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Banteng Bull

nobody@flickr.com (Steve Wilson - classic view please) — Tue, 21 May 2013 15:56:50 -0700

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The banteng (Bos javanicus), also known as tembadau, is a species of wild cattle found in Southeast Asia.

Banteng have been domesticated in several places in Southeast Asia, and there are around 1.5 million domestic banteng, which are called Bali cattle. These animals are used as working animals and for their meat. Banteng have also been introduced to Northern Australia, where they have established stable feral populations

The wild Banteng is considered as Endangered by the IUCN. The populations on the Asian mainland have decreased by about 80% in the last decades. The total number of wild bantengs is estimated to about 5,000-8,000 animals. No population has more than 500 animals, only a few have more than 50. Reasons for the population decline are reduction of habitat, hunting, hybridisation with domestic cattle and infections with cattle diseases. The most important stronghold for the species is Java with the biggest populations in Ujung Kulon National Park and Baluran National Park. The biggest population on the mainland is found in Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary in Thailand. Another larger population lives in Kaeng Krachan. Borneo has still a few hundred bantengs, more than a hundred of which occur in Kulamba Wildlife Reserve in Sabah

Sticking your neck out

nobody@flickr.com (Steve Wilson - classic view please) — Tue, 21 May 2013 04:52:31 -0700

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Photographed at Chester Zoo

A simple portrait

nobody@flickr.com (Steve Wilson - classic view please) — Wed, 01 May 2013 13:32:20 -0700

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....of a young Sumatran Tiger

Inspire me

nobody@flickr.com (Steve Wilson - classic view please) — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 05:54:03 -0700

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Originally photographed at Chester Zoo

Butterfly on black

nobody@flickr.com (Steve Wilson - classic view please) — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:13:32 -0700

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Photographed inside the Butterfly house at Chester Zoo

West African Crowned Crane (balearica pavonina pavonina)

nobody@flickr.com (Steve Wilson - classic view please) — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 09:09:16 -0700

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West African crowned cranes roost in trees, which is unusual for cranes. They gather in large flocks during the non-breeding season and roost in open trees overnight.

Conservation

West African crowned cranes are listed as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the world’s oldest and largest global environmental network. Numbers of West African crowned cranes are in decline. The species is under pressure because of habitat loss and destruction, as well as over-collection for the pet trade. Much of the wetlands and grasslands of their native equatorial West Africa have been converted to pasture and agricultural land, and drought has also ravaged the land in recent decades.

Should you fear the shadows?

nobody@flickr.com (Steve Wilson - classic view please) — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 09:46:37 -0700

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Sumatran Tiger treated with the Fractalius plugin for photoshop

The Fractal Baby Raptor

nobody@flickr.com (Steve Wilson - classic view please) — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 15:47:18 -0700

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Juvenile Spectacled Owl at Chester Zoo

Young Spectacled Owl (detailed)

nobody@flickr.com (Steve Wilson - classic view please) — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 10:41:57 -0700

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The Spectacled Owl, Pulsatrix perspicillata, is a large tropical owl. It is a resident breeder from southern Mexico and Trinidad, through Central America, south to southern Brazil, Paraguay and northwestern Argentina.

Emerging

nobody@flickr.com (Steve Wilson - classic view please) — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 17:07:11 -0700

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Hyacinth Macaw

Mugshot

nobody@flickr.com (Steve Wilson - classic view please) — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 17:06:29 -0700

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Lion tailed Macaque

Are you afraid of the dark?

nobody@flickr.com (Steve Wilson - classic view please) — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:47:29 -0700

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Sumatran Tiger

The endangered Black Rhinoceros

nobody@flickr.com (Steve Wilson - classic view please) — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 10:09:14 -0700

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Mother and calf at Chester Zoo

Only when threatened do I become a Lion

nobody@flickr.com (Steve Wilson - classic view please) — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 03:31:01 -0700

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Male Asiatic (Indian) Lion

Who's looking at who?

nobody@flickr.com (Steve Wilson - classic view please) — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 14:09:50 -0700

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Golden headed Lion Tamarin

The Fractal Mandrill

nobody@flickr.com (Steve Wilson - classic view please) — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 07:09:34 -0700

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A different version of the previous image

The HDR Mandrill

nobody@flickr.com (Steve Wilson - classic view please) — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 08:44:01 -0700

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Originally photographed at Chester Zoo

Fancy a game of stares?

nobody@flickr.com (Steve Wilson - classic view please) — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 10:24:47 -0800

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Beautiful young Spectacled Owl

Visayan Tarictic Hornbill

nobody@flickr.com (Steve Wilson - classic view please) — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 12:00:35 -0800

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Tarictic hornbill

Scientific name: Penelopides panini

Country: Philippines

Continent: Asia

Diet: Fruit - frugivore, insects - insectivore, ants - myrmevore

Food & feeding: Omnivore

Habitats: Tropical rainforest

Conservation status: Endangered

Relatives: African ground hornbill

Description: Hornbills gets their name from the horny 'casque' that many have on the tip of their bill. It is usually hollow and made mainly of keratin (the same material as feathers, hair and finger nails). It may amplify the bird's calls or indicate age, sex or status. The female is completely black with some tail markings and some bare skin around the face and the male is black and white. The tarictic part of their name refers to their distinctive call which sounds like "te-rik-tik-tik-tik".

Lifestyle: These are birds of mature forest, seeking out fruiting fig trees where they will gorge themselves on the fruits. Their long and powerful beak (similar to that of a toucan) is ideal for handling fruits and can also be used for extracting beetles and insect larvae from bark. They live in small groups, foraging in the forest and eating mostly fruit. They also catch flying ants and beetles in mid-air.

Family & friends: Like most hornbills, they live in small noisy groups within the forest.

Growing up: At breeding time, three to four eggs are laid in a clutch and the female and the eggs are 'sealed' into a nest (often in a hole in a tree). The male helps the female to block up the entrance with mud, sticky food and droppings, leaving a vertical slit through which the male passes food to the female and chicks. He may bring up to 21 food items at a time, preferring animal items while the chicks are growing. Incubation takes 28 to31 days and the young fledge fly by themselves after another 50 to 65 days, when they break out of the nest. This sealed nest protects the young from predators until they are old enough to defend themselves.

Conservation news: Like other fruit-eaters such as fruit doves and fruit bats, they play an important role in the wild for their part in seed dispersal. They do this by leaving their droppings and regurgitating large seeds. They are threatened by being hunted for food and their forest habitat is being cleared, mostly for timber.

Tarictic hornbills are an endangered species and a conservation breeding programme is in place in Europe.

Liquid Gold

nobody@flickr.com (Steve Wilson - classic view please) — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:51:03 -0800

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Slight changes on a previous image