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littlek
 
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Reply Mon 5 May, 2008 05:04 pm
Roberta wrote:
littlek, So you've met one in the flesh? I'm impressed. Would you mind my asking about the circumstances? A pet? A friend's pet? Crossing the road? Also, I like the photo you posted. It looks like the tarantula is wearing little shoes--sandals.


A friend's pet. I met it in AND on the flesh.

Love the psycho-kitty shot, Ros!
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Roberta
 
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Reply Tue 6 May, 2008 04:50 am
Bearded collies, reg. Merci. They seem to have a more legitimate claim to "bearded" than the seal does.

mesquite, Dynamite picture. Love dem feline eyes.

Rosborne, So that's what my cats were trying to tell me. They were right. Our powers are useless against them.

littlek, I take your comment to mean that the tarantula walked on you. Wow. Mucho impressive.

Narwhals "tusking."


http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/12/photogalleries/narwhals/images/primary/narwhal1.jpg


Asian one-horned rhino:


http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/bigphotos/images/080327-nepal-rhinoceros_big.jpg
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alex240101
 
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Reply Tue 6 May, 2008 05:39 pm
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2002/2322413228_fcd465b9b9.jpg
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Roberta
 
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Reply Wed 7 May, 2008 12:45 am
Hiya alex, I'm guessing that the length of the fur suggests a Siberian tiger. Of course, I could be wrong. It could be a shaggy Bengal. Either way, beautiful shot. Thanks.

Bearded dragon:


http://www.photoz.com.au/aus%20trav/bearded-dragon.jpg


Rhabdophis tigrinus. This snake doesn't generate its own venom. It eats poisonous animals and uses their venom on its prey:


http://www.biology-blog.com/images/blogs/1-2007/rhabdophis-tigrinus-snake-71.jpg
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Tigershark
 
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Reply Thu 8 May, 2008 12:41 am
Synchronised swimmers Surprised

http://www.deerharborcharters.com/images/breach.jpg

http://www.blueseacruisesinc.com/images/double-breach-tm.jpg
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Roberta
 
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Reply Thu 8 May, 2008 03:10 am
Thanks for the synchronized swimmers, tigershark. Makes me think of the Olympics. Is the second pair right whales? Tres impressive.

Two other water mammals kinda synchronized:


http://images.inmagine.com/img/digitalvision/dv321/dv321023.jpg


And two bottle-nosed dolphins--headed for the Olympics:


http://wallpapes.ru/data/thumbnails/948/Bottlenose%20Dolphins.jpg
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Tigershark
 
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Reply Thu 8 May, 2008 03:13 am
Blue whales I think.

Nice dolphin shot. Smile
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Tigershark
 
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Reply Thu 8 May, 2008 03:16 am
Humpbacks - just checked.
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Roberta
 
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Reply Thu 8 May, 2008 01:25 pm
Tigershark, Thanks for the follow-up. I tried to find a picture of blue whales breaching. The best I could do was a giant head out of the water. Did some reading. Only the baby blues can manage to get their gigantic selves all the way out of the water. The adults don't breach entirely out of the water. That would be sight, though, wouldn't it. A hundred feet of whale flying in the air.
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Roberta
 
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Reply Fri 9 May, 2008 04:25 am
Sea urchin:


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/SeaDSC01286.JPG/800px-SeaDSC01286.JPG


Sand dollar:


http://www.wildabouttheworld.com/gallery/data/507/sand-dollar.jpg
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alex240101
 
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Reply Fri 9 May, 2008 05:18 am
Roberta-that first picture of the urchin brought back a memory. Snorkeling off the beach in Puerto Rico, I was seven or eight, I went into a floating sitting position in ther water to adjust my fin. Sinking as adjusting, I didn't see Mr. Spikey. Right in the buttock.
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Tigershark
 
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Reply Fri 9 May, 2008 05:26 am
Roberta wrote:
Tigershark, Thanks for the follow-up. I tried to find a picture of blue whales breaching. The best I could do was a giant head out of the water. Did some reading. Only the baby blues can manage to get their gigantic selves all the way out of the water. The adults don't breach entirely out of the water. That would be sight, though, wouldn't it. A hundred feet of whale flying in the air.


Yeah, I thought that after I suggested blue whales - FAR too big. Embarrassed

Have heard of Orcas breaching and landing right next to small boats just for fun. Not much fun for those in the boat, though,who would be looking for clean Y-fronts.
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Roberta
 
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Reply Fri 9 May, 2008 03:57 pm
alex, An oichin in the ass. Ouch and oy. These spiny menaces take on an entirely different look when they're dead (as do we all). A dead urchin is call a test. Why? Dunno. Here's a pic.


http://www.dkimages.com/discover/previews/957/25007657.JPG


Sorry I rekindled an unpleasant memory.

Tigershark, I'll keep the orcas in mind next time I'm out boating. IT probably looks something like this:


http://www.seaking.ca/images/whale-watching.jpg


BTW, what's a Y-front? I have a feeling I should know that. But I don't.
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Tigershark
 
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Reply Fri 9 May, 2008 04:39 pm
Y-fronts? Laughing

Ummm.. old fashioned mens underpants. Not generally worn by the under-50s.

Nice pic, but they can splash RIGHT next to boats. Sort of like a huge kid playing with a bath toy. Enough to make anyone soil their Y-fronts Shocked
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Roberta
 
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Reply Fri 9 May, 2008 05:22 pm
Gotcha on the Y-fronts, the soiling of same, and of the close leaping.

I looked and looked. Could not find a picture of an orca breaching close enough to a small boat to make a big splash. Saw lots of shots of orcas flying around and lots of shots of people on boats taking pictures of orcas flying around. But I couldn't find what I was looking for. Not the first time. Won't be the last. Sigh.
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Tigershark
 
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Reply Sat 10 May, 2008 01:51 am
Roberta wrote:

I looked and looked. Could not find a picture of an orca breaching close enough to a small boat to make a big splash. Saw lots of shots of orcas flying around and lots of shots of people on boats taking pictures of orcas flying around. But I couldn't find what I was looking for. Not the first time. Won't be the last. Sigh.


Tends to be with really small leisure boats, mainly fisherman.

If it happens to them, they are generally holding onto something for dear life and not reaching for their cameras. If they even have one on board. Laughing

Orca behaviour is very interesting. They travel in pods (families) and show evidence of learned behaviour, such as hunting and dietary habits in different areas of the world. Very few pods show aggressive tendencies towards humans. Noone has ever been attacked in New Zealand. I have heard of a pod in British Columbia that has been known to attack people. In saying that, contact between them and vulnerable humans is minimal, to say the least.

http://www.teara.govt.nz/EarthSeaAndSky/SeaLife/Orcas/1/en
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Region Philbis
 
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Reply Sat 10 May, 2008 04:19 am
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/87/233811787_426733ab27.jpg

monarch butterfly, up close n' personal-like...
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Roberta
 
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Reply Sat 10 May, 2008 05:24 am
Tigershark, Thanks for the info about the orcas. I knew a little about them before. Now I know a little more.

reg, Absolutely exquisite picture. Thanks, bubbele.


Missouri bluebird:


http://allaboardtours.com/newsite/admin/imageLibrary/public/thumb_Blue%20Bird%20Missouri.jpg


Assassin bug nymph:


http://www.biosurvey.ou.edu/okwild/misc/images/abnym.jpg
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Region Philbis
 
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Reply Sat 10 May, 2008 05:42 pm
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/238/517075264_a17d9f7f82.jpg

iguana
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Roberta
 
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Reply Sun 11 May, 2008 01:03 am
Fabulous detail in that shot, reg. Denks.

http://www.buzzle.com/img/articleImages/71510-33med.jpg


http://www.whitespiritsamoyeds.com/Photos/Shogie/shogie's%20face.jpg
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