TIME IS THE GREATEST GIFT

JOURNEYING ON DOWN THE RIVER AND TAKING THE ROAD LESS TRAVELLED.

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Have you ever seen the Malabar giant squirrel (Ratufa indica)? This multi-colored rodent can reach lengths of 18 in (45.7 cm) and weights of 6.6 lb (3 kg)! Its long tail—which is about the same length as its body—is used as a counterbalance as it scurries through the treetops. It's omnivorous, with a diet that includes fruit, bark, insects, and bird eggs. This squirrel can be spotted in parts of Asia including India, Singapore, and Indonesia.

Photo: Bishancm, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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Have you ever seen the Roti Island snake-necked turtle (Chelodina mccordi)? This reptile’s serpentine neck can measure about two-thirds the length of its carapace! When threatened, it can’t tuck its long neck into its shell like many other turtles can. Instead, it wraps its neck around its body like a scarf. You can find this species on Roti Island, Indonesia, where it inhabits wetlands such as lakes and swamps. Unfortunately, it’s critically endangered and threatened by habitat loss and hunting.

Photo: © Salix, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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Carl Brenders (Belgian Artist, born 1937)

"In the Swim of Things", 2001.

Mixed Media on Canvas, 35″ × 20 5/8″.

Private Collection.

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Ivory-breasted Pitta (Pitta maxima), family Pittidae, order Passeriformes, Indonesia

photograph by Benjamin Naden

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Have you ever heard of the rufous bettong (Aepyprymnus rufescens)? Also known as the “rat-kangaroo,” this small marsupial typically weighs around 6.2 lbs (2.8 kg)—about the size of a rabbit! This nocturnal critter can hop like a kangaroo and might cover up to 2.8 mi (4.5 km) in a night while searching for food such as herbs and fungi. When threatened, it stamps its hind feet in displeasure. It can be found in parts of Australia including New South Wales and Queensland. 

Photo: duke_n, CC BY-NC 4.0, iNaturalist

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by Olga Musienko

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Marianne North (English Victorian biologist and botanical artist 1830 – 1890)

"Foliage, Flowers and Fruit of a Queensland Tree, and Black Cockatoo"

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Claude Monet

Water Lilies (detail)

(via @lonequixote​​)

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Blue Clipper (Parthenos sylvia lilacinus), family Nymphalidae, Malaysia

photograph by Siang Liang Yeoh

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Kaethe Bealer

Untitled

Acrylic on panel

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Ferdinando Scianna, Celia Forner, Bali, 1989.

“A photograph is not created by a photographer. What they do is just to open a little window and capture it. The world then writes itself on the film. The act of the photographer is closer to reading than it is to writing. They are the readers of the world” Ferdinando Scianna.

“For Ferdinando Scianna, photography is a way of life. His work is a retrospective of his memories, his culture, his Sicilian roots. He uses the medium of photography as characterised by his outlook and his own story, and transmits a memorial and unsparing vision. The pictures are a way to read him as an open book.” https://www.instagram.com/p/CRuGchyt3Fl/?utm_medium=tumblr