Category: Wildlife photo
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Elephants protection in Africa
Elephants are -generally speaking- a species endangered in Africa. They have been vigorously hunted for the ivory of their tusks (sometimes for the mere pleasure of hunting big game) and poaching is still intense of many African countries (from de 1.5 million animals in 1970, we are now down to around 500,000 pachyderms). The largest…
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Whales big mouth
Up to recently, scientists did not really know how whales could eat the enormous amounts of krill they need to feed a record-sized body. It appears that this is now understood thanks to some serendipity. Sources: The New York Times article and the original paper of Jeremy A. Goldbogen, Nicholas D. Pyenson & Robert E.…
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Sunbittern
Click on the thumbnail image to enlarge it Sunbittern (Eurypyga helias, Caurale soleil). Brazil, 2007.
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Neotropic Cormorant
The Cormorant is clearly a bird easy to find anywhere you can find some water. In Pantanal, the Neotropic Cormorant lives along rivers and is easily seen spreading its wings in the sun while not diving for fishes. Click on the thumbnail image to enlarge it Neotropic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus, Cormoran vigua). Brazil, 2007.
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Northern Jaguar Project
When it comes to saving animals from extinction, many efforts are needed. Some of them seem very interesting to me. This is the case of the Northern Jaguar Project. They try to protect a large piece of land in Northern Occidental Mexico in order to ensure a large zone where jaguars could survive in a…
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Saffron Finch
Click on the thumbnail image to enlarge it Saffron Finch (Sicalis flaveola, Sicale bouton-d’or). Brazil, 2007.
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Vulture
Click on the thumbnail image to enlarge it Vulture (in flight). Brazil, 2007.
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Yellow-rumped Cacique
Click on the thumbnail image to enlarge it Yellow-rumped Cacique (Cacicus cela, Cassique à cul-jaune). Brazil, 2007.
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Backlit tree
Click on the thumbnail image to enlarge it Backlit tree. Brazil, 2007.