Woman transforms herself into a Butterfly
She uniquely painted her body and laid it down into another painting of a flower. The performance is simply remarkable. #amazing #woman #entertainment #performance #butterfly #transform #facebook #twitter #linkedin #keygel #remarkable #flower #painting #success #inspiration
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Monkey got hurt really bad
To help you understand better about all monkey Thank you for interest
- Donkey lost power
- Kingkong become new king monkey of Amber
- Teresa is very old pigtail monkey and kindness, she had one daughter Briana
- Briana mother monkey of Briget (F) and Bronco(M)
- Bonita mother monkey of Anita (F) and miscarriage baby this year
- Rocky is a young male monkey got abandon by his owner early of August but can’t join Amber Group yet. Rocky is living and make friend with Chimo.
- Nero big male monkey just join the group
- Vinnie is a big male monkey with one eat cut
- Eugene is old king lost power but many babies and female monkeys love him
-Aesop big male and strong monkey rule as assistant of Donkey
- Daisy has become an Alpha female in Amber recently, she had daughter April miscarriage baby one time and Rey (M)
-April has one son name Rain but has been missing and one daughter Spring (F)
-Queen used to be an Alpha female monkey but now she lost her position to Daisy. Queen had daughter Duchess Princess (F) and Solo (M)
-Violet mother monkey of Lily (F) and Loni (M)
-Diamond mother monkey of Amy (F) and Nanda (F)
-Gladdis mother monkey of Blacky Daniel (missing), Elvis(M) and Stoney (M)
- June old mother monkey of Selly (F)
- Selly mother monkey of Dara (missing), Vivi(missing)and Vino(M)
-Mona mother monkey of Luna (F)
-Jade mother monkey of Amber (F) and Micah(M)
-Jane mother monkey of Tarzanna (F) and now she is carrying one more baby (pregnant)
-Rossa mother monkey of Red (M) but he dead by accident
-Scarlet mother monkey of Rojo (M) and Sean(M)
-Elsa mother monkey of Angel (F) and Kelly(M)
-Butter mother monkey Buttercup(missing) and Belina(F)
- Cara is female Pigtail monkey no children, but she love to take care all babies. She has adopted baby Bellina and Kelly.
+ Invader group
+ Loki is the leader; he is very strong and charming as well. Most of the baby of Amber Group loves him.
+ Rollroyce is young male monkey help Loki
+ Mak is big male monkey and strong
##Amari Group##
-Achap has become the new King of Amari Group after King Brutus died
-Marcus is big male assistant in group
-Dolly has become an Alpha female instead of Amari, she had two daughter DeeDee and Sweetie
-Maria mother monkey of Kari(F) and Aiden (M)
-Popeye is a mother monkey with one eye. She had two son Olive(missing), Sweetpea (M) and one daughter Polly (dead by accident)
-Jill is daughter of Amari, she have one son Brutus Jr
-Merry is old female monkey with one hand cut,she had one son Joey and daughter Sherry
-Dana is young female mother monkey just had only one son Donny
-Tima is very old female monkey, she had one daughter heather (dead by accident) and one son Timo
- Lucy is very old female monkey
-Ashley is pigtail monkey, she is very lovely and helps all baby
-Felix is a big male monkey with big belly
-Caesar is a big male monkey has small eye one now he left group and try to join Amber group because he hate Achap.
-Chimo is a big male monkey has long face now he decide left group and try to join Amber Group. Now still living outside with other invader
-Amari is an Alpha female monkey had one daughter Jill, Jace (missing), Jack(M), and Lori (F). Now Amari and Lori are staying in Phnom Tamao Rescue Center
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Dolphin kisses a little girl and brings her a gift
An adorable little girl kisses the Dolphins.
As the crowd watches on an adorable little girl in a small orange and white boat with the supervision of a woman. She greets the dolphins as they swim up to meet her. The little girl leans over and gave the dolphins a lovely greeting. The dolphins show their appreciation by bringing a gift to the beautiful little girl and gets a kiss from her, it's a heartwarming event that you have to see for yourselves.
Dolphins are small-toothed cetaceans easily recognizable by their curved mouths, which give them a permanent “smile.” There are 36 dolphin species, found in every ocean. Most dolphins are marine and live in the ocean or brackish waters along coastlines. There are a few species, however, like the South Asian river dolphin and the Amazon river dolphin, or boto, that live in freshwater streams and rivers.
The largest dolphin, the orca, can grow to be over 30 feet long. The smallest, the Maui dolphin, is just five feet long.
Dolphins feed chiefly on fish and squid, which they track using echolocation, a built-in sonar that bounces sound waves off prey and reveals information like its location, size, and shape. An echolocating bottlenose dolphin can make up to a thousand clicking noises per second.
Behavior and reproduction
Living in pods that can number a dozen or more, dolphins are intensely social mammals that communicate with squeaks, whistles, and clicks. Whether dolphins have language, as humans do, is a topic that scientists have debated for decades.
As mammals, they have warm blood and nurse their young. Dolphins have more than one mate, and generally produce a single offspring that will stay with the mother for up to six years, depending on the species.
Dolphins are graceful, sleek swimmers that can reach speeds of more than 18 miles an hour. They are also playful and often frolic in a boat’s wake, leaping out of the water—possibly for fun, to communicate, or even shed pesky parasites.
Threats
For centuries, people have hunted dolphins for their meat and blubber. Today, their main threat comes from being caught accidentally in commercial fishing nets. Dolphins must rise regularly to the surface to breathe—becoming entangled in nets prevents this, leading to drowning. For maine dolphins, warming ocean temperatures because of climate change have caused some of their primary food sources to move into deeper, cooler water. Furthermore, marine heatwaves, also caused by climate change, appear to have a negative affect on dolphins' reproductive rates and ability to survive.
In addition to hunting and entanglement in fishing gear, freshwater dolphins face the additional threat of dams fragmenting and degrading habitat.
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The Effortless cascade streams mysteriously spouting over the stones
The waterfall is stunningly beautiful like aquatic blue as it flows gracefully downstream. A waterfall is a river or other body of water's steep fall over a rocky ledge into a plunge pool below. Waterfalls are also called cascades.
The process of erosion, the wearing away of earth, plays an important part in the formation of waterfalls. Waterfalls themselves also contribute to erosion.
Often, waterfalls form as streams flow from soft rock to hard rock. This happens both laterally (as a stream flows across the earth) and vertically (as the stream drops in a waterfall). In both cases, the soft rock erodes, leaving a hard ledge over which the stream falls.
A fall line is the imaginary line along which parallel rivers plunge as they flow from uplands to lowlands. Many waterfalls in an area help geologists and hydrologists determine a region's fall line and underlying rock structure.
As a stream flows, it carries sediment. The sediment can be microscopic silt, pebbles, or even boulders. Sediment can erode stream beds made of soft rock, such as sandstone or limestone. Eventually, the stream's channel cuts so deep into the stream bed that only a harder rock, such as granite, remains. Waterfalls develop as these granite formations form cliffs and ledges.
A stream's velocity increases as it nears a waterfall, increasing the amount of erosion taking place. The movement of water at the top of a waterfall can erode rocks to be very flat and smooth. Rushing water and sediment topple over the waterfall, eroding the plunge pool at the base. The crashing flow of the water may also create powerful whirlpools that erode the rock of the plunge pool beneath them.
The resulting erosion at the base of a waterfall can be very dramatic, and cause the waterfall to "recede." The area behind the waterfall is worn away, creating a hollow, cave-like structure called a "rock shelter." Eventually, the rocky ledge (called the outcropping) may tumble down, sending boulders into the stream bed and plunge pool below. This causes the waterfall to "recede" many meters upstream. The waterfall erosion process starts again, breaking down the boulders of the former outcropping.
Erosion is just one process that can form waterfalls. A waterfall may form across a fault, or crack in the Earth’s surface. An earthquake, landslide, glacier, or volcano may also disrupt stream beds and help create waterfalls.
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Hermit crab finds luxurious homes and can't decide
How to decide which home is more suitable for it to live in. The first home needed cleaning up but was very comfortable. Then it spotted another home and was excited to try it out also.
Anatomy
Hermit crabs are invertebrates, but they do have an exoskeleton, or outer shell, that provides support for their body. They have ten joint legs, and usually, the front two are of different sizes. The large left claw is used for defence, and the smaller right claw for scooping food and water. Two pairs of sensory antennae and two compound eyes at the end of stalks provide information about their surroundings. They breathe through modified gills.
Shells
Because the hermit crab doesn’t have a very hard shell, and its abdomen is soft and vulnerable, it uses other animals' old shells for protection. Snail shells are common protection for hermit crabs. When it finds a proper shell, it pulls itself inside, leaving its head and several claws outside for locomotion, defence and feeding. The flexible body allows it to twist inside a variety of shells. When it outgrows its shell, seeks a larger one.
Moulting
Hermit crabs grow by shedding their exoskeletons and growing a new one, a process called moulting. This happens about once a year, but smaller crabs might moult more often. You probably will see signs that your crab is ready to moult. His eyes will get cloudy, he will eat and drink more, and he will dig in the sand. Moulting is stressful for your crab, and he feels safer hiding in the sand. Provide him with extra water, as well as foods high in calcium. Give him a couple of larger shells to choose from for his new home. Leave his old shell, though, as he might eat it for the nutrients.
Behaviour
Hermit crabs are fun to watch as they go about the business of being crabs. These nocturnal creatures generally are quiet during the day, but come alive after sunset. Two are better than one – despite his name, this is a social creature. Tank mates will engage in play, climb over each other and try on other shells. Place similar-sized crabs together to avoid dominant behaviour.
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Catfish attacks Pigeon at the water's edge
The Pigeons come to the water's edge to bathe and clean their feathers. The Catfish detects the oils in the water that comes from the birds while bathing and makes it's way upstream towards them. Then the Catfish launches an attack, which catches the Pigeon off-guard. The pigeon tries to get free from the Catfish clutch that held its feet. The Catfish then gives a death roll in the water drowning the Pigeon before it can eat it.
Catfish (order Siluriformes) is one of the largest orders of teleosts containing ∼4100 species, representing ∼12% of all teleosts and ∼6.3% of all vertebrates (Eschmeyer and Fong, 2014; Wilson and Reeder, 2005). Most catfish have a cylindrical body with a flattened ventral to allow for benthic feeding (Bruton, 1996). Catfish are so-named because of their whisker-like barbels, which are located on the nose, each side of the mouth, and on the chin. Most catfish possess leading spines in their dorsal and pectoral fins. Catfish are scaleless, a characteristic of catfishes distinguishing them from most other teleost fish. However, some catfish, such as plecos, possess bony dermal plates covering their skin (Arce et al., 2013; Armbruster, 2004; Burgess, 1989; Ferraris and Vari, 2012).
Catfish are highly diverse and distributed worldwide. They are commonly found in inland or coastal waters of all continents, including Antartica where fossils are found (Grande and Eastman, 1986). Catfish are most abundantly distributed in the tropics of South America, Africa and Asia, with one family native to North America and one family in Europe (Lundberg and Friel, 2003). Due to their worldwide distribution and diversity, catfish are interesting models to ecologists and evolutionary biologists, and are important for biogeographical studies (Sullivan et al., 2006).
Over half of all catfish species live in the Americas, of which channel catfish, blue catfish, and flathead catfish are the three primary catfish species in the United States. Populations of at least one of these catfish species are available in large numbers in most rivers, lakes, and reservoirs across the United States. Channel catfish are primarily native to the Mississippi River Valley but are widely introduced throughout the nation (FAO, 2015). Blue catfish are native to the Mississippi, Missouri, and Ohio River basins of central and southern United States, and also occupy south along the Gulf coast to Belize and Guatamala (Graham, 1999). Flathead Catfish (Pylodictis olivaris) are a large species in the Ictaluridae family. They spread primarily from the lower Great Lakes through the Mississippi River watershed to the Gulf States.
Catfish are quite hardy such that they are more adaptable for artificial spawning, handling, and culture. They possess all the characteristics necessary for aquaculture including relatively high fecundity, ability for artificial spawning, adaptability to earthen ponds for culture, high tolerance to low dissolved oxygen, relatively high resistance against infectious diseases, and relatively high feed conversion efficiency. It is such characteristics that make catfish one of the most popular groups of fish for aquaculture. In the world, a few major species are widely used for aquaculture, including channel catfish, blue catfish, walking catfish, shark catfish, Thai catfish, and African catfish. Channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) is the major aquaculture species in the United States. A closely related species, blue catfish (I. furcatus), is also important in this industry as the F1 hybrid catfish produced by mating channel catfish females with blue catfish males are now broadly cultured.
Catfish are of considerable economic importance for aquaculture and recreational fisheries. Its global importance is increasing as several countries in Asia, such as China and Vietnam, are now heavily involved in catfish aquaculture (Liu, 2008). Catfish are the primary aquaculture species in the United States, accounting for over 60% of all US aquaculture production (Liu, 2011). In the southeastern United States, particularly in the states of Mississippi, Kansas, and Alabama, catfish is one of the top agricultural commodities. The catfish industry provides employment opportunities for tens of thousands of producers, processors, services providers, marketers, retailers, and restaurant owners.
Catfish production in the United States mainly includes channel catfish, blue catfish, and their F1 hybrid. The market for channel catfish is well developed in the United States. In 2006, the catfish production reached 700 million pounds, becoming one of the fastest growing sectors in American agribusiness. Blue catfish is also important because of its ability to produce hybrid catfish with channel catfish. The F1 hybrid catfish produced by crossing channel catfish female with blue catfish male exhibit a high level of heterosis and is a preferred genotype for aquaculture. Artificial fertilization is required for the production of the interspecific hybrids due to reproduction isolation. Major progress has been made in recent years for efficient production of the hybrid catfish, which account for almost half of catfish fry used in the current catfish industry (Dr Rex Dunham, Auburn University, personal communications).
However, the catfish industry in the United States has recently encountered unprecedented challenges due to devastating diseases, high feed and energy costs, and fierce international competition. As a consequence, the catfish industry has significantly shrunk from its high in 2003 with 662 million pounds down to 334 million pounds in 2013 (Hanson and Sites, 2014). Many catfish producers are not profitable due to the high feed and energy costs, and the economic losses caused by the outbreaks of devastating infectious diseases. Therefore, genetically enhanced brood stocks are much needed to support the catfish industry.
The interspecific hybrid catfish produced by mating channel catfish female with blue catfish male are superior to either parent in most production and performance traits. In comparison with its parents, the hybrid catfish grow faster, have a more aggressive feeding behavior, exhibit a greater feed conversion efficiency, are more resistant to major bacterial diseases, are easier to harvest, and provide a greater fillet yield. These improved production and performance traits make hybridization one of the most effective genetic improvement programs (Liu, 2008).
The hybrid catfish has the potential to revolutionize the catfish industry. However, the bottleneck exists in mass production of the hybrid seeds due to reproductive isolation between channel catfish and blue catfish. Artificial spawning must be conducted to produce the hybrid catfish fingerlings, while the rates of fertilization and hatching of the hybrid catfish are normally lower than those of channel catfish. Fortunately, recent progress in artificial spawning and fertilization has allowed improved fry production. Another important achievement has been made through use of different strains of channel catfish and blue catfish, which has produced genetically distinct Channel catfish X Blue catfish hybrids with even more superior production characteristics (Dunham and Masser, 2012).
Several performance and production traits are important for aquaculture, which include, but are not limited to, growth rate, feed conversion efficiency, disease resistance, processing yield, seinability, stress tolerance, and tolerance to low dissolved oxygen (Liu, 2011). Growth rate is a primary trait for aquaculture because fast growth would allow shorter culture period to reduce the energy and other related costs. Enhanced feed conversion efficiency could reduce feed costs and increase profit margins since feed cost accounts for up to 50% of all variable costs. Disease resistance is one of the most important traits because diseases cause major economic losses, up to one third of the industry every year. Two major devastating diseases include the enteric septicemia of catfish (ESC) caused by Edwardsiella ictaluri (Hawke, 1979) and the columnaris disease caused by Flavobacterium columnare. In addition, channel catfish virus disease, motile aeromonad septicemia caused by Aeromonas hydrophila and the “Ich” disease caused by protozoan parasite Ichthyophthirius multifiliis, can also cause significant economic losses. Processing yield is important because most catfish are processed into fillet for marketing. Seinability is an important trait because any fish that is left in the pond after seining can significantly reduce the feed conversion efficiency. Stress tolerance is important because stress of catfish can lead to the so-called red flesh disease, caused by high levels of stress during harvesting and transportation immediately before processing. Tolerance to low dissolved oxygen is important because it directly affects survival rates and the energy cost due to the use of aerators. Genetic factors contribute to controlling all these traits, though most of these traits are affected by the environment and environment × genotype interactions. Efficient methods of selection for improving these production and performance traits within breeding programs must be developed to provide technological advantages to our catfish producers to help them compete in the global marketplace (Liu, 2011).
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The Stunning Aurora Borealis Northern Lights
An aurora is a natural light display that shimmers in the sky. Colourful blue, red, yellow, green, and orange lights shift gently and change shape like softly blowing curtains. Auroras are only visible at night, and usually only appear in lower polar regions.
Auroras are visible almost every night near the Arctic and Antarctic Circles, which are about 66.5 degrees north and south of the Equator. In the north, the display is called aurora borealis, or northern lights. In the south, it is called aurora australis, or southern lights.
Auroras and the Solar Wind
The activity that creates auroras begins with the sun. The sun is a ball of superhot gases made up of electrically charged particles called ions. The ions, which continuously stream from the sun’s surface, are called the solar wind.
As the solar wind approaches the Earth, it meets the Earth’s magnetic field. Without this magnetic field protecting the planet, the solar wind would blow away Earth’s fragile atmosphere, preventing all life. Most of the solar wind is blocked by the magnetosphere, and the ions, forced around the planet, continue to travel farther into the solar system.
Although most of the solar wind is blocked by the magnetosphere, some of the ions become briefly trapped in ring-shaped holding areas around the planet. These areas, in a region of the atmosphere, called the ionosphere, are centered around the Earth’s geomagnetic poles. The geomagnetic poles mark the tilted axis of the Earth’s magnetic field. They lie about 1,300 kilometres (800 miles) from the geographic poles but are slowly moving.
In the ionosphere, the ions of the solar wind collide with atoms of oxygen and nitrogen from the Earth’s atmosphere. The energy released during these collisions causes a colourful glowing halo around the poles—an aurora. Most auroras happen about 97-1,000 kilometres (60-620 miles) above the Earth’s surface.
The most active auroras happen when the solar wind is the strongest. The solar wind is usually fairly constant, but solar weather—the heating and cooling of different parts of the sun—can change daily.
Solar weather is often measured in sunspots. Sunspots are the coldest part of the sun and appear as dark blobs on its white-hot surface. Solar flares and coronal mass ejections are associated with sunspots. Solar flares and coronal mass ejections are sudden, extra bursts of energy in the solar wind. Sunspot activity is tracked over an 11-year cycle. Bright, consistent auroras are most visible during the height of sunspot activity.
Some increased activity in the solar wind happens during every equinox. These regular fluctuations are known as magnetic storms. Magnetic storms can lead to auroras being seen in the midlatitudes during the time around the spring and autumnal equinoxes. Auroras have been visible as far south as the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico.
Magnetic storms and active auroras can sometimes interfere with communications. They can disrupt radio and radar signals. Intense magnetic storms can even disable communication satellites.
Colouring an Aurora
The colours of the aurora vary, depending on altitude and the kind of atoms involved. If ions strike oxygen atoms high in the atmosphere, the interaction produces a red glow. This is an unusual aurora—the most familiar display, a green-yellow hue, occurs as ions strike oxygen at lower altitudes. Reddish and bluish light that often appears in the lower fringes of auroras is produced by ions striking atoms of nitrogen. Ions striking hydrogen and helium atoms can produce blue and purple auroras, although our eyes can rarely detect this part of the electromagnetic spectrum.
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Angry octopus attacks a crab
A Crab spots danger ahead lurking, an octopus camouflage itself like the colour of the seafloor. The crab quickly tries to protect itself by concealing its body under the sand. The octopus rushes at the area where it last saw the crab and using its tentacles it shuffles up the sand revealing the crab beneath the surface. The crab tries to escape but the octopus grabs it instantly. The octopus overpowers the crab by injecting venom inside and the crab body becomes motionless, while the octopus devours it.
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Strange Jellyfish Glowing in the Ocean Deep
These types of jellyfish can be found in the darkest part of the ocean where the sun cannot penetrate. The first time you see one of these jellyfish glow, its pretty amazing. Bioluminescence is light produced by a chemical process within a living organism. The glow occurs when a substance called luciferin reacts with oxygen. This releases energy, and light is emitted. This is a strange phenomenon that occurs in squids, octopuses, fishes, shrimps, single-celled organisms.
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A Delightful Feline Becomes a Close Acquaintance with a Baby Monkey
A cat comes to be a close friend of a Baby Monkey. The little cat licks the baby monkey's face comforting it while it sleeps. They look so cute together, the cat gives a big yawn at the end before relaxing next to his best friend.
Kittens are social from a very early age. They rely on interaction with the queen for survival and to learn important life skills such as grooming, hunting, feeding, and agonistic and affiliative behaviours (Figure 4-7). They also rely on interaction with littermates to learn social skills such as threat behaviours and affiliative behaviours. Kittens begin to show social behaviors as their eyes and ears open and their nerves and muscles develop enough that they can change the position of the ears, tail, body, and hair. This begins to occur from 7 days of age onward.
During the first 2 months of their lives, kittens form social relationships. These include relationships with other cats, with people, and with other animals (Figure 4-8, A–C). The kittens prefer their mother over other adult cats but will accept care from familiar adult female cats. This is seen when related queens cross foster their kittens.28 The developmental stages of the kitten and socialization with people have not been studied as thoroughly as in dogs.29 It has been suggested that kittens pass through their major developmental stages at earlier ages than dogs do,30 although more recent research into dog development has suggested that the important phase in terms of dogs’ social development may be earlier than first thought. Certainly, kittens need socialization opportunities at a very young age if they are to accept other cats, people, and other animals as part of their milieu, and research has suggested the period from 2 to 7 weeks of age is of particular importance. When kittens were raised with rats of different strains, in general they did not prey on the strain of rat with which they were raised but would attack rats of different strains,31 which illustrates how important early exposure is to the kittens’ perception of other species later in life.
There are lifelong consequences for a kitten whose social environment is impoverished. Kittens isolated starting from a young age were found to develop behavioral, emotional, and physical problems. They were fearful and aggressive, had difficulty learning, and exhibited random, undirected locomotor activity.32 They also did not play when exposed to other kittens.33 This has important implications for hand-rearing single kittens. Whereas a queen with a single kitten socializes her kitten by playing with it,34 a solo hand-reared kitten does not experience this important interaction. Where possible, single orphan kittens should be fostered onto a queen or raised with other kittens or cats that are friendly towards kittens. If these options are not available, some have suggested that euthanizing the kitten may be better than raising an animal likely to develop behavior problems.
Young kittens also practice hunting behavior in a social setting. The presence of the mother and littermates increases their interest in prey animals.35,36 Kittens learn how to deal with different species of prey from watching their mother dispatch and dismantle them. This social learning continues into adult life as they learn how to deal with novel prey species by watching other cats kill them.31 Kittens also learn a novel operant-conditioning activity faster when they watch their mother learn it and perform it.37
Play is used to practice behaviors needed for adult life. The play behaviors kittens show changes with their age and development. Social play is seen before approximately 8 weeks of age, but it gradually is replaced with play directed at inanimate objects after 8 weeks.38
After weaning, when play is directed towards littermates, it includes predatory and agonistic behaviors30 (Figure 4-9). Play bouts may end in a fight, with the fighting part of the bout becoming more prevalent.30 As kittens reach the age of dispersal, social play and interactions begin to decline.
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Ram Goats Headbutt Each Other
Goats of all ages head butt. The reason why depends on the goat’s age and on their personality, too — most goats are social, inquisitive creatures and some even more so!
Younger goats butt heads in play. Older goats participate in this activity to establish dominance and determine their position in the herd. I will be Demonstrating this common behavior in the above video.
Rams are male bighorn sheep, animals that live in the mountains and often settle arguments with fights that include ramming their heads into others. Not to be confused with mountain goats, rams can be identified by their long, curved horns, long fur, and split hooves. Bighorn sheep are bovines and are related to antelopes, bison, buffalo, cattle and goats.
Size
Rams are typically 5 to 6 feet tall (1.5 to 1.8 meters) from head to tail, and weigh 262 to 280 lbs. (119 to 127 kilograms), though they can grow to over 300 lbs. (136 kg). Rocky Mountain bighorn rams have massive horns that weigh more than all of the bones in their bodies. A set of horns can weigh 30 lbs. (14 kg). Ewes, or female bighorn sheep, typically weigh 30 to 40 percent less than the rams, according to the National Bighorn Sheep Center.
Habitat
Bighorn sheep live in the Rocky Mountain region of North America, ranging from Mexico, northward across the western United States and into Canada. They live in the rocky areas, balancing on the boulders with their hooves, which are rough on the bottom to give the sheep more traction. Thanks to their amazing balance, bighorn sheep can stand on ledges that are only 2 inches (5 centimeters) wide. They can also jump 20 feet (6 m) and can go up a mountain at a brisk 15 mph (24 km/h). The only better mountain climbers in the animal world are mountain goats.
Desert bighorn sheep, a subspecies, live in Death Valley, California, as well as Nevada, Texas and northern Mexico. They can live on desert mountains as high as 4,000 feet (1,200 m). They get most of their water from eating plants to survive, according to the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles.
Habits
Bighorn sheep have very good eyesight, which allows them to judge distances accurately when jumping, according to the University of Michgan's Animal Diversity Web (ADW). They also watch animals as far as a mile away.
Herds are separated by gender. Females live in nursery herds, with five to 100 members, which include adult females and lambs of both genders. Male-only bachelor herds usually contain five to 50 rams at one time, and they sometimes engage in homosexual activity, according to ADW.
Rams fight to decide who will be the dominant male in their group. During the fight, the males will face each other, rear up on their back legs and crash their huge horns into each other. Sometimes they charge as fast as 40 mph (64 km/h). Eventually, one of the rams ends up submitting and the winner is the new leader. This process can take hours.
Diet
Rams are herbivores. They typically eat seeds, grass and plants. Their diet changes depending on the season, though. In the summer, they eat grasses or sedges and in the winter, bighorns eat woody plants, such as sage, willow and rabbit brush, according to Defenders of Wildlife. What they eat also depends on the type of bighorn. For example, desert bighorns eat plants found in their location, such as desert holly and desert cactus.
One swallow of food isn't enough for these animals. They will regurgitate their food into their mouths. This regurgitated food is called cud. Then, they will rechew the food and swallow it once again. This is part of their digestion process.
Offspring
The dominant ram earns the right to mate with the females. Mating season, called the rut, is in the autumn. Males are not usually strong enough to mate until they are at least 3 years old.
Female bighorns are pregnant for about 175 days, or about 25 weeks. They usually have only one lamb at a time. In the spring, the young are born on high ledges that protect them from predators.
Lambs are dependent on their mothers for the first four to six months of their lives, though they can walk almost as soon as they are born. The mortality rate for lambs is quite high. On average, 5 to 30 percent of lambs don't make it to adulthood, according to ADW, though sometimes the death rate can be as high as 80 percent.
Rams typically don't mate until they are around 7 years old. They can live from 10 to 19 years in the wild.
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Horse Shows Sympathy for Girl
Beautiful horse Showing compassion for a girl who is trying her best to get on top of the horse to take it for a ride but each attempt she fails and fails but she still tries without giving up, eventually the horse felt sorry for her and showed sympathy and lay down on the ground so she can climb up and then got up when she was safely on the horses back. This is a beautiful video on how lovely a bond is between humans and animals.
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Apple tree blooming beautiful petals of pink
Tight clusters of furry silver adorn the apple tree blooms at this stage of growth. The leaves have unfurled at this point, revealing tight silver clusters that will eventually spread outward and develop into pink buds. You will be able to see tiny green flower buds on the blooms at this stage.
Apple blossoms are small to medium-sized flowers, averaging 3 to 5 centimeters in diameter, and are comprised of five ovate petals. The petals are arranged in a single layer, surrounding long, wispy yellow stamens. Apple blossoms grow in clusters of 4 to 6 buds attached to spindly branches with small lanceolate leaves.
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Woman scares Garbage Men
garbage men afraid of a woman disguise in a garbage bag #funny #comedy #funnyvideo
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What Does Bitcoin Mining Software Do?
In this video shows a bitcoin mining calculator or bitcoin mining app does. I will try to explain what bitcoin mining means and is bitcoin mining profitable and how to start bitcoin mining business. #bitcoinminingapp #isbitcoinminingprofitable #bitcoinminingcalculator
What Does Bitcoin Mining Software Do?
Bitcoin mining is the process by which a new bitcoin is brought into existence. There can never be more than 21 million Bitcoins in existence, by design. Over 3.3 million of Bitcoins are yet to be mined, a prize worth over $15 billion at today’s prices. Mining is a popular alternative to buying bitcoin.
Bitcoin miners aren’t physically digging anything up. Instead, mining is comprised of solving puzzles required to add new blocks of transactions to the blockchain. Bitcoin mining software does this by solving a complex mathematical problem and including the answer in the block. When a block is solved, a reward is earned.
The very first Bitcoin block offered 50 bitcoins (BTC) as a block reward. Built into Bitcoin’s code is a rule that cuts the reward in half every 210,000 blocks. Blocks #1 through #210,000 paid 50 BTC. Blocks #210,001 through #420,000 paid 25 BTC, and so on.
Currently, the block reward is 12.5 BTC, worth over $63,000 today, and is expected to halve again in 2020 to 6.25 BTC.
The process of bitcoin mining uses a measurement called hash power. This refers to how fast the hardware and software can produce guesses to solve the encryption puzzle. In general, a higher hash rate leads to faster block rewards.
Due to the increasing complexity involved with solving a block, hardware plays a huge role in productivity. This has led to the use of specialized ASIC hardware by many miners in combination with mining software.
Hash rate differences can be found between software providers, as well as differences in efficiency. This depends on how much of the reward goes to the software company or how much of your hash power is donated to the software provider.
In some cases, you can purchase the software outright or license the software per machine, allowing you to keep all your earnings.
You’ll find that bitcoin mining software comes in different forms, from web-based mining that uses javascript, to standalone software programs that mine in the background, to entire operating systems designed around cryptocurrency mining.
In some cases, like browser miners or some software packages, the mining software is really mining Monero (or a cryptocurrency with a similar CPU-optimized algorithm) and then converting to Bitcoin for payments. As you might expect, this conversion process can lead to some overhead that can affect profitability.
For Bitcoin, in particular, and if your hardware is optimized for mining Bitcoin, you’ll probably want to move to dedicated Bitcoin mining software solutions.
Key Features of the Best Software
Miners range from beginning, casual miners who just want to put their machines to work during downtime, to those building systems specifically to mine or even optimize for a particular type of currency. Even with such a broad group of needs, there is still some overlap in key features, some of which may be a bigger priority for some users.
Hash Rate
You can think of the hash rate as efficiency. Your hash rate can be used to predict your daily or monthly mining earnings. What you’ll find, however, is that there are sometimes measurable differences in hash rates from one mining software platform to the next. This discrepancy can create drag, slowing your mining earnings.
Currency Switch Mining
Some Bitcoin mining software provides the ability to switch to a more profitable currency for mining while still paying out in Bitcoin, or another currency of your choice. The software chooses the best cryptocurrency to mine based on the hardware you are using as well as the market price and current mining difficulty for the currencies it supports.
This can be a great feature for beginners
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Disclaimer: All of the information, material, and/or content contained in this program is for informational purposes only. Investing in stocks, options, and futures is risky and not suitable for all investors. Please consult your own independent financial adviser before making any investment decisions.
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The Beautiful Times Square New York City
New York is a wonderful place to visit especially the Stunning Times Square. Watch and enjoy the stunning scenery.
Times Square, a square in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, was formed by the intersection of Seventh Avenue, 42nd Street, and Broadway. Times Square is also the centre of the Theatre District, which is bounded roughly by Sixth and Eighth Avenues to the east and west, respectively, and by 40th and 53rd streets to the south and north, respectively.
Known early on as Long Acre (also spelt Longacre) Square, it had an unsavoury reputation as the centre of illicit activity in the 1890s, though earlier in the 19th century it had been both a commercial and a residential area. The square was renamed in 1904 for The New York Times, which opened its new offices in the Times Tower on the square (though it would outgrow them by 1913). Almost immediately the square became the place where New Yorkers gathered to celebrate the arrival of the new year. In 1907 the Times began lowering a huge glass ball down its flagpole at midnight on New Year’s Eve to mark the occasion. Throughout the years, ever more sophisticated technology was used for the square’s ball drop as the tradition came to include live television broadcasts that shared the experience with tens of millions of people across the United States.
At the turn of the 20th century, several impressive theatres were established on 42nd Street, and by the second decade of the century, the Times Square and Broadway area had become arguably the most famous entertainment district in the country, partly because of the square’s central location and because situated beneath it was a large station for the newly constructed subway. During this period it earned the nickname “Crossroads of the World.” Moreover, in short order, Broadway became synonymous with American theatre, especially musical theatre.
As the Great Depression deepened, legitimate theatres on Time Square began to close and were frequently converted to motion picture theatres. As the 20th century progressed, the area became increasingly tawdry. By the 1960s and ’70s, it had become a centre for sleazy adult entertainment and was again crime-ridden. Time Square’s resurgence in the 1990s, with the introduction of large tourist-friendly stores, theatres, and restaurants, is often credited to advocacy by Mayor Rudy Giuliani and to investment in the area by the Disney Company.
Early on, Times Square became the preeminent American venue for advances in big, bright electric signage and advertising, especially after the introduction of neon signs in the 1920s. Beginning in 1928, the Times “Zipper” used some 14,800 lightbulbs to render moving headlines. Among the square’s most famous signs were those depicting a huge coffee cup, out of which real steam rose, and a cigarette-smoking man, blowing steam-generated smoke rings. Since the late 20th century the tenants in Times Square buildings have been required by law to display eye-catching signs, and, as a result, the area remains a flashing, nonstop feast for the eyes.
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A Coronavirus Safety Tip wear your mask
A woman showing how to stay safe by demonstrating how to wear your nose cloth or face mask.A coronavirus virus safety tip. Let's work together and fight the spread.
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The Last Supermoon of 2021 Strawberry Moon
On June 24 it's this year Strawberry FullMoon coming closer to Earth is
extra powerful. Strawberry Full Moon brings fresh positive energy & can shift
us to our highest potential. Claim this
energy to achieve your biggest dreams.
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Dove Bird Scavenge for Food
A beautiful mountain bird in some green grass by the roadside in Sands Complex is on the hunt and is scavenging for food that it finds in the grassy field.
Usually, doves are smaller members of the family, while pigeons are larger. There are over 300 different species of pigeons and doves.
Description of the Dove
Most doves have relatively stout bodies, with short legs and short beaks. They all have a similar shape, though their plumage varies drastically from species to species. Some doves are uniform in colour, while others have many different colours and patterns.
Their colouration also varies drastically in brightness. For example, the African-collared dove is a uniform tan colour, while the pink-headed fruit dove has a bright pink head and neck, a white collar, and a green body.
Interesting Facts About the Dove
There are simply too many different dove species to possibly highlight all of the coolest types. However, we will do our best to pick the most unique species around!
Luzon Bleeding Heart – No, this bird isn’t a hopeless romantic, it looks like its heart is bleeding. The front of this bird’s chest has a bright red smear that looks just like blood. These birds live on a few small islands in the Philippines.
Victoria Crowned Pigeon – Ok, while this species isn’t technically a dove, they are in the same family and you would regret not checking them out! Victoria crowned pigeons are the largest members of the Columbidae family at a whopping seven pounds! They are bright blue, with a beautiful crown of white-tipped feathers on the top of their heads.
Rose-Crowned Fruit Dove – This species isn’t wearing a tiny fashionable hat, that’s the colour of its head! These birds have bright pink “caps” on the tops of their heads. The rest of their plumage is a veritable Picasso painting of pinks, oranges, yellows, and greens.
Polynesian Ground-Dove – These little birds are unfortunately on the brink of extinction. The IUCN lists this species as Critically Endangered and estimates that its population contains fewer than 150 individuals in the wild. These birds are a perfect example of how invasive species can decimate island populations. Human-introduced rats, cats, and ants kill the birds and also eat their eggs and chicks.
Habitat of the Dove
Doves live in a wide variety of different habitats, from tropical rainforests to deserts. Different species usually live in different ecosystems. Some species live only in the rainforests of Brazil, while others live across meadows and grasslands of North America.
These birds inhabit swamps, savannas, woodlands, atolls, islands, mountains, deserts, and more. Many species also live in urban areas, like parks, gardens, farms, and cities.
Distribution of the Dove
These birds inhabit nearly every landmass on Earth, except for Antarctica, some areas of the Sahara desert, and the northernmost reaches of the Arctic Circle. They are a varied and diverse group of birds.
Some species live across massive expanses of land, while others inhabit a tiny area of an island or group of islands. There are dove species throughout North, Central, and South America, as well as Eurasia, Africa, Australia, and the surrounding islands.
Diet of the Dove
Most dove species are herbivores and eat primarily plant matter. Their exact diet varies based on the species and region that they live in. Some doves eat primarily fruits and berries, while others eat seeds and grains.
Those that feed on grains and seeds usually forage on the ground, while those that eat fruit typically forage in the trees and bushes. Some species also eat insects and other invertebrates, like spiders, flies, moths, snails, and more.
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A bullfrog establishes total supremacy over its rival
With the increase in popularity of mixed martial arts grappling has become an increasingly popular sport . But did you know many animals also grapple? Many times they do so to attract the attention of females or to procure rights to a mating territory or mate. Bullfrogs are great grapplers and they fight for their territory.
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Exquisitely Beautiful Timelapse Sunrise
The golden rays of the sun give a bright coloring to the clouds and meadows, mountains and valleys. It marks the journey of the sun in the sky. At first, there appears a small ball of light in the sky. It then goes on increasing in size and shine.
This video shows an exquisitely beautiful alpine timelapse sunrise. Night and day are determined by the sun presence in the sky. It signifies the beginning of another beautiful day.
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Caught off guard dancing while cooking
Pace is making his breakfast and then the music hits him causing him to start dancing while he is cooking. The look on his face is priceless when he turns around and saw me recording him it's hilarious.
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Osprey feeding it's young a special treat
A osprey It is brown on the upperparts and predominantly greyish on the head and underparts. The osprey tolerates a wide variety of habitats, nesting in any location near a body of water providing an adequate food supply.
Was Recorded by Raymond Barlow
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Adorable Guy Fearlessly Feeds a Flock of Chickens From His Hand
Feeding Options
The most convenient way of feeding chickens is with a balanced pelleted ration, whether the birds are confined indoors or allowed to range outdoors. Most diets contain corn for energy, soybean meal for protein, and vitamin and mineral supplements. Commercial rations often contain antibiotics and arsenicals to promote health and improve growth, coccidiostats for combating coccidiosis, and sometimes mold inhibitors. However, it is possible to obtain unmedicated feed-check feed labels to see if they contain feed additives.
In the industry, the feed is pelleted so the bird can eat more at one time. Chickens are nibblers and make frequent trips to the feed trough for small meals, which requires energy. Pelleting reduces the amount of energy required for a bird to feed. However, many producers of pasture-based, "natural" poultry believe that the meat is better when the bird receives more exercise.
If the bird is eating a fibrous diet, grit such as oyster shells is supplied to aid in grinding up coarse feed in the gizzard. Industry birds usually don't use grit because the diet is low in fiber. Outdoor birds also pick up small stones.
Different rations are often used, depending on the production stage of the bird. Starter rations are high in protein-an expensive feed ingredient. However, grower and finisher rations can be lower in protein since older birds require less. A starter diet is about 24% protein, grower diet 20% protein, and finisher diet 18% protein (1). Layer diets generally have about 16% protein. Special diets are available for broilers, pullets, layers, and breeders. Whole grains can also be provided as scratch grains.
Access to clean water is important. Levels of total dissolved solids above 3000 ppm in the water can interfere with poultry health and production.
Poultry feed ingredients include energy concentrates such as corn, oats, wheat, barley, sorghum, and milling by-products. Protein concentrates include soybean meal and other oilseed meals (peanut, sesame, safflower, sunflower, etc.), cottonseed meal, animal protein sources (meat and bone meal, dried whey, fish meal, etc.), grain legumes such as dry beans and field peas, and alfalfa. Grains are usually ground to improve digestibility. Soybeans need to be heated-usually by extruding or roasting-before feeding in order to deactivate a protein inhibitor. Soybeans are usually fed in the form of soybean meal, not in "full-fat" form, because the valuable oil is extracted first. Whole, roasted soybeans are high in fat which provides energy to the birds.
Chicken feed usually contains soybean meal which is a by-product of the oilseed industry. In the industry, soybeans are dehulled and cut into thin pieces (flaked) to improve the action of the solvent (usually hexane) which is passed through the soybean to extract the valuable oil. Vegetable oils such as soybean oil are used for edible and industrial purposes. The soybean is then toasted as a method of heat treatment to deactivate an inhibitor which would otherwise interfere with protein digestion in the animal. However, chickens can also be fed unextracted (full-fat) soybeans. An advantage of feeding unextracted soybeans is that they still contain the oil which provides high energy fat to the bird. Unextracted soybeans need to be heat-treated-roasted with dry heat and then ground, rolled, or flaked before mixing into a diet. Another method of heat treatment is extruding. Extrusion involves forcing the beans through die holes in an expander-extruder which creates friction which heats the beans sufficiently (sometimes steam is also applied). The result is a powdery material which does not require further grinding. Roasted and extruded soybeans should not be stored for long periods of time, especially in hot weather, because the oil turns rancid.
Since protein is generally one of the most expensive feed ingredients, the industry uses targeted rations and reduce the amount of protein in the diet as the birds grow (chickens require less and less protein as they age); however, it may not be cost-effective for small-scale producers to have different diets for starters, growers, and finishers.
Vitamin pre-mix is usually added but may be reduced by using vitamin-rich plant sources such as alfalfa. Other plants also provide vitamins in their leaves, hulls, and brans. Fish oil can provide vitamins A and D. Yeast provides some of the B vitamins. Sunlight is a good source of vitamin D for ranging chickens (converting a precursor to vitamin D). Poultry in cattle pastures may obtain vitamin B12 when picking through dung pats for insect larva. Sprouting grains, although a labor-intensive process, is used by some producers for vitamins when access to range is not possible. Sprouting can increase the amounts of carotene (vitamin A precursor) in the grain and as a source of year-round forage, could be an advantage for certified organic poultry production to reduce the amount of synthetic vitamins required in the diet. Eating plants may provide a yellow color to the skin of slaughtered chickens and a deeper yellow color to egg yolks.
Trace mineralized salt is usually added to poultry diets, but other sources can provide minerals. Minerals, although not present in high levels in plants, are provided in fish meal and kelp (seaweed). Meat and bone meal is an excellent source of minerals, particularly calcium and phosphorus, as well as being a good protein source. However, if a producer does not want to use meat and bone meal, then dicalcium phosphate can be substituted.
Access to pasture can reduce the vitamins and minerals needed in the diet since the birds get vitamins from plants and both vitamins and minerals from insects. An example of an all-grain diet is enclosed. Probiotics are sometimes provided to chicks during placement and before shipping. However, preparing a balanced diet can be a complex, possibly costly process, especially for producers with little background in nutrition. Specialized knowledge is required about the nutrient requirements of chickens and the nutrients contained in feedstuffs. Feed ingredients need to be sourced, milled, mixed together according to a formulation, and the mix is usually pelleted.
Ration-balancing of home-made diets is important, especially on a commercial scale, to achieve the right amounts of nutrients. If diets are not properly balanced, then birds will suffer from nutritional diseases. The National Research Council's Nutrient Requirements for Poultry (2) specifies the amounts of protein, energy (carbohydrates and fats), minerals, and vitamins. The quality of the protein is important since it is made up of individual amino acids, some amino acids being essential to bird health. The proper amount of these nutrients needed in diets depend on breed, age, and type of production. The reference issue of Feedstuffs magazine (3) has a charts of feed composition which lists the amount of nutrients provided by various feedstuffs. Feeding textbooks such as Applied Animal Nutrition: Feeds and Feeding (1) also have such charts. Feedstuffs can also be analyzed in a laboratory for nutrient make-up. Poultry nutritionists or Extension agents can provide help in ration-balancing. In preparing your own diet, formulation is important. Sample diets are enclosed. Some diets do not include meat and bone meal. If you are mixing a large volume, you may be able to get a local feedmill to mill, mix, and possibly pelleted (requires different machinery) for you. Feedmills also have access to feed ingredients and staff with nutritional expertise who can formulate diets.
Ellie MacDougal, a Maine farmer who keeps 50 layers primarily for composted litter for an herb operation, is an example of a producer who mills and mixes her own ingredients on-farm. She purchases whole grains and mills them as needed to retain nutrients. She says that milled grains should be fed within 30 days or else they begin to lose nutrients. She suggests a hand-mill for small quantities or a motorized mill for larger amounts. Another option is to buy already milled grains and just do your own mixing. Some producers feed whole grains. An "old-fashioned" way of feeding chickens is the "mash and grain" method which is a two-feed system of providing whole grains along with a high-protein ration in order to reduce costs. The whole grains cost less than the high-protein ration and can even be grown on-farm (4). Contact ATTRA for more information on mash and grain feeding.
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Coast Guard medevacs man from fishing vessel near Newport
Air ambulance and Coast Guard medevacs man from fishing vessel near Newport, OR
NEWPORT, OR, UNITED STATES
07.19.2021
A Coast Guard aircrew from Sector North Bend medevaced a man July 19, 2021, from a 40-foot commercial fishing vessel after suffering a medical emergency 5 miles west of Newport, Oregon. This video was taken aboard a Coast Guard 29-foot Response Boat-Small as they escorted the fishing boat. (U.S. Coast Guard video by Fireman Ben LaBerge/Released)
Film Credits: Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Steven Strohmaier
U.S. Coast Guard District 13
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