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Being 'home' after living in Madagascar for so long makes me nervous. I don't like the feeling of being alone in the house, not surrounded by 20 people all the time. Where does my life go now? I don't want another meaningless job..
Getting too far dragged in Must stay single I like being single No men No matter how cute they are..
Urghh
WaterWorld /// Mozambique Channel /// Nosy Be /// Madagascar /// Sailing Collective Tour de Madagascar Sailing Adventure /// #nosybe #madagascar #sailing #thesailingcollective #sailingcollective (at Nosy Be)
Next week I'll be back here. Cannot wait
Scientists discover that starfish eyes really can see things, at least a little…
So, starfish actually have eyes - they are located on each of their arms—but up until now we didn’t know if they could actually see out of them!! Exciting new research has indicated that the eyes of sea stars can actually vaguely see images. These images are thought to help prevent them from moving too far from their home.
"These new findings are an important breakthrough in our understanding of how sea stars perceive the world" - Christopher Mah (researcher at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C.)
"After decades of wondering what starfish use their eyes for, scientists see some light"
A majority of sea stars have eyes on the ends of their arms. They are difficult to see and even if you do find them, you may not know that they are eyes. The starfish in the top image is an Indo-Pacific species called the blue star (Linckia laevigata). The image below (image two) is an up-close of one arm. There is a small groove along the bottom-side, which has many little tubular “feet”. The seastar uses these to move about. At the end is where the eye sits, just near the top of the groove (white arrow).
Pretty amazing!
Photo credits:
Image 1 - Blue starfish, Linckia laevigata, at Myrmidon Reef, Great Barrier Reef
Image 2: Close up of star fish foot, white arrow points towards the end of the groove where the eye is located
Info gathered from National Geographic
Oh wow
This looks just like a spot in Lokobe Reserve on Nosy Be, Madagascar. On my last Sunday there last year a few of us went for a walk right inside there, up past the waterfall, following the river up. So beautiful. Cannot wait to be back there
(via 500px / Arctic fox portrait by Daniel Parent)
Pictures of the thousands of people that protested against the shark cull this weekend in Australia
V. E. on We Heart It.
Hahaha I need this
What is happening?
The more I try not to think about you, let you get under my skin, maybe even fall for you..the more it happens. How are you managing to do that to me? Thought I'd become cynical and cold. I don't want to set myself up for an inevitable fall. Stop it brain.
The orcas at seaworld live an enriched life. Death occurs in the wild too. Captivity does not kill these animals so your blog name is misleading.
I will have to disagree with you 110% on your first point. How an animal that’s programmed to swim hundreds of miles a day can live anything close to an enriched life in a tiny tank? Your second point is correct. Death does occur in the wild too. However, the animals in SeaWorld die incredibly young. In the wild male orca are known to live until they’re 50 and females 80. In captivity however these numbers are much less (see table).
Out of the 159 whales that have died in captivity, two thirds didn’t make it to age 10 and less than 30 survived until they were 20. That is significantly lower than the averages in the wild.Secondly, even if the life expectancy of orca in captivity wasn’t lower than in the wild (which it is) keeping these animals captive has cost three people their lives - Dawn Brancheau, Keltie Byrne and Daniel P. Dukes. Therefore captivity does, on many levels, kill.
I love this blog.
Ahhh. Haven't felt this content and relaxed in a long time
Think I'm kinda..happy :)
MOUNTAIN OF BISON SKULLS:
This historic photo from 1870 shows just how brutally efficient European settlers were in nearly wiping out the American bison. The two men are literally standing on tens of thousands of bison skulls from the once mighty herds of the Great Plains. The bison were not only seen as impeding development, their slaughter was also used to weaken Native American resistance to American expansionism since many tribes depended on the bison for food and culture.
It’s a sobering reminder on the 40th Anniversary of the Endangered Species Act why we still need laws protecting our wildlife and why the restoration of the bison to the Great Plains is so symbolic for Native Americans.
The Stone Forest of Madagascar
The Grand Tsingy of Bemaraha in western Madagascar is the world’s largest stone forest. Isolated and inhospitable, this huge collection of razor-sharp, high spiked vertical rocks of eroded limestone looks like the last place where wildlife would thrive.
But despite its cold, dangerous appearance, the labyrinth of 300 foot stones is home to a number of animal species, including 11 types of lemur. Its name “Tsingy” translates as ‘where one cannot walk’.
Tsingy | Madagascar (by Emma Smart)
Totally want to see the tsingy when I'm back in Madagascar! Crap myself over this bridge though..
