The Lurkdragon's Lair

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rhamphotheca:

How Does a Lynx Cross a Fence?

Rare images of lynx family in Banff National ParkFebruary 2013.

Alex Taylor, a human-wildlife conflict specialist who works for Parks Canada, was sent to intervene to help keep a lynx and her kitten off the highway near Canada’s Lake Louise in Banff National Park.

While on the scene, Alex snapped an incredibly rare sequence of images of the animals as they crossed highway fencing.

“As the pictures clearly portray, lynx are incredibly agile and flexible animals - this sequence is nothing short of stunning,” said Omar McDadi, a Parks Canada Communications Officer.

“We believe this is the first time lynx have been captured on film crossing highway fencing in this fashion.

“Lynx sightings in Banff National Park are rare, though last March a lynx was snapped using one of the park’s wildlife overpasses…

(read more: Wildlife Extra)         (photos: Parks Canada/Alex Taylor)

So basically they magically phase through them, much like when polygon graphics do clipping.

I always knew lynxes defied the laws of physics.

Well, they ARE cats.

elsielazlo:

Close snake portrait by Tambako the Jaguar on Flickr.

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rhamphotheca:

American Avocets (Recurvirostra americana) in Flight, North America

(photo: Robert Martinez)        (via: Project Feederwatch)

rhamphotheca:

How Does a Lynx Cross a Fence?

Rare images of lynx family in Banff National ParkFebruary 2013.

Alex Taylor, a human-wildlife conflict specialist who works for Parks Canada, was sent to intervene to help keep a lynx and her kitten off the highway near Canada’s Lake Louise in Banff National Park.

While on the scene, Alex snapped an incredibly rare sequence of images of the animals as they crossed highway fencing.

“As the pictures clearly portray, lynx are incredibly agile and flexible animals - this sequence is nothing short of stunning,” said Omar McDadi, a Parks Canada Communications Officer.

“We believe this is the first time lynx have been captured on film crossing highway fencing in this fashion.

“Lynx sightings in Banff National Park are rare, though last March a lynx was snapped using one of the park’s wildlife overpasses…

(read more: Wildlife Extra)         (photos: Parks Canada/Alex Taylor)

We’re having a bit of a cold snap.

Today I saw a poor little killdeer hunting worms up near the call centre and it was actually shivering. I felt so bad for it! I wish, little ploverbird, that we could talk and that I could have invited you inside to warm up. Good luck out there.

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llbwwb:

Hatching Cobra. by Coy.

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fightingforwhales:

dubphinstep:

weirdunicorn:

That’s right, some of the Bowhead Whales in Alaska are well over 200 years old plus their population is on the rise after years of near extinction and I think that is fabulous!

Read more here:

http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2013/01/there-are-whales-alive-today-who-were-born-before-moby-dick-was-written/

Amazing

Lovely :) I adore bowhead whales. So mysterious.

jordansadventures:

Another one of my favorites, isn’t he cool?

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reptilesrevolution:

Ptychozoon lionotum

http://dragonsdasgard.actifforum.com/t3977-ptychozoon-lionotum

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earth-song:

Sailfish Hunt” by Eric Cheng

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Bloodthirsty 'factual' TV shows demonise wildlife

rorschachx:

Adam Welz: Major US TV channels are promoting hysterical and outdated ideas about wildlife in popular, blood-soaked shows

In case you guys missed this piece by Adam Welz

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invertebrate-science:

Oil Beetle (Meloe proscarabaeus), Czech Republic

Oil beetles have fascinating life-cycles. The larvae are parasites of a number of species of ground-nesting solitary bee. Towards the end of spring, female oil beetles dig burrows in the ground close to colonies of host bees, into which they lay around 1000 eggs. These eggs usually hatch the following year in order to coincide with the emergence of the bees.

The oil beetle larvae (known as tringulins) are very active, and climb up onto flowers where they wait for a host bee. They attach themselves to the bee, and if they are lucky and attach to the right type of species they will be flown to the host’s burrow, where the tringulin oil beetle turns into a grub-like larva, and develops, feeding upon the pollen stores and eggs of the host. The larva pupates and the resulting adult beetle spends the winter inside the host’s burrow before emerging the following spring…

(Source: Encyclopedia of Life)      

(photo: Stanislav Krejčík)

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animalgraphy:

A Hawaiian Day gecko at my house drinking my brother’s orange juice!

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