Part name: "Extraordinary animals", music: sandstorm darude,
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The story behind the photos:
Photo number 10:
The
Five-horned beetle is the boldly colored, and one of the most
extravagant of rhino imagoes. Body coloration is shiny jet-black while
the elytra are colored yellow or gold. There are four large horns on the
pronotum while the largest is the cephalic horn. Larvae try to bite
when handled but do not appear to be cannibalistic under reasonable
conditions.
Photo number 9:
Lampreys (sometimes also called
lamprey eels) are a family of jawless fish, whose adults are
characterized by a toothed, funnel-like sucking mouth. Translated from
an admixture of Latin and Greek, lamprey means stone lickers. lampreys
are well-known for those species which bore into the flesh of other fish
to suck their blood.
Photo number 8:
The Atlas moth (Attacus
atlas) is a large saturniid moth found in the tropical and subtropical
forests of Southeast Asia, and common across the Malay Archipelago.
Atlas moths are considered the largest moths in the world in terms of
total wing surface area [upwards of c. 400 cm2 (62 sq in)]. Their
wingspans are also amongst the largest, from 25--30 cm (10--12 in).
Photo Number 7:
Spiny
orb-weavers is a common name for Gasteracantha, a genus of spiders.
They are also commonly called Spiny-backed orb-weavers, due to the
prominent spines on their abdomen.
Photo Number 6:
This
caterpillar is the larva of the Royal Walnut Moth, also known as the
Regal Moth. The larva is not one for a timid person to suddenly
discover. It has a scary, frightful appearance resembling a small dragon
with up to five pairs of long, curving hornlike structures over the
back of its thorax with the rest of the body covered with shorter
spikes. The body color ranges from deep blue-green to tan with orange
spikes tipped with black. Shorter spikes are black. Though very
ferocious appearing, it is quite harmless to handle. They are enormous
in size, being five to six inches long and nearly 3/4-inch in diameter.
Photo number 5:
The
Greenland shark, Somniosus microcephalus, also known as the sleeper
shark or by the Inuit languages name Eqalussuaq, is a large shark native
to the waters of the North Atlantic Ocean around Greenland and Iceland.
These sharks live farther north than any other shark species. This is
one of the largest species of shark, of dimensions comparable to those
of the great white shark. Large Greenland sharks grow to 6.4 m (21 ft)
and 1000 kg (2200 lbs), and possibly up to 7.3 m (24 ft). The Greenland
shark is known to be long-lived, with an estimated maximum life span of
over 200 years.
Photo number 4:
Horseshoe crabs are arthropods
that live primarily in shallow ocean waters on soft sandy or muddy
bottoms. They will occasionally come on shore for mating. In recent
years there has been a decline in number of individuals, as a
consequence of coastal habitat destruction in Japan and overharvesting
along the east coast of North America. Tetrodotoxin may be present in
the roe of species inhabiting the waters of Thailand.
Photo number 3:
The
Ankole-Watusi is a breed of cattle originally native to Africa. Its
large, distinctive horns, that can reach up to 8 feet (2.4 m) from tip
to tip, are used for defense. Ankole-Watusis weigh from 900 to 1,600
pounds (410 to 730 kg).
Photo number 2:
A giant isopod is any
of approximately nine species of large isopods (crustaceans related to
the shrimp and crabs) in the genus Bathynomus. They are thought to be
abundant in cold, deep waters of the Atlantic. Bathynomus giganteus, the
species upon which the generitype is based, is the largest known isopod
and is the one most often referred to by the common name "giant
isopod". Maximally reaching a weight and height of approximately 1.7
kilograms (3.7 lb) and 76 centimetres (30 in) respectively.
Photo number 1:
Fisherman
Raphael Biagini, 30, took 10 minutes to reel the giant orange koi carp,
which weighs the same as an average three-year-old girl, from a lake in
the south of France. The fish, too large for any bowl, is thought to be
one of the largest of its kind ever captured. "To begin with, we
couldn't tell what was at the end of the line, but we knew it was big,"
Mr Biagini said. "The fish was a good fighter, but not enough to win."
After an impromptu photoshoot, the fisherman from Montpellier returned
his prize catch to the water.Part name: "Extraordinary animals", music: sandstorm darude,
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The story behind the photos:
Photo number 10:
The
Five-horned beetle is the boldly colored, and one of the most
extravagant of rhino imagoes. Body coloration is shiny jet-black while
the elytra are colored yellow or gold. There are four large horns on the
pronotum while the largest is the cephalic horn. Larvae try to bite
when handled but do not appear to be cannibalistic under reasonable
conditions.
Photo number 9:
Lampreys (sometimes also called
lamprey eels) are a family of jawless fish, whose adults are
characterized by a toothed, funnel-like sucking mouth. Translated from
an admixture of Latin and Greek, lamprey means stone lickers. lampreys
are well-known for those species which bore into the flesh of other fish
to suck their blood.
Photo number 8:
The Atlas moth (Attacus
atlas) is a large saturniid moth found in the tropical and subtropical
forests of Southeast Asia, and common across the Malay Archipelago.
Atlas moths are considered the largest moths in the world in terms of
total wing surface area [upwards of c. 400 cm2 (62 sq in)]. Their
wingspans are also amongst the largest, from 25--30 cm (10--12 in).
Photo Number 7:
Spiny
orb-weavers is a common name for Gasteracantha, a genus of spiders.
They are also commonly called Spiny-backed orb-weavers, due to the
prominent spines on their abdomen.
Photo Number 6:
This
caterpillar is the larva of the Royal Walnut Moth, also known as the
Regal Moth. The larva is not one for a timid person to suddenly
discover. It has a scary, frightful appearance resembling a small dragon
with up to five pairs of long, curving hornlike structures over the
back of its thorax with the rest of the body covered with shorter
spikes. The body color ranges from deep blue-green to tan with orange
spikes tipped with black. Shorter spikes are black. Though very
ferocious appearing, it is quite harmless to handle. They are enormous
in size, being five to six inches long and nearly 3/4-inch in diameter.
Photo number 5:
The
Greenland shark, Somniosus microcephalus, also known as the sleeper
shark or by the Inuit languages name Eqalussuaq, is a large shark native
to the waters of the North Atlantic Ocean around Greenland and Iceland.
These sharks live farther north than any other shark species. This is
one of the largest species of shark, of dimensions comparable to those
of the great white shark. Large Greenland sharks grow to 6.4 m (21 ft)
and 1000 kg (2200 lbs), and possibly up to 7.3 m (24 ft). The Greenland
shark is known to be long-lived, with an estimated maximum life span of
over 200 years.
Photo number 4:
Horseshoe crabs are arthropods
that live primarily in shallow ocean waters on soft sandy or muddy
bottoms. They will occasionally come on shore for mating. In recent
years there has been a decline in number of individuals, as a
consequence of coastal habitat destruction in Japan and overharvesting
along the east coast of North America. Tetrodotoxin may be present in
the roe of species inhabiting the waters of Thailand.
Photo number 3:
The
Ankole-Watusi is a breed of cattle originally native to Africa. Its
large, distinctive horns, that can reach up to 8 feet (2.4 m) from tip
to tip, are used for defense. Ankole-Watusis weigh from 900 to 1,600
pounds (410 to 730 kg).
Photo number 2:
A giant isopod is any
of approximately nine species of large isopods (crustaceans related to
the shrimp and crabs) in the genus Bathynomus. They are thought to be
abundant in cold, deep waters of the Atlantic. Bathynomus giganteus, the
species upon which the generitype is based, is the largest known isopod
and is the one most often referred to by the common name "giant
isopod". Maximally reaching a weight and height of approximately 1.7
kilograms (3.7 lb) and 76 centimetres (30 in) respectively.
Photo number 1:
Fisherman
Raphael Biagini, 30, took 10 minutes to reel the giant orange koi carp,
which weighs the same as an average three-year-old girl, from a lake in
the south of France. The fish, too large for any bowl, is thought to be
one of the largest of its kind ever captured. "To begin with, we
couldn't tell what was at the end of the line, but we knew it was big,"
Mr Biagini said. "The fish was a good fighter, but not enough to win."
After an impromptu photoshoot, the fisherman from Montpellier returned
his prize catch to the water.