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    The giant wood moth (Endoxyla cinereus) is one of the largest moth species in the world.

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    another not so magical - rather crafty

    https://twitter.com/catturd2/status/...TF1at3pbXH9i4A

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    There’s over 270 suckers per arm and with the eight arms it makes over 2,100 suckers that can rotate individually. It’s a sign of affection if they leave behind octopus hickies.

    Why We're Suckers for the Giant Pacific Octopus (2:26)

    (back up copy of "Washing pet octopus")
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    Male Seahorse Giving Birth To Thousands Of Babies (3:57)




    Seahorse Facts
    Name

    The Latin name for seahorse is Hippocampus which means “Horse Caterpillar”

    Diet

    Seahorses eat small crustacea such as Mysis Shrimp. An adult eats 30-50 times a day. Seahorse fry (baby seahorses) eat a staggering 3000 pieces of food per day.

    What is a seahorse?

    Seahorses are fish. They live in water, breath through gills and have a swim bladder. However they do not have caudal fins and have a long snake-like tail. They also have a neck and a snout that points down.

    British Seahorses

    There are two species around British Coastline, the Spiny Seahorse (Hippocampus Guttulatus) and the Short Snouted Seahorse (Hippocampus Hippocampus).

    Both British Seahorses can be found from the Shetland Isles MAINLY down the west coast of the UK (and all around Ireland) and along the south coast of England; we also have sightings of Seahorses on the east coast and a few years ago they were found in the North Sea and across the Channel in France
     
    Snout

    Seahorses have long thin snouts enabling them to probe into nooks and crannies for food. When they find food they suck it up through their snouts like a vacuum cleaner. Their snouts can expand if their prey Is larger than the snout. They are not able to chew and have to disintegrate the food as they eat it.

    Eyesight

    Seahorses have excellent eyesight and their eyes are able to work independently on either side of their head. This means they can look forwards and backwards at the same time! This is particularly useful as they hunt for food by sight.

    Courtship

    It was always thought that Seahorses pair for life but research by The Seahorse trust has shown that pair bonding is just for a few months or a season at a time. They meet first thing in the morning to reinforce their pair bonding with an elaborate courtship display. The female meets the male in his territory and as they approach each other, they change colour. The male circles around the female and the pair often spiral around an object. This display can last for up to an hour. Once over the female goes back to her territory.

    Territory

    Females have a territory of about 100 sq metres and males have a territory of about 0.5 sq metres. Their territories overlap.

    Pregnancy

    The male is the only creature where the male has a true reversed pregnancy. The female transfers her eggs to the male which he self-fertilises in his pouch. The number of eggs can vary from 50-150 for smaller species to 1500 for larger species.

    They receive everything they need in the pouch from oxygen to food. Gestation time varies from 14 days to 4 weeks. Giving birth can be a long process with contractions lasting up to 12 hours.

    Baby Seahorses

    Baby seahorses are known as fry, when they are born they are on their own. They spend the first two to three weeks of their lives drifting along in the plankton layer of the ocean. Less than one in a thousand will survive long enough to become an adult due to predators.

    Tail

    Seahorses have a prehensile tail. This allows them to grip onto eel grass and other weeds and prevents them from being washed away by strong currents and waves.

    Colour

    Seahorses can change colour very quickly and match any surroundings in which it finds itself. They have even been known to turn bright red to match floating debris.

    Both males and females also change colour during their courtship display

    Body

    Unlike most other fish, seahorses have an exo-skeleton. Their bodies are made up of hard, external, bony plates that are fused together with a fleshy covering. They do not have scales.

    Movement

    Seahorses are poor swimmers. They rely on their dorsal fin beating at 30-70 times per second to propel it along. Pectoral fins either side of the head help with stability and steering.

    Habitat

    Seahorses live in shallow weedy areas especially eel grass beds. In winter they move into deeper waters to escape the rough weather.

    Threats

    Seahorses are under threat worldwide for three main reasons: The Traditional Chinese Medicine Trade takes in excess of up to 150 million seahorses a year from the wild and these are used for all types of medicine.The Curio Trade takes approximately one million seahorses from the wild. Along with shells and starfish; they are deliberately taken from the sea and left to die in the boiling sun.

    They are then sold as souvenirs, a sad and sorrowful reminder of once beautiful creatures.The pet trade takes an estimated one million seahorses from the wild and It is thought that less than 1,000 survive more than six weeks.

    Species

    There are about 54 species of seahorses worldwide, and possibly as many sub-species. It is often difficult for scientists to identify seahorses because individuals of the same species can vary greatly in appearance. New species continue to be found.

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    This sea lion in California is great, fairly small image so expand the video to the full page.


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    Quote Posted by RunningDeer (here)
    There’s over 270 suckers per arm and with the eight arms it makes over 2,100 suckers that can rotate individually. It’s a sign of affection if they leave behind octopus hickies.
    My boerboels always give "love nibbles" instead of licking (I've bred this blood line for around 17 years, every male does this, sometimes the females too), which is super cute till they pinch the CRAP out of what ever they happen to be nibbling.... haha



    Some times they get excited and just nibble things near you, like the chair your sitting on... weird behavior but super cute
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    https://twitter.com/Gabriele_Corno/s...HSxVO_CnVBqLBw

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    a deer and a dog

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    .(30 seconds)


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    I've posted this before (it has its own thread!), but it may also belong here. Not a pink elephant... but a pink hippo.

    I took these photos myself on a visit to the Masai Mara game reserve in Kenya in 2001. The hippo was in a remote part of the the Mara River, which runs through the park, and the place I took the pictures was really quite hard to get to.

    I reported it to the Kenya Wildlife Service, who were amazed -- and were keen to know exactly where it was. I gave them the location on a map.

    The following year I returned to the exact same spot -- and the pink hippo was still right there.








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    Lion Cubs play as their Parents Look On (2:30 min)


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    Here is a charming talk about her family’s rescue dogs, by 7-8 year old Emilie Barton, daughter of the channel owner Paul Barton. Nothing standout to timestamp, except for old-dog lovers with little time to spare: please see the middle part of this ~10 min vid.

    I have only rarely watched this channel, and until this one only for Paul’s piano posts, but have kept it on my feed because of the nice vibe. Prompted by the recent thread-discussion about vid-posting standards, I looked through the list to see what the posts naming Emilie were about. The one I watched was of her and her dad painting IMO a great portrait (so he is an accomplished art-painter too). Probably should have watched one of her (few) own-painting ones.

    I have been in various healing modes for near 2 weeks, and the present one is about thankfulness, hope, and ‘stopping to smell the roses’. Am happy to work up a good intro to something that caught my fancy, and figured the post would raise hearts of others too.

    Channel, heartily recommended:

    https://m.youtube.com/c/PaulBartonThailand/videos


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    An award winning photo!


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