And those penguins are NOT politicians in disguise, although they always have fishy agendas on their minds.
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Wednesday, February 10, 2010
No, it's not a current photo of the White House
And those penguins are NOT politicians in disguise, although they always have fishy agendas on their minds.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
My newest Zazzle stamp: Blizzard of 2010, 2/6/2010. Accumulated 32.4 inches of snow in Herndon, VA, near Dulles International Airport.
Accumulated 32.4 inches of snow in Herndon, VA, near Dulles International Airport, on 6 FEB 2010.
http://www.zazzle.com/blizzard_of_2010_2_6_2010_postage-172950724858161300?rf=238693463283865848
Monday, February 8, 2010
"Now you see him, now you don't!" "Before, and after".
The title is a joke, of course. :)
I could further joke that the guy is an avid researcher, member of several herpetological societies. He wrestles with his python once a month, so that's his Mont(hl)y Python.
The lower image shows his Full...Python. Full of food.
Joking aside, the upper image shows a young boa, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Snake,_Jersey_Zoo.jpg and the bottom shows an 8 meter-long sucuri from Pantanal, Brazil. That's a special boa, called anaconda - green anaconda, in this case.
In the belly of the beast is a capybara, the world's largest rodent http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capybara.
"Eunectes murinus (derived from the Greek "Ευνήκτης" meaning "good swimmer" and the Latin "murinus" translated into "he who predates on mice") is a non-venomous boa species found in South America. It is the most massive of all known snake species".
"Primarily aquatic, they eat a wide variety of prey, almost anything they can manage to overpower, including fish, birds, a variety of mammals, and other reptiles. Particularly large anacondas may even consume large prey such as tapir, deer, capybara, jaguars, black caiman, and crocodiles, but such large meals are not regularly consumed"
I especially like that lower image, an actual postcard from Brazil. Someday, I'll create a maximum card, with a matching stamp.
Here are a few anaconda stamps:
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Some feedback received about me and my blog here
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- Maximum Delight
- Feb 21, 2011
Postcards and stamps, mainly featuring mammals and birds but Dorincard also has other creations
and interests he likes to share.
His enthusiasm for Maximum cards (a postcard and a similar themed stamps sent through the
postal system) shines through.
He shows how he gets the right card, stamp and postmark together.
Visiting his site you will also learn things about the natural world told with a dry sense of humour,
possibly with a play on words, and a unique style of headings.
Topical and informative both for the enthusiast and casual visitor.
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