BBC News - Killer plant 'eats' great tit at Somerset nursery. Also, I show you some carnivorous plant. Three things matter for that plant: environment, variation and skin tone. Like in Photoshop

BBC News - Killer plant 'eats' great tit at Somerset nursery

Stamps showing Great Tit (Parus major):
http://www.birdtheme.org/mainlyimages/index.php?spec=1998


"The Great Tit (Parus major) is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. It is a widespread and common species throughout Europe, the Middle East, Central and Northern Asia, and parts of North Africa in any sort of woodland. It is generally resident, and most Great Tits do not migrate except in extremely harsh winters. "
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_tit

And you thought that all plants are some stupid, static, helpless things...Read cruel, merciless tales about various carnivorous plants with weird names.

Can't touch this!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:VFT_ne1.JPG

"The snap traps of Dionaea muscipula close rapidly when the sensitive hairs on the leaf lobes are triggered."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnivorous_plants

So, if you touch the hair on the lobes, muscipula will not only get the best of you - it will get the whole of you!

What if every human would "wear the soul on the sleeve", as a symbolic image?

What image would you choose to represent YOU?

What would you say if somebody would wear a Carnivorous Plant symbol on their "sleeve"?

Look at the stamp in the image below.

I have juxtaposed a postmark to help you locate the stamp and the sleeve/wide wristband (how would you call that thing?) in this image...

I couldn't find a matching postcard yet, but look at the floral motif on the sleeve.

Is that a carnivorous plant? I guess not. I have no idea what plant species is that.

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll201/dorincard/World%20collections/United%20States/USA325.jpg

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Happy PFF (Postcard Friendship Friday)!

Please visit: http://thebestheartsarecrunchy.blogspot.com/ (wait until Beth posts the today's Linky tool for the meme, then make your entry, if you want to join).

Fighting Grassroots Terrorism: How Local Vigilance Can Help | STRATFOR. Also, I show you an emblematic animal for VIGILANCE: The SURICATE / MEERKAT ( Suricata suricatta), on a maximum card / maxicard / dorincard from Bulgaria (no, it doesn't roam Bulgaria - it would incur roaming charges. Sofia Zoo - that's a ZOO, not a person - has some SURICATES)

VIGILANCE goes a long way: Fighting Grassroots Terrorism: How Local Vigilance Can Help | STRATFOR

"The meerkat or suricate, Suricata suricatta, is a small mammal belonging to the mongoose family. Meerkats live in all parts of the Kalahari Desert in Botswana, in much of the Namib Desert in Namibia and southwestern Angola, and in South Africa. A group of meerkats is called a "mob", "gang" or "clan". A meerkat clan often contains about 20 meerkats, but some super-families have 50 or more members. Meerkats have an average life span of 12–14 years."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meerkat

This ain't no pet cat, unless you want a STINKING pet cat.

"Meerkats make very poor pets. 

They bite, and the bite can become infected. 

They stink, and will scent-mark their owner and the house (their "territory"). 

Being a pack animal, they may become hysterical if kept as single pets"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meerkat

Learn about VIGILANCE from SURICATE, and about VIGILANTE attitude from GRIZZLY BEAR (who attacks anybody "guilty" of trespassing/crossing his path/upsetting him).

"Meerkats demonstrate altruistic behavior within their colonies; one or more meerkats stand sentry while others are foraging or playing, to warn them of approaching dangers. 

When a predator is spotted, the meerkat performing as sentry gives a warning bark, and other members of the gang will run and hide in one of the many bolt holes they have spread across their territory."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meerkat

SURICATES are like HUMANS, in some ways...

"Evicted females and roving males"...

"Despite this altruistic behaviour, meerkats sometimes kill young members of their group. 

Subordinate meerkats have been seen killing the offspring of more senior members in order to improve their own offspring's position.^[6]

Meerkats have been known to engage in social activities, including what appear to be 

wrestling matches and foot races."

"members of the group may choose different holes." [?]

"A new meerkat group often arises from evicted females meeting and staying with roving males, 

seeking to mate."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meerkat

In the SURICATE maxicard above, can YOU spot a heart shape, anywhere?
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-DON'T READ FURTHER until you try your spirit of observation...you, Vigilance Champion!
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-see how hard it is to find a true heart, in today's world?

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I can FETCH you a heart shape, with a horizontal black stripe, on the SURICATE to the FAR right, between its belly-button and its genitals, I guess.

Yes, you may say that this heart shape is FAR-FETCHED...:)

Please visit and play: Guest Heart Thursday #69

Welcome to Guest Heart Thursday -
A place to share YOUR heart!

http://clytie-randomhearts.blogspot.com/

APS StampCampus - Collecting FDC Course Syllabus. Please read this very useful philatelic information about FDCs (First Day Covers), postmarks, etc

Please read this very useful philatelic information about FDCs (First Day Covers), postmarks, etc:

APS StampCampus - Collecting FDC Course Syllabus