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Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Wild Mothers
A mother is a woman who has raised a child, given birth to a child, and/or supplied the ovum that united with a sperm which grew into a child.
A newly hatched red-necked grebe relaxes, safe under mom's wing. It's been a long day and there's still so much to see.
For a [female] cheetah the real danger is not losing a kill but losing her cubs. Female cheetahs deal with the threat by constantly moving, preferably...
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
cobra
Cobra is any of various species of venomous snakes usually belonging to the family Elapidae, most of which can expand their neck ribs to form a widened hood. Not all snakes commonly referred to as cobras are of the same genus, or even of the same family.
The name is short for cobra de cape lo or cobra-de-cape lo, which is Portuguese for "snake with hood", or "hood-snake". When...
