20071215 - Beavis - 144-4449-4450-4451-4452 - playing with the plastic bag

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20071215 - Beavis - 144-4449-4450-4451-4452 - playing with the plastic bag

Image by Rev. Xanatos Satanicos Bombasticos (ClintJCL)
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Beavis had a heyday with the plastic bags and wrapping paper fragments. I guess cats love Christmas!

playing.
Beavis the cat, plastic bag.

Clint and Carolyn's house, Alexandria, Virginia.

December 15, 2007.


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... Read Carolyn's blog at CarolynCASL.wordpress.com

... View videos of Beavis the cat at www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=ClintJCL&search_q...


...View a video of Beavis playing with a plastic bag here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhpKxSFlwb0

20080515 - mothra - 156-5690 - Oranjello catches the moth

Image by Rev. Xanatos Satanicos Bombasticos (ClintJCL)
Oranjello had one minor success on the portal / sink / shotglass shelves area, and here it is. He pinned Mothra down for a second, but then proceeded to lose him, of course. Is he going to be one of these cats that catches mice 20 times without killing them, failing to eliminate the rodent problem? Hope not!

BACKSTORY: This HUUUGE moth fell into our house from the back kitchen door. We called it "Mothra"; a common christening for house moths of this size. This was to be a good opportunity for Oranjello to satisfy his hunting urges, as well as to train him to hunt pests -- since we have the occasional mice and snakes (and raccoons!). It also proved to be an excellent photo-op.

catching.
Oranjello the cat, Mothra.

kitchen, downstairs, Clint and Carolyn's house, Alexandria, Virginia.

May 15, 2008.


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... Read Carolyn's blog at CarolynCASL.wordpress.com



...Several Mothra videos were taken with our camera.
1) Carolyn freaking out at Mothra's discovery: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AU4-9Nh18cQ
2) Oranjello hunting Mothra: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnkcFjzUAKA
3) Oranjello attacking Mothra, Carolyn helping lift him up: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPhjhM4GMC8
4) Oranjello gives up too easy: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmuHgZOT6UI
5) Oranjello meowing because he wants Mothra: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOBaWqSiJ-E
6) Carolyn FREAKING OUT when Mothra flew on her: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CO0JyDhTbg8

20071225 - Christmas Day - 146-4631 - Beavis playing with ribbons

Image by Rev. Xanatos Satanicos Bombasticos (ClintJCL)
Aww, Beavis has ribbons!

laying, playing.
Beavis the cat, Christmas ribbon.

Mom and Dad's house, Stafford, Virginia.

December 25, 2007.


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... View videos of Beavis the cat at: www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=ClintJCL&search_q...

Cool Endangered Animals images

A few nice endangered animals images I found:

The critically endangered Red-headed Vulture [Explored]

Image by Tarique Sani
This species has suffered an extremely rapid population reduction in the recent past which is likely to continue into the near future, probably largely as a result of feeding on carcasses of animals treated with the veterinary drug diclofenac, perhaps in combination with other causes. For this reason it is classified as Critically Endangered.

No matter where they stand in the animal kingdom, kids are all the same!

Image by praline3001

Taken at Audubon Zoo in New Orleans.
I was taking some fun photos of Menari, a Sumatran orangutan. In this shot she is zoning in on her dad. A split second after I took this she leaped on top of her sleeping dad's head and started attacking him playfully. He was not amused!! If this expression doesn't show intelligence and premeditation I don't know what does. Regardless of species, kids are all the same HA HA

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This little darling is a female juvenile orangutan named Menari. She was born at Audobon Zoo in 2009. She is an Sumatran orangutan, a species that is endangered in its Indonesian homeland.

Orangutans are the only exclusively Asian genus of extant great ape. The largest living arboreal animals, they have proportionally longer arms than the other, more terrestrial, great apes. They are among the most intelligent primates and use a variety of sophisticated tools, also making sleeping nests each night from branches and foliage. Their hair is typically reddish-brown, instead of the brown or black hair typical of other great apes.

Trust is given

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Trust is given

Image by Raoul Pop
A noble horse, on a farm in the Maryland countryside, near Poolesville. (File: RPOP-2008-08-1971)

Alien Invasion

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Sphynx

sula

Image by francescoprocida

BB 0004

Some cool toy animals images:

BB 0004

Image by babapuffbaby
Animal Toy Cars

but toy mice never run away

Image by arbeer.de
go on

Port Lympne Wildlife Park 17-04-2012

A few nice animals for free images I found:

Port Lympne Wildlife Park 17-04-2012

Image by Karen Roe
Nestled in 600 acres of Kentish countryside and housing over 650 rare and endangered animals, Port Lympne Wild Animal Park boasts some of the most spectacular views on the South coast making the experience a great day out in Kent for everyone.
A stunning vista awaits you offering panoramic views across the famous Romney Marsh to the English Channel and even the French coastline on clear days.
As well as the scenery, you'll see indigenous wildlife as you stroll through the park along the cool, shady woodland walks. Port Lympne Wild Animal Park offers something for every visitor from scenery to endangered animals!

Basecamp
Fortify yourself for the journey ahead at the café or jump straight aboard your safari vehicle truck ready to embark on your Port Lympne safari experience! Soon you will be journeying into the heart of a world renowned wild animal park, getting up close and personal with the most amazing wildlife on our planet and learning about the vital work going on at Port Lympne and in their homelands to save them from extinction. Keep your eyes open as you set off into the heart of our wild animal park - with over 70 species cared for right here by The Aspinall Foundation, what will you see today?

The African Experience
Traverse the stunning Kent countryside and prepare yourself to encounter free roaming herds of the planet's most iconic wildlife as you enter the African Experience. Take a break at Serengeti stop and refresh yourself after the first leg of the expedition. Rejuvenate at the café while enjoying breathtaking views over our African watering-hole and the English Channel towards France. Are you brave enough to enter the Discovery zone? Find spiders, snakes and other creepy crawlies....If you dare! Don't forget to check out the mischievous meerkats before jumping back aboard a truck continuing your journey through the open countryside where you can try to spot black rhino, giraffe, wildebeest, ostrich and more.

Port Lympne Wildlife Park 17-04-2012

Image by Karen Roe
Nestled in 600 acres of Kentish countryside and housing over 650 rare and endangered animals, Port Lympne Wild Animal Park boasts some of the most spectacular views on the South coast making the experience a great day out in Kent for everyone.
A stunning vista awaits you offering panoramic views across the famous Romney Marsh to the English Channel and even the French coastline on clear days.
As well as the scenery, you'll see indigenous wildlife as you stroll through the park along the cool, shady woodland walks. Port Lympne Wild Animal Park offers something for every visitor from scenery to endangered animals!

Basecamp
Fortify yourself for the journey ahead at the café or jump straight aboard your safari vehicle truck ready to embark on your Port Lympne safari experience! Soon you will be journeying into the heart of a world renowned wild animal park, getting up close and personal with the most amazing wildlife on our planet and learning about the vital work going on at Port Lympne and in their homelands to save them from extinction. Keep your eyes open as you set off into the heart of our wild animal park - with over 70 species cared for right here by The Aspinall Foundation, what will you see today?

The African Experience
Traverse the stunning Kent countryside and prepare yourself to encounter free roaming herds of the planet's most iconic wildlife as you enter the African Experience. Take a break at Serengeti stop and refresh yourself after the first leg of the expedition. Rejuvenate at the café while enjoying breathtaking views over our African watering-hole and the English Channel towards France. Are you brave enough to enter the Discovery zone? Find spiders, snakes and other creepy crawlies....If you dare! Don't forget to check out the mischievous meerkats before jumping back aboard a truck continuing your journey through the open countryside where you can try to spot black rhino, giraffe, wildebeest, ostrich and more.

Port Lympne Wildlife Park 17-04-2012

Image by Karen Roe
Nestled in 600 acres of Kentish countryside and housing over 650 rare and endangered animals, Port Lympne Wild Animal Park boasts some of the most spectacular views on the South coast making the experience a great day out in Kent for everyone.
A stunning vista awaits you offering panoramic views across the famous Romney Marsh to the English Channel and even the French coastline on clear days.
As well as the scenery, you'll see indigenous wildlife as you stroll through the park along the cool, shady woodland walks. Port Lympne Wild Animal Park offers something for every visitor from scenery to endangered animals!

Basecamp
Fortify yourself for the journey ahead at the café or jump straight aboard your safari vehicle truck ready to embark on your Port Lympne safari experience! Soon you will be journeying into the heart of a world renowned wild animal park, getting up close and personal with the most amazing wildlife on our planet and learning about the vital work going on at Port Lympne and in their homelands to save them from extinction. Keep your eyes open as you set off into the heart of our wild animal park - with over 70 species cared for right here by The Aspinall Foundation, what will you see today?

The African Experience
Traverse the stunning Kent countryside and prepare yourself to encounter free roaming herds of the planet's most iconic wildlife as you enter the African Experience. Take a break at Serengeti stop and refresh yourself after the first leg of the expedition. Rejuvenate at the café while enjoying breathtaking views over our African watering-hole and the English Channel towards France. Are you brave enough to enter the Discovery zone? Find spiders, snakes and other creepy crawlies....If you dare! Don't forget to check out the mischievous meerkats before jumping back aboard a truck continuing your journey through the open countryside where you can try to spot black rhino, giraffe, wildebeest, ostrich and more.

Nice Animals photos

A few nice animals images I found:

Disney - Disney's Animal Kingdom - Tree of Life

Image by Express Monorail
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See where this picture was taken. [?]

...as seen from the It's Tough to Be a Bug queue.

Pictured:
Tree of Life
Disney's Animal Kingdom
Walt Disney World Resort
Lake Buena Vista, Florida
November, 2008

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Image by apeiria.photo

Monkey Brains

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Monkey Brains

Image by elycefeliz
Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera)
Another very interesting member of the mulberry family is the osage orange (Maclura pomifera). Native to the midwestern and southeastern United States, this species is also known as the hedge apple because it was planted in thicket-like hedge rows before the advent of barbed wire fences.

The fruit is neither an orange nor an apple, although it approaches the size of those fruits. Like the breadfruit and jackfruit, it is a true multiple fruit composed of numerous separate ovaries, each arising from a separate female flower. In fact, the bumpy surface of the fruit is due to the numerous, tightly-packed ovaries of the female flowers. The black hairs on the surface of the fruit are styles, each arising from a separate ovary.

The wood of osage orange was highly prized by the Osage Indians of Arkansas and Missouri for bows. In fact, osage orange is stronger than oak (Quercus) and as tough as hickory (Carya), and is considered by archers to be one of the finest native North American woods for bows. In Arkansas, in the early 19th century, a good osage bow was worth a horse and a blanket.

A yellow-orange dye is also extracted from the wood and is used as a substitute for fustic and aniline dyes in arts and industry.

Osage-orange or Horse-apple en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osage-orange
Maclura pomifera, known as Osage-orange or Horse-apple, is dioeceous plant species, with male and female flowers on different plants. It is a small deciduous tree or large shrub, typically growing to 8-15 m tall. The fruit, a multiple fruit, is roughly spherical, but bumpy, and 7-15 cm in diameter, and it is filled with a sticky white latex sap. In fall, its color turns a bright yellow-green and it has a faint odor similar to that of oranges

Recent research suggests that elemol, one of the major components of oil extracted from fruit of Osage orange, shows promise as a mosquito repellent with similar activity to DEET in contact and residual repellency.

The fruits are sometimes torn apart by squirrels to get at the seeds, but few other native animals make use of it as a food source. This is unusual, as most large fleshy fruits serve the function of seed dispersal, accomplished by their consumption by large animals. One recent hypothesis is that the Osage-orange fruit was eaten by a giant ground sloth that became extinct shortly after the first human settlement of North America.

The Osage-orange is commonly used as a tree row windbreak in prairie states, which gives it one of its colloquial names, "hedge apple". It was one of the primary trees used in President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's "Great Plains Shelterbelt" WPA project, which was launched in 1934 as an ambitious plan to modify weather and prevent soil erosion in the Great Plains states, and by 1942 resulted in the planting of 30,233 shelterbelts containing 220 million trees that stretched for 18,600 miles.

The fruit from this tree is sometimes called "Monkey Brains" due to its resemblance to a small brain.

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Image by Arno Meintjes Wildlife
10 Facts about White Lions

1.White Lions are not albinos, but a genetic rarity unique to one endemic region on the globe: the Timbavati region.
2.The Genetic Marker that makes White Lions unique has not yet been identified by science.
3.The White Lions are currently classified under the general species classification Panthera leo, although this is likely to change after the genetic research undertaken by the Global White Lion Protection Trust reveals important reasons for sub-speciation of this rare phenotype.
4.The earliest recorded sighting of white lions in the Timbavati region was in 1938. However, the oral records of African elders indicate that these unique animals survived in this region for many centuries.
5.The unique white lion gene is carried by certain of the tawny coloured lions in the region, and white cubs occurred in numerous prides in the region.
6.Since their discovery by the West, white lions and those lions carrying the unique gene have been hunted, and forcibly removed from their natural endemic habitat.
7.The last white lion was seen in the wild in 1994, after which time they were technically extinct in the wild.
8.The idea that white lions are genetically inferior to ordinary tawny lions has not been scientifically tested.
9.The idea that White Lions cannot survive in the wild due to perceived lack of camouflage has not been scientifically tested.
10.Currently, there is no law nationally or internationally that protects the White Lions from being wiped off the face of the earth.

Imperial Moth

A few nice names for animals images I found:

Imperial Moth

Image by e_monk
Thanks to Dawn for finding this for me. Thanks to zxgirl for the ID of Imperial Moth.

SOOC

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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Saturniidae
Subfamily: Ceratocampinae
Genus: Eacles
Species: E. imperialis
Binomial name: Eacles imperialis

Coordination

Image by e_monk
This guy seemed very proud of himself for being able to lift the stick and ball at the same time.

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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Equidae
Genus: Equus
Subgenus: Asinus
Species: E. africanus
Binomial name: Equus africanus
Subspecies: E. africanus asinus
Trinomial name: Equus africanus asinus

introducing...Fire

Image by massdistraction
He came with the name. I'm thinking of changing it.

Tonight the little man and I went to PetSmart, to pick up a few things for Olive. I've been thinking Olive needed a little buddy. This PetSmart has rescued animals available for adoption. And I'm a pushover. I wanted to take all the kitties home, but this guy? He was soooooo cuddly and sweet.

Unfortunately we're still in the getting to know you phase where the cats hiss at each other constantly. I was planning to curl up with my book, but that's not looking likely. It's going to be a long night.