Not only do they coddle and protect their own babies, all the females in the herd protect each other’s babies too….
And I’ve seen videos where elephants recognise and help other creatures’ young, as well… in one, a passing elephant sees a fawn caught in a river, lifts it, and pushes it to the other bank, saving it from drowning.
The female calves grow up beside their mothers, and stay in the herd their whole lives.
The males “only” stay about 15 years… Then they go find a male herd, where the fathers, who till this point have paid no attention, train them to be male elephants. (I don’t think they have to be the actual father of the particular young bull…. but hey.)
I saw a longer video, with voiceover, of this a week or so ago. The driver made it to the bottom of the run OK, but it’s either the third, or fourth, rider that applies the brakes at the bottom to stop them. The driver had to scoot backwards in the sled near the end of the run to apply the brakes to prevent quite a hard crash-stop past the finish.
I’d love to see what you get if you actually order this thing… It should be obvious that it couldn’t be real.
I’ve been seeing a lot of ads in the YouTube shorts… there were even more at Christmas… for battery operated toy dogs, and a few cats and rabbits… where they obviously film a live animal for part of the video, and promise that the toy will do all the things it’s doing.
I was curious one day and managed to Google some reviews, and of course people were saying they got some junky plastic toy, with fake fur, nothing at all like what they foolishly expected.
Gee, really?
The cat heads on the jacket you get are probably the same.
Just today I saw several ads promoting stickers you just put on your belly and lose 40 pounds in two weeks without dieting! Wow!
There’s been a flood of ads for bogus, impossible skin care and financial advice… And I made a gif last week of part of an ad for linen sheets, of all things, that says linen has a healthy frequency (whatever that means) and Jesus said to sleep on linen.
Unfortunately, there’s no control over ads from outside the US, when they come via the Internet. I’ve actually clicked “report”, and complained to Google about letting them advertise on YouTube, but nothing happens. It’s only going to get worse.
Looks great, but so far I can’t find artist credit anywhere.
It’s.sold as a poster called “Girl’s Night Out”, with a company brand name, but no other info….
Another company sells something sort of similar, different colors, different pose, substituting another face for Frieda Kahlo’s. They call theirs AI generated, so maybe this one is too.
Gold miners, near Dawson City, during the Klondike Gold Rush, in 1898.
I used to do the Renaissance Faire… some people there also did early California or gold rush reenactments every year. (Maybe they still do, but I haven’t seen them in years.)
It was when the Internet was just starting for most of us. It took days in the library, if you were lucky, to find a picture like this, to help with costume accuracy.
There are also some photos online, of course, that help Civil War reenactors… not many photos of the Renaissance, though 😀
Good plan, Claude. Especially if you want dirty used shoes with slippery bottoms.
Even better plan if you had to leave your name and address on the “exchange” slip at the.bowling alley, so they could find you and charge you the other $50, or more.
BTW, I went with a group to a bowling alley… gosh… at least 15 years ago… I think 2009. I didn’t bowl but some of them did. Shoe rental back then was I think $7. Claude got a deal.
Must be even more now… not at that alley, cos since then it became a billiard parlor and now a restaurant.
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Trying to figure out how the foal got up there!
Mommy laid, baby hugged, mommy stood up.
That’s the only thing I can think of too…. but baby sure doesn’t look like he’s hanging on tight enough for the bumpy way horses get up
Only half-way up yet maybe?
Or baby is on his tippy toes?
I’m riding on my mom. I’m whispering in her ear. Faster…
Kind of creepy… both the thought and the artwork.
You probably know…
“Midnight Cowboy”, in 1969
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Elephants are very devoted mothers.
Not only do they coddle and protect their own babies, all the females in the herd protect each other’s babies too….
And I’ve seen videos where elephants recognise and help other creatures’ young, as well… in one, a passing elephant sees a fawn caught in a river, lifts it, and pushes it to the other bank, saving it from drowning.
The female calves grow up beside their mothers, and stay in the herd their whole lives.
The males “only” stay about 15 years… Then they go find a male herd, where the fathers, who till this point have paid no attention, train them to be male elephants. (I don’t think they have to be the actual father of the particular young bull…. but hey.)
“the fathers, who till this point have paid no attention, train them to be male elephants”
Beer? Farting? Football games?
Yup… and ignoring the kids.
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The little I know about playing guitar I learned from the equivalent Pete Seeger album!
Oops. I guess it’s not as easy as it looks.
I saw a longer video, with voiceover, of this a week or so ago. The driver made it to the bottom of the run OK, but it’s either the third, or fourth, rider that applies the brakes at the bottom to stop them. The driver had to scoot backwards in the sled near the end of the run to apply the brakes to prevent quite a hard crash-stop past the finish.
Took me a few rereads to understand…. But now I see. Thanks.
LOL…. There’s a sucker born every minute!
I’d love to see what you get if you actually order this thing… It should be obvious that it couldn’t be real.
I’ve been seeing a lot of ads in the YouTube shorts… there were even more at Christmas… for battery operated toy dogs, and a few cats and rabbits… where they obviously film a live animal for part of the video, and promise that the toy will do all the things it’s doing.
I was curious one day and managed to Google some reviews, and of course people were saying they got some junky plastic toy, with fake fur, nothing at all like what they foolishly expected.
Gee, really?
The cat heads on the jacket you get are probably the same.
Just today I saw several ads promoting stickers you just put on your belly and lose 40 pounds in two weeks without dieting! Wow!
There’s been a flood of ads for bogus, impossible skin care and financial advice… And I made a gif last week of part of an ad for linen sheets, of all things, that says linen has a healthy frequency (whatever that means) and Jesus said to sleep on linen.
Unfortunately, there’s no control over ads from outside the US, when they come via the Internet. I’ve actually clicked “report”, and complained to Google about letting them advertise on YouTube, but nothing happens. It’s only going to get worse.
but….but…it’s HALF off! 😉
Yeah…. You probably have to specify whether you.want the left half or the right.
I tried to post my gif of the linen sheet ad but it’s too big.
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Looks great, but so far I can’t find artist credit anywhere.
It’s.sold as a poster called “Girl’s Night Out”, with a company brand name, but no other info….
Another company sells something sort of similar, different colors, different pose, substituting another face for Frieda Kahlo’s. They call theirs AI generated, so maybe this one is too.
it’s phony, but funny
Yeah… I like it.
And at least the AI is ripping off fewer living artists.
Buster Keaton’s 1928 silent, The Cameraman.
According to Google Translate… “Han som.drar veven” is Swedish for “He who pulls the crank.”
Is he a pet raccoon showing off, or a wild one sneaking into the chicken coop?
R.J. after too many Twinkies.
Gold miners, near Dawson City, during the Klondike Gold Rush, in 1898.
I used to do the Renaissance Faire… some people there also did early California or gold rush reenactments every year. (Maybe they still do, but I haven’t seen them in years.)
It was when the Internet was just starting for most of us. It took days in the library, if you were lucky, to find a picture like this, to help with costume accuracy.
There are also some photos online, of course, that help Civil War reenactors… not many photos of the Renaissance, though 😀
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Not many here yet tonight…. where is everybody?
I’ll just have to guess that somebody might want
And/or want to know…
They’re actually white… But I made it blue so you could see it.
There’s a cute little locomotive in here too, not really a puzzle… I just like it.
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C.E. behind the scenes of ‘Where Eagles Dare’
More importantly what kind of motorcycle is it ?
I can’t make out the logo too well
maybe BSA?
I googled it, it’s a Norton Ranger, bought by C.E. when in London, and had it delivered to his hotel. He used it for getting about and sightseeing.
Don’t think I need to spoiler this pair, but if you want to guess which film set they are photographed on, the answer is
Winter Wren.
What happens in the summer?
It gets warmer….
I’m ready!
I’m going around barefoot and in shorts now.
Yeah, under the palm trees…. show-off..
Then again, our 63° up here beats late snow back east.
Gosh, thanks. I had no idea. 😁
Precisely what I was wondering.
I stuffed a couple of those — almost as hard as hummingbirds!
Good plan, Claude. Especially if you want dirty used shoes with slippery bottoms.
Even better plan if you had to leave your name and address on the “exchange” slip at the.bowling alley, so they could find you and charge you the other $50, or more.
BTW, I went with a group to a bowling alley… gosh… at least 15 years ago… I think 2009. I didn’t bowl but some of them did. Shoe rental back then was I think $7. Claude got a deal.
Must be even more now… not at that alley, cos since then it became a billiard parlor and now a restaurant.
well, you didn’t see the shoes that Claude traded off
I figure they were a mess.
But he won’t be happy when he ends up paying $67 for used red, blue and yellow bowling shoes. 😀
And used bowling shoes are so stylish! Available in colors to match anything (everything) in your wardrobe…all at the same time…
I counted seven pups.
That’s a lot of mice and voles.