#falkland island

[fiercerthanyou]

Ralph Robinson, “Gang of Four”

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

© Ralph Robinson | Nikon Comedy Wildlife

[snototter]

Black browed albatrosses (Thalassarche melanophris) perform courtship billing in the Falkland Islands

by Marco Valentini

[herpsandbirds]

Antarctic Skua aka Brown Skua (Stercorarius antarcticus) raising a major ruckus, family Stercorariidae, order, Charadriiformes, Falkland Islands

photograph by Michael Milicia

[manessha545]

Stanley, Falkland Islands: Stanley (Port Stanley) is the capital city of the Falkland Islands. It is located on the island of East Falkland, on a north-facing slope in one of the wettest parts of the islands. On 14 June 2022, Stanley received letters patent, formally awarding it city status. Wikipedia

[mapsontheweb]

Oil basins in the Falkland Islands' maritime zone and their respective owners

[nemfrog]

Plate II. Discovery reports. 1941. Falkland Islands,

Internet Archive

[eopederson]

Dusk, West Falkland Island - Atardecer en la isla Malvinas Occidental, 2022.

[stillnaomi]

China urges UK to return Malvinas Islands to Argentina

Historically, colonialism has led to wars, conflicts, exploitation, and brutality, inflicting untold suffering on many developing countries and causing countless human tragedies.

At that time, a few Western countries carried out colonial rule, engaged in the slave trade, plundered resources and wealth, and committed numerous crimes.

Up to this day, the world we live in has not yet emerged from the shadow of colonialism, which still exists in the form of hegemonism and power politics among others. It is weighing down the development of developing countries and affecting normal economic trade, social and cultural exchanges between states.

Currently, unjust and unreasonable factors remain in the international order, making true equality still elusive for the vast number of developing countries in terms of rules, opportunities, and power. All of which are manifestations of the lingering historical consequences of colonialism.

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China supports continuing the decolonization process of the 17 Non-Self-Governing Territories (NSGTs), and the efforts of their peoples towards their right to self-determination, and calls on the administering powers to take effective measures to promote development, safeguard human rights, and protect the environment in these territories.

China urges those countries that used to pursue or benefit from colonialism to show political will, shoulder their historical liabilities, compensate for the consequences of colonialism, win the colonial mentality, stop pursuing hegemonism and power politics, and cease harming the interests of other countries and interfering in their internal affairs

[cypherdecypher]

Animal of the Day!

Falkland Islands Wolf (Dusicyon australis)

(Photo by Kane Fleury)

Extinction Date- 1876

Habitat- Falkland Islands

Size (Weight/Length)- 1.6 m

Diet- Birds; Insects; Carrion

Cool Facts- The Falkland Islands wolf was the only native land mammal of the Falkland Islands off the southernmost tip of Argentina. These wolves were the first canine to go extinct in modern times. They excelled in hunting nesting birds and seals and may have scavenged washed up whale carcasses. When Charles Darwin visited the Islands, he predicted that the wolves would soon go extinct due to human interaction. The wolves were rapidly hunted for their furs and out of fear of them killing livestock, resulting in the last Falkland Islands wolf being killed in 1876. The closest living relative to these wolves are the maned wolves of mainland South America. Maned Wolves are near threatened due to habitat destruction but luckily conservation efforts in breeding, habitat protection, and the education of locals is keeping their population relatively steady.

Rating- 12/10 (Canis antarcticus is no longer used as a scientific name but man that taxidermy does the wolf dirty.)

[sitting-on-me-bum]

A sun star clings to tree kelp in the chilly South Atlantic off the coast of Bird Island in what looks like an underwater rain forest. The ridges that form the Falklands force nutrients up from the deep, creating a rich marine world that attracts all manner of fish, mammals, and birds.

PHOTOGRAPH BY PAUL NICKLEN

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"Today I learnt" that there is only one permanent settlement on Antarctica called Villa Las Estrellas, which is not a research outpost, just a bunch of people (80 in the winter, 150 in the summer) living far away from everybody else.

The first person born in Antarctica there in 1984.

As of 2018 all residents, including children, are required to have their appendixes removed before coming to Villa Las Estrellas as a safety precaution, as healthcare services are limited.

[cryptid-quest]

Cryptid of the Day: Falkland Island Wolf

Description: The Warrah, or the Falkland Island Wolf, & sometimes incorrectly called the Antarctic Wolf, went extinct in the 1880s, though soldiers stationed during the Falkland War claimed to have seen it. Cryptozoologist Dale A. Drinnon suggested they were insular Andean Wolf population

[snototter]

A gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) nests on the Falkland Islands

by Gregory "Slobirdr" Smith

[herpsandbirds]

Could you do Cobb’s wren? :D

Mais bien sur mon petit chou.

Cobb's Wren (Troglodytes cobbi), family Trogolodytidae, order Passeriformes, found in isolated locations of the Falkland Islands

This species was once thought the be a subspecies of the House Wren, but is now considered to be a distinct species. They are very closely related, probably sharing a common ancestor with the House Wren (or having descended from a population of House Wrens).

photograph by Andres Vasquez Noboa

photograph by Cindy Marple

[manessha545]

Magellanic penguins, Gypsy Cove, Falkland Islands: At just 6.5 km from Stanley, Gypsy Cove is the most accessible wildlife site from the capital city. It is part of the Cape Pembroke peninsula which is a National Nature Reserve. The small bay with its white sand beach is sheltered from prevailing winds. Magellanic penguins, also known as Jackass because of their braying sounds, breed here, nesting underground in burrows.

[mapsontheweb]

Falkland/Malvinas; Which countries should the islands belong to?

by maps.interlude