Well, it's another one that will interest our resident photographers, but just goes to show how truly amazing nature is
British Birds Photographed With Rainbow Wings
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"An "extraordinary mistake" led to a wildlife photographer being able to capture rare pictures of British birds showing light refracting through their wings in a rainbow effect.
The "act of transformation" can only be captured in certain conditions, he explained.
"The light has to be at a certain angle, you have to be shooting into the light, because if I was on the other side then all I would be getting was the first sunlight on the birds.
"There is literally about 15 minutes in the morning when the light is at the right angle."
The photographer shoots in "near darkness" using a camera with "amazing autofocus and low light capability".
"We live in a valley and as the light comes over the hedge it is going to be hitting that stick and the birds at just the right angle."
More details and photo's @https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0kdjdjkv8lo
Amazing Nature
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"Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things" - Yma o Hyd.
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My son has just returned from a holiday in Mexico and this guy was a frequent visitor to the tables
Edit. I think I’ll have to save this in YouTube first!!
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Edit. I think I’ll have to save this in YouTube first!!
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Ok now available as a YouTube clip!!
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I was recently watching a Documentary on the History Chanel ("Britain's Secret Islands") and was amazed to learn that the UK has not only over 6,100 islands, skerries and sea stacks, but a thriving population of Scorpions on one of them!
The Yellow-Tailed Scorpion
The native range of Tetratrichobothrius flavicaudis extends through Northwest Africa and Southern Europe, but it has also been accidentally introduced into the United Kingdom at Sheerness Dockyard on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, and parts of east London. The introduction is thought to have taken place in the early 19th century via a shipment of Italian masonry. The resulting colony, numbering 10,000 to 15,000 individuals in 2013, is the northernmost population of scorpions outside the Americas.[1]
In warm temperate climates, this species can be found in built-up areas. In the UK, the scorpion occupies cracks and holes in walls where the mortar pointing has crumbled away.
It is a mildly venomous scorpion, which rarely uses its stinger. Their sting is less painful than a bee sting to humans.[2]
Taken From - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetratric ... lavicaudis
They are best found at night with the use of an ultraviolet light/torch....
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The Yellow-Tailed Scorpion
The native range of Tetratrichobothrius flavicaudis extends through Northwest Africa and Southern Europe, but it has also been accidentally introduced into the United Kingdom at Sheerness Dockyard on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, and parts of east London. The introduction is thought to have taken place in the early 19th century via a shipment of Italian masonry. The resulting colony, numbering 10,000 to 15,000 individuals in 2013, is the northernmost population of scorpions outside the Americas.[1]
In warm temperate climates, this species can be found in built-up areas. In the UK, the scorpion occupies cracks and holes in walls where the mortar pointing has crumbled away.
It is a mildly venomous scorpion, which rarely uses its stinger. Their sting is less painful than a bee sting to humans.[2]
Taken From - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetratric ... lavicaudis
They are best found at night with the use of an ultraviolet light/torch....
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Full Recovery for Coral Reef Within 4 Years – The Speed of Restoration They Saw was ‘Incredible’
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/full-re ... ncredible/
In a truly monumental discovery, scientists studying coral restoration in Indonesia found that artificially restored coral reefs can regrow as fast a naturally occurring reefs just 4 years after the initial transplantation.
With many reefs around the world believed to be threatened by stronger storms and acidic seas, the finding shows that as long as corals can survive in the water, humans can quickly rebuild reefs that are damaged......
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/full-re ... ncredible/
In a truly monumental discovery, scientists studying coral restoration in Indonesia found that artificially restored coral reefs can regrow as fast a naturally occurring reefs just 4 years after the initial transplantation.
With many reefs around the world believed to be threatened by stronger storms and acidic seas, the finding shows that as long as corals can survive in the water, humans can quickly rebuild reefs that are damaged......
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^ Nothing like chasing your own tail...
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Happy Birthday sir, and at least a few more to come.
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"Before toddlers learn to master symbolic counting–where “one” stands for a single object and “two” indicates double that–they pass through a developmental stage of verbal tallying. In this phase, asked how many apples are in a group of three, a young child might say “one, one, one” or “one, two, three” or “apple, apple, apple,” in a form of proto-counting. They understand there are three apples, but they don’t quite yet have the ability to express that number in the abstract form of “three,” alone.
Inspired by this knowledge, Diana Liao, a neurobiologist and post-doctoral researcher at the University of Tubingen in Germany, decided to ask the obvious question: Can crows do it too? Spoiler alert: they can, according to a first-of-its-kind study published May 23 in the journal Science. Carrion crows can control their vocalizations and correspond the number of those calls to a cue, in a form of proto-counting, per the new research.
The study adds to the growing laundry list of cognitive abilities that corvids (the bird family including crows, ravens, magpies, and jays) possess. The new work also aids in the quest to uncover the evolutionary origins of humans’ mathematical ability. By studying other animals’ capacities and limitations, scientists can get a better idea of where and how our own numeracy comes from."
https://www.popsci.com/science/crows-ca ... dium=email
This reminded me of a show on the BBC in the 80's - "Bird Brain of Britain". Can't seem to find a download, but..: -
Presented by Simon King
"Who'd have thought garden birds were so clever? All over the country, they've been solving intelligence tests faster than they can be designed. Pulling out matchsticks, working levers, pecking coloured discs, landing on see-saws, pushing ping-pong balls.
This programme sets out to find the brightest bird of all, but also asks 'is this really intelligence?' In the countryside, birds display just as much cleverness in their daily search for food.
All the same, the bird which solves the toughest test of all does show remarkable ingenuity - possibly something more than simply trial and error."
https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/9022189a5de ... 6df17be989
Inspired by this knowledge, Diana Liao, a neurobiologist and post-doctoral researcher at the University of Tubingen in Germany, decided to ask the obvious question: Can crows do it too? Spoiler alert: they can, according to a first-of-its-kind study published May 23 in the journal Science. Carrion crows can control their vocalizations and correspond the number of those calls to a cue, in a form of proto-counting, per the new research.
The study adds to the growing laundry list of cognitive abilities that corvids (the bird family including crows, ravens, magpies, and jays) possess. The new work also aids in the quest to uncover the evolutionary origins of humans’ mathematical ability. By studying other animals’ capacities and limitations, scientists can get a better idea of where and how our own numeracy comes from."
https://www.popsci.com/science/crows-ca ... dium=email
This reminded me of a show on the BBC in the 80's - "Bird Brain of Britain". Can't seem to find a download, but..: -
Presented by Simon King
"Who'd have thought garden birds were so clever? All over the country, they've been solving intelligence tests faster than they can be designed. Pulling out matchsticks, working levers, pecking coloured discs, landing on see-saws, pushing ping-pong balls.
This programme sets out to find the brightest bird of all, but also asks 'is this really intelligence?' In the countryside, birds display just as much cleverness in their daily search for food.
All the same, the bird which solves the toughest test of all does show remarkable ingenuity - possibly something more than simply trial and error."
https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/9022189a5de ... 6df17be989
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