Thursday, March 31, 2011

WWF maximum cards/ maxicards/ dorincards about São Tomé e Príncipe. Not a fish, but they call it Blackfish; a true killer, but not a true whale: The Killer Whale (Orcinus orca). Another species on these MCs: not even a true "killer whale" (not closely related): The False Killer Whale (Pseudorca crassidens)


UL (upper-left) and LL: "The False Killer Whale (Pseudorca crassidens) is a cetacean, and the third largest member of the oceanic dolphin family (Delphinidae). 
It lives in temperate and tropical waters throughout the world. 
As its name implies, the False Killer Whale shares characteristics such as appearance with the more widely known Orca (killer whale). 
Like the orca, the False Killer Whale attacks and kills other cetaceans. 
However, the two dolphin species are not closely related. 
The False Killer Whale is black with a grey throat and neck. 
It has a slender body with an elongated tapered head and 44 teeth. 
The dorsal fin is sickle-shaped and its flippers are narrow, short and pointed. 
It can grow up to 20 feet." 

 UR and LR: "The killer whale (Orcinus orca), commonly referred to as the orca, and less commonly as the blackfish, is a toothed whale belonging to the oceanic dolphin family." 
"The term whale sometimes refers to all cetaceans, but more often it excludes dolphins and porpoises[2], which belong to suborder Odontoceti (toothed whales)." 

"Killer whales are found in all oceans, from the frigid Arctic and Antarctic regions to tropical seas. 
Killer whales as a species have a diverse diet, although individual populations often specialize in particular types of prey. 
Some feed exclusively on fish, while others hunt marine mammals such as sea lions, seals, walruses and even large whales. 
Killer whales are regarded as apex predators, lacking natural predators and preying even [on] large sharks."

Trainer-killing orca Tilikum back in SeaWorld show


I think that's a BAD idea, both for the safety of future trainers of Tilikum and others, and for the whole idea of confining big dolphins in small swimming pools.
They deserve large spaces to live properly.

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"São Tomé and Príncipe, officially the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe, is a Portuguese-speaking island nation in the Gulf of Guinea, off the western equatorial coast of Central Africa
It consists of two islands: São Tomé and Príncipe, located about 140 kilometres (87 mi) apart and about 250 and 225 kilometres (155 and 140 mi), respectively, off the northwestern coast of Gabon
Both islands are part of an extinct volcanic mountain range. São Tomé, the sizable southern island, is situated just north of the equator
It was named in honour of Saint Thomas by Portuguese explorers who happened to arrive at the island on his feast day.

São Tomé and Príncipe is the second-smallest African country in terms of population (the Seychelles being the smallest). 
It is the smallest country in the world that is not a former British overseas territory, a former United States trusteeship, or one of the European microstates
It is also the smallest Portuguese-speaking country."

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Time for a stretch.
Today, let's make a stretch and pretend that we see a heart shape in the UL maximum card, behind the False Killer Whale.
Let's say that we see a heart formed by the water, with a little tsunami overwhelming half of that heart, if you see what I mean.

Metaphorically-speaking, today the heart of Japan is overwhelmed; half by the tsunami, half by the earthquake.
On top of that, radiation is spreading.
They'll have to build a deep-concrete sarcophagus, like in Chernobyl.

"Screwed" by the slipping of a screwdriver.
A fatal, supercritical mistake with The Demon Core:


Enjoy while you can, whatever you enjoy! Vita brevis...

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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

"Notre DAMA". ERROR: Not n'dama, as inscribed on the stamps (that's a cattle type), but: The Dama Gazelle (Nanger dama; formerly Gazella dama). WWF maximaphily items (maximum cards / maxicards / dorincards) from Senegal.

Nobody's perfect - not even a great organization like WWF:

Here's a stamp designing mistake that somebody made, and it went uncorrected, despite the best efforts of several editors, presumably. :)
But we know better, don't we?
Who the hell is WE?
We, The People. :)

ERROR: Not n'dama, as inscribed on the stamps (that's a cattle type), but: The Dama Gazelle (Nanger dama; formerly Gazella dama)


It "is a species of gazelle. 
It lives in Africa in the Sahara desert and migrates south in search of food during the dry season. 
Their habitat includes open steppes, bushy, grassy steppes, semi-desert, and deserts, while their diet includes grasses, leaves, shoots, fruit, and especially Acacia leaves. 
After the rains return and the desert plants turn green, the gazelles move north back to the Sahara. 
Poaching and destruction of their habitat have greatly diminished their numbers, and they no longer live in large herds." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanger_dama


"Senegal is located on the west of the African continent. It lies between latitudes 12° and 17°N, and longitudes 11° and 18°W.
The Senegalese landscape consists mainly of the rolling sandy plains of the western Sahel which rise to foothills in the southeast. 
Here is also found Senegal's highest point, an otherwise unnamed feature [they DIDN'T name this] near Nepen Diakha at 584 m (1,916 ft). 
The northern border is formed by the Senegal River, other rivers include the Gambia and Casamance Rivers
The capital Dakar lies on the Cap-Vert peninsula, the westernmost point of continental Africa.
The Cape Verde islands lie some 560 kilometres (350 mi) off the Senegalese coast, but Cap Vert ("Cape Green") is a maritime placemark, set at the foot of "Les Mammelles" , a 105-metre (344 ft) cliff [at least they DID name this]
resting at one end of the Cap Vert peninsula onto which is settled Senegal's capital Dakar, and 1 kilometre (0.6 mi) south of the "Pointe des Almadies", the western-most point in Africa."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senegal, except the comments in red, of course.
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Does the Dama Gazelle suffer from fear of failure 

(= Atychiphobia)

...to find food every day, to find water, to escape predators?
God knows - let's ask him.
Well...he's unavailable for comment.

Atychiphobia...


in other words:  Kakorrhaphiophobia


Atychiphobia


"Atychiphobes generally gather a defeatist attitude out of fear of failing, making them avoid trying to achieve anything due to potentially failing at it. 
They may also subconsiously undermine or sabotage their own efforts to prevent having to continue to try, and therefore preventing any potential failure. 
This strategy is known as avoidance behavior
Atychiphobes may also suffer from an inordinate sense of perfectionism, and may only try something that is guaranteed perfect and successful, or may try but will encounter excessive anxiety in the process due to unrealistically perfectionistic standards."

I'm telling you, man (and woman, too): perfectionism is a trap.
Don't fall into it!
:)


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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

What Happened to the American Declaration of War? | STRATFOR. Also, this rhino is capable of attacking anybody (any body) without a "declaration of war": The White or Square-lipped Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum). WWF maximum cards / maxicards / dorincards about Swaziland.

Please read: What Happened to the American Declaration of War? | STRATFOR


A rhinoceros can be an equal-opportunity attacker - it does not discriminate.
It can attack anybody.
Anything that moves (too close to his proximity).
If it's a Land Rover, it'll make it a Land Roll-over.
If it's a whole damn moving train, it can attack it head-on - there were such cases.
Guess who won?

"The White or Square-lipped Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) is, after the elephant, the most massive remaining land animal in the world, along with the Indian Rhinoceros and the hippopotamus, which are of comparable size. 
There are two subspecies of White Rhinos; as of 2005, South Africa has the most of the first subspecies, the Southern White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum). 
The population of Southern White Rhinos is about 14,500, making them the most abundant subspecies of rhino in the world. 
However, the population of the second subspecies, the critically endangered Northern White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum cottoni), is down to as few as four individuals in the wild, and as of June 2008 this sub-species are thought to have become extinct in the wild.[7] 
Six are known to be held in captivity, two of which reside in a zoo in San Diego. 
There are currently four that were in held in captivity since 1982 in a zoo in the Czech Republic which were transferred to a wildlife refuge in Kenya in December 2009, in an effort to have the animals reproduce and save the subspecies.[8]"

"White Rhinoceros range (brown - native, pink - reintroduced, red - inroduced)"

My comment: even Wikipedia contributors can make mistakes, including typos, despite presumed multiple layers of editors.
Editing is fun (for me). :)
The word inroduced does NOT refer to the rhino..."making inroads", or something.
It's just a tiny mistake, inTroduced and left there, uncaught. :)

"Swaziland, officially the Kingdom of Swaziland (Umbuso weSwatini), and sometimes called Ngwane or Swatini, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa, bordered to the north, south and west by South Africa, and to the east by Mozambique
The nation, as well as its people, are named after the 19th century king Mswati II."
"Swaziland's economy is dominated by the service industry, manufacturing and agriculture. 
Some 75% of the population are employed in subsistence farming, and 60% of the population live on less than the equivalent of US$1.25 per day.[3] 
Swaziland's main trading partner is South Africa, and its currency is pegged to the South African rand. Swaziland's economic growth and societal integrity is highly endangered by its disastrous HIV epidemic, to an extent where the United Nations Development Program has written that if it continues unabated, the "longer term existence of Swaziland as a country will be seriously threatened."[4] 
The infection rate in the country is unprecedented and the highest in the world at 26.1% of adults[5] and over 50% of adults in their 20s.[4]"

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