Starlight Jamboree

royalwatcher: Though they no longer live in Norway anymore,...

Mon, 20 May 2013 07:04:55 -0400

Though they no longer live in Norway anymore, Princess Märtha Louise and her husband and Ari Behn celebrated Norway National Day in London where they live. The family celebrated with an estimated 2,000 Norwegians first at Seamen’s Church and then at Southwark Park

queenofsunspear: Basil Soda | Spring-Summer 2013

Mon, 20 May 2013 05:42:59 -0400

queenofsunspear:

Basil Soda | Spring-Summer 2013

rhamphotheca: GOOD NEWS FOR ELEPHANTS: Gabon steps in to help...

Mon, 20 May 2013 04:21:52 -0400

rhamphotheca:

GOOD NEWS FOR ELEPHANTS:

Gabon steps in to help protect elephants from ivory poaching at Central African Republic

by mongabay.com staff

Gabon has agreed to help battle poaching in protected areas in the Central African Republic following an elephant massacre at a renowned World Heritage site, reports the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS).

According to the conservation group, Michel Djotodia, acting president of the Central African Republic (CAR) transitional government, and Gabon President Ali Bongo Ondimba met on May 14 to discuss a variety of issues, including the worsening ivory poaching situation in CAR. Earlier this month at least 26 elephants were killed at Dzanga Bai, a site that lies in CAR’s portion of Dzanga-Ndoki National Park and is famed for its high density of endangered forest elephants. The slaughter occurred after rangers abandoned their post due to violence in the area.

After the meeting, Gabon dispatched a group led by Mike Fay, a legendary conservationist who led an epic walk across the Congo rainforest in 1999-2000, to CAR to work with the government to secure Dzanga Bai and resume conservation activities. Conservation staff have now returned to the site, according to WCS…

(read more: Mongabay.com) (photo: Rhett A. Butler)

westeastsouthnorth: Princes Street, Edinburgh, Scotland

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:46:02 -0400

westeastsouthnorth:

Princes Street, Edinburgh, Scotland

thecakebar: Blueberry Muffin Cookies

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:38:59 -0400

thecakebar:

Blueberry Muffin Cookies

Antony Cymerys is a barber. He is 82 years old. Every Wednesday...

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:17:30 -0400

Antony Cymerys is a barber. He is 82 years old. Every Wednesday he brings his chair, his slippers, and a car battery to power the clippers to a local park in Hartford. He then gives haircuts to the homeless. He doesn’t charge them a dime. All they have to do is to give him a hug.

rhamphotheca: Broiliellus … is an extinct genus of dissorophoid...

Sun, 19 May 2013 17:56:16 -0400

rhamphotheca:

Broiliellus

… is an extinct genus of dissorophoid temnospondyl amphibian within the family Dissorophidae. Broiliellus is known from three species from the Early Permian…

(read more: Wikipedia) (illustration by Smokeybjb)

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Sun, 19 May 2013 16:34:34 -0400

thecakebar: Cookies & Cream Ice Cream Tutorial

Sun, 19 May 2013 15:13:14 -0400

thecakebar:

Cookies & Cream Ice Cream Tutorial

westeastsouthnorth: Kusadasi, Turkey

Sun, 19 May 2013 13:51:59 -0400

westeastsouthnorth:

Kusadasi, Turkey

Buttercream Cupcakes with Chocolate Teddy Grahams

Sun, 19 May 2013 12:30:18 -0400

Buttercream Cupcakes with Chocolate Teddy Grahams

astronomy-to-zoology: Mangrove Horseshoe Crab (Carcinoscorpius...

Sun, 19 May 2013 11:08:45 -0400

astronomy-to-zoology:

Mangrove Horseshoe Crab (Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda)

…is a species of horseshoe crab found throughout Southeast Asia and India and is the only member of the genus Carcinoscorpius. Like other horseshoe crabs the mangrove horseshoe crab is primarily nocturnal and feeds on benthic invertebrates like insect larvae worms and crustaceans, it grinds these food items up with its bristly legs and moves them into its chelicerae to be ingested. Like their Atlantic cousins mangrove horseshoe crabs will congregate in the shallows during the spring for mating (although they don’t do it in the same force)

Phylogeny

Animalia-Arthropoda-Chelicerata-Merostomata-Xiphosura-Limulidae-Carcinoscorpius-rotundicauda

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astronomy-to-zoology: Hummingbird Bobtail Squid (Euprymna...

Sun, 19 May 2013 09:47:39 -0400

astronomy-to-zoology:

Hummingbird Bobtail Squid (Euprymna berryi)

Also known as Berry’s bobtail squid, the hummingbird bobtail squid is a species of bobtail squid found throughout the warm waters of eastern Asia. Like most bobtail squid, berry’s bobtail squid has a light organ in its gill cavity which emits light to help it hide its silhouette from predators. During the day the hummingbird bobtail squid can be found buried in the sediment, at night they will emerge to feed on small invertebrates like shrimp and other crustaceans.

Phylogeny

Animalia-Mollusca-Cephalopoda-Sepiolida-Sepiolidae-Sepiolinae-Euprymna-berryi

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