Day 5128: A chair is a chair? & The Antelope Jackrabbit.

"50's Teen": junk paper collage, ink, gesso

                                                                       

  

Want music?

Click here: Earth,Wind & Fire, September.

2GN2S

A chair is a chair?

 

I collect chairs too, here's a drop from my bucket ...

Passion, Ulla Standberg

19th cent. Swed milk stools

Amran Hogue

Alo Bing

Xtine Juin

Abdelmajid Benjmaa

Artist, unknown

Abdelmajid Benjmaa

Aba Zaza

Carmen Mine

Xtine Juin

(*Just a drop in my bucket of chairs)

     

Meet the incredible Antelope Jackrabbit, a desert hare famous for its extraordinarily large ears.Those enormous ears aren't just for hearing. They are also an important part of the animal's natural cooling system.

The ears contain a dense network of blood vessels. When temperatures are warm, blood flow through these vessels can increase, bringing heat from the body toward the ears, where it can be released into the surrounding air.

Their enormous surface area makes the ears highly effective heat exchangers. In hot desert conditions, this adaptation can help the jackrabbit lose heat without relying entirely on water-based cooling.

When temperatures become cold, blood flow through the ears can be greatly reduced, limiting heat loss from this exposed part of the body.

So those comically large ears are actually an extraordinary survival adaptation.

For the Antelope Jackrabbit, bigger ears aren't just about better hearing—they can help the animal manage the extreme temperatures of its desert home.

Nature has turned an unusual-looking feature into an incredibly useful piece of survival equipment.

  

 

A 4 minute video, Three birds , here.

 

 

Just because ...

Blyth's Paradise Flycatcher

Tuesday's Smiles ... 

 

Hoping you feel all the good things in your day.

  

 

 

 

Day 5127: Easily Distracted & The Slow Loris.

"Carnivale": junk papers collage, markers. (7-3/4X13")

  

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 I love journaling. I even love my journals. I have over 140 that are retired, just sitting there. I guess I should go through them and see what was on my mind back then? I still jot in a journal once in a while, but actually, this daily blog has turned into my journal of the day. I'm pretty sure it doesn't seem like it takes up as much time as it does. Just the thinking and looking for what might be interesting eats up time, but the real glutton is my going down various web rabbit holes that call out to me. I regularly find a topic that surprises me, so I want to check it out before I add it onto the page. While I am in the darn rabbit hole, it's not unusual to be excited by another rabbit hole, and you get the idea? 

I do have an Instagram account that I haven't touched in years. I know that Instagram is better than FB, but I can't allow myself to go there. The last time I did, it gobbled up three hours before I realized I had missed an appointment. I admit it, I can't handle it! I may start an Instagram Anonymous for like minded people, in my spare time? In other words, it won't get done.

This isn't even what I planned to write, so I'll get to it tomorrow.?

   The Slow Loris  

With large round eyes and a fluffy coat of fur, you might describe slow lorises (genus Nycticebus) as adorable—but did you know these primates also have a venomous bite? They’re one of the only mammalian species on Earth to possess this rare trait. A gland under the loris’s arm produces a chemical that turns deadly when mixed with loris saliva. Those bitten have reported anaphylactic shock, extreme pain, and infection among other side effects. 

 

  

 

A 3+ minute video, Egyptian Pyramid, here.

 

 

Just because ...

Monday's Smiles ... 

 

Hoping you see all the good things in your day.