Day 5191. Artist: IDRIS MURPHY & Rhinos with technology.

"Jill": ink brush, watercolor, collage. (2002)

  

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 IDRIS MURPHY

"Living in a country where we find ourselves surrounded by the oldest living culture in the world . . . indigenous art . . . for me, it was an extraordinary reawakening of all those ways of looking at the land."

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Rhinos are being equipped with technology designed to help protect them from poachers.

A conservation project in South Africa has used hidden cameras, GPS tracking collars, and other monitoring equipment to help authorities detect suspicious activity around protected rhinos.

The system is designed to monitor the animals and quickly alert a control center when unusual activity is detected. Rangers can then use the animal’s location data to respond to the area.

By combining wildlife conservation with modern tracking technology, researchers and conservation teams are exploring new ways to protect endangered rhinos and improve anti-poaching efforts.

#Rhino #Wildlife #Conservation #AntiPoaching #LivingEarth

  

 

A  4+ minute video,  Stubborn Spider, here.

 

Just because ...

WHITE-THROATED SPARROW 

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Hoping you see all the good things in your day.

  

 

 

   

Day 5190: I had to be a teacher. & Diversity of Primates.

"Savings": junk papers collage, china marker

  

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(TMI dept.)

I come from a family of teachers. Really good teachers.

We also have engineers, but this is about teachers.

Aunt Fern, Aunt Martha, Aunt Pauline, Aunt Vonda, Mom

My Mom'a four older sisters taught, 

so four Aunts and an Uncle all outstanding teachers.

The kind that talk about school even in the summer!

Enough so that I was pretty sure I didn't want to be a teacher.

But then I married a coach/teacher and became a teacher.

Now after forty five years of teaching ...

I have determined that I was a pretty good teacher.

You see I do believe in angels. I do.

And if at anytime I wasn't a good teacher,

I believe one of my angels would have nudged me back into place.

So, I guess I had to be a teacher.

So there.

The Diversity of Primates

Primates share an evolutionary history, yet their adaptations are remarkably diverse. From powerful great apes to agile monkeys, different species have developed distinct body structures, social behaviours and ways of navigating their environments.

Forward-facing eyes and grasping hands help many primates judge distances and handle objects. Their diversity reveals how evolution shapes survival.

  

 

A  3+ minute video,  Man, here.

 

 

Just because ...

African Spoonbill.

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Hoping you feel all the good things in your day.

  

 

 

  

Day 5189: Car Skeletons to Make a Point! & The Kakapo

"Himari": ink brush, junk papers collage, digital.

  

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   Click: B-53, Deadbeat Club

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Cycling Activists Build Bamboo Car Skeletons to Show the Space Taken by Single Occupancy Cars

A few Latvian activists from a branch of the bicycle advocacy group Let’s Bike it recently created a visual reminder of the space taken by cars on a typical road. To accomplish this, the group fabricated bamboo skeletons shaped like actual cars and mounted them on their bikes. The activists then cycled around the streets of Riga for several hours to highlight the absurdity of using a large car to move a single person. The stunt was organized as part of European Mobility Week, an ongoing campaign that explores sustainable urban mobility around Europe

The kakapo broke every rule in the parrot handbook and somehow survived.

It is the world's only flightless parrot, and also its heaviest — big males can tip the scales at around nine pounds. Instead of flying, it walks for miles on strong legs, climbs trees with powerful claws, and waddles through New Zealand's forests at night. Once down to just 51 birds in 1995, this moss-green oddball is now clawing its way back, one guarded chick at a time.

Heavy, grounded, and entirely unbothered.

#Kakapo #FlightlessParrot #NewZealandWildlife #ConservationStory #WildDiscovery

  

 

A  4+ minute video,  The Joy Story, here.

 

 

Just because ...

 Yellow-throated Toucans.jpg

A couple of Yellow-throated Toucansquietly perched in a Mindo cloud forest…enjoying a beautiful morning. Another great moment…and another wonderful memory from our adventures in Ecuador. My brother Mike and I are truly blessed. I hope you have a great Saturday…get outside and spend a little time with Nature…it’s a good thing. #nature #bird #wildlifephotography #birds #natgeo

Sunday's Smiles ... 

 

Hoping you see all the good things in your day.