Day 3607: A quiet celebration.

"Unwavering": photo, ink, collage & digital

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2GN2S ... 

When young, many small children, were very concerned about pandas. They knew were they endangered, but didn't understand why, since bamboo seemed to be in abundance everywhere.

Why weren't we mailing every single stalk to these bears in need! A new study shows that the panda's particular passion for bamboo may have evolved about  6 million years ago -- possibly due to the plant's wide, year-round availability. So committed were they to the bamboo lifestyle, the pandas eventually developed a peculiar sixth finger, a thumb of sorts that allows them to easily grasp bamboo stalks and strip the leaves.

 You can see it in the top photo above, as a sort of nubbin. It's not an elegant appendage, but it does show how animals adapt over time.

 

Update ...

Independence Day, Fourth of July, was a quiet day at my home. I was so lucky to have had a week of  fun and celebrations last week, that a quiet day seemed in order. I could hear the kids playing in the nearby pool, and occasionally a firecracker but mainly quiet, or Wimbledon on television.

 

 

There was also time for a nap & reading my book.

Meanwhile, WonderWoman and Superman were on the golf course in Nevada.

   And, the Granddogs were comfy on a big chair.

All three Grandhunks are working today.

I am hoping that you had a great day too.

 

 

 

An unusual 3-minute video, FlatFace, here.

 

Just because ...

 

Chestnut-naped forktail

 

 

Smiles for Tuesday ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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