Showing posts with label Odd Shots. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Odd Shots. Show all posts
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Lion Tailed Macaque
The hair of the lion-tailed macaque is black. Its outstanding characteristic is the silver-white mane which surrounds the head from the cheeks down to its chin, which gives this monkey its German name Bartaffe - "beard ape". The hairless face is black in colour. With a head-body length of 42 to 61 cm and a weight of 2 to 10nbsp;kg, it ranks among the smaller macaques. The tail is medium in length, about 25 cm, and has a black tuft at the end, similar to a lion's tail. The male's tail-tuft is more developed than that of the female.
Sunday, December 23, 2012
Spider
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Big Spider Web
Those cocoon-like structures covering those trees are giant spider webs.
Webs allow a spider to catch prey without having to expend energy by running it down. Thus it is an efficient method of gathering food. However, constructing the web is in itself an energetically costly process due to the large amount of protein required, in the form of silk.
In addition, after a time the silk will lose its stickiness and thus become inefficient at capturing prey. It is not uncommon for spiders to eat their own web daily to recoup some of the energy used in spinning. The silk proteins are thus recycled.
Monday, July 11, 2011
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