Just 3 pics from a walk around the Branly Museum...
Square Rapp, on avenue... Rapp (from my Flickr).
Detail of the Art Nouveau building on the left side of the square.
(Jules Lavirotte,1899).
and the Iron Lady, of course...
the Eiffel Tower.
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Giant bird-eating spider struck in a backyard in Atherton, west of Cairns,
Australia.
- Spider is a Golden Orb Weaver
- Bird was a Chestnut-breasted Mannikin
Joel Shakespeare, head spider keeper at the Australian Reptile Park, said the spider
is a Golden Orb Weaver.
They usually feast on large insects and break down prey with their venom into a liquid
soup. It's unusual to see one eating a bird," he told 9msn.com.
Found on Telegraph, Oct 08/22, by Bonnie Malkin, Sidney... then redirected to 9msn.
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Thanks to Bonnie & co. from all PPG's spider admirers ! Yes, those who still come
to PPG to see once more the legendary camel spider !
Now, if you want to know more about this web weaver specialist...
go ahead > (Script : Damon Ramsey BSc.(Zool) Biologist Guide)
The 'Golden Orb Web Spiders', Nephila spp. are among the largest of the spiders
to build aerial webs.
They sit in the middle of their large 'orb' or circular shaped web usually with their
legs spread out and head pointing downwards.The abdomen is elongated and often
decorated with blacks, yellows and whites.
These spiders are referred to as a 'golden orb web' not because of the colours
sometime found on the spider (that can include golden yellows), but because, at the
right angle, the yellow silk of the web takes on a very delicate golden colour.
Unlike many spiders, they often leave their web up for some time, merely effecting
regular repairs. They can do this because their web of yellow silk is one of the strongest
amongst the spiders (Preston-Mafham and Preston-Mafham 1998).This is probably a
reflection of the large size of much of the prey they capture, for even the remains of
birds have been recorded in their webs (Raven 2000).
Most specimens of Golden Orb Web spiders observed are the females. This is because
the Nephila genus has the biggest size difference between females and males of any
spiders, with the tiny males sometimes being seen in the web.
(Smiling Golden Orb's portrait by Pagebao in Taiwan).
Cat lovers...
will prefer the cat for sure,
isn't it ?
This one starring here looks optically satisfied.
(Click below to see the video)
(Video by wwwsikhote / Discovered on Moillusions.com)
A great street show in Nigeria !
(by tosche22)
... and later, added 2 more, because the show must go on !
(by preplan)
... and it does !
In Manila and NY and in many other places where people know better !
(by snubbens)
GRID-Arendal is a collaborating centre of the United Nations Environment
Programme (UNEP).
Established in 1989 by the Government of Norway as a Norwegian Foundation,
their mission is to communicate environmental information to policy-makers and
facilitate environmental decision-making for change. (go to site).
(Now, when these decisions wil be taken and who's going to take them...)
"Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural.
It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated
by the actions of human beings." (Nelson Mandela).
The change will be long without everyone's involvment and will,
so take action now
and keep campaigning
to make poverty and poverty's B(log)A(ction)D(ay)... history.
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