La Désirade, Guadeloupe by Delphine Leduc
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The next time you think Orcas are satisfied with living in captivity:
Orcas have evolved complex culture: a suite of behaviors animals learn from one another. They communicate with distinctive calls and whistles. They can live 60 years or more, and they stay in tightknit matrilineal groups led by older females that model specific behaviors to younger animals. Scientists have found increasing evidence that culture shapes what and how orcas eat, what they do for fun, even their choice of mates. Culture, says Hal Whitehead of Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, “may be very important to them.”
Some of the first evidence of cultural differences among orcas came from studies of vocalizations in whales that frequent the coastal waters of British Columbia and Washington State. Such “residents” belong to four clans, each with multiple groups. While the clans live close together—their ranges even overlap—their vocalizations are as different as Greek and Russian. And smaller groups called pods have dialects akin to a Southern drawl or a clipped New England accent.
Look at this tree, man.
The Angel Oak Tree is estimated to be in excess of 1500 years old, stands 66.5 ft (20 m) tall, measures 28 ft (8.5 m) in circumference, and produces shade that covers 17,200 square feet (1,600 m2). From tip to tip Its longest branch distance is 187 ft.
Ancient being.
Wow this is amazing
i wish the whole world would look like this agian
Drawbridge(南庄神仙谷) - By: Hanson Mao
(Source: ILAURENS)
Great white shark rising (by George Probst)
Auroraville by *torivarn
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Let’s take a moment to appreciate the fact Tony Stark killed a man over a Dora the Explorer watch.
Gavin + the local creeper population
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