Livyatan

  Source Our boy in the middle. Meg at the top.   Source   I am seeing Livyatan everywhere lately. I first heard of it in a tv doc years ago when its fossils were new in Peru. Since then it appears it has become an extreme apex predator badass symbol for the public. It …

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East meets West

  East meets West This being a western site I imagine there is interest in elk. What is different here is this is an elk in PA. Coal mines stripped off the tops of mountains and grass was encouraged. Elk were added later  for better or worse reasons. I knew it was a thing there …

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the Deccan Traps would be a firecracker in comparison.

the Deccan Traps would be a firecracker in comparison   But that future tectonic divorce seems insignificant when you consider the catastrophe that may befall the continent’s southern tip. The team estimates that, in tens of millions of years, a blob of nightmarishly gargantuan proportions will pinch off from the central cusp and rise to …

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Grassland Griz

Grassland Griz The general trend of grizzly populations across Alberta is considered stable to increasing, so the expansion of bears eastward is not surprising. Andrea Morehouse, the Waterton Biosphere Reserve Carnivores and Communities Program Science Lead, has been monitoring these bears. When asked if the bears are establishing territories in the grasslands or just wandering …

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Prince Edward Island steelhead

  I am almost juiced enough to want to go over there for those. As far as I know, PEI and NS have the only true sea run rainbows in the east.

Terror Bird No 2

Source Titanis walleri, a genus of flightless bird from early Pliocene to early Pleistocene North America. They had an estimated length of about 2 m. by Jaime Chirinos  I am going to have to control my weakness for posting these guys.

The Song of the Lark

The Song of the Lark Jules_Breton I saw this the other day and it didn’t come to mind but, apparently, a very famous image. We don’t have the skylarks here but I have heard the song is wonderful. I would like to see it. https://youtu.be/-QsorI-fZsY?si=kS2XRuw5-nMn-1qR https://youtu.be/8eOIcWB7jSA?si=J8pEMsrlUwMufPIR Knew it was popular but not sure as much …

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Parrot Training

Parrot Training I saw this and it was new to me. I thought of Steve with his falcons since there are similarities.   Source This guy Or this guy. Not sure which now. I was reminded of this guy that takes his parrot to waterfalls here and posts online. They are often in deep woods …

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On Target

  Source “This bird of prey had caught a meal 30 minutes ago but was back for more. Through high speed maneuver, it was successful in breaking the group down to just one shorebird. With its target locked in, it was just a matter of time. Sandpiper being chased by a falcon, Brier Island, September …

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