Caught in The Web

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Imagine you are an insect caught in a spider web. What exactly will happen to you once the spider comes and, as it were, sits down beside you? It’s not a pretty process, that’s for sure but some amazing macrophotography can make even death a thing of beauty…


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Peculiar Pigeons

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Most people only know pigeons as the gray birds who fly around cities and poop on the statues. Those pigeons are mostly Rock Pigeons and are what our more exotic birds are descended from. In many places of the world hobbyists keep Pigeons as pets and often breed very exotic looking animals, some of which would have poor functionality in the wild.


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Leopard Geckos Have True Beauty: Proof is in the Photos

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All nature has some beauty, but some of it can be missed unless we look a little closer. The color in Leopard Geckos now is something to see.


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The Earth is Beneath Us

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Discover the Earth.


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New Planet Earth

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Scientists have long been searching the stars for an earth like planet, but so far have come up empty.
Maybe this is it.
There are two photos in this article(mine), that I would like the reader to focus on.
You be the judge.


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Holy Rollers

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All about the birds of the genus Coracias, in the family of Coraciidae, which is in the order Coraciiformes. These lovely birds are more commonly called Rollers.


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Alien Nations: Up Close and Impersonal with Insects

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It is little wonder that many movie monster makers look to the alien world of insects for their inspiration. Here, with the aid of some amazing macrophotography, get up close and impersonal with some strange species that might not look too out of place in a sci-fi movie.


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The See-It-to-Believe-It Sea-Based X-Band Radar

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Seen it all? Take a look at the Sea-Based X-Band Radar. Like something from a science-fiction novel, this floating Goliath has been designed to defend the USA from missile strikes. Not quite star wars but just as startling.


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Parakeets Go Cockney in London

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In the foothills of the Himalayas, there is nothing quite like the green flash against the blue sky of a flock of ring-necked parakeets as they swoop over your head and away to the horizon. However, these particular parakeets have, over recent years, become a common sight in the suburban gardens of London. What’s going on?


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Things That Go Bump in the Night

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Spooky creatures that might seem frightening to us should we be out late at night, in the dark, alone. To them the night world is perfectly natural.


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