"Stuff is eaten by dogs, broken by family and friends, sanded down by the wind, frozen by the mountains, lost by the prairie, burnt off by the sun, washed away by the rain. So you are left with dogs, family, friends, sun, rain, wind, prairie and mountains. What more do you want?"
Federico Calboli
Thursday, July 16, 2009
"Eagle Warrior"
And while we are on weird images, Sari Mantila sends this from Finland, with that title. Actually it is an un- retouched photo of a Cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus). But doesn't it look like some weird ape- raptor conflation?
Always thought some of the old-world vultures were just lazy golden eagles.... :-)
ReplyDeleteHave you seen the feet on a lappet-faced vulture? They work.
I have seen the Lappet faced in Zimbabwe-- all others back off. Jonathan Kingdon has seen them take gazelles!
ReplyDeleteMatt sends two links:
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here.
Somewhere, a B movie is being born.
ReplyDeleteThe first thing that came to mind was the theme song from "The 6 Million Dollar Man."
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