ILLYA BEL
The “Illusion of the Real” project is actually augmented reality, which we have long been accustomed to. It is impossible to walk along well-known tourist routes, stand near masterpieces of painting, or even meet a beautiful dawn without being surrounded by other travelers. We have less and less opportunity to be alone with the sights of the past, unique landscapes, etc. So the author, using…
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I broke a ramune bottle to get the marble out for my dragon.
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While out taking photos I saw this Pied Billed Grebe with fishing wire tangled around his beak and neck
I watched it for a while, saw it try and fail to eat a crawfish because it couldn't get its mouth all the way open. After a while, it swam up to me and just kind of lingered a few feet away.
So I decided to do the only rational thing, and grabbed a bird
Removed the wire, did a quick once-over to make sure there wasn't anymore, and off they swam
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I have finally figured out the camera lens and the setting I need to catch clear photos of wolverines! Ugh, I just love them and their incredibly dense fur so much.
These two are Rainier and Ahma at Northwest Trek. They're full siblings, but were born in different litters, in 2009 and 2007 respectively. The easiest way to tell them apart is by their eyes - or, really, their lack thereof. They've both got some congenital eye issues that have resulted in the surgical removal of one/both eyes as they've aged into elderhood. Ahma is now eyeless, and Rainier still has one eye left (although a keeper did mention it may be getting close to that time, again).
As you'll see, though, they still get around spectacularly. When it comes to finding snacks, they do it by smell. I rented a lens specifically to take photos of this special enrichment day: an elk carcass feed. They got an elk spine and pelvis, both sourced from a safely-euthanized member of the herd at the same facility.
Photos containing the carcasses will be below the cut. The carcass chunks are not bloody or gory - they look kind of like something you'd find on a grocery store shelves - so I'd really suggest checking the photos out. Wolverines are super strong, super tough little guys and it was so cool to see these two really get into tearing apart huge hunks of meat.
Beyond here lies MEAT.
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