Tag: wildlife

Uncategorized1 Comment

Amur Tigers

rrn69

In the forests of northeast Asia home to fish owls, brown bears, musk deer, moose, wolves, raccoon dogs, leopards and tigers, and by the end of Cold War, only a few hundred tigers stepped quietly through the snow of the Amur Rive basin. Soon, the Soviet Union fell, bringing catastrophe, without the careful oversight of a central authority, poaching and logging took a fast, astonishing toll on an already vulnerable species Amur Tiger. Slaght in his book Tigers Between Empires, dealing with the isolated population inhabiting the Amur  basin in Siberia, parts of the river separate inland China from Russia’s eastern … Continue reading Amur Tigers

UncategorizedLeave a comment

Wildlife Photographer of the Year 60 People’s Choice winner

rrn69

Wildlife Photographer of the year 60 People’s Choice winner Ian Wood’s “No Access” fought off competition form 24 other images to emerge winner. Residents of St Leonards-on-Sea, on England’s south coast, had been leaving food out on the pavement to encourage foxes, but other urban wildlife had better idea. Ian noticed that badgers living near his house were coming out of forage, passing by a piece of badger graffiti as they did so. As a solitary badger made its way along the pavement glacing around the street, Ian clicked the picture at the right moment. His photo shows the badger, … Continue reading Wildlife Photographer of the Year 60 People’s Choice winner

Uncategorized1 Comment

Snakes

rrn69

Snakes symbolise life, rebirth, resurrection, destruction and play a significant part in many mythologies and cultures. Lord Shiva and his connection with the Spectacled Cobras in Indian mythology is famous as three snakes symbolise time frames of past, present, and the future. The first known fossil of four legged snake, from Brazil dates back 110 million years ago, making it the oldest definitive snake, described in the Journal science, the evolutionary process by which some reptiles became serpentine during the dinosaur era. “It is generally accepted that snakes evolved from lizards at some point in the distant past” according to … Continue reading Snakes