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This is the first of a series of images I managed to get of the stages of the Cheetah hunt. This was that moment she realises she saw something nearby and was sitting silently seeing and surveying her options.
Cheetahs are perfectly adapted for hunting in the grasslands and arid regions of Africa . Being so quick they are able to capture prey that no other animals are able to catch. They are sprinters, not long-distance runners. They are easily winded after their incredible bursts of speed. Researchers have even found that a cheetah's temperature can instantly rise up to 105 degrees during a chase. This requires them to rest after each hunt.
But speed is not the only adaptation they require to be successful hunters. Stealth plays just as important a role. Since cheetahs are only able to chase their prey a few hundred yards at such fast speeds, they must get very close to their meal before beginning their chase. They have to employ the tricks of hunters everywhere - moving low in the grass, approaching from down-wind, and sometimes using small rises in the land to disguise their approach. This is very tricky business since the hoofed animals cheetahs hunt live in herds which are on constant watch for any approaching danger. So cheetahs need to use camouflage AND speed to catch their prey.
Taken just next to our Tower block. These cygnets were the first to be hatched on the 'floating wetlands' on the Yarra River.
The mother is still incubating another egg. But it was a tragic ending to the last born.
For some unknown reason, the mother, father and the cygnets left the nest leaving the last egg behind.
Not long after they left, the egg actually hatched but the poor cygnet was too weak to upright itself and was weight down by the shell which is still stuck to its body as it drowns in a small pool next to the nest !
At this stage, there was a big crowd watching from the river bank.
Someone called the people in charged of the " floating wetlands " but they said it would be too late to help by the time they reach the nest.
Maybe the parents knew that the third cygnet will not be able to survive....
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Writing spider and unfortunate guest at the end of my garage.
In the comments , Buddha's Ghost asked if spidey might be molting. I had never thought of it that way.Could be. Either way, the scene is creepy to me. Maybe spidey is having itself over for dinner. I just like the title.
Need to be prepared for anything!
All of our old chippies have been gone, due to snakes, feral cats, and the hungry Hawk! Finally, this little guy has shown up, and I really hope he will make it!
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Some kinds of weeds are audacious.
IMO, that makes them great candidates for "post-processing to the max."
This does NOT mean that I think weeds think or that they are consciously intentional.
It's just that "survival of the fittest" has resulted in weed GENES that
program the seeds to be audacious--i.e.
try to grow almost anywhere, grow quickly, produce flowers quickly,
--and thus produce more life-carrying seeds--as quickly as possible.
It's really the genes that are the living organism here.
They are doing the essential thing, following the prime directive that defines life.
It is famously celebrated in song by the Bee Gees:
"Stayin' Alive."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNFzfwLM72c
PS: For my previously-posted example, see
www.flickr.com/photos/dan-on-flickr/52982817734/in/datepo...
Location: The shady, streetside wall of a an old but nicely-kept row house.
Riehen BS Switzerland.
In my album: Dan's Weed World
A cheetah rests in the golden light of the savannah, its eyes filled with vigilance and grace. The perfect blend of elegance and power is evident in every detail of its spotted coat. A master of speed—yet, in this moment, it is completely at peace, as if guarding the endless vastness of its homeland.
In this picture, two juvenile Black Redstart birds are frozen in an intense and animated struggle over a single fly, the epitome of a battle for sustenance in the avian world. The background sets the scene, a natural canvas adorned with vibrant foliage, portraying the richness of their habitat.
Both young birds bear striking resemblance to their adult counterparts, their feathers displaying shades of black, red, and gray, with the red on their tails acting as a beacon of their youthful stage. Their beaks are still wide and yellow, ready to seize the precious insect morsel that hangs tantalizingly before them, a potential source of nourishment and energy.
Two Golden Eagles fighting for food in the blue hour
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I saw this little scene on the street (of Rome).
Two parties fighting for a piece of food. One was cripple, handicapped, (though beautiful), and lost the fight....
Life is a struggle !
This is a composite showing a Night-Heron swooping down in an attempt to snatch a duckling (like it successfully did yesterday, of which I had a video that I deleted because I didn't have the heart to post it). But this time, Mother Muscovy was quick to react and retaliate! It beat up the heron pretty good (or pretty bad) before the heron managed to escape and fly away.
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Sometimes while drinking tea from my favourite mug I find myself wondering about it's origins........N.B. this is only a theory and may not be completely accurate!
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-peak Billboard position #1 for 8 weeks in 1949
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-Words by Haven Gillespie and Music by Beasley Smith
Up in the mornin'
Out on the job
Work like the devil for my pay
But that lucky old sun got nothin' to do
But roll around heaven all day.
Fuss with my woman, toil for my kids
Sweat till I'm wrinkled and gray
While that lucky old sun got nothin' to do
But roll around heaven all day
Dear Lord above, can't you know I'm pining, tears all in my eyes
Send down that cloud with a silver lining, lift me to Paradise
Show me that river, take me across
Wash all my troubles away
Like that lucky old sun, give me nothing to do
But roll around heaven all day
Send down that cloud with a silver lining, lift me to Paradise
Show me that river, take me across
Wash all my troubles away
Like that lucky old sun, give me nothing to do
But roll around heaven all day
Coots are ultra-aggressively territorial in the breeding season and are known to sometimes fight to the death .
Also, some coots have difficulty feeding a large family of hatchlings, so after about three days they start attacking their own chicks when they beg for food. After a short while, the attacks concentrate on the weaker chicks, who eventually give up begging - and die.
I recently caught this very vicious, territoral scrap on Hesketh Park's lake. (An obvious "grab shot" as you can see)
Robin on poorly placed nest, near ground among ivy on garage wall. Vulnerable to predators on ground, in air, and climbers. The next day, the bird and its pair of eggs were gone.
However tough they may be, Cape buffalo are still on the menu for lions. We saw some active hunting but no kills. A lot happens at night but even during the day there is the constant feel of the hunt in the air.
Here are four different kinds of attractive garden plants.
They make a pretty picture, but they are competing with one another
for space, sunlight and probably water too:
Survival of the fittest!
Normally, we only think about animals being involved in this serious game.
However plants have to play it too.
They are just quieter and slower while making their moves.
Location: A private front garden, Riehen BS Switzerland.
In my album: Dan's Miscellany.
A plant full of life and spirit. Rising above other plants to get the sunshine is pre-requisite for survival in a Jungle. Shot taken during a Bush-walk in Kuranda village in Australia
Photo taken in Okinawa, Japan
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The backyard lake population count has increased by some 15 or so. But, as in the past, very few if any
of these "newbies" will survive for more than several days, owing to numerous predators as well. :(
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While going down the stairs (285) of the Hotel Catalina to Playa la Ropa, I passed this slice of reptile life. Mr. Snake was preparing the death of Mr. Lizard. Snake had his jaw locked on Lizard and all attempts by Lizard to get free were in vain. After several minutes, Snake reared up and with its head and Lizard about 10 inches off the ground and slithered away to finish his task in private.
Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard…
Barbara Marx Hubbard:
“One-fourth of humanity must be eliminated from the social body. We are in charge of God's selection process for planet Earth. He selects, we destroy. We are the riders of the pale horse, Death.”
Evolution: survival of the fittest. Are you the fittest? Like a horse to water, many have been lead to believe that earth is over populated. So if the world is over populated, then what would be the only logical solution? Depopulation? Are you being condition to except or turn a blind eye to some sort of genocide? Or maybe blind your eyes from seeing or recognizing such a thing? And who do you think will be depopulated: those at the top or those at the bottom? Where are you: at the top or at the bottom? Then why do you advocate for something that will cause your own demise? Be careful or you might just receive your very own Darwin Award. On the other hand, you might just end up in the poorhouse with never ending virus and climate lockdowns. Then you can be phased into the fantasy world of Zuckerberg’s Metaverse. You can stay at home and gladly live your lives in a digital gulag. You can enjoy your enslavement as you live with a false sense of security and freedom. Woohoo! Happy, happy, joy, joy! Just be careful or in the end you might be found useless—a Useless Eater. Then you can say: Bill Gates, please save me!
You’ve been taught to except it all, to take the fall. Your education has been your indoctrination.
Oh man, you guys be smokin’ and tokin’ that Darwinism. You be trippin’ and slippin’ into oblivion.
Natural Selection! Virus infection! Wuhan weapon! No Ivermectin! Trial injection! False protection! Injury connection! Government subjection! Pharma deflection! Never question! False perception! Propaganda perfection! Follow direction! Passport dissention! Social tension! Great depression! Wrong direction! Pay attention! Devil’s deception! Your transgression!
“Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in this age, he should become a fool, so that he may become wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: ‘He catches the wise in their craftiness.’ And again, ‘The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are worthless.’”
A bit of a story to share here: (quick background: this is a huge natural-floodplain where the 100+ head of water-buffalo have owners who keep them in pens overnight, but otherwise are left to themselves to survive)
This little cutie is one of two calves that were born in the last few hours, and this one looked to be okay sleeping, waiting for his mother to come back from grazing. The other, however, didn't look to be doing so well: it looked emaciated, was still struggling to stand and managed to crawl into some deep mud, which made me panic a bit, especially after taking that last photo! So I looked around for anyone who might be watching over these cattle, and luckily there was a youngish chap sitting on a motorbike under a tree not too far away along an embankment. I cycled over to him and asked if he was the owner of these buffalo (which I hoped & prayed he wouldn't take the wrong way, as calling anyone a buffalo in Thai is one of the biggest insults there is!). He did give me a second-look, but fortunately understood what I meant. I explained my concern of this second calf's predicament in the hope he'd go and help it, but instead, he explained that the two calves had only recently been born, and that the second calf was weak. He assured me that the mothers would be back again soon, so I needn't worry.
That seemed a bit harsh - or indeed blasé - to me, but maybe this is how things are over here regarding livestock: it happens in nature with 'survival-of-the-fittest' and all that, so maybe it's my Western ethnocentric-ideology surfacing here: 'We have to do everything we can to help the helpless', born perhaps from being too far removed from nature for too long? Who knows? And anyway, who am I to pass judgement on another nation's norms?
I'll post a link to the photo of the second calf in the description below...
As countries undemocratically move towards implementing their New World Order goals of a net zero future, urban areas will evolve into smart ghettos. We’ll transform this world into one big community of Agenda 21 smart cities. We’ll use community-led initiatives to make Personal Carbon Allowance Programs palatable and socially acceptable to the sheep. We’ll promote an authoritarian system for tracking your carbon emissions. The levers of mass formation psychosis will be much more impactful through global citizen re-education programs. There has been much advancement in Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies such as AI and machine-learning. These technologies will play a key role in tracking your lifestyle emissions, so that you can make ethical decisions. AI will monitor your consumer habits by using your historical and real time data, providing recommendations for your needs. AI will provide an in-depth analyzes on the choices you make for food, transport, and utilities. Energy efficiency apps will provide statistics about your lifestyle emissions, helping you to reduce your consumer-related footprint. Awareness of your home energy consumption will help you change your lifestyle, thus you can do your part in saving the planet. Eventually AI will control every aspect of your life. It will plan out your days. It will control how long you sleep and what you eat. It will control your home utilities. We must be willing to change how we live and work, so that we can combat the effects of geoengeneered climate change. For a greener tomorrow we must lower our lifestyle emissions. We must lower our expectations and become a lifestyle emissions slave. Climate crisis rationing, do your part to save the earth! You are nothing but bottom feeders, carbon polluters! Our plan is not only to depopulate the earth but to replace humanity with human-machine hybrids. It’s for the greater good of the planet! You will be deemed obsolete, because you aren’t part of a sustainable future—net zero human-machine hybrids are the future. Survival of the fittest—Outwit, Outplay, Outlast!
You’ll be a digital slave in a digital gulag, socially engineered and controlled by a Social Credit Score System. Smart ID’s-smart currency. Hello world! Hello facial recognition and biometrics! Hello surveillance society! The future definitely doesn’t look dystopian, now does it!?! Smart cities-to smart homes-to smart people (transhumans). Smart chip-smart people-controlled sheep. “Disaster will be inescapable, as if a man ran from a lion only to meet a bear, then escaped into a house, leaned his hand against the wall, and was bitten by a poisonous snake.”
Since the globalists are possessed by the spirit of antichrist, they are paving the way for the eventually reign of the Antichrist.
David Spangler: “We do not want another committee, we have too many already. What we want is a man of sufficient stature to hold the allegiance of all the people and to lift us up out of the economic morass into which we are sinking. Send us such a man, and whether he be God or devil, we will receive him.”
If you take the Mark (666) your mind will be changed from that of a man, to that of the Beast, till seven times pass by for him. Seven will be the Dragons years. The Beast will say, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built by the might of my power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?” However, a proclamation will be made: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the Great! She has become a dwelling place for demons, a haunt for every unclean spirit, a haunt for every unclean bird, a haunt for every unclean and detestable beast.” Then the handwriting will be on the wall:
“God has numbered the days of your reign and has brought it to an end.”
“You have been weighed on the balances and have not measured up.”
Your kingdom has been given to another.
“And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and the One seated on it was called ‘Faithful’ and ‘True,’ and with justice He judges and makes war.” “And the Beast was seized, and with him the False Prophet who performed the signs before him, by which he deceived those who received the Mark of the Beast and those who had worshiped his Image. The two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulphur.” “In the time of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever.” “Whoever has ears, let them hear.”
This dog was enjoying the huge waves today. His name is HeyDuke.
The winds were very strong and I got some other cool large splash shots too.
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Mesquite and saguaros disputing their territory. Shot in digital infrared on the bajada at Sabino Canyon National recreation Area. To survive young saguaros must sprout and grow up in the shade of other plants.
"Tastes just like chicken".......only kidding..... As the alligator got
closer the Great Blue Heron safely flew off. The 'gator knows he
has no chance.....on land ~ co-habitation ~ Florida Wetlands
Witnessed the stealing of a Gullimot egg by a Herring gull metres away from from me as the bird devoured the food at the cliff edge...
On our way to Rech Valley, Torkhow Tehsil, Chitral, saw this guy. How anyone can have such a bright smile carrying this much load is beyond me!
While visiting a park in Naples, Florida a pair of crows caught my attention. Normally I have found these birds to be highly suspicious of humans, flying away if approached. As I observed, I saw one crow fly to the sandy bank of a pond and begin to dig with it's long, sharp beak. I knew there were many ant mounds around the water's edge so, at first thought it was eating ants. Then I saw it fly away with it's prize, a turtle egg! While it was gone, I went to look down the hole, but it quickly returned and landed within three feet of me. It began walking right toward me, took a long look, then went back to the hole to resume digging. It was soon joined by it's mate and the pair took turns digging, pulling out an egg, flying away to eat it, then returning to dig up another until they took every last one, at least a dozen. Their normal fear of humans was clearly overcome with the desire to have a delicacy.
*See photo below of Crow with a Turtle egg.
Collier County Parks & Recreation, Naples, Florida, USA
I caught this Osprey feeding on its freshly caught fishy lunch. Nature can be brutal, but it can also be oddly beautiful at the same time.
This photo is a "three-fer" because it shows a Wood Louse Spider that captured and is consuming an earwig, with it's own insect prey still held in it's cerci! In addition, the little seen wings of the earwig are partially visible!
While working on an insect project for my great-granddaughter, I discovered that the often maligned Earwig is quite a fascinating insect! They are found everywhere except the Antarctica, hide by day, and feed on decaying matter, plants, and insects. Females guard and clean their eggs and even guard the newly hatched young until their first molt is complete! The forceps or cerci on the end of their abdomens are used to hold prey or for mating. They have hidden "ear-shaped" wings and can fly, as is shown in the video below.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH2qqt-SNy8
It is an "old wives tale" that they will crawl in your ears while you sleep. "In some regions of Japan, earwigs are called "Chinpo-Basami" or "Chinpo-Kiri", which means "penis cutter". Kenta Takada, a Japanese cultural entomologist, has inferred that these names may be derived from the fact that earwigs were seen around old Japanese-style toilets. (Wikipedia)
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www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-and-wildlife/animals...
While going down the stairs (285) of the Hotel Catalina to Playa la Ropa, I passed this slice of reptile life. Mr. Snake was preparing the death of Mr. Lizard. Snake had his jaw locked on Lizard and all attempts by Lizard to get free were in vain. After several minutes, Snake reared up and with its head and Lizard about 10 inches off the ground and slithered away to finish his task in private.
Update for Hannah: It seems the third to hatch, the one on the right, the one we call Curly is slow catching up. We watch with concern! Cuckold's Cove, NL. Of course it might do just fine, time will teell.
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Detail of the sculpture "Robbing the eagle's eyrie" [1890] by Jef Lambeaux , part of the collection of the Royal Musea of Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium.
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