Thematic Wildlife

Basie · 08-05-2019, 10:17 AM

African Skimmer

Last edited by Basie; 08-09-2019 at 02:20 PM.

**noelcmn** · 08-06-2019, 01:09 PM

Local wildlife- Red headed Finch Kloofendal Nature Reserve

**aslyfox** · 08-06-2019, 02:22 PM

African Painted Dogs in the Selous Game Reserve

SOOC

**WPRESTO** · 08-06-2019, 07:07 PM

Turtle, a captive

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**noelcmn** · 08-07-2019, 02:15 AM

More local Wildlife, @ Zoo Lake. Previously known as the Red Billed Wood Hoepoe, now simply Green wood hoepoe

**aslyfox** · 08-07-2019, 03:13 AM

more from my Tanzania trip

Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima

http://www.oiseaux-birds.com/card-giant-kingfisher.html

and an African Collared-Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/African_Collared-Dove/overview

Common Impala Aepyceros melampus melampus

https://www.theanimalfiles.com/mammals/hoofed_mammals/impala.html

found in the Selous Game Reserve

**noelcmn** · 08-07-2019, 03:18 AM - **1 Like**

Peekaboo Hyrax

**WPRESTO** · 08-07-2019, 04:14 AM

Originally posted by aslyfox

more from my Tanzania trip both found in the Selous Game Reserve

That impala looks like an artist's statue. It's just about perfect, both the animal itself and its pose. Beautiful creature. How can anyone shoot and kill such a marvel - for sport? Actually, I know.

**WPRESTO** · 08-07-2019, 04:16 AM - **1 Like**

Frog : "You don't have to be beautiful or handsome to be photogenic. Besides, beauty is in the eye - - - and my eyes are wonderful."

**aslyfox** · 08-07-2019, 04:20 AM

Originally posted by WPRESTO

Frog : "You don't have to be beautiful or handsome to be photogenic. Besides, beauty is in the eye - - - and my eyes are wonderful."

nice but

not quite " Bette Davis eyes " though

You Tube

**aslyfox** · 08-07-2019, 04:25 AM

Originally posted by WPRESTO

That impala looks like an artist's statue. It's just about perfect, both the animal itself and its pose. Beautiful creature. How can anyone shoot and kill such a marvel - for sport? Actually, I know.

thanks

it was one of those " please lift your head, now turn your head, now turn the body, just a little more . . . "

pure luck In Other Words

don't like violating the " rule of thirds " but wanted the vegetation " framing "

**WPRESTO** · 08-07-2019, 04:29 AM

About eyes, a curious fact I've posted before but maybe some Pentaxians missed it. What is seen depends on nerve impulses from the retina of the eyes. No retinal nerve input, you see nothing. Micro detectors in a frog's optic nerves detect no activity whatever when a frog is sitting quietly, but if something moves within the frog's visual field, the nerves become active. Interpretation, most of the time, a frog sees nothing. They do not see the sky, the water, the trees, the scenery. But, as soon as there's something moving = a bug to eat or a heron that might eat the frog, that and that only the frog sees. Has obvious adaptive value.

**aslyfox** · 08-07-2019, 04:33 AM

Originally posted by WPRESTO

About eyes, a curious fact I've posted before but maybe some Pentaxians missed it. What is seen depends on nerve impulses from the retina of the eyes. No retinal nerve input, you see nothing. Micro detectors in a frog's optic nerves detect no activity whatever when a frog is sitting quietly, but if something moves within the frog's visual field, the nerves become active. Interpretation, most of the time, a frog sees nothing. They do not see the sky, the water, the trees, the scenery. But, as soon as there's something moving = a bug to eat or a heron that might eat the frog, that and that only the frog sees. Has obvious adaptive value.

hmm, based on that

blank stare seems to fit

**WPRESTO** · 08-07-2019, 04:49 AM

Originally posted by aslyfox

hmm, based on that

blank stare seems to fit

The visual-brain mechanism in a frog that lines it up to grab food with its tongue is, IMHO, even more fascinating. In brief, it's as if each eye had a graduated neutral density filter over each eye, dark around the periphery grading to clear at the center. The frog cannot rotate its eyes to any significant extent, so to change what is seen through the clear area of both eyes, it must rotate its body and/or tip its head. When an object is seen through the center clear area of both eyes simultaneously, it's at the precise point the frog can strike with its tongue.This explanation uses an analogy. The eyes + brain actually work with graduated resolution, not a brightness/darkness mechanism

**aslyfox** · 08-07-2019, 06:01 AM - **1 Like**

it is hard to find things that aren't moving, our eyes are designed to go to movement if I am not mistaken

if you can't find it, you can't photograph it

do you see the leopard cub?

here it is with mom

08-07-2019, 04:25 AM	#8921
aslyfox Seeker of Knowledge Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Topeka, Kansas Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 24,581	Originally posted by WPRESTO That impala looks like an artist's statue. It's just about perfect, both the animal itself and its pose. Beautiful creature. How can anyone shoot and kill such a marvel - for sport? Actually, I know. thanks it was one of those " please lift your head, now turn your head, now turn the body, just a little more . . . " pure luck In Other Words don't like violating the " rule of thirds " but wanted the vegetation " framing " Last edited by aslyfox; 08-07-2019 at 05:06 AM.

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WPRESTO Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Massachusetts Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59,104	Originally posted by aslyfox more from my Tanzania trip both found in the Selous Game Reserve That impala looks like an artist's statue. It's just about perfect, both the animal itself and its pose. Beautiful creature. How can anyone shoot and kill such a marvel - for sport? Actually, I know.

08-07-2019, 04:29 AM	#8922
WPRESTO Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Massachusetts Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59,104	About eyes, a curious fact I've posted before but maybe some Pentaxians missed it. What is seen depends on nerve impulses from the retina of the eyes. No retinal nerve input, you see nothing. Micro detectors in a frog's optic nerves detect no activity whatever when a frog is sitting quietly, but if something moves within the frog's visual field, the nerves become active. Interpretation, most of the time, a frog sees nothing. They do not see the sky, the water, the trees, the scenery. But, as soon as there's something moving = a bug to eat or a heron that might eat the frog, that and that only the frog sees. Has obvious adaptive value.

08-07-2019, 04:33 AM	#8923
aslyfox Seeker of Knowledge Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Topeka, Kansas Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 24,581	Originally posted by WPRESTO About eyes, a curious fact I've posted before but maybe some Pentaxians missed it. What is seen depends on nerve impulses from the retina of the eyes. No retinal nerve input, you see nothing. Micro detectors in a frog's optic nerves detect no activity whatever when a frog is sitting quietly, but if something moves within the frog's visual field, the nerves become active. Interpretation, most of the time, a frog sees nothing. They do not see the sky, the water, the trees, the scenery. But, as soon as there's something moving = a bug to eat or a heron that might eat the frog, that and that only the frog sees. Has obvious adaptive value. hmm, based on that blank stare seems to fit

08-07-2019, 04:49 AM	#8924
WPRESTO Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Massachusetts Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59,104	Originally posted by aslyfox hmm, based on that blank stare seems to fit The visual-brain mechanism in a frog that lines it up to grab food with its tongue is, IMHO, even more fascinating. In brief, it's as if each eye had a graduated neutral density filter over each eye, dark around the periphery grading to clear at the center. The frog cannot rotate its eyes to any significant extent, so to change what is seen through the clear area of both eyes, it must rotate its body and/or tip its head. When an object is seen through the center clear area of both eyes simultaneously, it's at the precise point the frog can strike with its tongue.This explanation uses an analogy. The eyes + brain actually work with graduated resolution, not a brightness/darkness mechanism

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