Female Lion, Henry Vilas Zoo, Madison, Wisconsin, June 11, 2007
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The lion (Panthera leo) is a species in the family Felidae and a member of the genus Panthera. It has a muscular, deep-chested body, short, rounded head, round ears, and a hairy tuft at the end of its tail. It is sexually dimorphic; adult male lions have a prominent mane. With a typical head-to-body length of 184–208 cm (72–82 in) they are larger than females at 160–184 cm (63–72 in). It is a social species, forming groups called prides. A lion pride consists of a few adult males, related females and cubs. Groups of female lions usually hunt together, preying mostly on large ungulates. The lion is an apex and keystone predator; although some lions scavenge when opportunities occur and have been known to hunt humans, the species typically does not.
Typically, the lion inhabits grasslands and savannas, but is absent in dense forests. It is usually more diurnal than other big cats, but when persecuted it adapts to being active at night and at twilight. In the Pleistocene, the lion ranged throughout Eurasia, Africa and North America, but today it has been reduced to fragmented populations in sub-Saharan Africa and one critically endangered population in western India. It has been listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List since 1996 because populations in African countries have declined by about 43% since the early 1990s. Lion populations are untenable outside designated protected areas. Although the cause of the decline is not fully understood, habitat loss and conflicts with humans are the greatest causes for concern.
One of the most widely recognised animal symbols in human culture, the lion has been extensively depicted in sculptures and paintings, on national flags, and in contemporary films and literature. Lions have been kept in menageries since the time of the Roman Empire and have been a key species sought for exhibition in zoological gardens across the world since the late 18th century. Cultural depictions of lions were prominent in the Upper Paleolithic period; carvings and paintings from the Lascaux and Chauvet Caves in France have been dated to 17,000 years ago, and depictions have occurred in virtually all ancient and medieval cultures that coincided with the lion’s former and current ranges.
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- Lion – Wikipedia
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2020 Vintage Christmas1 #18
A Merry Christmas.
Date Issued: 1910 (Approximate)
Place: Printed in Germany
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. “A merry Christmas.” New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 28, 2020. digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-69ea-a3d9-e040…
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Pronghorn – Custer State Park, South Dakota, August 20, 2007
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The pronghorn (UK: /ˈprɒŋhɔːrn/, US: /ˈprɔːŋ-/) (Antilocapra americana) is a species of artiodactyl (even-toed, hoofed) mammal indigenous to interior western and central North America. Though not an antelope, it is often known colloquially in North America as the American antelope, prong buck, pronghorn antelope, prairie antelope, or simply antelope because it closely resembles the true antelopes of the Old World and fills a similar ecological niche due to parallel evolution. It is the only surviving member of the family Antilocapridae.
During the Pleistocene epoch, about 12 antilocaprid species existed in North America. Three other genera (Capromeryx, Stockoceros and Tetrameryx) existed when humans entered North America but are now extinct.
As a member of the superfamily Giraffoidea, the pronghorn’s closest living relatives are the giraffes and okapi. The Giraffoidea are in turn members of the infraorder Pecora, making pronghorns more distant relatives of the Cervidae (deer) and Bovidae (cattle, goats, sheep, antelopes, and gazelles), among others.
The pronghorn is the symbol of the American Society of Mammalogists.
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2020 Vintage Christmas1 #17
A Merry Christmas.
Place: Berlin, Germany
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. “A merry Christmas.” New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 28, 2020. digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-6fac-a3d9-e040…
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Tulsa Victorian Conservatory Center, Woodward Park, Tulsa, Oklahoma, June 26, 2013
A wide variety of warm weather plants thrive in a conservatory in Tulsa, Oklahoma’s Woodland Park.
The Victorian conservatory, a Lord and Burnham greenhouse, was added to the David R. Travis mansion property by the property’s second owner, J. Arthur Hill, in the 1920s. After two more owners, the 13 acre estate was sold to the city in 1954. Tulsa subsequently added the property to Woodland Park, which had been established as a public park in in the 1930s. The David R. Travis Mansion now houses the Tulsa Garden Center.
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2020 Vintage Christmas1 #16
Merry Christmas to You and Yours.
Place: Printed in Saxony
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. “Merry Christmas to you and yours.” New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 28, 2020. digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-5a8a-a3d9-e040…
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Utah’s Sevier River along US 89, about 18 miles from Richfield, Utah, October 4, 2015
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The Sevier River (pronounced “severe”) is a 385-mile (620 km)-long river in the Great Basin of southwestern Utah in the United States. Originating west of Bryce Canyon National Park, the river flows north through a chain of high farming valleys and steep canyons along the west side of the Sevier Plateau, before turning southwest and terminating in the endorheic basin of Sevier Lake in the Sevier Desert. It is used extensively for irrigation along its course, with the consequence that Sevier Lake is usually dry.
The Sevier River drainage basin of 11,574 square miles (29,980 km2) covers more than 13 percent of Utah and includes parts of ten counties, of which the river flows through seven. The name of the river is derived from the Spanish Río Severo, “violent river.” The Sevier is the longest river entirely within the state of Utah. (read more)
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- Sevier River – Wikipedia
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2020 Vintage Christmas1 #15
A Merry Christmas.
Brundage, Frances (1854-1937) (Artist)
Sam Gabriel (Publisher)
Date Issued: 1912 (Inferred)
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. “A merry Christmas.” New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 28, 2020. digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-601c-a3d9-e040…
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Clepsydra Geyser, Lower Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, August 8, 2010
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Clepsydra Geyser is a geyser in the Lower Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming.
Clepsydra plays nearly continuously to heights of 45 feet (14 m). It was named by T. B. Comstock during the 1878 Captain Jones expedition, with its nomenclature derived from the Greek word for water clock. Prior to the 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake, it erupted regularly every three minutes
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- Clepsydra Geyser – Wikipedia
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2020 Vintage Christmas1 #14
A Merry Christmas to You.
Von Beust, A. (Copyright holder)
Content: Publisher’s trademark “G” on verso. Printed on verso: “‘Christmas’ Series – Postcard No. 202”
Date: Copyright date: 1910
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. “A Merry Christmas to you.” New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 28, 2020. digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-6338-a3d9-e040…
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