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Kwando river, Botswana
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Kruger National Park
Cheetah family on the lookout for prey from the top of a termite hill.
Giant cathedral termite mounds in the Litchfield National Park, Australia. Sometimes called Spinifex Termites (Nasutitermes triodiae)
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Giant cathedral termite mounds in the Litchfield National Park, Australia. Sometimes called Spinifex Termites (Nasutitermes triodiae)
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Southern giraffe (Giraffa giraffa), aka two-horned giraffe,] is a species of giraffe native to Southern Africa. It is one of the four species of giraffe recognized by the International union for the Conservaton of Nature (IUCN).
Okavanga Delta, Botswana.
Conservation status: vulnerable
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The coppersmith barbet (Psilopogon haemacephalus), also called crimson-breasted barbet and coppersmith, is an Asian barbet with crimson forehead and throat, known for its metronomic call that sounds similar to a coppersmith striking metal with a hammer. It is a resident bird in the Indian subcontinent and parts of Southeast Asia. It carves out holes inside a tree to build its nest. It is predominantly frugivorous, but has been observed eating insects, especially winged termites.
Photographed the Termite Mound artificial structure at the Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park located on Discovery Island in Bay Lake in Orange County Florida U.S.A
Mound-building termites are a group of termite species that live in mounds which are made of a combination of soil, termite saliva and dung. These termites live in Africa, Australia and South America. The mounds sometimes have a diameter of 30 metres. Most of the mounds are in well-drained areas.
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A male Kookaburra flew away from me as I approached this arboreal termite mud-nest, often used as a nest in Sandy Camp Road Wetland reserve. I was standing beneath the nest, wondering if his partner was in residence, when I was suddenly faced by this vision. She had obviously been watching too many coral reef documentaries featuring Moray Eels lunging from their caves!
I got the message!
We've had some hot weather lately and that always brings out the termites. This particular morning they were gathering in the millions (and then some) in the gently swirling eddies below the clifftops. Would they show up in a photo? Only one way to find out. This is only a minute part of the whole. The numbers are beyond imagining.
Termite Mound by Irene Becker © All rights reserved
Kwarau, Kaduna State, Nigeria.
Sep 13, 2021 Explore #287
A large, alert-looking, white-bellied, brown lapwing with a distinct white “halo” around the dark crown. The immature is duller, but it retains the distinctive crown pattern. Small groups occupy open dry country, preferring cropped and recently burnt grasslands, where they forage for termites, ants, and other invertebrates. Commonly resident, but it also disperses when conditions become unfavorable. It gives a series of noisy, scratchy “kirre” calls that are distinctive.
Taken in South Africa
Old build done for Hibernia. Meant to be a terraforming/mining vehicle utilised in rugged environments.
Termites in rotten wood of a tree hole
Bicentennial Park, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, 2017
The lights on this termite mound in Emas National Park, Brazil, are from tiny click beetle larvae (Pyrearinus termitilluminans), which glow from burrows on the outside. The larvae do not blink on and off like fireflies, but leave their lights on, hoping to attract flying insects (like winged termites & ants), which they then grab with their sharp mandibles. When conditions are right, some mounds can glow with the lights of dozens of these larvae, turning the structures into Seussian-looking Christmas trees. The adult beetles also bioluminesce - and are not necessarily safe from predation by the larvae.
These termite mounds are only a few minutes from my Dundee Beach block in the Northern Territory of Australia. I captured this image using the focus stacking app on my Nikon D850, it consists of 17 images that I rendered using Helicon Focus 7 software.
Mechtober week 4!
Right on time... poor guy is a structural disaster and doesn't photograph well; so I piled on some bricks and called it a day. But it's done, I can stop looking at pictures of construction equipment when I lie in bed at night. Only 9 months till I botch next years mechtober!
Images of Australia: 57/100
The Magnetic Termite Mounds are unique and found exclusively in northern Australia. The mounds have a precise north-south orientation, with thin edges pointing north-south and broad backs facing east-west.
This alignment is a sophisticated temperature control mechanism that helps maintain optimal conditions for the termite colonies inside.
The termites construct these mounds using a mixture of saliva, sand, and droppings, The mounds can survive for 50 to 100 years and are complete with arches, tunnels, chimneys, insulation, and nursery chambers, that can all withstand decades of the harsh climate while maintaining perfect internal climate control.
One of Litchfield National Park's most impressive sights is the hundreds of termite mounds standing up to two metres high in a wide swathe of empty ground. Up to 100 years old, these structures are unique to the northern parts of Australia and Litchfield National Park, 120 kilometres south of Darwin.
Magnetism or magnets have nothing to do with it. This arrangement is nature’s answer to the problem of termite air conditioning. By aligning themselves with the journey of the sun, these termites ensure that the temperature stays even over the course of the ferociously hot day and subsequent cold night.
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Explore #107