P is for Pachiderms, in today's ABC WEDNESDAY MEME. I show you non-traditional my MAXIMUM CARDS / MAXICARDS / DORINCARDS from USA with The AFRICAN (SAVANNA) ELEPHANT (Loxodonta africana)

P is for Pachiderms, in today's ABC WEDNESDAY MEME. I show you non-traditional my MAXIMUM CARDS / MAXICARDS / DORINCARDS from USA with The AFRICAN (SAVANNA) ELEPHANT (Loxodonta africana).

P is for Pachiderms, in today's ABC WEDNESDAY MEME. I show you my non-traditional  MAXIMUM CARDS / MAXICARDS / DORINCARDS from USA with The AFRICAN (SAVANNA) ELEPHANT (Loxodonta africana)

"The African [bush] elephant is the largest living terrestrial animal. Its thickset body rests on stocky legs and it has a concave back.^[5] Its large ears enable heat loss.^[6] Its upper lip and nose forms a trunk. The trunk acts as a fifth limb, a sound amplifier and an important method of touch. The African elephant's trunk ends in two opposing lips,^[7] whereas the Asian elephant trunk ends in a single lip.^[7] African elephants are bigger than Asian elephants. Males stand 3.2–4.0 m (10–13 ft) tall at the shoulder and weigh 4,700–6,048 kg (10,000–13,330 lb), while females stand 2.2–2.6 m (7.2–8.5 ft) tall and weigh 2,160–3,232 kg (4,800–7,130 lb).^[8]

The largest individual recorded stood four metres to the shoulders and weighed ten tonnes."

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

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A revolution in photography! Image Isn't Everything: Lytro's "Light Field" Illuminates Photography's Formidable Future | Fast Company

Image Isn't Everything: Lytro's "Light Field" Illuminates Photography's Formidable Future | Fast Company

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What's the difference between KING PENGUINS and EMPEROR PENGUINS? I show you a cool POLAR PHILATELY cover from my "Antarctic" friend Scott F. Smith, ex-postmaster at the AMUNDSEN-SCOTT SOUTH POLE STATION, ANTARCTICA APO AP 96598 - tell me WHAT species of penguins is THAT? Answer: "look at the upper breast"

What's the difference between KING PENGUINS and EMPEROR PENGUINS? I show you a cool POLAR PHILATELY cover from my "Antarctic" friend Scott F. Smith, ex-postmaster at the AMUNDSEN-SCOTT SOUTH POLE STATION, ANTARCTICA APO AP 96598 - tell me WHAT species of penguins is THAT? Answer: "look at the upper breast".

Aptenodytes
Common and binomial names[5]	Image	Description	Range
Emperor Penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri)		122 cm (4 ft) tall, weighing 22–37 kg (48.5–82 lb), the adult has deep black dorsal feathers, covering the head, chin, throat, back, dorsal part of the flippers, and tail. The underparts of the wings and belly are white, becoming pale yellow in the upper breast, ear patches are bright yellow. The upper mandible is black, and the lower mandible can be pink, orange or lilac. Males and females are similar in size and colouration.	Circumpolar distribution in the Antarctic between the 66° and 77° S. It almost always breeds on stable pack ice near the coast and up to 18 km (11 mi) offshore.[6]
King Penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus)		90 cm (3 ft) tall, weighing 11 to 16 kg (24 to 35 lb), The upperparts are steel blue-grey, darkening to black on the head, the belly is white fading to orange on the upper breast with bright orange ear patches. The black bill is long and slender, and curved downwards. The lower mandible bears a striking pink or orange-coloured mandibular plate	Breeds on thesubantarctic islandsbetween 45° and 55° S at the northern reaches of Antarctica, as well as Tierra del Fuego, theFalkland Islands, and other temperate islands of the region.

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

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DO NOT FREEZE.

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