In the 1960’s, there were 70,000 of these birds on the island of Guam.
Today, they are extinct and can only be seen in zoos.
Originally posted at stories.starmind.org.
In the 1960’s, there were 70,000 of these birds on the island of Guam.
Today, they are extinct and can only be seen in zoos.
Sometimes you’re out playing with your infrared camera and really wish you had your regular camera with you.
This is clearly one of the scenes missing from the surviving human copies of the work.
Some animals look nearly the same in infrared.
No disguising plants though.
These eyes have seen a lot of loves
But they’re never gonna see another one if they have anything to say about it.
Modern chipmunks don’t appreciate the amount of labor their ancestors put into their roads.
Stalking the dark-stormed land, he wonders if he truly is the last.
The war had been vicious. Much had been lost. He had lost his family. He had lost his friends. He had lost his very home.
But had he lost everything? Were there none like him? Was he to eke out the remainder of his days as the last shining remnant of a forgotten world?
He didn’t know. All he could do was what he had done, traveling, looking for hope. Hope that the next century would not draw to a close as last had … leaving him forever alone and lost in a corrupt and corrupting land.
And so, for one more day, he walked.
We hear the Tartars and the eastern thieves,
Under the conduct of one Tamburlaine,
Presume a bickering with your emperor,
And think to rouse us from our dreadful siege
Of the famous Grecian Constantinople.
At some point in history, the following conversation must have occurred:
“So let’s see here, we’ve already got the vampire bat, vampire finch, vampire squirrel, vampire moth, vampire squid, vampire flying frogs, and Dracula ants. What should we call this critter?”
“How about ‘tufted deer’?”
“Yeah, that sounds ’bout right.”
Interesting thing about infrared light … it doesn’t bother bats at all.
Sometimes it’s easier to see how feathers and scales are related.
“How does the bastard, orphan, son of a whore … Go on and on … Grow into more of a phenomenon?” ( What? You don't know? (multi-image post) )