Re: [OM] Wildlife winners

[Chuck Norcutt]

There are bad guys everywhere I guess.  We, at least, can keep our doors 
locked.

Chuck Norcutt


On 8/31/2012 9:59 AM, Dean Hansen wrote:
> Tina recently posted a link to a bbc site of nature photography.
> Inspiring shots!  (Thanks for the heads-up, Tina!)  The first shot is of
> a group of cormorants trying to steal the prey from another bird.  This
> is called "kleptoparasitism" in biology terminology, and it is not at
> all unusual.  Unfair, maybe, but not unusual.  I have a shot of this
> phenomenon, but in the insect world, at
> <http://s124.photobucket.com/albums/p15/Dean_Hansen/Aquaticinsects/?action=view&current=klepto.jpg>.
>      Another striking shot in the bbc series is of two cheetahs looking
> out on the African plains.  It is very similar to the cover photo on the
> 11 January, 2008, issue of Science, of two giraffes looking out on an
> Acacia forest in Kenya.  I'll try to get a link to this Science
> cover--it's stunning.
>      If you haven't done so, take four minutes and view the show Tina
> posted a link to:  <http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/19400162>
> Dean
>
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