OMG… I was thinking Photoshop madness, or maybe the Island of Dr Moreau, if he were building dog creatures instead of trying to make humans.
But no…. this is a real creature!
A bat with a nose like a dog, called Buettikofer’s Epauletted Fruit Bat.
It’s almost vegan, the exceptions to its fruitarian diet being small insects, and weighs about a pound, which is large for a bat.
It’s named for its fluffy white shoulders, which look like epaulettes, and according to Wikipedia, are used to attract females… who i guess must like guys with furry white shoulders.
This tailorbird, of tropical Asia, was described on many sites as using plant fibers to stitch nests like this from leaves.
I was curious, so I finally found a site from a natural history museum that explains the stitching… I had to edit it down.
But the gist is, the female chooses a sturdy leaf, and wraps it around herself.. if it’s too small, she adds another ..
She uses her feet to hold it together and pierces a series of miniscule holes along the edge with her thin beak, so tiny that the leaf holds its shape, and it doesn’t go brown.
Then she threads plant fibres, cobwebs or cocoon fiber, through the holes.
The stitches don’t unravel, thanks to the coarseness of the thread and elasticity of the leaf springing back to grip the thread. A single nest can contain between 150 and 200 stitches.
Saudi women, royal or not, still need male approval for a lot of decisions.
And the Thai royalty is also considered semi divine. My Thai friend had a framed picture of the king and queen on the wall in her restaurant, dressed in fancy robes that looked added to the picture, with drapery around it, and gold cords tying them back. She said prayers for their well being.
To be fair, we use both, even the younger generations. We buy fuel in litres, but drive distances in miles, so you find people will either convert the litres to (UK) gallons (4.545 litres) to work out fuel consumption, or use miles per litre.
I have one English friend who has lived in Ireland for many years now, but, to be fair, lived in the US for a good part of the 1970s, which is when I met her. She told me she still mentally translates everything into imperial measure.
And I meant to say last night that this chart is wrong anyway… We don’t use imperial measures in the US, except the ones that are the same, like miles. We use what we call Standard measure. A US quart is 32 ounces, a pint 16… And our ounces are slightly different too.
And Canada is sort of half metric, half imperial, with a healthy dose of US standard cos of US packages and such, though we’ve have metric printed alongside avoirdupois for years.
The info is in the file name, but I had to download it to read that this is
from…
Breaking Away
they are…
Jackie Earle Haley, Daniel Stern, Dennis Quaid and Dennis Christopher.
BTW… I’ve never seen this movie.
The first time I saw
the young man on the left
Jackie Earle Haley
in a movie, he was playing a much younger child, whose mother was trying to push him into child stardom.
He had pouffy blonde curls, and was always roller skating, and singing, dressed in shorts, and fancy shirts with puffed sleeves.
Jackie is a unisex name, and his character’s name sounded like a girl. So for years, I thought he was a girl. Imagine my surprise when he turned up later, usually playing sleazy gang bangers and tatooed creeps.
in case you can’t see it up top
This is bigger.
For me, too.
They’re the same size to me.
Nighthawks, I see how you did your workaround to make the animation show on top… I just didn’t think you could use a link up there.
But apparently you can… and it worked! Yay.
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Oh, my goodness! Mega-love bundle right there.
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OMG… I was thinking Photoshop madness, or maybe the Island of Dr Moreau, if he were building dog creatures instead of trying to make humans.
But no…. this is a real creature!
A bat with a nose like a dog, called Buettikofer’s Epauletted Fruit Bat.
It’s almost vegan, the exceptions to its fruitarian diet being small insects, and weighs about a pound, which is large for a bat.
It’s named for its fluffy white shoulders, which look like epaulettes, and according to Wikipedia, are used to attract females… who i guess must like guys with furry white shoulders.
Doggy!
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This tailorbird, of tropical Asia, was described on many sites as using plant fibers to stitch nests like this from leaves.
I was curious, so I finally found a site from a natural history museum that explains the stitching… I had to edit it down.
But the gist is, the female chooses a sturdy leaf, and wraps it around herself.. if it’s too small, she adds another ..
She uses her feet to hold it together and pierces a series of miniscule holes along the edge with her thin beak, so tiny that the leaf holds its shape, and it doesn’t go brown.
Then she threads plant fibres, cobwebs or cocoon fiber, through the holes.
The stitches don’t unravel, thanks to the coarseness of the thread and elasticity of the leaf springing back to grip the thread. A single nest can contain between 150 and 200 stitches.
Amazing!
..,
.
Saudi women, royal or not, still need male approval for a lot of decisions.
And the Thai royalty is also considered semi divine. My Thai friend had a framed picture of the king and queen on the wall in her restaurant, dressed in fancy robes that looked added to the picture, with drapery around it, and gold cords tying them back. She said prayers for their well being.
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They are gathered
Front row: Sergeant Barney Ross, Kay Kyser, Mickey Rooney, and Rosemary LaPlanche
Hmmm… The wrist and hand draped over
I suppose it must belong to
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LOL!
Actually, I think the purple grows fainter as the older generation thins out. Maybe one day it’ll all be green.
Maybe not here though…. And if we switch, we’ll have a purple phase, too.
To be fair, we use both, even the younger generations. We buy fuel in litres, but drive distances in miles, so you find people will either convert the litres to (UK) gallons (4.545 litres) to work out fuel consumption, or use miles per litre.
I have one English friend who has lived in Ireland for many years now, but, to be fair, lived in the US for a good part of the 1970s, which is when I met her. She told me she still mentally translates everything into imperial measure.
And I meant to say last night that this chart is wrong anyway… We don’t use imperial measures in the US, except the ones that are the same, like miles. We use what we call Standard measure. A US quart is 32 ounces, a pint 16… And our ounces are slightly different too.
And Canada is sort of half metric, half imperial, with a healthy dose of US standard cos of US packages and such, though we’ve have metric printed alongside avoirdupois for years.
We all muddle through, somehow.
,.,
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someone really wants their snack! Like, now!
Like the cable arrest on an aircraft carrier.
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The info is in the file name, but I had to download it to read that this is
BTW… I’ve never seen this movie.
The first time I saw
He had pouffy blonde curls, and was always roller skating, and singing, dressed in shorts, and fancy shirts with puffed sleeves.
Jackie is a unisex name, and his character’s name sounded like a girl. So for years, I thought he was a girl. Imagine my surprise when he turned up later, usually playing sleazy gang bangers and tatooed creeps.
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Great idea! I’d do that if I could.
Since retirement mine are always around.
He’s a Bernese Mountain Dog… Actually, probably the third of the three Higgins has had.
Aptly named, cos they’re kinda mountainous, but incredibly sweet, gentle dogs.
Higgins is no longer president, since not running in the Irish elections in November. He’s about 85.
Good boy!!! – And the dog looks well-behaved, too.
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Got it!
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Wow, two cute hound puppies today!
I haven’t had a beagle, but I’ve had a bagel…basset/beagle mix. Her name was Leia. Leia Round. ‘Cause that’s what she did best.
♫ The answer my friend ♪
is blowin’ in the wind. ♫
♪ The answer is blowin ♪
in the wind. ♫
“…unpush it” LOL! What a kidder 🙂
I can see todays comic. !!!
Mazel tov.
Me too!
Taking the cats for a ride, Central Park, New York City, 20th March, 1976.
I’m amazed if they won’t jump off and run .. but it looks like they night be tied.
That’s kind of dangerous, too, if it’s around their necks.
Sri Lanka Blue Magpie.