted and killed as with most other small birds, and are more wary. Robins also approach large wild animals, such as wild boar and other animals which disturb the ground, to look for any food that might be brought to the surface. In autumn and winter, robins will supplement their usual diet of terrestrial invertebrates, such as spiders, worms and insects, with berries and fruit. They will also eat seed mixtures placed on bird-tables.
Male robins are noted for their highly aggressive territorial behaviour. They will fiercely attack other males and competitors that stray into their territories and have been observed attacking other small birds without apparent provocation. Such attacks sometimes lead to fatalities, accounting for up to 10% of adult robin deaths in some areas.
Because of high mortality in the first year of life, a robin has an average life expectancy of 1.1 years; however, once past its first year it can expect to live longer and one robin has been recorded as reaching 19 years of age. A spell of very low temperatures in winter may also result in significant mortality.
For more information, please visit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_robin
Street art is visual art created in public locations, usually unsanctioned artwork executed outside of the context of traditional art venues. The term gained popularity during the graffiti art boom of the early 1980s and continues to be applied to subsequent incarnations. Stencil graffiti, wheatpasted poster art or sticker art, and street installation or sculpture are common forms of modern street art. Video projection, yarn bombing and Lock On sculpture became popularized at the turn of the 21st century.
The terms "urban art", "guerrilla art", "post-graffiti" and "neo-graffiti" are also sometimes used when referring to artwork created in these contexts.[1] Traditional spray-painted graffiti artwork itself is often included in this category, excluding territorial graffiti or pure vandalism.
Street art is often motivated by a preference on the part of the artist to communicate directly with the public at large, free from perceived confines of the formal art world.[2] Street artists sometimes present socially relevant content infused with esthetic value, to attract attention to a cause or as a form of "art provocation".[3]
Street artists often travel between countries to spread their designs. Some artists have gained cult-followings, media and art world attention, and have gone on to work commercially in the styles which made their work known on the streets.
12 septembre 2011, Paris.
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FLOCKE//ART is an urban artist from Berlin. As almost every street artist, he also started with the spraying and implemented his ideas and visions in graffiti. Today, it is mainly dedicated to the cut-out, or paste up, but the specificity of FLOCKE//ART is the combination of paste up, spraying and painting. FLOCKE wants to touch the passers at many different places with his works. In the short life of the cityscape, the motifs should appeal to the casual observer. The style offers colorful versatility, humor and subtle provocation.
Berlin (Germany)
Long time no see. I've been busy on some shootings and vacations. Now I have to catch up with this series. :/ I have quite a few ideas sketched and we'll see how it goes.
I have a feeling this will have to be reshot. A lot of things went wrong. The vintage wooden wagons were all taken and we had to sit into the "modern" plastic one, that doesn't have that typical "train" look. This is the idea: www.flickr.com/photos/nikio/6039520598/
But we had fun afterall. Big thanks to Mr. Gombač who brought this character to life.
Facebook profile with behind the scenes material.
Street art is visual art created in public locations, usually unsanctioned artwork executed outside of the context of traditional art venues. The term gained popularity during the graffiti art boom of the early 1980s and continues to be applied to subsequent incarnations. Stencil graffiti, wheatpasted poster art or sticker art, and street installation or sculpture are common forms of modern street art. Video projection, yarn bombing and Lock On sculpture became popularized at the turn of the 21st century.
The terms "urban art", "guerrilla art", "post-graffiti" and "neo-graffiti" are also sometimes used when referring to artwork created in these contexts.[1] Traditional spray-painted graffiti artwork itself is often included in this category, excluding territorial graffiti or pure vandalism.
Street art is often motivated by a preference on the part of the artist to communicate directly with the public at large, free from perceived confines of the formal art world.[2] Street artists sometimes present socially relevant content infused with esthetic value, to attract attention to a cause or as a form of "art provocation".[3]
Street artists often travel between countries to spread their designs. Some artists have gained cult-followings, media and art world attention, and have gone on to work commercially in the styles which made their work known on the streets.
Like so many raptors, a snowy owl boasts claim to a jealous sky. These majestic birds allege title to all that spans their horizons. A jealous sky does not tolerate the intrusion of competition. It does not condone the company of another mighty hunter. The presence of a peregrine falcon, or even another snowy owl is little endured. There need not be provocation, for the simple sight of another within its visible hemisphere is provocation enough for battle. The battle is short lived and the winner takes all, while the loser takes to the air, to establish its own new horizons, its own jealous sky. These two juveniles carry on that tradition with vigor, and this jealous sky will soon have a new master. #SnowyOwls
War does not discriminate among soldiers and civilian. Every moving vessel at sea can always be seen as offensive to the eyes of the adversary. Largely defenseless, many a life have been lost when commercial ships are attacked without provocation. Just count them among the casualties of war.
the American Merchant Mariners' Memorial, Battery Park, New York, the US
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a title with a double entendre, if you will.
here, a Toronto cop from the PSU (public safety unit).
as captured at the massive Tamil protest that shut down
an entire highway in Toronto and brought out cops in full riot gear.
click into the shot for many more.
for more info on what is taking place:
torontoist.com/2009/05/tamils_take_to_the_gardiner.php
for a limited time - 17 shots of the event in one set:
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