If this is the jelly they get in Australia, it’s no wonder so many prefer Vegemite.
Dolphin
Wikipedia claims that these dolphins have “a form of sonar known as echolocation.”
I had thought that all types of sonar use echolocation, so I looked it up. Apparently only *active* sonar is known as echolocation. There is also a passive type of sonar.
Granted, most people call passive sonar “listening”, but whatever. I’m not going to fight about it.
Sea Turtle
Sea turtle pondering trickle-down economics.
Long Crested Eagle
Stop.
Scroll up.
I don’t believe what they just posted there.
Snowy Owl
Though they’re good at ringing your bell and telling you their story, don’t believe the pictures in their literature.
If the story took place in the middle east, the owls wouldn’t be white.
Bald Eagle
At 4-8 times stronger than that humans, they say that an eagle can taste a rabbit 3.2 km away.
I think I have that right.
Right?
Prairie Dog performing Merchant of Venice
He doth nothing but frown, as who should say ‘If you
will not have me, choose:’ he hears merry tales and
smiles not
Sacred Ibis
Per Herodotus, the sacred ibis protects humanity by devouring winged serpents.
Guess they work.
Sonora Desert Centipede
Me: “It’s just a quick trip to the zoo. I won’t need my flash or macro lens.”
Centipede: “I’ma pose perfectly today!”
Kangaroo
I’ve been trying to years to get a good photo of a kangaroo hopping, from the side. Thus far, this is the best I can do. Straight ahead, you don’t have to track them and if you take several shots at once while adjusting focus, some of them turn out. When they’re moving side to side, they move so fast that by the time you get them in frame and focused, they’ve usually stopped hopping or the timing works out that it looks like they’re just standing on the ground.
In a zoo environment, you can’t really get a nice long shot from which to select particular animals. That’s how they do it in Australia which, alas, is not where I am.
My hope is that the upcoming Nikon d850 will be just enough faster that the shots I want will become a bit more feasible.
Hippo
Even in infrared, the hippo is the most dangerous animal in Africa.
Green Heron
Of all the options available to describe this heron, I’m not sure I would have chosen “green”.
Blue Crane
When building birds, it is important to use all the neck bones in the set.
Babirusa
It’s always good to support your friends.
Bactrian Camel
When shade is hard to come by.
Elephant
Maybe I’m jaded, but I don’t think elephant bonsai will ever catch on.
Prairie Dog performing Winter’s Tale
Is whispering nothing?
Is leaning cheek to cheek? is meeting noses?
Kissing with inside lip? stopping the career
Of laughing with a sigh?–a note infallible
Of breaking honesty–horsing foot on foot?
Kangaroo
You can’t go home again
Asian Elephant
Next time someone asks you “what’s up?”, you can answer “elephant trunk” without telling a lie.
Swift Fox
Foxes don’t worry about getting their noses dirty.