Maybe YOU can easily get your daily fix from STARBUCKS, but WILD (BIG) CATS (like LEOPARDS) and WILD DOGS cannot easily get it from MARSHBUCKS. If those predators only see some nostrils above the water surface, then there's no SITATUNGA lying in that swamp pool, right? Wrong! I show you WWF MAXIMUM CARDS from BURUNDI, with SITATUNGA, or MARSHBUCK (Tragelaphus spekii)

MAXICARDS / MAXIMUM CARDS / CARTES MAXIMUM / ILUSTRATE MAXIME / DORINCARDS / MAXIMUMKARTEN / MAXIMUMKAARTEN / CARTOLINE MAXIMUM / TARJETAS MÁXIMAS

I show you WWF MAXIMUM CARDS from BURUNDI, with SITATUNGA, or MARSHBUCK (Tragelaphus spekii)

"The sitatunga or marshbuck (Tragelaphus spekii) is a swamp-dwelling antelope found throughout Central Africa, centering on the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon and parts of Southern Sudan as well as in Ghana, Botswana, Zambia, Gabon, Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya."

"Sitatunga live in papyrus swamps and are very good swimmers. 

They may take to the water to evade predators such as leopards or wild dogs, lying submerged in pools with only their nostrils above the surface. 

They have been known to sleep underwater. "

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

Reddish-brown SITATUNGA...

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BBC - Science & Nature - Wildfacts - Ringed seal. LORD OF THE RINGed sealS? I show you a MAXIMIKORT / MAXIMUM CARD / MAXIMUMKARTE / DORINCARD / MAXICARD from SWEDEN with The RINGED SEAL (Pusa hispida)

BBC - Science & Nature - Wildfacts - Ringed seal

 I show you a MAXIMIKORT / MAXIMUM CARD / MAXIMUMKARTE / DORINCARD / MAXICARD from SWEDEN with The RINGED SEAL (Pusa hispida)

"The ringed seal (Pusa hispida), also known as the jar seal and as netsik or nattiq by the Inuit, is an earless seal (family: Phocidae) inhabiting the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions. The ringed seal is a relatively small seal, rarely greater than 1.5 m in length, with a distinctive patterning of dark spots surrounded by light grey rings, whence its common name. It is the most abundant and wide-ranging ice seal in the northern hemisphere: ranging throughout the Arctic Ocean, into the Bering Sea and Okhotsk Sea as far south as the northern coast of Japanin the Pacific, and throughout the North Atlantic coasts of Greenland and Scandinavia as far south as Newfoundland, and include two freshwater subspecies in northern Europe. Ringed seals are one of the primary prey of polar bears and have long been a component of the diet of indigenous people of the Arctic."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringed_seal

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Happy Sunday Stamps meme! I show you WWF maximum cards from Australia: FIN WHALE (Balaenoptera physalus), BLUE WHALE (Balaenoptera musculus), HUMPBACK WHALE (Megaptera novaeangliae) and SOUTHERN BOTTLENOSE WHALE (Hyperoodon planifrons)

UL (upper-left): FIN WHALE (Balaenoptera physalus).

"The fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus), also called the finback whale, razorback, or common rorqual, is a marine mammal belonging to the suborder of baleen whales. It is the second longest whale and the sixth largest living animal after the blue whale, bowhead whale, and right whales,^[3]growing to nearly 27 metres (88 ft) long.^[3] The American naturalist Roy Chapman Andrews called the fin whale "the greyhound of the sea" because of its great speed when chased and slender build."

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

UR: BLUE WHALE (Balaenoptera musculus).

"The blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is a marine mammal belonging to the suborder of baleen whales (called Mysticeti).^[3] At 30 metres (98 ft)^[4] in length and 180 metric tons (200 short tons)^[5] or more in weight, it is the largest known animal to have ever existed.^[6]

Long and slender, the blue whale's body can be various shades of bluish-grey dorsally and somewhat lighter underneath.^[7] There are at least three distinct subspecies: B. m. musculus of the North Atlantic and North Pacific, B. m. intermedia of the Southern Ocean and B. m. brevicauda(also known as the pygmy blue whale) found in the Indian Ocean and South Pacific Ocean. B. m. indica, found in the Indian Ocean, may be another subspecies. As with other baleen whales, its diet consists almost exclusively of small crustaceans known as krill."

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

LL: HUMPBACK WHALE (Megaptera novaeangliae).

The humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) is a species of baleen whale. One of the larger rorqual species, adults range in length from 12–16 metres (39–52 ft) and weigh approximately 36,000 kilograms (79,000 lb). The humpback has a distinctive body shape, with unusually long pectoral fins and a knobbly head. It is an acrobatic animal, often breaching and slapping the water. Males produce a complex song, which lasts for 10 to 20 minutes and is repeated for hours at a time. The purpose of the song is not yet clear, although it appears to have a role in mating."

"Found in oceans and seas around the world, humpback whales typically migrate up to 25,000 kilometres (16,000 mi) each year. Humpbacks feed only in summer, in polar waters, and migrate totropical or sub-tropical waters to breed and give birth in the winter. During the winter, humpbacksfast and live off their fat reserves. The species' diet consists mostly of krill and small fish. Humpbacks have a diverse repertoire of feeding methods, including the bubble net feeding technique."

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

LR: SOUTHERN BOTTLENOSE WHALE  (Hyperoodon planifrons) .

"The Southern bottlenose whale (Hyperoodon planifrons) is a species of whale, in the ziphiid family, one of two members of the Hyperoodon genus. The southern bottlenose has been rarely observed, was seldom hunted, and is probably the most abundant whale in Antarctic waters."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_bottlenose_whale_(ziphiid)

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