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Hmmm... not sure about these. Possible logos/emblems for the wing. One is an old Ork Snakebite clan decal from Games Workshop, the other is a bit of chopped-up Arabic script from a Chieftain
build log
www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235000922-ba...
I was a little panicked because at the last shooting he fell over, right on his face and a part of his faceup chipped so I had to remove it. I thought I will never ever get it back like it was before but after a while I liked his new one even a little bit more than the old one. I've added some really light freckles which you can not really see on this picture. But I can say they suit him ^^
I met this Copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix) while conducting an experiment in a patch of Longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) forest at UNCW. It was during my Ecology 366 lab class with professor Dr. Stuart Borrett. We were collecting data on the dispersion and association between two plant species. As my team and I were pushing through some brush, getting ready to set a quadrat down, we nearly trampled my friend here sunbathing. To our excitement, we observed the common behavior that this species portrays when faced with another animal much larger than itself, caution. The amount of noise we had made caused the copperhead to freeze in place and utilize its camouflage, waiting for us to pass. This species is an ambush predator that bilaterally uses thermal sensing organs(pits) located between its eye and nostril. As shown in the photo it was posed to strike if we had been smaller, potential prey, like a mouse. However, if we had tread a little closer or even on it, we would have provoked it into striking. Take a moment and look at the chip of bark next to it, do you notice the similarities in coloration?
A really cool characteristic about this species is "that it is one of a handful of vertebrates that can reproduce asexually through facultative parthenogenesis."* The female Copperhead not only can reproduce sexually, it can also reproduce asexually, without a mate! This is AMAZING!!
Works Cited
* animaldiversity.org/accounts/Agkistrodon_contortrix/
www.google.com/amp/amp.livescience.com/43641-copperhead-s...
At the 2015 Steel In Motion Nostalgia car and lifestyle show and drag races, Union County Dragway, in Union, South Carolina on May 16, 2015.
This is the picture of a Spectacled Cobra taken about three years ago
in my native place Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India. This is one of my most
memorable photographs I have ever taken. Technically this may not be not
so good photograph but the moments which lead me to the place and sheer
thrill I underwent when taking this shot makes it very unforgettable.
It was around 7.30am, I started from grandpa's home with my new digital
camera to photograph some birds. There's one lake about 4 to 5 kilometers from my grandpa's house
where we can see lots of birds. That was the most favorite place for me
and my brother for shooting birds. It is a very remote place far away
from the residential area and nobody visits the place except when nature
calls. So it all started just as any normal day for me, photographing
some birds on the way to the lake. Since its away from the residential
area, we can hear only the sound of birds in the area and nothing
else. It always a very calm place. The lake is surrounded by
lots of thorny bushes and some wild plants. Its usually normal for me to
walk through the thorny bushes to reach the lake as there were no proper mud
roads. As I was wading through the bushes I heard some noise about 20 feet
away from me. First I heard only the noise,I realized something unusual
was happening over there, so I adjusted my footsteps to move towards the
direction of the noise. And when I reached there, I saw this snake
standing tall,raising its hood all alone in the bushes. I was only about
10 or 15 feet away from the snake which I realized only after I reached
home. It was first turning its head towards me,posing as if its going to
strike me. I was shocked. I have never felt so afraid in my life so far and
I got goosebumps. I didn't know what to do,either to run away or to take
some photos or call someone for help(of course no one is going to come)
or do something else. I just kept staring at the snake for about two
minutes forgetting everything else in this world. All along it was just
in the same position!! And then slowly I came to my senses, realized I
got to take some photos, so took about two or three shots. Didn't even
bother about composing the shot or even focusing the picture. Everything
happened involuntarily as I never took my eyes of the snake. Slowly the
snake turned the other way and moved away from the place realizing am
not going to hurt it. As it moved away I tried to get more closer to the
snake so as to get a much better view but it vanished. I kept my camera
inside my bag and started to go after the snake. I searched for about 15
to 20 minutes throughout the thorny bushes but didn't have a trace of
the snake. Still now I don't why I was searching the snake all alone in a
remote place not knowing of the consequences I could face if the snake
attacks me. Those 5 minutes I spent in the bushes watching the snake,I
can still remember those moments clearly as if it happened only
yesterday. After I reached home, showed the photos to my father and
brother, they were totally shocked and started to scold me for going to
such places. But for the next two days I went to the same place, this
time without the camera, just to see if am lucky to see the snake
again. But that never happened again. I did see some other snakes, some
smaller ones but they never gave me kind of feeling I had after seeing
the cobra. I am proud that India boasts of such wonderful creatures
which no other place in this world can offer us.
Below is the link about this cobra on wiki.
Thank you Sonia and Prof KMS to help me and my flickr friend Celestino Manuel to identify this beautiful flower!
According prof KMS, It belongs to genus Aristolochia. Aristolochia is a large plant genus with over 500 species. Collectively known as birthworts, pipevines or Dutchman's pipes, they are the namesake of the family (Aristolochiaceae). They are widespread and occur in the most diverse climates, but they are not native to Australia. Some species, like A. utriformis and A. westlandii, are threatened with extinction (ops we must have to preserve them!) Many species of this genus have many medicinal use and some are very toxic! It´s also used in folk medicine to treat snakebite!
I went out for a walk today, as it was the first day Michigan went above 70°F! So I went out for a walk to 7-11 to get a Slurpee to break in the nice weather. I love being outside so much, despite having my nice pale LCD tan.
Also, get used to this sort of treatment, I love how these tones look with summer photos, and I also am a huge fan of lens flare. I also apologize for all of the self-portraits popping up, I just don't have many friends, let alone those who like to be in front of my lens.
Camera: Canon T1i | Canon EF-S 18-55mm IS
Shot: Æ’/6.3 | 1/80 | ISO 100
Whoa, I look totally different.
It took me 2 times of bleaching to get this light.. which REALLY fried my hair and made it feel fake, but I fixed that with the help of some products. (:
I've rebuild my old messenger bike. The last time I've ridden this bike I got snakebites at front and rear, while riding in the dark across a cutted fence foot. This foot was watching about 7 cm out of the ground. So I don't touched this bike for about six months. Now I thought it was the time to get it out of the cellar and back on the streets - now as fixed gear. This is the first shot from a early morning test tour in the direction to Seelze. Two days after this shot I've got some straps as a gift. So I can ride much better and the bike is more complete now.
I miss my blue hair, alot. My makeup isn't too great in this either. Super arched eyebrows, I miss them like that aha.
Day 55 / 365 ( 2009 )
Tuesday
Out in Tatooine's Dune Sea, lying at the base of the Great Pit of Carkoon, rests a gruesome creature known as the Sarlacc.
www.starwars.com/databank/creature/sarlacc/index.html
There is a horror film out on DVD called Teeth I want to see:
Vagina dentata, the unconscious belief that a woman may eat or castrate her partner during intercourse; literally, the "toothed vagina".. It appears in the mythology of countless cultures and societies down through the years. Christian authorities of the middle ages taught that certain witches, with the help of the moon and magic spells, could grow fangs in their vaginas.
"STERILEX"
Snake-bite lancette
suggested by
Sir Lauder Brunton
The....bed into the wound at once. A little water or saliva added to the crystals renders them more efficacious.
James L. Hatrick & Co., Ltd.
70 - 72 St. John Street.
London. BC.
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Unfortunately some of the lettering has been scraped off over the years.
aha, I stole my boyfriends nerd glasses, and thats his bandana too :')
This was took today after college, my makeups never stayed intact this well hahahaa.
Varanasi, India
Every day, 200-300 bodies are cremated in Varanasi. I saw about 10 fires burning at a time, each being a cremation. Only married men and women are cremated. Holy men, pregnant women, children, lepers, and people killed by snakebite cannot be cremated. These bodies are instead taken by boat and sunk directly in the Ganges (from what I understand, around 50 bodies per day). The cremation must take place within 24 hours of death. According to Hindu belief, if a person is cremated they achieve instant nirvana from the cycle of death and rebirth.
A little bit about the process. Before being cremated, the bodies are bathed in the Ganges river by family members and then wrapped in a piece of cloth. They are then placed on top of the pyre and are doused in oil and sandalwood dust. The pyre is then lit by the closest male family member, using an eternal flame believed to have been started by the Lord Shiva. It takes around 750 lbs. of wood per cremation, and the process takes around 3 hours. Because the ribs of men and the hip bones of women often don't completely burn away, they are deposited into the Ganges.
Varanasi is the considered the holiest city in India, and is therefore the most desired location to be cremated. Only the wealthy families can afford to have family members cremated here. The funeral pyres are very expensive and if a poor family can't afford an entire pyre, the body is often not fully cremated.
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Letter from my school informing us that on April 25, 2008, a girl picked up a coral snake outside and brought it into the school before being bitten and hospitalised.
It reads:
"Dear Parents,
In an effort to keep you informed, I want you to know about an unusual incident that happened at Clear Lake High School. During a class change, a student was walking outside to her next class and noticed a brightly colored snake. Out of curiosity, she picked it up and took it inside the school building.
Once in the building, the student was bit by what has been determined to be a coral snake. She was taken by ambulance to the hospital where she was treated. The snake was removed from the school by two teachers without further incidence.
As principal, I want to ask for your help in reminding our students they should never touch a snake and should report any reptile or wild animal to a teacher, parent, or authorities."