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Category Archives: Animals
A walk in Medina Park
Just across the 520 bridge is a nice place to stroll either with or without your dog. Part of the park is off-leash. The main interest near the ponds are the very active Great Blue Herons. This rookery has been … Continue reading
Pictures of Spring
Please send along your pictures to share. These are from the Medina Park near St. Thomas Church on the eastside – a nice place to walk.
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One Breath Around the World
NEW FILM: Our new short film (12 min) is finally out. Turn out the light, put your headphones and freedive with me around the world From Aeon: One Breath Around the World is the latest aquatic spectacle from the French freediving … Continue reading
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Silky sifaka , MADAGÁSCAR, The Blade Runners
From Wikipedia: The silky sifaka (Propithecus candidus) is a large lemur characterized by long, silky, white fur. It has a very restricted range in northeastern Madagascar, where it is known locally as the simpona. It is one of the rarest mammals on Earth. Thanks to Pam P.
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Horses we’ve known
by historian Heather Cox Richardson
Flying from the top of the world’s tallest buiding
Releasing an Eagle from the top of Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, the World’s Tallest Building, 160 Stories and 828 m high, with a camera Installed on its back, to search for Its Trainer, who was exactly 10 Blocks from the Building. The … Continue reading
Dog lovers or “who needs Jane Fonda”
Thanks to Donna D.
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Go for a ride when you’re bored
Thanks to Gordon G.
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Ever seen a peacock in full flight?
Thanks to Gordon G. Make sure to scroll down for pics.
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Never tailgate a rhino
Thanks to Donna D. Somebody had a bad day!
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Party animals
Thanks to Gordon G. (be sure to scroll down)
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Music, Covid-19 and the Zoo
Thanks to Sandy J.
Operation Mother Goose begins to distribute Canada geese across the state starting on April 11, 1968.
Starting on April 11, 1968, biologists collect more than 1,200 Canada goose eggs along the Columbia River behind the nearly complete John Day Dam, located 28 miles east of The Dalles, Oregon, and about 20 miles south of Goldendale. The biologists’ … Continue reading
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Why does the Mexican Jumping Bean Jump?
Thanks to Gordon G.
Whale surfaces in a gym
Holographic projection of a whale. Thanks to Mary Jane F.
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The animals have missed us
Thanks to Sybil Ann: The animals in a zoo in Germany were depressed and never left their dens. This happened during the pandemic. Nobody went there anymore, neither children nor adults. The zoo remained empty. So the zoo keeper called this pianist to play … Continue reading
Ah, to sleep
Thanks to Mary Jane F. What “Dog Tired” means …
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