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Animal Images of the Week !!!!….

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Dylan the Pug poses at the London Pet Show 2013

Dylan the Pug poses at the London Pet Show 2013

 

A family of marmots at a zoo in Austria enjoy an afternoon snack

A family of marmots at a zoo in Austria enjoy an afternoon snack

 

This photograph captures a pair of turtles sharing an intimate moment as they swim together of the coast of Spain. The rare image shows the shelled couple locking lips and looking very much in love

This photograph captures a pair of turtles sharing an intimate moment as they swim together of the coast of Spain. The rare image shows the shelled couple locking lips and looking very much in love.

 

A cute two-month-old Snow Fox cub is photographed at the Royev Ruchey zoo in Russia

A cute two-month-old Snow Fox cub is photographed at the Royev Ruchey zoo in Russia.

 

Kali, a polar bear cub who was orphaned when its mother was killed by a hunter is introduced to the public at Alaska Zoo

Kali, a polar bear cub who was orphaned when its mother was killed by a hunter is introduced to the public at Alaska Zoo.

 

Two Baboons where left unsure what to do with a football after it was presented to to the pair at Hagenbeck Zoo in Germany

Two Baboons where left unsure what to do with a football after it was presented to to the pair at Hagenbeck Zoo in Germany.

 

An Asian elephant is measured by zookeepers during a baby animals inventory at Hagenbeck zoo

An Asian elephant is measured by zookeepers during a baby animals inventory at Hagenbeck zoo

 

These feisty tiger cubs were caught on camera having a spectacular squabble at The Bandhavgarh National Park in India

These feisty tiger cubs were caught on camera having a spectacular squabble at The Bandhavgarh National Park in India

 

source:::: THE TELEGRAPH UK

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மகாபெரியவர் படிப்பிலே “மக்கு ” இல்லையே !!!!!!

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படிப்பிலே ‘மக்கு’ ன்னு நீ நெனச்சியோ  !!!illaiye

நான் திண்டிவனம் பள்ளிக்கு சென்று பெரியவா படித்ததற்கு அடையாளமாக ஏதாவது கிடைக்குமா என்ற ஆர்வத்தில் தலைமை ஆசிரியரின் அனுமதியுடன் பழைய ரெக்கார்ட்கள் வைக்கப்பட்டிருந்த அறையை துழாவினேன். அதிசயத்திலும் அதிசயமாக ஒரு வருகை பதிவேட்டின் ஒரே ஒரு காகிதம் மட்டும் கிடைத்தது. அது 1904 ஆம் வருடம், பெரியவா ரெண்டாம் பாரம் படித்தபோது, அந்த வகுப்பின் வருகை பதிவேட்டின் ஒரு ஷீட்.

அதில் ‘சுவாமிநாதன்’ என்ற பெயரை கண்டபோது எனக்கு மகிழ்ச்சி நிலைகொள்ளவில்லை. மறுநாளே, ஆந்திராவில் இருந்த பெரியவாளை தரிசிக்க சென்றேன்.

நடுநிசி, பூர்ண நிலா, பெரியவா ஓர் ஊரில் இருந்து வேறோர் கேம்ப் க்கு மேனாவில் பயணித்து கொண்டிருந்தார். கூடவே ஓடி, திண்டிவனம் சென்ற விவரத்தையும், ‘வருகை பதிவேடு’ காகிதம் கிடைத்த செய்தியையும் கூறினேன். சற்று தொலைவு சென்றதும் மேனா நின்றது. உடன் வந்தவர்களையும் மேனாவை தூக்கி வந்தவர்களையும் ஆகாரம் செய்து விட்டு, வரும்படி பணித்துவிட்டு, பெரியவா அந்த வருகை பதிவேட்டு ஷீட்டை வாங்கி டார்ச் லைட் லென்ஸ் உதவியோடு பார்த்தார். முகம் மலர்ந்தது.

இது எப்படிடா உனக்கு கிடச்சுது? என்று ஆச்சரியத்துடன் கேட்டு விட்டு, அதில் இருந்த பெயர்களை ஒவ்வொன்றாக படித்தார். அறுபத்து நான்கு வருடங்கள் முந்தய நாட்களின் நினைவுகளில் ஒரு கணம் மூழ்கி போனார். தம்முடன் ரெண்டாம் பாரத்தில் படித்த மாணவர்களை நினைவு கூர்ந்தார்.

அவர்களில் யார் யார் அப்போது உயிருடன் இல்லை என்பதையும் மற்றவர்கள் எந்த ஊரில் இருக்கிறார்கள் என்பதையும் சொன்னார்.

இறுதியாக, ‘என் பேர் எல்லோருக்கும் கடைசிலே இருக்கே, பெரியவா படிப்பிலே ‘மக்கு’ ன்னு நீ நெனச்சியோ?’ என்று சிரித்துக்கொண்டே கேட்டார்.

‘இல்லே, பெரியவா பேர் ஏன் கடைசிலே இருக்குன்னு நெனச்சிண்டேன்’ என்ற உண்மையை சொன்னேன்.

‘என் பூர்வாச்ரம தகப்பனாருக்கு ஸ்கூல் இன்ஸ்பெக்டர் உத்தியோகம். அடிக்கடி அவரை, ஊர் மாத்திடுவா. சிதம்பரத்திலேருந்து திண்டிவனத்துக்கு செப்டம்பர் மாசம் மாத்தலாயி வந்தார். பாதியிலே வந்து இந்த ஸ்கூல் லே சேர்ந்தேன். அதனால தான் என் பேரு கடைசிலே இருக்கு’ என்று விளக்கம் தந்தார்.

அன்பே அருளே புத்தகத்தில் ஸ்ரீ. பரணீதரன் அவர்கள்.

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Best Aerial Photos with Professional Perfection !!!!

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aerial photos 2012

Tokyo, Japan – Skytree, tallest self supported structure in Asia

 

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Antarctica – calving shown

 

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Koolan Island, Australia – iron ore mine

 

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Sandouping, China – Three Gorges Dam

 

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Italy – Costa Concordi

 

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Greenland – Petermann Glacier, massive icebergs calve

 

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New Mexico – Space Shuttle Endeavour atop a 747

 

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London, UK – Olympic village

 

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Northern England – mine sculpture known as “The Lady of the North”

 

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Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City –

 

Today’s satellite photos are becoming more detailed and clear than ever. They used to be these black and white fuzzy photos, where you could maybe identify a country or a continent. These days, you can see all the way down to street level. And this year, they’ve caught some truly beautiful and awesome sights from way up there, ….Some Beautiful  photos are posted above for your viewing….

source::::babamailnet

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Elephant Blasts Leopard With Jet of Water !!!!!

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This is the moment a leopard got too close to a herd of elephants – and got a soaking for its troubles.
The big cat tried its luck against the herd of 15 elephants by stalking the group and sipping from the same water hole.
But one of the herd spotted the leopard, decided it was being far too bold and squirted a stream of water in its direction to shoo it away.

The leopard had been stalking the herd of 15 elephants when one decided to give it a good hosing to scare it off

 

The leopard was spotted by Swiss photographer Mark Müller, in Etosha National Park in Namibia

The leopard had been stalking the herd of 15 elephants when one decided to give it a good hosing to scare it off

The moment was captured by Mark Müller, 46, at the Kalkeuwel water hole in Etosha National Park, Namibia, as he watched the elephants at play.

The Swiss photographer said: ‘They were splashing about, spraying water on their backs and being rather noisy.’

But other animals in the surroundings, including giraffes and zebras, clearly sensed danger and moved away.

‘Suddenly I discovered a leopard entering the open area around the waterhole,’ said Mr Müller.

The elephant loomed over the leopard as it stalked the herd

The elephant loomed over the leopard as it stalked the herd

The leopard tried its luck against the herd the Kalkeuwel waterhole but came away with a soaking

The leopard tried its luck against the herd the Kalkeuwel waterhole but came away with a soaking

‘The leopard calmly and without any signs of fear just walked between the elephants and some giraffes to the waterhole, crouched down and started to lap up water.

‘The elephants must first have been as surprised as me at the cat’s careless attitude, despite the proximity of the much larger elephants.’

The elephants began to encircle the leopard in an act of intimidation.

It began to walk away, but paused between some of the herd and a giraffe.

And that’s when one elephant decided to teach the smaller creature a lesson.

‘What I did not notice at the time was that one of the elephants must have sucked up a trunk full of water,’ Mr Müller said.

‘With a flash that elephant sprayed the water at the leopard, which stood no more than five metres away.’

The impromptu shower sent the leopard running for the bushes and left Mr Müller, who uses a Nikon F4 camera, reeling with his good fortune.

He said: ‘I do not think I breathed from the moment the leopard started walking between the elephants to the waterhole.

‘The shower was so unexpected and I was very lucky to have captured it – that sequence took maybe two seconds.

‘I knew immediately that I had witnessed something very special.

‘It is already elusive enough to observe leopards in the wild, but this was one-of-a-kind.


source::::HELEN LAWSON in mailonline…photograph by Mark Muller

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Plane Phenomenon That is Out of The World !!!!!

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Glory

A glory is a truly spectacular sight. Picture: Brocken Inaglory/Wikicommons

NEXT time you’re lucky enough to score a window seat opposite the sun, watch out for this spectacular phenomenon.

The rainbow “glory” optical phenomenon is plane cool – during your flight a series of coloured rings may become visible around the reflection of the ‘plane’ projected against a layer of cloud.

But be warned, blink and you could miss it.

It’s actually a fairly common sight in the skies but can only be seen when certain conditions are met. The clouds must consist of water droplets – not the clouds composed of ice particles higher up in the skies.

Glories are caused by diffraction, where sunlight shines onto water droplets and is reflected back towards the person on the plane, and the droplets interfere with the lights process, scattering it in many directions and creating multiple rings.

We see the individual colours as rings because white light is made of all the colours of the rainbow.

The size of a glory can vary depending on the dimensions of the water droplets and the altitude of the flight.

Travellers have managed to take some stunning photos of Glories….
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source::::news.com.au

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Look ..With Whom These Kids are Playing !!!!

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Three-year-old Malan can often be found taking his 'pet' out for a ride in the family's little Jeep in the Western Cape of South Africa

Three-year-old Malan can often be found taking his ‘pet’ out for a ride in the family’s little Jeep in the Western Cape of South Africa

At the wheel, a little blond-haired boy… and by his side, a cheetah. It’s not your average playtime scene but this is no ordinary family.

Three-year-old Malan and his sister Kayla, one, are best friends with the world’s fastest land animals – two deadly cheetahs.

The siblings have formed an extraordinary bond with the creatures after growing up with them in their home in South Africa.
Kayla, one, and her brother, three-year-old Malan have formed an extraordinary bond with two cheetahs after growing up with them in their home

Kayla, one, and her brother, Malan, have formed an extraordinary bond with two cheetahs – Wakku and Skyla – after growing up with them in their home

The remarkable family friendship began a year ago when a wild cheetah living at the Garden Route Game Lodge gave birth to four cubs. The children’s parents, managing Game Ranger, Hein, 29, and his wife Kim adopted two of the cubs

The pair think nothing of sharing their toys with the two cheetahs – affectionately known as Wakuu and Skyla – and can often be found taking their feline friends out for a ride in the family’s mini Jeep.

Their parents, Kim and Hein Schoeman, are also very close to the cats.

Hein now even teaches the cheetahs to hunt for themselves so as not to alienate them from their natural environment, in the hope they might be reintroduced into the wild one day.
Kim, 29, said: 'I would be warming milk for babies and warming milk for cheetahs. I just kept feeding everyone'

The couple considered them to be vulnerable because a mother cheetah can usually only provide for half of her litter and mortality rates are highest during the first 16 weeks of life.

However, in the months that followed, Kim and Hein were stunned to see the extraordinary relationship that formed between the cats and their two young children – then just two years and three months old.

Kim, 29, said: ‘I would be warming milk for babies and warming milk for cheetahs. I just kept feeding everyone.

‘When I was working, I would have them all in the office with me during the day and at night I would get up every two hours to feed them.
Kim said: 'The kids were taught not to run anywhere near the cats and when they walk, they have to face them. They are not allowed to turn their backs on them'

Kim said: ‘The kids were taught not to run anywhere near the cats and when they walk, they have to face them. They are not allowed to turn their backs on them’

‘They wanted to be close to us because they didn’t have a mother and they were so much a part of our family that I would end up having the cheetahs and the kids in bed with me.

‘The kids saw them as completely normal. There was no difference in the way they treated the dogs or the cheetahs. They cuddled them like big teddy bears.’

As Wakku and Skyla got older and bigger, Kim and Hein created a new shelter for them in their back garden where they now live.

But the bond between the toddlers and the cats has remained strong as they have been bought up together – essentially as siblings..

The couple, not wanting to take any risks, took special precautions - teaching their children how to play with the animals in a safe way

The children cuddle up to their wildcat friends as if they were teddy bears

The couple, not wanting to take any risks, also took special precautions – teaching their children how to play with the animals in a safe way.

 

Kim said: ‘The kids were taught not to run anywhere near the cats and when they walk, they have to face them. They are not allowed to turn their backs on them.

 

‘Our kids are small but they think they are dominant. If the cats jump or pounce, then they just push them down and say “No, don’t do that”, like other children might do to a dog.

 

‘The cheetahs are wild animals and their instincts are there. The kids realise they can’t just go into the enclosure to play with them whenever they want to.

 

‘It’s a lot of work in the beginning but it’s worth it.’


source::::mailonline

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Aviation Giants….Super Sized Planes !!!!!

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Biplane behemothThe biggest plane of World War I was the Zeppelin-Staaken R.VI. Made of wood, each plane required a ground crew of 50.

 

Boat with wingsAnother German giant was the Dornier Do X, a flying boat powered by 12 engines which could carry up to 100 passengers. It weighed a massive 56 tonnes.

 

Super-sized SovietTupolev’s ANT-20 was a propaganda tool, an airliner with a radio station, cinema and photo lab – and a huge engine above the fuselage to help it fly

 

Iconic bomberWorld War II’s biggest aircraft. Boeing’s B-29 Superfortress dropped the atomic bombs on Japan and ushered in a new age of giant, long-ranged bombers.

 

Millionaire’s follyEccentric industrialist Howard Hughes’ H-4 Hercules has the largest wingspan of any plane; but the giant ‘Spruce Goose’ flew only a handful of times.

 

Cold War giantThe Convair B-36 Peacemaker was the world’s first intercontinental bomber, and needed a mix of propellers and jet engines to get its vast bulk airborne.

 

Jet veteranBoeing’s enormous B-52 Stratofortress remains one of the biggest jet aircraft ever made, only getting into the air thanks to eight powerful engines

 

Russian record-breakerThe world’s heaviest combat aircraft, Tupolev’s Tu-160 has a maximum take-off weight of some 275 tonnes; it’s the biggest swing-wing plane ever made.

 

Outsized airlinerWhile the Boeing 747 was the first to be referred to as a Jumbo Jet, Airbus’ A380 is even bigger – it can carry 850 people. Can airliners get any bigger?

 

source::::bbc.com..future

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