Chordata
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A Black and White Ruffled Lemur a little shocked at the camera.
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A western fence lizard or A.K.A Blue belly” is resting on a bleached coral Consider these photographes as companions. :-)
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Sincerity can be defined as “freedom from deceit or hypocrisy”. “S I N C E R I T Y” appeared as the Avatar for the group “African Art & Writings”. / This image has been featured by the group “Endangered Species” 6/08. / This image has been featured by the group “Exotic Mammals” 5/08. / Award Leopards are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Mammalia, order Carnivora, family Felidae. The leopard is a large carnivore of the cat family, Panthera pardus, widely distributed in Africa and Asia. It is commonly yellow, buff, or gray, patterned with black spots and rings. The rings, unlike those of the New World jaguar, never have spots inside them. Black leopards are commonly called panthers, a name sometimes used for all leopards. They are not a distinct species but merely a color variant caused by melanism, or excessive pigmentation. Close inspection reveals the typical spotting, which is obscured by the darkness of the background. Leopards are somewhat smaller than lions and tigers; the largest males are about 7 ft (2.3 m) long, including the 3-ft (90-cm) tail. Leopards are solitary, largely nocturnal, and good climbers; they hunt both on the ground and in trees. They prey mostly on small animals such as monkeys, rodents, and birds. Leopards are found in much of Africa south of the Sahara and in parts of Asia from Israel to Korea and Indonesia. They are listed as threatened or endangered throughout their range, owing primarily to loss of their natural habitat and to illegal killing for Oriental folk medicine. Click on any button to view my other work:
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On the return trip from the East Coast Trail in Bay Bulls, we spotted this beautiful red fox lying down in the grass on the lawn of one of the houses.
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American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) Kingdom Animalia, phylum Chordata, class Sauropsida, order Crocodilia, family Alligatoridae The American Alligator is native only to the southeastern United States. The American Alligator has a large, slightly rounded body, with thick limbs, a broad head, and a very powerful tail. Adult male alligators are typically 13 to 14.7 feet long (3.96 to 4.48 meters), while adult females average 9.8 feet (2.99 meters). Male alligators may grow to 454.5 kg (1000 lb). The tail, which accounts for half of the alligator’s total length, is primarily used for aquatic propulsion. The tail can also be used as a weapon of defense when an alligator feels threatened. Alligators travel very quickly in water, are generally slow-moving on land and can lunge short distances very quickly. They have five toes in front and four in back. Alligators eat almost anything, but primarily consume fish, birds, turtles, mammals and amphibians. Hatchlings however are restricted to smaller prey items like invertebrates. Insects and larvae, snails, spiders and worms make-up a big portion of a hatchling’s diet. They will also eat small fish at any opportunity. Once an alligator reaches adulthood, any animal living in the water or coming to water to drink is potential prey. Adult alligators will eat razorbacks, deer, domestic animals including cattle and sheep, and are often known to kill and eat smaller alligators. In rare instances, large male alligators have been known to take down Florida panther and American black bears, making the American alligator the apex predator throughout its distribution. More info
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Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Kingdom Animalia, phylum Chordata, class Aves, order Strigiformes, family Strigidae The breeding habitat of the Great Horned Owl extends almost throughout both North America and South America. Within their habitat they can take up residence in trees that include deciduous, coniferous, and mixed forests, tropical rainforests, pampas, prairie, mountainous areas, deserts, subarctic tundra, rocky coasts, mangrove swamps, and some urban areas. Individuals range in length from 46 to 68 cm (18 to 27 inches) and have a wingspan of 101 to 153 cm (40 to 60.5 inches). Adults have large ear tufts, a reddish, brown or gray face and a white patch on the throat. The iris is yellow, except in the race B. v. nacurutu where it is amber. The ear tufts are not actually ears, but simply tufts of feathers. The legs and feet are covered in feathers up to the talons. Owls also have spectacular binocular vision needed to pinpoint prey and see in low light. Owls cannot move their eyes like we can. They are locked in a special circular bone. Therefore, their neck must be able to turn a full 270 degrees in order to see in other directions without moving its entire body. Owls have stereo hearing that allows them to find the exact location of their prey. These birds also have 500 pounds per square inch of crushing power in their talons. A normal man has about 60 pounds per square inch in his hands. The birds hunt at night by waiting on a high perch and swooping down on prey. Prey is quite variable, but is predominantly small to medium-sized mammals such as rats, squirrels, mice, moles, voles, marmots, skunks, shrews, bats, weasels, gerbils and even porcupines. Birds comprise the other large portion of Great Horned Owl prey, with birds ranging in size from kinglets to Great Blue Herons being taken. Locally, waterbirds, especially coots and ducks, can be important prey; raptors up to the size of Snowy Owls are sometimes taken. They have excellent hearing and exceptional vision in low light. Their hearing has better depth perception than human hearing and better perception of sound elevation (up-down direction). The latter is possible because owl ears are not placed in the same position on either side of their head: the right ear is typically set higher in the skull and at a slightly different angle. By tilting or turning its head until the sound is the same in each ear, an owl can pinpoint both the horizontal and vertical direction of a sound. The eyes of Great Horned / Their call is a low-pitched but loud “ho-ho-hoo hoo hoo.” Sometimes it is only four syllables instead of five. The male owl’s call is often used in Hollywood movies, no matter what kind of owl is being depicted on screen. More info
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Fowler’s Toad (Bufo fowleri) Fowler’s Toad looks similar to the American toad, though it is slightly smaller and has several subtle distinguishing features. It has 3 or more warts within each dark spot on its back. There are no greatly enlarged warts on the tibia and the parotoid gland touches the cranial crests behind the eyes. This toad is unspotted on the chest and belly, unlike the American toad that it crossbreeds with. The color is usually gray or greenish gray without reddish or rusty colors. This species makes a series of quick, short hops to get off the road, while the American toad only makes a few larger hops. Fowler’s toads are usually found in association with flood plains and river bottoms, as well as woodland borders. They dig burrows into the sand in which they hide during the day. They come out at night to forage on insects. This species does not begin to call until several weeks after the American toad. The call is a long, loud, nasal “W-A-A-A-H-H-H” lasting from 1 to 4 seconds, whereas the American toad ’s song is a high-pitched musical trill lasting from 6 to 30 seconds. They can be mistaken for a herd of sheep calling in the night. Females deposit as many as 8,000 eggs in long, double-row strings. Fowler’s toads breed in the spring and deposit eggs in open, shallow waters such as ponds and marshes. The eggs will hatch in two to seven days and tadpoles will complete metamorphosis 30 to 40 days later. Fowler’s Toad is known to hybridize with Woodhouse’s Toad and even the American Toad (Bufo americanus), in which case it would show characteristics of both species. More info: here , here , here
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A very tame red fox in Bay Bulls Newfoundland scratching an itch.
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The Meerkat Scientific Classification: / Kingdom: Animalia / Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Carnivora / Family: Herpestidae / Genus: Suricata / Desmarest, 1804 / Species: S. suricatta / Conservation Status: Least Concern The meerkat or suricate Suricata suricatta is a small mammal and a member of the mongoose family. It inhabits all parts of the Kalahari Desert in Botswana and South Africa. A group of meerkats is called a “mob”, “gang”, or “clan”. A meerkat clan often contains around 20 meerkats at a time, but some superfamilies have had 50 or more. Meerkats have an average life span of 12-14 years. Meerkat” is a loan word from Afrikaans. The name came from Dutch but by misidentification. Dutch meerkat and German Meerkatze refer to the “guenon”, a monkey of the Cercopithecus genus. The word “meerkat” is Dutch for “lake cat”, but the suricata is not in the cat family, and neither suricatas nor guenons are attracted to lakes; the word possibly started as a Dutch adaptation of a derivative of Sanskrit markaţa मर्कट = “monkey”, perhaps in Africa via an Indian sailor onboard a Dutch East India Company ship. The traders of the Dutch East India Company were likely familiar with monkeys, but the Dutch settlers attached the name to the wrong animal at the Cape. The suricata is called stokstaartje = “little stick-tail” in Dutch and Erdmännchen = “little earth-man” in German. The scientific name suricate comes from the Swahili language and it means “rock-cat”. According to African popular belief (mainly in the Zambian/Zimbabwean region), the meerkat is also known as the sun angel, as it protects villages from the moon devil or the werewolf which is believed to attack stray cattle or lone tribesmen. Meerkats forage in a group with one “sentry” on guard watching for predators while the others search for food. Sentry duty is usually approximately an hour long. Baby meerkats do not start foraging for food until they are about 1 month old, and do so by following an older member of the group who acts as the pup’s tutor.[citation needed] The meerkat standing guard makes peeping sounds when all is well. If the meerkat spots danger, it barks loudly or whistles excerpt from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meerkat
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Cheetah ~ Endangered The cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) is an atypical member of the cat family (Felidae) that is unique in its speed, while lacking climbing abilities. As such, it is placed in its own genus, Acinonyx. It is the fastest land animal, reaching speeds between 112 kilometres per hour (70 mph) and 120 kilometres per hour (75 mph)[3] in short bursts covering distances up to 460 metres (1,500 ft), and has the ability to accelerate from 0 to 110 kilometres per hour (68 mph) in three seconds, greater than most supercars.[4] The word “cheetah” is derived from the Sanskrit word chitrakāyaḥ, meaning “variegated body”, via the Hindi चीता cītā.[5] The cheetah’s chest is deep and its waist is narrow. The coarse, short fur of the cheetah is tan with round black spots measuring from 2 centimetres (0.79 in) to 3 centimetres (1.2 in) across, affording it some camouflage while hunting. There are no spots on its white underside, but the tail has spots, which merge to form four to six dark rings at the end. The tail usually ends in a bushy white tuft. The cheetah has a small head with high-set eyes. Black “tear marks” run from the corner of its eyes down the sides of the nose to its mouth to keep sunlight out of its eyes and to aid in hunting and seeing long distances. The adult cheetah weighs from 40 kilograms (88 lb) to 65 kilograms (140 lb). Its total body length is from 115 centimetres (45 in) to 135 centimetres (53 in), while the tail can measure up to 84 centimetres (33 in) in length. Males tend to be slightly larger than females and have slightly bigger heads, but there is not a great variation in cheetah sizes and it is difficult to tell males and females apart by appearance alone. Compared to a similarly-sized leopard, the cheetah is generally shorter-bodied, but is longer tailed and taller (it averages about 90 centimetres (35 in) tall) and so it appears more streamlined. Some cheetahs also have a rare fur pattern mutation: cheetahs with larger, blotchy, merged spots are known as ‘king cheetahs’. It was once thought to be a separate subspecies, but it is merely a mutation of the African cheetah. The ‘king cheetah’ has only been seen in the wild a handful of times, but it has been bred in captivity. The cheetah’s paws have semi-retractable claws6 (known only in three other cat species – the Fishing Cat, the Flat-headed Cat and the Iriomote Cat) offering the cat extra grip in its high-speed pursuits. The ligament structure of the cheetah’s claws is the same as those of other cats; it simply lacks the sheath of skin and fur present in other varieties, and therefore the claws are always visible, with the exception of the dewclaw. The dewclaw itself is much shorter and straighter than other cats. Adaptations that enable the cheetah to run as fast as it does include large nostrils that allow for increased oxygen intake, and an enlarged heart and lungs that work together to circulate oxygen efficiently. During a typical chase its respiratory rate increases from 60 to 150 breaths per minute.[6] While running, in addition to having good traction due to its semi-retractable claws, the cheetah uses its tail as a rudder-like means of steering to allow it to make sharp turns, necessary to outflank prey who often make such turns to escape. Unlike “true” big cats, the cheetah can purr as it inhales, but cannot roar. By contrast, the big cats can roar but cannot purr, except while exhaling. However, the cheetah is still considered by some to be the smallest of the big cats. While it is often mistaken for the leopard, the cheetah does have distinguishing features, such as the aforementioned long “tear-streak” lines that run from the corners of its eyes to its mouth. The body frame of the cheetah is also very different from that of the leopard, most notably so in its thinner and longer tail, and unlike the leopard, its spots are not arranged into rosettes. The cheetah is a vulnerable species. Out of all the big cats, it is the least able to adapt to new environments. It has always proved difficult to breed in captivity, although recently a few zoos have managed to succeed at this. Once widely hunted for its fur, the cheetah now suffers more from the loss of both habitat and prey. The cheetah was formerly considered to be particularly primitive among the cats and to have evolved approximately 18 million years ago. New research, however, suggests that the last common ancestor of all 40 existing species of felines lived more recently than that – about 11 million years ago. The same research indicates that the cheetah, while highly derived morphologically, is not of particularly ancient lineage, having separated from its closest living relatives (Puma concolor, the cougar, and Puma yaguarondi, the jaguarundi) around five million years ago Kingdom: Animalia / Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Carnivora / Family: Felidae / Subfamily: Felinae / Genus: Acinonyx / Brookes, 1828 / Species: A. jubatus / Binomial name: Acinonyx jubatus /
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Rhinocerous viper ~ Bitis nasicornis Kingdom: Animalia / Phylum: Chordata / Subphylum: Vertebrata / Class: Reptilia / Order: Squamata / Suborder: Serpentes / Family: Viperidae / Subfamily: Viperinae / Genus: Bitis / Species: B. nasicornis / / Large and stout, ranging in length from 72 cm to 107 cm. Females become larger than males. / / B. nasicornis, adult.The head is narrow, flat, triangular and relatively small compared to the rest of the body. The neck is thin. They have a distinctive set of 2-3 horn-like scales on the end of their nose, the front pair of which may be quite long. The eyes are small and set well forward. The fangs are not large: rarely more than 1.5 cm in length. Midbody there are 31-43 dorsal scale rows. These are so rough and heavily keeled that they sometimes inflict cuts on handlers when the snake struggles. There are 117-140 ventral scales and the anal scale is single. The color pattern consists of a series of 15-18 blue or blue-green oblong markings, each with a lemon-yellow line down the center. These are enclosed within irregular black rhombic blotches. A series of dark crimson triangles run down the flanks, narrowly bordered with green or blue. Many of the lateral scales have white tips, giving the snake a velvety appearance. The top of the head is blue or green, overlaid with a distinct black arrow mark. The belly is dull green to dirty white, strongly marbled and blotched in black and gray. Western specimens are more blue, while those from the east are more green. After they shed their skin, the bright colors fade quickly as silt from their generally moist habitat accumulates on the rough scales. Primarily nocturnal, they hide during the day in leaf litter, in holes, around fallen trees or tangled roots of forest trees. Their vivid coloration actually gives them excellent camouflage in the dappled light conditions of the forest floor, making them almost invisible. Although mainly terrestrial, they are also known to climb into trees and thickets where they have been found up to 3 m above the ground. This climbing behavior is aided by a tail that is prehensile to a certain extent. They are sometimes found in shallow pools and have been described as powerful swimmers. / / B. nasicornis, juvenile.They are slow moving, but capable of striking quickly, forwards or sideways, without coiling first or giving a warning. Holding them by the tail is not safe; as it is somewhat prehensile, they can use it to fling themselves upwards and strike. They have been described as generally placid creatures; less so than B. gabonica, but not as bad-tempered as B. arietans. When approached, they often reveal their presence by hissing. Said to produce the loudest hiss of any African snake—almost a shriek.
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Pigeon flying overhead South San Francisco, California /
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Photo “As Is”, no editing. The Black-necked Stilt is a locally abundant shorebird of American wetlands and coastlines. It is found from the coastal areas of California through much of the interior western United States and along the Gulf of Mexico as far east as Florida, then south through Central America and the Caribbean to NW Brazil SW Peru, E Ecuador and the Galápagos Islands. The northernmost populations, particularly those from inland, are migratory, wintering from the extreme south of the USA to southern Mexico, rarely as far south as Costa Rica; on the Baja California peninsula it is only found regularly in winter. The Black-necked Stilt forages by probing and gleaning primarily in mudflats and lakeshores, but also in very shallow waters near shores; it seeks out a range of aquatic invertebrates – mainly crustaceans and other arthropods, and mollusks – and small fish, tadpoles and very rarely plant seeds. Its mainstay food varies according to availability; inland birds usually feed mainly on aquatic insects and their larvae, while coastal populations mostly eat other aquatic invertebrates. For feeding areas they prefer coastal estuaries, salt ponds, lakeshores, alkali flats and even flooded fields. For roosting and resting needs, this bird selects alkali flats (even flooded ones), lake shores, and islands surrounded by shallow water. Kingdom: Animalia / Phylum: Chordata / Class: Aves / Subclass: Neornithes / Infraclass: Neognathae / Superorder: Neoaves / Order: Charadriiformes / Suborder: Charadrii / Family: Recurvirostridae / Genus: Himantopus / Species: H. himantopus / Subspecies: H. h. mexicanus /
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This sly bobcat had his eyes fixed on a bird. Seconds after this shot was taken, he was up in a tree after it. Bobcats dwell in the shadows as is necessary for a predator depending on the element of suprise to ambush and kill its prey. Bobcats are one and a half to two times larger than a typical house cat . Its body ength averages 36” including the tail. The average height of adult bobcat is 14-15” from ground to shoulder. Males range from 16 to 30 lbs, females average 20 lbs Bobcats have tufted ears and a tufted face both marked with bold bands, and a “bobbed” tail that is has a light underside and bold bands on top. The color of fur ranges from grayish brown to tawny to dark reddish brown and lighter on the undersides. It has dark spots in coat and dark bars on the forelegs. It has a lithe, flexible body with legs designed for climbing, pouncing and rapid acceleration. Its eyes are forward-facing yand yellow with black elongated pupils. The bobcat inhabits more of North America than any other native wild feline. It ranges through our Western states, the Canadian border, the Atlantic and Gulf Coast states, and northern Mexico. Supremely resourceful and adaptable, the bobcat thrives in habitats ranging from the dense chaparral of southern California, to the forests of British Columbia, to the citrus groves of central Florida, and to the swampy forests of the Gulf Coast. Like many animals, the bobcat especially favors the environmentally rich “ecotones,” or transitional zones between habitat types, for instance, a juncture of woodlands and grasslands or of old growth and new growth. The bobcat’s varied habitats share certain characteristics, including, for instance sufficient prey, dense cover, protection from severe weather, availability of rest areas, availability of den sites, and freedom from disturbance. / / Bobcats are strict carnivores and prey upon a wide variety of mammals, reptiles, and birds. A Florida bobcat, for instance, may prey – often pouncing from a height – on several dozen species within its range, including wildlife such as rabbits, squirrels, rats, mice, possums, raccoons, quail, jays, robins, wrens, sparrows and, occasionally, even deer. Opportunistic, it may also feed on fresh carrion. Typically, across its range, the bobcat favors the smaller mammals such as rabbits and rodents. As more of a generalist predator than its North American relatives, the cougar or the Canadian lynx, the bobcat has the ability to adapt to a wider range of habitats.
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Wild Red Fox Sleeping.
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This animal lives at the Tennessee Safari Park in Alamo, TN The Blue Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) is a large ungulate mammal of the Bovid family and one of two species of wildebeest. This is the Western white-bearded wildebeest (C. t. mearnsi), it is the smallest and is found only in Kenya and western Tanzania. It grows to 1.7 meters shoulder height and attains a body mass of up to 380 kilograms. They range the open plains, bushveld and dry woodlands of Southern and East Africa, realizing a life span in excess of twenty years. This herbivore is a grazing animal that is often sighted in open grasslands or clearings in a savanna. The male is highly territorial using scent markings and other devices to protect his domain. The largest population is in the Serengeti, numbering over one million animals The name “Blue Wildebeest” derives from a conspicuous silvery blue sheen1 to his short haired hide, differentiating this species from the plainer black genus member Black Wildebeest. The name “gnu” originates from the Khoikhoi name for these animals, “gnou”. It has a beefy muscular front-heavy appearance with a distinctive robust muzzle, it strides with relatively slender legs and moves gracefully and quietly most of the time, belying the reputation for stampeding in herds; however the stampeding characteristic may sometimes be observed. / Blue Wildebeest from rear angle showing stripes that look like wrinkles. Probably the most conspicuous feature of the Blue Wildebeest are the large horns shaped like parentheses, extending outward to the side and then curving up and inward . In the male the horns can attain a total span of almost 90 centimeters, while the female’s horn width is about half the size of the male. These cow-like horns of both sexes are somewhat broad at the base and are without ridges. However, as further sexual dimorphism, the male horns have a boss-like structure joining the two horns. The male is larger than the female with a total body length of up to 2.5 meters. Young Blue Wildebeest are born tawny brown, and begin to take on their adult colouration at age nine weeks. The adult’s hue actually varies from a deep slate or bluish gray all the way to light gray or even grayish-brown. The dorsal coat and flanks are slightly lighter in hue than the ventral hide and underparts. Dark brown vertical bands of slightly longer hair mark the neck and forequarters, and from a distance lend a perception of skin wrinkling. The manes of both sexes appear long, stiff, thick and jet black, a colour assumed by the tail and face as well. Sexual dichromism is exhibited by the males displaying decidedly darker colouration than the females. All features and markings of this species are bilaterally symmetric for both sexes. Kingdom: Animalia / Phylum: Chordata / Subphylum: Vertebrata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Artiodactyla / Family: Bovidae / Genus: Connochaetes / Species: C. taurinus / Binomial name: Connochaetes taurinus (Burchell, 1823) !!:
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Title: Cardinalidae / Camera: Nikon D300 / Capture Date: 04/13/2009 / Dimensions: 4288×2848 / Exposure: 1/60 sec at f/5.6 / Focal Length: 300mm / ISO: 200 / Filter: None / Flash: None / Tripod: None / Uploaded Date: 04/13/2009 / Comments: Out for a walk at work today when this male Cardinal flew in front of me and landed on a tree giving me a brief moment to take a few photographs. © 2009 Charles Dobbs Photography. All photographs and artworks in this portfolio are copyrighted and owned by the artist, Charles Dobbs. Any reproduction, modification, publication, transmission, transfer, or exploitation of the content, for personal or commercial use, whether in whole or in part, without written permission from the artist is strictly prohibited. All rights reserved.
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NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD Best Viewed Large Classification / Phylum: Chordata / Class: Aves / Order: Passeriformes / Family: Mimidae / Genus: Mimus / / The Mockingbird was given its name because of its ability to mimic the calls of dozens of other bird species. In fact, the mockingbird’s Latin name, Mimus polyglottus, means “many-tongued mimic.” The mockingbird has even been known to mimic the sounds of dogs and sirens, and it is especially vocal on moonlit , spring nights. / A very territorial creature, the mockingbird dives and attacks intruders that come too close to its territory. It may even attack its own reflection! This beautiful mockingbird landed about 3 feet from where I was sitting. I was enjoying feeding and watching the birds, when this one appeared abruptly almost out of nowhere. I found it interesting that this mockingbird did not go to any of my bird feeders, but rather had his eyes set on the croutons I had scattered in the yard! Photo taken with my DSLR Canon 40D camera.
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A striking jellyfish (Chrysaora colorata) at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, CA Habitat: Open Waters / Animal Type: Invertebrates / Diet: mainly zooplankton, including copepods, larval fish, ctenophores, salps, other jellies, fish eggs / Size: to 3 feet (1 m) in diameter / Range: limited range off the coast of California / Relatives: Pacific sea nettle, other jellyfishes, sea anemones, coral; Family: Pelagiidae Nikon D700 / 18-70 f3.5-4.5 @22mm / 1/80 f3.35 / ISO 3200 / Hand held / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- !
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These alien-looking creatures are is named for its their translucent, moonlike circular bells. Instead of long, trailing tentacles, moon jellies have a short, fine fringe (cilia) that sweeps food toward the mucous layer on the edges of the bells. Prey is stored in pouches until the oral arms pick it up and begin to digest it. / The coloration of a moon jelly often changes depending on its diet. If the jelly feeds extensively on crustaceans, it turns pink or lavender. An orange tint hints that a jelly’s been feeding on brine shrimp. Scientists have studied the life cycle of this jelly extensively. They know the adult male moon jelly releases strands of sperm, which are ingested by female moon jellies. After fertilization, larvae settle on or near the seafloor and grow into polyps. Polyps alternate between feeding and reproductive stages for up to 25 years. In the reproductive phase, polyps launch buds of cloned juveniles, known as ephyrae, which grow into adult medusae. Found worldwide in temperate and tropical waters, moon jellies feed in quiet bays and harbors. Although moon jellies have a sting, they pose little threat to humans. / / Scientific Name: Aurelia labiata / Habitat: Open Waters / Animal Type: Invertebrates / Diet: small plankton, like molluscs, crustaceans, fish eggs and other small jellies / Size: to 15 inches (38 cm) in diameter / Range: common in Monterey Bay and along the California coast, and in the waters off the East Coast, Europe, Japan and the Gulf of Mexico / Relatives: Portuguese man-of-war, hydromedusae, other siphonophores, sea anemones, coral; Family: Ulmaridae Nikon D700 Featured: Cards: Animals and pets group, September 2009 / Featured: AW Welcome Center group, August 2009 / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/12534471
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A striking jellyfish (Chrysaora colorata) at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, CA Habitat: Open Waters / Animal Type: Invertebrates / Diet: mainly zooplankton, including copepods, larval fish, ctenophores, salps, other jellies, fish eggs / Size: to 3 feet (1 m) in diameter / Range: limited range off the coast of California / Relatives: Pacific sea nettle, other jellyfishes, sea anemones, coral; Family: Pelagiidae Nikon D700 / 18-70 f3.5-4.5 @22mm / 1/80 f3.35 / ISO 3200 / Hand held Featured: Nikon D700 Group, September 2009 / Featured: The Male Photographer Group, September 2009 —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—--
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just as i get to the beach to take photos, i come across this huge, blue heron. just standing there. he didn’t seem bothered by me taking his picture. infact, he didn’t even care. / as soon as i got up, and wrapped up my camera, he left. it was my first time seeing a bird like that. lucky enough i was taking photos. seeing him fly reminded me of dinosaurs. i would of followed him if not for the stupid rocks around the beach (it was low tide when i saw it). would you believe i took this with a 55mm focal length with a 2.5 second exposure ? you better :) Note: This was displayed at a gallery showing at Exposure Gallery’s ‘Salon Show’ exhibit last june 19th, 2009. Taken at False Creek, Vancouver BC. Canada First Print I ever sold here!! hopefully not the last.
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